Swollen eye lid...what is it?

[slleipnir]

Yesterday my eye started to swell a little on the bottom lid closest to my nose. Today it has gotten a little worse, and it sorta hurts. It's not like oh my god I'm going to die...but it's somewhat noticeable. I'm probably going to go to the pharmacist and see what they say, then probably to a walk in clinic. I hate walk in clinics cause it takes hours to see a doctor.

Anyway here are a couple pics. Sorry, they're pretty blurry so you might not see the swelling very good...


it's my right eye...

Oh yeah...my allergies have been driving me crazy lately so I had been scratching my eyes a little (I know, bad me D: ) so it's probably infected...if that's the case should I still go to the dr. anyway?

[Marigold2]

I work for an eye doctor. It could be a build up waxey fluid or a stye. You might want to try hot compresses, if that does not relieve it somewhat make an app on Monday, they will get you right in with that. Please don't rub or scratch. It could be something called a chazlation. Going to a regular MD is a waste of time and money for they will only refer you to the ophthomologist anyway.

[joycenalex]

might be a sty, don't mess with eyes, you can't see out of the pretty artifical ones, call your doctors service today, maybe they will tell you what to do or call a pharmacy (have the number ready too) with a perscription

[slleipnir]

The regular dr office is closed and it takes like 2 weeks to get in anyway. I was going to go to a walkin clinic assuming it's open on sunday. Doctors are free here, it just takes a while to see them. I'm not touching it but it's really hard not to!

[cassiesmom]

Might be a stye. Try resting a warm wet wash cloth on it and see if that might help. That might get it to open itself up faster so it can drain.

[4 Dog Mother]

Carl and I both get a lot of styes. And that's what it looks like to me. Use warm washclothes several times a day - it should break and an oozy white stuff will come out. Just keep using the warm wash clothes and it should clear up in a couple of days.

I get them a lot because I have allergies and I work in my garden alot. So I rub my eyes when I know I shouldn't with dirty hands. What a stye is is an infected hair follicle. The warm water draws out the infection. My son did have one that wouldn't break and we took him to an eye dr. He gave us the same "remedy".

[CountryWolf07]

Yup! That's a stye. I had it last week!! It went away in a couple days with medication.