That’s how it became less painful and has refused to leave my eye.Ģ. It was small and a little painful so I just assumed it was a boil. I just woke up one day and I discovered I had a lump on my lower eyelid. It sometimes starts as a small painful/inflamed lump: This happened to me. Yeah right, I checked Google and closely followed the symptoms before I’ll start seeing cancer of the eye. How’d I know I had a chalazion? I’m smart so intuition.
It’s actually pretty rampant in Nigeria with a 100, 000 cases per year, according to Google. Someone once told me I was described as the girl with the permanent boil’ 😭. Most times, it’s easily mistaken for a boil (also known as a stye) but it’s not. A chalazion (kuh-la-zion) also known as a meibomian cyst is a lump that forms due to blockage and swelling of an oil gland (the meibomian gland, hence the name) in the upper or lower eyelid. It’s not a boil as most people might think because why would I have a boil for two years 😭😭? It’s a chalazion. Even the filter couldn’t hide the chalazion. So I have this bump under my left eye that’s not really obvious but I’ve had it for TWO YEARS! Yes, I’m shouting because I’m tired of it. I’m sure you’re wondering what I’m talking about.
It’s my chalazion’s birth month so I want to talk about it.
