Stye and chalazion are lumps in or along the edge of an eyelid. They may be painful or annoying, but do not panic. They are rarely serious. Most of the time, they will go away on their own without ...

When a stye develops inside the eyelid, it is called an internal hordeolum. A chalazion is a lump in the eyelid. Styes can be caused by an eyelash follicle that can get swollen.

But unlike styes which heal in about a week, a chalazion can take months to heal. How to treat it: You can treat a chalazion the same way as a stye, by avoiding makeup and using warm compresses.

A chalazion mimics a stye for the first few days, then turns into a painless hard, round bump later on. The bump will not go away like it does when you have a stye.

There can also be a hard bump in the lid left behind after the active infection in the stye clears, which is called a chalazion. These bumps consist of blocked up oils and dead skin cells, and are ...

The technical term for a stye is hordeolum. If a stye has been there for a while, it can develop a capsule of scar tissue and become what’s called a chalazion.

A stye may be mistaken for a chalazion, a blocked oil gland on the eyelid that also causes swelling, but a chalazion is not caused by an infection. Most styes clear up in seven to 10 days.

The initial treatment for a chalazion is very similar to that for a hordeolum: warm compresses at least three to four times daily. Neither oral nor topical antibiotics are beneficial in the ...

A chalazion can be a complication of a hordeolum, since the glands are blocked by inflammation, leading to thickened secretions from the gland. Since it’s not an infection, neither oral nor ...