Left Upper eyelid swollen again.?!
Question: Hello all,
This is my first question here on yahoo answers,
I had a swollen eyelid back in November 07, I went to a doctor and he told me it as a stye developing behind my eyelid. The swelling got worse and worse as the days went on and I didnt feel the eyedrops or anitbiotics did me any use. The sweeling eventually diaspeared after sleeping for 3 days proped up on the couch. I was happy it finally cleared up, it was really getting irritating. Just yesterday I noticed the same feeling in my eye as last time. I took a look at my eyelid this morning and it had begun to swell again. I have no idea if it is a stye, as I was under the understanding that styes were on the edge of the eyelid. There is no pimple same as last time and it is the same eye that is swelling up. I am worried now that there is something wrong with my eye. I have very high levels of hygine. I am a freek this way. So i dont know what it is or how it started again. Any help would be great, thanks in advance, pete
Answers: Hello all,
This is my first question here on yahoo answers,
I had a swollen eyelid back in November 07, I went to a doctor and he told me it as a stye developing behind my eyelid. The swelling got worse and worse as the days went on and I didnt feel the eyedrops or anitbiotics did me any use. The sweeling eventually diaspeared after sleeping for 3 days proped up on the couch. I was happy it finally cleared up, it was really getting irritating. Just yesterday I noticed the same feeling in my eye as last time. I took a look at my eyelid this morning and it had begun to swell again. I have no idea if it is a stye, as I was under the understanding that styes were on the edge of the eyelid. There is no pimple same as last time and it is the same eye that is swelling up. I am worried now that there is something wrong with my eye. I have very high levels of hygine. I am a freek this way. So i dont know what it is or how it started again. Any help would be great, thanks in advance, pete
Based upon your description I doubt the eyedrops you used were of any benefit at all. That is because the infection was within the tissues of the lid. Eyedrops are only capable of dealing with infections of the exposed tissues of the eye. If you were also prescribed oral anitbiotics, the oral antibiotics (even though you didn't think so) probably DID work. That's because it usually takes 3 to 4 days for an antibiotic to really start resolving an infection.
The problem is, though, with a chalazion (that's what you had -- not a stye) the body starts to wall off the infected gland in it's defense but this walling off prevents good glood flow and penetration of the drug into the deepest portions of the infected gland. You may be having a recurrence due to bacteria that were never completely killed. I would recommend going in to a lid surgeon and have him or her surgically remove the infected chalazion. This should completely deal with your problem.