Some persons would have swollen lumps present inside or outside their eye lids. These lumps would be red in colour and would be painful for the person. These are known as eye stye. Another name given to this eye stye is hordeolum.
Cause for the development of eye stye:
It is known that there are several oil glands present in the eye lids and dirt could clog them. As a result, bacteria grow and this could result in eye stye in us. It is worth mentioning here that staphylococcal bacteria are the main reason for eye styes.
There are also other factors that could lead to eye stye and these are lack of sleep, bad eating habits, using expired cosmetics, constantly rubbing the eyes, not maintaining proper hygiene etc.
A person with eye stye could show various symptoms like eyelid swelling, redness and pain in the eyes, burning sensation in the eyes, itchiness in the eyes, blurred vision etc.
Important piece of information is eye stye occur in those persons who often touch their eyes with unwashed hands, who sleep with the make up in the night, who continue to use contact lens inspite of having eye stye.
By these home remedies, eye styes could be avoided in us.
Washing hands:
It is important to note that proper washing of the hands is a must. It is believed that by washing hands clogging up the glands is prevented. Hence maintaining proper hygiene is essential.
Warm press:
Warm press could be used to drain the stye naturally. It must be noted that a cloth dipped in warm water is placed above eyes for 5 to 10 minutes for 3 to 4 times in a day.
Cleaning eyelids:
If a person develop eye stye then he or she must clean the eye lid. The person could pat the eyelids dry. Care must be taken and the affected person towel must not be shared with others to prevent spreading.
Say no to make ups:
This is also one important way. By avoiding make ups during eye stye, the person could prevent irritating the eyelid. Make ups increases the chances of irritation more.
By using warm tea bag:
Here tea bag is taken and placed over the affected eye lid. By doing this, swelling would get reduced well.
Never squeeze eye stye:
Sometimes, when we get eye stye we would try to squeeze it with our hands. This must b be avoided so that the infection does not spread.