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Sty (hordeolum)
A red painful lump near the edge of the eyelid that may look like a boil or pimple.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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Baby 0-2 | Rare | ||||
Preteen 6-13 | Common | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Very common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Very common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common |
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A 33-year old asked:
Is a stye an internal hordeolum?
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A 32-year old asked:
What is a internal hordeolum and a stye? Same thing?
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A 33-year old asked:
Hi doctors, was just wondering what is a internal hordeolum and a stye?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Can a chalazion occur without a stye and/or internal hordeolum? I have had no inflammation; however, suddenly feel a 2mm size nodule in the upper lid
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A 47-year old asked:
If a stye occurs inside the eyelid, it is called an internal hordeolum. How dangerous is a internal hordeolum?
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A 48-year old asked:
How do you treat a hordeolum?
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A 46-year old asked:
What is a hordeolum, help me?
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A 41-year old asked:
How dangerous is a hordeolum?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: hordeolum?
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A 44-year old asked:
Whats internal hordeolum?
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A 36-year old asked:
How harmful is a internal hordeolum?
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A 40-year old asked:
What is a internal hordeolum caused by?
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A 42-year old asked:
How dangerous is an internal hordeolum to you?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Who can I go to drain an internal hordeolum?
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A 31-year old male asked:
How to treat/can you pop an internal hordeolum?
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A 39-year old asked:
How is chalazion different from internal hordeolum?
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A 26-year old asked:
Will an internal hordeolum need to be removed through surgery in all cases?
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A 37-year old asked:
I can feel a hordeolum starting up on my lower lid. Is there any OTC treatment?
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A 40-year old asked:
I can feel the beginnings of a hordeolum on my lower left eyelid. Is there any OTC medication?
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A 40-year old asked:
I can feel the beginnings of a hordeolum on my lower left eyelid. Is there any OTC medication for treating it?
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A 44-year old asked:
Internal hordeolum in my eye has not gone and it's been a week, what do I do?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I am pregnant, (23 weeks), and I have two Chalazion/Hordeolum on my eyelid, can I have the procedure to remove them while I am pregnant?
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A 45-year old asked:
Which of these is not a bacterial infection: hordeolum, furuncles, carbuncles, or herpes simplex?
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A male asked:
I had sty in right eye wied stye out and put hand sanitizer in it even tryed to pop it and its been longer then a month and the and the bump small still ther don't hurt but still there why is bump still there and why wont go away it was a stye.
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A female asked:
Can I use potassium iodide to get rid of an internal hordeolum? If so, do I apply it right to the eyelid?
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A 37-year old asked:
Why does my stye itch?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Do you feel a stye pop?
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A 41-year old asked:
What do you do for a stye?
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A 38-year old asked:
Is lancing a stye painful?
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A 28-year old female asked:
What happens if a stye pops?
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