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Has anyone got good result with triphala eyewash or supplement to treat cataract? It seems that there are different types of cataracts. they talk about: Evaluation of anticataract potential of Triphala...in selenite-induced cataract: In vitro and in vivo studies https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3117320

triphala

glaucoma1960

I am afraid of cataract surgery. I am age 70 and a 24\7 caregiver for an quadriplegic Alzheimer’s patient. The cataract eye has open angle glaucoma...years old. I also have astigmatism. I have read that all of these conditions make it very hard for cataract surgery with a proper lens inserted to have very good eye sight afterwards. Also, there were some problems identifying...the best or correc…

glaucoma surgery cataract myopia:near-sighted

Ricky

PMCID: PMC7168925 PMID: 31963166 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7168925/ Abstract Cataracts, one of the leading causes of preventable blindness worldwide, refers to lens degradation that is characterized...with consequent blurry vision. As life expectancies improve, the number of people affected with cataracts is predicted to increase worldwide, especially in low-income nations w…

Yuri Vainshtein

multifocal to avoid glasses afterward) was supposedly best for my glaucoma eyes. I have had one cataract surgery with an IOP problem and vision loss in nasal arc afterward, and a second one with a different surgeon with...all afterward, spectacular. I do understand your reluctance. It took me two years to have my second cataract done. It took that long to find the right surgeon and approach and…

Mary Beth

The results of the studies clearly show that vitamin supplements are not effective against cataracts. People who had taken these products – in some cases for many years – developed cataracts just as often as people who...had been taking a placebo. The supplements also didn't slow down the progression of the cataracts, and they didn't have any effect on eyesight. But some products had side effects…

cataract cataracts

glaucoma1960

What specific questions help to assure the best surgeon and best lens for a needed cataract surgery

surgery iol:intraocular-lens cataract

Mary Beth

article I wrote that describes my initial approach to most adult glaucoma with early uncomplicated cataract surgery and Hydrus stent. [The Aging Lens and Glaucoma in persons over 50: Why early cataract surgery/refractive lensectomy...in vulnerable poorer groups with decreased access to expensive medications, safer, uncomplicated cataract extraction/refractive lensectomy and microinvasive trabec…

dlarochemd

Flavonoids are ubiquitous in nature and they are abundant in food. Cataract is opacity in the normally transparent crystalline lens of the eye leading to reduced vision, which can eventually...it is the main cause of preventable blindness in the world. Oxidative stress is a common factor in cataract formation (and it can result from excess exposure to sunlight). Given the antioxidant properti…

dietary-supplements cataract hesperin flavonoids

david

A FitEyes member asks via the mailing list:* @dlarochemd Dr. Laroche, is early cataract surgery with a MIGs implant advantageous to those of us with NTG? If so, is the IOP reduction associated with a MIGS

glaucoma surgery early-cataract-surgery migs:minimally-invasive-glaucoma-surgery cataract

david

I need to have an eye exam for glasses. One eye has senile cataract with glaucoma for which I take Latanoprost and Dorzolamide-Timolol. Due to the cataract I am afraid I will not get

xalatan:latanoprost trusopt:dorzolamide optometrist glaucoma

Ricky

but it sure affects my eyes getting tired, leading to double vision in the evenings. My failed cataract surgery (leading to vitrectomy and [sulcus lens][1]) was more than a year ago. I haven't had glasses that work right since...then: I'm still using my progressives from before my cataract surgeries. I have a new prescription that works really well for distance (super sharp - love it for driv…

cataract glasses

Dave deBronkart

from this page: [MicroPulse P3™ Laser Cyclophotocoagulation | David Richardson, MD - Glaucoma, Cataract Surgeon California](http://david-richardson-md.com/micropulse-p3-laser-cyclophotocoagulation/ "MicroPulse P3...Cyclophotocoagulation | David Richardson, MD - Glaucoma, Cataract Surgeon California") [1]: https://ask.fiteyes.com/p/9136/#9137

david

A FitEyes member shared this experience in 2012:** I have had cataract surgery on both eyes last year. My glaucoma specialist performed the cataract surgery and did it primarily to lower...IOP). I have very narrow angles and my IOP was as high as 45 mmHg. At the same time he did the cataract surgery, he also did endocyclophotocoagulation (ECP). My surgery was very very successful. My pressures…

david

Ricky

and respected, said glaucoma is not the cause of the darkness/haziness, and that I hardly have any cataracts at all, so that could be not be causing it either. 2nd doctor said it could be the glaucoma. 3rd doctor (the first doctor...referred me to him) said I have enough cataracts to cause that. No one agrees. Who is right? Has anyone else experienced slight darkness and haziness due to mild glau…

help-categories mild-glaucoma-symptoms

Judybarnett

in treat serious eye diseases, including potentially blinding conditions like glaucoma and cataracts. Therefore, your first step is to find out if there is an optometrist near you who specializes in glaucoma and cataracts...to be that useful.) Another option is to seek out an optometrist who is part of a glaucoma or cataract ophthalmology practice. You may also be interested in **behavioral op…

david

and can further obstruct the trabecular meshwork leading to IOP increases. Earlier uncomplicated cataract surgery/refractive lensectomy and migs can help lower IOP and reduce this

dlarochemd

after a Hydrus? The specialist I just saw is amenable to putting in a Hydrus at the time of cataract surgery. I just want to make sure that won't eliminate the opportunity for a canaloplasty down the line, if necessary

glaucoma surgery canaloplasty migs:minimally-invasive-glaucoma-surgery

anonymous FitEyes member

The Visco 360/OMNI System can be performed as a stand-alone procedure or in combination with cataract surgery. **Clinical Outcomes** A study by Ondrejka and Korber evaluated the effectiveness of the VISCO360 viscosurgical...20\]] Of the 72 eyes in group ONE, 11 underwent VISCO360 alone and 61 underwent VISCO360 with cataract extraction. At 12 months post-operatively, there was a significan…

david

combined Ab-Interno Canaloplasty (ABiC) plus implantation of the Hydrus microstent at the time of cataract surgery. This combined procedure both dilates (and flushes out the natural drainage system as well as stents open...offer this to most of my patients with mild to moderate open angle glaucoma who are also undergoing cataract surgery. For those with more advanced glaucoma I still generally re…

david

trying this drop in just one eye. I'm bedeviled by one problem eye, with a sulcus lens due to failed cataract surgery, such that the two eyes really behave differently, which is making it really hard to get glasses that work

Dave deBronkart

that can cause loss of vision or blindness. A healthy, balanced diet is key to helping prevent cataracts, macular degeneration, glaucoma, and other vision problems. ### **Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness worldwide...Some studies indicate that **people who consume more vitamin C present in food have a lower risk of cataracts.** ### **5\. Walnuts** ![enter image description here][6] Wal…

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david

it, and it does NOT work well with the progressive lenses that I've had since before my failed cataract surgery in August 2020. (As I've mentioned in various Discuss threads, since then I've had a horrible time trying to

Dave deBronkart

the injury has healed. In your case, you are in the midst of dealing with the aftermath of a failed cataract surgery, so what I have suggested in this post would not be appropriate for you now, especially without supervision

david

While its topic is different, in this [Glaucoma Today article][1] about intraocular lenses (cataract lens replacement) the author, Norm Zabriskie, MD, says: > I will not recommend multifocal IOLs to patients with significant

david

saw my ophthalmologist. I am being treated for glaucoma in one eye with thick cornea and myopia with cataract. I take 1 drop of Latanoprost, and 2 drops (am/pm) of Dorzolamide-Timolol daily. My ophthalmologist's pressure reading

iop:intraocular-pressure ocular-hypotension

Ricky

popularized by William H. Bates. Many people do find some benefit for presbyopia in the Bates Method. **Cataracts.** Another common condition that can crop up as you age is cataracts, a clouding of the lens of your eye that can impair...vision. Cataracts affect about half of people ages 65 to 74. Treatment typically involves an outpatient surgical procedure to replaces...the clouded lens. *Fit…

dry-eye eye-health presbyopia glaucoma pvd:posterior-vitreous-detachment cataract

david

the following: > As for which surgery, my recommendation would be for a glaucoma drainage device, cataract extraction and a laser procedure called Endocyclophotocoagulation (ECP). That would give you the best chance of

david

In the summer of 2019 a FitEyes member said:** This summer I had cataract surgery done to open up narrowing angles (my lenses were clear). I am not sure whether the correct IOL was placed in

david

Glaucoma 20 years ago. I have mainly been on three drops (Combigan, Dorzolamide and Travatan). I had cataract surgery about 5 years ago. It did not affect my IOPs. Recently the vision field of my right eye has started to deteriorate

migs:minimally-invasive-glaucoma-surgery nocturnal-iop

Edward Harvey

got a new prescription for progressive lenses after my eye settled down from a vitrectomy and cataract surgery. I went to a highly recommended optometrist for the prescription but couldn't find frames I liked at her

LeslieEisenberg

position of your favorite settings, but also record them. I have used my device within the hour of cataract surgery, and then too had very little sensation of the probe. If I recall, I backed the device away a bit to allow the...minutes at some times of day to manage pressures. I had had sustained pressure spike after a first cataract surgery before I owned the ICare, but the second time around …

Mary Beth

prefer to combine AbiC with Hydrus implantation in my patients with Medicare who are also undergoing cataract surgery. I find it provides greater IOP reduction than either MIGS alone and makes it a bit easier to implant the

david

and permanent damage to your eyes" and "increasing your risk of age-related macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma & total blindness." And then they do not provide any factual evidence related to those statements. That

david

A FitEyes member shared this experience in 2009:** I recently had ECP done in conjunction with a cataract removal in my left eye. This was recommended as an option but not a mandate. Here is some background on my eye pressure

david

conditions (light mediative oxidative damage), refractive errors, age-related macular degeneration, cataract, glaucoma, and dry eye. This publication discusses selected natural molecules and their effect on ocular diseases...treatments that are currently available for the most common and threatening eye diseases (such as cataract, dry eye disorder, or diabetic retinopathy), curing these diseases…

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david

invasive glaucoma treatment. He says canaloplasty can be done on its own or at the same time as cataract surgery. It is a “non-penetrating” glaucoma surgery which means it does not require creation of a hole in the eye (fistula

david

include replacing your natural lens (which is thicker) with an artificial lens (i.e., have early cataract surgery), get a peripheral iridotomy (to avoid reverse pupillary block), using pilocarpine to pull the iris tight

david

benign prostatic hypertrophy]) or [prostate cancer]. If you’re taking tamsulosin and you need [cataract surgery], talk to your eye doctor. Tamsulosin puts you at risk of developing intraoperative floppy iris syndrome...IFIS). In one study, [more than half of people] taking tamsulosin developed IFIS during cataract surgery. Only 2% of people who didn’t take tamsulosin developed the condition. It…

rx:medications glaucoma iop:intraocular-pressure

david

male who has had high myopia since birth. I got diagnosed with keratoconus in my late teens, had a cataract removed at age 47 (also have another that is not yet ripe for removal), and got diagnosed with POAG at age 50. I have worn

scleral-lenses myopia:near-sighted kc: keratoconus

Tim

significantly higher** than in a control group of patients undergoing phacoemulsification (a type of cataract surgery). The elevated levels of TMA in the aqueous humor of glaucoma patients, as revealed by this study, strike me...plasma of patients with glaucoma and their controls. **Methods:** Twenty patients were selected for cataract phacoemulsification, and 20 patients selected for phacotra…

glaucoma microbiome tmao:trimethylamine-n-oxide

david

of traumatic glaucoma. - **Phacogenic glaucoma**: a type of Angle-closure glaucoma due to a mature cataract. - **Hemolytic glaucoma**: also known as erythroclastic glaucoma. - **Drug-induced glaucoma** or steroid induced glaucoma

FitEyes Team

date. ## Abstract Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness throughout the world (after cataracts); therefore, general physicians should be familiar with the diagnosis and management of affected patients. Glaucomas

laser-surgery glaucoma surgery

david

same outcome. In fact, I know a person who was diagnosed as blind from birth due to glaucoma and cataracts and that person can now see. His name is [Myer Schneider][1]. I look for examples like that. I know several FitEyes members

david

five minutes south of Pasadena). You can see his websites here: David Richardson, MD | Glaucoma, Cataract Surgeon, California [http://david-richardson-md.com/] Complementary and Alternative Medicines For Glaucoma | David...Richardson, MD - Glaucoma, Cataract Surgeon California [http://david-richardson-md.com/glaucoma-treatments/cam/complementary-and-alternative-medicine...lot of que…

gs:glaucoma-specialist glaucoma

david

the protective and therapeutic effects of aqueous extract of fennel seed eye drops (0.5%) against **cataract** in rabbits. The results showed a highly significant reduction in lens opacity score ([5]). Here are more details on fennel

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david

Lifestyle 1. Brim-Dor PF (Imprimis): Medications 1. Canaloplasty (iTrack, Ellex): MIGS 1. Cataract surgery: MIGS, Surgery 1. Combigan (Allergan): Medications 1. Cosopt (Akorn): Medications, Laser 1. Cosopt PF (Akorn): Medications

efficacious-treatments rx:medications laser-surgery surgery lifestyle

David

values \[[209][3],[210][4]\]. Dietary intake of flavonoids has been reported to reduce the risk of cataract and AMD in other studies. [1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7602834/#B207-nutrients-12-03158 [2]: https...pathways that are strongly implicated in the pathogenesis of many ocular diseases, such as cataract, glaucoma, AMD and diabetic retinopathy. Here I am focusing only it…

dietary-supplements iop:intraocular-pressure

david

Ernst Fuchs, MD, PhD, described the relationship between ciliary body detachment and low IOP after cataract surgery. Five years later, Leopold Heine, MD, devised the cyclodialysis spatula to reproducibly create a cyclodialysis

hyaluronic-acid glaucoma surgery suprachoroidal-space

david

if you were to really press most eye doctors (not glaucoma specialists, but general ophthalmologists, cataract surgeons, and optometrists) about how they stage glaucoma, they’d probably shrug and answer something along the

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