Help! My eye is swelling and almost shut!?

Question:

Yesterday around 3pm I noticed my eye was a tad irritated & I wiped a small bit of (what I thought was) sleep out. Over the next 3 hours, it just got worse. THe PAIN was intense - like someone was poking me in the eyeball! Not too much goop, very small amount would get in the corner, and no itching or burning. IT got worse overnight, the pain, soreness, redness & swelling. This morning It is almost swollen shut but not in as much pain. I have seen others with pink eye (first obvious culprit) but they have never been in THIS much pain or have had this amount of swelling. Any thoughts here? I am heading to urgent care at 11 this morning - but anything to help till then?

Answers:
Put a clean wet/cold wash cloth over your eye and take 600 mg of ibuprofen. You're doing the right thing going to urgent care!

Put ice on it to stop the swelling you might of had an allergic reation to something.

sounds like a sinus infection, you will need some antibiotics..good luck

eyedrops help with irratation..if you have any of the moist eyepads,that helps with the swelling...

chamomile in the house? or chamomile tea bags? put them on your eyes(wet, of course), it should calm down things.

I had that a few months ago my eye lid was so s wallon and it hurt so bad my aunt is a nurse and told me to put a warm wash rag on it and said to take bendrly and it went away i didnt evan have to go to the docter

Pink eye or conjunctivitis refers to a redness or irritation of the membranes on the inner part of the eyelids and the membranes (conjuctiva) covering the whites of the eyes. These membranes react to a wide range of bacteria, viruses, allergy-provoking agents, irritants, and toxic agents, as well as to underlying diseases within the body.

You can buy over the counter products like:

allergy eye drops (like patanol 2 drops a day)
Similasan Allergy Eye Relief eye drops

If you want home remedy here is the following:

You can take loundry soap in paste not liquid ant flush it to your eyes.

Or use chamomile tea use the pad and put it on your eyes. With your eyes closed. It will relieve the pain.

Sounds like when I scratched my cornea. I had a contact in, and was dirty. Never cleaned it. So the next day my eye swelled up, and puss formed. Then my eye wouldn't open.

Could be a blocked tear duct that got infected. I had one a couple weeks ago. Put a warm compress over it for a hile until you can get to the doctor. They will give you some antibiotics to clear it up or they may drain the pus from you eye (you will feel so much better if they do!) Feel better :)

MAYBE iTS AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO SOMETHING? GO TO THE DOCTOR!

Help! My eye is swelling and almost shut!?

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