Natural remedy for glaucoma?

[pinkrose837]

Hi.

I've had glaucoma all my life since I was 3 months old. I'm only 30 years old.  Is there any home remedy to help keep the eye pressure low?  Thanks in advance.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Anyone that attempts to treat glaucoma with "natruopathic" homeopathic medicine without conventional drops/lasers/surgery is leading a person to potential blindness.

Naturopathic doctors have had decades to prove any of their alleged benefits in scientific studies and have not; conversely scientific studies that look at the basis of homeopathic medicine show it has no factual basis.

That does not mean that homeopaths don't make a good living claiming to treat everything from A (asthma) to Z  (zits)

JCH MD

[kjelltp]

I think a naturopathic doctor will disagree Hagan's statement completely.  There certainly are remedies they use for your condition.  Then again, they try to fix your problem not just control it.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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[pinkrose837]

Thanks. I'll do that.  My eye doctor did tell me one thing extra to do a few weeks ago. That's to massage the eye. I close my eyes and I gently put some pressure on the bottom eye lid.  I press it 3 times.  That helps the tube shunts.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Then follow the directions of your ophthalmologists, and I am happy for your good fortune.
JCH MD

[pinkrose837]

Thanks.  I had major emergency eye surgery 2 years ago. The doctor saved my sight. I would have went blind within days if I didn't have the surgery. Long story short...  I got tube shunts put in both eyes.  My eye pressure is way down back to average. I'm taking only one eye drop morning and night...  which is way less eye drops and pills I took before my surgery. I'm so thankful for each minute I can see and for the doctors.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

No there is no herbal, homeopathic or "home" remedy for glaucoma. Treatment is drops or laser or surgery.

JCH MD