anyone ever had a "stye" on their eye...quite annoying

[ChiBOY83]

http://www.visionweb.com/content/consumers/dev_consumerarticles.jsp?RID=34


that is what i found on it, and am assuming its what i have.. I don't havea digicam, but its looks like a really tiny pimple right where the eyelash follicles are. It a fairly noticable pain, it felt like i had a clipped off fingernail inside my eye every time i blinked


anyone else ever experience one of these?? got any tips (the article mentioned a warm compress, any other ideas)

 

[FoBoT]

is it like eyeball herpes?

 

[yobarman]

never had one... good luck

 

[TheNinja]

no, but I've had a bump on my rump

 

[ChiBOY83]

hummm....im not a doctor so i cant say..... first time i have ever had one tho

edit..thanks yoba

 

[Howard]

Can you pop it?

 

[KK]

so it's on the eyelid and not the eye?

 

[deepred98]

if its full of pus and it ruptures wouldn't the pus go into your eye?

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

I've had that before, I used to get them every couple months as a kid. Basically, it goes away a couple days after it reaches peak pain levels.

 

[ChiBOY83]

yea..its on the eyelid.... and i have a feeling if i tried popping it, it would be more painful than childbirth, right now it hurts just blinking...and IF it is a stye, the website said not to pop it...


plus, its really really tiny, alot smaller than the illustration on the link above, so it would be difficult

 

[ChiBOY83]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf
I've had that before, I used to get them every couple months as a kid. Basically, it goes away a couple days after it reaches peak pain levels.

hte pain gets worse??? (it just started today)... o well at least i don't have eye herpes ::crosses fingers::

 

[ArJuN]

There is some OTC medicine for this...i think its called STYE lol.

 

[Schfifty Five]

I had one before and believe it or not, I used a needle to poke it and flush out any fluids in there. Smart thing to do? maybe not since one wrong slip and I'd stab my eye out. But i was really careful and made sure I coudln't slip or anything. I got rid of it in the end.

 

[ChiBOY83]

Originally posted by: Schfifty Five
I had one before and believe it or not, I used a needle to poke it and flush out any fluids in there. Smart thing to do? maybe not since one wrong slip and I'd stab my eye out. But i was really careful and made sure I coudln't slip or anything. I got rid of it in the end.

yikes....i think im guna try the OTC meds mentioned above

 

[conehead433]

There's really only one cure. Forget about it, it will go away.

 

[ChiBOY83]

Originally posted by: conehead433
There's really only one cure. Forget about it, it will go away.

True..but look at it like this. It hurts every time i blink, as if a sharp clipped finger nail is in my eye. Now compound it w/ the fact that when you try to forget about blinking, you blink more... its a downward spiral that doesn't end!!!!...

 

[KillerCharlie]

I used get them ALL THE TIME, but not much lately. It's not like something you can pop... it's just inflammed and hurts. It's not that bad, just an annoyance.

 

[clickynext]

On the inside or the outside? I've gotten one on the inside a few times before, and they usually went away in a few hours if I left them alone.

 

[Batti]

Sleep has a lot to do with it. Get some sleep, and it'll go away. The warm compress does help.

 

[oog]

a warm compress helps. if you don't have a heat pad, you can always boil and egg, wrap it in a clean towel and press that against your eye. eggs hold their heat for quite a while. afterwards, you can either re-boil the egg to heat it up again, or you can just eat the egg.

 

[IAteYourMother]

I had one when I was like 4... don't remember much, except it was pretty bad, like half my eye was black. I had surgery and it got better

 

[screw3d]

My grandmother rubbed raw onion on mine when I was really young to kill bacteria or whatever. God it hurt like hell. You should try it

 

[placebo139]

Originally posted by: screw3d
My grandmother rubbed raw onion on mine when I was really young to kill bacteria or whatever. God it hurt like hell. You should try it

sounds like that'd make it worse

 

[Mickey Eye]

I just got rid of one, I vote leave it alone. It'll go away. I seem to find that mine are also connected to lack of sleep or an increase in stress.

 

[cirthix]

had one once. hurt like crap to try to pop it, so i let it alone. it went away after like a week or so