Swollen eyes from crying
If someone has cried heavily or for a longer period of time, then reddened, swollen and swollen eyes often appear. When crying, irritation of the eye often occurs when the person rubs his eye. The swelling of the eye is explained by the fact that the pressure around the eye increases during rubbing.
This increased pressure causes fluid to be squeezed out of many small vessels and enter the tissue. This is then perceived as swelling. Within a few minutes to an hour, the redness and swelling should have subsided. This depends on how long someone cries. To speed up this process, several tricks are known (see What to do about swollen eyes and home remedies above).
Swollen eyes due to thyroid gland diseases
In the case of hypothyroidism, many patients experience swelling of the skin in different parts of the body, including the eye. The skin and tissue appear bloated. In the case of hyperthyroidism, the swelling of the eye is not so much a swelling of the eye as a swelling of the eye from the eye socket. This is an autoimmune swelling of the tissue behind the eye in the orbit. Patients have colloquially called “Glupschauge”.
Swollen eyes with eye rings
If swollen eyes with rings under the eyes appear, the most likely cause is that the person concerned suffers from overtiredness or lack of sleep. In addition, the consumption of alcohol or the abuse of other drugs can trigger these symptoms with and also alone. Circles under the eyes occur because the oxygen content of the blood is reduced.
This causes the blood to turn darker. This can be seen especially in the area of the eyelids, because the skin here is very thin but well supplied with blood, and the darker blood shines through well here. What you can do against dark circles around the eyes, you can find here: What to do about dark circles under the eyes?
