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For the past 4 weeks or so K has been suffering with eye pain, at first in the bone around the eye but lately also in the eye itself. It got steadily worse and on the day she had a doctor's appointment she was sent home early as she had a bad headache and felt sick. The doctor decided that she had a minor ear infection - they did look slightly pink down near the ear drum (yes I got a peek, without asking) - and a sinus infection (but K said he pressed so hard on the left maxiliary sinus it would have hurt anyway).
One week of antibiotics later and we were back at square one. So I made another appointment, this time with our own GP Dr D. Unfortunately I was working so A had to take her. K was also sent home again today, suffering from a bad headache. On the plus side K's confidence is blooming and she was able to handle all the history taking herself - that and she is up-to-here with the pain and discomfort. After much chat and testing Dr D said that he thought the most likely option would be migraine (A's mum and I have both been known to be floored by them), but he also wanted her to see our optician to check for visual defects and, particularly, glaucoma. Strictly speaking, K is too young for this disease but occasional cases have been know. She is also having increasing difficulty with blurring and focussing, though I'm not sure if that's all the time or just when the pains are playing up. So we are off to see our eye man on Tuesday. K has to take propranolol, a mild beta-blocker, for two weeks to see if that helps with the pain. So far the answer is no but we'll keep going for the course to see if it needs to accumulate in the body.
If the optician can't find anything and the propranolol doesn't work then she gets referred to the opthalmology department at the local hospital.
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