Untreated upper eyelid puffiness in patients with heart failure may result in eyes that do not open easily and interfere with normal vision.
In addition, puffy eyelids in heart failure patients are often caused by water and sodium retention in the body, which, if left uncontrolled, may increase the burden on the heart and be detrimental to cardiac function and may accelerate disease progression, so such patients are advised to seek prompt treatment in hospital and use diuretics such as furosemide and spironolactone under medical supervision to improve their symptoms.