Bintitan

Coutii Healthy - Bintitan or in medical language called hordeolum is a condition when a similar painful nodule acne or boils were growing at the edge of the eyelids. Most of the bintitan appears only in one eye. This condition is also generally do not have an impact on the ability of people with bad eyesight.

Bintitan usually occurs on the outside of the eyelid, but sometimes it can also appear on the inside. Nodule that grows in part in more painful than that grow on the outside.

The symptoms of Bintitan

Indication bintitan easily detected from the growing red bumps that look like boils on the eyelids. Other symptoms that accompany this condition include:

1. Watery eyes.
2. The eye or eyelids are flushed.
3. The eyelids are swollen and feels pain.

Almost all cases of bintitan do not require specific medical handling and can be cured with her own. However, the risk of complications remain. Therefore, you should checked myself to a doctor if you experience bintitan showed no signs of improving after 2 days and the swelling spread to other parts of the face, such as the cheeks.

Causes and risk factors of Bintitan

The main causes are bacteria bintitan stafilokokus. Examples of infections due to bacteria which can trigger bintitan is an infection that occurs in the root of the eyelashes, oil glands, and sweat glands.

Stafilokokus bacteria normally live on the skin without causing human disease. But the risk of bintitan will increase when we touch the eyes with dirty hands. In addition, there are a number of other risk factors which include:

1. Use cosmetics which have already expired.
2. Do not clean cosmetics when going to bed.
3. Wear contact lenses that are not sterile or your hands are not clean when installing it.
4. Severe inflammation of the eyelid or blefaritis, especially chronic type. This condition can be caused by a bacterial infection or complications due to skin disease rosaseae.

Treatment Of Bintitan

Most bintitan can heal by itself within 7 to 20 days. Bintitan will recover after the break and pulled out the pus. However, don't ever squeeze or solve a bump of its own bintitan because it can trigger the spread of infection. Wait until bumps broke out naturally.

There are simple steps you can do to alleviate the symptoms and discomfort because the nodule. Some of these are:

1. Maintain the cleanliness of the eyes, for example by avoiding the use of cosmetics for a while.
2. Compresses of warm water for 5 to 10 minutes. Compresses an unused eyelid with warm water as much as 2-3 times a day can reduce the pain at once accelerate healing.
3. Do not wear contact lenses. Avoid contact lenses bintitan until healed.
4. Analgesic. You could be taking an analgesic or pain reliever medicine if needed.
5. When bintitan failed to heal and the pain grew severe, you should see a doctor. Handling steps commonly done is removing the pus so that pressure on the eyes could be reduced.

Although rare, the use of antibiotics may be recommended. Especially if you also experience other complications, such as kalazion (a cyst caused by blockage of one of the glands in the eyelid) or preseptal cellulitis (infection of the tissues around the eyes).

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