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A warm tea bag works better, carlton. Put it in a cup, pour hot water over it and let it stand for a few minutes. Swirl round, take the teabag out, squeeze, and when cool enough, apply it to the stye. Do that a few times a day.
A spoon also works sometimes, as does rubbing with a coin, but be careful if you use either of those methods, as the skin around trhe eyelids is very delicate.
Finally, keep the eye area very clean. Bathe with warm water, dabbing carefully over the infected part of the eye.
A spoon also works sometimes, as does rubbing with a coin, but be careful if you use either of those methods, as the skin around trhe eyelids is very delicate.
Finally, keep the eye area very clean. Bathe with warm water, dabbing carefully over the infected part of the eye.
Hi, a couple of tips on your sty.
Dont bathe the whole eye in salt water. Freshly boiled and cooled salt water on a cotton wool pad, gently swept across the affected area, is enough to keep it clean. Do that three times a day.
Take a close look at it in the mirror - if the sty is at the base of an eyelash, grit your teeth and pull out that lash. That gives the infected matter a way out of the little pocket it's sat in.
Get some 'Golden Eye' ointment from the chemist. It has an antibacterial in it that should take down the infection farily rapidly.
If it gets very painful, or swollen, or if your vision starts to go blury with it, go to the Dr. You may need a stronger, prescription only antibacterial ointment.
Good luck!
Dont bathe the whole eye in salt water. Freshly boiled and cooled salt water on a cotton wool pad, gently swept across the affected area, is enough to keep it clean. Do that three times a day.
Take a close look at it in the mirror - if the sty is at the base of an eyelash, grit your teeth and pull out that lash. That gives the infected matter a way out of the little pocket it's sat in.
Get some 'Golden Eye' ointment from the chemist. It has an antibacterial in it that should take down the infection farily rapidly.
If it gets very painful, or swollen, or if your vision starts to go blury with it, go to the Dr. You may need a stronger, prescription only antibacterial ointment.
Good luck!
I recommend minimal fiddling and let it run its course. It should flare up and die down in a week. But if you rupture it by messing you might introduce additional infection which will leave you with a longer problem. The warm tea bag is least invasive and the tea helps fight infection in a mild way.
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