What is the cause of the small pimple on the baby's eyelid?

In our daily life, people often suddenly develop small pimples on their eyes. We should prescribe the right medicine and understand the cause before looking at the treatment method. Sometimes we will find that some babies have small pimples on their eyelids. It is best to go to the hospital first to see what the situation is.

What is the cause of the small pimple on the baby's eyelid?

Many babies have small bumps on their eyelids or around their eyes. The most common cause of this symptom is cysts or styes. Parents should take their babies to the hospital's ophthalmology department for diagnosis and treatment in time after discovering this.

There is a small pimple on the baby's eyelid, which may be a stye

Stye, also known as "stye", is an acute suppurative inflammation of the eyelid. At the beginning, there will be local redness, swelling and pain, and then a blister smaller than a grain of rice will bulge on the eyelid, which will be painful when touched. After a period of time, the redness and swelling will turn into pus, and after a few days, it will break through and discharge pus.

When a stye first appears, you can use the following methods:

1. You can use a clean hot towel for wet compress, 15 minutes each time, 3 times a day.

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

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

4. When the abscess matures, small abscesses will rupture on their own and the pus can be wiped off with sterilized gauze. Large abscesses need to be incised and drained in the hospital, and antibiotic eye drops or eye ointment can be applied after the pus is drained.

If you have a stye, you should seek prompt treatment, because the early symptoms are mild and local treatment can often control its development. The inflammation can subside quickly and heal. You can use the following methods:

1. During treatment, anti-inflammatory eye drops, such as rifampicin, tolbutamide, tadalafil, etc., are usually applied every 3 to 4 hours during the day. Anti-inflammatory eye ointment, such as chlortetracycline, erythromycin eye ointment, etc., is applied before going to bed at night.

2. If the child can cooperate well, warm water hot compress can also be used for treatment. 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: soak a clean towel in hot water, wring it out slightly and apply it directly to the skin of the affected eye, 2 to 3 times a day, 20 to 30 minutes each time. 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 treatment is not timely, in addition to local redness and swelling, accompanied by systemic symptoms such as fever and fatigue, antibiotics should be added, such as amoxicillin, erythromycin, or intramuscular injection of penicillin. For styes that have already developed pus heads, they can be treated by incision and drainage after the abscess matures.

There is a small pimple on the baby's eyelid, which may be a granuloma

Granuloma is a common eye disease that occurs frequently in children. It is usually caused by a fat granulomatous inflammation due to the obstruction of the tarsal plate outlet outside the eyelid, which causes the glandular secretions to remain in the tarsal plate and cause chronic irritation to the surrounding tissues. In the early stage of the disease, soybean or mung bean-sized nodules can be felt on the skin above and below the eyelids, without obvious pain symptoms. Many parents of children with the disease are worried that surgical treatment will affect their studies, and even think that the disease will gradually get better, so they delay treatment for a long time, resulting in worsening of the disease. Experts point out that surgical treatment of granuloma only needs to be performed under local anesthesia, the operation is simple, less painful, and generally returns to normal after 24 hours. Therefore, parents of children with the disease should pay attention to it as soon as possible, detect it early and treat it early, and do not delay the good opportunity for treatment.

Usually, you should give your baby vitamin A and C supplements, which are good for skin health. Eat a light diet and eat more fruits and vegetables. Chinese medicine believes that most children with multiple granulomas have spleen and stomach problems, so children with multiple granulomas can take digestive drugs under the guidance of a doctor, as well as some small Chinese medicines to regulate the spleen and stomach.

Types of styes

1. External stye

External hordeolum is an acute suppurative inflammation of the Zeiss gland, which is an inflammation of the eyelash follicles or nearby sebaceous glands. At the beginning, you may feel itchy and the area may be swollen and congested. You can feel a lump near the eyelid margin. As the lump softens, a yellow pustule will form at the root of the eyelashes.

2. Internal stye

Internal hordeolum is an acute suppurative inflammation. The pain is not as obvious as that of external hordeolum and it develops slowly. The surface of the conjunctiva will reveal a yellow tip, which can rupture on its own. If the marginal plate fails to break through, the inflammation will continue to expand and form a thick mass.