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How Can Swelling In The Eye Lids Be Treated?

I fell and hit the eyebrow area on th pavement. There was a lot of bleeding qhich stopped after about 4 hours. Im on aspirin therapy. I swaited too lomg mre thsn 12 hours to have a stitch put in. Today more thsan two days frpm tthe accident my upper a lower lids are badly swollen, iinterfering with vision, is there anything I can do to to treat the swelling for a fast resolution of the swelling?
Wed, 31 Jan 2018
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Ophthalmologist 's  Response
it can be due to injury eye brow apply neosporine eye ointment in lid margin it is bleeding dueto injury eye brow hematoma is descending in congenital space of eye lid it is self limiting can apply cold compression this will reduce the swelling for stitches antiseptic ointment like beta din lotion should be apply ed get checked by surgeon that there is no fresh bleeding from eye brow take care of injury and inj tt can be given. cold compression is only way to reduce swelling faster
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Ophthalmologist Dr. Ashok Kumar Dash's  Response
bleeding time and clotting time may be done due toyouraspirin therapy there is more bleeding during aspirin therapy bleeding time and clotting time should be done. aspirin therapy should be on doctors advise and there should be necessity and indication for it.in such cases bt ct should be done for monitoring.
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How Can Swelling In The Eye Lids Be Treated?

it can be due to injury eye brow apply neosporine eye ointment in lid margin it is bleeding dueto injury eye brow hematoma is descending in congenital space of eye lid it is self limiting can apply cold compression this will reduce the swelling for stitches antiseptic ointment like beta din lotion should be apply ed get checked by surgeon that there is no fresh bleeding from eye brow take care of injury and inj tt can be given. cold compression is only way to reduce swelling faster