Barley is a disease that affects both adults andchildren. Barley under the eye can pop even a very small child. Official medicine has many names for this ailment. Barley, in essence, is nothing but an inflammation of the sebaceous glands located at the roots of the eyelashes, or it can be an inflammation of the hair follicle itself. From the article we learn about who and how to treat barley on the eye of a child. Most often this disease affects children.
Causes of barley
Usually the cause of the appearance of barley ishypothermia, but actually a problem in bacterial infection. In 90-95% of cases, the causative agent is Staphylococcus aureus. The disease is also promoted by weakening of immunity. It looks like a small swelling in the eyelid, reminiscent of the shape and size of the barley grain (that's why this name is popular among the people). Other symptoms include reddening of the eyelid, enlarged lymph nodes, fever. Inflammation can be accompanied by very painful sensations or itching - you can not scratch your eyes in any way. A few days later, the place of a future breakthrough is formed on the swelling, it looks like a white or yellow spot. The pus comes out three or four days after "ripening", and a week later the edema subsides and recovery comes. It also happens that not one, but several hair pouches are inflamed. Such a course of the disease can lead to the fact that the child can not open the eye. Who and how to treat barley on the eye of the child in such cases - we will find out a little later.
Barley on the eye - what to do?
It is important to understand that barley is not a pimple,squeeze it in any case impossible! Place better not to wet, because moisture carries the infection. Use dry heat (UFO, UHF), which will help him mature more quickly. Many people do not understand how barley is treated on the eye of a child by a popular folk remedy - a chicken egg.