What to do if your child gets a stye

The reason why children get stye is because of symptoms of inflammation and suppuration in the eyes. This symptom mainly occurs when children are young. We need to use anti-inflammatory eye drops to treat it, and wipe the eyes with warm water, which can dilate blood vessels, improve local blood circulation, and help treat the disease. When it comes to the treatment of stye, we generally use external application of medication.

What should I do if my baby gets styes in his eyes? After a child gets styes, symptoms such as inflammation and pus discharge usually appear. Parents need to treat their children's stye in time, and it is best to treat it in the early stages.

The early symptoms of stye are mild and their development can often be controlled through local treatment. The inflammation can subside quickly and heal. During treatment, anti-inflammatory eye drops, such as rifampicin, tolbridate, tadalafil, etc., are usually applied during the day, once every 3-4 hours. Apply anti-inflammatory eye ointment, such as chloramphenicol, erythromycin eye ointment, etc. before going to bed at night.

If the child cooperates well, warm water and hot compress treatment can also be used. Hot compress can dilate blood vessels, improve local blood circulation, and is very helpful in promoting the absorption of inflammation and shortening the course of the disease. The specific method is to soak a clean towel in hot water, wring it out slightly, and apply it directly to the skin of the affected eye, 2-3 times a day, each time for 20-30 minutes. The temperature of the hot towel is about 45 degrees Celsius. Parents can first test the temperature with the back of their hands or their own eyelid skin to see if the child can accept it.

If the stye is not treated in time, in addition to local redness and swelling, there will be systemic symptoms such as fever and fatigue. Antibiotics should be added, such as amoxicillin, erythromycin, or intramuscular injection of penicillin. For styes with pus heads, the abscess can be opened and drained after it matures.

Stye can also be relieved through some home care methods: the following methods can be used when the stye first appears.

1. You can use a thread to prick the base of the middle finger on the opposite side of the child's affected eye. That is, when the child's right eye is affected, prick the base of the index finger of the left hand, and if the left eye is affected, prick the right hand. Note that the thread should not be too tight to avoid affecting the blood circulation of the child's fingers.

2. Apply eye ointment or eye drops to the affected area.

If the child's stye symptoms are severe, parents are advised to wait until the stye abscess matures and small abscesses rupture on their own and then wipe off the pus with sterilized gauze; large abscesses need to be opened and drained in the hospital. After the pus comes out, apply antibiotic eye drops or eye ointment. Only with timely treatment can you recover as soon as possible.