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[threeplusfire]

I woke up this morning thinking "Something is not right." My left eyelid is now swollen much more than yesterday, and it is hard to open my eye. It's definitely worse than yesterday. I am trying not to panic, but you know me. One tiny ache and I'm worried I have a brain tumor. Hah. So I think I should go to the doctor this morning just to get it checked out.

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[brienze.livejournal.com]

I glossed the details of what happened to me on vacation because it was pretty gross, but if your eye itself is fine and the problem is the eyelid and the skin around the eye, you might've had an allergic reaction to something. I'm sensitive to all sorts of shit up near my eyes, and peri-orbital edema is not fun (that's when your eye is swollen so much that blinking gives you a sticky, skin-rubbing-against-skin feeling that blinking just shouldn't ever have. It will take antibiotics to fix, and also a name brand prescription for Elidel, which is like Topicort but for areas of thin skin.

Definitely see a doctor, as this sort of thing won't just heal over or swelling go down on its own. You need drugs. (I would offer to share my Elidel, but that would be akin to sharing eyeliner, which, eww.) Your regular doctor will certainly be able to give you the antibiotics, but mine sent me to a dermatologist just in case there were skin-related things going on that she wouldn't recognize, and it turned out all the dermatologist did was prescribe Elidel and tell me "this will happen again, keep a list of what you're sensitive to and don't use those things on your face". *eyeroll*

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Good to know. I put warm compresses on last night but it didn't do much good. I can't think of anything that I've changed recently, but who knows. It just could have taken awhile. Maybe I got some of my face soap in my contacts or something.

[brienze.livejournal.com]

Oh, I forgot to mention... if you have open cuts on the skin, you can wash with baby shampoo as soap and it shouldn't hurt. But yeah, hot water, cold water, etc never seemed to do anything but get me wet, and possibly cause stinging where the skin split.

If your eyeball itself is affected, that's a whole different ballgame, I think. That's the part that would freak me right out. =/

[melebeth]

I second the see a doctor, but reassure you that "swollen eye lid" isn't usually a symptom of a brain tumor ;)

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

Hahah, you would think I could recognize that. But I am a ridiculous over-reacting person with that kind of thing. I have a doctor appt for this afternoon.

[water-damage.livejournal.com]

you know, I'm a bit concerned all we cell phone owners have little baby brain tumors incubating

[halfacork.livejournal.com]

Doctor!

What did s/he say?

[tsarina.livejournal.com]

I have an infection inside my eyelid. Antibiotics and cream, fun! Sigh.

[halfacork.livejournal.com]

Better than a brain tumor!