Eye swelling after strabismus surgery can be recovered after 7 days, and medication can be used to reduce the swelling after strabismus surgery if the swelling lasts for a long time.
After strabismus surgery, eye swelling symptoms may occur, especially 2-3 days after surgery, swelling is very obvious, this is because of the inflammatory reaction brought by the surgical wound, which is a normal phenomenon, generally 7 days after the eye swelling symptoms will slowly disappear, the specific time for the swelling to go down varies from person to person.
Some patients after strabismus surgery eye swelling symptoms persist for a long time, for example, 7 days after the eye swelling is obvious, it is considered that the wound did not do a good job of hygiene and infection triggered by acute inflammation, then you can use drugs to help reduce the swelling, such as topical use of levofloxacin eye drops, erythromycin ophthalmic ointment and other medications, the use of medication need to be guided by a doctor.
If the symptoms of eye swelling persist for a long time after strabismus surgery, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital in time.