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AIBU?

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To think DM is overreacting and I don't need to go to A&E (Not Coronavirus related)

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Chaosdragon · 28/03/2020 14:28

Last Monday one of the dogs headbutted me straight in the nose. Horribly painful. almost instantly swelled up to twice its normal size and my vision went blurry. The swelling has mostly gone down now, leaving me with a bruise and its obviously painful to touch but on the whole its OK as long as I don't touch my nose, cheek or eyes.

However, I am still having blurry vision in one eye, and this has worsened into headaches and a sort of dull numbness all over my neck arms and back. I foolishly mentioned this to DM earlier in a phone call , when I said I hadn't driven out to the supermarket as I didn't feel up to driving, and she has obviously been putting my symptoms into the 111 checker as she has sent me a photo of it telling me to ring 999 and since rang me up several times to berate me for not doing so, and says if I don't do something she will call it for me. She does have form for being a bit precious.

Having attempted to duplicate this its obvious to get that result I need to pick this options "head injury in last 7 days" and "blurred vision". I assume the danger is some sort of brain bleed or the like, but surely a headbutt from the dog is not in the list of things that would cause that?

I have half debated compromising going to A&E just to shut her up, but I assume that the hospital has enough to deal with right now and really its not an essential journey.

So AIBU to do nothing despite my "symptoms"?

OP posts:
BackseatCookers · 29/03/2020 13:48

Come on then OP how are you today? Thanks

dairyfairies · 29/03/2020 14:03

hope you are OK, OP.

DH developed once similar issues after a head bump (accident) and had to have a scan in A&E. they were concerned about a bleed/swelling in the brain.

there are a few basic physical checks doctors can do but you cannot do these over the over the phone. really shocked they advised you against A&E.

StudentHelp · 29/03/2020 14:28

Hope you’re okay OP

TheNoodlesIncident · 29/03/2020 15:46

I think you may have been deflected by the "comedy injury" aspect of it. If you had been walloped on the head with a snout-shaped blunt instrument containing material as hard as bone, weighing perhaps a kilo with the inertia of the dog weight behind it, then it would seem more like a given that it needs to be checked out by a medical professional with proper diagnostic equipment.

I really hope OP went to A&E, I'd worry a LOT about a relative of mine who'd experienced that and continued to present with those symptoms...

TheNoodlesIncident · 29/03/2020 15:47

Ack, meant to @Chaosdragon Flowers Hope you are OK?

GlitterNails · 31/03/2020 23:56

Please do update us, hope you're okay?

OhLook · 01/04/2020 19:08

I hope you re okay, @Chaosdragon?

Knocksomesense · 01/04/2020 19:15

Hope you're ok, op

agonyauntie2020 · 02/04/2020 00:15

Did you go? Are you ok?

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