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A member asked:
Do you have any recommendation or medicine for sty recommeded for 7years old?
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Topical Azithromycin: My new medicine of choice, azasite, increases the rate of medical resolution to about 80% from 40 % if started in the first 3 days, combined with warm compresses and continued for 10 to 14 days. Occasionally surgical excision is needed to remove persistent focal inflamed scar tissue to allow quicker healing, 2 months, compared to natural resolution which may take 1 to 2 years to complete.
Answered 1/23/2013
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Not really: Only thing that may help is warm compresses. Maxitrol (dexamethasone neomycin and polymyxin) ointment may enhance this, but not recommended in a child. Erythromycin may help to keep it from getting infected, but will not help directly with the stye. If the stye becomes so large that it interfere's with vision, surgically, it can be incised and drained. Go talk with your ophthalmologist.
Answered 6/27/2014
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