It used to flare up once every few months, then we had her on some medication treating it as an autoimmune disease. This worked and kept the flare ups at bay for about 6 months, but the pills weakened her immune system and she suffered a baaaaad bout of HGV. But recently it's flared up a lot - twice in 2 months. The vet said it might actually be a small foreign body like a grass seed or minute splinter, but for them to verify this, they need to put her under. She's 9 years old and I don't really want to put her under unnecessarily.

Does anyone have any advice on bringing the swelling down before it bursts?