Are ‘styes’ contagious

only if the water from your eye is in contact with another persons eye but its kind of hard to do that

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Are_styes_contagious

if you touch the infected eye, then touch you’re other one, it will spread.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090806053512AAIFB2Y

My 10-year old son came home Friday from school with a sty. His school nurse told him to apply a warm wet cloth to it, which we have been doing. Today, Monday, his eye is almost swollen shut. Besides his eye, he is otherwise ok. Should I …

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