# Concern or fear of eye disease

- Category: chronic
- Review status: reviewed (every claim checked against a document named on this page)
- Sources: ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class FS90 - condition scope only, no dose · Illness Anxiety Disorder - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf (NBK554399) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK554399/ · No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
- Verified date: 2026-08

## Verified against

- No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care

## Treatment metadata

- No drug therapy in primary care (Referral & Advice)

## Complete treatment card

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CONCERN OR FEAR OF EYE DISEASE
Sources: ICPC-3 (WONCA International Classification of Primary Care, 3rd edition) class FS90 -
         condition scope only, no dose · Illness Anxiety Disorder - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
         (NBK554399) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK554399/ · No dose - referral pathway,
         no medicine given in primary care
Review status: REVIEWED against the source listed above  (2026-08)

1. NO DRUG THERAPY IN PRIMARY CARE (REFERRAL & ADVICE)    [1st line]
   Adult    A patient worried about an eye condition without (yet) having a proven diagnosis. The
            GP's role is a focused history and exam, reassurance or explanation, and referral only
            if something is actually found — there is nothing to prescribe for the worry itself. -
            Refer, with advice
   Peds     Children follow the same pathway: recognise and refer. No primary-care medicine is
            implied.
   Source   No dose - referral pathway, no medicine given in primary care
   Why      A patient worried about an eye condition without (yet) having a proven diagnosis. The
            GP's role is a focused history and exam, reassurance or explanation, and referral only
            if something is actually found — there is nothing to prescribe for the worry itself.
   Caution  RED FLAG - Sudden painless loss of vision, curtain falling, or new shower of
            floaters/flashes (retinal detachment / retinal vascular occlusion): assess urgently and
            refer.
            RED FLAG - Acute severe eye pain with fixed mid-dilated pupil, cloudy cornea, and halo
            vision (acute angle-closure glaucoma): assess urgently and refer.
            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 - Any real visual symptom or examination finding uncovered during assessment
            must be worked up on its own merits, not dismissed as anxiety.

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