hello, is there a doctor in the house???!!!!

[bufffbison]

ok.. i just woke up a few minutes ago with my eye hurting like a SOB. looked in the mirror and theres a little white dot on my lower eye lid and its rubbing against my eye ball. its no bigger than a tip of a needle. i looked on the internet, but really couldn't find much of anything related to it, other than some eye injuries and diseases (nothing has hit my eye recently) It hurts a lot, and it itches some, but not bothersome. could it be a disease i have or what??

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Call the ER. Do it NOW.

A few here are doctors. But any doctor who would practice emergency medicine over the Net is a fool.

Go to the Emergency Room at once. Your eyesight isn't worth messing around with.

--p!

[bufffbison]

5. ok i think i will. it looks harmless, but i guess looks are deceiving.

[MissHoneychurch]

2. sounds like a hordeolum

but I am no doctor.

[MrScorpio]

3. That's a stye - check this out

http://momo.essortment.com/eyestyes_rakx.htm

[bufffbison]

8. yeah that kinda fits the symptoms.. but im still going to the hosp.

my eye hurts more than it should, so im still gonna head into the hosp. later guys.. thanks!

[madokie]

4. gotta sty on the eye

[goodboy]

9. and it's stingin' to high heaven...(nt)

[punpirate]

6. Given the board advisory to call your doctor...

... which you should do if it persists, this sounds like a sty (infected or impacted eyelash follicle).

Apply a hot compress (hot, wet washcloth) and repeat when the compress cools. That should do the trick. If not, time usually takes care of it. Sometimes applying a hot, wet teabag takes care of it. If simple treatment such as this doesn't do the trick, visit the doctor.

[Hekate]

10. Good advice. Use handwashing precautions; I think styes are staph

And Buffbison, let us know what the doc said....

Hekate

[caledesi]

7. Been there, done that - sounds like a sty. nt

[maddezmom]

11. locking

Sorry to hear about your eye, but DU members are not qualified to provide medical advice. Please see a medical professional.