Glaucoma is a disease that affects the eyes and if not treated can permanently damage the optical nerve which can result in blindness and loss of vision. This article will detail a few Glaucoma therapy treatments available and the advantages and disadvantages regarding each.
The damage caused by glaucoma is commonly caused by a high intra-ocular pressure. This pressure is provided by a clear liquid, aqueous humor, which flows through the eye helps to maintain and nourish the tissue within the eye.
In circumstances where the production of this liquid is increased and the methods for drainage are decreased damage occurs to the nerves and peripheral sight is lost, this effect is called Open Angle Glaucoma (OAG).
A way to treat this form OAG is to assist in lowering the pressure within the eye, the treatment for this is usually through eye drops, laser therapy or surgery.
The most common Glaucoma therapy treatments are the eye drops, the disadvantages for using eye drops are that they can be expensive, messy and can have side effects. In addition to this depending on the severity of the OAG you may need to use them for the remainder of your life. Some of these drops assist in draining the fluid whilst others act to reduce the amount of fluid produced, the effect being the same.
Lasers also can be used for Glaucoma therapy. This technique is called laser therapy. Laser therapy uses lasers to target the cells in the eye which contain melanin which is a natural pigment. The body will then act to repair the damaged cells and as an effect of this will decrease the pressure that has built up within the eye.
Glaucoma as stated can cause permanent loss of vision if it is not treated. There is no way to determine whether the glaucoma has been successfully controlled and as such if you have this condition you should make regular trips to your GP to ensure it does not get out of control.
Mario Santos has been working as an eye wellness expert and has helped hundreds of people who have vision problems. For more information about Glaucoma therapy, visit http://www.eyevisionimprovement.com/ and learn some natural ways to improve your vision.
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Just as in the general population, there has been a
growing epidemic of cancer among celebrities and
public figures, such as in the recent cases of
Patrick Swayze, Cristina Applegate, Sheryl Crow,
Melissa Etheridge, Farrah Fawcett, Ted Kennedy,
Kylie Minogue, Rudy Giuliani, Lance Armstrong,
just to name a few.
Even more celebrities have lost loved ones to cancer,
such as:
Angelina Jolie, Madonna and Rosie O’Donnell (who all lost
their mothers to cancer); Paul McCartney (who lost his first
wife, Linda, to breast cancer); CBS news anchor Katie Couric
(who lost her husband to colon cancer); American Idol David
Cook (who lost his maternal grandfather to lung cancer);
Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News (who lost his mother to
lymphoma and his sister to breast cancer); S. Epatha
Merkerson of “Law and Order” (who lost 2 of her very best
friends to lung cancer) … and the list goes on.
Cancer has become a much bigger threat to human lives –
and has caused more deaths — than all the wars of the world
combined. In the U.S. alone, every 60 seconds, someone dies
from cancer — and that’s like losing as many people as we
did on 9/11 every 2 days.
Here’s another grim statistic: Every 3 minutes, someone
new is diagnosed with cancer. Is it any wonder, then,
that celebrities like Jennifer Aniston, America Ferrera,
Meryl Streep, Lance Armstrong, Scarlett Johansson, Forest
Whitaker, Hilary Swank, Charlize Theron and dozens of
other big-name celebrities banded together to put an end
to cancer during a one-hour television special titled
“Stand Up 2 Cancer?” The telethon aired on all 3
networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) to raise funds for cancer
research.
The problem with raising funds for cancer research is this:
The funds eventually go towards cancer research that does
NOT cure cancer. In the 95 years that health organizations like
the American Cancer Society have been dedicated to eliminating
cancer as a major health problem, there has been VERY LITTLE
PROGRESS made in the curing of the deadly disease. Instead,
the incidence of cancer has grown exponentially over the last
hundred years.
A single cancer fundraising campaign, such as the Avon Walk for
Breast Cancer, for instance, raises approximately $150 million in
funds for cancer research. Tens of billions of dollars have been
raised by all the fundraising campaigns combined – and yet,
according to the American Cancer Society, there’s still a 41%
probability that an individual, male or female, will develop cancer
in his or her lifetime (or die from it)!
Why have all the billions of dollars raised for cancer research
been FUTILE in curing cancer?
Many people, including the Chairman of the Cancer Prevention
Coalition, Dr. Samuel Epstein, state that the priorities of
health organizations that claim to be dedicated to finding a
cancer cure are “economically motivated, and reflect
conflicts of interests with the pharmaceutical industry,
the pesticide industry, and the mammography industry.”
Another reason why attempts at curing cancer have been
futile thus far is because the funds raised have been allocated
to raising public awareness of the merits of the 3 conventional
cancer therapies – that is, chemotherapy, radiation and surgery.
And yet, Oncologist Dr. Tullio Simoncini states that according to
his polls and questionnaires, “75 percent of doctors say they’d
refuse chemotherapy if they were struck with cancer due to its
ineffectiveness and its devastating side effects.” In fact, the
medical journal, “Clinical Oncology,” published the results of a
study in December 2004, wherein it was shown that
chemotherapy has a success rate of just over 2 percent for
all cancers! [That's a FAILURE rate of 98%!]
Therefore, funneling research funds towards the advancement
of ineffective therapies that don’t eliminate the root CAUSE
of cancer will always be a losing proposition.
The fact is, the business of “curing” cancer – or any disease,
for that matter — has become an overcomplicated system
that is usually invasive and expensive. More often than not,
it also does more harm than good – and the “good” that it does
is limited to relieving only the SYMPTOMS of the disease, and
not its CAUSE.
But now, there is a simple and natural therapy that is
scientifically proven to eradicate cancer – without the need
for surgery, drugs or radiation. In fact, this therapy has been
prescribed and administered by more than 15,000
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Before I found this therapy, my father died of colon cancer
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It was painful for him, but maybe even more painful
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I began to think that it would be a DISSERVICE to humanity
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Even as I was writing the book, I knew I’d meet with
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