Susan Dolan from Houston thought she had a stye but an optometrist noticed clouding across her cornea, leading to emergency surgery for orbital cellulitis.
A Renfrewshire woman had her life saved by a quick-thinking optometrist who noticed she had a serious eye infection during an appointment.
After a colleague said her eye looked swollen, she decided to get an appointment with her local pharmacist to get ointment for a stye. The pharmacist suggested she see an optician so Susan went into Hill Eyecare, her regular optician, for advice.READ MORE: Glasgow's Caledonia Road tower blocks to be demolished with explosives next summer
The optometrist made an urgent out-of-hours referral to ophthalmology at Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow, the next day for Susan who was left unable to open her eye during her consultation. Doctors decided to transfer her to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital where she was diagnosed with orbital cellulitis.
Susan was rushed to surgery to remove pressure caused by the infection. Surgeons had to remove parts of her nasal passages and bone from behind her eye, to alleviate the strain and stop the infection from spreading.
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