Barley on the eye is an ugly and very painful condition that occurs in both adults and children. An abscess that appears can cause a deterioration in the general condition. Often the appearance of barley is associated with a decrease in immunity. In some people this happens very rarely, in others (more often in childhood) barley on the eye is a very frequent phenomenon.
Psychosomatic medicine has its own view of the problem, and it deserves attention, at least for the reason that psychosomatics makes it possible to understand why some pustules do not happen before our eyes, while others have gone over all the methods of treatment, but cannot get rid of this problem.
General information
The name "barley" is popular, because the abscess on the eye resembles a grain of the same agricultural crop. In medicine, it bears the proud Latin name "gordolum". The disease is an inflammatory process of the eye (one or less often two), in which the disease develops due to pathogenic bacteria. An abscess does not always appear, sometimes the inflammatory process is closed, internal, and only a red painful tubercle appears on the eye.
The appearance of barley is always associated with unpleasant sensations - the affected edge of the eyelid tingles and itches, there is a sensation of local burning, swelling of the eyelid and its swelling develops. Barley almost always hurts - the pain is acute.
Most often the "culprit" of the appearance of hordeolum is a bacterium with a beautiful name - Staphylococcus aureus... It is abundantly represented in the environment, but when it gets into the eyes, it begins to actively multiply at the base of the ciliary hair follicles, as well as in the sebaceous glands of Zeiss, which leads to characteristic symptoms familiar to everyone.
Traditional medicine believes that the reason lies in a violation of hygiene requirements, when staphylococcus is introduced into the eyes by rubbing or touching with dirty hands. The state of immunity also influences: if it is strong, then inflammation may not occur, since the cells of the immune system will quickly "calculate" the invader and neutralize him.
Psychosomatic causes
To understand why hordeolums often appear in a child or an adult, you need to clearly understand what the psychosomatic significance of the organs of vision is. The eyes are an organ that allows a person to see the outside world, to receive visual information from it, without which the idea of the world would be incomplete. That is why any diseases of the visual analyzers indicate that a person does not want to see something, perceive someone or consciously "closes his eyes" to himself or what is happening in the world.
Since barley is an acute inflammatory infectious disease, we can safely say that a person not only hardly perceives what he has to see (or another person), but also experiences strong anger, anger, irritation about this.
The exact location of the inflammatory element is also important: the hordeolum on the right eye indicates that something is incredibly annoying to the person in the outside world, he does not want to look at it. The appearance of barley on the left eye indicates that the person “closes his eyes”, does not want to see his own actions, his own character traits.
An abscess develops as a reaction to a subconscious command of a person “I don’t want to see it”, “I cannot look at it”: the stronger the aggression inside, the larger the barley will be and the more likely the formation of a purulent abscess. Multiple barley (several in one century) develop infrequently, but this also happens, and for a specialist in the field of psychosomatics, they say that irritation and anger inside a person have been accumulating for a long time, and therefore destructive feelings were found at once through several abscesses.
Folk omens say that the appearance of barley is a sign of the "evil eye", that this is the first sign that in the near future everything will go completely differently for a person as he would like. Of course, there is a grain of truth in this: if a person does not get rid of anger and hidden aggression, everything will really go very differently from what he dreamed of, since a destructive feeling will leave an imprint not only on his health, but also on the course of his daily life. ...
In a child, barley has the same psychosomatic rationale as in adults. But in childhood, the purulent form of hordeolum is more common, which means that children often have a suppressed form of aggression, anger at something and despair without the ability to express it in words and directly in the face of the person who caused such sensations.
Children often suffer from eye inflammation, children who cannot build normal relationships in their children's team, children who grow up in families where something is happening that the child not only does not want to look at, but he hates what is happening or its participants with every fiber of his soul ...
Researchers' opinion
Louise L. Hay, a renowned author in the field of psychosomatics, argued that barley can be safely called "the disease of the evil eye"... This means that a person who looks at the world, events, people through the prism of negativity, anger, aggression, envy, jealousy, wishes for evil to another, more often suffers from hordeolum than someone who tries to see good in people and relates to events (even not the most pleasant) adequately.
Canadian researcher Liz Burbo writes that barley is characteristic of very impressionable and emotional natures who do not have enough tact and patience to justify what they see and accept it... Such people have exaggerated demands on others, do not seek compromises and are quick to punish. If someone has a different view of something, they categorically reject it, and soon they are faced with the appearance of the hordeolum.
Psychotherapist Valery Sinelnikov points out the need to see the world from the perspective of good and pure thoughts... If a person internally contemplates something evil, bad, aggressive, even if he never dares to translate it into reality, then you should not be surprised at the appearance of barley - this is an external manifestation of an internal state.
Treatment
Psychotherapists recommend people who often suffer from the appearance of barley, learn to manage your own anger and form a new, more positive outlook on the world and the people in it... In practice, this can be very difficult, especially when it comes to adults, for whom looking at the world through the glass of anger has become a long-term habit and a norm of life.
Such methods of psychocorrection as the formation of a critical view of oneself are very helpful. If a person speaks out his own ugly actions, can talk about his shortcomings, then his requirements for others are lowered, gradually an understanding comes that others, like himself, have the right to make mistakes... Along with this, you need to practice finding good in others every day. Think of someone who annoys you extremely and try to name at least five of his merits - he is kind, responsive, excellent specialist; he selects clothes and accessories with taste. Virtues can be found in any person. Everyone has it. With no exceptions.
The child may need professional help from a psychologist, as it can be difficult for babies to express their negative emotions. This can be done through drawing and modeling, through the puppet theater, through the game.
A wide range of art therapy techniques will come to the rescue. And of course, a correction of family relationships will be required so that the child can grow and develop in the most supportive environment, which he will be pleased to look at.
You also need to teach your child to see the good in others: "Kolya offends you, but he is generally a very good boy, he has a lot to learn."
