Why do eyelids swell? How to get rid of eye edema

Many people often find their eyelids swollen when they wake up the next day. Some of them have swollen eyes because they drank a lot of water or cried the night before. Even single eyelids can become double eyelids because of this.

Why do eyelids swell?

Swollen eyelids are considered to be edema. Generally there are these reasons.

Drinking

The beneficial effect of alcohol is to dilate blood vessels, but when drinking too much, water will be lost outside the blood vessels, causing edema.

Excessive salt intake

Salt has the ability to absorb water through osmotic pressure. If you consume too much salt, it will cause too much water to be retained in the cells.

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In addition, if you do not move your body for too long or sleep in the same position, lymph fluid will accumulate in your face and cause swelling.

cry

The puffy eyes when crying are not caused by crying, but the capillary stress caused by rubbing the eyelids.

How to get rid of eye swelling

1. Egg + ice cubes

In fact, this is the method of alternating hot and cold compresses. First, apply a towel wrapped in ice cubes on your eyes for 3-5 minutes, or you can use an ice bag. Ice compress can constrict blood vessels and eliminate edema; then peel a boiled egg and apply it on your eyelids as a hot compress, rolling back and forth for about 3 minutes. After a while, the edema in the eyes will slowly subside.

2. Cooled black tea bags

Black tea can reduce swelling because it contains tannic acid, which is a good astringent and can effectively eliminate edema. Apply the soaked and cooled black tea bag on the eyelids for 5 minutes, and apply it 3-4 times in total, to eliminate edema. But remember, never apply tea leaves directly on the eyelids!

3. Dip a cotton swab in salt water or milk

Dip a cotton swab in salt water or denim on your eyelids and surrounding areas, then massage your eyes for about 10 minutes. The swelling will disappear and you will feel much better after the massage.

4. Use chamomile tea bags

Cooling a chamomile tea bag and placing it on your eyelids as an ice compress can soothe and reduce swelling. Chamomile tea has a calming and draining effect, and is quite effective in eliminating edema.

5. Raw sweet potato chips

Slice the raw sweet potato and mash it, then apply the crushed sweet potato on your eyelids for about 15 minutes and then wash it off with clean water.

6. Pay attention to your sleeping method

Don't drink too much water before going to bed, and use a pillow to sleep to prevent eye edema.

Is eye edema caused by kidney deficiency or spleen deficiency?

There are two types of eyelid edema: physiological edema and pathological edema:

If you are a healthy person, drinking a lot of water within half an hour to an hour before going to bed, or feeling depressed and crying before going to bed, it will cause slight swelling around the eyes the next day. In this case, the swelling will disappear naturally after half an hour of activity after getting up. If you are in a hurry to go out and are still worried about affecting your appearance, you can use a frozen eye mask for emergency treatment. Freezing the eye mask and applying it around the eyes can quickly calm the skin, and the low temperature stimulates the contraction of lymph to drain water, achieving the effect of draining water and reducing swelling. You can also perform local massage on the eye area to reduce swelling.

If you have been in an allergic state recently, and your eye edema is accompanied by local skin itching, etc., it is considered to be caused by allergies. In this case, you need to use antihistamines, and you must not eat irritating and spicy foods. If the eye edema is accompanied by obvious photophobia, irritating pain, and redness of the eye area, it is generally considered to be caused by local infection, such as conjunctivitis, iritis, etc., and you need to use antibiotic eye drops for three to five days.

Pathological eye edema is common in various types of kidney disease. Abnormal renal function causes water and sodium retention, and eye edema is the most common sign, which is also accompanied by obvious edema of the ankles in the lower limbs. In addition, hepatic edema and cardiogenic edema can also manifest as obvious swelling of the eyelids. In this case, you need to go to the hospital as soon as possible and take active drug treatment for the cause.