November 16, 2018 - EyeClarity Podcast
This episode answers questions related to nerve damage, lasik surgery, salzmanns’ nodules, nearsightedness in children, and 6th cranial nerve palsy.
Intro: How do we know if our eyes and vision are actually getting better?
0:00 – 4:41
Question 1
4:41 – 12:34
Hi Dr. Berne! I have nerve damage in my eyes and I was wondering if it’s possible to reverse it?
Question 2
12:34 – 20:01
I have Salzmanns’ nodules. I have had surgery to remove off both eyes but they came back on the left eye, which is causing my astigmatism to go up and have shadowing. Will your drops and exercises help? All my doctor offers are pressure to go back into glasses. My right eye is very strong at distance and overcompensates for what the left does not see. What do you know about this disease and treatments for it? Thank you.
Question 3
20:01 – 28:27
Hello Dr. Berne,
I have farsightedness and had Lasik surgery 9 years ago. Suddenly my eyes started deteriorating and my prescription seems to have gone back almost to what it was before Lasik, which was a +3.25 and a +4.50. I cannot pass driver test with or without glasses. I started doing the 90 days exercise, but still feel my eyes are getting weaker and weaker. I bought myself a +1 glass and that is what I use sometimes.
Question 4
28:27 – 33:19
Good day Dr. Berne, my little cousin has 7 diopters of prescription, and she is so young at age 8. What could she do to get better her vision?
Question 5
33:19 – 39:50
Hi Dr. Sam, I’d like to get your opinion on interventions that may help with a sudden onset 6th Cranial Nerve Palsy affecting my right eye that occurred September 5, 2018, and resulted in double vision.
As background, I am a 66 y.o. Caucasian male in excellent health. I’ve had a complete workup performed at Thomas Jefferson Wills Eye Hospital here in Philadelphia. There are no risk factors in my health history that might be causative and the medical team at Wills Eye found nothing suspect. On follow up, the doctors have said that I would just have to wait it out and that my eyesight would return to normal in 3-6 months…maybe. I’ve read some papers on the NIH website and discovered there was some limited, level 1 research that indicated acupuncture might be of some help.
So, I’ve been trying that for the last 3 weeks with no change as of yet but the acupuncturist happened to be a former patient of yours and recommended I reach out to you. Thanks in advance for your consideration and apologies for the long-winded e-mail.
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