What's a sty? As in the thing you get under your eye,not the place a pig lives.?

Question

I've recently had two sties having never had one before. I wondered why I've started to get them and what I can do to prevent them.

Answer 1

What is a stye?
Stye is the common term used for an acute infection of the hair follicle or glands at the edge of the eyelid. The correct medical term is hordeolum.

What causes a stye?
Sties are usually caused by the staphylococcus germ and are very common among the following groups of people: children, those with chronic lid Infections, diabetics and sometimes in debilitated patients with poor hygiene. Sties tend to be painful, especially in the early stages when swelling and redness are prominent. With time, they often form an abscess and point to the skin, more rarely toward the eyeball itself. They are very contagious.

Treatment
Treatment consists of frequent hot packs, which usually speed up the formation of white heads and pointing to the surface. Antibiotic drops help to decrease the number of germs present and prevent spread. Plucking out the lash from the middle of a stye will often promote its drainage. Rarely is surgical drainage necessary. If the tissues surrounding the stye are swollen and seem infected as well, oral antibiotics may be helpful in clearing up the condition more rapidly. Scarring is a very rare consequence of sties.

Prevention of spread is important. Patients need to be careful with personal hygiene, Including not sharing wash cloths and hand towels, and avoiding close personal contacts during the acute phase of the disease.

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Answer 2

What is a sty:

"A sty is a small abscess of the glands in the eyelids (near the root of an eyelash) which can occur externally and internally. This abscess is generally a localized staphylococcal infection and you may get more than one sty at a time or several in succession.

Sties respond well to treatment, but can recur. If untreated, sties can eventually lead to cellulitis of the eyelids, a more serious condition. They are neither contagious nor a sign of cancer...."

http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/Handouts/sty/sty.html

"A sty is an acute infection or inflammation of the secretory glands of the eyelids.

This common infection or inflammation results from blocked glands within the eyelid. When the gland is blocked, the oil produced by the gland occasionally backs up and extrudes through the wall of the gland, forming a lump, which can be red, painful, and nodular. Frequently, bacteria can infect the blocked gland, causing increased inflammation, pain, and redness of the eye and even redness of the surrounding eyelid and cheek tissue..."

"Prevention :

Good hand and facial washing may prevent styes from forming or coming back.

Upon awakening, application of a warm washcloth to the eyelids for 1-2 minutes may be beneficial in decreasing the occurrence of styes by liquefying the contents of the oil glands of the eyelid and thereby preventing blockage.

All cosmetics and cosmetic tools should be kept clean and protected from the environment. Do not share makeup or eye cosmetic tools, such as eyelash curlers. Makeup should be thrown away when it becomes old or contaminated..."

(http://www.emedicinehealth.com/sty/article_em.htm)

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I hope this helps.

Answer 3

A stye is an infection of the hair follicle of an eyelash. The hair follicle is the small pit that the eyelash grows out of. It is a sore similar to a boil or a pimple the forms on the edge of the eyelid. The eyelid may become swollen and sore. Styes usually develop and then come to a head in three to seven days, then burst and heal on their own, in most cases. They will fill with pus then burst spontaneously. A chalazion can sometimes be mistaken for a stye. A chalazion is a lump on the eyelid that is not caused by bacteria, but caused by a blocked mucous gland under the eye. These are painless swellings, whereas a stye, which is caused by a bacterial infection, is fairly painful.
-styes can be treated at home by applying a very warm, wet, clean wash cloth to the tender area. This moist heat application should be done about four times a day, for about ten minutes at each treamtent. This will aid in the supporation of the stye. Supporation is the forming of a head on an infection. The leukocytes (or white blood cells), travel to the infection to fight it. The heat from the warm, moist compresses speeds up the leukocytes' travel, thus fascilitating the forming of the head on the stye. Once the stye ruptures, the pressure is relieved and the pain and swelling subsides. Never put your fingers in your eye. Your hands are full of germs. If you see a doctor, he may prescribe some antibiotic cream for the stye. There are also over the counter topical medications for the stye, which are mostly made up of petroleum jelly and other emollients to keep the eye moisturized. Non-prescription products, however, cannont treat the infection associated with a sty, but can get temporary relief of its symptoms, including burning, stinging and itching. Rarely styes require lancing by a doctor.

Make sure your hands are clean before touching ur eyes, and never use someone elses eye make up.

See links for further undersatnding and preventative measures.

Hope that helps

Answer 4

A sty is a pimple or abscess that forms in either the upper or lower eyelid. The medical term for sty is hordeolum(say HOR-dee-oh-lumm) and it is an infection caused by bacteria that normally live peacefully on the eyelid skin surface.

If stys tend to recur, you probably need to practice better lid hygiene. That means regular lid scrubs to remove excess germs and cellular debris. Put a few drops of mild baby shampoo into a teacup of warm water and stir. Using a cotton swab, gently brush the soapy solution along the base of your eyelashes while keeping your lids closed. Don't have time to mix baby shampoo? Scrub your closed lids with a soapy washcloth in the shower.

Regardless of the technique, it is the mechanical rubbing that keeps the lids clear of cellular debris. It is always important that you avoid contact of the eyelid with cosmetics, dirty towels or contaminated hands.

Recurrent stys may be associated with a chronic facial skin problem called Acne Rosacea. Your doctor or consulting dermatologist will be able to confirm the presence of rosacea and initiate effective medical therapy.

Many people with stys experience pinpoint tenderness involving a few eyelashes as an early warning. Frequent application of warm compresses at the first sign of an infection will speed resolution and prevent further blockage of the lid glands.

Answer 5

A sty is a very common and sometimes contagious, pus-filled swelling near eyelash roots, often caused by bacterial infection (like a spot in your eye lid) caused by different factors such as blocked or infected eyelid glands or inflammation of eyelids. Contaminated fingers that touch the eye area also can cause infection.

If you keep geting them your doctor may prescribe an antibiotic ointment to be applied topically or oral antibiotics to aid healing.

So check what you're putting on your face and make sure it's all clean. You may have got the second one from bacteria in the first one so hopefully it should be gone now and you may not get them again.

Answer 6

A sty comes from a bacterial infection go to:
www.webmd.com/content/article/7/1680_53912 it needs
to be treated with antibiotics.
In part it says:
The medical term for sty is hordeolum(say HOR-dee-oh-lumm) and it is an infection caused by bacteria that normally live peacefully on the eyelid skin surface. Some of the germs get trapped along with dead skin cells inside the eyelid margin.
Stys are usually superficial and plainly visible. Occasionally they can reside deeper within the eyelid

Answer 7

Unfortunately you can't physically force a thirteen year old to do things. You have to sneak them into it. As others have said, you can just leave the squalor in there and let her deal with it. Don't wash her clothes unless they're brought to the washing machine, or even tell her now that she's older she can do her own laundry. She'll soon figure out that if she wants clean clothes and bedroom she has to make it happen. Or you could do what my neighbour did. Just go in there, bag everything up and take it out to the bin. Tell her it is all there and if she wants to keep any of it she has to go and rescue what she wants before the bin men take it away. I'd not bother with storing her stuff - she doesn't value it so there's no need for you to either.

Answer 8

"A stye (also spelled sty) or hordeolum is an inflammation of the sebaceous glands at the base of the eyelashes. They are harmless but can be very painful. They are generally caused by a Staphylococcus bacteria infection. They are particularly common in infants."

"Most styes will drain on their own though this may be accelerated with a hot or warm compress. Styes typically resolve within 1 week with treatment. [2]

Medical professionals will sometimes puncture a particularly persistent or irritating stye with a needle, to accelerate its draining. Their spread or expansion can also be fought with the use of antibiotic ointment akin to Neosporin (e.g. Erythromycin Ophthalmic Ointment), a special version being available for styes, which can be applied in a ribbon along the lid, on either inside or out."

Answer 9

I am an alternative medicinal therapist and an ex nurse and these are sometimes caused by an eyelash blocking the pores or it can also be a sign of an immune deficiency or an eye problem. Get some golden eye ointment or tea tree oil diluted.
The sty itself is full of pus (poison)
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Answer 10

stys are a bit like cold sores and they strike when your feelin down , an old rememdy is to rub them with a gold ring ! I find it works - you might not ! Also get lots of rest this can bring the inflammation down.