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Styes are classified as either external or internal, depending on whether the infection involves a lash follicle or deeper oil glands along your eyelid. The swelling from a stye typically starts ...
The best home remedies for treating a stye include washing your eyes with baby shampoo and applying a warm compress. 5 home remedies to treat styes naturally, according to eye doctors Skip to main ...
A stye, also known as a hordeolum, is a bacterial infection of an oil gland in the eyelid. [4] This results in a red tender bump at the edge of the eyelid. [1] [5] The outside or the inside of the eyelid can be affected. [3] The cause of a stye is usually a bacterial infection by Staphylococcus aureus.
The main symptoms of styes include pain, redness of the eyelid and sometimes swollen eyelids. Styes usually disappear within a week without treatment. Otherwise, antibiotics may be prescribed and home remedies such as warm water compresses may be used to promote faster healing. Styes are normally harmless and do not cause long lasting damage.
In the article it is said that a stye lasts from up to 3 weeks to 2 years. However in one of the sources referenced (VisionWeb) it is said that "an eyelash stye will usually drain on its own in approximately 2 days". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.169.205.135 08:40, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
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A chalazion may occur following a stye or from hardened oils blocking the gland. [2] The blocked gland is usually the meibomian gland, but can also be the gland of Zeis. [8] A stye and cellulitis may appear similar. [2] A stye, however, is usually more sudden in onset, painful, and occurs at the edge of the eyelid. [2] Cellulitis is also ...
Viral conjunctivitis usually resolves on its own and does not require any specific treatment. [3] Antihistamines (e.g., diphenhydramine) or mast cell stabilizers (e.g., cromolyn) may be used to help with the symptoms. [3] Povidone-iodine has been suggested as a treatment, but as of 2008, evidence to support it was poor. [41]
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