Eye%20Stye

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Eye Stye

• By Carissa Preboth and Hayley Meisch

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Description

• An external stye starts out as a small round spot
  next to an eyelash. Then, it turns into red
  painful swelling. It lasts a few days and then
  bursts and heals. An internal stye can leave a
  cyst or nodule that usually needs drained.

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Scientific Description

• Affects the eyelid area

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Internal Stye
2 Styes
External Stye
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Symptoms

• Redness, swelling, pain, or tenderness in part of
  the eye. Usually accompanied by blurred vision,
  tears, and the feeling of something in the eye.

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Causes

• An eye stye is caused by staphylococcal bacteria.
  
• An infection of an eyelash follicle, apocrine
  gland, or sebaceous gland (which produces an oily
  substance called sebum that lubricates the
  eyelash to prevent it from drying out) also
  causes a stye.

Staphylococcal bacteria
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Cure

• Use a warm cloth several times every day until
  the stye clears up.
• Keep the area around your eye clean.
• If the stye persists, a doctor may remove the
  eyelash close to the stye or use a needle to
  drain it.

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Worst Case Scenario

• Vision may become blurry
• Stye lasts for several weeks when untreated
• Cosmetic deformity
• In rare cases, an infection can occur. It very
  rarely spreads throughout the body.
• Surgical removal

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Facts

• Styes can be prevented by removing eye makeup
  daily, disinfecting contact lenses, and cleaning
  eyes everyday.
• Chalazia are the result of a chronic stye when
  the inflammation runs its course but the painless
  bump remains. 
• Styes are very common. People of all ages can
  develop a sty, and men and women are equally
  affected.

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