Was there not a discussion a few month's back about using a drop of flaxseed oil in the eyes tid for curing cataracts? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Garnet" <garnetri...@earthlink.net> To: "Silver List" <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 11:06 AM Subject: CS>For Brooks - Horses and Eye Formula
> > > Brooks, > > I would greatly appreciate any information on treating horses with > cataracts. > > I have a beautiful and much loved gelding that has them in both eyes > from equine recurrent uveitis. He was able to see out of one until this > past month, when he had yet another episode of inflammation. > > I treated his eyes directly with 10% DMSO diluted with ~8 ppm CS, but no > Glutathione of Vit C. I also gave him oral DMSO to address the acute > episode he had last month. It helped with the inflammation and drainage > but did not prevent the cataract that formed in his one good eye, the > other has had a cataract for over a year. He is now functionally blind > and has to be kept in a small obstruction free pen with a black and > white mare that he can see enough to use her as a guide. He has also > memorized the pen he is in. But can not live that way long term. I fear > he will injure himself or have a stress colic when I am not around to > help. I am having a difficult time resolving his long term care issues. > > Any help would be appreciated. I have thought of the eye formula but was > not sure it would help him since the cause was episodic inflammation of > unknown cause, or ERU. I am working with researchers at Texas A&M > University, two of the top Vet Opthamologists in the country. He was > implanted with an experimental Cyclosporine Implant a year ago in his > one good eye, but he has continued to have episodes and the last one was > severe enough to cause a cataract in this eye, too. > > I know the reserachers would be interested and have even discussed the > use of DMSO with another Equine opthamologist at A&M -- he said it > stings them too much so they must have been using higher than 10%. None > of them have mentioned resolving cataracts after they formed, only > preventing them by controling the episodic inflammation. > > Please feel free to mail me off list if you feel this is not on topic. I > have been using a CS DMSO eye spray to control inflammation during this > last episode. It did help with the drainage and kept the inflammation > from developing as much as previous episodes. > > Thanks so much and sorry for the long message. > > Garnet > > On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 00:35, Brooks Bradley wrote: > > e have enjoyed quite measured success with DMSO as a major component in protocols addressing cataracts in horses....and experimental human volunteers. > > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
