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Orbital cellulitis causes symptoms like swelling and discoloration or redness in and around your eye and eye socket. If it’s not treated quickly, the bacteria that cause orbital cellulitis can permanently damage your eye and cause blindness.
What are periorbital cellulitis symptoms? Periorbital cellulitis symptoms include: Swelling of the eyelid and skin around your or your child’s eye. Discoloration or redness. Periorbital cellulitis doesn’t cause: Vision issues. Eye pain. Itching. Headaches.
Early symptoms include inflammation, redness, pain, and limited movement of the eye. More progressive symptoms include changes in vision, a dilated pupil, a sudden lazy eye, or an appearance that the eye is bulging out of its socket. Fever and a general ill feeling may also be present.
Orbital cellulitis is an infection of the soft tissues of the eye socket behind the orbital septum, a thin tissue which divides the eyelid from the eye socket. Infection isolated anterior to the orbital septum is considered to be preseptal cellulitis.
Symptoms of periorbital cellulitis affect only one eye and may include: eyelid swelling. eye discomfort (but not pain) difficulty opening the affected eye. red eyes....
Symptoms. The most common signs of periorbital cellulitis are: Redness and swelling around the eye; A cut, scratch, or insect bite near the eye
The pathogenesis, microbiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of orbital cellulitis will be reviewed here. Preseptal cellulitis and other complications of sinusitis are discussed separately.