Eye StyeBy: Carissa Preboth and

Hayley Meisch

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.

Scientific Description Affects the eyelid area

Internal Stye

External Stye

2 Styes

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.

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

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.

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

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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