What's wrong with the child's swollen eyelids?

Many parents will find that their children are prone to swollen eyes. Swollen eyelids can sometimes have a certain impact and harm on the child's health. Therefore, parents need to understand what reasons may easily lead to swollen eyelids in children. After understanding the reasons, we can effectively reduce the impact of these problems on children.

Eyelid edema is what we usually call eyelid swelling, which is a relatively common phenomenon. There are many causes of eyelid edema, which can be generally divided into physiological and pathological causes:

Physiological eyelid edema: For example, lack of sleep at night, sleeping too long, or sleeping with a pillow that is too low at night, which affects the blood return to the face. This type of eyelid edema is more common in healthy people, has no effect on the body, and can often subside naturally.

Pathological eyelid edema: Clinically, it can be divided into inflammatory eyelid edema and non-inflammatory eyelid edema.

In addition to eyelid edema, inflammatory eyelid edema also has symptoms such as local redness, swelling, heat, and pain.

Common causes include:

1. Acute inflammation of the eyelids, such as stye, erysipelas, etc.

2. Trauma of the eyelids, such as chemical injuries and insect stings.

3. Inflammation around the eyes, such as acute dacryocystitis, orbital periostitis, etc.

As for non-inflammatory eyelid edema, it is more common in:

1. Allergic diseases or allergy to eye drops.

2. Acute and chronic nephritis.

3. Heart disease and hypothyroidism.

4. Idiopathic neurovascular eyelid edema.

The reasons introduced above may cause swollen eyes in children, so I hope that after the analysis and introduction of the above content, everyone can pay attention to it. When taking care of children, we should learn more about these common sense issues and help them reduce more adverse effects as much as possible.