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You might have a painful bump on your eye. It's kind of red. You're wondering what it
is, and it's a stye. My name is Beverly Bitterman, ARNP, Health and Wellness Consultant, and
these are common. They're caused by a clogged duct in your eyelid, or a hair follicle, that
has gotten infected. Now, the good news about a stye, is that they respond really well to
home care treatment. The best thing that you can do for a stye, is to get a clean washcloth,
run it under warm water, hot water from your faucet. Make sure it's not too hot ,that it
doesn't burn you, and then take it and wring it out, and hold it on your eye ,the eye with
the stye obviously, and you want to hold it there until it gets cool, and then repeat
that, and the idea is to do that, as many times a day as you can, and what will happen
is, either the stye will just diminish, it will get smaller, or it will come to a head,
and the pus will come out of it, and then your body will heal it up. If you're concerned
about it, you can seek medical attention. Your doctor can order antibiotic creams, things
like that. However, my experience has shown that if people are willing to do the hot washcloths,
several times a day, and hold it on their eye, that they could clear it up in a couple
of days, two or three days, probably max, so I recommend that approach. It's a natural
approach. My name is Beverly Bitterman, ARNP, Health and Wellness Consultant, and I hope
that that stye goes away sooner ,rather than later.