hordeolum

Also known as stye, boil of eyelid, furuncle of eyelid, eyelid gland blepharitis

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Within Vinony's link graph, hordeolum is referenced by 262 other articles, and connects out to visual impairment, human eye and sebaceous gland.

It is catalogued under topics including Disorders of eyelid, lacrimal system and orbit and Eye.

Its subject is documented across 74 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Medical condition (new).name: Stye
Medical condition (new).synonyms: Sty, hordeolum
Medical condition (new).image: Stye02.jpg
Medical condition (new).caption: An external stye on the upper eyelid
Medical condition (new).field: Ophthalmology, optometry
Medical condition (new).pronounce: Stye , hordeolum
Medical condition (new).symptoms: Red tender bump at the edge of the eyelid
Medical condition (new).onset: Any age
Medical condition (new).duration: Few days or weeks
Medical condition (new).causes: bacterial infection by Staphylococcus aureus
Medical condition (new).differential: Chalazion
Medical condition (new).treatment: Warm compresses, antibiotic eye ointment

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Research

224 papers

Hordeolum (Stye).2026Gurnani B, Guier CP, Patel BC
[Hordeolum and chalazion : (Differential) diagnosis and treatment].Der Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft · 2022Loth C, Miller CV, Haritoglou C et al.DOI: 10.1007/s00347-021-01436-y
Hordeolum and chalazion.JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants · 2023Rupani SRDOI: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000931468.68794.aa
Hordeolum (Archived).2026Bragg KJ, Le PH, Le JK
Acupuncture for acute hordeolum.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Cheng K, Law A, Guo M et al.DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011075.pub2
[Hordeolum and Chalazion: Diagnosis and Therapy].ReviewMMW Fortschritte der Medizin · 2026Schaller UCDOI: 10.1007/s15006-026-5637-0
Non-surgical interventions for acute internal hordeolum.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Lindsley K, Nichols JJ, Dickersin KDOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007742.pub4
Interventions for acute internal hordeolum.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Lindsley K, Nichols JJ, Dickersin KDOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007742.pub3

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: disease
Image: Stye02.jpg

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Commons category: Stye
health specialty: ophthalmology
ICPC 2 ID: F72
has cause: Staphylococcus aureus
name in kana: ばくりゅうしゅ
NCI Thesaurus ID: C118722
exact match: purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0010606
on focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine
different from: meibomian cyst

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Signs and symptoms
Complications
Cause
Prevention
Treatment
Antibiotics
Procedures
Alternative medicine
Prognosis
Etymology
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A stye, also known as a hordeolum, is a bacterial infection of an oil gland in the eyelid. This results in a red tender bump at the edge of the eyelid. The outside or the inside of the eyelid can be affected.

The cause of a stye is usually a bacterial infection by Staphylococcus aureus. Internal styes are due to infection of the meibomian gland while external styes are due to an infection of the gland of Zeis. A chalazion on the other hand is a blocked meibomian gland without infection. A chalazion is typically in the middle of the eyelid and not painful.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “hordeolum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.