I woke up completely blind in left eye, should my husband stay home?

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I woke up this morning completely blind in my left eye, the vision is coming back now, I’m terrified. My husband and I car share and he’s going to work in a minute and we have a young baby and don’t have any family nearby. Should my husband stay home? I’m really worried and feel I need to see a doctor but hour doctor surgery is too far to walk so I won’t be able to see anyone if he takes the car

He wants to go to work and for me to keep an “eye” on it

Update added by MNHQ - the OP HAS gone to A&E

Is it a migraine?

You should definitely see a doctor and he should facilitate that.

He needs to be home for you at access medical care, you may need to go to the hospital.
Call the GP as soon as they open. If you don’t get anywhere call an optician at 9am.

I would agree to him going provided he dropped everything if it got worse and you needed him and if you can afford to take a taxi to the doctors or optometrists. . Please ring and get the earliest appointment you can. If you cannot get through ring the public health hotline and see what they suggest.

But don’t ignore it. 💐 that must be incredibly stressful.

You need to seek medical advice urgently. This is an emergency. Phone 111 and they will likely send you to a and e.

A&E now. This could be lots of things but it needs to be seen right away.

Sudden total loss of vision is an emergency. Seriously. You need this looking at right away.

How much of your vision has returned?
I'm assuming baby will be with you today

Hmmm, I'm torn, if his work is nearby and flexible enough he could leave asap if you needed him (and provided you feel ok to care for the baby) id say he should go...otherwise he needs to stay so you can get seen

You need to go to a&e now assuming this isn’t the norm for you.

This happened to my cousin’s partner recently except he was out at the time. Went blind in one eye, sight returned gradually and he thought nothing of it apart from that it was scary at the time.

A couple of days later cousin came home and found him collapsed on the floor, he’d had a stroke on the side which coincides with his losing his sight.

‘Spent weeks in hospital, is now unable to walk or swallow and has partial amnesia. He’s now been moved to a rehab facility (they’re in the states) and expected to stay there for months.

Obviously that’s a worse case scenario but something like losing sight or any other kind of ability could easily mean an issue with the brain, assuming as I said, you don’t already have a known condition which could mean this could happen.

I agree with PPs saying this is an emergency and you must go to A&E. It happened to my mum few years ago, her sight never returned and turns out she'd had a TIA and is now at risk of a major stroke so is on a lot of medication.

This happened to me many years ago and thankfully nothing serious came of it. I did see the GP who found nothing wrong. I had been sleeping very badly which may have contributed to it so if you have a new baby this would be similar.

I am not minimising this as obviously it could be many things but just to hopefully set your mind at rest that it could be nothing. Mine was nearly 20 years ago and it’s never happened again.

Sudden loss of vision is an emergency and you MUST get urgent medical attention.. go to A +E don't wait for the GP to open.

A&E now, it needs checking.

Sweet Jesus do not wait for 111, go to ES

You need to go to A and E now.

You absolutely need to see/speak to a medical professional and he cannot leave you in charge of a baby all day.

Go to A&E urgently, just take the car so he has no choice, this is important.

If you havent gone already, go to a and e. Loss of vision could indicate something serious

This could be nothing. But you should call 111 now. I'm pretty sure that you will end up at Doctors, a&e or an opticians today. You can't drive there and can't really take a baby with you.

@LondonQueen

Go to A&E urgently, just take the car so he has no choice, this is important.

How can she do that? She shouldn’t be driving.

Hopefully he is driving her to a and e now.

@OldTinHat

I agree with PPs saying this is an emergency and you must go to A&E. It happened to my mum few years ago, her sight never returned and turns out she'd had a TIA and is now at risk of a major stroke so is on a lot of medication.

TIA by definition would have resolved within 24 hours.

OP you need to go to ED and I will also add that you shouldn't be driving yourself.

@LondonQueen

Go to A&E urgently, just take the car so he has no choice, this is important.

Probably wouldnt recommend driving yourself to a and e with sight loss issues...

But yes you need immediate medical attention and your dp should do what he needs to to facilitate this, which would mean taking over childcare and driving you to the hospital

I am at increased risk of retinal detachment, and the advice I've been given is to go immediately to the eye hospital (Moorfields would be my nearest) as your sight can only be saved if dealt with as a matter of urgency.

Not saying that's what that is, just trying to stress the urgency of this - you don't mess about with your sight.

Frankly I can't believe anyone would say anything other than, of course he shouldn't go to work, he should be taking you to hospital - and any half decent employer would completely understand.

Is this a joke?

Why hasn’t your husband driven you to A&E already?

Go now. He’ll have to forget about work until you know what you’re dealing with.

Please to go to the hospital now. If husband has gone to work in the car then call a taxi, and if that's not possible then call an ambulance