Hi
Thanks for writing to the forum!
There is a possibility that you have a blocked tear duct. It could have been missed because normally a blocked tear duct produces excessive tears. In your case it’s possible that excessive dry eyes did not produce this symptom. Hence this could have been missed. If the duct gets infected it causes swelling and inflammation. Please discuss this with the ophthalmologist as allergy has been ruled out in your case. Also get your eye pressure checked. Even if it was done earlier, there is no harm in repeating.
Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!
Although there is no cure for eye allergies you should try Claritin Eye Drops and compliment them with an allergy tablet. It worked wonders for me.
Steve
Although there is no cure for eye allergies you should try Claritin Eye Drops and compliment them with an allergy tablet. It worked wonders for me.
Steve
Did you ever find a solution? Same procedure, same reaction, same results. Going on 10 months now. When stopped taking steriods all symptoms returned within 2 days. Still have plugs in.
Hello. I had silicone eye plugs put in over 15 years ago. I had an immediate reaction and asked the doctor to remove them the next day, which she did. I then started having a series of reactions, beginning from local eye redness & swelling to a very strange lump on the side of my head. This went away with steroids, came back a couple of times when I got off steroids, but eventually went away. I then started reacting to almost everything: mold, exhaust, pollution, perfumes, you name it. Eventually, I even started reacting to the foods I ate. I tried everything to get better - & now after 15 years I would say I am 95% well. The most effective "cure" for me were saunas & getting better air by moving near the ocean. Also, I think just time helped to heal. Maybe you will be luckier than me & get over it. I eventually realized that all these reactions were probably MCS (multiple chemical sensitivity), which is considered a non-disease by most doctors. There is no cure that I know of. First off, I would advise that you get the plugs out immediately, no matter what doctors say to you. I'm not suggesting that you will have this kind of systemic reaction, but you should be aware that it could happen.