Adult ds has had a bad headache for a week now. Out of ten he rates it as between 6 and 11 in so far as it never goes away and is anything between bad and awful. Been taking maximum dose paracetamol and ibuprofen now since last Thursday.
Finally saw GP yesterday morning as had had vomiting and photophobia and pain when moving for two days. GP examined him temp and blood pressure normal, some stiffness in neck and blurred optic discs.
Sent him to A&E to rule out meningitis and "anything nasty" Ds had normal ECG and bloods were clear. Was told scanner was fully booked but they would write to GP about needing a scan in a couple of days as optic discs malaligned but described it as a severe migraine.
Ds is still no better, has spent the day laid in the dark or sleeping. He will return to GP tomorrow at my insistence.
Could this be a severe migraine? I'm trying not to panic but it's difficult.
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Have A&E under reacted?
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fleshmarketclose · 15/05/2019 16:09
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