Human vision is the unique greatest gift of nature. Thanks to the eyes, people have the ability to see the world, to feel its fullness. 90% of all information a person receives through the visual apparatus. But sometimes there are situations when various negative effects on the eyelids occur. Diseases of the eyelids are most often characterized by unpleasant symptoms. In some cases, pathological changes may occur.
Why can a person's eyes hurt?
Eye pain is the most common complaint today. It is with such problems that patients turn to the ophthalmologist. All people know that the eye is an important and necessary organ of the human body, or rather, of his face. If your eyelids hurt, you should definitely consult a doctor who can accurately diagnose and prescribe the appropriate treatment.
Persistent eyelid pain can cause erysipelas after a whileinflammation. The cause of such an unpleasant situation is progressive hemolytic staphylococcus aureus. Pain also appears with shingles, which is difficult to confuse with other diseases. The patient will feel severe pain in the affected areas of the skin. It may become red, swollen, and covered with characteristic herpetic vesicles.
Barley and furuncle in the process of occurrence and development have the same or similar symptoms. Reddening of the skin is observed, a painful induration appears, and purulent contents can be found inside the swelling. The presented abscess is often localized on the upper eyelid, while causing pain not only in the affected area, but also on the scalp.
The most common diseases and causes of eye disease
Diseases of the eyelids, eyes are the most common diseases. They can appear for various reasons.
- Eye diseases are of a cutting nature, which often appear after intense work. Especially if the work was long and connected with a computer monitor. Often, dryness, redness of the eye and burning sensation are added to cutting pains. If you do not seek qualified help from specialists, then in the future you may encounter a decrease in vision, the appearance of a spasm of accommodation, myopia. It becomes worse for a person when his eyelids become inflamed. Diseases of the eyelids can appear after severe spasms of the eye muscles. Cutting diseases are amenable to short-term treatment, so timely treatmenta specialist will allow a person to get rid of existing eye problems.
- Common diseases of the eyelids are heaviness in the region of the forehead, eye sockets, as well as the occurrence of pressing sensations. The patient constantly wants to close his eyes and rub them with his hands. There is a visual impairment in which a person observes floating flies, sparks, a variety of light glare in front of the eyes, they can even lead to a short-term loss of vision. The reason is spasms of the vessels of the head.
- If the eye and the head hurt on one side at the same time, then the pain may have a shooting or pulsating character. Flickering spots appear before the eyes, objects are seen blurry, it seems that everything is getting dark. There are many other symptoms as well. A sign of such pain is a migraine.
- Monotonous, pressing or bursting pain. A person can feel heaviness not only in the head, but also in the eyes. Often it occurs in the morning, amplification can occur from bright light, loud sound. The provocateur is a change in the weather, the use of a large amount of s alt, liquid and overwork. The cause of these symptoms may be excessive accumulation of fluid in the ventricles of the brain or increased intracranial pressure.
- Diseases of the eyelids, eyes often appear during the progression of the infectious process of the paranasal sinuses. These include frontal sinusitis, sinusitis and sinusitis.
What are eye diseases?
Ophthalmologists determine eye diseases in patients by symptoms that manifest themselves in differentparts of the eye. It is important to highlight several main types of diseases:
- Disturbances in the lacrimal organs, which can be characterized by a variety of inflammatory processes of the lacrimal gland, sacs and other parts.
- Conjunctivitis - local inflammatory processes, in most cases are infectious. They are manifested by swelling of the mucous membranes of the inner parts of the eyelid and are accompanied by severe redness. In some cases, there is a discharge of pus.
- Diseases of the eyeball, which include disorders in the cornea, iris, sclera, vitreous, and retina.
- Diseases of the orbit and ocular motor apparatus.
- Common eyelid diseases in humans are overwhelmingly infectious.
- Disorders of the optic nerve.
Diseases of the eyelids in humans: barley
Probably, many people have noticed painful redness or a small abscess in size, which is located in the area of \u200b\u200bthe eyelashes at the initial stage of inflammation. Often it appears on the upper eyelids and is called barley. The disease is characterized by purulent inflammatory processes of the sebaceous glands, which are located at the eyelash bulb itself or in its sac.
Thus, the outer eyelid will swell slightly. A purulent tubercle and redness will appear at the site of inflammation.
How does barley manifest itself, what does it feel like during inflammation?
Bif the disease is in the early stages of development, a person may not feel much discomfort. Pain occurs when touching barley. But after some time, patients note severe itching, burning in the inflamed area, as well as quite unpleasant sensations when the eyelids are closed. Diseases of the eyelids and barley should never be treated on their own.
Doctors recommend seeking qualified help, especially at the acute stage. If you do not start drug treatment, then barley can progress for a long time. A dangerous and undesirable action during self-treatment of barley is squeezing out a purulent formation from a white pimple.
When the patient does not properly manipulate the pimple and squeezing the abscess, you may encounter the spread of infection. There is a possibility that harmful microbes can get into the brain. Diseases of the eyelids, eyes are quite serious ailments that require immediate medical attention. Otherwise, the patient risks getting a complication up to meningitis, which entails a possible fatal outcome.
What can cause barley on the eyelid?
Absolutely all infections can be divided into bacterial and viral. It is worth noting that barley is a bacterial infection. Often barley appears after a person has had ARVI. In this case, the immune system is greatly weakened, and barley may come out. The most common and rather harmful bacterium is Staphylococcus aureus.
Find the real reasonthe occurrence of barley can only be a qualified specialist. He will prescribe the necessary tests and examinations. Then he will draw conclusions and talk about the cause of the disease.
How to treat barley?
Everyone should remember that absolutely all bacterial infections can only be treated with appropriate antibiotics. When treating barley with compresses using tea leaves, rubbing with antiseptic agents, the desired effect will not be obtained. To remove the redness of the eyelid, the eyes will help the use of tetracycline and hydrocortisone ointment. Washing with tinctures and teas can relieve discomfort, but if it is selected after consulting a doctor.
All ointments should be applied to the affected areas of the eyelid. In some cases, antibiotic treatment may be prescribed, which are presented in the form of drops. For example, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, and many others. However, you can start treatment after proper consultation with your doctor.
Stye is not the only disease that causes eyelid inflammation. After it, certain pathological changes can begin to occur, such as trichiasis, ankyloblepharon, Hunn's syndrome and many others.
Allergic reactions
The eyelid can become inflamed in response to allergens. The main irritants include:
- Small particles of poultry feathers and animal hair.
- Pollen from plants.
- Various drugs.
- Inappropriatecosmetics.
- Active and aromatic substances that make up household chemicals.
Insects and ticks
Bites of mosquitoes and other stinging insects in the eye area can cause severe reactions that cause inflammation of the eyelid. After an insect bite, the area around the eye can be very swollen and red. At the site of the bite, patients often feel intense itching and pain when touched.
But it's worth noting that insects can be so small that they can only be seen with a microscope. In most cases, eyelash mites are the culprit. The presented parasites are microscopic in size, and are almost always found on human skin. When a person's immunity weakens, then diseases of the eyelids and eyes appear. In this case, the total number of ticks begins to increase sharply. Insect secretions irritate the eyelids. Diseases of the eyelids from this progress rapidly and are difficult to treat. Patients may feel itchy on the eyelid and the edges of the eye appear slightly swollen.
Eyelashes are a little sticky, rashes, redness, and eye fatigue may occur. Red eyelids often indicate that an inflammatory process is underway in the body.
