Medically reviewed by Johnstone M. Kim, MD Key Takeaways An eye stye happens when bacteria enter the oil glands in the eyelid.Conjunctivitis or pink eye is an inflammation that can cause swollen ...

The difference between pink eye and a stye is that a stye will often be accompanied by a bump on your eye. But they both share common symptoms like itching, pain, redness, and swelling. A stye and ...

Most of us have woken up with a puffy eyelid at some point in our lives. Aside from being uncomfortable (and sometimes painful), it can also temporarily affect your vision. When that happens, you’ve ...

While many conditions and diseases such as high blood pressure, early-stage cancer, and diabetes are not visually apparent in most people and can preserver for years before being discovered, other ...

T he eyes may be the windows to the soul, but those windows can ­become dry, swollen, red, and itchy with age. “Most older adults realize they’re at risk for serious eye diseases such as cataracts, ...

Pink eye, or conjunctivitis, is an inflammation of the conjunctiva, a thin tissue that lines the inside of your eyelids and covers the white part of the eyes. The conjunctiva keeps your eyeballs moist ...

We give you the breakdown to help you soothe your red, itchy eyes the right way. Red, itchy eyes are a tell-tale sign of either allergies or pink eye, which can be disconcerting when you’re trying to ...

The new coronavirus can spread through the eyes, prompting the world’s largest association of eye doctors to urge its members to be aware of the warning signs in patients. The pathogen may cause pink ...

CLEVELAND — We'd love to blame COVID for everything, and to an extent it's possible that the coronavirus may be responsible for some cases of pink eye. Pink eye is an inflammation of the transparent ...

An outbreak of viral conjunctivitis has infected nearly 400,000 people across Pakistan since the start of the year. The pink-eye outbreak hit its peak last week, with over 10,000 cases being reported ...