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I've got a stye in my left eye; on the inside of the lower eyelid. It's not hugely painful, but by God it's irritating
Apparently the word "stye" comes from the Old English word for "thing that rises", presumably referring to the associated swelling. It's not connected with the "sty" in which pigs live, which is thought to come from the Old English for "hall", itself probably borrowed from Norse; a pigsty having been known as "the hall of the farrow".
I've got a stye in my left eye; on the inside of the lower eyelid. It's not hugely painful, but by God it's irritating
Apparently the word "stye" comes from the Old English word for "thing that rises", presumably referring to the associated swelling. It's not connected with the "sty" in which pigs live, which is thought to come from the Old English for "hall", itself probably borrowed from Norse; a pigsty having been known as "the hall of the farrow".
So there's that
You are supposed to rub it with your ring or something?
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