What’s wrong with swollen eyes and boogers?

The patient’s eyes are distended and there is a lot of eye discharge, which may be caused by blepharitis, acute dacryocystitis, bacterial conjunctivitis and other reasons. 1. Blepharitis: Blepharitis refers to suppurative inflammation of the eyelid glands. Under the stimulation of inflammation, patients may have the symptoms of eye distension, increased ocular secretion, accompanied by limited redness and swelling of the eyelid skin, pain, conjunctival edema and other discomforts. Severe patients can also be accompanied by preauricular and submandibular lymph nodes, generalized chills, fever and other discomforts. 2. Acute dacryocystitis: the patient’s eyes are distended, eye boogers may also be caused by acute dacryocystitis, acute dacryocystitis is usually chronic dacryocystitis transformation. The patient’s clinical symptoms mainly include a high degree of redness and swelling of the lacrimal sac, heat and pain, purulent discharge, facial and nasal enlargement, etc., the abscess can also form a lacrimal sac fistula through the skin. 3. Bacterial conjunctivitis: patients with bacterial conjunctivitis may also experience discomfort such as foreign body sensation in the eyes, burning sensation, sticky purulent discharge, tearing, eyelid swelling, and thus an increase in eye boogers. It is recommended that patients with swollen eyes, increased ocular discharge and other discomforts seek prompt medical attention to evaluate their condition and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.