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jacqueline01135
jacqueline01135

This is the rather scary title for Viral Cold Sore Infection (EYES)

I have no idea where it came from as I have never had a cold sore ever

I only know that it is extremely painful 

It starte 12days ago,and I just thought I had probably got a bit of

gardening debris in the eye and used Optrex to soothe it, ByThursday it

was very sore bloodshot and the lids were a little swollen .So I rang 

the GP for an emegency visit I met a locum, obviously newly qualified,

Iexplained that there was a lot of pain under my upper lid. She duly 

looked at my eye which she said was perfect .so ,i tried again saying

it felt as though there was a razor blade under the lid She lifted the lid

and said she couldn't see anything   and to come back if it got worse

It did get worse over the next Three days 

so Monday morning I went to where I should have gone in the first 

place, the Eye clinic at the hospital  It opens at 8-30,I wa there at 8 as I

know it gets very busy 

Duly seen and given drops and a thorough  looking at ,and he told me 

the reasons ,and even bothered to show me the pictures ,looked like

three, ( yes I have three of the blighters  )squiggles gave me some 

eye drops and an appointment for next week 

It is now Wednesday and eleven drops later ,and i can see nor feel

any change It still hurts like mad blood shot and puffy eyelid

As you can see by the time it is quite early, but it looks as though

I will go back to the clinic

Anyone else had this prob and, most important, did it go away???  

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    Light jacqueline01135

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    Sometimes the things that look worse on the outside are less serious, so take heart.

    Watch out for the preservative in eyedrops. Can do all sorts of unhappy-making things if you;re allergic, which many of us are.

    I was diagnosed by Moorfields as having – get this – inflammatory filamental keratitis. Almost as exotic sounding as yours!

    You're getting the necessary ophthalmalogical care and so you're in good hands. Don't forget to write up all your questions so you don't forget to ask him/her stuff when you're in the consulting room.

    Better still, take someone in with you and a notebook.

    I wish you all the best with it.

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 Light

      Posted

      Hello. welcome to our tiny forum . I usually phone  if i have any questions like I did this morning  I have to know like NOW !!

      Where do we get all these hideous bugs and germs and worse .

      No one to take  I'm a D.I Y sort of person  Hopefully this thing or rather three things will have been incinerated and he sacks me'

      What or where is Moorfields ?? Sounds specific 

      Thank you for joining in, makes me feel better knowing someone

      else is there to throw questions at 

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 Light

      Posted

      Just re-read your unhappy making things !!!!! Slightly alarming ,what 

      sort of things ???

    • mrsmop
      mrsmop jacqueline01135

      Posted

      Preservatives can cause eye irritation and make your eyes red too.

      Just think about your skin and if you happen to be allergic to something, say nickel, for example.  If you wear nickel belts, then you get a red itchy wheal under the nickel, so if you are allergic to a particular preservative in an eye drop, your eye might appear swollen or it may itch, or, whatever!

      Don't worry until it happens, just be aware.

    • Light
      Light jacqueline01135

      Posted

      Looks like Mrs Mop has just said it all, Jacqueline – about preservatives.

      Clever one, that Mrs Mop. Must've worked in healthcare...or does still, except I'm suspecting no longer, because she's got more time to be  generous with strangers in her online posts than someone working in the NHS would normally have!

      So I'm guessing you're retired.... Am I right Mrs Mop? (I love your name, by the way. It conjures up images of a 1950s char lady with her hair bundled up on her head in a scarf)

    • mrsmop
      mrsmop Light

      Posted

      Ha ha Light!  I have been known to use a picture of a 50s char lady!!  

       

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 mrsmop

      Posted

      SO, you are one and the same person .Wondered why I asked a question of one of you, and the other one answered.There is a name for this but Eye pain interfering with my thought processingrolleyes
  • mrsmop
    mrsmop jacqueline01135

    Posted

    http://www.moorfields.nhs.uk/

    • mrsmop
      mrsmop jacqueline01135

      Posted

      No, it is a Microsoft photo & I forget where it is now, somewhere exotic, like the Caribbean
    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 mrsmop

      Posted

      Morning I'm glad you are up. I opened the EYE, and is was back to where

      I started scratchy pain, bloodshot and slightly swollen lid ,is this normal?

      Was I being a tad optimitic yesterday when it was almost normal

    • jacqueline01135
      jacqueline01135 mrsmop

      Posted

      Question !!!! Why did the EYE stop hurting yesterday,and is very 

      sore and painful today ??

    • mrsmop
      mrsmop jacqueline01135

      Posted

      It happens Jacqueline and stress makes it worse - such as worrying about it.

      Wait & see what the Ophthalmologists say next week.

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