eyelids, mucous membranes, and other eye parts using a light or an ophthalmoscope. They may also want to measure eye pressure and can do this with a tonometer. Flushing the tear ducts will indicate an obstruction. To test the rate of tear production, your veterinarian may conduct a tear tes...
Stye, sty, eye stye, (the medical term is a hordeolum)—whatever you call it, however you spell it, whether it’s external or internal (on the inner eyelid), a—let’s stick with stye—is a pimple. It’s a clogged-up, infected oil gland just like you get on the rest of the ...
Styes are most commonly caused by staphylococcal bacteria that gets in a hair follicle or a gland in the corner of the eye, often through touching the eye with dirty hands. Other bacteria, however, can also cause styes.[2] 2 Apply a warm compress. The painful swelling caused by a stye...