I'm sorry I wasn't able to get back to you. You're right; I wasn't able to see your responses to my questions and I also wasn't able to get back to where I could respond to anything until now, all because of some technical problems.

Now that I've had a chance to see your responses, I think the pop was just the quick movement of fluid related to rubbing your eyes. The reason your eye became much more red was because the eye is exquisitely sensitive to inflammation when allergies are present. Therefore, when the eye is rubbed, the inflammation increase at an alarming rate and level in response to the rubbing; then, the inflammation (redness and swellimg) that came on so suddenly can take literally days to go away). That's why it is so important to avoid rubbing the eyes altogether when allergies are the cause.

First of all, it is important to control the body's overall response to allergens and this would include taking an oral antihistamine such as claritin or zyrtec which you can buy over-the-counter. Secondly, an allergy eye drop is esssential to start; a couple of over-the-counter brand names include Alaway or Zaditor and they both work fairly well. If you try these and it helps but is not quite enough, then you may do better with a prescription allergy drop called Pataday which works very well. Lastly, cold compresses done several times/day can and will help the itching sensation and suppress the inflammation.

Again, I apologize for the long gap in our communication. Does this information help address your concerns? Does this make sense?  Do you have any other questions about this?
 
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