Styes

Cards (8)

  • Best treatment
    None, practical measures
  • Hot compress
  • Hot flannel is not very hygenic
  • Do not squeeze as infecton may spread
  • Can try Chloramphenicol but not indicated
  • A follicle becomes infected and blocked causing swelling on the eyeduct
  • Predisposing factors: Diabetes, acne and blepharitis
  • Styes usually resolve within three to four days without treatment, patient could try golden eye ointment