Re: CSNeed advice on scratched cornea with msm/cs....

2006-02-21 Thread Marshall Dudley
-cart.com] Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 9:24 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CSNeed advice on scratched cornea with msm/cs I don't know, when I was a teenager I was shot in the eye with a 22, and the doctor simply put a patch on it for a week. When he took it off, it was fine

Re: CSNeed advice on scratched cornea with msm/cs....

2006-02-20 Thread Marshall Dudley
I don't know, when I was a teenager I was shot in the eye with a 22, and the doctor simply put a patch on it for a week. When he took it off, it was fine. Marshall scl...@netzero.com wrote: Anyone have success using msm or dmso/cs for a scratched eye lens? My wife scratched her eye by

RE: CSNeed advice on scratched cornea with msm/cs....

2006-02-20 Thread Jim Holmes
Marshall, From what angle did the bullet strike the eye. Please give more details of the injury. Jim -Original Message- From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:mdud...@king-cart.com] Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 9:24 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CSNeed advice on scratched

RE: CSNeed advice on scratched cornea with msm/cs....

2006-02-20 Thread Nancy Venzon
-cart.com] Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 9:24 AM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: CSNeed advice on scratched cornea with msm/cs I don't know, when I was a teenager I was shot in the eye with a 22, and the doctor simply put a patch on it for a week. When he took it off, it was fine. We

Re: CSNeed advice on scratched cornea with msm/cs....

2006-02-18 Thread M. G. Devour
Hi Steve, In my experience, misting the eyes frequently with a gentle spray of home-made CS or putting in a few drops will help prevent bacterial infection, which will hasten healing and reduce the amount of discomfort from inflammation. Whether the silver has any direct positive effect on

Re: CSNeed advice on scratched cornea with msm/cs....

2006-02-18 Thread Carol Ann
In the meantime get an eyepatch to protect and keep the eye restful. M. G. Devour mdev...@eskimo.com wrote: Hi Steve, In my experience, misting the eyes frequently with a gentle spray of home-made CS or putting in a few drops will help prevent bacterial infection, which will hasten healing

Re: CSNeed advice on scratched cornea with msm/cs....

2006-02-18 Thread sol
MSM in an eye drop stings me like the very devil. It doesn't seem to sting everyone, maybe I tried too much, but after one bad experience am reluctant to experiment further. I do use DMSO in CS for eyedrops, but keep the concentration low. I like it better than adding traditiona buffering

Re: CSNeed advice on scratched cornea with msm/cs....

2006-02-18 Thread sol
Another good reason to patch the eye in corneal injuries or keep the eye closed as much as possible is that the cornea has no way to get oxygen except by osmosis from the inner eyelid, so keeping the eye closed increases oxygen to the cornea and helps it heal. I like the misting with CS idea

RE: CSNeed advice on scratched cornea with msm/cs....

2006-02-18 Thread Wendy
advice on scratched cornea with msm/cs Hi Steve, In my experience, misting the eyes frequently with a gentle spray of home-made CS or putting in a few drops will help prevent bacterial infection, which will hasten healing and reduce the amount of discomfort from inflammation. Whether

CSNeed advice on scratched cornea with msm/cs....

2006-02-17 Thread scl...@netzero.com
Anyone have success using msm or dmso/cs for a scratched eye lens? My wife scratched her eye by sleeping with her contact lenses in. It seems in the course of the night one of them folded and scratched the cornea. We already saw the eye doc and he prescribed antibiotic/steroid drops but they