Afraid of being infected by others? Solve three common misunderstandings

"Must be disorderly see not clean things to grow the eye of a needle! Have you ever heard an elder warn a child like this? Ophthalmologists pointed out that the eye of a needle is an inflammation of the sebum line at the bottom of eyelashes, which has nothing to do with superstition. Like acne, it is generally not contagious. Eating fried food at ordinary times, abnormal work and rest will cause endocrine disorders, poor health, low resistance and easy to appear repeatedly. Ordinary people do not change their diet and work habits, but squeeze the affected area by themselves during the attack, which leads to more serious infection.

Is the eye of a needle contagious? Yan, an ophthalmologist, stressed that eye needles, like acne, are not contagious. (Photography/Huang Zhiwen) I like to eat fried food, and my resistance is low.

Yan, the ophthalmology director of the clinic, said that there was a 5-year-old boy recently. Because he likes to eat fried chicken and French fries, he has grown eight pinholes, big and small, and the biggest one is like mung bean. Another 4-year-old girl had the same meal explosion, which caused her eyes to burst, disappear and grow again. Her eyes grew up up, down, left and right, so she had to surgically cut the affected area to drain the pustule and be treated with antibiotics.

Dr. Yan Fangmin estimates that children often eat high-fat foods, which leads to abnormal secretion of sebaceous glands and frequent eye-popping attacks; In addition, a small number of children with poor physical fitness are also prone to pinholes. The fundamental solution is to change the diet and routine, which usually improves in adulthood. However, if you don't get enough sleep, are overworked, are busy with work or neglect eye cleaning, adults still have a considerable chance of getting stuck.

In the early stage of needle eye, if the eyelid is only slightly red and swollen and partially red, you can touch your eyes with your fingers along the eyelid to find out the pain point, and apply hot compress to promote blood circulation and reduce inflammatory reaction, and sometimes the symptoms will disappear by themselves. However, if it has reached the acute stage, it will grow to the eyes, the particles are obvious, and even the temples are dull, so it is necessary to use ice compress, but hot compress will aggravate the symptoms! In addition, people don't understand the eye of a needle, resulting in the following three myths:

Myth 1: Can you always pull your eyes and tail to eliminate it?

When there is a needle eye in the right eye, use the middle finger of the left hand to bypass the back of the head and pull the end of the eye. Can you really eliminate needle holes? In fact, this physical method of promoting blood circulation, combined with hot compress, does have certain effect, but the key is to keep your hands clean so as not to induce more serious bacterial infection.

Myth 2: Is it faster to break pustules with acupuncture?

When the pustule becomes bigger, it seems that the swelling will be reduced by acupuncture. However, if some blood returns to the brain, serious infection may spread, causing cellulitis and brain infection. It is still necessary to ask a doctor to do minor surgery, cut the abscess with a disinfection knife under local anesthesia, and drain the pus. This process only takes a few minutes.

Myth 3: being infected by others?

Eye of a needle is not contagious! Needle eyes are like acne on eyelids, but unlike conjunctivitis, the main reason why bacterial infection causes sebum lines or sweat glands to open is due to lack of physique and resistance, not bacterial infection of patients with needle eyes. In fact, bacteria themselves exist around the eyes. As long as they live healthily and have strong immunity, they will not cause pinholes.

In addition, some people think that why a family will have pinholes one after another, is it related to infection? Dr. Yan Fangmin pointed out that this may be because family members are similar in physique and eating habits and have nothing to do with infection. The statement that "patients with needle eye should not use towels" is actually afraid that the bacteria on the face of healthy people will continue to be transmitted to patients with needle eye, which will affect the treatment!