A mum is 'one of two in the world' to lose an eye to a rare condition that threatened to make it EXPLODE - and now wears a glittery prosthetic.
Holly Swindells, 34, noticed her right eye getting red and painful and she started coughing up blood and getting nosebleeds.
She took several trips to her GP and A&E with no success and ended up bedbound from the pain.
Eventually a blood test revealed she had granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) - a rare type of vasculitis - which is causes inflammation of blood vessels, including in the eyes.
The mum-of-two had to have her right eye removed as doctors warned that her eye pressure was so high it was at risk of bursting.
Holly Swindells, 34, noticed her right eye getting red and painful and she started coughing up blood and getting nosebleeds.
She took several trips to her GP and A&E with no success and ended up bedbound from the pain.
Eventually a blood test revealed she had granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) - a rare type of vasculitis - which is causes inflammation of blood vessels, including in the eyes.
The mum-of-two had to have her right eye removed as doctors warned that her eye pressure was so high it was at risk of bursting.
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00:00Come get a glittery eye with me in the UK.
00:03So for those of you that don't know, I have a false eye and being in the UK,
00:08I've gone to the National Artificial Eye Service to get these eyes made
00:12and it takes around four months to six months because it is the National Health
00:18and other people need their eyes done as well.
00:20So these are the finished products as you can see here
00:23and here we've got the ocularist, he is shaping the eyes, he's buffing them,
00:29he's making sure that they're the right size and they look right when they're in my eye socket,
00:34making sure they're nice and comfy, he's done a fab job
00:38and this is the final product so as you can see it's got a great shine to it.
00:44One of the eyes has gone back but for the time being I've got my blue glittery eye here.
00:49So what are we thinking guys? Let me know in the comments your thoughts.
00:53Bye!
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