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My lower eye lid is extremely swollen , puffy and pink/red. i have been using antibiotic cream w/o success. there is night time leakage. 2m duration?

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It sound like : Conjunctivitis , do not wait long if u don't get well see your PCP for svaluation.

Answered 9/29/2016

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Warm compresses: Sounds like a stye! warm compresses, or surgical incision and drainage, or steroid have been the only effective treatments demonstrated get rid of a stye. A stye is due to the orifice of an oil gland (mebomian gland) in the eyelid margin becoming inflamed, and not an infection.

Answered 12/9/2013

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