At Advanced Dry Eye Care, we serve patients in the Palm Beach County area including Boynton, Wellington, Boca Raton, Del Ray Beach, Lake Worth, West Palm Beach, and Jupiter, FL, as well as the surrounding areas. Our optometrist near you can diagnose styes and offer recommendations for treatment that will give you the relief you need. Our goal is to give you the most effective treatment possible to relieve your discomfort.
What Is a Stye?
A stye is a red, painful bump that typically forms along the edge of the eyelid, and it may look similar to a pimple. Styes form when a tiny gland in your eyelash follicle or eyelid skin produces too much oil, blocking the gland and causing a bacterial infection. Many patients need dry eye care when they have a stye, but some patients say their stye eventually goes away on its own. However, if your stye continues to worsen or stays painful and bothersome, we recommend that you give us a call for the right dry eye treatment.
Treatments for Styes
Your eye doctor will examine your condition and determine the best course of eye care for you. If your vision is affected by a stye, then we recommend that you contact our optometrist right away, as this may cause permanent damage if it goes untreated. Our team at Advanced Dry Eye Care may recommend one or several options to treat your stye, including:
- Making a small incision to drain the stye in our office under local anesthesia.
- Prescribing an antibiotic ointment or antibiotic ointment that you will need to apply to the affected area. In some cases, we may prescribe an oral antibiotic if any other areas around the eye are infected.
- Your eye doctor may also give you a steroid injection that will help to reduce swelling of the eyelid.
- Depending on your symptoms, we may also provide other forms of dry eye relief.
Get Dry Eye Relief and Dry Eye Care Today
Advanced Dry Eye Care in the Palm Beach County area including Boynton, FL, provides a wide range of dry eye relief treatments to give you the relief you need. Our team of professionals will help you feel confident and see more clearly.
If you need an eye doctor or optometrist near you, contact Advanced Dry Eye Care by using our online form to get in touch with us or to book an appointment or call today at 561-391-2362.