Chalazion Treatment
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- Styes And Chalazions
- What Is It? & Symptoms
- Diagnosis & Expected Duration
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Prevention
Good hygiene is the best way to prevent styes and chalazions. Keep your hands clean, don't rub your eyes, and don't share eye makeup. This is particularly important for people who have had styes or chalazions more than once.
Treatment
Warm compresses can help styes and chalazions heal faster. Moisten a clean, folded washcloth with warm water and hold it gently against the eye for 5 minutes several times a day for several days. The moist washcloth can be heated in a microwave over....
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Chalazion
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
A chalazion is a small bump in the eyelid caused by a blockage of a tiny oil gland.Alternative NamesMeibomian gland lipogranulomaCauses, incidence,... Read more »
Styes
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
A localized circumscribed inflammatory swelling of one of several sebaceous glands of the eyelid, which is caused by a bacterial infection.A stye is... Read more »
Eyelid bump
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Most bumps on the eyelid are styes. A stye is an inflamed oil gland on the edge of your eyelid, where the lash meets the lid. It appears as a red,... Read more »
Vision: light sensitive
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Photophobia is eye discomfort in bright light.Alternative NamesLight sensitivity; Vision - light sensitive; Eyes - sensitive to... Read more »
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