The rainy season provides much-needed relief from the heat of the summer, but it also provides perfect opportunities for eye infections and irritations of different types. Increased humidity, more ...

1. Clean your eyelids Maintaining good eye hygiene can help prevent and treat styes, says Micheal Nelson, OD, FAOO, an optometrist, and the president of the Canadian Association of Optometrists.

Styes are pustules of infection that form in the glands of the eyelid. They only affect the eyelid they develop in, whereas conjunctivitis involves both lids and the white of the eye.