To demand a referral to eye clinic? *Contains graphic pic of eye*

[JugheadismyHero]

My son has a meibomian cyst on his eyelid which is causing him pain and discomfort. We've seen 5 nurse practitioners, 1 GP, about 6 pharmacists and been to minor injuries where they phoned the on call ophthalmologist who refused to see him.

All advice has been to bathe it, massage it and give pain relief.

Am I unreasonable to just want someone trained and experienced to look at his eye??

Ds is 11

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You need to see an ophthalmologist privately if the NHS is refusing you treatment.

My dd(9) is being seen by NHS for hers...they are nowhere near as bad as your ds either!
However, she has had them for years. Had various medications (different ointments, antibiotics and drops) as well as bathing it etc.

Is it possible to see another GP?

If you are inclined to get chalazions (my DH and one of our DC are), there is an ointment you can get to nip them in the bud.

DH had a chalazion that needed to be operated on twice. They do not always resolve themselves.

I'm ringing gp again as soon as they open

Looking into going private for treatment if all else fails

Multiple trained professionals have seen it and correctly advised you. There is no need to see an ophthalmologist. Maybe book at optician appointment if you need further reassurance?

www.moorfields.nhs.uk/content/chalazion-meibomian-cyst

Yes they have but I would like an eye experts opinion.

Ds suffers with depression and high anxiety and has made two suicide attempts in the past 18 months so I am doing all I can to stop him slipping into depression even more.

He's 11 years old and doesn't want to leave the house because of this

Most reasonably sized hospitals have an urgent eye clinic (a bit like A&E) GPS can refer as can opticians. I see you went to minor injuries but didn't see eye specialist as they wouldn't come in, that may be reasonable in the circumstances. If you go to GP and ask for eye clinic referral in ' normal hour's' then you are much more likely to be seen at an eye clinic as they offer same day appointments.

Multiple trained professionals within the NHS have seen it. NHS treatment thresholds are high. It is always a good idea to consult outside the NHS, where treatment thresholds are lower, for a second opinion, especially when conditions are not life threatening but causing significant discomfort.

Poor kid - it's unsightly and thats impacting on his mental health - to be honest it would for most people especially at that age! There's a startling lack of empathy in not recognising that, especially as left alone it could take over a year to go, if it does at all.

DH gets those and was prescribed an ointment immediately - used from the start they never get to the stage in your picture and clear up in a couple of days. We're abroad though - we have state medical insurance which is like the NHS but the whole NHS ethos of not treating anything until it's reached a critical stage at which the intervention is unavoidable and far more expensive and lengthy than early treatment doesn't exist thankfully.

Hopefully a private appointment will result in an immediate prescription for chloramphenicol cream which should hopefully clear it, though if it had been prescribed right at the start it would have cleared up in a day or two and your poor son wouldn't have had to be so miserable and self conscious.

Could/ would he consider an eye patch for school or would that be even worse? An eye patch and saying its an injury might be easier for some children than something which looks infected.

I'd get on and book a private appointment asap if the NHS has had an empathy bypass.

OP - why have you started a new thread asking about the same issue?

What do you want to happen? An ophthalmologist would say exactly the same. Surgery would only be considered after several months and is most unlikely to be needed unless your son is immunocompromised or an uncontrolled diabetic

If you want the eye antibiotic chloramphenicol it can be purchased from the pharmacist for under five pounds but all the peer reviewed evidence suggests it will have little impact on length of episode

all the peer reviewed evidence suggests it will have little impact on length of episide

It works a treat in our family!

I would just like a specialist to look at it, for their opinion. The first two nurse practitioners mis diagnosed him, another had no idea and got a doctor who was really aloof and was more interested in getting a drink from the desk.

I'm calling my doctors this morning in the hope for a referral and maybe they can prescribe him some stronger pain relief, calpol just isn't helping

Drive to your nearest Eye Hospital A&E - there are a few around the country.

Opticians are also very good.

The first two nurse practitioners mis diagnosed him

You really must see an ophthalmologist. GPs and nurse practitioners are not properly trained in either ophthalmology or dermatology.

Here too MariaNovella

If it can be bought over the counter do that today JugheadismyHero (you need prescriptions for pretty much anything other than ibuprofen or a multivitamin where I live!)

Any update?

"Am I unreasonable to just want someone trained and experienced to look at his eye?? "

Read the bit back about 5 nurse practitioners, 1 GP and 6 pharmacists. What kind of fucking trained and experienced people are you fucking after? Fuck. Fuck. Fuckity fuck.

Are you a troll or simply a ...

You don’t need an appt to go to an nhs morefields été clinic.

Eye clinic!

Wow!

Sorry do I need to be clearer @peakSafeSpace?? I want a fucking eye specialist to look at his eye, actually examine his eye.
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No one* has examined his eye, they've looked and said what they think it is. I want someone who knows what they are doing! The gp cared more about getting a drink out of the bloody desk draw!!

Update is I'm still waiting on call backs from a couple of eye clinics. Couldn't get past the triage nurse at my doctors.

I would recommend booking an appointment at an Optician’s.

An Optometrist could examine the eye and refer if needed directly to the nearest Eye unit.

Another vote for your optician. I really should have gone a lot earlier than I did.

Long story short, Eye issue, went to chemist GP’s N/P at GP gave me steroid drops & 3 days later I lost the sight/focusing ability in my eye.

Went to Opticians because it was a bank holiday & they were open, turned out I had cold sore/ulcer on my cornea, but they referred to Urgent Eye Clinic at Moorfields, who started treatment & then referred back to my local Unit.

If you live in or around London, Moorfields have a eye A&E dept, that you can just turn up to.