What is that Lump on Your Eyelid?

Are you complaining about a lump on your eyelid?

A chalazion is a cyst that forms in the meibomian glands in your eyelids. You have a set of glands on the upper and lower lids that secrete the lipid layer or the outer oily layer of your tear film, and sometimes, they get plugged up and form a cyst. These cysts are usually not infected, but they can be in some cases, and people can have an infection inside the gland.

Something similar but not exactly the same is called a stye or hordeolum. It is a little different because it is an infection in a sebaceous gland in your lid. A chalazion may not be an infection; it’s just a cyst. They’re treated similarly and look very similar, so it’s really a matter of medical terminology because you do the same thing for both.

There are occasions where people get chalazion that gets bigger and bigger and becomes painful, but many times it happens, and it forms sort of a little hard nodule in the lid, which may stay there for an extended period of time.

Learn more about chalazion from Dr. James E. Croley III, a board-certified ophthalmologist in Bonita Springs, FL. Please read the full article on our website for comprehensive information on chalazion!

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✅ American Academy of Ophthalmology
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