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I've been sick since last Wednesday with what appears to be the flu. On and off fever/headache, chills, sore throat, aches, runny/stuffy nose, occasional sneezing and coughing. Last night my left eye started getting inflamed, and today it's been quite red. So tomorrow I'm going to go to an urgent care center to see if they'll prescribe me something for the eye.
I suppose the main question now is, do I drive way across town to the urgent care center which my health insurance covers, or do I go to a closer one which would presumably get the lesser "out-of-plan" benefits. Or do I spend time trying to search the health insurance website to see if they've added coverage for any other centers since I last checked.
Oh jeez... This page says:
"Conjunctivitis caused by adenoviruses or enteroviruses is self-limiting and requires no therapy other than careful hand washing to minimize spread to others.
... Bacterial conjunctivitis is typically treated with one of a variety of prescription ocular antibiotics. The AAO guidelines state that this infection, too, may be self-limiting and not require antibiotics, though they caution that this practice is only approved for adults."
Maybe I should wait to see if it goes away on its own. I'd hate to go to some center just to have them tell me to let it heal on its own, or to get medication that I don't really need.
Now the question is, do I even go.
I tend to be concerned with my eyes, because during high school, I had some kind of chronic eye infection. I didn't realize that's why my eyes always watered and felt sensitive to wind; I took it as a normal state of being. When someone finally pointed out that it wasn't normal, and I got treated, they felt much better.
"awakening with one or both eyes glued shut was the single strongest predictor of a bacterial infection, with an odds ratio of 2.96 (one eye) to 14.99 (both eyes). "
So far it's only one eye. It wasn't glued shut, but there was crud on it. And it's felt sticky all day on the inside corner.
"Classic "pink eye," or, more appropriately, acute follicular conjunctivitis caused by adenovirus, is distinguished by bilateral watery discharge and erythema, often in the presence of a viral upper respiratory infection;"
I haven't had much watery discharge. It feels dry and sticky.
I suppose I should go, to get a doctor's opinion if nothing else.
Update: Oh yay, the Doctor's Express on Forest Drive is now covered too!
There are also covered "walk-in clinics" in the CVS pharmacies... I wonder if it is better to go to one of those versus the Doctor's Express.
I suppose the main question now is, do I drive way across town to the urgent care center which my health insurance covers, or do I go to a closer one which would presumably get the lesser "out-of-plan" benefits. Or do I spend time trying to search the health insurance website to see if they've added coverage for any other centers since I last checked.
Oh jeez... This page says:
"Conjunctivitis caused by adenoviruses or enteroviruses is self-limiting and requires no therapy other than careful hand washing to minimize spread to others.
... Bacterial conjunctivitis is typically treated with one of a variety of prescription ocular antibiotics. The AAO guidelines state that this infection, too, may be self-limiting and not require antibiotics, though they caution that this practice is only approved for adults."
Maybe I should wait to see if it goes away on its own. I'd hate to go to some center just to have them tell me to let it heal on its own, or to get medication that I don't really need.
Now the question is, do I even go.
I tend to be concerned with my eyes, because during high school, I had some kind of chronic eye infection. I didn't realize that's why my eyes always watered and felt sensitive to wind; I took it as a normal state of being. When someone finally pointed out that it wasn't normal, and I got treated, they felt much better.
"awakening with one or both eyes glued shut was the single strongest predictor of a bacterial infection, with an odds ratio of 2.96 (one eye) to 14.99 (both eyes). "
So far it's only one eye. It wasn't glued shut, but there was crud on it. And it's felt sticky all day on the inside corner.
"Classic "pink eye," or, more appropriately, acute follicular conjunctivitis caused by adenovirus, is distinguished by bilateral watery discharge and erythema, often in the presence of a viral upper respiratory infection;"
I haven't had much watery discharge. It feels dry and sticky.
I suppose I should go, to get a doctor's opinion if nothing else.
Update: Oh yay, the Doctor's Express on Forest Drive is now covered too!
There are also covered "walk-in clinics" in the CVS pharmacies... I wonder if it is better to go to one of those versus the Doctor's Express.
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