A bee sting on the eyelid can cause localized redness, swelling and pain due to the toxins released. You can apply local cold compresses and eye ointment to reduce swelling and pain quickly, but there is no fastest way to reduce swelling and pain.
1. Local cold compresses: patients can use ice towels or ice packs to make cold compresses for the eyes, which can reduce the sensitivity of the pain nerve fibers, thus stopping the pain, but also reduce the swelling by reducing the leakage of intravascular fluid.
2. Apply eye ointment: patients can also apply hormone eye ointment on the stung area to promote swelling and pain relief, such as commonly used tetracycline cortisone ophthalmic ointment, tobramycin dexamethasone ophthalmic ointment and so on.
The patient’s eyes were stung by bees, need to go to the hospital ophthalmology as soon as possible, by the doctor to find out the severity of the disease, to guide the patient individualized treatment, medication should follow the doctor’s instructions, avoid self-medication.