Chalazion
A chalazion is a painless bump or nodule inside the upper or lower eyelid. Chalazia (plural for chalazion) result from healed internal styes that no longer are infectious. These cyst-like nodules form around an oil gland within the eyelid, resulting in red, swollen eyelids. The contents of a chalazion include pus and blocked fatty secretions (lipids) that normally help lubricate the eye but can no longer drain out.
Many chalazia drain, resolving on their own, especially if you facilitate the process with periodic warm compresses and gentle massage of the eyelid. However, some chalazia persist for more than several weeks and grow large enough to become cosmetically unappealing.
Topical and oral antibiotics usually are ineffective as direct treatments for chalazia, which have no active infectious component that would require this kind of approach.
If you develop a chalazion, your eye doctor may have you regularly apply a warm, moist compress on the outside of your closed eyelid to promote drainage from the eye’s blocked oil gland.
Small, inconspicuous chalazia may require no treatment at all. However, some blockages causing chalazia do not clear up on their own. These may remain indefinitely or even grow larger.
In the case of a bothersome and persistent chalazion, you may undergo a simple in-office surgery to excise it.
An eye surgeon will use local anesthesia to numb the area before making a small incision, typically from underneath the eyelid to clear the contents of the lesion without visible scarring
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