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What Causes Swelling In Eyelids?

Hi: I am female 61 / 5 8 /weigh 289 and wear eye glasses (transitions). I have been using eye drops occasionally, for dry eyes as per my eye doctor prescribed 2 weeks ago. I have trouble driving for a lengthy amount of time (my eyes hurt and I have to pull over and rest them briefly) but I work on a computer crunching numbers all day and attribute that to my eyes hurting. Yesterday, after a two hour drive with the A/C on & the window opened sometimes, I arrived at my destination with the right eye puffy and swollen under the skin(the part under the lower eyelash). My eye is not pink, not oozing, no sign of a bite. It does feel under the eyelid (the part over the eyeball) that I have a hive.. similiar to when I am indoors near a dog for awhile. No pets at my destination. When near a pet, it clears up 30 minutes being outside. Not in this case. It did slightly decrease when indoors for a while but the day after, there is still some swelling. I have HB pressure & slow thryroid. No change in my meds or food. What is going on?
Tue, 19 Aug 2014
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prolong use of contact lens will give rise to dry eye. when you drive with ac on and window screen open it can cause dry eye or allergy. the chance of foreign body getting into eye is more it is better to use refresh tear eye drop 2times daily.
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What Causes Swelling In Eyelids?

prolong use of contact lens will give rise to dry eye. when you drive with ac on and window screen open it can cause dry eye or allergy. the chance of foreign body getting into eye is more it is better to use refresh tear eye drop 2times daily.