Who would you speak to about this?

[MrsPuggyWuggy]

Yesterday morning my I felt like I had something in my eye under my eyelid which felt really scratchy and sore. I tried eye drops and washed my eye out as best I could but it didn’t make any difference. I’ve had a good look but I can’t see anything obvious. Today it’s a lot worse, my eye is bloodshot and really sore, it feels like it’s on fire. Every time I blink it feels like something is scratching my eyeball. My vision keeps going blurry and it’s producing a lot of yellow gunk too

I’m not sure if I should be trying my GP or an optician? Or someone else? I really have no idea who to start with

We have an eye hospital with an a and e department. I'd go there

Ask pharmacist who they would suggest.

I would go to the optician, they will be able to have a good look for you

Pharmacy first. I had the same last week which developed into conjunctivitis. Ointment cleared it up pretty quickly.

Medicated eye drops from the pharmacist would be my first call

Eye hospital if there is one, optician, pharmacist, in that order.

If you have an eye hospital nearby, that would be ideal - otherwise, an optician will have the equipment to take a good look at your eye and advise if further treatment is required.

A pharmacist may well be able to make an educated guess, but won't be able to look so closely.

Eye cas. That's what we advise our patients. GPs don't deal with eye injuries.

Thank you everyone. We do have an eye hospital about 30 miles away which just has an a&e but no minor injuries section so I wasn’t sure if I would be wasting their time turning up there

Unless you have someone to drive you there, 30miles is too far unless referred.

Give the eye hospital a ring - they are the best people to advise you on where to go.

Thanks everyone, I rang the eye hospital, they gave me the number for a local eye treatment service run from the opticians. I’ve got bacterial conjunctivitis. Never had it before, I had no idea how painful it could be!