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What is better for treating a stye in the eye, antibiotics or not?
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Warm compresses: Warm compresses 3-4 x per day will help to open up the stye.
Answered 7/5/2012
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Warm compresses: Warm compresses (wash cloth with hot water and hold it on the stye for 5-10 minutes, reheating as needed), or surgical incision and drainage, or steroid have been the only effective treatments demonstrated get rid of a stye. A stye is due to the orifice of an oil gland (mebomian gland) in the eyelid margin becoming inflamed, and not an infection, so antibiotics are not indicated.
Answered 11/28/2017
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