Talk:Stye
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[edit] Internal Hordeolum should be addressed
It would be great if someone could add coverage of the Internal Hordeolum (Internal Stye) which forms on the inner surface of the lid away from the margin. See http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec09/ch100/ch100d.html or http://www.optometry.co.uk/articles/docs/0e8005e0bc2e021ee066d330df17d893_skorin20020628.pdf for info. 24.7.105.171 22:29, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Comment
Do not add the link to a webpage on cosmetics in an article about a medical condition. This link [1] is much more serious. I suspect your is spam. --pippo2001 18:18, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Old Wives' Tale
Shouldn't the old wives' tale be mentioned here as somewhat relevant? --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 17:45, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Lasting Effects
Sometimes it produces lasting effects, I do not have a scientific citations but sometimes it causes one eye to become uneven with the other(personal experience). I'm trying to find a scientific proof.
[edit] Alternate names
In the large county where i live, they are usualy called 'Pikes'. shall we include that as an alternate name?
[edit] Amoxicillin
The eMedicine page used as a reference does not suggest amoxicillin for anterior blepharitis. (Which they group stye into.)
People should start using the edit summary. How else can we quickly find out who wrote that!?
Anyway, I'll wait for others to comment. I'm sure that some doctors will prescribe antibiotics eventually if it doesn't get better. But if most are caused by Staph, then I don't see amox being the answer! 219.89.116.136 01:07, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Unproven assertions in link
The link #7 in references states: "The toxic condition of the child's system brought about by wrong eating habits, especially consumption of foods such as white bread, refined cereals, boiled potatoes, pudding, pies and confectionery is the real and main cause of eye stye."
I believe this to be wholly incorrect, and request that the link be removed. In addition to this questionable assertion, the page is a cosmetics site, and shouldn't be included as a reference for an article about a medical condition.
Minerva9 (talk) 19:56, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Minerva9, I think your point is entirely correct. I'd not looked at the sources before. I only did a writing clean-up of the article. This source needs to be replaced. But, having looked them, I think that pretty much all the sources need to be replaced. Most of them are just references to claims that someone made on the web sometime. Do you think we could work together to get some proper citations for this article? I'll do it myself if you're not interested, but it would save me some time if you could help. Howfar (talk) 03:35, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
