Infections of the eye can be serious, Today, even the chronic eye infection called trachoma, and other diseases that used to cause blindness such as tuberculosis, gonorrhea, and pneumonia, can be cured by the "wonder drugs." Don't decide for yourself that an eye infection is nothing to worry about.

Of course there are minor eye infections, the most common of which is conjunctivitis, or pink eye. In this disease, the eyes become red, the lids swell and are usually stuck together in the morning. Symptoms of conjunctivitis resemble those of other eye infections, so let a doctor make the diagnosis and provide suitable treatment,

It is safe for you to treat an occasional stye (an infection resembling a pimple in the tiny glands of the eyelid) at home. Apply hot compresses every 2 hours for 15 minutes at a time, If the stye doesn't open and drain, and heal in a few days, be sure to see a doctor. See him, too, if you have styes repeatedly.