Editing Stye (section)

==Signs and symptoms==
[[File:StyeUpper2017.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Stye of the upper eyelid]]
[[File:External hordeolum.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|8-year-old boy with an external hordeolum of lower lid]]
The first sign of a stye is a small, yellowish spot at the center of the bump that develops as [[pus]] and expands in the area.<ref name="Med">{{cite news |url=http://www.medicinenet.com/sty/article.htm#tocc |title=What are the signs and symptoms of a sty? |newspaper=Medicinenet |access-date=2010-04-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407042355/http://www.medicinenet.com/sty/article.htm#tocc |archive-date=2010-04-07 }}</ref>

Other stye symptoms may include:
* A lump on the top or bottom [[eyelid]]
* Localized swelling of the eyelid
* Localized [[pain]]
* Redness
* Tenderness
* Crusting of the eyelid margins
* Burning in the eye
* Droopiness of the eyelid
* Scratchy sensation on the [[human eyeball|eyeball]] (itching)
* [[Blurred vision]]
* Mucous discharge in the eye
* Irritation of the eye<ref name="eMed">{{cite web|url=http://www.emedicinehealth.com/sty/page3_em.htm|title=Stye Symptoms|access-date=2010-04-06|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406032634/http://www.emedicinehealth.com/sty/page3_em.htm|archive-date=2010-04-06}}</ref>
* Light sensitivity
* Tearing
* Discomfort during blinking<ref name="MayoCli">{{cite web|url=http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sty/DS00257/DSECTION=symptoms|title=Symptoms|access-date=2010-04-06|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307022459/http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sty/DS00257/DSECTION%3Dsymptoms|archive-date=2010-03-07}}</ref>
* Sensation of a foreign body in the eye

===Complications===
[[File:Internal stye.jpg|thumb|Internal stye of upper eyelid]]
Stye complications occur in very rare cases. However, the most frequent complication of styes is progression to a [[chalazion]] that causes cosmetic deformity, corneal irritation, and often requires surgical removal.<ref name="Medicine E">{{cite web |url=http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/798940-followup |title=Hordeolum and Stye: Follow-up |access-date=2010-04-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409110728/http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/798940-followup |archive-date=2010-04-09 }}</ref>  Complications may also arise from the improper surgical lancing, and mainly consist of disruption of lash growth, lid deformity or lid [[fistula]]. Large styes may interfere with one's vision.

Eyelid [[cellulitis]] is another potential complication of eye styes, which is a generalized infection of the eyelid. Progression of a stye to a systemic infection (spreading throughout the body) is extremely rare, and only a few instances of such spread have been recorded.<ref name="MedicineNet2">{{cite web |url=http://www.medicinenet.com/sty/page2.htm#tocf |title=What is the prognosis (outcome) of a sty? |access-date=2010-04-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412081320/http://www.medicinenet.com/sty/page2.htm#tocf |archive-date=2010-04-12 }}</ref>