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Okay so I have this bump in my eye...
Diet & Health / 2:01 PM - Sunday December 13, 2009

Okay so I have this bump in my eye...

I have this bump inside my eye, like inside that little socket that you can pull down. And it's rubbing against the corner of my eye... It hurts every time I touch it, open it, or close it. My dad said it's because of the cold and he use to get them all the time... Is this something I should worry about, or will it go away?
p.s I just got this yesterday.

- Asked by mel01234, A Creative, Female, 18-21, Toronto, Other Profession

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It sounds like a sty. But if it is rubbing the actual eye you want to have it looked at because it can abrad that cornea and cause scarring to it.

- Response by joybird, A Hippie Chick, Female, 46-55, Rochester, Who Cares?

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Causes of stye:
Stye is primarily caused due to staphylococcal bacteria. It is generally present in the nose, which is transferred to the eyes. It can also occur due to conjunctivitis, eye infections, and poor health.

Home remedy for stye, eye stye treatment, remedy for sty in eye:
Some of the home remedies for eye stye treatment, remedy for sty in eye -

Home remedies for stye or home remedy for stye with coriander seeds:
1 tsp of coriander seeds should be boiled in a cup of water. Use this preparation to wash the eyes 3-4 times a day.
Home remedies for stye or home remedy for stye with Alum:
Use alum water to wash your eyes. This gives relief in stye. To prepare the solution, mix 2-3 granules of alum in a cup of water.

Iced or hot, tea always taste great. Now something that adds to the greatness of tea even further. Tea bags could be used for cure of stye in eye. Wet tea bags and place it over the eyes for 8-10 minutes. Use it for several times a day. You would be surprised that this really works and gives a fast relief.

Make paste with potato, spread it on a cloth and apply it externally on inflamed eyes to reduce swelling.
Prepare a concentrated extract out of handful acacia leaves by boiling it with 2 cups of water. Use it as compress on eyelids for fast relief from stye in the eye. Strain the preparation properly before use.

Turmeric is known for its great healing powers and helps primarily in lowering blood cholesterol, stimulates digestion and has benefits in weight loss. It gives fast relief in eye stye too. Take 1tsp of turmeric and boil it with 2 cups of water. Keep it boiling till it reduces to half. Now pass it several times through finely woven cotton fabric till all the turmeric granules are removed. Use it as eye drops 2-3 times in a day.

Antibacterial dandelion tea helps body to fight with bacteria which causes stye.

A clove soaked in water could be applied on the infected eye to get rid of eye sty pain.
To reduce the swelling, redness and pain in eye with sty use a guava leaves warm compress. To make it, warm Guava leaves and put them in warm damp cloth. Apply the compress slowly over the eyes.

Tea bags are highly beneficial in treatment of stye in eye. Moistened tea bag could also be bandaged on the sty infected eye and left for 3-4 hours for faster relief. Bandage the tea bags with your eyes closed.

- Response by movi, A Guy Critical, Male, 46-55, Administrative

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It sounds like a sty. I had one once...it went away after a few days. I didn't use anything on it or anything and just tried not to close my eye a lot or mess with it because it did hurt a little. If it doesn't go away in a couple days definitely go to a doctor because its not good to have something rubbing against your eye. I'm almost sure it will just go away though.

- Response by imlivingthedream, A Trendsetter, Female, 22-25, Student

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It is probably a sty..I get them. Go get some kind of eye drops for it, they stuff specific for that and if doesn't get better, go get checked out.

- Response by debski, A Career Woman, Female, 36-45, Detroit, Science / Engineering

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I used to get stys all the time and they suck. Warm compresses really help. It will drain on its own and the heat will help. They have over the counter ointment for it too. Try not to rub your eye b/c it will just make it hurt more.

- Response by misskitty420, A Cool Mom, Female, 26-28, Student

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