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  • Underlying causes of red veins in eyes: Heart Disease and Diabetes

    Hi Everyone,

    For those who have read my other posts, you will know that I got rid of nearly all the red veins in my eyes through Taurine and L-Arginine supplementation, however, there is still one persistent red squiggly horizontal line in my right eye that remains.

    After conducting more research, it is my opinion that I had developed inflamed red veins in eyes- not necessarily from the use of vasoconstrictors, or extended contact lens wear but because I most likely have some underlying pre-diabetic condition with arterial plaque build-up.

    I've read several interesting books over the week, and one called Practical Iridology and Sclerology by Dr. Donald Bamer and the other Track Your Plaque by Dr. William R. Davis, MD, FACC.
    Dr. Davis is a coronary specialist whose healthy, active mother suddenly dropped dead from heart attack. In fact he says, arterial plaque starts building up in our teens and twenties, and 90% of people who seem healthy, exercise, do marathons, etc do not know that they have coronary plaque buildup because hospitals do not perform the right tests to diagnose this serious problem.

    Dr. Davis interview

    After reading Dr. Bamer's Sclerology book, he delineated that the red squiggly line in the sclera (whites of eyes) is due to arterial weakness, where one is becoming stronger as a result of the other being weak. I've noticed that my right leg calf swells slightly when I drink tea or coffee so it would be consistent with some sort of arterial plaque buildup.

    Also Dr. Bamer writes that the sclera of your eye tells you the internal problem you have within your body that is the most current up to date problem, so red eyes can signal towards a more serious issue that is being untreated and undiagnosed.

    Anyhow to add to my regimen of Taurine and L-Arginine, I am now also taking Serrapeptase (enteric coated capsules from Source Naturals) which is an enzyme that dissolves the arterial plaque in our bodies.

    So in conclusion, I think that the underlying causes of red veins in eyes could be strongly correlated to heart disease and diabetes. For the record, my hospital blood tests always came back normal, cholesterol levels good etc, but after reading through Dr. Davis' book, he writes that hospitals are in the business of making money, and want to create new patients and do not properly diagnose heart disease in people, and the chances that the healthiest people have arterial plaque build up is very high, even if they, like me, exercise regularly, are athletes, and even vegetarian.

    I hope you find your way to health, and check your arterial plaque levels to see if they are the underlying reason why you're developing red eyes.

    Logan x

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    Thanks for such thorough information. I too have squiggly red veins in the corner of my right eye. I attribute it to overuse of vasoconstrictor drops, but after quitting the use and switching to glasses instead of contacts 5 years ago, I'm not seeing any improvement. I tried gotu kola drops, l-arganine and taurine and lutein. I stopped spending money on all these supplements after realizing no change in my sclera. I have the same lifestyle: exercising much, eating only vegetarian, receiving healthy lab work readings. I am going to read the books you mention.

    Do you think liquid taurine is more effective than capsules? I was thinking about giving that a go next. Thanks for all your insight!!!

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      'Amino acids are the basic constituents of living organisms, and have both a structural and an active dynamic role in tissue and cell physiology. Human tears contain 23 amino acids, the relative proportion of which may change with the different physiological states of the eye surface. In this review, we present a collection of data from the published literature that indicate an active role of amino acids in the maintenance of eye surface homeostasis. Moreover, another series of published clinical data indicate that supplementation of amino acids, either as food supplements or as a topical treatment in enriched eye drops, is beneficial to the eye surface, and may improve its healing in cases of eye surface disease due to different causes.' [Proline, Lysine, Leucine, Glycine,Taurine}
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