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Conjunctivitis Natural Treatment
By Dr. Jonathan V. Wright
If you have sore, red, irritated eye or eyes, it's usually called "conjunctivitis". Conjunctivitis can be caused by allergy, viral infection, or bacterial infection.
Allergic conjunctivitis is most usually in both eyes at once is frequently accompanied by itching, as well as sneezing, sinus irritation and nasal discharge. Infectious conjunctivitis often starts in one eye, can easily spread to the other, but is limited to the eyes. Infectious conjunctivitis, particularly of the bacterial sort, quite often discharges pus.
My clinic uses a special eye drop preparation to treat allergic and viral conjunctivitis. Although these drops usually eliminate allergy symptoms, they do not "cure" the underlying allergy itself. If allergic symptoms continue to recur, allergy testing and desensitization is necessary. If you want more information on allergy testing, you might want to read the brief Allergy Testing.
Viral conjunctivitis is very frequently cured by our clinics vitamin A and C eye drop preparation which I referred to earlier, in contrast to the allergic variety where the drops relieve the symptoms effectively, but does not cure the underlying problem.
You might be able to persuade your pharmacists or doctor to prepare the vitamin A and C eye drops for you, particularly if the doctor is skilled and knowledgeable in nutritional medicine.
It contains a buffered form of vitamin C called sodium ascorbate, at 125 milligrams per cc, and vitamin A at 2,500 units per cc, adjusted to a ph of 7. When used, it stings briefly, as it's "hyperosmolar" [Your doctor or pharmacists can explain this term to you, but don't worry, it's not dangerous to you] .
Vitamin A and vitamin C eye drops have been very successful for the people I work with in cases of both allergic and viral conjunctivitis, even severe viral conjunctivitis, including a virus called "shingles" or "herpes zoster". The eye drops work against shingles in the eye, often eliminating this infection, but only in the eye, not elsewhere.
If you have a bacterial infection, A and C eye drops work only part of the time. Antibiotic eye drops are frequently needed.
The "mainstream'' medical treatment for bacterial conjunctivitis calls for prescription medication with synthetic cortisone-like molecules in eye drops or ointments. This is usually the approach in allergic conjunctivitis as well. For viral conjunctivitis, there's no effective "mainstream" treatment.
Because of differences in age, sex, metabolism or potential allergy, these diet and supplement therapies may not be suitable for you. Consult a health care professional skilled in nutritional and natural therapies. To locate one near you, you might call the American College of Advancement in Medicine at 800-532-3688 or the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians at 206-323-7610.
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