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 Posted: 01/23/07 - 18:32 Post subject: Edema Puffy Eyelids Blepharoplasty |
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Looking for answers regarding edema/swollen eyes/blepharoplasty? I am a 37 year old female, about 5 years ago, I began waking up with one upper eyelid swollen. This would always return to normal within a couple of hours. As the year went on this began to happen to both eyes and the swelling increased. As time went on more symptoms developed. Joint pain, short term fevers, excessive food craving (not only sugar), huge amounts of water retention w/ weight flexuating up to 5-8 lbs each day. No matter how much I exercised, watched what I ate, decreased salt, increased water-decreased water, nothing helped... Finally after being tested for just about everything under the sun I was told I have Idiopathic Edema. Basically, there is nothing to do other than watch salt intake and take prescribed amphetamines like Adderall...I hate this, but it's working. The only thing is that the eyelid swelling has not stopped... I have tried pycnogenol, serrapeptase, vitamin b, water cure diet, all supplements, etc... Each morning they are puffy and ugly (this is also stretching the skin out leaving it wrinkled by appearance at the end of the day when the swelling reduces.
My last thought is to have eyelids surgery, blepharoplasty. Has anyone had eye swelling each and every day that returned to normal at the end of every everyday only to return the next mornig? If so, did you try Blepharoplasty help and did it work? |
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| Posted: 10/26/07 - 08:04 Post subject: Idiopathic Edema |
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all that means is
Idiopathic = we have no idea (my doctor actually told me that)
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Edema = swelling
so they told you they have no idea why your eyes are swelling
I too have the same problem and I dont think surgery is your answer. what ever is causing this issue will continue to exist even after surgery. Keep going to different doctors someone has to have a better answer. I have not gone yet to a doctor but i have made an appointment if I find anything I will let you know.
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| Posted: 04/23/08 - 16:40 Post subject: eye swelling in morning that resolves by night |
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| Have you thought of dust mite allergies from your pillow and trying to take an antihistamine like benadryl at bed? |
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| Posted: 05/06/08 - 10:31 Post subject: swollen under eyes |
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I have had 2 eye surgerys and neither did anything for the swelling under my eyes...
I take allergy medication every day of my life, just switched to zyrtec-d because I am congested all of the time...
I also use flonase nasal spray which helps to reduce the swelling but maintianing the prescription is a pain and when I don't do it they ultamately swell again...
I try to stay away from salt products because that seems to intensify the swelling...
Hopefully this will spare someone from the surgery which for me, was a total waste of money and time. |
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| Posted: 06/03/08 - 20:59 Post subject: |
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| have you been tested for fibromyalgia? I also have ALL those symptoms and that was my diagnosis... though I'm still working on the puffy eye situation - I'll keep you posted if you keep me too! |
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| Posted: 06/18/08 - 15:05 Post subject: Natural Allergy Drug |
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| Quote: | | I take allergy medication every day of my life, just switched to zyrtec-d because I am congested all of the time... |
I have this summer allergy that makes me hate summer. I sneeze all day, my nose is stuffy, my eyes are red and watery(all day). I've tried the drugs and the over the counter medicines. They work okay, but not to my satisfaction. Someone advise me to take lots of vitamin C. I took 4 tablets = 4000 mg and in half an hour my system reduce by half, then by another half an hour it was gone. The allergy comes back about 12 hours after I have taken the vitamin C. In which case, I just take more. Its a win-win for me. It gets rid of my allergy and I am encourage to take my vitamin C.
Interested: Go read up on Vitamin C. It does a lot of other good things too. |
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