Chalazion help!??
Question: for the past like 3 years i've had about 4 styes. and 2 weeks ago i got another one.. or so i thought. unfortunately even after my eye stopped hurting and there was clearly no infection, a small bump remained. i went to my eye doctor after one week and she said it was a chalazion and something about my body having to seal off the area cus it was left to fight the infection on its own. she said to try wet/warm compresses. and if that doesn't work after 3 more weeks i should get the chalazion surgically removed. it's two weeks now and i'm really worried. :/ i don't want to get surgery... is there any other way? has anyone gotten a chalazion that went away by itself? help please!!!! also is it good if u use warm compresses and it swells into a point? my mom says that it means the thing is about to pop but i don't think so... T____T
Answers: My husband had a chalazion several years ago when we were dating. I worked in an Ophthalmologist's office at the time and the OD in the practice gave him some ocular ointment (I believe it was tobrodex, or tobromax? I can't remember the name of it, but it is by prescription only) He did the hot compresses and one day after taking a hot shower, the thing popped after he pressed on it lightly and all of this puss and crud came out. It went away and that was the last that we saw of it. He did do the compresses also, but not as often as he should have. His was really big; it looked like he had a peanut M&M under his eye.
My 11 year old son also had one earlier this year. His also ruptured on its own. I called his pediatrician and they had also told me that if it didn't go away on its own in a few weeks that we should think about having it surgically removed. Luckily, over the course of several days, it ruptured several times and all of the gunk was gone and it cleared up. We did the compresses a lot because he was in pain. But it did clear up and went away all by itself, without even having to take him in to see his pediatrician. I called them, gave them the symptoms and they told me to do the compresses and said to call them if it got worse, or didn't go away in 2 weeks.
Do the compresses religiously. They really help! Hope it clears up!
**EDIT** I do remember the OD telling me to try a potato because they retain the heat longer; or even a hot hard boiled egg would work too, she also said. Forgot about that until I read the other person's post.
We see about 10 of these a day, and here's the standard answer:
there are about 40 oil glands on the upper eyelid, and 30 on the lower. They secrete oil onto the surface of the eye, which helps keep it moist. The oil glands get can get stopped up, but the gland keeps producing oil, causing an inflammation commonly referred to as a stye. (chalazion or hordeolum is the actual term, depending on the location)
A person who is prone to these needs to soak, then gently scrub the eyelids with a warm washcloth morning and night. This wil remove any debris that is clogging the gland and thin the oil so it can secrete.
When you have an active inflammation, you need to soak it as often as humanly possible with the hottest washcloth you can stand. (We tell our patients to wet a washcloth and microwave it for 10 sec, hold on the eye until cool, then repeat). There is no drop, ointment or cream that will help this, moist heat is the only effective treatment except surgery. The small bump that remains is just the body's attempt to heal itself, which can take 6 months or more.
If you can't wait it out, surgery is not as bad as it sounds. It's a local injection (like the dentist) then a quck procedure to open and drain it (if there's anything to drain).
Best wishes to you.
These ladies are both right, but here's something you can do to give your healing a kick in the pants to prevent you from going to surgery.
Don't JUST use a warm compress. Clean a potatoe. Poke a few holes in it and pop it in the microwave for a minute. Wet a clean washcloth, and wrap it around the potatoe. Use that as the compress instead of just the warm washcloth. The potatoe stays hotter longer. Do this like 3-4 times a day if you can. The warm compress will make your eye swell a little, no biggie. It won't pop like a zit either, it just kinda oozes out (sorry if that sounds gross)
Answers: My husband had a chalazion several years ago when we were dating. I worked in an Ophthalmologist's office at the time and the OD in the practice gave him some ocular ointment (I believe it was tobrodex, or tobromax? I can't remember the name of it, but it is by prescription only) He did the hot compresses and one day after taking a hot shower, the thing popped after he pressed on it lightly and all of this puss and crud came out. It went away and that was the last that we saw of it. He did do the compresses also, but not as often as he should have. His was really big; it looked like he had a peanut M&M under his eye.
My 11 year old son also had one earlier this year. His also ruptured on its own. I called his pediatrician and they had also told me that if it didn't go away on its own in a few weeks that we should think about having it surgically removed. Luckily, over the course of several days, it ruptured several times and all of the gunk was gone and it cleared up. We did the compresses a lot because he was in pain. But it did clear up and went away all by itself, without even having to take him in to see his pediatrician. I called them, gave them the symptoms and they told me to do the compresses and said to call them if it got worse, or didn't go away in 2 weeks.
Do the compresses religiously. They really help! Hope it clears up!
**EDIT** I do remember the OD telling me to try a potato because they retain the heat longer; or even a hot hard boiled egg would work too, she also said. Forgot about that until I read the other person's post.
We see about 10 of these a day, and here's the standard answer:
there are about 40 oil glands on the upper eyelid, and 30 on the lower. They secrete oil onto the surface of the eye, which helps keep it moist. The oil glands get can get stopped up, but the gland keeps producing oil, causing an inflammation commonly referred to as a stye. (chalazion or hordeolum is the actual term, depending on the location)
A person who is prone to these needs to soak, then gently scrub the eyelids with a warm washcloth morning and night. This wil remove any debris that is clogging the gland and thin the oil so it can secrete.
When you have an active inflammation, you need to soak it as often as humanly possible with the hottest washcloth you can stand. (We tell our patients to wet a washcloth and microwave it for 10 sec, hold on the eye until cool, then repeat). There is no drop, ointment or cream that will help this, moist heat is the only effective treatment except surgery. The small bump that remains is just the body's attempt to heal itself, which can take 6 months or more.
If you can't wait it out, surgery is not as bad as it sounds. It's a local injection (like the dentist) then a quck procedure to open and drain it (if there's anything to drain).
Best wishes to you.
These ladies are both right, but here's something you can do to give your healing a kick in the pants to prevent you from going to surgery.
Don't JUST use a warm compress. Clean a potatoe. Poke a few holes in it and pop it in the microwave for a minute. Wet a clean washcloth, and wrap it around the potatoe. Use that as the compress instead of just the warm washcloth. The potatoe stays hotter longer. Do this like 3-4 times a day if you can. The warm compress will make your eye swell a little, no biggie. It won't pop like a zit either, it just kinda oozes out (sorry if that sounds gross)
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