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macular pucker

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• Re: macular pucker (Archive in eye.) Walt Stoll 10:18:00 4/04/01 (0)
• Re: macular pucker Vince F 13:28:39 4/02/01 (1)
  • Re: macular pucker vickir 08:38:52 4/04/01 (0)

In Reply to: macular pucker posted by vickir on April 02, 2001 at 12:27:58:

Vicki,

I would be interested in what you find out and maybe
asking your Dr will give you the answer. I have had vision
problems since a chemical injury and focusing seemed to be
restricted by a sort of paralysis of the eye muscles. Not
something that is that obvious but I just can't move my eyes
like i used to or probably the muscles around them. When
my eyes used to fatigue after reading for a few min early
on and i read that Ephedrine could help weak eye muscles I
tried it and I made tremendous gains in the amount of time
I could read with each pill I got it to where i had no limitation in
a short amount of time.

I am wondering if this pucker is or said to affect your
vision ??

VF

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• Re: macular pucker vickir 08:38:52 4/04/01 (0)

In Reply to: Re: macular pucker posted by Vince F on April 02, 2001 at 13:28:39:

Vince, what you describe doesn't sound like macular pucker. Here's what I've learned:
Macular pucker typically appears after ae 50 when the vitreous gel in the eye) detaches from the retina at the back of the eye--but also may occur following severe trauma that affects the back of the eye. A membrane of scar-like material forms over the surface of the macula and, if it contracts later, it can cause wrinkling of the retina (hence, the term "pucker"). If the macula portion of the retina is affected, fine central vision may be decreased, although peripheral vision remains normal. The only treatment I found mentioned is surgery to remove the vitreous and the membrane. The chance of improvement in vision after surgery is 75%.
There is a rather long recovery period (several months) with a small risk of retinal detachment and a greater risk of developing cataracts as a result of the surgery. Both of these unhappy results can of course be treated by additional surgery (smile). One website specifically stated there is no nutritional treatment.
What am I doing for my pucker? I'm giving up my contact lenses because wearing them makes the visual defect much more noticeable to me (the affected eye is fitted with a lens for distant vision). Other than that, I'm hoping it will not get worse over time.
So there.
Vicki R.

In Reply to: macular pucker posted by vickir on April 02, 2001 at 12:27:58:

Hi, vickir.

Sorry to hear about your problem which is basically a scarring process. However, progressive scarring is ALWAYS caused by a chronic inflammation of some kind.

In the eye, this is almost always due to free radical activity and SO there IS a way to stop that.

What I would do is start at least 200 milligramns of CoEnzyme Q10 twice a day (the main antioxiident that concentrates itself in the eye), at least 100 units of mixed tocopherols (vitamin E) a day, 50 milligrams of elemental zinc a day (picolinate, aspartate, or orotate), at least 4 grams of esterified vitamin C twice a day and the essential oils on the homepage.

THEN, go back to the surgeon and get your "pucker" rechecked in a couple of months. Let us know what he says and how you do.

At the very least, you should be able to put off any surgery for years. During those years, a lot more is going to be known about the possibiliey of reversing the process.

Has he described what happens to the vision of the 25% who are not helped by the surgery???

During this time, eating an organic, whole foods diet would help provide the nutrients your eye needs to enhance the beneficial effect of the above (provide those micronutrients we still have not discovered).

Since there is no way that the above could harm anyone, what do you have to lose by trying it?

Namaste`

Walt