{"id":39515,"date":"2021-03-12T11:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.yuveo.eu\/lexikon\/drooping-eyelid-general-disease\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:39:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T11:39:32","slug":"drooping-eyelid-general-disease","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/lexikon\/drooping-eyelid-general-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Drooping eyelid &#8211; general disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-20256 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/schlupflider-20-250.jpg\" alt=\"slippery eyelid\" width=\"250\" height=\"117\">A general illness does not generally lead to the classic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/op\/head\/eyelid-correction\/remove-drooping-eyelids\/\">droopy eyelid<\/a>, but can cause <strong>eyelid swelling<\/strong>. A distinction must be made between the two. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"list\">\n<li><strong>Allergies<\/strong> usually lead to eyelid swelling in phases. If you are frequently exposed to the allergen, the eyelid can also remain chronically swollen. <\/li>\n<li>Graves&#8217; disease of <strong>the thyroid gland<\/strong> leads to deposits in the fatty tissue of the eye socket. This can cause severe swelling of the eyelids. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Kidney damage<\/strong> &#8211; disorders of the water balance<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heart failure<\/strong> (cardiac insufficiency)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Malnutrition<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Iron deficiency<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Conjunctivitis<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A chronic occurrence of<strong> sty<\/strong>, chalazion.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tumors<\/strong> are a rare cause, but should not be ignored, especially in the case of unilateral eyelid swelling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A general illness does not generally lead to the classic droopy eyelid, but can cause eyelid swelling. A distinction must be made between the two. Allergies usually lead to eyelid swelling in phases. If you are frequently exposed to the allergen, the eyelid can also remain chronically swollen. Graves&#8217; disease of the thyroid gland leads [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","encyclopedia-tag":[217,47,194,49,51],"class_list":["post-39515","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry","encyclopedia-tag-allgemeinerkrankung","encyclopedia-tag-auge","encyclopedia-tag-lidschwellung","encyclopedia-tag-oberlid","encyclopedia-tag-schlupflid"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/39515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yuveo.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-tag?post=39515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}