Is the outside canthus tumefaction red eye disease

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A few days ago, when I got up and looked in the mirror, I found that my eyes were very swollen, and there was a piece of red in the corner of my eyes. Both eyes had this condition, and both eyes had swelling in the outer corner of their eyes. My friends suspected that it was red eye disease, so they asked me to have a look. Now let's learn whether the swelling of the outer corner of the eye is red eye disease.

Is the outside canthus tumefaction red eye disease

First, the symptoms of red eye disease are itching, such as foreign body sensation. In severe cases, there are heavy eyelids, photophobia, tears and burning sensation. Sometimes because of secretion attached to the corneal surface pupil area, resulting in temporary blurred vision, after washing can restore vision.

Second: conjunctivitis is the conjunctival tissue in the outside and the body's own factors and the role of inflammatory reaction collectively. Although conjunctivitis itself does not affect vision seriously, when its inflammation affects the cornea or causes complications, it can cause vision damage.

Third: red eye disease is infectious conjunctivitis, can be divided into bacterial conjunctivitis and viral conjunctivitis two categories, but the prevalence and harm to viral conjunctivitis as heavy, need to go to the hospital ophthalmology to do a slit lamp examination.

matters needing attention

Eye swelling after the general symptoms can be improved, conjunctivitis improved eyelid edema will also be improved, in addition to treatment, we must pay attention to hand hygiene, do not rub the eyes with hands, if not improved about a week, and then to the hospital for examination.