The difference between pink eye and a stye is that a stye will often be accompanied by a bump on your eye. But they both share common symptoms like itching, pain, redness, and swelling.

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The AAO indicates that when a person has a stye, they might feel like a foreign object is in their eye. A person’s eye may also feel scratchy, light-sensitive, or watery. Styes can clear up on ...