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How Can Eye Stye Be Treated?

My daughter has had a stye in each eye and tonight it started bleeding it s very big and swollen and it seems to just have formed a crust and blood is still inside .. She has been on antibiotics and steroid cream and nothing is helping .. There there over 2 months or more.. What should I do ?
Mon, 4 Sep 2017
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Hello,
Welcome to HCM.I can understand what you must be going through.Do not worry.Your desription of your daughter's symptoms are suggestive of a burst Chalazion. It is one of the stage when a Stye while healing, starts forming pockets of pus inside the gland which at certain point gets drained on its own.They are usually pus mixed with blood.
Since it is multiple and persisting for the past 2 months,all she needs is to get them drained and cleaned completely by your eye doctor to avoid recurrence.It is a procedure done under anaesthesia,so your daughter will not have any pain.
Until you get an appointment,as an immediate measure,I would recommend to
-clean the discharge with a clean cotton ball damped in warm water
-give some warm compresses over both eyes 2-3 times a day
-Tylenol/Motrin for pain twice a day(dose based on her age)
-If you have the Antibiotic/steroid cream apply at bed time

Try to get an appointment at the earliest to clean it entirely.
This is a very common situation to all practioners.So,don't worry and take care.
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How Can Eye Stye Be Treated?

Hello, Welcome to HCM.I can understand what you must be going through.Do not worry.Your desription of your daughter s symptoms are suggestive of a burst Chalazion. It is one of the stage when a Stye while healing, starts forming pockets of pus inside the gland which at certain point gets drained on its own.They are usually pus mixed with blood. Since it is multiple and persisting for the past 2 months,all she needs is to get them drained and cleaned completely by your eye doctor to avoid recurrence.It is a procedure done under anaesthesia,so your daughter will not have any pain. Until you get an appointment,as an immediate measure,I would recommend to -clean the discharge with a clean cotton ball damped in warm water -give some warm compresses over both eyes 2-3 times a day -Tylenol/Motrin for pain twice a day(dose based on her age) -If you have the Antibiotic/steroid cream apply at bed time Try to get an appointment at the earliest to clean it entirely. This is a very common situation to all practioners.So,don t worry and take care.