Can an infection cause swelling behind an eye?
When one has cataract surgery, these days, the overall surgical insult to the eye is fairly limited. But if we were to do an angiogram with fluorescein dye, where the doctor injects a fluorescein dye into an arm or hand vein, and take pictures of the dye which is now in the water of the blood as the blood goes through the retinal circulation, we’d find that almost all people having cataract surgery seem to accumulate fluid in the central retina, the macula. This fluid can be so much that it forms large cysts, as in Cystoid Macular Edema, already mentioned by “ig”. This swelling is usually temporary and goes away without any ‘treatment’. Using non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs or NSAIDS like motrin, advil, ibuprofen (all the same thing) or aspirin or topical NSAIDS such as Nevanac (sp) can help prevent it, and can help in the resolution as well. Most people note an improvement within a few weeks. Before you have your second eye done, start on the NSAIDS both orally and topically. It
