How to get rid of barley on the eye at home

Waking up one morning, many of us had to experience discomfort in the area of ​​the century. This place begins to itch, and after a couple of days a suppuration, similar to a grain, appears on it. So makes itself felt inflammation of the sebaceous gland or ciliary hair sac. I want to get rid of the swelling that spoils the look instantly and for sure. How to behave in this situation, what you need to know and what to do?

Causes of Barley

It does not appear by chance. Inflammation is provoked by bacteria of Staphylococcus aureus, which have entered the body. This is greatly facilitated by:

• weakened immunity;
• hypothermia of the body;
• diabetes mellitus and other endocrine diseases;
• avitaminosis;
• digestive diseases;
• neglect of hygiene rules: contact of dirty hands with eyes, use of someone else's cosmetics;
• lack of fresh air;
• mite demodex - subcutaneous ophthalmic;
• the presence of worms.

Depending on the degree of the above violations, barley is not single, but against its background headaches, lymph nodes increase, the temperature rises.

Signs of the maturation of barley

About the onset of the disease may indicate:

• the appearance of swelling at the edge of the eyelid;
• soreness of the swollen place on palpation;
• redness of the eye protein;
• severe itching;
• the formation of suppuration on the 2-3rd day after the onset of the first symptoms.

At the very first manifestations of inflammation, it is worth trying to apply alternative recipes that have been tested in practice by more than one generation.

What is the danger of barley in the eye?

The risk to human health lies in the wrong approach to the choice of measures to get rid of barley. Used by some, urinotherapy, heating and squeezing out pus can cause the infection to grow in nearby tissues. The results can be the most deplorable - up to meningitis (inflammation of the meninges) or sepsis (general infection of the blood).

In some cases, barley is mistaken for a cystic neoplasm that appears as a result of blockage of the sebaceous gland. The selected incorrect treatment will not only not lead to recovery, but will also worsen the condition of the patient.

Barley is a contagious phenomenon, and non-compliance with hygiene requirements leads to infection of others. Strengthening the immune system and using individual towels will protect against the spread of infection.

How to get rid of barley at home

When there is no way to see a doctor and the case is not started, you can try to use the improvised means to get rid of barley. These include:

1. Treatment of the site of inflammation at the very initial stage of the disease with own saliva. Better to be hungry.
2. The use of 0.5 tbsp. brewer's yeast inside three times a day.
3. Tea lotions help relieve inflammation due to the tanning properties of tea.
4. Soda wiping is done with a swab moistened in solution. 1 tsp soda is poured with boiling water (200 ml) and cools to room temperature.
5. When barley is opened, the warming of a hard-boiled egg helps very well. It should be tolerably hot.
6. The salt heated in the pan is applied in a special tissue bag to the affected area.
7. Garlic rubbing of the eyelid, for which it is enough to cut one clove at a time.
8. Chewing Bay Leaf. It is recommended to do the procedure without swallowing the product.

If none of the methods turned out to be effective, a trip to the doctor should be mandatory.

Folk remedies for the treatment of barley

Herbalists have a lot of recipes in their stocks aimed at eliminating inflammation of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid or hair sac.

Warming Methods
Applicable only with an erupted abscess.

• Flax seeds, heated in a frying pan, wrapped in a handkerchief, are applied to the place of barley.
• The onion baked in the oven is cut into two halves, one of which warms up the diseased eyelid.

Herbal lotions

• coriander seeds or carefully chopped dill seeds (1 teaspoon) are poured with boiling water, cooled and filtered;
• crushed aloe leaf is infused in cold boiled water for a day;
• cornflower flowers (1 tablespoon) are kept in boiling water for about half an hour;
• raw chicken protein is applied by moistening a piece of gauze in it;
• fresh or dried marigold flowers are poured with boiling water. Letting them boil for 10 minutes, wrap them in a warm cloth, insisting for 1 hour;
• plantain leaves fresh or dry (3 tablespoons) are boiled for about 10 minutes in a glass of boiling water. Apply after straining and cooling;
• Ledum, cherry flowers, chamomile or birch buds are languishing in a water bath for about 15 minutes, after which it is filled with boiled water. After half an hour, they are used for lotions;
• spice cloves (6 flowers) is brewed 1/3 cup boiling water and infused.

Compresses and ointments

• lilac leaves are well washed and passed through a meat grinder. The gruel tied in gauze is kept in a sore spot for about an hour. Repeat the procedure up to 5 times;
• raw potatoes in a cut form, wipe the inflamed eyelid;
• crumb of white bread, boiled in milk, is applied in gauze to the eye;
• heated castor oil - an effective compress for barley;
• pharmacy chamomile flowers insist in a glass of boiling water for 15 minutes. Gruel is applied to the eyelid.

Therapeutic decoctions
These funds are good when taken orally. By stimulating the immune system, they help to reduce the inflammatory process.

• Bay leaf (about 12 pcs.) In a glass of boiling water is kept for 50 minutes in a thermos. 1/3 cup is drunk three times a day;
• Burdock rhizomes are brewed as herbal tea and consumed several times a day for half a cup.

Barley Treatment with Medicines

When the first signs of barley appear, one of the following methods is necessary to stop its maturation:

1. Cauterization with alcohol-containing agents: iodine, brilliant green, ethyl alcohol, calendula tincture. It is better to do this with a cotton swab to prevent alcohol from entering the mucous membrane. Enough 5 times a day to get the desired effect.
2. The use of eye drops-antibiotics of gentamicin, albucide, tobrex, chloramphenicol, cypromed (0.3%), solutions of penicillin and erythromycin. Burying them 4-5 times a day will prevent the appearance of an abscess.
3. Barley treatment with eye ointments: hydrocortisone, tetracycline, erythromycin. Due to the fact that ointments affect visual acuity after laying them behind the lower eyelid, it is better to do the procedure at night. This is done with thoroughly washed hands.

In each case, it is better to choose medications under the guidance of a specialist. This is especially true if the patient, against the background of discomfort in the region of the eye eyelid, has a fever and malaise. Sometimes the patient’s careless attitude leads to the most radical measures - surgical intervention.

Important Tips
In order for home treatment to be effective, it is important to follow some rules:

• stop using cosmetics;
• refuse contact lenses for the treatment period;
• the towel should be a purely individual clean thing;
• for compresses it is better to take disposable napkins;
• correctly apply drops and ointments, the place of which is between the lower eyelid and the conjunctiva;
• barley repeated more than 2 times a year is a serious reason to undergo examination and get a competent treatment algorithm.

Preventative measures

Since the main reason for the appearance of an abscess on the eyelid is weakening of immunity, elderly people, women and children are often at risk. How to protect yourself from barley?

• Do not forget about taking vitamins and immunostimulants.
• Try to prevent hypothermia and colds.
• Always have your own towel and handkerchief.
• Never touch your eyes with unwashed hands.
• Include raw fruits or vegetables, herbal teas, mineral water, yogurt, and juice in your daily diet.

Barley, like a common cold, may disappear once itself. You will have to wait for this no less than 1-3 weeks. It remains to choose: try to get rid of the annoying inflammation of the eyelid or walk with an abscess, causing terror among others. In order not to suffer from disastrous consequences, it is better to seem professional. Properly selected treatment will return you a good aesthetic appearance and peace of mind.

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