Puffy eyelids

Introduction Eyelids are commonly called eyelids and are divided into upper and lower parts. The eyelid skin is the thinnest part of the whole body skin, and the subcutaneous tissue is loose, so it is prone to fluid accumulation and edema.

Cause

Causes of eyelid edema:

There are many reasons for eyelid edema. According to the reasons, the eyelid edema is divided into two types: physiological and pathological.

1. Physiological eyelid edema: Physiological edema is mostly due to poor sleep at night, or the pillow is too low when sleeping, affecting facial blood return. This type of eyelid edema is more common in healthy people, has no effect on the body, and often resolves naturally.

2. Pathological orbital edema: pathological orbital edema is divided into inflammatory eyelid edema and non-inflammatory eyelid edema. In addition to eyelid edema, the former also has local red, heat, pain and other symptoms, caused by acute inflammation of the eyelids, eyelid trauma, or inflammation around the eyes. Most of the latter have no local redness, heat, swelling and other symptoms. Common causes are allergic diseases or allergies to eye drops, heart disease, hypothyroidism, acute and chronic nephritis, and idiopathic neurovascular eyelid edema.

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Eyelid examination ophthalmology

Examination and diagnosis of eyelid edema:

1. Morning eyelid edema is mainly caused by poor fluid circulation. For example, when the pillow is too high, or the diet is too salty the night before, then the person is too tired, and the rest is not easy to cause eye swelling. These conditions are basically physiological, as long as they try to improve their incentives, such as reducing the height of the pillow, eating as light as possible, ensuring adequate sleep time, etc., will quickly recover through self-adjustment.

2. It should be noted that the eyelid edema caused by the disease is usually accompanied by other symptoms, such as edema of the lower limbs, poor urine, waist and knee pain, asthma, cold, etc. If the patient finds that he has the above symptoms, he should actively look for it. The cause, the treatment of the primary disease, only the primary disease and systemic disease improved, the eyelid edema can gradually subside.

The cause of eyelid edema can be diagnosed based on the above two points.

Differential diagnosis

Symptoms of eyelid edema and confusion:

It should be noted that the identification of eyelid edema is physiological or pathological. If it is physiological, you should pay attention to health care. Pathological needs to go to the doctor to find the cause, in case it becomes more serious.

1. Morning eyelid edema is mainly caused by poor fluid circulation. For example, when the pillow is too high, or the diet is too salty the night before, then the person is too tired, and the rest is not easy to cause eye swelling. These conditions are basically physiological, as long as they try to improve their incentives, such as reducing the height of the pillow, eating as light as possible, ensuring adequate sleep time, etc., will quickly recover through self-adjustment.

2. It should be noted that the eyelid edema caused by the disease is usually accompanied by other symptoms, such as edema of the lower limbs, poor urine, waist and knee pain, asthma, cold, etc. If the patient finds that he has the above symptoms, he should actively look for it. The cause, the treatment of the primary disease, only the primary disease and systemic disease improved, the eyelid edema can gradually subside.

The cause of eyelid edema can be diagnosed based on the above two points.

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