swelling in both eyes

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Does anyone have any experience of this being picked up on by optometrist, and being warned off eye drops/beconase/steroid creams? My sister has been told the slight swelling is stable and she'll need to be seen in the next 3 months, but is wondering why the warning about eye drops and beconase,both of which she uses. Many thanks!

What part of the eye is swollen?

The retinas

Beconase can cause chorioretinopathy, especially when it's used for longer term - it shouldn't be used for over 3 months usually.

It depends what the eye drops are as to their side effects. Which ones is she using?

Thankyou for your reply- she takes sodium cromoglicate drops in hayfever season. Just as an aside, I have used beconase twice daily for over 10 years, having taken rynacrom before that, both on doctors' advice. We had no idea there were these associated risks