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What Causes Puffy Eyelid?

One morning I woke up with a puffy upper eyelid on my right eye. I thought it was just allergies, so I took some allergy medications and some antihistamine eyedrops,but it didn t work. Finally, after some weeks, I went to my doctor who prescribed me Patanol. It worked for the time being, but it flared up again. Since then, it s now happening on my left upper eyelid. It doesn t hurt, no tears, it itches sometimes (not always), and the skin is dry, sometimes flaky (not a lot). It s been 2 months, and I hate waking up in the morning and seeing my lids in their abnormal state. SO finally, I went to an ophthalmologist, and he told me it could be an eyelid dermatitis. He also mentioned that it could also be a symptom of thyroid eye disease which got me freaked out. What are your thoughts?
Mon, 28 Jul 2014
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it appears Tobe lid dermatitis or psoriasis. get your thyroid function test hemo gram may be done. you have said skin around is dry. skin scrap slide may be examined for fungal involvement. so oralantifungalantibiotic , anti fungal oint ment surfaz may be applied. after all the investigation diagnosis may be done. it appears to be skin involvement.
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What Causes Puffy Eyelid?

it appears Tobe lid dermatitis or psoriasis. get your thyroid function test hemo gram may be done. you have said skin around is dry. skin scrap slide may be examined for fungal involvement. so oralantifungalantibiotic , anti fungal oint ment surfaz may be applied. after all the investigation diagnosis may be done. it appears to be skin involvement.