i do have a bit of bad luck.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

warning rant and genrally feeling sorry for myself. i do have a bit of bad luck dont i, can only happen to me.

sty infection in left upper eyelid for the past 2 weeks, guess what got one in my right lower eyelid now, its just my luck i now have go out looking like ive just done 12 rounds with my arms tied behind my back, against tyson fury.

man why me, i just got ontop of the one in my left eye with teabags and cucumber now looks like chritmas photo's will be minus me because ill be taking them and not being in them with this swelling and bruising.

Bronnie

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

warning rant and genrally feeling sorry for myself. i do have a bit of bad luck dont i, can only happen to me.

sty infection in left upper eyelid for the past 2 weeks, guess what got one in my right lower eyelid now, its just my luck i now have go out looking like ive just done 12 rounds with my arms tied behind my back, against tyson fury.

man why me, i just got ontop of the one in my left eye with teabags and cucumber now looks like chritmas photo's will be minus me because ill be taking them and not being in them with this swelling and bruising.

Poor you! I had a boil thingy on my actual eyelid a couple of weeks ago, it resolved itself and then cleared up quite quickly, but it looked horrendous at the time.

I notice you are treating it with cold, however, have a look at the advice on NHS Direct ...........you may resolve it quicker treating it with warmth.

j.e.j.

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

warning rant and genrally feeling sorry for myself. i do have a bit of bad luck dont i, can only happen to me.

sty infection in left upper eyelid for the past 2 weeks, guess what got one in my right lower eyelid now, its just my luck i now have go out looking like ive just done 12 rounds with my arms tied behind my back, against tyson fury.

man why me, i just got ontop of the one in my left eye with teabags and cucumber now looks like chritmas photo's will be minus me because ill be taking them and not being in them with this swelling and bruising.

I used to get these a lot as a kid Sty's and cysts in my eyelid. They don't look good, do they. I seem to remember getting some cream from the doctor for them.

Toothsmith

Please make an appointment and go and see your doctor.

An infection in this area for this long is not a good or normal thing. A sty would normally resolve itself in a few days.

When I was 14, I had what started out as a small spot just by my right eye.

It gradually got worse and worse, and I ended up as an emergency admission to hospital with septecaemia. This is particularly serious when the infection is in the triangular area of the face, as the blood drainage from this area goes through the brain before going back towards the heart, making it particularly nasty.

I only realised how serious this was when I became a dental student a few years later. I asked my Mum, and she confirmed there was a time when they thought I might not survive! I always wondered why some of my schoolfriends were surprised to see me back at school again!

So - in short, if this doesn't seem to be getting better, DON'T MUCK ABOUT. Certainly don't start doing things with warm spoons (Warmth generally makes infection worse not better anyway). Get an urgent appointment with your Dr and get it seen to.

Toothsmith

Something being recommended at a proper clinic where someone can be seen and assessed and diagnosed is one thing. Something being blindly recommended on an internet forum is quite another, and why 'medical advice' isn't allowed on here.

Bronnie

Toothsmith wrote: »

Something being recommended at a proper clinic where someone can be seen and assessed and diagnosed is one thing. Something being blindly recommended on an internet forum is quite another, and why 'medical advice' isn't allowed on here.

Just to make it clear from a personal point of view in case your post was referring to me......

OP referred to a new stye which has just appeared on her right eye and my post linked her specifically to the advice on the NHS Direct website.

I don't want it to be considered that I "blindly" advise anyone on their medical conditions; it is not something I do.

doodoot

As others have said, get to the docs.

No-one should mess about with their eyes...this comes from personal experience.

My son used to have blepharitis which used to cause him to have regular bouts of pink eye.

One time he had another dose of it and even though his GP and opthamologist told me to get a GP appointment every time it reared up, I thought better of it.

The pink eye was actually a corneal ulcer which left scarring, and he is now blind in that eye - he will have to have a transplant when he's older.

So please, anyone reading this...if you get an eye problem, no matter how trivial you think it is, get it sorted by a professional.