Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Children and Eye Health

Next to a big zit on your nose, sties and chalazia (pimples on your eyelid) are among the most distressing of blemishes. Like Pimples on your face, they show up at the most inconvenient times, making matters worse, they tend to hurt.

Sties form when an eyelash follicle gets infected, perhaps because you used a contaminated fingers, mascara brush or because dandruff-like scales have clogged the follicle. You'll see a red, painful swelling like a little boil on the edge of your eyelid around the base of your eyelash with white head of pus on the swelling.

Children have a hard time keeping little fingers away from their eyes at these times but at first sign of a sty, a warm damp flannel over the closed eyes for at least five minutes at a time, four times a day for two weeks, says Dr Monica L. Monica, an ophthalmologist.

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