Stye?

[~clover~]

I think I'm getting a stye, but I'm not sure?
The line of my eyelashes on my top lid is swollen & sore, but its not just a little lump. Its the whole lengthof my eye lid.
I've got headaches behind that eye too.
Is that normal? Or does it sound more like an infection of some sort??

[LaDeeDa]

Sounds like a sty to me....I find rubbing my clean wedding ring over the area helps....

[~clover~]

Yeah I was doing that all day yesterday. The same as I always do & I've never had one this bad.

[squidipa]

ive never herd of doing that, my mom always said warm salty water and cotton tip and dab the sty with it press a little and repeat several times a day this is the way we have always treated them.

Interesting tho the wedding band thanks for the tip.

[~clover~]

Yeah, I'm not sure if it actually works, but apparently rubbing gold on them helps. Its always stopped them for me before they actually started before. As soon as it feels tender, I use my ring & the next day or so its gone.

[Doodlebug]

I haven't had one myself but my ds has had a heap! One got so big we had to see a specialist who was looking at lancing it if it got any bigger!

Anyway, he said the only real thing you can do is hot water and a flannell. Lots! We do this to ds about 6+ times a day when we see the little red bump starting to hold it back. About 5mins at a time for about 30 blocks. Does that make sense?

HTH