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Old 02-26-2013, 04:23 PM #1
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Question My eyes keep swelling

I know this is generally an allergic reaction but I wondered if anyone else suffers from this.

I wondered if it was water retention or dehydration. It's my eye lid that swells all the way up to my brow.

It first happened when I was in hospital after the accident, they went down for one day a few months ago, but most days the lid overhangs my eye.

Any ideas?
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I am a 36 yr old female who has played football, as a hobby, for 13 yrs. In July 2012, during a game I was slammed to the floor by two angry guys who hit into me so hard that one of them broke their ribs.
This knocked me back onto hard ground leaving me unconscious. I awoke to chronic head and neck pain, sickness and the inability to see or balance.
The paramedics made me walk to the ambulance, instead of placing me on a spinal board, where I was taken to the ER. I was hospitalised with suspected brain hemorrhage for 1 week, then on complete bed rest for 1 month, in a wheelchair for 2 months.

I have been left with PCS, moderate constant head pain, little short term memory, no memory of the accident, balance and sight problems, depression and exhaustion.
The worst problem is collapsing regularly. This has finally been diagnosed as Hemiplegic Migraines , these cause my brain to regularly shut down when I am tired and I then feel the full effects of a stroke (without the bleed on the brain!!) of which the symptoms last 2-4 days.
I have had 6 CT's, 2 MRI's and am under 3 specialists.

I believe everyday is one more towards improvement. Mainly I believe in the power of acceptance not the weakness of complacency or resignation.
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Old 02-26-2013, 06:13 PM #2
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peaches,

Here is a link to a list of meds than can cause eyelid edema.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...able/t21024-1/

Hope it helps.
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