Eye Allergy

[OakLeaf]

In the past I've had good luck treating fungus infections with topical probiotics. If you're allergic to milk you probably don't want to use dairy yogurt, but maybe some unsweetened non-dairy yogurt or just open up a probiotic pill and suspend the powder in water to apply?

Good luck, anyway, that sounds miserable.

[limewave]

So. . . . treating this as directed is not working. It is getting a LOT worse: spread from my eyelids to circling my eye and is now creeping down my face. I'm going to the urgent care center first thing in the morning. Starting to get headaches from this . . .

[zoom-zoom]

Yikes, I hope you can finally get a diagnosis and treatment. And I really hope whatever it is is benign.

[limewave]

My "diagnosis" this weekend was Edema. Which is pretty vague. As far as I can tell it means swelling. He prescribed Steroids. Ugh. Not happy . . . I think I may just have to threaten my doctor so I can get a referral to see a dermatologist. I hate the politics of medical insurance.

[OakLeaf]

That doesn't even make sense. I wonder if on top of everything else you've got a typo/handwriting recognition problem, and what he meant was eczema (which is what it sounds like).

This sounds awful. Hope you get it sorted very soon.

[zoom-zoom]

That doesn't even make sense. I wonder if on top of everything else you've got a typo/handwriting recognition problem, and what he meant was eczema (which is what it sounds like).

This sounds awful. Hope you get it sorted very soon.

I wonder this, too...I had eczema around my eyes when I first started running. Turns out I am allergic to my own sweat! I now have to always wear a wicking headcover and I carry a hanky to wipe excess sweat from my face when I workout. I had to use Cortizone cream around my eyes until it cleared-up.

[ny biker]

Edema is swelling, like from fluid retention.

Definitely worth a phone call to the urgent care place to clarify, and also a visit to a dermatologist.

[limewave]

Just called to confirm, the diagnosis is Edema. The doc was pushing on my face and saying a lot of hmms and huhs and talking about fluid build up. But he also noted the skin is raw and very thin. I did try cortizone cream on it at one point but it was far too painful to try reapplying and it did not seem to help.

[OakLeaf]

Well, edema is a clue that there's some sort of regional or systemic inflammation going on, but it's not a diagnosis of the skin issue ... and steroids will exacerbate thinning skin ...

Have you done a challenge diet? Edema, and especially facial edema, is one of the primary symptoms I get from food allergies, and those also contribute a great deal to my total allergic load and make my inhalant and topical allergies worse when I'm exposed to something external.

[limewave]

Well, edema is a clue that there's some sort of regional or systemic inflammation going on, but it's not a diagnosis of the skin issue ... and steroids will exacerbate thinning skin ...

Have you done a challenge diet? Edema, and especially facial edema, is one of the primary symptoms I get from food allergies, and those also contribute a great deal to my total allergic load and make my inhalant and topical allergies worse when I'm exposed to something external.

Oooh, Challenge diet! Sounds fun (not really), worth attempting. I'll have to look that up.

[limewave]

Fingers crossed . . . I think I'm getting to the bottom of this. I believe it may be a corn allergy. . . .

[Blueberry]

Very interesting! Here's hoping you get a resolution. That sounds completely miserable!

[OakLeaf]

Good luck! (If it is corn, goodbye processed foods ... but we're all trying to do that anyway, right? )