What causes eyelid swelling when you wake up in the morning

Getting up in the morning eyelid swelling may be due to physiological reasons, such as drinking too much water before going to bed or crying, will lead to eyelid swelling in the morning when you get up, you can use ice or cold towel cold compresses, to exclude physiological reasons, the most likely cause of getting up in the morning eyelid swelling for cardiogenic edema, renal edema, conjunctivitis and so on. 1. cardiogenic edema: due to various causes of heart disease, resulting in cardiac excretion dysfunction, venous pressure increases, edema occurs in heart failure, the clinical manifestations are mainly edema, starting from the sagging parts, and gradually developing into a generalized edema, eyelid edema can be seen, the common diseases are congestive heart failure, pericarditis, pericardial effusion, hyperthyroidism and so on. 2. Nephrogenic edema: mainly caused by renal diseases, various reasons lead to glomerular filtration rate decrease or tubular reabsorption increase, so that water and sodium retention, causing edema of loose tissues, mainly manifested as swelling of the eyelids in the morning when waking up, and then spread all over the body, caused by nephrogenic edema of the disease, mainly microscopic lesions of nephropathy, glomerulonephritis, anaphylactoid purpura, systemic lupus erythematosus, and so on. 3. Conjunctivitis: Conjunctivitis can cause eyelid swelling, accompanied by itching, increased secretion, common allergic conjunctivitis and bacterial conjunctivitis, inflammation damage to the cells, resulting in cell enlargement and necrosis, the phenomenon of eyelid swelling. Swollen eyelids in the morning, in addition to the above common causes, can also be seen in liver edema, malnutrition edema. Therefore, after excluding physiological causes, it is recommended to consult the hospital to find out the cause and then treat it.