Eyelid edema

An eyelid edema is an edema on the eyelid . It is the medical term for what is colloquially understood as "puffy eyes". Lid edema is a symptom of endocrine orbitopathy and can be classified using the LEMO classification .

The lid edema can be divided into the following groups:

Allergic eyelid edema
Non-allergic eyelid edema
- Forwarded edema (collateral edema)
- Lid edema in blepharochalasis
- Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome
- Morning eyelid edema

Lid edema cannot be permanently treated surgically.

literature

Jürgen Dahmer: Anamnesis and findings: the symptom-oriented patient examination as the basis for clinical diagnosis . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2006
Franz Schieck , Arthur Brückner : Short Handbook of Ophthalmology . Third volume: Orbita · Sinuses · Lids Tear organs Eye muscles Eye and ear . Springer-Verlag, 2013

Individual evidence

^ Pschyrembel Online. Retrieved December 10, 2017 .
^ Paul U. Fechner, Klaus D. Teichmann: Medicinal eye therapy: Basics and practice; 64 tables . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2000, ISBN 978-3-13-117924-1 ( google.de ).
^ ^A ^b Gerhard K. Lang, Gabriele E. Lang: Ophthalmology essentials . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-13-171371-1 ( google.de ).

[1] Pschyrembel Online. Retrieved December 10, 2017 .

[2] Paul U. Fechner, Klaus D. Teichmann: Medicinal eye therapy: Basics and practice; 64 tables . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2000, ISBN 978-3-13-117924-1 ( google.de ).

[essentials-3] A ^b Gerhard K. Lang, Gabriele E. Lang: Ophthalmology essentials . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-13-171371-1 ( google.de ).