Just because of a small action, the child's eyes were almost blinded?

Big eyes and long eyelashes

It's a baby's cute feature.

But it may become

The main culprit of eye damage

The child is always crying and rubbing his eyes

It turns out that the eyelashes are attached to the eyeball

Some parents pull out or cut them.

I feel it's okay.

Such a small action

The child was almost blinded!

What is trichiasis?

Under normal circumstances, our eyelashes usually maintain a certain tilt angle, which can play a good role in curtains without poking the eyeball. However, if the eyelashes that should grow outwards "get lost" and grow in the opposite direction towards the eyeball, it is called inverted eyelashes.

Due to the frequent friction between eyelashes and eyeballs, the cornea is irritated and causes discomfort. In severe cases, it can cause eyelid dermatitis, conjunctivitis, keratitis, corneal ulcers, and even affect vision.

What are the dangers of inverted eyelashes?

1. Due to the sensation of foreign body, itching, pain and discomfort in the eyes, patients will involuntarily blink and rub their eyes, which can easily lead to bacteria entering the eyes, causing conjunctivitis and keratitis, and repeatedly aggravating the ocular surface infection.

2. Inverted eyelashes cause damage to the corneal epithelium . Direct contact of the eyelashes with the cornea will scratch the corneal epithelium, causing the patient to experience foreign body sensation, photophobia and tearing. If not treated for a long time, it is easy to cause corneal ulcers, which will eventually affect vision.

3. Inverted eyelashes can cause astigmatism . If a baby has astigmatism during infancy, some of them may develop amblyopia.

How to detect ingrown eyelashes in children?

****First, a routine physical examination of children is required. Eyelid entropion is a common disease in children. Secondly, if your child has eye pain, red eyes, fear of light, tearing, persistent foreign body sensation, frequent eye rubbing and blinking , and increased eye secretions, then it is recommended that you see an ophthalmologist to see if eyelid entropion is causing corneal and conjunctival damage.

Why do eyelashes turn inward?

Trichiasis is a common eyelid disease that is more common in children, teenagers and the elderly.

Generally speaking, there are two types of eyelash inversion:

Simple trichiasis: There is a problem with the growth direction of eyelashes, or the skin of the lower eyelid presses on the eyelashes, causing them to sweep toward the cornea.

Eyelid entropion with entropion: generally divided into congenital and acquired. Congenital entropion is more common in Asians, and is more common in infants and young children. Common causes of acquired entropion are trachoma, eyelid trauma, etc., which lead to eyelid scar contraction, or the skin and muscles of the elderly become loose with age, and the eyelids lack support, resulting in entropion.

What should I do if I find my eyelashes are inverted?

Generally speaking, there are 4 types of treatment:

1. Remove inverted eyelashes

For a small amount of inverted eyelashes, some patients choose to remove them directly, but eyelashes will regenerate and grow again about two weeks after removal. Long-term removal of inverted eyelashes will cause disordered eyelashes, so this is only a temporary relief of symptoms. Be careful not to remove or cut your eyelashes at home by yourself, as this can easily cause infection and accidental injury to the eyes.

2. Electrolysis treatment

A small amount of inverted eyelashes can also be treated with electrolysis, but the recurrence rate is high, and it may damage the surrounding normal eyelashes and eyelid margin tissue, causing local concave deformity.

3. Radiofrequency electrolysis treatment

A small number of disordered eyelashes in the normal direction of the eyelid margin can be treated with radiofrequency electrolysis, which destroys the hair follicles through the radiofrequency electrode and reduces recurrence.

4. Surgical correction

For eyelashes with entropion, corrective surgery can be performed. For double rows of eyelashes with normal eyelid margin direction, hair follicles can be removed under a surgical microscope.

The Department of Eyelid and Orbital Disease/Ocular Plastic Surgery at the Aier Eye Hospital Affiliated to Wuhan University reminds you that there are many ways to treat inverted eyelashes. It is recommended to go to a professional ophthalmology hospital for examination and choose the appropriate treatment method based on the specific situation to reduce the damage to the eyes caused by inverted eyelashes and avoid further vision damage.

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