Editing Stye (section)

===Antibiotics===
Evidence to support the use of [[antibiotic]] eye ointment is poor.<ref name=EM2013/> Occasionally [[erythromycin]] ophthalmic ointment is recommended.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.emedicine.com/oph/TOPIC606.HTM|title=Medscape: Medscape Access|website=Emedicine.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804164715/http://www.emedicine.com/oph/topic606.htm|archive-date=2008-08-04|date=2018-11-19}}</ref> Other antibiotics, such as [[chloramphenicol]] or [[amoxicillin]] may also be used.<ref>[http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic415.htm eMedicine - Periorbital Infections : Article by R Gentry Wilkerson, MD.<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403202017/http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic415.htm |date=2007-04-03 }}</ref> Chloramphenicol is used successfully in many parts of the world, but contains a [[black box warning]] in the United States due to concerns about [[aplastic anemia]], which on rare occasions can be fatal.

Antibiotics are normally given to people with multiple styes or with styes that do not seem to heal, and to people who have [[blepharitis]] or [[rosacea]].