Not a stye...

[dmplaura]

But I noticed that I have a bump INSIDE my lower eyelid. All it feels like is an eyelash caught in there (that's how I found it). No swelling, no infection (from what I can tell). Completely painless.

I've had styes before and just did the hot compress thing.

Should I take Cherie's advice and DONT SQUEEZE!!! :confused::p

No worries about that, I wouldn't be poking around on the inside of my eyelid anyways! But if not a stye, what could it be, and can it go away on it's own without doctor intervention? I'm hoping so.... I've seen enough doctors.

Figures, I return to work and now I have growths in my eyelids. :rolleyes:

[NurseNancy]

sorry, i don't know. but, no, don't squeeze.
you might want to see your opthamologist. sorry, but it's true. a dr visit.

[dmplaura]

I'm pretty sure that it's a chalazion. It's very small and you can't see it as a lump under the skin, so I'll do the at home remedy of hot compresses :)

[Twinkletoes]

I copied this from Wikipedia because I'd never heard of a chalazion:

A chalazion pronounced /kəˈleɪziən/ (plural chalazia /kəˈleɪziə/), also known as a meibomian gland lipogranuloma, is a cyst in the eyelid that is caused by inflammation of a blocked meibomian gland, usually on the upper eyelid. Chalazions differ from styes (hordeolums) in that they are usually painless apart from the tenderness caused when they swell up, and in size (chalazia tend to be larger than styes). A chalazion may eventually disappear on its own after a few months, though more often than not, some treatment is necessary.

I'm glad that at least it doesn't hurt!

[dmplaura]

I'm thankful too. I did the hot compress thing, and I'll do another before bedtime.

I'd never heard of the term either! We just always referred to eye bumps as styes... but then I looked at the stye pictures and thought "mine doesn't look like that, hrm!".

[DM]

Hey Laura! AYUP, sounds like a chalazion to me, too. My DD had 2 of them when she was very young. (1yr old and 3 yrs old). We did hot compresses, but she ended up having them both (at different times) surgically removed by an Opthalmologist. I really think that you should get it checked right away, as I remember the Dr saying that sometimes you can avert surgery w/hot compresses and medication. This was 30 yrs ago, so suppose medication may help. Good luck and let us know....

Oh, and the surgery was simple, no scarring as they went into the lower eyelid. But, I'm sure you caught yours in time. Keep up the hot packs, but get thyself to an eye spec.

hugs~~

[SallyC]

I've had two chalazions in the past year, in the same eye. Doc gave me eye drops. Cleared it right up. He told me if the drops don't work, he would have to turn my eyelid inside out and remove it....EWWWWWW..:eek:

DM and the others are right....see the Doc..:hug:

[dmplaura]

Ugh noooooooooooo not the doc!! :p

[DM]

Ugh noooooooooooo not the doc!! :p

Uh, sorry Laura, but this is for your own good.~~~~~~~~~~~ SMACK!!!! :D GO to the Dr.


Ya know we care!!!! :hug:

[Twinkletoes]

If you decide not to go to the Doc, can I just give it a little SQUEEZE??? :D

[SallyC]

I sorta squeezed mine as it was healing and oozing...EWWWWW..:eek:

[dmplaura]

I sorta squeezed mine as it was healing and oozing...EWWWWW..:eek:

Now we're talking! ;)

I'm a squeezer too :p Curiosity killed the ... <fill in the blank>

[DM]

Now we're talking! ;)

I'm a squeezer too :p Curiosity killed the ... <fill in the blank>


NOOOOOOOOO SQUEEZING! Absolutely not! I'm not kidding, Miss Laura!! That would be the worst thing you can do. No messing around in the eye area. Keep the compresses on it, but please go to the Dr, as the earlier you get the ABX cream on it, the better chance you have of it going away w/medication. Don't make me come and SMACK you!! :rolleyes: :hug:

[dmplaura]

Haha! Don't worry. Cherie would have my head on a platter if I squeezed ;)

[lady_express_44]

Haha! Don't worry. Cherie would have my head on a platter if I squeezed ;)

:)

You learn good, Laura. :hug:

Cherie

[SallyC]

Yeah, don't squeeze!!! I admit, that mine was at the corner of my eye, where I could pull it to the corner and lightly squeeze, without touching or bothering the eye. :vomit2:

[dmplaura]

SallyC... I'm just now noticing...

is that a cat sucker punching a dog? :eek:

[Curious]

No, she's just popping his stye. :p

[SallyC]

SallyC... I'm just now noticing...

is that a cat sucker punching a dog? :eek:


Yep, cute, huh!!:D

[dmplaura]

Yep, cute, huh!!:D

Very. And Curious' comment has me laughing in real life right now. :Good-Post:

Oh yeah, I almost lost sight (HA!) of this thread, but my neighbor took a look at it and said it appears to be a stye. So I don't really know lol.

I've been a good girl, hot compresses, no squeezing or touching of eye otherwise.

[DM]

No, she's just popping his stye. :p


:ROTFLMAO::ROTFLMAO::ROTFLMAO::ROTFLMAO:

At the risk of LMAO on Laura's poor ''eyeball" thread, that was a GOOD one oh Yapster!!! I needed a good laugh!!

How's the eye, Laura???

[Shelley]

Ok you people are scaring me. :eek:

I have had a crying left eye for a month :cool: now and my eye doc is sending me to the eye surgeon. I hope I dont have this cha-thingy. :eek::eek:

[dmplaura]

I've been bad, no doctor .. but no touching the eye either. Just doing compresses. Stye doesn't bother me day to day, kinda getting used to it.

I'm thinking it'll pass. It's not getting any bigger or nastier looking.

[sassy]

My husband just had one of those recently, he came home and said he had a calzone. LOL, I thought he had the pronunciation wrong.

His doctor said to just put hot compresses on it and usually they just go away. His did!

[dmplaura]

My husband just had one of those recently, he came home and said he had a calzone. LOL, I thought he had the pronunciation wrong.

Wait... isn't that a fancy new sandwich you can order in a sub shop? :p