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

You need to go to A&E, take a taxi if your husband has buggered off but it needs checking asap.

Jesus OP you need A&E, I can’t believe your husband hasn’t driven you there himself already! Really hope that you’re okay. It sounds scary.

@TottersBlankly

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.

Funnily enough, years ago I heard Dara O'Briain joking about the NHS having "sudden blindness" listed under "symptoms you shouldn't ignore": "Jaysus, who ignores sudden blindness?! 'Ah no, it's gone again! Oh don't make a fuss, don't make a fuss! I'll be fine.'"

Apparently more people than you might imagine, going by this thread!

Go to an EYE Hospital - like Morefield Hospital or Western Eye Hospital - in London. Find one near you.

Take a bag for you and baby if DH won't stay and prepare for the long haul at A&E and get a taxi.

To put a less scary perspective on what it could be I woke up once and the vision was completely blurry in one eye, tried to make do at work and made an emergency opticians appt, after looking at my eye they tried to make me an emergency appt at the eye hospital but I'd left it to late in the day and had to go the next morning. Turned out I had lesions over my lens and needed 6 months of steroid eye drops but it sorted the problem quite quickly. The eye Dr. Asked me if I'd had a cold sore or conjunctivitis about 3 weeks before which I had and it was an after effect.

Still worth going to A&E but hopefully not as serious as a stroke.

A&E, and no driving yourself there!

This could be a migraine at best, at worst a stroke. You need to be checked out immediately

100% A&E immediately

Go to A and E, ideally with an eye casualty department. This is your vision, it could be serious and it needs to be checked out. All the best.

My first thought was stroke. You need medical attention. Go to a&e now. If your husband is being an arse get a friend, neighbour, taxi to take you and the baby.

It could be a detached retina or a massive bleed. You need A&E asap.

WTF is wrong with your DH? Hope you're OK op and on your way to get checked out.

It is probably a migraine, BUT it could be a stroke, or a tumour, or many other things. The big BUT means your husband should be taking you to A&E now. EVEN if it is "only" a migraine, the one thing your husband should NOT be doing is going to work.

I am finding it hard to justify any reason why your husband should be going to work when you share a young baby. What if the blindness gets bad again, what if both eyes go while you are say, bathing the baby? Yes, anything tragic can happen to someone who is with a small child on there own, but that would be very unfortunate, or a horrible accident; you have had a very scary (apparently short lived) incident happen to you, it could be a very significant warning from your body. Get your husband to take you to A&E now, PLEASE. Remember it is probably a migraine, but you might not have time to mess around with 111, or waiting for your GP surgery to open, or to answer the phone.

The fact that your sight is returning to normal does not rule out something like a TIA, TIAs need immediate treatment, or at least observation, too. At the A&E reception tell them that you worried it could be a stroke, if your temporary blindness in one eye does not put you near the top of the triage list, a possible stroke, should. Also, please do not drive yourself. Good luck OP, it is probably a migraine - which would still be enough reason for your husband to have at least the morning off to look after the baby.

Of course you need to get medical attention now, it could be anything, but losing your sight for whatever reason needs immediate attention.

Put your foot down op, he needs to drive you to A&E or Minor Injuries and stay with you until he knows you are okay!

I hope you are getting medical help op. But if not another one urging you to do so. I know of 2 people who had loss of eyesight following stroke. Please go to A&E.

Yes medical attention now don’t delay at all

Ring 111, you will be prioritised and then sent to the place they feel is most relevant, as above this might not be A&E but the eye hospital. Whatever happens you need to be seen as a priority.

Do not fuck about with eyes. Get to A and E now.

@tara66

Go to an EYE Hospital - like Morefield Hospital or Western Eye Hospital - in London. Find one near you.

Can I ask how you’ve evaluated this is an ophthalmological problem rather than a neurological problem?

You must feel very confident indeed to give such poor advice.

What did you base it on? Certainly not a thorough history and full neurological examination.

Yes, he should take you for medical advice, but if doesn't, please get a cab.

I can’t believe you’re asking this or how unreasonable he is!!

He should get you to hospital asap. Who leaves their partner to fend for themselves like this?

You really should go to hospital. You need a ct scan to rule out a stroke.

Go to A and E. Any large hospital will have an eye department and as your vision has returned it’s really important it’s not just an eye hospital as it may be a stroke or something like that rather than a retinal detachment or retinal issue (as usually vision would get worse not return) but you still need both eye and normal departments to check what’s happened.

A and E are rubbish at eyes. As are GPs. Sudden painless loss of vision needs to be seen in an eye casualty same day - emergency Optom can also arrange that. Needs to be seen today.