This treatment may help to shorten duration and severity. A macrolide antibiotic ointment such as erythromycin ophthalmic ...NCBISkiptomaincontentSkiptonavigationResourcesHowToAboutNCBIAccesskeysMyNCBISignintoNCBISignOutNCBIBookshelf.AserviceoftheNationalLibraryofMedicine,NationalInstitutesofHealth.StatPearls[Internet].TreasureIsland(FL):StatPearlsPublishing;2021Jan-.StatPearls[Internet].ShowdetailsTreasureIsland(FL):StatPearlsPublishing;2021Jan-.SearchtermHordeolumKaraJ.Bragg;PatrickH.Le;JacquelineK.Le.AuthorInformationAuthorsKaraJ.Bragg1;PatrickH.Le2;JacquelineK.Le3.Affiliations1MayoClinic2UNCSchoolofMedicine3DesertRegionalMedicalCenterLastUpdate:August8,2020.ContinuingEducationActivityAhordeolumisanacute,commonbacterialinfectionoftheeyelid.Patientswiththisconditionoftenpresenttotheirprimarycareproviderwithpainful,erythematousinflammationoftheeyelid.Thisactivityillustratestheevaluationandtreatmentofhordeolumandreviewstheroleoftheinterprofessionalteaminmanagingpatientswiththiscondition.Objectives:Describethetypicalclinicalpresentationofahordeolum.Reviewthepathophysiologyofhordeolum.Summarizetheuseofwarmcompresses,lidmassage,andlidscrubsinthemanagementofhordeolum.Identifytheimportanceofimprovingcarecoordinationamongtheinterprofessionalteamtoimproveoutcomesforpatientsaffectedwithhordeolum.Earncontinuingeducationcredits(CME/CE)onthistopic.IntroductionAhordeolumisanacutebacterialinfectionfoundinthelidoftheeye.[1] This infectionisacommoncondition,andpatientsoftenpresenttotheirprimarycarephysicianoracutecarecenterforevaluationandtreatment.[2] Thepatientusuallypresentswithpainful,erythematousinflammationoftheeyelid.Thehordeolumcanformontheexternaleyelidandisreferredtocommonlyasastye.Itmayalsoformontheinnereyelidandcanbeeasilymistakenforachalazion.[3] Theconditionoftenlastsonetotwoweeks,isself-limiting,andoftenresolvesonitsown.Itmaybetreatedwithwarmcompressesandmassagetherapy.Topicalantibioticsmaybeindicated,andinrarecases,thepustulemayrequiredrainage.[3]EtiologyItisusuall