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Crusting of eyelids
Crusting of the eyelids is usually noticed in the morning when a person wakes up to find dried material at his eyelashes and eyelid. This can be a common symptom if someone has an eye or eyelid infection which causes the eye to produce lots of fluid or discharge.
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Crusting of eyelids?
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A 44-year old asked:
Is crusting of eyelids common with repiratory infection?
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A 40-year old asked:
Can you tell me what it mean to have a type of crust on the eyelid?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can you tell me how to get rid of crust on your eyelids in the mornings?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Small crusty corner of eyelid, crusts went away and left small ulcers, tiny red bumps, they itch but dont hurt my eye, only inflamed when I clean it but otherwise calm. Can this be hsv2 blepharitis or regular? I have hsv2 genital?
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A 48-year old asked:
My eyelids are crusty and swollen. What could be wrong?
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A 37-year old asked:
Help please! could crusty swollen eyelids be csused by a cold?
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A 33-year old asked:
Really bad hard crust on my eyelid when waking up. What causes this?
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A 48-year old asked:
How to remove eye crust on eyelids and keep it gone?
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A 43-year old asked:
Upper swollen eyelid with crust in morningd?
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A 26-year old female asked:
My daughter woke up with her eyes crusted shut and now its red and the eyelid is swollen. She says it hurts and itches?
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A male asked:
Each morning I have yellow crusts on my right eyelid.It's been like this for two years now, it disappears for a few months and comes back.What is it?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Lower eyelid became irritated Thursday, slightly worse yesterday, now mildly swollen, stinging, mild crusting last night, not very pink. Pinkeye?
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A 20-year old female asked about a 22-year old male:
Eye lids form crusty stuff along the eye lash line on top, it appears to be dry skin, he picks it off but it comes back, please help, what is this?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Corner of eyes are irritated and mildly crusty. Eyes are clear but red if you pull down the eyelid. Burning if I rub too much.what could this be?
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A 64-year old female asked:
For the last couple weeks, I wake with "stuff" on my eyelids. Crusty stuff but I can't see it; poor eye sight. What, why and how to get rid of?
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A member asked:
Why is my eye lids crusty and stuck together in the morn and eye really red? For several days this has happened.Right eye only. Well one morn left eye was a little crusty with yuck.First morning i awoke with a headache as well, only that first day though.
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A 47-year old asked:
My eyelids get really crust, coud I have an eye infection?
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A 26-year old female asked:
My daughters bottom eyelid keeps swelling 1st happened this a.m. there is no crust or running I gave her benadryl (diphenhydramine). Should I give her amoxicillin?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Whats causing red blood shot dry eyes with constant hard crust in eyes with bumps top and bottom of eyelid?
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A 22-year old female asked about a 60-year old male:
For the last year, my dads eye lids have blister like welts on them & his eyes ooze some sort of liquid that crusts over. What can this be?
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A female asked:
I have a very dry itchy eye corner of eye .. Sometime crusty in morning .. Also under eyelid little bumpy dry white patch on off .. Using pataday ?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Spent all day crying yestrdy .I woke up today with my lower eyelids puffy swollen and crusty, and a little itchy..Can excess crying cause pink eye?
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A female asked:
I woke up to a swollen upper eyelid on just left eye. No itchiness, no pain, no crusts or discharge. Makes eye smaller. What do I do and what is it?
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A 21-year old female asked:
While wearing makeup and contacts my eyes become watery and a white pus forms. I wake up with crust around my eyes, puffy eyelids and red eyes. What?
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A 36-year old female asked:
My son had these random single, not clustered, spots on his neck, back, next to his ears and on his head. Some went away, some have made horrible deep red bigger crusty mark. He now has very fine blood spots on his eye lids and under his eyes.
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A 29-year old female asked:
Infected sty under upper eyelid in l eye x 3 wks, now a sty in r eye. Both eye drainage/crusty. Iv abx done, oral steroid done. Oral abx done. ?
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A female asked:
Pea size bump on eyelid-no blisters but discharge&crusts,light hurt before.Is it HSV virus?Had HSV blisters-same eyelid(diff location)few weeks ago.
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A 35-year old female asked:
Blepharitis symptoms but unsure if it was hsv. On the corner eyelid, some crusting and small ulcers. Symptoms lasted a week, but were controlled with cleaning and warm compress. Itchy. Took valtrex on 7th day, got better, but not fully. Is it 100%hsv?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Periorbital hematoma/SWOLLEN BLACK EYE. how to properly clean it? the eye Lid is so swollen, can't open eye. tears are drying and making the eyelids sticky and crusty. HELP. Also red section on side of eyeball. Will this clear up?
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