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Occasional swollen eye
by sherryl199, Jul 16, 2008 12:05PM
My nine year old grandson occasionally wakes with a single swollen eye (on rare occasions both eyes). The first episode was when he was 2-3. It has happened 9 times in the last year with no apparent common denominator other than it usually happens during the night. He does have some asthma issues though not severe. He takes Clarinex 5mg and uses an asmanex inhaler at bedtime. From testing the allergist suspects a food allergy to milk or orange juice so they are going to do trials for both next month. I was wondering if anyone in this forum has experience with a similar problem? If so, was a cause determined? Thank you.
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Pls. let us know what they find out?
Only one though .. odd ... could he have something on his hand and be rubbing his eye or new laundry detergent when he sleeps on that side only?
Cheryl
My 4 year old daughter gets swollen eyes which we are fairly certain is an allergic reaction. It started with only her left eye but eventually she had reactions that were severe enough that both eyes swelled up, and they sometimes stay swollen for up to 3 days. We first suspected dairy, because she clearly gets hives when she accidentally has dairy, but later realized the swollen eye was happening mostly when she was running a fever and taking Motrin, so now her dr thinks it's more likely a salicylate sensitivity.
May sound wierd, but I have a picture I could send you if you'd like to see if it looks similar to your grandsons.