A stye is just like a pimple but in the eye. It usually finds a home near your eyelashes. They can be small or large and are mostly red and inflamed. They occur when the oil gland at the corner of your eye gets infected. It can grow on the inside or the outside of your eyelid.
The presence of a pimple near your eye is definite to cause visual disturbances. They do not exactly block your vision but can cause hindrance in your vision.
But Are Styes Contagious?
Styes are not contagious, but they can be transferred from one eye to other. This can happen in cases of carelessness concerning hygiene. There are rare chances of the stye-causing bacteria spreading amongst other people, once it’s done it settles there and do not pass any further.
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Are Styes Contagious To Babies?
Styes are most common in kids because they are not particular about cleanliness. Rubbing the eyes with dirty hands causes the bacteria to block the oil glands present in the eye. The blockage prevents the oil from secreting and hence a stye is formed. The bacteria might get transferred to another person, but the formation of a stye is quite less.
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Are Dog Styes Contagious To Humans?
A dog sty is harmless for humans, so it ends the need of isolating him from the rest of the family. Certain hygienic precautions will be necessary to avoid the spread of the bacteria though. If you are the one who will help your dog get rid of that pimple, make sure of using latex gloves to avoid direct contact with the bacteria, else you will let yourself be vulnerable to the infection.
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Causes Of Styes
Styes are caused by staphylococcal, a bacterial infection present on the edge of your eye or in a hair follicle. Children are most likely to catch them because of constant rubbing of the eye with unclean hands.
If you have had styes before, or are suffering from a chronic skin disease or experienced inflammation in your eyes, then you are more likely to catch a stye.
Symptoms Of Stye
#1. A slight pain with redness in the eye
#2. A bump like swelling in the corner of your eye.
#3. Uneasiness in blinking
#4. A stony feeling in the eye
#5. Sensitivity to light
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Treatment Of Styes
#1. Apply a warm cloth or heating pad on the affected area to alleviate the pain and inflammation.
#2. Consult a doctor and stick to the prescribed antibiotic ointment and creams.
Styes have a recurring nature, so avoid touching your eye with dirty hands. Make sure you keep your eyes clean and bacteria free.
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