Best Doctors for Stye Treatment in Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad

Stye also medically termed as a hordeolum, is a red, painful, tender bump at the corner of the eye lid, commonly caused due to a bacterial infection. It is an infection of the oil glands in eyelids, affecting either the outside or the inside of the eyelid. Individuals with a stye experience symptoms such as lump in the eye lid, swelling of the affected eye, tenderness, crusting of the eyelids, scratchy sensation of the eye ball, discomfort with blinking, light sensitivity, tearing, drooping of the eyelids and pain.

Most often stye is a self resolvable condition, it goes away within a week with primary home care. However antibiotic therapy and procedures such as incision and drainage can also be used to treat a stye.