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What Causes Redness And Swelling In The Eyelid?
Posted on
Sun, 11 Jun 2017
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Sun, 11 Jun 2017
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Question : Good morning. Thank you for your time.
I am normally healthy.
I recently got revitalash on my eyelid, went to Dr. because of a lot of irritation resulting in redness, swelling and a stye. It has been a week. I also got a cold about two weeks ago. At this point, I have clear mucous, but a fair amount...chest/nasal passages. I am not congested. Today my jaw is tender. My neck muscles are tense, I have a small headache. I also just found a hard small lump in front of my right ear. So.... what do you think? It all seems pretty minor at this point...The stye is a lot better. Much smaller. Had just a little drainage. I am really not concerned about that anymore... that is the one thing I did ask the doc. about since for a day it was really swollen and had begun to swell under my eye and my cheek had started to turn a little red. That has all subsided.Mucous is actually cloudy/very light yellow, not clear.
I am normally healthy.
I recently got revitalash on my eyelid, went to Dr. because of a lot of irritation resulting in redness, swelling and a stye. It has been a week. I also got a cold about two weeks ago. At this point, I have clear mucous, but a fair amount...chest/nasal passages. I am not congested. Today my jaw is tender. My neck muscles are tense, I have a small headache. I also just found a hard small lump in front of my right ear. So.... what do you think? It all seems pretty minor at this point...The stye is a lot better. Much smaller. Had just a little drainage. I am really not concerned about that anymore... that is the one thing I did ask the doc. about since for a day it was really swollen and had begun to swell under my eye and my cheek had started to turn a little red. That has all subsided.Mucous is actually cloudy/very light yellow, not clear.
Brief Answer:
The swelling may be from the stye
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query.
The swelling in front of the ear can be a reaction from the stye, basically a lymph gland which is enlarged to fight the infection. It should subside in few days as the stye is subsiding.
The clear or bit cloudy mucus is most likely a viral infection or allergic. Some anti allergic medicines can help. It can resolve spontaneously also.
Overall, nothing much to worry.
Hope this helps.
Regards
The swelling may be from the stye
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query.
The swelling in front of the ear can be a reaction from the stye, basically a lymph gland which is enlarged to fight the infection. It should subside in few days as the stye is subsiding.
The clear or bit cloudy mucus is most likely a viral infection or allergic. Some anti allergic medicines can help. It can resolve spontaneously also.
Overall, nothing much to worry.
Hope this helps.
Regards
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