Avoid wearing makeup and contact lenses until the stye has gone, and don’t share your towels and flannels. Do not try and burst the stye yourself as this can spread the infection. You can treat your stye yourself by using a warm compress, such as a flannel soaked in warm water, or a heat pack you can heat in the microwave, and holding it against your stye for 5-10 minutes, three or four times a day. If you have a stye, your eyelid will be red and swollen with a painful lump, which may have a yellow spot in the middle. Who is affected by styes?Īnyone can develop a stye, especially people who are prone to blepharitis. They are often caused by an infected eyelash follicle or eyelid gland. It usually affects only one eye, but you can have more than one. Treatment options include hot compresses, antibiotic ointments, oral antibiotics or operating on the lump (lancing) to drain out the pus.A stye is a painful red lump on the eyelid, which is filled with pus.Don't rub or squeeze the stye, as this can cause the infection to spread.A stye is an infection at the base of an eyelash (in the follicle), usually caused by staphylococcal bacteria.Blocked sebaceous glands will often go without any treatment, but they may need to be cut out if the lump is irritating the eye. If a blocked sebaceous gland is in the eyelid, it may look similar to a stye (when it swells with sebum), but it is not painful or red. Dispose of a used 'compress' in a rubbish bin, so that others do not have to handle it.īlocked sebaceous glandSkin is lubricated and waterproofed by a greasy substance called sebum, which is made by sebaceous glands.Preventing spread of infectionSuggestions to prevent the spread of infection include: If the stye is not ready to burst, the infected pus may be squeezed into the tissue next to the stye, causing the infection to spread further. Warning – do not squeeze a styeDo not try to squeeze the pus out of a stye. If the lump is still painful and hot after a few days, get your doctor to check your eye. In some cases, a stye will need to be opened up (lanced) by a doctor, if the stye does not get better by itself. Sometimes, antibiotic ointments may be needed and, occasionally, the person will need oral antibiotics (taken by mouth). Paracetamol will also help relieve the pain of a stye. ![]() The hot, wet material is placed on the eyelid for several minutes, until it cools, then it is replaced with another compress. It is probably best that the person with the stye manages this, to keep the risk of a burn low. It needs to be as hot as the person can manage comfortably, without being so hot as to burn the skin. A hot compress is a piece of material (such as cotton balls), which is heated in hot water. For many centuries, it has been believed that hot compresses 'draw out infections'. Hot 'compresses' can help relieve the pain and may also help to get rid of the infection. Treatment options Styes can be painful and very irritating. Otherwise, the swelling may take longer to go down.
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