Stye Treatment Home Remedies

How to Treat a Stye?

Stye treatment can provide stye eye relief. How to treat a stye? Warm compresses will help with your stye home remedies. A stubborn, bacterial eye stye infection may need antibiotics. (Note: Stye is spelled either with or without an 'e' at the end by many people; correct spelling appears to be stye.)

What is a Stye? What Causes a Stye?

An eye stye is a bump on the inside or outside of the eyelid. It can be uncomfortable and sore; and it can become inflamed. A stye can develop from a clogged oil gland in the eyelid, from an infected eyelash follicle or from a bacterial infection.

Styes seem to appear more often during times of stress and can also be a result of Blepharitis, an inflammation of the eyelid. Other causes can be poor nutrition, general run-down condition, lack of sleep, or you've caught it from someone else. Yes, if it's a bacterial eye infection, it is contagious.

Do not share face cloths or towels. Wash your hands frequently. Do not touch your face or your stye; you may be spreading the bacteria. If you are caring for an infant or child with a stye, be sure to take good precautions and practice good hygiene as you apply stye treatment to the eye.

Eye Stye Symptoms

The bump itself, itchiness, redness around the bump, and soreness are common symptoms. The eye may also be sensitive to light.

In severe cases, the stye may develop a yellow spot in the center as pus builds up inside the bump. Never try to 'pop' the stye; you can do a lot more damage than help.

Stye Treatment: Stye Eye Relief

Stye treatment is limited; often if you leave it alone, make sure you don't wear make-up on the eye and that you don't wear contact lens while you have the stye problem, it will go away on its own usually anywhere from 1 to 3 weeks.

If you have the stye for longer than that, visit your doctor for an assessment and potential antibiotic treatment.

Stye Home Remedies: How to Treat a Stye?

• Apply hot water to a black or brown tea bag, allow it to cool to room temperature and place over the eye (make sure it is not too wet). Lay back with the tea bag on the eye as a warm compress; keep a towel under your head to catch and absorb any drips. Leave on for about 20 to 30 minutes.

  Apply several times a day. While the black tea bag is expected to 'draw' out the stye, you can also try a Chamomile tea bag to soothe inflammation and calm the soreness and redness.

• Apply a drop of castor oil to a cotton ball and very gently dab the infected area. Do NOT get the oil in your eye; you are trying to apply to the outside of the eyelid. Make sure to throw the cotton ball away after one use and wash your hands thoroughly.

• Generally try to increase your nutrition levels. Add a good multi-vitamin, a healthy dose of Vitamin C, and drink at least 8 glasses of water a day. By paying attention to your whole body, you can increase your overall health and the eye stye may go away much faster.

Eye styes are one of a number of common eye infections, such as pink eye or dry eye irritation. They are treatable and usually will clear up quickly. If these stye treatments and home remedies do not cure the problem, visit your doctor for an assessment.

Don't forget to check out a great product from Native Remedies called Conjunct-a-Clear Wash - Homeopathic eyewash. This is a great homeopathic eyewash that cleanses sticky, irritated and bloodshot eyes.

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