What should I do if my eyelids are swollen?

Patients should stop rubbing their eyelids immediately when they are swollen, and can properly apply local ice packs to relieve eye discomfort. If the swelling is more serious, you can use tobramycin eye drops and other medications. When the hand rubbing the eyelids, can stimulate the patient’s eye capillaries, so that the rapid expansion of the plasma fluid into the tissue gap, easy to cause patients eyelid swelling. Patients can use ice packs to properly ice the eyes, if the ice packs are too cold, do not adapt to the words, you can also use a towel to wrap it, but also to achieve a certain degree of relief of the role of swelling. If the swelling is more serious, eyelid inflammation, patients can use tobramycin eye drops, dexamethasone eye drops and other medications under the guidance of the doctor, to control inflammation, in order to alleviate tissue edema, to reduce the patient’s discomfort. Patients with significant eyelid swelling are advised to seek prompt medical attention to assess their condition and follow doctor’s instructions.