Our 3 year old son came down with a nasty virus a few weeks ago.. had a high temperature.. was saying his tummy, head, eyes etc hurt.. got a rash which turned itchy.. we took him to the GPs/Out of hours and each time they said it's a virus. But then his eyes became a real problem, he was photophobic.. got referred as GP was concerned about viral meningitis.. anyhow turned out after thorough investigation of his eyes that his eyes are absolutely fine.
It's basically been 2 weeks since the virus started and he is still waking up crying saying his eyes hurt. He is still sniffing too.. but there is no snotty nose. I was thinking of sinus trouble.. I've had sinusitis and had terrible headaches and pressure around the eyes with it. but in himself he seems ok.. it seems the cold has almost but gone.. he is still blinking a lot too. He seems to be able to see stuff at a fair distance away so I don't think he needs glasses but I will make an opticians appt.
This seems to be first thing in the morning, he wakes up screaming saying about his eyes hurting. this morning he was smacking himself in the face.. but he was also sounding quite nasal too.. I distracted him and he seemed to settle down.. but this is driving me nuts.. every morning I dread it cos I know he is going to start kicking and screaming about his eyes and it's horrible to watch. I've got a GP apt for tonight and am going to ask for a course of antibiotics in case it is a sinus infection which needs help to bugger off. Something is wrong but I just don't know what.
anyone had anything like this???
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3 year old saying waking saying eyes hurt but eyes have been checked and are fine!
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MrsOs · 30/03/2016 13:54
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