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What causes your eyes and cheeks to swell?

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Dr. Jodi Luchs answered

Specializes in LASIK Surgery

Could be allergy: Allergies could cause your eyelids and cheek below the eye to swell, but there are other conditions of the body which can do so as well, so see your ophthalmologist and medical doctor for a complete examination.

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Answered 3/22/2015

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