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How Can The Bruising In Eye Be Treated?
I was struck in the eye yesterday with a tiny piece of plastic while using a dremel tool. I don t think it stay in my eye and I didn t think anything of it until many hours later, when my eyelid felt sore. Looking at it in the mirror, it is a bit red and a touch swollen. Today, it has not worsened and my actual eyeball looks and feels completely normal. Is this just a little bruise or could it be more serious?
Fri, 13 Jun 2014
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It seems from the history that you are having bruising of the eyelids following a injury with plastic. The bruise is because of collection of blood in the layers of the skin of the eyelids as a result of impact of injury and is called as ecchymosis of eyelids.
The treatment is by use of anti-inflammatory drugs and applying cold compression. This will resolve slowly over 1-2 weeks as the blood gets absorbed. If there is no eye injury then no need to worry and it will resolve spontaneously.
Thank you
It seems from the history that you are having bruising of the eyelids following a injury with plastic. The bruise is because of collection of blood in the layers of the skin of the eyelids as a result of impact of injury and is called as ecchymosis of eyelids.
The treatment is by use of anti-inflammatory drugs and applying cold compression. This will resolve slowly over 1-2 weeks as the blood gets absorbed. If there is no eye injury then no need to worry and it will resolve spontaneously.
Thank you
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