What’s wrong with waking up with swollen eyes?

Swollen eyes after waking up, may be physiological factors, may also be eye diseases, kidney disease, heart disease and other pathological factors lead to eye edema.
1. Physiological factors: a large amount of water before going to bed, poor sleep quality, stay up late, or after rubbing your eyes with your hands, you are prone to swollen eyes.
2. Pathological factors: eye diseases, kidney diseases, heart diseases, etc. may lead to eye swelling after waking up.
(1) Eye diseases: Some eye diseases may cause eye swelling, such as blepharitis and conjunctivitis, which are usually accompanied by pain, photophobia and tearing.
(2) Kidney disease: nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, renal failure, etc., may be due to kidney disease and protein loss, so that the osmotic pressure of the extracellular fluid is reduced, and eye swelling occurs.
(3) Heart diseases: coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy, cardiac insufficiency, etc. These diseases may affect blood circulation, which may lead to water and sodium retention in the body, thus causing symptoms such as swollen eyes and lower limb edema.
It is recommended that people with frequent symptoms of swollen eyes should go to the hospital for examination in time to clarify the cause and follow the doctor’s instructions for standardized treatment.