A woman could barely open her eyes after she got severe sun poisoning. <br /><br />Orla McGlynn, 22, failed to wear protective cream during a long weekend in Cornwall.<br /><br />And she paid the price - when the area around her left eye became badly inflamed.<br /><br />Orla, from Stockport, says she wasn't in any pain but had to wear sunglasses at work while the problem subsided.<br /><br />The waitress said: "I wasn't wearing any suncream. I just had moisturiser on with SPF.<br /><br />"I was a bit stupid, but I've learnt my lesson.<br /><br />"But on the Friday, it was cloudy and I burnt then, so I just wasn't prepared for it, I think.<br /><br />"It actually wasn't painful at all, just annoying as I was going out the following weekend and I was stressed about that.<br /><br />"I could see fine, my right eye was a lot worse and it was a bit harder to see but it wasn't that bad."<br /><br />Orla woke up with swelling on the Monday morning, which she initially put down to morning tiredness.<br /><br />She said: "I woke up feeling a bit swollen and I just thought that was normal because of the morning.<br /><br />"But I flew home later that day and it just got worse. It took two days to really come up."<br /><br />Following a trip to the hospital, Orla was sent on her way armed with antihistamine and ibuprofen and a pair of sunglasses for work.<br /><br />She said: "I'm back to normal now, thank god.<br /><br />"It took about three days to clear up and I had to wear my sunglasses whilst waitressing at the pub!"<br /><br />And Orla's advice to others: "Wear suncream - but I say that, since then I haven't put it on so maybe I actually haven't learnt my lesson."
