![]() ![]() Symptoms include redness, swelling, itchiness, and pain of the lid margin. Hordeola are characterized by grain-shaped boils appearing on the margin of the eyelid that can quickly form pus and rupture. Most hordeola are external, and diagnosis is made visually through clinical examination. It is sometimes associated with blepharitis. Today I am sharing an excerpt of the chapter.Ī hordeolum or stye is an acute infection of the sebaceous glands of the eyelid, usually caused by a localized infection of the eyelash follicle and adjacent meibomian glands. ![]() It made it easy for me to diagnose and treat myself. There is very little English language literature on this disease, so I was grateful that I had written a chapter on the topic. Nevertheless, I hope that you find it helpful.Įarlier this month, I had a stye for the first time in my life. This essay is a long and geeky read- more directed at practitioners and students of Chinese Medicine. Even a condition this common and straightforward is carefully differentiated to treat the whole person and not just the symptom. I was so happy to be able to reference my material to help resolve it.Įven though a stye is only one disease in Western Medicine, in Chinese Medicine, there are several causes. ![]() It’s been such an intense season with pollen, resulting in eye irritation. The doctor told her he’d seen a lot of these cases this year. Recently, one of my office managers got a huge stye that was red and angry. I first published this excerpt from my book TCM Case Studies: Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders in 2013. ![]()
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