Chalazion is a slow, small growing cyst or lump, which develops within the eyelid due to inflammation or blockage in meibomian gland located at the edge of eyelid. These glands produce oil that helps to lubricate (moist) the surface of eye. Chalazion is not a styes, styes is due to bacterial infection causing gland swell and are painful in nature, whereas chalazion are painless.
Causes
The causes of chalazion are:
• Skin condition that causes acne and redness (Acne Rosacea)
• Inflammation of eyelid that causes swelling, irritation, and redness (Chronic Blepharitis)
• Red, dry, itchy, and flaky skin (Seborrheic Dermatitis)
• Tuberculosis
• Viral infection
Symptoms
The symptoms of chalazion are:
• Painless bump mainly on upper eyelid
• Blurred vision
• Mild irritation
Diagnosis
• Ophthalmologist (eye specialist) will take history, examine eye and eye glands openings
Prevention
• Hand washing before touching eye and handling contact lenses.
• Eye makeup should be replaced after 2 or 3 months.
• Do not share makeup.
Treatment
• It often goes away in days or weeks without treatment.
• Eye drops or eye ointment.
• Steroid injection or in severe cases numb the infected area cut and drain.
HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINE
STAPHYSAGRIA
The main sphere of action is on recurrent chalazion, which is better by warm application. Patient with sunken eyes, with blue rings and heat in eyeballs, feeling of dryness despite of lachrymation. Complaints get aggravated due to bad effects of anger and insults. Patient is highly sensitive in nature physically and emotionally. Patient comes with complaint of itching in margins of eyelid. Remedy is for those people who are very sensitive of others opinion and craves tobacco.
APIS MELLFICA
is indicated mainly for redness of eyes, swollen edematous eyelids intolerance to heat and touch with stinging and burning sensation which is predominately of right side. Complaints get worst in warm room and better in open air and associated with thirstlessness. This remedy is indicated when patient has swollen eyelids with itching, relieved by cold compresses. The affected area has a puffy appearance which looks like bags of water under the skin.
PULSATILLA NIGRICANS
The marked indication of this remedy is its changeability of symptoms. There is dimness of vision with swelling of eyelids and patient keep rubbing or wiping eyes constantly with itching followed by thick profuse discharges. Generally patient is thirstless in nature and all complaints are worst by warm and better by open air.
THUJA OCCIDENTALIS
Complaints are mainly on left sided and at 3 am and 3 pm. There is blurring of vision, heavy eyelids which stick together leading to dryness and scaling. Chilly patient, sensitiveness at emotional level with predominant fixed ideas. There is heaviness of eyelids and they stick together mainly at night. Aggravation of symptoms with coffee, fatty food, and onion.
GRAPHITES
is indicated remedy for recurrent chalazion. It is a good remedy for eruption on eyelids that becomes hard over period of times. Photophobia that is aggravated in sunlight. Red and swollen eyelids associated with dryness. Eruptions on eyelids with discharge of mucus or pus are of acrid smell. Pain are burning, smarting, and gnawing which aggravates in sunlight or even in candlelight. There is great intolerance to daylight more than gaslight causing lachrymation.
CALCAREA FLOURICA
has ability to cure indurated infiltration of glands. It is a remedy for enlarged glands which has tendency to become stony hard and indurate. It is an indicated remedy for recurrent chalazion with swelling and pain in eyelids. Patient is sensitive to draft of cold air and damp weather and symptoms are better by heat or warm application. The vision gets blurred, and there are sparks and flickers before eyes.
CONIUM MACULATUM
is mainly indicated in chronic condition where chalazion has become stony hard due to long standing condition. Difficultly in opening eye in morning with burning on inner surface of the eyelids. Feeling of pressure, in external canthus like a grain of sand. There is burning of entire surface of eyelid with muscular weakness of all eye muscles. The eyelids indurate, thicken are heavy and fall and with difficulty it is lifted up, it could scarcely raise the eyelids, they seems pressed down by a heavy weight.
SILICEA
is indicated for suppuration of skin. Eyes are tender to touch, aversion to light and chilliness better by warmth. One of the indicated remedy for people who are always chilly, cold and who lacks with vital heat. There is dazzling and sharp pain in eyes because of daylight which aggravates condition. There is peculiar feeling of cold before symptoms appear. Patient complaints are aggravated in winter.
MERCURIUS SOLUBILIS
used for chalazion in profuse acrid discharge with burning sensation. Profuse lachrymation and photophobia which gets aggravated from heat and glare. Discharges which irritate eyelids at the margin of eye are greenish yellowish in nature. Person who requires this remedy often has following complaint of swollen glands, breath which is very offensive and excessive salivation.
CALCAREA CARBONICA
is indicated when there is easy fatigue of eyes with great sensitivity towards cold, lachrymation in open air and early morning. The patient is sensitive to cold weather and cold draft of air. There is chronic dilation of pupils, dimness of vision, as if looking through a mist. It is a good remedy for glandular swellings. Red and thick swelling of eyelids, with profuse secretion of humour and nocturnal agglutination. There is constant fear of losing her reason, or that people will notice her mental confusion.
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