NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (REFERRAL & ADVICE)
Nonspecific symptom with causes ranging from trivial (foreign body, dry eye) to sight- or life-threatening (acute glaucoma, uveitis, corneal ulcer, scleritis). Because the underlying cause determines treatment, this code itself carries no single drug; the GP's job is triage and appropriately urgent referral. - Refer, with advice
Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is implied.
No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
Nonspecific symptom with causes ranging from trivial (foreign body, dry eye) to sight- or life-threatening (acute glaucoma, uveitis, corneal ulcer, scleritis). Because the underlying cause determines treatment, this code itself carries no single drug; the GP's job is triage and appropriately urgent referral.
- No medicine is prescribed for this in primary care - this entry is for recognition and referral. Anything given is decided by the service it is referred to.
- RED FLAG - Sudden severe pain with halos around lights, nausea or vomiting and a non-reactive mid-dilated pupil (acute angle-closure glaucoma), pain with reduced vision, a history of trauma or chemical splash, or photophobia with a red eye (uveitis or keratitis): refer urgently.