I believe MGD is an Anemia Disease

[Guest]

Interesting post about the vitamins Plat

The B vitamins, and vitamin C are water soluble vitamins, so one doesn't have to worry about toxicities when taken as directed on the package.

Vitamin A is fat soluble, so if one takes in more than one's body needs, it will accumulate, and eventually can cause toxicities. More than 10,000 units of vitamin A daily on a chronic basis would be a toxic dose.

As a supplement, potassium is only available as a prescription in Canada (probably is the same in the U.S.?) because it can easily lead to toxic reactions if one takes too much.

[Plat]

Not sure as a signal supplement, but potassium is in Centrum products.

http://www.centrumvitamins.ca/conten...?section=adult

Rhad, where have you gone?

[Guest]

My bad... you're right... you can get it over the counter in small amounts. For higher doses though, you need a prescription.

[regina]

where did rhad go...?

Its unfortunate we lost rhad on our forum. I for one appreciated his thoughts and ideas that were out of the box. He was doing research for all of us trying to find something that will help us.

Lets face it...we are all trying the same sh** and we are all still here. I want to try something different. If people arent willing to...thats fine but please dont bash the ones that are. Be open minded please...and Rhad...come back hon!

[alisonW]

I completely agree Regina...

There are many posts about people finding their own cures and *lots* of them could be considered ridiculous, hog wash, out there, not scientific, etc. - whatever you want to call it. None of those other posters have been publicly treated as poorly as Rhad though. It makes no sense to me. I also appreciate any and all ideas, thoughts, cures, and experiences no matter how far-fetched they may seem. If even one person can benefit from anothers ideas it is worth it for them to be posted. We are all struggling here and alienating people doesn't help at all. I take everything I read here with a grain of salt and keep my mouth shut when necessary - I wish that others would do this as well.

[Plat]

Exactly, doesn't make sense does it. Why would anyone want to shut Rhad out, why? When all he is trying to do is help. Also his topics are the most read and of most interest. The honey cure is a triumph when it hurt others, and Rhad's previous post gets shut down? Why?

Rhad we believe in you - You are a real person? Aren't you?

Rhad come back and continue this discussion. By the forum penalizing Rhad, they are penalizing us that need help also.

[Rebecca Petris]

I'm sorry but Rhad is not currently able to participate due to an unresolved issue (which does not relate to the substance of the posts in this thread). If and when he contacts me or another moderator, this may change, but for now, let's please leave this discussion alone and move on.

[Ariel]

I think it's interesting that some women may develop dry eye during pregnancy that goes away after they give birth. That would make us think about a nutritional deficiency, wouldn't it?

If nutrition does in fact play a role in DES there should be cases of dry eye sufferers who went into remission when drastically changing their diets as it does happen sometimes when you move to a different country.

It would be helpful if we could study the common denominator in people in which dry eye has come and gone. I wonder if there are any medical studies about the incidence of DE in different countries throughout the world. As availability of certain food and diets could be very different from country to country we might be able to get some important clues from it. Think about the difference between the diet of the Inuit people and Yanomami tribes of the Amazon.

Rhad might have been on to something.

[westsnoop]

Theory

Pregnancy affects the thyroid.
Rhad's vitamins/minerals are commonly found in nutritional supplements for the thyroid. For example, Swanson's Thyroid Support.

A possible cause?

[avee]

When it comes to pregnancy, I think it's not nutritional deficiency but hormones. I've had 2 pregnancies in row recently and at that time my eyes were totally different from what they usually are (better). But if they were worse I'd still be sure it's hormones because nutritional deficiency doesn't kick in overnight.

[greeneyes]

For what it's worth, on the advice of an eye specialist, I have been taking flaxseed oil for approximately five months and have no more problems with MGD. I don't wake up with my lashes stuck together any more and I don't have to do the massage and cleaning of the lashes and my eyes are functioning normally with an adequate tear film. I endured about ten years of MGD and saw many other specialists prior to starting to take flaxseed oil.
I take about a teaspoon and a half twice a day. Occasionally I ran out of flaxseed oil and my eyes began to get red and painful again so I know that is what is making the difference, for me. Now I make sure I never run out.

I hope this helps some people who are suffering from this painful and embarrassing affliction. Please give it a try and report back. I came back to look at the forum when I realized there may be some people still suffering that this information may help. I hope so.

[jads]

I believe it to be a combination of things, however with the emphasis squarely on hormone imbalance. http://www.dryeyezone.com/talk/entry...out-of-balance

Malnutrition or malabsorption can cause any number of illnesses. Many people are in a poor state nutritionally, though they don't necessarily suffer with dry eyes. Although you would expect everyone's body chemistry to be the same, everyone is different in subtle ways, genetically or otherwise.

General toxicity and inflammation can also be fingered as root causes for DES. Both of these have knock-on effects for the endocrine (hormone) system and other hormones. When you reduce the toxic overload by eating good, whole, nutritious food and detoxing, the body starts to naturally restore balance - sometimes agonisingly slowly and sometimes overnight! Again, we are all different.

The main problem with hormone balance is that there are genuinely very few specialists that really and truly understand how to correct the imbalances, it is trial and error a lot of the time. In many ways, this is why it is better to, where possible, let the body restore balance by providing the rigth inputs, either via herbal supplements or drastic dietary changes.

Unfortunately, as already mentioned in other posts, you won't get this kind of advice from most doctors nine times out of ten.