Are eye styes dangerous?

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• bell

  02/16/2013

  Generally speaking, although it's not a big deal to get eye stye, it's still annoying. A stye is the eyelids inflammation of a blocked meibomian glands, normally caused by bacterial infection. Besides, poor nutrition, sleep deprivation, lack of hygiene, lack of water, and rubbing of the eyes, all of them can give rise to eye styes as well. To get rid of an eye stye, you should pay attention to your personal hygiene. First of all, you should keep your eyes clean. Heat compress on eye can help the big bump to lupture and then the pus can be drained and it would healed. Apply a little gentle massage around eyes. In addition, don't rub your eyes with hands, or further infection may occur. By the way, eye stye will affects your outlook so much, you can wear sunglasses if you need until you restored to health.

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• Barbara Mellon

  02/07/2013

  Normally speaking, eye stye won't cause any serious problems to damage our vision system. For me, a stye is more embarrassing and ugly than dangerous. A stye is the eyelids inflammation of a blocked meibomian glands, normally caused by bacterial infection. Meibomian glands are producing oil as component of tear to help lubricate eyes. Once meibomian glands are blocked, the new produced oil would accumulate in the glands and gradually extruding out to form a bump on eyelids. The bump is red, itching and painful. There is no way to ignore it. If you leave it with no treatment, it might last from months to years. To get rid of an eye stye, you should keep your eyes clean. Rinse your eyelids, especially the eyelashes margin, with cotton buds soaked with saline water. Heat compress on eye can help the big bump to lupture and then the pus can be drained and it would healed. Apply a little gentle massage around eyes.

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• Joanne McAlpine

  02/07/2013

  A stye can grow on the inside or outside of the lid. It is not dangerous unless you take a good treatment option, or blurry vision may happen. Styes are commonly caused by the blocking of an oil gland at the base of the eyelash. Poor nutrition, sleep deprivation, lack of hygiene, lack of water, and rubbing of the eyes are all causes of eye stye. Share washcloth or face towel are both possible to cause eye stye.When the one get eye stye, the one may suffer pain, redness, swelling, tenderness. At this time, the best thing you can do is to hold consult with an oculist and take some notes from him/her. And you should pay attention to your personal hygiene. That is, washing your hands before eating anything. Don't rub your eyes with hands, or further infection may occur. By the way, eye stye is really so terrible in that it affects your outlook so much. So you need to heal it as soon as possible.

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