eye pain

[powrrang]

Hi I posted about a week ago about pain when I moved my eye and it was suggested that it may have been an infected corneal ulcer because I had went swimming in lake recently so I went to the emergency room and the nurse practitioner there said my cornea looked fine. She left it up to eye strain from reading the new Harry Potter book in a few days, and also because I had no redness in my eye nor any other symptoms then the pain. So she then prescribed me 600 mg of ibuprofen 3 times a day for 3 days. I finished that yesterday and today I feel like I have a constant eye headache, although they don't hurt anymore when I move them than when I don't now, and there are some moments I have no pain. So I'm just wondering whether you guys think this was just eyestrain and the headache is just from my body getting used to not having 1800 mg of ibuprofen a day and that everything will be okey or whether it is something more serious still and if it is what could it be? All help is deeply appreciated.

[powrrang]

Actually now today my eyes feel completely fine they have no pain at all so I believe her conclusions WERE correct and it was just eye strain.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Seeing a nurse practitioner in the ER is not the same as seeing a physician in the ER. I think the nurse practitioner's diagnosis or conclusions are likely erroneous and prescription strength ibuprofen for eye strain from reading Harry Potter makes no sense at all to me.

You need to see someone with the equipment and training to do a proper eye examination. I suggest you see an ophthalmologist for a comprehensive eye examination and a proper diagnosis.

Next time you go to the ER consider asking to be seen by a physician rather than a nurse practitioner.

JCH III MD Eye Physician & Surgeon