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A chalazion may occur following a stye or from hardened oils blocking the gland. [2] The blocked gland is usually the meibomian gland, but can also be the gland of Zeis. [8] A stye and cellulitis may appear similar. [2] A stye, however, is usually more sudden in onset, painful, and occurs at the edge of the eyelid. [2] Cellulitis is also ...
A stye, also known as a hordeolum, is a bacterial infection of an oil gland in the eyelid. [4] This results in a red tender bump at the edge of the eyelid. [1] [5] The outside or the inside of the eyelid can be affected. [3] The cause of a stye is usually a bacterial infection by Staphylococcus aureus.
Eyelid affected by stye. Hordeolum is an infection of the sebaceous glands of Zeis usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, similar to the more common condition Acne vulgaris. It is characterized by an acute onset of symptoms and it appears similar to a red bump placed underneath the eyelid.
Long-term untreated blepharitis can lead to eyelid scarring, excess tearing, difficulty wearing contact lenses, development of a stye (an infection near the base of the eyelashes, resulting in a painful lump on the edge of the eyelid) or a chalazion (a blockage/bacteria infection in a small oil gland at the margin of the eyelid, just behind the ...
So etymology doesn’t help. Various sources have listed chalazion as a non-infectious blocked oil gland and hordeolum as an infected blocked oil gland, but I’ve also seen the opposite. And “stye” seems almost a interchangeable layperson’s version which can refer to either the infectious and noninfectious versions.
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It seems like these are usually much bigger than styes. It would be good to have more, better pictures, and more information about sizes, how to tell the difference between different kinds of eye bumps. See also .-69.87.200.81 13:34, 22 April 2007 (UTC)