Eye Diseases

Glaucoma

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Glaucoma is defined as a collection of diseases that causes optic nerve damage.

Open angle or Chronic Glaucoma – is the most common type. This responds well to nutritional intervention as per our recommendations.

Narrow Angle Glaucoma is an ocular emergency. The symptoms can be a sudden, painful red eye, nausea, vomiting, headache and visual halos. In the event of the symptoms above seek medical help immediately.

Low Tension Glaucoma is usually a sign of poor circulation. Heart problems, brain tumours, or toxic drugs can all produce optic nerve damage that may present as glaucoma. A Natural health Doctors is recommended for diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

Secondary Glaucoma develops secondarily to other conditions, for example, due to inflammation, injury, blood in the eye or drug side effects (such as from steroids). A Natural health Doctor is recommended for diagnosis and appropriate treatment

Glaucoma Suspects are people with higher than normal eye pressure but never develop glaucoma. These people should be monitored regularly. This responds well to nutritional intervention as per our recommendations.

Congenital Glaucoma may occur in the first few months of life. A Natural health Doctor is recommended for diagnosis and appropriate treatment.

Symptoms:

Reduced peripheral vision

Intraocular pressure (IOP) greater than 21, or where there is a large discrepancy in IOP’s between the two eyes.

Optic cup asymmetry

Causes:

High level of stress – Results in Poor Breathing, Digestion and comfort eating of starchy foods.
Bad Diet – Too many starchy foods Bread, Pastry, Biscuits, Breakfast cereals and High Starch Root Vegetables (potatoes, parsnips etc). These all cause a damaging high level of glucose spikes in the bloodstream.
Nutritional Deficiencies – Often sufferers of glaucoma are deficient in some or many of the important nutrients including essential fatty acids, Lutein, zeaxanthin, Taurine, antioxidants, bioflavonoid, zinc, selenium, vitamin B-complex.
Drugs (most of all prescribed drugs) -. Use of any prescribed drugs will have some side effect and example, antibiotics is also a prime culprit in poor digestion due to the killing of important stomach flora that will inhibit Taurine an important amino acid in the eye.
Family History of Glaucoma – can be genetic or just simply living the same lifestyle.
Other chronic diseases that can raise IOP’s include obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease (insufficient blood flow to the eyes), thyroid disease (hyperthyroidism) which due to prominent eyes, the eyes are exposed to increased pressure from intraorbital swelling. These are in the main caused by 1, 2 and 3.
Being African-American (glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness among this population. This racial grouping is know to be unable to eat high starch food groups and again in the main caused by 1,2, and 3.
Extreme nearsightedness or farsightedness (higher level and a risk of angle closure). 1,2 and 3 may cause this also.
Steroid use, often in the form of eye drops, nose drops or inhalants (elevates IOL pressure mildly in approximately 16% of people on steroids).

Nutritional Intervention:

Damage to the optic nerve can still happen with eye drop controlled pressures. Nutritional support, supplementation and lifestyle changes can dramatically improve the condition of your eyes.

As will most childhood problems a squint is almost certainly caused by either a nutritional deficiency during the development of the baby in the womb or damage caused by eating high levels of starchy foods during pregnancy (see Starch Study). This may also be contributed to by the infant being given starchy food in its formative years.

Conventional Treatment:

Optical correction is usually successful

Alternative Treatment:

The Action Plan can be successfully used on its own or along side the optical corrective work.

Retinitis Pigmentosa

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Which eye diseases are genetic?

Retinitis Pigmentosa is the most well known genetic eye disease. Many cases of severe eye disease in children such as microphthalmos (small eye), cataract, glaucoma and retinoblastoma, an eye tumour in childhood, are caused by genetic defects.

Many genetic diseases which affect several body systems also affect the eye e.g. Marfan’s syndrome, neurofibromatosis.

It is increasingly recognised that many adult eye diseases such as cataract, glaucoma and diabetes are modified by a person’s genetic constitution but it may be that diet is an important factor (See Starch Study).

Orthodox treatment:

There are some aspects of most genetic eye diseases that can be treated, but as yet treatment to put right the genetic problem itself is not available for these conditions. There is a great deal of research being done into genetic disorders, and it is reasonable to expect advances in treatment in future years.

Alternative treatment:

The doctors in the USA who pioneered the alternative treatment for Macular Degeneration also found that Retinitis Pigmentosa also responded. Quite why this is if the problem is genetic ‘in the eye’ is baffling. If the problem is lack of nutritional uptake in the digestive tract (genetic) or a problem absorbing the nutrients in the eye then it may explain ‘why’. The simple fact is it does respond at any age and the average person could not care less why it works.

Other Eye Diseases Not Listed

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We are always researching new treatment regimes and are able to give guidance in many cases.

If you have an eye disease not covered on this site, simply e-mail us with your details and we will contact you to discuss your situation.

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Eye Diseases

Glaucoma

Squint

Retinitis Pigmentosa

Other Eye Diseases Not Listed