NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutJournalListHHSAuthorManuscriptsPMC3424070CochraneDatabaseSystRev.Authormanuscript;availableinPMC2012Aug21.Publishedinfinaleditedformas:CochraneDatabaseSystRev.2010Sep8;(9):CD007742.Publishedonline2010Sep8.doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007742.pub2PMCID:PMC3424070NIHMSID:NIHMS396399PMID:20824865InterventionsforacuteinternalhordeolumKristinaLindsley,1JasonJNichols,2andKayDickersin3KristinaLindsley1CenterforClinicalTrials,JohnsHopkinsUniversityBloombergSchoolofPublicHealth,Maryland,Baltimore,USAFindarticlesbyKristinaLindsleyJasonJNichols2TheOhioStateUniversity,OH,Columbus,USAFindarticlesbyJasonJNicholsKayDickersin3CenterforClinicalTrialsandUSCochraneCenter,JohnsHopkinsUniversity,MD,Baltimore,USAFindarticlesbyKayDickersinAuthorinformationCopyrightandLicenseinformationDisclaimer1CenterforClinicalTrials,JohnsHopkinsUniversityBloombergSchoolofPublicHealth,Maryland,Baltimore,USA2TheOhioStateUniversity,OH,Columbus,USA3CenterforClinicalTrialsandUSCochraneCenter,JohnsHopkinsUniversity,MD,Baltimore,USAContactperson:KristinaLindsley,Methodologist,CenterforClinicalTrials,JohnsHopkinsUniversityBloombergSchoolofPublicHealth,615NorthWolfeStreet,W5010,Baltimore,Maryland,21205,USA,ude.hpshj@elsdnilkCopyrightnoticeThepublisher'sfinaleditedversionofthisarticleisavailableatCochraneDatabaseSystRevThisarticlehasbeenupdated."Interventionsforacuteinternalhordeolum"inCochraneDatabaseSystRev,volume4on page CD007742.SeeotherarticlesinPMCthatcitethepublishedarticle.BackgroundHordeolumisacommon,painful,inflammationoftheeyelidmarginthatisusuallycausedbybacterialinfection.Theinfectionaffectsoilglandsoftheeyelidandcanbeinternalorexternal.Inmanycases,thelesiondrainsspontaneouslyandresolvesuntreated;however,theinflammationcanspreadtootherocularglandsortissuesandrecurrencesarecommon.Ifunresolved,acuteinternalhordeolumcanbecomechronicordevelopintoachalazion.Externalhordeola,alsoknownasstyes,werenotincludedinthescopeo