Nutrition Health Chat: Tuesday, Dec. 8th, 5-6 PM Eastern. Learn how vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients affect your health. Free live Q&A. Join us!
Member Comments are provided by individuals and reflect their personal opinions only. Under NO circumstances should you act on any advice or opinion posted in this forum. ALWAYS check with your personal physician before taking any action regarding your health! MedHelp International and our partners, sponsors and affiliates have no obligation to monitor any comments posted on this site, or the content and/or accuracy of such exchanges. MedHelp International does not endorse the views of any user.
Eye Care (Expert Forum)
infant with stye
Answered by
Sandy Feldman, MD, MS - Ophthalmology, Refractive Surgery, Cataract Surgery, Corneal surgery
ClearView Eye & Laser Medical Center, A P.C.
San Diego - CA
Our Ask A Doctor Ophthalmology Forum is where you can post your question and receive a personal answer from physicians affiliated with the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
infant with stye
by sattel, Sep 02, 2009 12:49PM
My son who just turned 1 years old a few weeks ago has had stye like bumps on his eye lids for almost 5 weeks now. He actually has four, one on each lid and they are pretty close to the lids. I've been using topical eye ointment and warm compress for many weeks now and they sometimes appear to be getting better, then worse again and have not yet gone away. Now his lids are pretty swollen and red and I've started giving him oral anitbiotics (Cefprozil) which are prescribed for 10 days. Do you have any suggestions as to what else can be done? Is there any way that something like this can affect his vision in the long run?
Doctor's Answer
by Sandy Feldman, MD, MS, Sep 03, 2009 02:29PM
, Sep 03, 2009 02:29PMTo: sattel
Dear sattel,
It sounds as if your son has had infections of the eyelids. I would recommend cleaning his eyelids with a warm washcloth twice a day once this infection is resolved to try to prevent its recurrence. Seek the care of a pediatric eyeMD to check your son’s eyes.
Dr. Feldman
Sandy T. Feldman, M.D., M.S.
ClearView Eye and Laser Medical Center
San Diego, California
It sounds as if your son has had infections of the eyelids. I would recommend cleaning his eyelids with a warm washcloth twice a day once this infection is resolved to try to prevent its recurrence. Seek the care of a pediatric eyeMD to check your son’s eyes.
Dr. Feldman
Sandy T. Feldman, M.D., M.S.
ClearView Eye and Laser Medical Center
San Diego, California
Member Comments (2)
by sattel, Sep 04, 2009 10:32PM
To: Sandy Feldman, MD, MS
Thank you for your reply. I have an appointment on Tuesday with an opthamologist but someone mentioned to me that it may be MRSA, since he's on the second antibiotic and it doesn't seem to be working. He had an ear infection about 5 weeks ago now and was given antibiotics for that. That is around the same time that he developed the styes. Do you think it's possible for it to be MRSA? Should I be seeing a doctor sooner than Tuesday? I appreaciate your advice.
