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"MYTH" WEBSITE SUMMARY SUBJECT: Ocular Lesions in Scurvy--Conjuctival Hemorrhage, Iritis, Other Symptoms Ocular Lesions in Scurvy International
Journal of Dermatology - Fulltext: Volume 46(2 ... http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/5/559 1 From The Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospitals, Iowa City, Iowa Despite the recorded rarity of ocular vascular lesions in human scurvy, conjunctival lesions appeared during deprivation of ascorbic acid in five of nine volunteers who participated in two studies of experimental scurvy in man, three of four men in the first study and two of five men in the second. The ocular lesions often appeared early in the development of clinical scurvy and were first noted after deprivation of ascorbic acid for 74-95 days. These lesions varied from minute bulbar conjunctival hemorrhages and varicosities to a large subconjunctival hemorrhage accompanied by palpebral petechial hemorrhages, and conjunctival congestion. http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/citation/17/4/259 http://www.cforyourself.com/Conditions/Eye_Conditions/eye_conditions.html Iritis Iritis is an inflammation of the iris, the protion of the eye that opens and closes to adjust the light level that passes into the eye. The light hole the iris creates is the pupil. Like so many problems, the conventional medical community has little to offer the people that suffer from this serious, painful and chronic condition. For more information and a sufferers bulletin board, please visit After I sent out my newsletter about "-itis" diseases, I received an e-mail from a reader that has had success treating his iritis. This is not very surprising since vitamin C is the body's chief mediator of inflammation. EMAIL: Submitted by: Sagarmatha2 Date: September 1, 2001 Subject: Iritis "I have suffered from iritis at least once a year since 1989.
I'm a 46-year-old male from Sweden. I've always been interested in
alternative medicine and finally when my last bout came, just after
Christmas last year, I came to think of using vitamin C instead of
the usual cortisone prescriptions offered by the doctor. So my daily consumption was about 18-20 g/day. This costs only about 1$. After about 3 weeks I started to lower the dose gradually. And if I remember correct I was down to 10 g/day after 5 weeks. After that I have been taking 4g of C every day divided into 4 doses. Still no bout." https://cv2.sim.ucm.es/moodle/file.php/11828/REVIEW_ARTICLE.pdf Vitamin C Function and source Vitamin C is a water soluble vitamin ingested through the diet in the form of citrus fruits in particular, as well leafy green vegetables. Vitamin C is a co-enzyme that is involved in the growth and repair of bodily tissue through the production of collagen, as well as the synthesis of the catecholamines adrenaline, nor-adrenaline and dopamine. It is also an anti-oxidant, attacking free radicals present in body tissues. Effects of a critical deficiency Vitamin C deficiency or scurvy presents with systemic manifestations including bruising, bleeding gums, joint pain and swelling, fatigue, anaemia, poor wound healing (Hirschmann and Raugi, 1999; Olmedo et al., 2006), and even death. Deficient populations and causes in the developed world In a large US survey (about 30 000 individuals), 14% males and 10% females were reported to be deficient in vitamin C (Hampl et al., 2004). Causes of vitamin C deficiency include smoking, alcoholism and inadequate dietary intake. Ocular and visual effects of a deficiency Ocular changes result from vitamin C deficiency, although usually only when the deficiency is severe and prolonged. Therefore, ocular manifestations will probably never be observed in isolation. The commonest ocular changes include small to large subconjunctival haemorrhages (Hood and Hodges, 1969) and orbital haemorrhages (Sloan et al., 1999). Ocular conditions consequent to vitamin C deficiency that are more rarely observed include chemosis, episcleritis, keratitis, corneal opacities, hyperaemia of the iris, iritis, anterior chamber haemorrhage, posterior synechiae, macular exudates, central retinal vein thrombosis, papilloedema and optic atrophy (Hood and Hodges, 1969).
Dianne Jacobs Thompson Est. 2007 Also http://truthquest2.com (alternative medicine featuring drugless cancer treatments) Author publication: NEXUS MAGAZINE "Seawater--A Safe Blood Plasma Substitute?"
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