Stye

[rockyracoon]

My daughter has a stye on her eye and the doctor prescribed Fucithalmic, this has to be applied twice a day for 5 days (headwreck). Now, the label in the box says to apply by pulling the bottom eyelid out and putting a drop in, but the stye is on the outside upper lid, will the treatment still work properly?

Thanks

[Sqad]

Not being too critical of your Dr, but i can't see that Fucithalmic has anything to offer for the treatment of a stye...........but yes.......put the drops wherever you like........within reason ;-)

[sebhfhion]

The application of a damp warm pad onto the eye will encourage the stye to burst. I always rub the stye with a gold ring, but Sqad would no doubt call that witchcraft. lol!

[rockyracoon]

Okey dokes, I hope the doc wasn't prescribing for the sake of it.

Thanks anyway :)

[factor-fiction]

I've had that from the doctor before but it was more for a general eye infection rather than a stye.
I thought the cure was to rub it with a wedding ring. Sqad may confirm this.

[Sqad]

seb/FF....gold wedding ring is the answer......;-)

[factor-fiction]

Sorry seb- I missed your earlier reference to a ring

[society]

Just curious, must it be a wedding ring only? Can't it be any other gold ring? And should it be white gold, red gold or yellow gold? Does it mater which?
As I say, I'm only curious.

[Mamyalynne]

I agree that Fucithalmic is more for conjunctivitis type infections.

Warm compresses and if you can see an eyelash at the base of the stye, removing that lash can give great relief.

[Mosaic]

It's odd, as many pharmacists are now extremely @sey at prescribing the red top optrex drops if they 'don't think your infection is bad enough'. Now I assume this is a kind of one man at a time attempt to limit antibiotic resistance, but with that in mind, it would seem strange for a GP to prescribe these drops in the absence of there being an infection.
So Rocky - are you sure it is just a stye, or are there symptoms of an infection as well - discharge, itchiness, feeling 'something's in the eye'?

[rockyracoon]

The GP said it was a stye, I can't actually see anything apart from a swollen red eye lid, that's why I took her, if I thought it was a stye I probably would have left it. She's in a fair amount of pain if that makes any difference.

[rockyracoon]

By the way, I don't think I can get my wedding ring off :)

[sebhfhion]

Any type of gold ring will do its just for most people in the olden days the only gold they had was their wedding ring. The warm compresses will draw the stye (if it is one) to a yellow head which will 'pop' releasing the pus and then it should heal by itself. After the stye has popped the eye can be bathed with either Optrex or a mild saline solution . One teaspoon of salt dissolved in a cup of warm water.

[Mosaic]

But then why woudl a GP prescribe fucithalmic?

[society]

Thanks Seb!

[rockyracoon]

Would there be gunky stuff if it was infected?

[Sqad]

rocky....relax.......whether it is a stye or conjunctivitis matters just not one jot in this situation....just put the drops in.

[rockyracoon]

Okay, lol ;)

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

Some of you are mixing up styes with chalazions. I get a lot of the latter.
A stye is a swelling caused by an infection and a chalazion is a blockage in one of the oil releasing glands under the eyelid and is often a symptom of blepharitis.
For the chalazion, a warm compress followed by gently massaging the eye towards the tear duct can help to alleviate it.