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The article is professionally consulted by Master, Doctor Hoang Thanh Nga - Ophthalmologist - Department of Medical Examination and Internal Medicine - Vinmec Ha Long International General Hospital.
Cleft and stye are two different diseases that are common in the eyelid margins but are easy to confuse because both cause pain in the eyelids, edema, limiting the patient's vision, affecting daily activities. The eye stye and its treatment are completely different from the eye stye, so distinguishing the two diseases will help treat the disease more effectively.
1. What to do for a stye in the eye?
Eye stye is an acute infection of the eyelid gland caused mainly by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that invades the eyelash root. When styes appear, the eyelids will be slightly swollen, red, itchy and. Then, in the painful area, a solid mass the size of a grain of rice will appear, causing the patient to be sensitive to light or feel like there is dust in the eye. So can styes in the eyes go away on their own?
Usually the stye will go away on its own in a few days or weeks without the need for specific treatments. When the pus breaks, the local symptoms will also subside after 4-6 days. Stinging in the eye what to do? To reduce symptoms and speed up healing, the patient can perform the following methods:
Warm compress: use a warm towel to place on the eyelids the affected area for 10-15 minutes, 3-5 times a day for until it's over. This warm compress will help release the clogged eyelid cartilage glands and remove the yellow secretions from the eyelids. Warm compresses also help with redness and swelling. Antibiotics may be used by your doctor in cases of infected styes. The drug is given as an ointment or eye drops such as polymyxin. Minor stye surgery: in the case of large styes that cause difficulty seeing, pain, a lot of tears and do not go away after 1 week, the doctor can perform minor surgery to make incisions on the stye to remove pus. Patients may be prescribed pain relievers such as paracetamol, ibuprofen, ... to reduce symptoms or after incision. Note, patients should avoid scratching or rubbing the stye with their hands because it can cause damage to the eyes and create an opportunity for bacteria to grow, making the disease worse.
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2. What should patients with styes avoid?
Does the patient with styes avoid anything? Patients with styes do not need a special diet, but should pay attention to a few things to prevent recurrence:
Keep the eyes and eyelids clean, especially after going through dusty areas; Do not arbitrarily cure eye styes by squeezing pus, applying leaves, applying medicine without the guidance of a doctor; Protect your eyes from smog and air pollution by wearing glasses when going out or doing tasks like cleaning the house, mowing the lawn; Do not apply makeup in the eyelid area while having styes, limit the use of contact lenses. After going out, you need to wash your eyelids with clean water; Limit the habit of rubbing your eyes with your hands.
3. What should I do if my eyes are closed?
Cataract is a condition in which a granuloma originates from a gland of the eyelid cartilage that is blocked causing stagnant sebum to penetrate into adjacent tissues causing chronic granulomatous inflammation completely different from styes caused by inflammation.
Clefts are often larger than styes and are less painful, even painless. If the swelling is too large, it can cause blurred vision, and the swelling can last from 2 to 8 weeks. In addition, if the eyes appear small white spots in the abdomen, you should also get checked because it may be a sign of chalazion. Details at the link.
Clefts can have an acute or insidious onset, but most are sterile and therefore antibiotics will not be effective. Eyelids can be treated with the following methods:
Hot compresses to relieve pain with early lesions Use corticosteroids as prescribed by the doctor for large, persistent chalazions Injecting and removing mucus from the eyes. deep in the cartilage to avoid recurrence If the chalazion still recurs after many times, the patch must be removed after the injection for anatomical examination. This is the basis for diagnosing cancers in the eyelids such as basal cell carcinoma or sebaceous carcinoma that are misdiagnosed as chalazion.
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