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Can anyone help me find an image of eye herpes please.

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Aimsmum · 07/02/2006 10:55

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notasheep · 13/02/2006 16:46

Aimsmum-if eye specialist is any good they will continue to see you every year as a check up.

I would demand it.

My brother has had it for years but as he has had excellent ongoing care it hasnt been a big problem.

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Aimsmum · 15/02/2006 20:30

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chapsmum · 15/02/2006 20:34

yep, keep hounding them, hiya by the way!!!!

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Aimsmum · 15/02/2006 20:39

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notasheep · 16/02/2006 03:55

Hi again,
My brothers eye herpes tends to be affected by the weather(winter particularly) and stress.
He has had condition for approx 20 years BUT it doesnt affect his life very often-last incident was February 2004,the day before he was due to take wife and 3 children on holiday to New Zealand(big stress)!
Just make SURE you get looked after properly

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Aimsmum · 16/02/2006 16:27

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jabberwocky · 16/02/2006 16:40

Aimsmum, do you still have any of the zovirax from before? It shouldn't be a problem to start back on it in the meantime. There are many instances where I am not 100% sure that a patient has herpes (recently my own father!) but have gone ahead and started the meds just to be on the safe side. I would also use some artificial tears (non-preserved are best) for comfort and monitor carefully for any changes in vision. Continue to work on being seen as this condition can indeed become serious, but does not have to if treated appropriately.

jabberwocky · 16/02/2006 16:42

Also, you do not necessarily have to have the blisters to have herpes simplex or zoster in the eye, so that should not be the qualifying diagnosis. It is more commonly done by putting stain in the cornea, and judging the look of that as well as the patient's pain level and sensitivity or lack thereof.

HTH

PS chipmonkey is an optometrist also and may have more advice for your area. I am in the US.

chipmonkey · 16/02/2006 17:39

Hi Ainsmum, I'm in Ireland and here we quite happily refer people to the Accident and Emergency of our eye hospital because the waiting lists to get an appointment are ridiculously long and you get to see an opththalmologist the same day in Accident and Emergency. I would have thought your optician could do that in the UK as well but am not sure.

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Aimsmum · 16/02/2006 20:15

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notasheep · 16/02/2006 21:56

No idea where you live-brother goes to Oxford Eye Hospital.

I am no expert but hope i can continue to give you some relevant information!

jabberwocky · 16/02/2006 22:24

I think it is absolutely worth going back. I personally do not agree with their assessment regarding the blisters. I have seen many patients with a herpes infection of the eye (specifically cornea) who did not have blisters. I would equate it with my two Bell's Palsy attacks which are also thought to be caused by the herpes simplex virus but there are no blisters there either. Someone needs to put some fluroscein stain in your eye and look at your cornea. They also need to assess whether you have decreased sensitivity in that eye compared to the other (this is different from your level of pain, btw) In some cases, if a patient has the potential for scarring, steroids can be used, but, since this can aggravate the virus, I tend to send those cases to a corneal specialist for management.
You should be able to get artificial tears over the counter at any drugstore. Look in the section where contact lens solutions are sold.

jabberwocky · 17/02/2006 17:48

How are you feeling, Aimsmum?

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Aimsmum · 17/02/2006 18:56

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jabberwocky · 17/02/2006 19:04

Glad to know you're a bit better. Yes, Bell's Palsy was a nightmare the first time around, not as bad the second, but I would prefer not to have it again...

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Aimsmum · 17/02/2006 19:11

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Aimsmum · 18/02/2006 17:00

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Xannie · 28/02/2006 08:07

Hope you're feeling better by now and got your eyes sorted out. I have suffered from eye herpes in the past, the first time was horrendous but my GP sent me to the hospital straightaway. The second time I attended A&E where I was diagnosed with eye blisters. Second time didn't hurt half as much as the first! I'd never heard of eye herpes before but then it seemed like everyone else had and told me of tales where people had lost their eyes because of this! So if mine ever flares up again I'd go straight to hospital.

notasheep · 08/03/2006 09:44

Aimsmum How are you these days? Anymore developments?

ChampagneandNappies · 08/03/2006 16:36

Haven't read all of this but ds2 who was 19 months old was left untreated with the same thing for 2 weeks - docs thought conjunctivitis. He ended up in hospital for 5 days on intravenous drugs every 3 hours. He just had another bout last week (7 months later) - thankfully we caught it. Hope you get it sorted - maybe somebody already suggested, but surely this is something important enough to go private? Good luck.

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