What causes you to get a stye in your eye?

Question

What causes you to get a stye in your eye?

Answer 1

Usually a piece of dirt gets stuck on the eyelid.To get rid of it use a q tip soaked in warm water and place it on the stye.

Answer 2

A stye is actually caused by a bacteria, an infection, and you may need antibiotics to treat it, but sometimes it will go away on its own.  Soften the stye by applying a hot, moist compress several times a day for at lease 10 minutes at a time.    

Whenever you are treating a stye, be very careful and resist the urge to pop or squeeze it! Do not rub your eyes because you can easily spread the infection to your other eye - that is unless you want a matching sett.  If your stye does not go away within a week see your doctor about getting antibiotics.

Here are a couple of helpful links.

http://www.howtogetridofstuff.com/health...

http://www.ehow.com/how_2092740_treat-st...

Answer 3

Bacteria.  Use very warm washcloths over the affected eye to make the stye drain, and use a clean washcloth each time.  Make sure also to wash the cloths in hot water and bleach after use, and don't share them with anyone else.