Mum's Glaucoma

[StevieBee]

At 88, my Mum is ridiculously healthy, mentally and physically....apart from her eyes. Diagnosed with Glaucoma a few years back and treated with creams and drops and little else. She can see fine but they hurt her a lot. She has to wear dark glasses when out in the day regardless of the sun's intensity and can't really watch TV for any length of time.

She's quite stoic in this suggesting that if that's all to befall her in 88 years, she'll take it. But just wondering if anyone might have some previously unconsidered remedy or solution.

[mike9009]

My mum has Glaucoma too.

One type of drops she had, she was allergic to the preservative in them which made her eyes blood shot and sting. The doctors changed the prescription and the issue went away.

[anonymous-user]

Two things:

1. Yoga for the eyes. Just as people bend and flex their body with yoga, there are specific exercises for the eyes. Meir Schneider is a good place to start but a lot of reading involved:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96hNrcUfwAk

Austin Goh is another good soul with a handful of videos. His are more simple to follow. There are various one for glaucoma e.g. https://youtu.be/pYZKHSitsuo

Although you could call his approach yoga in layman’s terms. The technique is ‘wing chu’ which is branch of Tai Chi/Qi Gong.

2. Dr Axe is one of many advocates for natural healing methods e.g. diet.

https://draxe.com/health/glaucoma-natural-treatmen...

[StevieBee]

Thanks chaps!

[Evoluzione]

You now qualify for free eye tests.

[Old Merc]

Glaucoma runs in my family. I was suffering from pain, bright lights etc, my GP referred me to our local eye hospital. They took one look and I had laser surgery on the right eye later that day. They then did the same on the left eye a month later.
This was a few years ago, things change, there are different types of glaucoma, best to talk to your GP.

[HelenT]

From an Optician's point of view.
Has she had a check up with the Glaucoma clinic recently, I'm seeing people who haven't been checked for 18 months because routine clinics have been delayed due to COVID not ideal as the damage caused by glaucoma is irreversible.
Certainly a lot of people have problems with the drops they are prescribed especially those with a preservative, would need a hospital appointment to change them.
Has she got cataracts? that could also explain some of her symptoms.
Might be worth seeing her Optician for a check up.

[elanfan]

I don’t have glaucoma but I’m regularly in the Ophthalmology dept at my local hospital. I see patients taken into a room where they have an injection into the eye for glaucoma? What is that? And would it help your mum? Sounds awful but doesn’t hurt.

[HelenT]

elanfan said:

I don’t have glaucoma but I’m regularly in the Ophthalmology dept at my local hospital. I see patients taken into a room where they have an injection into the eye for glaucoma? What is that? And would it help your mum? Sounds awful but doesn’t hurt.

Unlikely that someone is having an injection for glaucoma that is more likely to be for wet macula degeneration. Drops are the most usual treatment for glaucoma although sometimes surgery or laser is used to reduce the pressure