Barley on an eye

General characteristic of a disease

Barley on an eye results from an acute purulent inflammation of a sebaceous gland on a century or a hair bulb of an eyelash. The term "external barley on an eye" is used at obstruction of a bulb of an eyelash. And the concept "internal barley on an eye" is applied at an inflammation of a sebaceous gland of a century, so-called meyboyevy gland.

As the reason of this inflammatory process most often serves staphylococcus. Spread of an infection provokes easing of immunity at catarrhal and chronic diseases against the background of which barley on an eye develops.

On an eye at the child carry helminthic invasions to the additional reasons of frequent cases of barley. Quite often the disease develops as a blepharitis complication - a chronic inflammation of the century caused by golden staphylococcus. The people often subject to stresses, patients with the increased quantity of lipids in blood in the eyes have predisposition to formation of barley at a lipidemia, atherosclerosis, obesity and a hypertension.

Barley symptoms on an eye

Precursory symptoms of barley on an eye – reddening, a swelling and insignificant morbidity of a century. After a while on it the hillock with a small yellowish speck in the center appears. Barley on an eye grows, ripens, and then is spontaneously opened. In the course of maturing with ячменём on an eye it is painful to person to blink, at it temperature to subfebrile indicators can increase and develop light sensitivity.

When opening from barley on an eye purulent contents are allocated. It can become the reason of abscess of a century and cosmetic problems with growth of eyelashes.

Barley on an eye should not be confused to chalazion – the benign tumor caused by a chronic inflammation of a cartilage during a century. Treatment of barley on an eye significantly differs from chalazion therapy.

Drug treatment of barley on an eye

Frequent cases of barley on an eye – the indication to purpose of immunomodulatory and antibacterial therapy. Treatment of barley on an eye is carried out by antibiotics locally by means of eye drops on the basis of Albucid, Erythromycin or Penicillin. Solution is dug in in a sore eye 3-4 times a day.

For the night under an eyelid with ячменём antibacterial or steroid ointment is put. The procedure needs to be run just before a dream carefully washed up hands. Oral method of antibiotics in treatment of barley on an eye is used seldom.

How to cure barley by means of a compress?

In treatment of barley on an eye it is recommended to use compresses. The warming bandage is applied approximately to 6 times a day for 5-10 minutes. The warm compress is capable to accelerate maturing of barley on an eye and to facilitate discomfort of the patient during blinking.

The maximum term of use of compresses in treatment of barley on an eye – 5-7 days. If during this time barley independently was not opened, the doctor will be forced to resort to piercing with use of local anesthesia. The procedure of forced opening of barley on an eye at the child can be carried out under the general anesthesia.

National treatment of barley

There are many ways of national treatment of barley from the wildest to really effective. Recommendations to spit in an eye or to cock a snook at the person with ячменём on an eye can be referred safely to the first category useless, and sometimes and dangerous councils from national doctors. In saliva of the person, as we know, there is a set of bacteria. They are capable to aggravate the course of inflammatory process.

How to cure barley by means of phytotherapy?

Carry lotions from juice to quite effective ways of national treatment of barley scarlet, diluted with water in concentration 1:10.

Rather weak solutions of a camomile pharmaceutical, a linen seed, tea or a St. John's Wort can be applied to preparation of the warming compresses. At barley on an eye at the child the kindled honey is quite often used.

In national treatment of barley on an eye also lotions from crude garlic and a grain crumb are applied. As an alternative the warming compress can put to an eye with ячменём boiled warm egg.

Prevention of barley on an eye

For prevention of formation of barley on an eye it is very important not to overcool, never to use someone else's cosmetics, not to rub eyes dirty hands and to contain contact lenses in sterile purity. At barley on an eye to secure people around against an infection, for the entire period of a disease it is necessary to use only a personal towel and separate ware.