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    When should I seek medical attention for a stye?

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    Michael Mangraviti

    Optometrist

    I have thirty years in private practice as an optometrist at the same location in Leichhardt and have done four postgraduate courses pertaining to Diseases … View Profile

    A stye is a bacterial infection of the oil-producing gland of an eyelash.

    Try heat for fifteen minutes 2-4 times per day. If not much improvement after a week or so, go to your optometrist who will prescribe an antibiotic ointment which may be applied twice a day.


    If still little improvement after another week or so, return to the optometrist who may remove the involved eyelash in order to create a channel for easier drainage of the pus. This should result in a speedier resolution of the stye.  

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