STYE/EXTERNAL HORDEOLUM

Etiology

• It is staphylococcal infection of glands associated with eye lash (Zeiss and Moll) .

clinical features

•  It result in lid pain and swelling.

•  It is filled with pus. With time pus leaks from it and condition subsides. 

Treatment

• It is done with topical antibiotic ointment messaged over lid margin especially before going to bed. 

• Oral antibiotics may be given for few days. 

• Oral tetracyline may be advised to stop recurrence.

Differential diagnosis

•  Chalazion,

•  Dacrycystitis

• Preseptal cellulitis