Podcast 168: Q&A

In today's episode, I'm answering a great question from a listener. She has an eye issue that she's been managing since April, She's been diagnosed with a condition called Episcleritis and has iritis corneal abrasion and she wants to know what to do. So we're gonna jump into that. Enjoy the show! If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com. SUMMARY KEYWORDS eye, cornea, eyelids, health, eyedrops, sclera, inflammatory disease, autoimmune, part, disease, moisturize, reducing, MSM, massage, connective tissue, compresses, improve, talk, called, refrigerator Hello, everyone, it’s Dr. Sam, I’d like to welcome you to my EyeClarity podcast. This is a show that offers cutting-edge information on how to improve your vision and overall wellness through holistic methods. I so appreciate you spending part of your day with me. If you have questions, you can send them to [email protected]. Now to the latest EyeClarity episode. Hey everybody, it's Dr. Sam and I want to welcome you to an AI clarity podcast. Yes, we are taking questions and I have a great question today. This is from Heather. And she writes, I've had an eye issue since April. I've been to several AI specialists. I finally got a diagnosis this week from an ophthalmologist. He said I have a large abrasion on my cornea. But I also have a condition called epi sclerosis. And also I write us. I did some googling, and they say it's an inflammatory disorder. There are also perhaps some autoimmune influences. Can you give me some help? So the sclera is the part of the eye it's the white part of the eye that is made up of mostly connective tissue, amino acids, proteins, and water, and it's the protective part of the eye, you can look into the mirror, and you can see the white part of the eye that's called the sclera. It's a very strong connective tissue, it's got a lot of blood vessels running through it. And if you are suffering from an inflammation of the sclera Yes, there could be some secondary inflammatory disease going on in the body, and also possibly some autoimmune issues. The second thing you have is called eye righteous. And now the iris is the part of the eye that's the color part, you know, where you look into the mirror and you go in my eyes blue or they Brown. It's the muscle part of the eye that regulates the pupil, the pupils, the gatekeeper, which allows the light in and out of the eye. And when you have a rightist, it's a very serious inflammatory disease, it can be painful, blurry vision, also that with Episcleritis it can be painful. And if you then have a corneal abrasion, you need to be careful that you're not exposed to either bacterial viral infections, so that's a good thing to check out. You know, the cornea is the clear window of the eye needs a lot of hydration. When you scratch your cornea, you are irritating. The nerve endings love the nerve endings on the cornea. So when you blink, because like you've got gritty, Sandy in your eyes, and basically what you're doing is every time the lid rubs on the cornea, you're irritating the nerve endings. Now, some of the systemic reasons why you might develop either sclerites epi sclerosis or I write us would be suffering conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, Crohn's disease. And the classic way of treating these eye inflammatory diseases would be corticosteroid eyedrops, artificial eyedrops nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen, Advil, or Motrin, and then maybe doing some things in the autoimmune area, whether you take medications, again, you know, in the conventional model, there isn't a whole lot they can help, you're more really managing symptoms. So I want to give you first of all some things that you can do to maybe get out of this situation from an integrative holistic perspective.