Post Chalazion surgery (Fibrous node remains)

[PGAnonymous]

Hey!

Okay so about 2 years ago, I got a Chalazion (Right part of lower right eyelid). It then spread and I got another smaller chalazion on the top lid of the same eye. It persisted for about a year and so they was surgically removed... It's been a year and for the most part it caused no problems. Except for when I wake up in the morning, the one eye will be quite read and the eye itself will be slightly inflamed (fatter eyelid than left eye). If I pull down my eyelid I can see that there is still a little bit of white fiber which isn't present in the left eye. I guess lately though, it's been getting slightly irritated, and I have to continuously stroke my upper eyelashes up and lower eyelashes down, it's instinctive as if there was an eyelash pointing towards my eyeball (feels that way, but there isn't). Could it be the reformation of a chalazion? Could it be the left over fiber rubbing against my eye?

Thank you in advance!

[PGAnonymous]

Thank you very much, much appreciated :)

[Houman Vosoghi, MD]

Sounds like you need chronic treatment.  Go get an exam by your ophthalmologist.  You should be doing warm compresses and eyelid scrubs every day.  A course of antibiotics or steroid drops may be necessary if there is significant blepharitis involved.  This should all be done under the care of a competent ophthalmologist.

HV