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Story of how I came to this treatment. History of the improvements.
**** READ **** THIS REALLY WORKS FOR ME****
I have not posted in My Dry Eye Triumphs because I want to see long term results.
- A friend told me about a retired doctor who treated some diseases such as Sjogren's Syndrome and Multiple Sclerosis with Vitamin D. He told me to schedule a conversation with the doctor, why might solve my problem. I did not for 6 months, it sounds weird treatment with something so simple, I thought it was more of a charlatan like many here.
29/05/2013 - In this day, I was having lunch with my friend, and my eyes were bad, then he commented on the doctor and made a call to him. I talked to the doctor, he knew I had dry eye, my friend had told him, and then he asked me if I had Sjogren's syndrome. I said no, I told you I was a post-lasik patient and explained how it works. He asked me to call him after three days because he would study the case.
30/05/2013 - In the afternoon, this same doctor call me. He was very excited, saying he had researched on dry eye after lasik and that vitamin D could help me. He scheduled a discussion / consultation for the next day at 9 am.
31/05/2013 - I woke up, I did my ritual of dry eye, put the sunglasses and went to talk to the doctor. Arriving there, he gave me a mini-lecture on vitamin D and showed me the research on dry eye on vitamin D and explained the connections between the two and why he thought it would help me (I will present this information below) .
The "consultation" lasted about two hours, he asked a few questions, noted my eyes and scheduled an examination to quantify the amount of vitamin D present in my blood for the next morning and asked me to pass on to his office take 20 pills of vitamin D and start treatment immediately after the examination. He did not charge me for the consultation and vitamin D.
01/06/2013 - I did the blood test, I took the capsules of vitamin D and started taking them (one after lunch). On the day, I felt nothing.
02/06/2013 - Friday I'm usually at home using pc with protective goggles and occasionally I will run. That day, I decided to watch the Brazil v England game without the glasses (in activities that require concentration, two hours was very unguarded for me). At the end of the game my eyes were burning a little and a little red.
03/06/2013 - The eyes have agreed a little better than normal, I have found strange because he had abused on Sunday. I followed the normal routine.
04/06/2013 - I woke up and ... damn, the eyes are white and without pain, what is it? I spent the day using less protective glasses and arrived at night as well, with only a nuisance in the eye.
05/06/2013 - I work for the justice of my country, that day I had to wake up 5a.m to take home a guy who beat his wife. Just to get an idea, I have no problem with the job, my concern was always the pain that would be to wake up early. The day before I went to sleep 1a.m to worsen the situation. To my surprise to wake up ... Where is the pain? Where is the red? I was taking the guy home with a smile on my face, rsrsrsr. Worse, of late I had to fetch a child suffering abuse, and get all these procedures without glasses and blink less due to atten required. To my amazement, I got the night with eyes wide and white. AWESOME. I went through stressful situations and without protective glasses and eyes were fine.
06-09 - I proceeded with the normal routine, I woke up and my eyes were fine. Spend the day WITHOUT GOGGLES now. I watched the game Brazil x France without my glasses.
10/06/2013 - First big test, walk 4 ½ hours in a mall with air conditioning on, no drops and no glasses. I left the mall with a nuisance in the eyes, but they were not red. An improvement of 6 points (0-10) for air conditioning), still remains hostile.
11/06/2013 - Today I woke up with eyes a bit red, but no pain. Blame my test with the air conditioner yesterday. However, after the routine care and eye drops, back to normal. If I did that before, would spend at least two days each with red eyes and aching. There was an improvement in that aspect.
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Scientific basis presented and researched.
Okay, the truth is that I have not researched much about it yet. I relied on the doctor showed me, but I will search more, always updating this topic. Any help is welcome.
Vitamin D (summary - For better understanding read the scientific paper pointed out here) - Used primarily to regulate our immune system in treatment. Our eyes (dry eye) are in a state of continuous inflammation why our defense cells produce inflammatory cytokines in the wrong way. Vitamin D acts on diminution of these inflammatory components, thereby reducing the pain and redness.
Inflammatory process - http://www.eyecareeducators.com/site...ye_disease.htm
Post-Lasik Dry eyes - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3235707/
Vitamin D and inflammation - http://www.thelancet.com/journals/la.../PIIS0140-6736 (13) 60527-9/abstract
There are many studies about vitamin D and other illnesses, but no linking it to dry eye.
The scientific work presented by the doctor showed the role of vitamin D in inflammation talked about multiple sclerosis.
If anyone finds more sources or connections, please tell me to put in that introduction.
__________________________________________________ ______________________________
My conclusions
I think I still have dry eye but the inflammation has DRAMATICALLY LOWER, which greatly increased my quality of life.
This month I will consult the ophthalmologist to test and TBUT Schimmer, post the results here when they leave.
for those who have dry eye due to AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, I think it's worth reading a bit about the treatment and study. If anyone wants, I ask my doctor what you need.
Who has dry eye for any other reason, I think it's worth trying, at least it will give you more energy.
__________________________________________________ ______________________________
That's right, I'll try to update this topic gradually. Is very disorganized, I wrote it on the run and translate with google, I know it is bad.
If anyone has any suggestions or find some article, I will updating here to keep everyone informed.
Hugs.
André
**** READ **** THIS REALLY WORKS FOR ME****
I have not posted in My Dry Eye Triumphs because I want to see long term results.
- A friend told me about a retired doctor who treated some diseases such as Sjogren's Syndrome and Multiple Sclerosis with Vitamin D. He told me to schedule a conversation with the doctor, why might solve my problem. I did not for 6 months, it sounds weird treatment with something so simple, I thought it was more of a charlatan like many here.
29/05/2013 - In this day, I was having lunch with my friend, and my eyes were bad, then he commented on the doctor and made a call to him. I talked to the doctor, he knew I had dry eye, my friend had told him, and then he asked me if I had Sjogren's syndrome. I said no, I told you I was a post-lasik patient and explained how it works. He asked me to call him after three days because he would study the case.
30/05/2013 - In the afternoon, this same doctor call me. He was very excited, saying he had researched on dry eye after lasik and that vitamin D could help me. He scheduled a discussion / consultation for the next day at 9 am.
31/05/2013 - I woke up, I did my ritual of dry eye, put the sunglasses and went to talk to the doctor. Arriving there, he gave me a mini-lecture on vitamin D and showed me the research on dry eye on vitamin D and explained the connections between the two and why he thought it would help me (I will present this information below) .
The "consultation" lasted about two hours, he asked a few questions, noted my eyes and scheduled an examination to quantify the amount of vitamin D present in my blood for the next morning and asked me to pass on to his office take 20 pills of vitamin D and start treatment immediately after the examination. He did not charge me for the consultation and vitamin D.
01/06/2013 - I did the blood test, I took the capsules of vitamin D and started taking them (one after lunch). On the day, I felt nothing.
02/06/2013 - Friday I'm usually at home using pc with protective goggles and occasionally I will run. That day, I decided to watch the Brazil v England game without the glasses (in activities that require concentration, two hours was very unguarded for me). At the end of the game my eyes were burning a little and a little red.
03/06/2013 - The eyes have agreed a little better than normal, I have found strange because he had abused on Sunday. I followed the normal routine.
04/06/2013 - I woke up and ... damn, the eyes are white and without pain, what is it? I spent the day using less protective glasses and arrived at night as well, with only a nuisance in the eye.
05/06/2013 - I work for the justice of my country, that day I had to wake up 5a.m to take home a guy who beat his wife. Just to get an idea, I have no problem with the job, my concern was always the pain that would be to wake up early. The day before I went to sleep 1a.m to worsen the situation. To my surprise to wake up ... Where is the pain? Where is the red? I was taking the guy home with a smile on my face, rsrsrsr. Worse, of late I had to fetch a child suffering abuse, and get all these procedures without glasses and blink less due to atten required. To my amazement, I got the night with eyes wide and white. AWESOME. I went through stressful situations and without protective glasses and eyes were fine.
06-09 - I proceeded with the normal routine, I woke up and my eyes were fine. Spend the day WITHOUT GOGGLES now. I watched the game Brazil x France without my glasses.
10/06/2013 - First big test, walk 4 ½ hours in a mall with air conditioning on, no drops and no glasses. I left the mall with a nuisance in the eyes, but they were not red. An improvement of 6 points (0-10) for air conditioning), still remains hostile.
11/06/2013 - Today I woke up with eyes a bit red, but no pain. Blame my test with the air conditioner yesterday. However, after the routine care and eye drops, back to normal. If I did that before, would spend at least two days each with red eyes and aching. There was an improvement in that aspect.
__________________________________________________ ______________________________
Scientific basis presented and researched.
Okay, the truth is that I have not researched much about it yet. I relied on the doctor showed me, but I will search more, always updating this topic. Any help is welcome.
Vitamin D (summary - For better understanding read the scientific paper pointed out here) - Used primarily to regulate our immune system in treatment. Our eyes (dry eye) are in a state of continuous inflammation why our defense cells produce inflammatory cytokines in the wrong way. Vitamin D acts on diminution of these inflammatory components, thereby reducing the pain and redness.
Inflammatory process - http://www.eyecareeducators.com/site...ye_disease.htm
Post-Lasik Dry eyes - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3235707/
Vitamin D and inflammation - http://www.thelancet.com/journals/la.../PIIS0140-6736 (13) 60527-9/abstract
There are many studies about vitamin D and other illnesses, but no linking it to dry eye.
The scientific work presented by the doctor showed the role of vitamin D in inflammation talked about multiple sclerosis.
If anyone finds more sources or connections, please tell me to put in that introduction.
__________________________________________________ ______________________________
My conclusions
I think I still have dry eye but the inflammation has DRAMATICALLY LOWER, which greatly increased my quality of life.
This month I will consult the ophthalmologist to test and TBUT Schimmer, post the results here when they leave.
for those who have dry eye due to AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, I think it's worth reading a bit about the treatment and study. If anyone wants, I ask my doctor what you need.
Who has dry eye for any other reason, I think it's worth trying, at least it will give you more energy.
__________________________________________________ ______________________________
That's right, I'll try to update this topic gradually. Is very disorganized, I wrote it on the run and translate with google, I know it is bad.
If anyone has any suggestions or find some article, I will updating here to keep everyone informed.
Hugs.
André
and wats a few dollars in the search for comfort.
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