Darkening of the eyelids may be due to diseases such as eyelid eczema, blepharitis, and hypoadrenocorticism.
1. Eyelid eczema: usually due to the reaction triggered by irritating drugs, but also due to chronic conjunctivitis, blepharophimosis and other patients with eye secretion irritation. Patients often appear eyelid skin redness and swelling, may also be accompanied by hyperpigmentation, which will appear eyelid darkening.
2. Blepharitis: It is usually caused by chemical, mechanical or allergic stimulation of the eyelids or the eye area, and is also related to bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections. Long-term chronic inflammatory stimulation can lead to eyelid blackening.
3. Hypoadrenocorticism: related to immunity, viral infections, malignant tumors and other factors. Patients often appear weakness, lethargy, loss of appetite and other symptoms, and will also be accompanied by hyperpigmentation, pigmentation is brown, more in the exposed parts and easy to friction parts of the more obvious, which can also appear in the eyelid black phenomenon.
Patients with dark eyelids, accompanied by other physical discomfort, it is recommended to seek medical examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor targeted treatment.