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Top eyelid has been swollen for five days each day seems a little worse. and now it's purple. no trauma?
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Blepharitis: This can be an infection called blepharitis. You can use a warm wet wash cloth on the eyelid. See this website: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1211763-treatment. Full treatment includes washing your eyelids and getting an antibiotic eye ointment See your ophthalmologist
Answered 3/14/2016
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