Occasional swollen eye

My nine year old grandson occasionally wakes with a single swollen eye (on rare occasions both eyes). The first episode was when he was 2-3. It has happened 9 times in the last year with no apparent common denominator other than it usually happens during the night. He does have some asthma issues though not severe. He takes Clarinex 5mg and uses an asmanex inhaler at bedtime. From testing the allergist suspects a food allergy to milk or orange juice so they are going to do trials for both next month. I was wondering if anyone in this forum has experience with a similar problem? If so, was a cause determined? Thank you.

[ChitChatNine]

When my now 15yr old was your sons age and younger, she would get awful green discharge that was passed off as pink eye or clogged tear duct but in both eyes; turned out to be severe food allergy but not life threatening that lasted for about 6 yrs ... severe intolerance to 12 of 16 foods tested for and would scream with pain in the abdomen from cramps, too.

Pls. let  us know what they find out?

Only one though .. odd ... could he have something on his hand and be rubbing his eye or new laundry detergent when he sleeps on that side only?

Cheryl

[sherryl199]

No discharge at all - just the big swollen eye(s). He's had it happen for about 7 years - at various places so no common denominator other than it most often appears after sleep - but not always! The food trials will occur in August after his camp. I was hoping someone else had a similar experience to help with the puzzle!

[kath123]

Hi Sheryl,

My 4 year old daughter gets swollen eyes which we are fairly certain is an allergic reaction. It started with only her left eye but eventually she had reactions that were severe enough that both eyes swelled up, and they sometimes stay swollen for up to 3 days. We first suspected dairy, because she clearly gets hives when she accidentally has dairy, but later realized the swollen eye was happening mostly when she was running a fever and taking Motrin, so now her dr thinks it's more likely a salicylate sensitivity.

May sound wierd, but I have a picture I could send you if you'd like to see if it looks similar to your grandsons.

[skook]

My 4 yo has done the same thing 2x so far, within 5 months of each episode. There is no discharge and it presents itself out of nowhere when he wakes up. The first eventually ended with what looked like an abscess or pimple and when he scratched it off, it weeped and the episode ended. I thought it was a stye so I didn't bring him in. I should've. So this next involves eurythromicin goop. I personally think it's b/c of our cat, both sleep in our king sized bed.

[daddiesboy]

i have a 3 yr old who woke up the last 3 days with a left swollen eye lid.  It seems to get better during the day but looks bad in the morning.

He does drink milk at bedtime and naptime.  Could this be the problem?

He has no fever and no redness in his eye, just swollen like he got bit or bumped it.

Dad

[Jjwin]

My son also gets swollen eyes. It only happens when he is sick. The doctors think he is allergic to omnicef so stopped giving it to him. Today it happened after he took motrin. I took him to urgent care and they gave him a antibotic (antibiotic) in the omnicef family even though o told them several times he was allergic to it. Thank god I called his regular ped doc before I gave it to him.  Doesn't explain why his eyes were swollen to begin with though.  

[MotherofMadness]

I have had ongoing allergy problems throughout my life and now its been passed on to my girls. If I would stay the night at a friend or relatives, I'd get big itchy swollen eyes. Same with me kids! I know the source!!!! It's dust and dander. For example, I cleaned my 3 yr olds rm top to bottom and rearranged furn. today.....she played for a few hours. Now? Swollen eye! Ahh! So the trick: give benadryl and give up to half tsp more than normal. (liquid form) Keep a watch, check their back, belly, thighs, and botttoms of feet. If all is good, offer them a snack and if you keep calm their body will react accordingly.

Thanks,
Mother of Madness

[AvanRob]

Can anyone help me to understand why my five year old daughters eyes are so puffy. It's eye lids and under eye are baggy. This has been since Tuesday. fever started on Thursday. Fluctuating as high as 102.7  .  No pain either. So concerned.

[Olga1980]

My 2,5 y.o. had the same problem with her eyes completely swollen and in the morning she couldn't even open her eyes...under eyes are baggy..doctor recommended Benadryl and prednisolone. First time it happened half year ago with mostly just one eye swollen..I am guessing it is some reaction on certain food but I don't know exactly what had happened. I wish I knew the answer - it looked so scary!

[Worriedmommy143]

My son is now 5 and has the same thing happening to him for the las two years!!! The hospital and allergist don't know what it is... Please let me know if you get any new information...I don't know if I should leave my email address or not? Please reply to me first , then we can figure so,etching out I guess... I'm scared, I don't want it to be a sign that something is wrong inside his body, he often has loose stool, diarea (diarrhea), and belly aches... I don't know if its relevant or not! I just want to know why his face is swollen, hopefully you have found some answers?

[Seasonedmommyof3]

I would take him to a different allergist!  My 4 year old daughter has allergies to dairy, peanut and egg.  Hives, swollen eyes are the symptoms we see on the outside.  The same thing happens on the inside.  Since we are all unique, the allergies, although may be similar in symptoms to others with allergies, I am sure can have a somewhat different effect and symptoms on each affected individual with allergies. My daughter may have hives, a tummy ache and loose stool and another reaction may only cause hives and she says her tummy feels ok and her stool is normal.  Something else to consider is there can be one or more issues causing the symptoms, example someone may have allergies and end up with a bacteria infection from the congestion the allergies caused.  Simple saline works great to keep the nasal passages clear.  Although liquid benadryl causes my daughter to be tired and irritable, it works well to relieve the uncomfortable symptoms my child has.  She went to her grandma's house yesterday and played it was going to be her first overnight visit and she ended up with swollen, itchy eyes and came home.  I gave her Benadryl and the symptoms have subsided.  She has been at grandma/grandpa's house many times and no problems, this is the second time over a year this has happened at their house and once at preschool. ???