I am having swollen eyelid

Posted By Amy (India) on 03/18/2014

Hey, I am having swollen upper eyelid . The reason is I felt some dirt in eyes and cleaned it with the shirt I was wearing. The shirt had lot if dust in it as I was planting new plants and was extremely tired to get a fresh cloth. After a day ... my upper eye is swollen and it's heavy and paining. What should I do? Thanks Amy
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Replied by Dave (Fountain Inn, Sc) on 03/19/2014

To Amy from India,

In Re: Swollen Eyelid:

Clearly you got it infected with the shirt when you wiped it. You could use isopropyl alcohol, Hydrogen Peroxide, the liquid for of Echinacea and I like my old stand by Colloidal Silver too. All applied topically of course. Keep eyelid SHUT for a few minutes to make sure the "weapon of choice" doesn't leak into the eyeball and irritate. I'd use a tissue and just close eye and dab the liquid onto the eyelid; let dry and repeat. Find the best anti-bacterial/fungal/viral that gets you relief. I bet in India you can find five or six good anti virals.

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