Swollen eyelids after yoga/ swollen eyelids and top lip after massage(face down)

[Becmn]

Backgroud- I was diagnosed with RA last July- no RA factor but based on clinical diagnoses/X-rays.  

I started yoga to help arthritis-
half way through the hour of yoga my eyelids swell up!
My eyelids are then swollen until late afternoon the next day.
This happened several times and in different locations so I don't believe it is an allergy.
Yesterday I had a massage laying face down and when I got up after the hour my eyelids and top lip were both swollen and still are this morning!
Any ideas....

[kog]

i have the exact same symtoms that you described.  i did a yoga class this morning and my eyes still  hurt and are swollen 6 hours later.  i also get swollen eye lids after a massage.  were you able to find any reason for this happening to you. anxious to know.
thank you

[littlebeanbag]

A related discussion, me too! was started.

[Becmn]

so who would you see about this problem?

[Ag-i-doc]

still dont know.

[Ag-i-doc]

eye doctor.  ophthalmologist or optometrist

[Becmn]

more help please-
So it happens in different places when I do yoga and after the massage so i am thinking it has to do with pressure- yoga I am doing inversions and massage I am in the face cradle face down.swelling is especially pronounced on the inner lid.

[Forum-OD-MP]

dont know.  that is a very interesting & unique complaint.  that is not: conjunctivits, or blepharitis or any other common cause of eyelid swelling.

even tho you dont think its allergy, it does SOUND like allergy.  BOTH eyelids swell at the same time in the absence of other factors.  but allergy to what?  some chemical or something that you use or are near during yoga, i guess.

dont know.