Huda and her eyelid problem

 Huda ni..eyelid memang problem. Tiap2 tahun, mesti jadi ketumbit. None of us are afflicted with kind of problem, even Hayaa. Well, I do have once in a while but mine is like a pinhead size of white thingy that usually sits on the border of the lid (usually happened when I'm stressed/ tired).


See the ketumbit on her right eye, lower lid. Aug2012 on plane nak pi tgk London Olympic 2012.

Ketumbit got a bit better few days later. @London, tunggu Hop-On, Hop-Off bus.

This time around, the whole eyelid kemerah2an. Sembab dua2 kelopak mata. Search of the net describes the condition as blepharitis. From the description, seems to be a minor inconvenience, not curable except only with hygiene care of the eye and eyelid. What worrying is...it might be an indication of eyelid skin cancer. Aduiii..

'Early detection is essential, but may be difficult because eyelid tumors often grow under the skin for years before presenting on the surface. Early warning signs include:

• a lump or bump that frequently bleeds or does not disappear 

persistent red eye or inflammation of the eyelids that does not respond to medication 

newly acquired flat or elevated pigmented lesions that have irregular borders and growth

unexplained loss of eyelashes

source : http://www.skincancer.org/prevention/sun-protection/for-your-eyes/detecting-and-preventing-eyelid-skin-cancers'

I'm ruling out first bullet sebab the ketumbit did disappear plus kalau berdarah pun, masa ketumbit tu betul2 tgh besar. Lps berdarah, mesti surut. Second bullet, this one time mata dia macam peachy sikit itu pun 1-2 dah hilang, not persistent. Inflammation of lid ni nak kena monitor.
I'm applying ointment. Let's see how it goes. Ni pun nak kena bersungguh sikit buat sebab si kenit ni dok kejip mata beria benar everytime I applied the ointment, takut tak berapa nak kena ointment tu to the inflamed area.
So far, no evidence of bullet 3&4. I'm watching out.

28 May 2014
Earlier this year, a new eye problem afflicted Huda. Her eyelids were swollen for a few days. Then, we noticed she would squint her eyes when talking to us. She would keep her head down if we walked outside of home. The worst, she would cry when waking up, refusing to open her eyes, even walked with her arms flailing around (coz she would walk with her eyes closed).
We decided to bring her to Pediatric Ophthalmologist in Tun Hussein Onn eye hospital. The verdict - Huda got Blepharitis. It's a common eye disease and not so serious. She got well about a month after that.
Now, her ketumbit muncul kembali...haishhh...we decided only to bring her back to the eye hospital if her light sensitivity issue crop up.