Can dry eyes cause styes?

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• Joshua?

  01/30/2013

  Yes, the chronic dry eyes will cause eye styes because of the coming invisible bacterium. When you get dry eyes, you will find that your eyes may easily get the bacterium through the bad environment. The stye is commonly said as steal stye and the eye of a needle. The eyelid glands acute suppurative inflammation is often caused by staphylococcus aureus infection. According to the affected gland tissue caused by different and divided into outer stye and internal hordeolum outside stye system eyelash hair follicle and sebaceous gland inflammation, the stye meibomian gland belongs to the acute suppurative inflammation. The chronic dry eyes are the serious problems for eyes which could cause the redness of the eyes. What's worse, the eyes will get uncomfortable feeling often. You should not use the computers for a long time with little rest. You could use the eyes drops to release the dryness. You should often do the warm compress to make the eyes feel comfortable.

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• Jackson raphael

  02/01/2013

  Dry eyes and styes eyes are different eye conditions and each one of those two comes with its own list of causes, symptoms, treatment, and preventative measures. (1)Dry eye. There are several reasons to cause dry eyes including chronic low tear production, an imbalance in tear composition, anatomical abnormalities, post-surgical symptoms and environmental factors. Dry eyes can cause a variety of uncomfortable symptoms including stinging, stringy mucus in the eye, light sensitivity, excessive intermittent tearing and so on but no styes eyes. Treatment for dry eyes depends on the causes. Eye drops and a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids may help. (2) Styes eyes. A stye is a painful bump that usually occurs at the base of an eyelash, on the ridge of or under the eyelids. It may be caused by an infected oil gland or hair follicle. Usually, this infection is related with the common bacterium staphylococcus aureus. People who are suffering mellitus and seborrhea are more likely get styes eyes. Application of a warm washcloth at home, lancing by a doctor, antibiotic or steroidal ointments can help styes eyes.

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• Ana clive

  02/01/2013

  External styes form on the outside of the lids and can be seen as small red bumps. Internal styes are infections of the meibomian sebaceous glands lining the inside of the eyelids. Redness, tenderness and burning in the eye are common symptoms of styes. And styes because of an oil grand at the base of the eyelash blocking. Dry eyes are related with styes, but not the directly reason to cause it. The common symptoms of dry eyes are dryness, burning and a sandy-gritty eye irritation that gets worse as the day goes on. Other symptoms are pain, redness, a pulling sensation, and pressure behind the eye. Many eye problems are associated with dry eyes, such as red eyes, pink eyes, strain eyes, even glaucoma. So when you feel your eyes dryness severe, please go to see a doctor as soon as possible. Plus, eating too much fresh fruits and drink some milk with warm water to control your condition and take vitamin supplements.

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