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Eyelid Swelling

Swelling of eyelid could be due to allergy, bacterial infection, or viral infection. They may or may not be accompanied by symptoms such as pain, itching, redness and watering.

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Why does my eye occasionally gets swollen?

Query: Hello doctor, My right eye occasionally gets swollen. I do not have any pain, itchiness or watery eyes. But this comes like once in every three months or four months. It would be there only for one day and gets better later. I initially assumed it to be because of body heat since I get this only for...  Read Full »


Dr. Manjunath Natarajan

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. From what you have told about your condition and the photos of yours, I suspect you may be having a benign disease called blepharochalasis. It is quite frequent in your age group and follows the same pattern of on and off swelling of eyelids just like you have told. T...  Read Full »

What is the reason for having puffy upper eyes?

Query: Hi doctor, I have a 3-year-old son. He has mild puffy upper eyes often. It seems to show variations in both the eyes, occurring in one or other day. On one day, it is not puffy. I can see his eyelids looking good. On the other day, it seems puffy involving one or both eyelids which are covered by th...  Read Full »


Dr. Manjunath Natarajan

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through your query (attachment removed to protect patient identity). I feel that your son is suffering from blepharochalasis. It is a recurrent swelling of the lids which subsides on its own. But in some cases, it may cause drooping of the eyelid along with ...  Read Full »

Despite using ointment, the hardball inside my lower eyelid has grown significantly. What to do?

Query: Hi doctor,I have a large (about the size of the average marble) hardball inside my lower eyelid. It started small in the middle of the eyelid and has grown significantly in a few days. It did not hurt, but it swelled so much in the beginning, and half of my eyes were closed all the time. I went to m...  Read Full »


Dr. Manjunath Natarajan

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. From your description of the swelling and the attached photo (attachment removed to protect the identity), I can tell you that you are suffering from a chalazion of your left lower lid. A chalazion is a chronic inflammation of the glands inside your eyelid, and as your ...  Read Full »

What causes swollen eyelid?

Query: Hello doctor, I have had a swollen eyelid for over five years, in one eye only, and it is more bulged than the other eye. The swelling is constant, it rarely disappears for a few hours, and it is affecting my look.  Read Full »


Dr. Manjunath Natarajan

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I have gone through your photo attachment and can infer a swelling of the right lower eyelid (attachment removed to protect patient identity). It can be caused by a number of different conditions. The commonest non-painful swelling being a chalazion, it starts off as...  Read Full »

Why does my one eye look bigger with associated pain?

Query: Hey doctor, In previous one year my right eye is looking bigger than other and it is paining sometime. Why does it happen and the solution for it?  Read Full »


Dr. Manjunath Natarajan

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. The two common causes of such a presentation could be that either one of your eyes is either big in size or that the eyelids of your other eye have swollen up or one is pushed out or one eye has a squint, giving an apparent prominence of the other. Both causes are da...  Read Full »

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