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Antibiotics for one week for stye & today is last day for the antibioticsbut the stye is still there? when should it go away since i'm on antibiotics?

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Dr. Richard Bensinger answered

Try heat: Antibiotics can help a stye from spreading but are not too effective in getting rid of them. The best thing by far is to applying very warm, not hot, washcloths fpr 4-5 minutes at a time and about 5 times per day which usually over a 3-5 days interval will get rid of the stye.

Answered 5/17/2018

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A member asked:

Antibiotics for one week for stye & today is last day for the antibioticsbut the stye is still there? when should it go away since i'm on antibiotics?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

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