What Causes Swelling And Redness On The Eyelids?

Posted on Fri, 7 Oct 2016

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Question : MY EYELIDS ARE PUFFY AND BRIGHT RED WHEN I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING...IT FADES DURING THE DAY BUT COMES BACK - ITS BEEN GOING ON FOR A MONTH OR SO. I HAVE TAKEN CLARITIN BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HELP. THE SKIN JUST BELOW MY EYEBROWS IS RED, ITCHY, DRY AND SCALY I HAVE USED AMALACTIN CREAM BUT DOESN'T HELP

Answered by Dr. Prasanna Heijebu (12 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Possible Allergic blepharitis

Detailed Answer:
Hello Mam

I can certainly understand your concern.

As per your symptoms, you possibly seem to have Allergic blepharitis and conjunctivitis.

This requires careful institution of antiallergic eardrops.

I generally prescribe Eye drops Olapatadine 2 drops in each eye 4 times a day for 1 week.

This will effective reduce all the symptoms.

Please check with your physician if he shares my view and if can prescribe these pills to you.

Post your further queries if any.

Thank you.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng