Why has my eye lid swollen?

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Its felt sore for couple of days. Thought it might be a sty but couldn't see anything.

Today its really swollen and painful. Any ideas?

An infection?

Ds had this once and had to get antibiotics for it.

I would go to out of hours doc if you can today

Best to be safe especially where an eye is concerned.

Blapheritis? I have this regularly, due to stress, not sleeping, and rubbing my eyes too much.

You can get antibiotic eye drops from the pharmacy.

blepheritis.

Stress and not sleeping sounds about right.

I'm 8 weeks pregnant and have been feeling really run down recently.

Do I need to go to the out of hours/pharmacy today if its blepheritis? I have my booking in tomorrow with the midwife, could I just wait till I see her?

I would go to a pharmacy today. In my experience, it does get worse.

You may need the doctor because you are pregnant.

Oh bugger. What a PITA.

Thanks for the replies. I'll try and find a pharmacy that's open today.

if it's still like it in the morning you should go to the doctor, I went with a swollen eyelid last year, thinking it was something trivial, I was given antibiotics and it cleared but the nurse said there is a very serious condition which can develop around the eyeball and if I experienced any pain over the weekend i should go straight to A&E.

I phoned 111 to get advice yesterday and they said to see my GP within 24 hours, so I went to the doctors today.

I have an infection. Maybe caused by something getting in my eye. So I have been prescribed anti bacterial eye drops.

Thanks for the advice