Suggest Treatment For Swollen Eye

Posted on Mon, 2 Feb 2015

Question: i recently missed a shot of subutext along the side of my hair line. it pulled blood the whole time, and didn't swell till the next morning. I've been putting heat on it and just started taking an old prescription of bactrim. is there something more i can do to reduce the swelling, it managed to move to my eye and its almost swollen shut. should i stick with heat on it or change to ice?

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Ibuprofen and Ice

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query and an elucidate history.

I have read the whole history and understood the problem of the swollen eye and you would like to know whether to apply heat or ice ...

Ice still will be the best option and heat increases local temperature and blood circulation and may allow more swelling to occur.

The swelling occurs due to the typical anatomical potential space wherein all the edema and blood track down to cause the swelling.

You may please continue with Bactrim DS twice daily and add on an anti-inflammatory medicines like Ibuprofen 3 times daily.
Apply ice-cold packs.

I hope this answer helps you. Please feel free to ask for more if you feel there is a gap-of-communication.
Wishing an early recovery.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj