WhatIsanInternalStye?MedicallyreviewedbyAnnMarieGriff,O.D.—WrittenbyNoreenIftikhar,MDonSeptember30,2019SymptomsCausesRisksDiagnosisSeeyourdoctorTreatmentOutlookTakeawayAstyeisasmallbumporswellingclosetotheedgeofyoureyelid,alongthelashline.Aninternalstye,orhordeolum,isastyeontheinsideofyoureyelid.Whileaninternalorinnerstyeislesscommonthananexternalstye,onethatoccursontheouterrimoftheeyelid,internalstyescansometimesbeworseorcausecomplicationsbecausethey’reclosertoyoureye.Thiscommoneyeinfectionusuallygoesawaybyitself.Whatarethesymptomsofaninternalstye?Aninternalstyecanhappenonyourupperorlowereyelid.Itusuallyhappensononeeyeatatime,butyougetthemonbotheyes.Mostinternalstyeslastfor7daysorless.Signsandsymptomsofaninternalstyemaybeslightlydifferentfromanexternalstye,andyoumaynotbeabletoseethestyedirectlyifit’sontheinnereyelid.Youmayhaveoneormoreofthefollowingsymptoms:symptomsofaninternalstyeredorwhitebumpalongthebaseoftheeyelasheslumporswellingontheeyelidswellingoftheentireeyelidcrustingontheeyelashes,eye,oreyelidoozingorfluidpainorsorenessitchinesstearingorwateryeyesfeelinglikethereissomethinginyoureyeblurredvisionWhatcausesaninternalstye?Youcangetastyefromaninfection.Aninternalorinnerstyeisusuallycausedbyabacterialinfectioninanoilglandinyoureyelid.Ontheotherhand,anexternalorouterstyeisusuallycausedbyaninfectioninahairoreyelashfollicle.Youcangetaninfectionfromnormalbacteriaonyourskinorinyourbody.Abacterialinfectioninyournoseorsinusescanalsospreadtoyoureyeandcauseaninternalstye.Wearingcontactlensesorfalseeyelashesorusingmakeupbrushescanalsospreadbacteriatoyoureyelidsandeyes.Whataretherisksfromaninternalstye?Internalstyesaren’tcontagious.Youcan’tcatchastyefromsomeoneelse.However,youcanspreadbacteriafromaninternalstyetoyoureye.Thiscanhappenifyourub,pop,orsqueezeastye.Internalstyesareusuallymorepainfulthanexternalstyes.Theymayalsolastlonger.Aseriousinternalstyecansometimesbecomechronicandreturnafteritheals.Itcanalsocauseahardenedcyst,orchalazion,ontheinsideofyoureyelid.Accordin