Dry Eyes can Lead to Dry Eye Disease Which Is A Chronic Pain Disorder DRY EYE DISEASE (DED) has become an epidemic. Dry Eye Disease is due to many factors, which include: 1. chronic dry eyes, 2. chronic inflammation (from genetic risks, diet, constant staring at electronic devices and other environmental risks: smoking, dry workplace/home, […]
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Vitamin B12 Deficiency is related to Eye Pain: Check your vitamin B12 levels if you continue to have eye pain despite trying many dry eye treatments. I will add this to my step ladder recommendation. Sandra Lora Cremers, MD, FACS Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2017 Mar 15. doi: 10.1007/s00417-017-3632-y. [Epub ahead of print] Vitamin B12
Most Cost Effective Way to Treat a Blind Painful Eye A 78 y ear old patient come in this morning with a eye pressure of 66 mmHg (normal is less than 21 mmHg). He had chronic angle closure glaucoma from a large cataract and narrow angle that was never treated. He has been in a
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Options in Lid Hygiene Though the below report was not published in a high impact journal, it does suggest an interesting alternative to just plain warm compresses. It also makes me think that the potency of Tea Tree Oil in its smell and molecules that cause the burning sensation when placed on the skin may also increase
Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase MTHFR, short for Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase, is a very important enzyme in the body. This enzyme is necessary for Methylation to occur which is a metabolic process that switches genes on and off, repairs DNA and many other important things. Methylation is also essential to convert both folate and folic acid – each a form of Vitamin B9 – into its active,
N-Acetyl-cysteine (NAC) For Dry Eyes One of my favorite patients recently told me about a new supplement she said helped her dry eyes. She is on 500mg twice per day and feels an improvement.It turns out there is some proof in good medical journals that show the benefit of NAC for Dry Eyes noted below. Sandra
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Acupuncture for Acute Stye (also known as Hordeolum: Very unlikely to work For the record, I suspect, acupuncture does not help really at all with acute styes/hordeolum. A study with a larger sample size would likely show this. There, unfortunately, is no substitute for daily warm compresses (100+ times when a stye/hordeolum starts), massaging of
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Tamiflu appears to be safe for breastfeeding babies. Tamiflu appears to be safe for breastfeeding babies. I will look up more information on Pubmed soon. Still be aware Tamiflu in not without serious risks: Please see: Risk of Tamiflu SLC http://www.infantrisk.com/content/influenza-season-recommendations-pregnant-and-breastfeeding-mothers Vaccines Pregnant Patients: The American College of Gynecology (ACOG) and the Centers for Disease Control and
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Cell Phone and Computer Use Destroys Meibomian Glands and Leads to Chronic Eye Pain from Chronic Dry Eye This is a very bold statement and should likely state “Excessive Cell Phone and Computer Use Destroys Meibomian Glands in Some People and Leads to Chronic Eye Pain from Chronic Dry Eye in Some People.” The issue is
Myofascial Pain Syndrome and the Science behind Acupuncture: Does Acupuncture and Massaging work? Many people have pain from time to time in different parts of the body. Physical pain is a universal issue. Some people have severe chronic pain. This can be very frustrating as there is often no way to “objectively measure” pain and