Puffy eyes are usually caused by excessive eye secretions. The causes of excessive secretions may include dry eye or infectious diseases of the eye such as conjunctivitis and keratitis.
Dry eye is a disease caused by abnormal tear quality or quantity, decreased tear film stability and other causes of eye discomfort or damage to the eye surface tissues, the patient’s eyes may have a foreign body sensation, dryness or blurred vision and other discomforts, and sometimes the patient may also appear in the eyes of the performance of the yellowish viscous filamentous secretion, which can paste the eyes.
Conjunctivitis or corneal infection caused by bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms, patients may experience conjunctival congestion, foreign body sensation and conjunctival discharge and other discomforts, mucopurulent secretion can stick to the eyelashes, and patients may have difficulty in opening their eyes in the morning because the lid margins are sticking together due to the secretion.
It is recommended that patients with increased ocular discharge should consult a doctor to evaluate their condition and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.