Swollen eyelid?

Question

this morning i woke up with a swollen and painful area in my eyelid toward the tea duct. Dunno whats its from but on the inside its really red and irritated and its extremely painful if touched and it kinda hurts when i blink. any ideas about what this is about and what i can do about it? thanks!

Answer 1

It sounds like a stye.

A stye is typically harmless, resulting from a bacterial infection and forming at the base of an eyelash, or on or inside the eyelid.

A stye, medically known as a hordeolum, is a small lump that appears on, inside or under the eyelid or on eyelashes. Styes typically result from a staphylococcal bacteria infection or from a clogging of the oil glands around the eyelashes or inside the eyelid, but can be triggered during times of stress. They are usually harmless, despite their appearance – causing redness, tenderness, pain and sometimes light-sensitivity and eye-watering.

Styes are often confused with chalazion, which are cysts that forms on or inside the eyelids as a result of a blockage of one or more of meibomian glands. However, a chalazion is not an infection and is usually painless, but may attract bacteria and lead to an infection. Styes that appear on the eyelid are usually deeper, more painful and last longer than those appearing on the eyelash.

Symptoms
Redness, tenderness and pain are usually the first symptoms of a stye (though eyelash styes are less painful and heal with less effort than eyelid styes). These are followed by:

Swelling in a small area or the entire eyelid
The affected eye may water, feel irritated or be sensitive to light
Discomfort when blinking
A small yellowish spot (pointing) in the center of a sty, which occurs when pus collects and expands. Pain is usually is relieved when the sty ruptures, draining the pus.

Prevention
Wash your hands regularly and avoid touching your eyes to the spread of bacteria. Avoid sharing eye makeup, especially if you’re prone to recurring styes.

Treatment
While an eyelash stye will usually drain on its own in approximately 2 days, a warm compress can speeding healing. Apply a washcloth on the affected eye for 10 minutes, four times per day, to release the fluids that have built up inside the stye. Do not squeeze the stye. Antibiotic ointment, or an antibiotic-steroid combination, can be used until symptoms have cleared.

If the eyelash stye lasts more than 3 days or the infection appears to be spreading, consult your eye doctor. You may have a chalazion or another condition that may require further examination.

Eyelid styes are more stubborn and usually require treatment by a physician. They may need to be lanced under sterile conditions. Oral antibiotics may be prescribed if the stye is very large, abscessed or not responding to other treatment.

Contact lenses should not be worn during infection or drainage of a stye. Your eyecare provider may recommend replacing your contact lenses after the stye has healed to prevent recurrence or spread of the infection.

Answer 2

Swollen Upper Eyelid Stye

Answer 3

I've tried having a swollen eyelid before. When I woke up, my right eye had a huge bump on a certain part of my upper eyelid. I asked people what could have possibly caused it, and most of them say it must've come from a bug (and I don't even wanna know what bug crawled up to my face that night *yuck*)..so that morning I took out an icepack (or any cold compress would work) and held it onto my eye and it eventually went away after a few hours.

Answer 4

Yes it does. You can purchase it at the drugstores or at walgreens or wal-mart. you can find it anywhere actually. Its very good. Another thing for swollen eyelids is put a spoon in the freezer for about 15-20 min and put on your eyelids and eyes. It helps swollen down the eyes a bit but works.

Answer 5

Sounds like either a sty or pink eye.

If you look at it- can yousee the possibility of kind of like the beginning of a white head like thing somewhere on the lid? If so, it's a sty and you can buy stye medicine at the pharmacy.

Is the eye oozing any kind of pus? It doesn't have to be a lot just enough moiture that you deab away? Could be Pink Eye.

If you go to bed and in the morning your lashes are kind of crusted- go to the doctor- it's pink eye and very contagious. A day or two on antibiotics will relieve everything.

Hope that helps you at all....

Answer 6

You could have a sty in your eye. Styes or chalazions: These can initially be treated conservatively by placing warm compresses, such as a washcloth, on the eye or eyes for 15-20 minutes, 4 times a day. An antibiotic ointment can be applied. If the chalazion does not go away in 3-4 weeks, your ophthalmologist may drain it.

Answer 7

Dear Swollen,
This sounds like conjunctivitis, which is an infection of the eye. Some are caused by sexually transmitted diseases and can cause blindness, some are your everyday highly contagious infection you can pickup from a coworker or buddy. All eye infections are serious and can cause permanent damage to the eye or potentially cause vision loss if left untreated. Never take chances with your vision. Eye infections require immediate medical care. Go to you doctor ASAP.
Julia, RN

Answer 8

could be a sty; or your allergic to something 'try putting an ice pack on it to reduce the swelling and it should help with the pain too. If it doesn't get better soon see your doctor.

Answer 9

Try putting on some garlic there. Don't rub it much, just let it stay there for a few minutes maybe 5. It is an antiseptic so it'll help. You can also tey the teabag, when wet of course!

Answer 10

It sounds like you have pink eye, which is an eye infection. Don't worry its nothing serious. Go to a pharmacy and purchase eye drops for pink eye. You also need to throw away any eye makeup that you have used yesterday and today.