What should I do if my baby has eyelid edema?

What causes children’s swollen eyes? In fact, swollen eyes are one of the early signs of kidney disease in children, but parents do not need to panic too much when their children have swollen eyes, because kidney disease in children is not the only factor causing swollen eyes. Therefore, we should find the cause and treat it accordingly. Below, the editor will show you the reasons why children have swollen eyes. I hope all parents will read this carefully.

Reasons for swollen eyes in children:

1. Poor sleep. For example, if you stay up late at night (watching TV, surfing the Internet all night, etc.), you will have less sleep and your eyes will be swollen when you get up in the morning. Some people will also have painful and swollen eyes. For another example, some people are nervous and cannot sleep well at night (what we often call sleeping frequently), and they may also have swollen eyes when they get up in the morning.

2. It is related to sleeping posture. For example, some children occasionally do not use pillows and may have swollen eyes after a night's sleep. However, some children never use pillows to sleep and their eyes will not be swollen. This may be related to personal habits.

3. Related to drinking water. Some children drink a lot of water before going to bed, so they will have swollen eyes in the morning, which will disappear during the day.

4. Female friends may also suffer from swollen eyes due to improper use of cosmetics (mainly professional women, not children).

The above eye swelling is normal, so if it is clearly caused by these reasons, there is no need to worry. The eye swelling related to diseases mainly includes: skin disease, heart and kidney dysfunction, and angioedema.

5. Children’s kidney disease causes swollen eyes. After excluding other causes of swollen eyes besides children's kidney disease mentioned above, the edema may be caused by children's kidney disease. Since children's kidney disease is a chronic disease (except acute nephritis), there may be no obvious symptoms that make the patient very uncomfortable at the beginning of the disease. Therefore, varying degrees of eyelid edema after getting up in the morning is often an early symptom of kidney disease.

What causes children’s swollen eyes? Now everyone knows it. The simplest and most effective method is to take your child for a routine urine test first to observe whether the urine is normal. Other tests should also be carried out under the doctor's advice, and then a final diagnosis should be made. This will facilitate the early detection and treatment of children's kidney disease, which is beneficial for timely control of the disease and can also avoid affecting the child's normal development due to kidney disease.