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Symptoms of hay fever? Can it affect only one eye?
My 5 year old son woke up with a sore eye last night and complained there was something in it so I blew it and washed it, he then said it felt better. Same situation this morning except his eye had become red, watery and slightly swollen (I would imagine from rubbing his eye in his sleep?)
By 1pm this afternoon it was pouring water, bright red and slightly more swollen looking. I took him to the doctor who had a look to see if there was anything that could have been irritating his eye but found nothing.
After the doctor had called the specialist ophthalmologist, they came to the conclusion that it is viral conjunctivitis and advised to keep an eye on it (no pun intended lol) but sadly I'm not convinced as my experience of conjunctivitis is gooey eyelash sticking irritating stuff - which this is not.
I also noticed whilst in the gp surgery waiting room that he started having a runny nose...just gave him some anti allergy medicine to see how he gets on with that by the morning.
Hay fever or conjunctivitis?
1 Answer
- SLv 56 years ago
The problem is that it is impossible to be certain without some kind of testing. Bacterial conjunctivitis, viral conjunctivitis, and allergies can all present with the exact same symptoms. Since conjunctivitis can be so contagious, doctors err on the side of caution.
What I can tell you is that a week ago I woke up with my right eye swollen, red, and goopy. Two days later it had cleared up on its own, and no one "caught" pink eye from me. This morning, my eye is red and weepy. Both times have corresponded with a worsening of my sinus symptoms. For me it is allergies.