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red itchy swollen eyelid (ONE eye only)
Hi,
for the last year or so I have had a strange problem with my left eyelid - the part of the upper lid right above the crease swells up (I can see a "pocket" swollen with fluid - that's the only way I can describe it) so that it reaches (falls) all the way to my upper lashes (normally the whole part of the upper eyelid that touches the eyeball is visible). In a day the part that was swollen becomes reddish right above the crease and itches, in the next two-three days it becomes scaley and dry. The whole thing happens ONLY on the left eyelid, never on the right one. I saw an ophtalmologist a year ago, he said I was allergic to an eye cream, should use Cetaphil instead, put cortisone ointment and prescribed Patanol drops. I followed the directions, the problem subsided, and after several weeks came back, again on the left only. In the meantime, I stayed away from any eye creams and only used Cetaphil or nothing at all. And it's been like this, off an on all the time. I did not use any eye make up at the time. Several months ago I started using make up again, had no problems, and then out of the blue, again, my left eyelid got swollen, then red, then itchy and then scaley. The skin on my eyelid is so stretched now that even when it's not swollen, it droops over my eyelashes. I went to see an ophtalmologist again recently, but he said he it was probalbly from sleeping on my side (which I did not really buy).
I started looking for solutions online, came across this board and started following the advice I found - wash my eyelids with SteriLid by TheraTears and put Aquaphor ointment. It seemed to help at first, I was thrilled for a week, and then again, after five days of my therapy, last Saturday I woke up with the left eyelid swollen, the part right above the crease reddish and itchy, same on Sunday, and it's been like this until today, itchy, reddish and scaley. I am also feeling pressure on my left eyeball from the top, like coming right from the part where the eyelid becomes red. Please, someone help!!!! I am going crazy with this. It seems putting eye creams away does nothing at all - I get this thing with no cream at all. HELP!!!
for the last year or so I have had a strange problem with my left eyelid - the part of the upper lid right above the crease swells up (I can see a "pocket" swollen with fluid - that's the only way I can describe it) so that it reaches (falls) all the way to my upper lashes (normally the whole part of the upper eyelid that touches the eyeball is visible). In a day the part that was swollen becomes reddish right above the crease and itches, in the next two-three days it becomes scaley and dry. The whole thing happens ONLY on the left eyelid, never on the right one. I saw an ophtalmologist a year ago, he said I was allergic to an eye cream, should use Cetaphil instead, put cortisone ointment and prescribed Patanol drops. I followed the directions, the problem subsided, and after several weeks came back, again on the left only. In the meantime, I stayed away from any eye creams and only used Cetaphil or nothing at all. And it's been like this, off an on all the time. I did not use any eye make up at the time. Several months ago I started using make up again, had no problems, and then out of the blue, again, my left eyelid got swollen, then red, then itchy and then scaley. The skin on my eyelid is so stretched now that even when it's not swollen, it droops over my eyelashes. I went to see an ophtalmologist again recently, but he said he it was probalbly from sleeping on my side (which I did not really buy).
I started looking for solutions online, came across this board and started following the advice I found - wash my eyelids with SteriLid by TheraTears and put Aquaphor ointment. It seemed to help at first, I was thrilled for a week, and then again, after five days of my therapy, last Saturday I woke up with the left eyelid swollen, the part right above the crease reddish and itchy, same on Sunday, and it's been like this until today, itchy, reddish and scaley. I am also feeling pressure on my left eyeball from the top, like coming right from the part where the eyelid becomes red. Please, someone help!!!! I am going crazy with this. It seems putting eye creams away does nothing at all - I get this thing with no cream at all. HELP!!!
Hi, i have just recently experienced this myself. I woke up about serval weeks ago with just my left eye swollen exactly how you described! My first thought(and everyone else around me) was that it was a stye. The symptons sounds very simillar apart from the main differnce, there was no sign of a pimple like thing anywhere to be seen.
The first day i woke up with it abit blown up and sore. By the second day it got bigger and itchiness occur at the corner of my eye. The more i touched it the more itchier it become. After a couple days i woke up and it was gone. So i assumed it must of been an injury in my sleep and continued living normal. That was until i woke up yesterday and it happened again, JUST MY LEFT EYE AGAIN.
It hurts too blink at times and i feel if i look too long at something i feel a little strain in my eye. Theres still no sign of a pimple so im postive its not a stye. My friend had one and i know that its nothing what im going through. The two incidents happened serval weeks apart, but it wasnt until this time, the second time around, that i decided to worry.
So i jumped online to search up a few things, because I find that these days doctors are slacking off with our health. They always give you a pill to pop and send you on your way. I decided that for my own sake to take matters into my own hands and find answers myself. But all i found was that no one had a clue what causes it? I Begun to research and found that the possiblities was out of eye infection, eye disease or allegies.
Im 19 years old and female. I have been wearing make up for years. Using lots and different creams all the time. But i broke out with a case of bad acne 2 years ago which made me cut down on all of the above. It has gotten better and so i dont use as much as i did years ago. During the first case i wore abit of make up but this time around i havent wore any. So i dont believe its that. I havent applied any creams or changed any products. I havent changed much about my life style for the past year, apart from i did get a dog but i didnt have her at the time it first happen so thats ruled out. i did manage to find that a rare cause is from a spider bite. They happen to mention that it does continue to occur.. i havent looked much into it but it worth to check that out. I'm in the same boat as you, i know exactly what your going through. Im booking a doctors appointment and i will be sharing with him what i discovered here. I hope you find the cause of it, if anyone does it be helpful to let the rest of us who still suffer with it know.
The first day i woke up with it abit blown up and sore. By the second day it got bigger and itchiness occur at the corner of my eye. The more i touched it the more itchier it become. After a couple days i woke up and it was gone. So i assumed it must of been an injury in my sleep and continued living normal. That was until i woke up yesterday and it happened again, JUST MY LEFT EYE AGAIN.
It hurts too blink at times and i feel if i look too long at something i feel a little strain in my eye. Theres still no sign of a pimple so im postive its not a stye. My friend had one and i know that its nothing what im going through. The two incidents happened serval weeks apart, but it wasnt until this time, the second time around, that i decided to worry.
So i jumped online to search up a few things, because I find that these days doctors are slacking off with our health. They always give you a pill to pop and send you on your way. I decided that for my own sake to take matters into my own hands and find answers myself. But all i found was that no one had a clue what causes it? I Begun to research and found that the possiblities was out of eye infection, eye disease or allegies.
Im 19 years old and female. I have been wearing make up for years. Using lots and different creams all the time. But i broke out with a case of bad acne 2 years ago which made me cut down on all of the above. It has gotten better and so i dont use as much as i did years ago. During the first case i wore abit of make up but this time around i havent wore any. So i dont believe its that. I havent applied any creams or changed any products. I havent changed much about my life style for the past year, apart from i did get a dog but i didnt have her at the time it first happen so thats ruled out. i did manage to find that a rare cause is from a spider bite. They happen to mention that it does continue to occur.. i havent looked much into it but it worth to check that out. I'm in the same boat as you, i know exactly what your going through. Im booking a doctors appointment and i will be sharing with him what i discovered here. I hope you find the cause of it, if anyone does it be helpful to let the rest of us who still suffer with it know.
If you go to makeup alley there is a comment that says Mario Badescu reformulated their cream early this year (My supply is over a year old) as one of their ingredients was no longer available. It says that the new formulation caused problems for lots of people!! Be careful buying this product, it may not be the same. I don't know if they have batch dates on them, I would ask.
I've read these threads going back several years. I think multiple things are going on. Some may be allergy. But in my case I'm pretty sure it is candida/ fungal and it's stress related. I've tried more things that made it worse (witchhazel, eye cleanz pads, yogurt, warm compresses, rubbing alcohol, hydrocortisone... A few things don't make it worse like coconut oil (premium), petroleum jelly (gross but it does keep it at bay), bee magic (also just coats it and keeps it at bay) -- nothing has worked like Mario Badescu cream. Now it's more or less unavailable as they are reformulating it. I found sellers capitalizing on having a stash of it and selling it for ridiculous prices $135!
So I'm trying tinactin. I just bought it today. I think it makes sense that it's candida related.
So I'm trying tinactin. I just bought it today. I think it makes sense that it's candida related.
It looks very similar to this: http://0.tqn.com/w/experts/Dermatology-1011/2012/04/eyes_2.jpg
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