From the article: Stye
Eye styes are small bumps that can appear on the outside or inside of your eyelid. Eye styes can cause pain, redness, tenderness and swelling in the affected area. Have you ever had a stye? If so, what did it feel like? Share your eye stye symptoms and read those of others. Share Your Stye Symptoms
Again and again
- I just had a stye, about 3-4 months ago, and I thought it was ALMOST gone.... but now it's back. Just like that. I was at a softball tournament and I came home, read a little bit, then went to the bathroom, and there it was! It's on my upper right eyelid. It doesn't hurt much, but it looks really bad. I have to go to school tomorrow! How am I going to survive? I also have a solo in 4 days. I REALLY hope it's gone by then.
- —Guest GlassCastle
My stye feels like I am blind
- I have a stye on the bottom right eye closest to my nose. It kills and I put on medicine but it doesn't seem to do anything (as i believe). I look ugly and it is all swollen and there isn't even a white head on it. The medication says it will take 5 days to get better but I can't wait that long.
- —Guest lolcats
Cure!
- The best cure I've found for these little beasts is eyedrops, and then take a damp washcloth, heat it in the microwave for 30 seconds and hold on your closed eye (if its too hot, or not hot enough, adjust the time). This has always felt VERY soothing when I get them, and it also causes the stye (mine always look like a hard little red lump) to swell into a larger white headed lump (much like a zit). this causes the stye to either self rupture (do NOT puncture them yourself) or causes the bloodflow to come clean the infection out. If the stye does self rupture, rinse the eye out with contact solution or eye drops (the medicated kind you can get from the doctor that help numb the pain are tremendously helpful in this whole ordeal.) I took care of my stye overnight by repeatedly heating and pressing the damp washcloth on the stye.
- —Guest cameron
Bruised
- I'm not sure if it's a stye. I'm only 12...is that normal? It feels like a bruise but only in one little spot on my bottom eyelid. It does not hurt when I blink and does not itch. So, is it just a bruise or is it a beginning stye?
- —Guest Ally
Ugly stye
- I was at school and when I got home my eye started hurting. It felt as if someone had socked me on the corner of my left eye. I looked in the mirror and noticed a huge bump on the corner of my left eye. It started hurting so much toward the end of the day. The next morning I woke up and it was big and swollen. It looked like I got beat up. The pain was strong but not as strong as today! It is really swollen. It's nasty and red and it hurts to blink or to even push or do anything. I can't take this pain. I think it was eyeliner and now I can't put any makeup on because of this big thing in my eye. I don't even want to go to school because it's so ugly I'm embarrassed.
- —Guest Guest
HELP! I don't want my friends to know
- I think I have one. Its hurts all the time. It feels bruised and if I get a spot on my eye. I'm definitely not going to school! I want none of my friends to know so I haven't said anything yet! I woke up late this morning...do you think it has anything to do with that?
- —Guest steph
What is wrong with my eye?
- Around 11 am I felt something in my eye. I ran into the bathroom and rinsed out me eye and didn't see anything in it. Every time I blink I feel something and it also waters up a lot. I don't see anything in my eye. Is it a stye or something else? I'm scared to go to sleep because every time I close my eye it feels worse.
- —Guest jen
i get them all the time-my treatment
- I get these all the time and I usually use a warm teabag to help the pain and swelling.
- —Guest stye girl
I've had this for 2 months!
- My upper eyelid is swollen but it doesn't hurt at all because I'm so used to having these all the time. It's a small bump but it kind of itches and I dont know if I should pop it because my parents say it's not ready yet. It's really embarrassing because people keep asking what's wrong with my eye. I hope this is my last bump!
- —Guest heyhey
Stupid styes
- I woke up one morning and my eye hurt when I blinked. It is so annoying and when I touch it, it aches and is very itchy. There is no lump or anything on my eye but I think it's a stye. It is so annoying. Can someone please give me any idea of what I can do?
- —Guest Joel
Please help
- I don't know if I have a stye. My eye hurts when I blink. I think it's in my inner eye but I can't tell. What should I do?
- —Guest susie
Drain it
- I have had a few styes in my time. Once they get yellow and are pus-filled, I get a clean pin and very gently rub it over and over the area until it bursts open. I then gently squeeze all the pus out of it and it usually fills up once again before it starts to heal. I know they say not to do that but if you use a clean pin and are gentle it will help to heal the stye and take away the redness and pain once you drain the pus.
- —Guest Rob
I hate them
- I had a huge project to work on. Stress and sleepless nights did me in. It appeared two days ago, a large red bump near my tear duct. It hurts whenever I blink and my eyes water frequently. Hot towels help tremendously, though I am unable to use any sort of numbing drop (my parents refuse to medicate it).
- —Guest Miles
Sore left eye
- I felt a sore bruising spot in my lower left eye all of a sudden. It still fells sore five hours later. Is this a stye?
- —Guest glen
Stye
- I'm 14 and I woke up one morning and it felt like my eye was brused. It is red and swollen. I have never had one before and it is so noticable.
- —Guest Taylor
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