Stye

It is another beautiful day today and it is an absolute pleasure to come your way once again with another one of our lessons as we are always about today. Before we go on though we hope that you our dear readers and supporters are having a wonderful time as always.

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Today we would be continuing with the next part of our lesson from our previous discussion, thus we would be looking at the condition stye which came up during our discussions on the condition chalazion. Before we move on to it though, let's do a quick recap so you could quickly catch-up since both conditions have so much in condition has the same pathophysiology.

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Introduction

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So from our previous lesson we learnt that the eye lid has glands inside which produces the various components of the tear film which add up to it to make it a complete tear helping it to function as it ought to. When any of these components are affected tears could dry up quicker than they ought to and that would result in dry eyes.

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Now these glads have canals that lead to the anterior part of the eye over the conjuctiva and the cornea, these gland canals may sometimes end up being blocked causing the lid to swell. This mostly happens with the lipids which solidify as fat. When this happens it is usually not painful but could be very discomforting and would require treatment to be ok.

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Stye

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Now when this blockage or swelling gets infected it starts to be painful, it becomes very tender and sore and could even blister if not taken care of. In this situation the condition is no longer chalazion but stye. Stye normally occurs at the edge of the lid and may have pus coming out even in some instances.

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Stye can be a precedent to the development of the condition known as blepharitis which is a worse case scenario. Stye can be treated very well just like chalazion and should the patient follow in the instructions of their physician or healthcare provider, they should be just fine.

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Management

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First and foremost please desist from self-medication and over the counter medication. Do well to visit your optometrist and nearest eye-care facility for comprehensive examination. Your optometrist may give you some eye drops to use, mostly steroid based if your corneal integrity is intact, thus to help with the pain.

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There antibiotics to help manage the infection that have resulted, you may also be given ointments to use in the night. Then you may have to do some warm compresses to help with the healing as well as your ocular hygiene especially with your lashes. The most important thing is to follow in the directive religiously and you should be just fine.

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Conclusion

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And so once again we say thank you for reading and for your precious time. We hope that these lessonsw e share with you regularly will go a long way to better the ocular health of our readers as well as help you to appreciate the work physicians do for your general well-being. We wish you all a wonderful weekend.