Styes

This week, a relative of mine had a stye. So, that led me to contemplate: what do I tell my family and friends about styes?

In ophthalmology, we agree that styes are blocked oil glands at the edge of the eyelid. Due to the blockage, the contents build up and inflammation results.

Here are my personal ideas about styes, in addition to that:

-Warm compresses help to resolve them, but each compress should be done for at least five minutes to have meaningful effect.

-Styes can fluctuate in size.

-Styes are not a terrible disease and should be normalized; I feel it is tantamount to having a pimple.