Eyelid infection

[Wood~Ant]

I have a nasty right eyelid infection at the moment, and as my left eye has optic nerve damage from when I was a child I was thrown under my grandfathers van in a car accident, making that eye have permanent blind spots, now my right eye vision is impaired

This means I cannot read posts very well, so if I don't give any replies it isn't that I am not interested in your posts, it is just that I can't read them well to offer any answer.
I rung the doctors today and forgot it was a UK bank holiday, so they were closed and I was transferred to a help line. Not much use when I need antibiotic treatment and cannot travel to a clinic which may be miles away

So please remember there are lots of other members who can help, and Jen will be home later to help you all as I am suffering from this temporary disability which I hope will soon go away, as it is like having a needle pushed into your eye with the pain and I can hardly open it to see with

[Blem12]

Hello,

Ouch! That sounds quite bad. I hope that you get treated soon and get better!


Blem12.

[TenebrousNova]

Bad luck, Wood.
That sounds like a nasty thing to put up with. Of most injuries/diseases/infections, eye ones have to be some of the worst in my opinion.

You'll get better though.

[Jenny]

I wacked him in the eye really but it does look bad and all puffed up. He's off to the dr's this morning!

[Kyle]

Ouch that does sound painful, and being with the eyes makes it even worse in my opinion, hope you getter better soon

[Jenny]

Wood has been given antibiotics and told a cyst has formed around a septic eye follicle. The Dr suggested washing his eye lashes thoroughly with a drop of diluted baby shampoo in water to stop any build up of bacteria forming after sleep.

[Quah]

I hope your eye gets better soon.

I hardly ever takes antibiotic but I did once some three years back. The doctor prescride a course of powerful antibiotic which I now in hindsight probably shouldn't have taken. The result was a severe case of candida overgrowth because the antibiotic killed off all the beneficial bacteria in my GI track.

[peanuts]

Painful, very painful if your eyelid puffs up and rubs on your eye

[Jenny]

This is what Wood has got on his upper eyelid
www.patient.co.uk/health/Chalazion.htm

[shane]

Hope you get well soon Wood~Ant, And swelling goes down.

[Wood~Ant]

Thank you for your kind messages guys. The pain was waking me up and keeping me up half the night on Sunday, Monday and most of Tuesday; but now the swelling is going down thanks to the antibiotic and my doctor telling me to bathe my eyes with a mild solution of baby shampoo of all things to clean the eye lashes

It is still a bit sore, and I have to type slowly to see what I am posting, but at least I can see to post now