Stye (hordeolum)
Disease Information
Treatment & Care
Treatment may include:
- applying warm, wet compresses to your child's eye for a period of approximately 15 minutes, several times throughout the day
- instructing your child not to squeeze or rub the stye
- having your child wash his or her hands frequently
- applying antibiotic ointments for the eye, which doesn’t make the stye go away faster but can help stop the spread of the infection to other parts of the eye
- having your child wash his or her face daily, including the eye
- having your child refrain from wearing make-up until the infection heals


