Smoking cigarettes do not need for years - They cause bags under the eyes!

1. The cause of the appearance of bags under the eyes in the morning is an inflammatory disease of the kidneys - glomerulonephritis or pyelonephritis, which is also manifested by fever, low back pain, and urinary dysfunction.
   • Glomerulonephritis is an autoimmune inflammatory disease of the kidney vessels, which is characterized by the following symptoms: swelling under the eyes, back pain, increased blood pressure, headache, changes in the amount of urine output toward increase or decrease, fever, hematuria.
   • Pyelonephritis is an infectious inflammatory disease of the kidneys, which is manifested by fever, back pain on one side, and turbidity of urine. The chronic process is accompanied by swelling under the eyes, which are combined with an increase in the body weight of the patient due to fluid retention in the body.

Many people perceive swelling under the eyes as a cosmetic defect and do not attach much importance to it.
2. If the bags under the eyes did not appear immediately, but for a few days and are accompanied by fever, pain in the forehead, under the eyes, nasal discharge and its stuffiness, the causeSuch edema is sinusitis - inflammation of the paranasal sinuses.
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   • Sinusitis is often a one-sided inflammation of the maxillary sinus, with the development of edema under the eyes, mainly on one side of the face.
   • Etomoiditis is an inflammation of the ethmoid sinuses of the latticed bone. In this case, patients have pronounced bags under the eyes, swollen eyelids, severe pain when pressing on the bridge of the nose.
3. The appearance of bags under the eyes, eye redness, discharge from the nose, sneezing, skin itching, shortness of breath after contact with dust, animal hair, pollen of plants or the use of certain foodstuffs for several hours or minutes indicates the development of an allergic reaction.
   

   Special attention should be paid to the edema of Quincke, which is a rapidly developing allergic reaction that threatens human life. It begins with an edema on the face and neck, dry nauseous coughing, shortness of breath and difficulty with breathing. Quincke's edema spreads gradually from the subcutaneous tissue to the mucous membranes and muscle membranes, which can lead to a violation of air penetration into the lungs and suffocation. The causes of edema are bites of insects - wasps, bees, flies.

4. Bags under the eyes can become a symptom of thyroid diseases. In this case, they are combined with an increase in the neck, a violation of swallowing, shortness of breath.
   • Goiter is characterized by an increase in the size of the thyroid gland, which leads to compression of the neck, violation of the outflow of blood from the face and swelling under the eyes.
   • Large tumors of the thyroid gland also increase its size and cause the same clinical symptoms.
   • Hypothyroidism is an inadequate function of the thyroid gland, which is clinically manifested by bags under the eyes, weakness, weight gain, depression.
5. The reason for the appearance of bags under the eyes may become a syndrome of squeezing the inferior vena cava. In this case, there are edema of the face, headache, epistaxis, cough, hoarseness. These symptoms are associated with a violation of the outflow of venous blood through the superior vena cava from the face and head.
   
   
   The following diseases are the causes of this syndrome:
   • Lung cancer;
   • Breast Cancer;
   • Less commonly other malignant neoplasms.
6. The cause of the bags under the eyes, arising in the evenings and disappearing in the mornings, combined with edema of the feet, shortness of breath, rapid fatigue and sharp weakness is heart failure. With this pathology, swelling under the eyes develops gradually and form within a few weeks and even months.
7. Conjunctivitis can cause swelling around the eyes. It is allergic, infectious or chemical.
   • Infectious conjunctivitis develops when bacteria get on the eye mucosa with cosmetics or dirty hands.
   • Chemical conjunctivitis occurs with irritating effects of dust and air pollution.
8. Acute respiratory viral infections often occur with conjunctivitis and edema of periorbital fiber. The patient is also concerned about eye irritations, runny nose, fever and sore throat. These clinical signs are characteristic of adenovirus infection.
9. The cause of bags under the eyes may be a trauma, especially caused by a blow during a fall and beating. Contusion of soft tissues of the face is not dangerous to health, but leads to the appearance of a pronounced cosmetic defect - swelling of the face, bags and bruises under the eyes. The victim complains of pain, his eye-slits become so narrow that they hardly open in the morning.

Table of contents:

1. Physiological causes
2. Pathological causes
3. Bags under the eyes of pregnant women
4. Bags under the eyes of children
5. How to determine the cause of the pathology?

Bags under the eyes are most often a symptom of some diseases, but sometimes they are observed in healthy people.
Among the causes of the appearance of bags under the eyes in patients are the main ones: diseases of the kidneys, heart, thyroid, sinuses of the nose.
The reason for bags under the eyes of healthy people is the consumption of large amounts of salt and liquid. Treatment of pathology depends on the cause of the disease and consists of diet, medication and surgical intervention.

Physiological causes of

Bags under the eyes are formed due to the edema of the skin and underlying tissues, as well as the age-related sagging of the skin and reducing its elasticity. This is not only a sign of the pathological process, bags can appear under the eyes and in healthy people.
Causes:

1. Consuming excessively salty foods, such as salted fish or pickles. Salt causes thirst and delays fluid in the body, which leads to the appearance of swelling under the eyes.
2. Lack of sleep can cause swelling and bags if sleep lasts less than eight hours a day. Excessive ultraviolet irradiation.
3. Overstrain of the eyes or their prolonged stress, for example, during reading. To avoid this, it is recommended to do special exercises. Read more about them in the article: Effective for the eyes, for our view A complex of home simple exercises!
4. Alcohol holds water in the body. Even a single intake of large doses of alcohol can lead to the appearance of this sign.
5. In women, a few days before menstruation, the level of estrogen in the blood rises, which leads to water retention in the body and, consequently, the appearance of bags under the eyes.
6. With age, the skin loses elasticity and elasticity, while the appearance of bags under the eyes is not associated with edema, but due to the swelling of subcutaneous fat under the eyes. The causes of early loss of skin elasticity are prolonged and frequent exposure to the open sun, smoking, drinking alcohol and heredity.

In healthy people, bags under the eyes appear in the morning, are not accompanied by other symptoms, persist for several hours and disappear on their own.

Age bags are present in the morning and in the evening, without changing with time.

Why else can there be bags under the eyes? Sometimes the cause of their appearance are the hernia of the eyelids, which represent the protrusion of adipose tissue under the skin. Such bags are observed throughout the day, do not disappear and often combine with dark circles or bruises under the eyes.
Treatment of a hernia is surgical: removal of excess adipose tissue. This operation is called blepharoplasty and passes painlessly without leaving scars on the skin.

Pathological causes of

Bags under the eyes of pregnant women

During pregnancy, swelling and bags under the eyes - this is normal phenomenon associated with the retention of water and salt in the body of a woman. In this case, there is an accumulation of excess fluid in adipose tissue and subcutaneous fat, which leads to the appearance of edema, weight gain, increased skin moisture.

The reason for the appearance of these signs in pregnant women can also be:

• kidney disease;
• gestosis of pregnant women - dropsy;
• other diseases.

It is necessary to be able to distinguish physiological edemas in pregnant women from pathological ones.

• The appearance of bags in the late term - physiological edema, in the early stages - pathological edema, complicating the course of pregnancy.
• A rapid and significant increase in body weight indicates, most likely, a pathological edema.
• If the bags under the eyes appeared after sleep and this was preceded by the consumption of salty foods and large amounts of liquid, this is a physiological edema. If the bags appeared with the observance of the usual diet and the use of a liquid of not more than two liters, then this is a pathological edema.
• If the bags under the eyes pass by themselves after the normalization of the diet and the restriction of salt and liquid, it is a physiological edema, and if not pass and intensify - pathological.
• If there is a history of a pregnant woman with chronic kidney disease, bags under the eyes - a symptom of their aggravation.

Bags under the eyes of children

Bags under the eyes of a child are not always a symptom of any disease.
In healthy children, they pass on their own, and appear after:

• long crying or crying;
• excessive consumption of salty foods or liquids;
• sleep with low head position.

Among the pathological causes are the following:

• Kidney pathology - pyelonephritis, glomerulonephritis, urolithiasis, vesicoureteral reflux;
• Increased intracranial pressure, for example, in hydrocephalus;
• Congenital heart disease;
• Allergic reactions to certain foods, pollen of plants, animal hair;
• Congenital hypothyroidism.

Bags under the eyes of infants

Bags under the eyes of the baby are normal phenomenon associated with stress during the passage of the head through the birth canal of the mother. At the same time it is squeezed and blood circulation is disturbed in it.

Diseases resulting in the appearance of bags under the eyes of the infant:

• Increased lability, associated with heavy consumption of liquid and large amounts of protein;
• Hemolytic disease of the newborn is the result of an immune conflict between the negative Rh factor of the mother and the positive child;
• Myxedema is a mucus edema caused by a newborn's hypothyroidism and resulting in a severe retardation of mental development and growth;
• Allergic reactions to food;
• Increased intracranial pressure;
• Congenital abnormalities of the liver;
• Viral infections and severe diseases.

How to determine the cause of the pathology?

To determine the cause of the appearance of bags under the eyes, use the following diagnostic methods:

1. Blood pressure measurement;
2. General analysis of blood and urine;
3. ultrasound of kidney, heart, thyroid;
4. Blood test for thyroid hormones;
5. Radiography of the chest.