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Hi All - I am not a lyme sufferer, but have a ladyfriend who is. She has been having vision problems of late, and her vision is now at the point where she does not feel safe to drive - how has anyone else handled vision impairment? Is Stephania Root a good idea?
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Up for input.
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Does your friend wear glasses? When was her last eye exam, and was she checked for glaucoma and cataracts.
If she's very nearsighted, maybe she needs new glasses? If the cornea is getting cloudy, she may have cataracts.
I recently found out that you can apply an antioxidant called N-acetylcarnosine to the eye in eyedrops. This can help to clear up cataracts and floaters, and may sharpen vision.
You can also read some of the book by clicking on the search feature. In fact, if you read the reviews for it and read it online, you may not want to buy the book, as it promotes one certain brand of eye drop.
I found two products that have N-acetylcarnosine. Amazon.com carries these and you can read reviews to see what other people think about them.
The Brite Eyes III is worded two ways, and each has a page and more buying choices (other vendors). Brite Eyes III is much less expensive than the Can-C eye drops, but after reading all the reviews, it seems to have the same amount of the ingredient you need.
The product comes in two vials of five milliliters each. Five milliliters is one third of a teaspoon. So you'll need to buy several vials to give this a try.
The N-acetylcarnosine is listed under inactive ingredients, and this seems to be a way of satisfying the FDA requirements. If you think this is way too expensive, just get a price on cataract surgery, hah.
Although it may not work for everyone, if it does work for you, it will be "priceless." It's been that way with all my medications and supplements.
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I am able to stop all my Lyme eye symptoms by drinking mangosteen juice, an anti-inflammatory antioxidant juice. I drink 1/2 oz in the am and pm.
We're all different when it comes to what will work for us.
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Your friend should see an opthamologist. No one can diagnosis her over the Internet.
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Lots of unknowns here, 'nru'. How old is she... is she currently under any treatment(s), for Lyme or anything else... what type of visual impairment are we talking here? Field of view? Floaters?
I 2nd sunny's suggest- Have her see an opthamologist (NOT optometrist ), preferably one familiar with Lyme & it's effects on the optic nerves.
And if she's worried about her safety (& other's) when "behind the wheel"... she probably shouldn't be there.
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), preferably one familiar with Lyme & it's effects on the optic nerves.
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