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Another A&E thread

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MyOtherCarIsAPorsche · 12/10/2023 21:53

AIBU to take granddaughter to hospital this evening or will it wait?

She's been having headaches regularly this year. She describes pounding and pain in eye. GP said eye test - optician immediately said that she could see a large prescription. DG had glasses then three months later had another checkup and a stronger pair prescribed. She's due back in December. So I'm assuming that they're increasing the strength of the glasses in increments.

Her headaches have persisted. This current one she's had since last Friday. I picked her up from school on Monday and could tell that each footstep was making her wince with pain. She couldn't sleep Monday night because of pain and feeling sick. We've been alternating paracetamol and ibuprofen for pain relief. Saw GP on Tuesday who said it was nothing sinister but was referring her to paediatrician. This evening she was complaining of eye and nose pain and appeared to be light sensitive. She's woken in pain a couple of hours after she went to bed and her eyelid is drooping.

Is this worth a trip to A&E?

We're very worried.

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Jojobees · 12/10/2023 21:55

Not unreasonable at all. Eye droop and photosensitivity would be red flags for me to take a child. Your level of concern too.
Take her and let us know how she gets on.

BerriesNutsConkers · 12/10/2023 21:55

Take her tonight, best to get her checked out.

DustyLee123 · 12/10/2023 21:56

The light sensitivity and drooping eye is enough to take her. Let us know how you go.

StSwithinsDay · 12/10/2023 21:56

Yes. I would take her.

Username82y · 12/10/2023 21:57

Absolutely take her in. Good luck

wineandmaltesershappyme · 12/10/2023 21:57

I would take her. Hope she's ok

lunkitsmum · 12/10/2023 21:57

Yes, if you are very worried it’s worth going. Extreme pain is not trivial when it comes to children. You won’t be wasting anyone’s time.

ReadyfortheUnknown · 12/10/2023 21:57

I would definitely take her

BrutusMcDogface · 12/10/2023 21:58

Please take her in. Hope she’s ok.

GrowThroughWhatYouGoThrough · 12/10/2023 21:58

I'd deffo take her and have her checked over

ohmysense · 12/10/2023 21:59

Yes please go to A&E, not unreasonable in the slightest. Tell them about photosensitivity, eye drooping, waking up due to pain, and nausea.

snapple21 · 12/10/2023 21:59

Absolutely go

Castlereagh · 12/10/2023 22:07

Definitely go. Has anyone suggested it could be cluster headache before? Has she got a stuffed up nose or is the droopy eye watery? Only asking as my friend had this in her teens/ twenties, needed some pretty strong meds with the attacks but not life threatening and got longer gaps as she got older - hope it's something easy to sort.

MotherEarthisaTerf · 12/10/2023 22:09

Where are you? Manchester has a children’s A&E with big kids hospital and eye hospital all attached. Be worth travelling a little bit further to something like that if you can.

yes I’d go tonight

IAmHeartless · 12/10/2023 22:09

With the new eye droop absolutely go. That would taking anyone in child adult or baby If that happened.

fourelementary · 12/10/2023 22:10

Concern re new drooping and the nausea and pain and focus less on the ongoing aspect of the headaches and eye issues tbh or you could be fobbed off

triballeader · 12/10/2023 22:20

Please go to A&E ASAP.
It old be horners syndrome linked to some kinds of nasty migraine and cluster headache disorders or it could be something that needs a paediatrician to help with. One thing for sure is whatever it is a paediatric medical doctor should check her over to be on the safe side. My DD always says she would rather see ten patients and reassure than risk missing one who really needs specialist medical help. Hope she is okay and the hospital can help.

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MyOtherCarIsAPorsche · 12/10/2023 22:20

Castlereagh · 12/10/2023 22:07

Definitely go. Has anyone suggested it could be cluster headache before? Has she got a stuffed up nose or is the droopy eye watery? Only asking as my friend had this in her teens/ twenties, needed some pretty strong meds with the attacks but not life threatening and got longer gaps as she got older - hope it's something easy to sort.

Oh - possibly. They have been in clusters! She can go a couple of weeks without - then they come back.

Don't know whether eye watering, but one pupil is smaller than the other.

She's fallen asleep downstairs now. Her mum will ring me if she wakes again and I will take her to nearest large hospital. She's not slept much this week.

Mum has just said that she couldn't see the whiteboard at school today.

She's 7.

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MyOtherCarIsAPorsche · 12/10/2023 22:21

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Gnomegnomegnome · 12/10/2023 22:23

I would wake her and get her seen.

EvilElsa · 12/10/2023 22:24

Poor thing, that sounds absolutely miserable. Definitely take her. I suffer from severe migraines which have similar symptoms and it's awful. I really hope you get some answers.

DisquietintheRanks · 12/10/2023 22:24

If one pupil is smaller than the other she really needs to go to hospital now, immediately.

rainydogday · 12/10/2023 22:24

I would go to A&E tonight. Did she have the eye scans/pictures and pressures at the opticians?

Cadenza12 · 12/10/2023 22:24

I would definitely take her, you really need some professional medical advice.

CatOnAMushroom · 12/10/2023 22:26

DisquietintheRanks · 12/10/2023 22:24

If one pupil is smaller than the other she really needs to go to hospital now, immediately.

Agreed. With this symptom she needs assessing asap