To take dd to A&E or wait to see GP

Glad to see your update OP. Hope your DD is on the mend soon

Glad it gave you a laugh. Guess it is funny if it doesn't happen to you.Hopefully it won't happen to OP's DD. But if it does she needs to know what to do so it doesn't get to the point of having to drill into eye sockets.

To be fair I had a little cyst on my neck - about the size of my baby finger nail. It never caused any problem, until one day it got infected and went huge and red and pussy. Went to GP who said it was infected and he wanted to remove it, not while the infection was there, so gave me anti-biotics and told me to come back after the infection was gone. The infection went and it eventually shrank back and then popped, never had any troubles with it again!

@Dewdrops1 😂😂😂.

Well you kmow what it could be and what to do.

Personally I think it's better to have some small idea of a range of things and be able to ask docs stuff if you do need a and e with her

Which part of she is a paediatric nurse did you not understand? What are your qualifications to tell someone they do not need to go to A&E?

@Janiie @OnGoldenPond

Gp are general practitioners, they can't hold everything in their brain.

The whole sepsis campaign is about aksing care givers . Is this sepsis to remind any care givers of checking for it.

It's important to share stuff, it really is, there are conditions I've never heard of until mn like cellulitis and now puts putty tumour.

Oh I’d be off to hospital with that.

@Dewdrops1 @Janiie

I know this is a really serious matter and I personally definitely err on the side of caution esp as pp have said.

It's such a worry op and an unknown.
Hopefully the antibiotics will start to work by morning.

However... Janiie comment made me laugh out loud and I had missed the frog eye and drilling into sockets 😂👁️🐸.
Poor op!

Hopefully it's giving you a little laugh op 😂🐸

That’s a good, strong antibiotic prescription. I think the GP is taking it seriously even though there isn’t a clear cause. Sounds sensible but as others have said any change, heat, redness or fever and I’d head to A&E

@Janiie why inappropriate? It was a classic case of orbital cellulitis which can very quickly develop from an infection near the eyes. The OP has said in latest updates that the swelling is now very close to the eyes. In DS 's case it is thought it developed from an insect bite.

I am passing on my experience in the hope that if the OP's DD is unlucky enough to get similar symptoms she will know immediately what to do and can avoid the distress my poor DS suffered. I do not need your permission to do this. You are not the thread police.

Flucloxicillin is a strong antibiotic and I've had it myself for cellulitis, so it sounds like the GP is taking a cautious approach. But as others have said, keep an eye on it and review the situation tomorrow.

In a similar situation with my mum right now-she has an abscess. We are waiting for an out of hours GP as she said she couldn't face sitting in A&E for hours. She did that on Friday but wasn't as bad then. Doctor was going to prescribe antibiotics then but changed his mind in the end. But it's worse today.

We rang 111 and had an option of various urgent care/walk in centres but would that be any quicker and better than A&E? Wouldn't they send you down to A&E anyway? Out of hours doctor is going to be 6 hours estimate.

@viques I see us more as people walking around with a sandwich board which declares 'Doom, doom, you are all doomed'

Very random thought, but is there any chance it could have been triggered by an insect bite abroad? That first photo looks like insect bites I’ve had and reacted to in the past - I’m ridiculously sensitive to bites.

Anything can be serious. There aren't any worrying signs, if anything changes the op will seek further advice. Your descriptions of eyes popping out and screaming are totally inappropriate.

That prescription is identical to the one I was given for cellulitis last year op, so the gp seems to be covering their bases

This EXACT thing happened to my husband
he had a small spot, I gave him some elemis to put on it and it “drew” the fluid to the top so he popped it and the fluid remained under the skin and spread just like this. It spread across the forehead, then down into the eyes the next day and eventually just drained out itself. He went to A&E, they gave him some antibiotic cream and also said it was a cyst. It cleared up within a week or so but for the first few days he looked so swollen in his face it was like he’d had an allergic reaction!

@Janiie I just want the OP to realise how serious this can be. And why sometimes doctors don't take things as seriously as they should. There wouldn't have been any screaming in pain if he had been treated appropriately in the first place.

I thought it was called ‘the triangle of sadness’ because of the lines and wrinkles on your forehead.

There is a hilarious and totally unforgettable crazy movie called the ‘triangle of sadness’
that is worth a watch. It’s MAD!!

<you are joking i hope >

Seriously op, cysts burst the fluid migrates hence bumps change and spread. As you say keep a close eye and any pain or whatever ring 111.

wtf. It doesn't include the forehead.

Yes it's a barrel of laughs and positivity on here!

😂