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A stye is a red, hot, and tender bump on the outer (and sometimes inner) edge of your eyelid. Its appearance is similar to that of a pimple or a boil. Also spelled "sty," this bump occurs when old oil, dead skin cells, or old bacteria block one of your oil glands. It can be painful and may cause your eyelid to swell or tear up.

Styes are normally caused by a proliferation of natural bacterial flora within the eye. Styes causes an inflammatory reaction and is known to affect children more than adults. It resembles a pimple in exterior appearance and may grow both inside and outside of the eyelid. The symptoms of styes include redness, pain, swelling, and tenderness. Though the styes do not lead to any kind of visual problems, they can cause significant discomfort.

Homeopathic remedies for styes not only help in dissolving the Stye in an acute condition but eradicate the tendency to have a Stye again. Ferrum Phos, Silicea, Conium, Euphrasia, Pulsatilla, Staphysagaria, Conium and Thuja are the top remedies.

Styes are further classified into:

Internal Stye: When the bacterial infection affects the meibomian glands inside the eyelid, it is called an internal stye. They are severe and less frequent in affecting people.

External Stye: When the bacterial infection affects the glands of Zeis or glands of moll inside the eyelid, it is called an external stye. They are frequent and happen to heal quickly.

Cause of Styes on Eyelid:

Your eyelids have lots of tiny oil glands, which can become clogged by dead skin, dirt, or oil buildup. When a gland is blocked, bacteria can grow inside. This is what causes a stye to develop. 

A stye usually results due to the bacteria called staphylococci aureus. These bacteria can over-reproduce and cause infection of the internal sebaceous glands within the eyelids. 

The pores of sebaceous glands may get blocked in such conditions or they may happen to develop an infection all by themselves, thereby developing a stye. 

Some of the other trigger factors include 

• Touching your eyes without proper hand sanitation, 
• Not cleaning your contact lenses, 
• Suffering from other skin-related issues, such as seborrheic dermatitis, etc
• If you are having a history of blepharitis (a condition characterized by oily flakes and bacteria at the eyelash’s base), it can also result in a stye

Symptoms of Styes:

The most common symptom of styes includes 

• Redness
• Pain
• Tenderness
• Eyelid crusts
• Burning in the eye
• Eyelids appear to be droopy
• Sensitivity to the light
• Mucous or watery discharge from the lump or bump
• Localized swelling of the eyelid with or without pain
• Circumscribed lump or bump on either upper or lower eyelid
• Feeling of something being stuck inside the eye

 It frequently leads to a yellowish-white discharge which becomes very uncomfortable and may also continue to drain out of the eye.

The power of homeopathy in soothing stye symptoms:

Homeopathic medicines for stye are safe and effective with no side effects. They play a vital role in improving the health and immune levels of the body. The recurrence of any symptoms in a body can be prevented by homeopathic medicines. These medicines are easy and comfortable for all age groups as they taste sweeter and give quicker results.

Addressing the underlying causes of styes with homeopathy: Similia homeo laboratory's Top Homeopathic Remedies for Styes:

Styes can be safely treated with natural Homeopathic medicines with no side effects. In Similia homeo laboratory, all our remedies are manufactured with great precision following strict protocols to ensure quality making the company a reliable source for procuring homeo medicines. We make sure our remedies give out the maximum efficacy in treatment.

Now let us discus Similia India's various homeopathic remedies that can be used to treat stye:

1. Ferrum Phos: For First Stage of Stye

Ferrum Phos is a very effective medicine for Stye treatment. It is the best remedy for the first stage of Stye. At this stage, redness, pain, tenderness and swelling are marked and Ferrum Phos helps in relieving all these symptoms. This medicine also stops the progression of the Stye to a stage of pus formation.

2. Silicea: For Last Stage of Stye with Pus

Silicea is an excellent medicine for treatment of Styes. Silicea is the best cure when complete pus has been formed in Stye that is usually in the last stage. Silicea helps in the pus getting absorbed or drained out, resulting in proper resolution of the Stye problem. Whether pus is absorbed or discharged depends on each individual case. If it’s the beginning of pus formation, the pus is absorbed. But when complete pus is formed in Stye, Silicea will help in proper draining out of the pus. Silicea is a natural medicine that also makes sure that no resultant nodule is left after the Stye is gone.

3. Conium: When Hard Nodes are left behind from Styes

Conium is the best medicine for taking care of the hard nodes that remain after improper healing of Styes. These are referred to as Indurated Styes. Conium has the ability to soften such hard knots and make them disappear completely. In such cases, Conium is of great help in completely curing the Styes and never disappoints.

4. Euphrasia: For Styes with Extreme Burning and Watering from Eye

Euphrasia is commonly known as Eye Bright. That’s no surprise as it has the remarkable ability to treat eye diseases. Euphrasia is a natural medicine that is the best remedy when there is excessive watering with a burning sensation in eyes along with Styes. There is also marked redness and itching.

5. Pulsatilla: For Upper Eyelid Stye

Pulsatilla is the ideal remedy to treat the Styes of upper eyelid. The use of this medicine can be considered in all those cases where eating of fatty food like butter, creams, pastries precedes formation of the Stye.

6. Staphysagaria, Conium and Thuja: For Chalazion

These natural medicines are very benefical in the treatment of Chalazion or the cysts that appear as hard, firm, round nodes in eyelids away from the eyelid margins. Homeopathy provides a cure for this painless growth without having to resort to surgery. Staphysagaria, Conium and Thuja possess a powerful healing ability to dissolve these cysts and remove any kind of obstruction in the eyelid glands that is allowing its contents to collect into hard knots.

7. Calcarea Fluor and Thuja: For Tumours of Eyelid

Calcarea Fluor and Thuja are considered the best medicines to deal with the tumors of eyelids. These remedies have proved to be very effective in removing tarsal tumors.

8. Amloki: 

This homeopathic medicine aids in repairing damaged tissue which in turn aids the stye infection to dry out. It is recommended to add a teaspoon of Amalaki into a glass of pure water. Then the mixture must be left on its own for the whole night for at least 10 to 12 hours. The mixture should then be filtered and used for washing the affected eye.

9. Hepar Sulphur: 

Heper sulphur aids in speeding up the rupture of styes so that the pain is instantly relieved. This natural homeopathic remedy is particularly suited for the styes that cause significantly red and swollen. It also aids in reducing tenderness and swelling. In the case of some children, styes tend to secrete a liquid discharge and are extremely painful. Heper sulphur along with warm compress can be extremely helpful in relieving the pain. 

10.Pulsatilla: 

Some styes do not cause any pain but cause significant swelling and secrete a yellowish discharge. People affected with such types of styes can be significantly benefited by the use of a homeopathic remedy called pulsatilla. It has also been found useful in preventing reoccurrence of styes.

10. Staphisagria: 

Effective Homeopathic Remedy Staphisagria is for chronic or recurrent styes that appear mainly on the upper eyelid. The eyes are very dry and have rheum. The corner of the eye and the edges of the eyelids may be chapped and infected.

Prevention better than cure!!

Along with the medication, one should also practice good hygiene practices such as 

frequent hand washing, 

washing your face after being exposed to a dusty environment, 

avoiding touching your eyes frequently with your hands, etc. 

These hygiene practices can go a long way in avoiding the recurrence of these infections in the future.

Conclusion:

Stye formation in the eyelids is not a common recurring disease. The disease can be found only when there is an excess accumulation of staphylococci aureus bacteria in your eyelids. A systematic medication during the disease stage can reduce the overproduction of these bacteria in the eyelids. 

However, if you are battling with stye, it is important to get it treated effectively. Neglecting stye treatment can turn into complicated cases of Chalazion in the future. 

Patients suffering from stye can approach an experienced homeopathic doctor for treatment of stye infection. A systematic dosage of homeopathic medicines can obtain early relief and prevent the recurrence of such infections in the future.