Stye Eye

Last reviewed by Dr.Mary on October 3rd, 2018.

What is a Stye?

A stye is common contamination of the hair follicle of an eyelash, similar to a sore which is comparable to a pimple or a boil. The gland at the edge of the eyelid gets clogged from debris, excessive oil and bacteria and become swollen, irritated and very painful to touch. The stye follows when the bacterium staphylococcus infects one of the small clogged glands at the base of the hairs of the eyelid. This bacterium is common, moves from one shaft of hair to another while rubbing it to relieve the itching.


Stye Eye Symptoms

Individuals with styes often complain of:

  • Tenderness
  • Watery eyes
  • Pain
  • Itching
  • Redness round the stye
  • Reddish colored bump on eyelid

When the stye first starts, the eye can feel like it has been bruised and can be light sensitive. It may be felt for up to 2 days even before the stye is visible.

If stye becomes severe, a spot can grow in the centre which is yellow, comparable to a pimple. This is known as an “internal hordeolum”, it increases as pus accumulates in the stye. Pain mostly goes away when the stye breaks open, and pus drains. Several styes do not form this type of head, and the discharge continues to amass. Some oversized styes can confine the vision.

Most styes swell and stay irritated for approximately three days before they finally break open and drain and then they typically take about a week to heal.

Stye Eye Causes

Some individuals with prolonged blepharitis are very prone to clog glands on the eyelids, where bacteria grow and often infect the glands. The sharing of eye makeup or using excessive eye makeup often creates a stye. Old eye makeup that may have bacteria in them should be replaced.

Eye strain is also a significant factor in the start of styes.

Stye Eye Treatment

Treatment of a Stye includes:

  • Warm compress – lightly press a warm compress over the eyelid for 10 minutes up to four times each day
  • Massage – gently massage the total area to help haste healing
  • Medication –Start with an over the counter medication. Apply an ointment or a solution such as Bausch and Lomb Eye Wash or pads which are medicated such as Ocusoft EyeLid Scrub. Antibiotic creams and eye drops help heal infections. If the surrounding skin around the stye also becomes infected, antibiotic pills are probably necessary.

Two important tips include:

  • Allow the stye to open up on its own. Don’t squeeze or push open the stye.
  • Don’t wear any eye makeup nor contact lenses until the condition completely heals

Complications can occur. If the stye doesn’t improve in a reasonably short period, it may develop into a chalazion. A chalazion starts typically once the oil gland turns out to be infected and creates a blockage. The blockage makes the gland become further inflamed. The inflammation and pain ultimately go away, but a very hard lump or bump stays on the eyelid. An injection of steroid may diminish swelling, or an eye doctor can endorse the chalazion be lanced or surgically opened to remove the material inside.

Home Remedies

Use these herbal home remedies at the first symptoms of discomfort, for example, redness, pain, or watering. Some tips for these are listed below:

  • Boil one teaspoon of turmeric in 2 cups of water. Reduce to one cup, cool and strain 3 to 4 times through a finely woven cotton fabric. The extract which is left can be used as eye drops. Put a drop in the infected eye up to 4 times a day. This should help to get rid of the stye.
  • Boil a teaspoon full of coriander seeds with one cup of water – basically as you would make herbal tea. Use this as an eyewash 3 to 4 times daily.
  • Guava leaves can also be used – warm and place on a warm damp washcloth, and use as a compress over the eye. This should reduce the pain, redness, as well as swelling.
  • Dissolve 2-3 granules of alum in one cup of water and use as an eyewash.
  • Rub the spice clove in water and apply it on the stye. This should give relief and will help get rid of the condition.

Stye Eye Prevention

To help styes from developing:

  • Do not rub the eyes. This only irritates the eyes as well as let the bacteria in which could result in more infections. If you must touch the eyes, wash the hands first.
  • Replace your eye makeup frequently, especially mascara at the very least once every six months. Bacteria grow in old eye makeup.
  • Treat infections or inflammations of the eyelids immediately.
  • If an individual is prone to this eye condition, regularly wash the eyelids with a small amount of baby shampoo which is mixed in warm water.

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  1. When l woke up this morning l find it difficult to open my left eye and it is watery and very painful when l touch it lightly .No swollen at all. Phsically there is nothing wrong with the eye .The pain am feeling right now is as if someone give me a blow in the eye. And one thing that surprise me most is that the pain is now extending to the left eyes .pls l need ur help right now bicos am in a university which is in a village and l cant get standard clinic

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