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I was scheduled for surgery to replace the cataract damaged lenses in both eyes. With my wife, I changed to eating a plant based diet. After a month, the osteo arthritis pain I suffered in my toes, plantar, heels, ankles, knees, elbows, wrists and fingers (each confirmed by xray images) disappeared. Almost a year after going plant based diet, my cataracts cleared in both eyes. I phoned the optometrist and requested a new vision test before my scheduled cataract surgery. She agreed. After the new exam, she cancelled the cataract surgery for my eyes! - It was a big step to give up all meat, dairy, processed foods, oils, etc. But, the rewards to me far exceed the compromises.
My dad was an eye doctor. He is in heaven now. He is one of the first doctors who learned laser surgery for the eyes. But in terms of eye health it is hard to find someone I can trust. Thank you for this!
It’s strange when people say it’s runs in families, just look at the history of dietary choices and exercise habits these families have ! It’s very eye 👁️ opening !
It does run in families. We know a family with two kids with glaucoma. The caught the one early, but the other had quite a bit of damage. People with glaucoma do not necessarily develop tunnel vision. I’ve lost peripheral vision in the upper part of my eye, which I think is a blessing actually. I can still see the floor very well which makes it less likely I will trip. My good eye sees a lot of what I’ve lost in the upper quadrant of the bad eye, so there’s another blessing. I hope everyone gets regular peripheral field vision tests so it can be caught early.
I've pressure on my right eye, my vision has gotten so much worse so quickly. I go on the 26th to a specialist, Im terrified that it might be glaucoma. All I was told is that my nerves are swollen and that its pressure which I've just started noticing the pressure bothering me and Im losing sleep due to my eye feeling uncomfortable.
Hi, I had asked my Opthalmologist what, if anything I can do to stop or reverse the beginnings of Glaucoma and he told me no, nothing. It was a horrible thing to think. Thx for making this video. It gives me hope.
I do a 20min exercise on a rebounder which is much better than jogging or walking on a treadmill without jarring. I do prayer and meditation, avoid alcohol, sugar, margarine with transfats, I wear an anti-radiation glasses from ionspec, eat dark green leafy vegetables, drink enough water, heve enough sleep, doing accupressure eye massage, taking VCO before bed. Somehow it prevented my glaucoma from getting worse...
Summary at 9:00 Exercise - 15 minutes high-intensity exercise (run, jog, swim) 5 days per week; or 30 minutes moderate exercise (walk) 5 days per week. Hot tea - a cup daily Green leafy vegetables Avoid alcohol
Unfortunately these are not for sure ways to prevent glaucoma. There are lots of young healthy active people that have glaucoma and many people not doing these habits without glaucoma.
@@lucreziab.2047 earlier in video doc specified hot caffeinated tea, so it's probably combination of caffeine & the warmth affecting extraction of the polyphenols & whatnot in the tea.
Thanks Dr Chua! One you didn’t mention but that’s in recent studies is the power of meditation. An hour a day may seem like alot of time but I think it’s worth the investment in our health.
Talking about tea here in my Mombasa 🇰🇪,as I recall as a kid when we used to get eye infection especially pink eye our parents used to boil black tea let it cool than wash our eyes it worked like magic.👍
I have eye inflammation and treated with Loteman sterio since last year Apr'22, this year started clicloporin that caused minor cataract, increased eye pressure which will cause glaucoma, but the doctor still have not waive off clicloporin till today April 2023, what shall I do?
I am very active, drink hot tea every day all my life, eat lots of salad and beet root, do not drink and I have glaucoma since age 58. One eye had two surgeries and practically blind. I am 74 now.
Try 1 cup of blueberries every day. This has shown to lower eye pressure. Bilberry and eye bright too! Lower yoyr inflammation and heal your gut. Do acupressure for glaucoma. These are CRUCIAL for glaucoma ANTIOXIDANTS AND FAT Omega 3 B12 Zinc A D C E Vitmin c B6 B1 B3 And finally , low thyroid can cause glaucoma!
75% LOWER rates of glaucoma in hot tea drinkers! That's massive! Thank you doc! Could it be the antioxidants? Iced tea is often made from powder which probably loses its antioxidant qualities in the processing.
Financial Savant 16 hours ago Thanks Doc. My mom had glaucoma and her mom and her aunt that lived to 99 but went blind from it beforehand. Glad to hear this. Will go back to hot tea everyday like before I ever started drinking one cup of coffee a day. I’ll do both. Also I learned Earl Grey was studied and proven to send out our stem cells, WHOO hoo! Another plus. I always loved the vegetables. Hopefully I won’t get the glaucoma too. My husband drinks superbeets daily and the gym. That stuff gives me a terrible headache. Thanks again here in the sunshine state
I have been dealing with glaucoma in both eyes for 31 years including cataract in my right eye, blind in one left eye at birth and still am that way since then
Very informative . I am borderline with my eye pressure . This video came at the right time for me . Hope your suggestions can help me . Thank you for your tutorial .
I've got high eye pressure esp in one eye. Do you use eyedrops for eye pressure? I'm concerned about side effects and I hope I won't have to use drops for the rest of my life...
Thank you doctor for sharing such an interesting and important research information with us. You are a Godsend by doing this for us. You sound like a real doctor who knows his stuff. My grandmom was misdiagnosed by an incompetent man who said that her eye problem was all due to dryness. He would just prescribe to her Goniosol for her dryness. She and I did not know what was going on until she told me to take her to the hospital because she had difficulty with her vision. It wasn't until her eyes got dilated that the eye clinic doctor told us her vision was literally hanging on a thread due to damage done by untreated glaucoma. They told me her optic disc was large. Her glaucoma had damaged both of her optic nerves. She cried. I was devastated. They did laser at the hospital to open the trabecular meshwork drain and restore the flow, but the damage could not be undone. She could only see a little bit. This Indian doctor's name is Hadad and his office is on 90th street between park avenue and Lexington avenue in new York city. Incredibly they are allowing him to teach at the New York Medical College. His waiting room is full of certificates and other paperwork which speaks peanuts if his knowledge. Get does it only to impress the new people that are coming into his office. He has a long hallway when you e nter his office and at the end he has a one way mirror. You have to ring his door before they let you in. These were all red flags that I missed when I started bringing my poor grandmom to him. It was an aweful experience . I want to thank you for doing this video because with the internet many people will learn about glaucoma and it's dangers before it takes away their sight, the most precious of the five senses that we have that God gave us. Thank you.
Very nice that you are actually giving preventative measures(healthcare) which most doctors do not prevent illnesses but encourage dependency on them for drugs which creates more issues and then perform surgery. It’s just a business out to make money and not keep people healthy. Thank you for your information 👍
I regret to say that both my grandma and my mum had to deal with glaucoma despite having been green tea drinkers and having eaten salad on a daily basis. As far as I know it's an hereditary desease. My grandma was particularly a very active person and seldom drank alcohol (a couple of glasses at Xmas, NYE, some birthday and the sort). I wonder if you can shed some light on the reasons and why their diet and lifestyle didn't work and the earyly symptoms I should watch for, since I am trying to prevent ever being affected by it. Thanks in advance.
I am not speaking on behalf of the doctor, but I also drank green tea on the regular, exercised regularly and ate healthy foods. I possibly suffered from sleep apnea. I understand how you feel. I have glaucoma in one eye and attempted to prevent it.
Thanks Michael for that excellent information. Just so you know that in Australia we have a universal health care system with subsidised medicines - latanoprost costs me au$6.50 a month or us$10. The government negotiates with the drug companies so it is much better here.
Dear Dr. Michael Chua, You gave a beautiful presentation on glaucoma, it really helped me understand the subject better and to do preventive methods. Nageswara Kode, Ph.D.
This is really interesting- thanks. Regarding nitric oxide, there is growing evidence that humming is very helpful in increasing nitric oxide levels as it makes available endogenous nitric oxide.
The way you laid the information out, was very clear. Thanks for helping me understand. I work on a campus, where there is a health clinic, that does eye examinations, with the standard eye charts. I walk by it many times a week, on some days I can easily see 20/20, then on other days I can't. I'm in my 60's, and active. Any tips, I'm asking because when I do the eye test at DMV, I would like to be at my best. Is it best to test in the morning or evening? tips like that, because I noticed my vision changes during a normal week.
I can’t hardly believe it, physical exercise helps the eyes, I have glaucoma and very advanced, and in my fifty years wearing glasses no doctor find that problem, until seven years ago, why? none of the many optometrist or the ophthalmology doctors find it . Good information, thanksgiving. Michael. I meant thank you 🙏 very much.
People can have pressure from 11 - 21 and be normal, being 19 is not bad as you think, me I have pressure of 22-24 for the last few years, I dont have any damage thanks to God, and doctor decided to put me to drops for safety because my reading are always high. with drops I have reading now of 16-17. So, my suggestion is, if you are afraid or being at risk, take the drops to stay safe and protect your vision. Drops are not that bad for health. little side effects, not major.
ever since I my eye doctor told me that my eyes are larger than a normal person's and that I could be at risk of glaucoma a year ago, I have always had this worry in the back of my mind. while this video is interesting, I really don't know if I can prevent my eyes from getting larger or ever prevent glaucoma. I just have in mind of going to the doctor once a year to see how things continue
How do you explain that my husband who works on computers all day and does hardly any exercise and eats very little leafy green aside from the dinners I make - has eye pressures of 14. I on the other hand exercise every day and eat lots of leafy greens but have eye pressure in early 20s. I think genetics and he has a more chilled personality.
I was diagnosed having closed-angle glaucoma 8 years ago and had YAG laser surgery. Since then, I take my eye drops religiously(2x a day) and have 2-3x eye check-up every year. Field vision test is done annually to determine if glaucoma is progressing. So far, its not progressing but the damage caused by glaucoma is irreversible.
Super video, thank you!! (1) humming has been shown to increase nitric oxide, and also nasal breathing increases nitric oxide as a lifestyle practice. (I read this in PubMed papers) (2) It could help to know exercise and cannabis are both temporary, but significant ways to temporarily lower eye pressure. (25% for cannabis, maybe more for exercise). As for cannabis, using it in a program that also uses greens, exercise, pristine diet , with proper eye pressure lowering and antiinflammatory supplements, plus seeing eye doc of course, could be the best way. I would hate to overlook the cannabis. maybe only before bed? Anyway, thanks for video, and comments/advice are welcome!
I've heard the nostril opening thing from the drugstore works very well to stop snoring. They're called Breathe-Right Strips or the generic, Nasal Strips or Air Max. Or Slebaonos nose vents. Would be simpler to try before the CPAP contraption
My optometrist told me i have glaucoma and freaks me out very depressed,will see an opthalmologist on tues.am very worried. Not any one in my family has
My wife has golocoma operated 4 times she did not recover Dr fix vab in eye had damage nerv in she vision very nearow vision now she have lot of pain in eye
Thank you so much went to the eye doctor yesterday and they want me to get screened for glaucoma. Didn’t really tell me much about it though this was great.
I am a Covid 19 long hauler 2 years ago My Oxygen level was 48 and I lost my hair I have fluid in my bone behind my left ear and my eyes are cupping now I found out I also I have Lipedema 1 the good thing is I’m getting more stimulus in my day the fog brain and fatigue is still so bad but I now have a vibration plate which is really good
I suggest you include bicycling as a high intensity exercise. I've been a road racing bicyclist since as was child. I'm retired from the US Army. And at almost 76 years old I still ride my old road racing bicycle in my garage for 30 minutes. I have it sitting on a trainer. No different than if I was riding it on a road. I do that in addition to exercises like kick boxing and self defense 5 days a week. I maintain a pace comparable to riding my bike on a road at about maybe 20 MPH By the time I finish my T-shirt is soaked in sweat. IMO most doctors confuse patients by comparing riding a bike to walking. But of course if you ride your bike as if you were doing it in slow motion you're wasting your time. IMO it's a matter of learning how to pedal the right way at the right cadence. If you don't think that's high intensity try it yourself on a road racing bike the way I do it. My point is I was diagnosed with glaucoma about 6 years ago. But my eye pressure thanks to my eye drops and my life style is within normal levels (15 - 16)
thanks for sharing the information. yesss! for hot tea .Also i really enjoy eating the beets. everyone can't eat green leaf veggies due to high vitamin k. it interfere with warfarin.
Thank you for sharing this information, it's very helpful.👍🏽👍🏽I lived in Santa Ana, California over 30 years ago and went to McFadden Junior high School💕 They call it Middle School here in Georgia 😁 When I come back to visit, I will definitely look you up for an eye exam. God bless and Thank you again for sharing this great information 🙏🏼🙏🏼😇
There are massage techniques (shiatsu/reflexology) that help lower pressure. It is demonstrated on plenty of vids here on youtube. I like to remove my regular eyeglasses when I'm outside so I can get a few minutes of full-spectrum sunlight (I don't Look at the sun of course, though that's a yoga technique --wouldn't risk it!!! But moderation is key.) I do know that when I used to drive all day in the sunny state of New Mexico, I got a triangular shaped "sunspot" on my cheek. I don't drive anymore, don't use sunblock, and the spot has gone away. I believe the filtered light is what throws things off balance. Glass filters out some wavelengths of UV rays, the tanning ones, I think it's UVB, maybe even some others.
Why doesn’t my ophthalmologist recommend any of this? I have asked both of mine if there were any lifestyle changes I could make to decrease my progression and was told there were none.
Same, my doctor said they still aren’t sure what causes this and didn’t associate it with any lifestyle changes other than using drops to reduce eye pressure. Of course, an overall healthy lifestyle is important.
I am so grateful to you for sharing this excellent information. My eyes are worst at night, and a dehumidifier doesn't help. Aside from Siena, do you have any suggestions for a sleeping goggle? On that fits, is comfortable and doesn't fall apart after 6 months? Thanks again!
i think exercise with brigther light will close the iris which open the drainage, and then when you sweat it ll reduce the amount of water in the body thus reducing eye pressure and blockage
Dr,thanks for your excellent advice on correcting or slowing the eye defects the "nautural "way .Wonderful and simple afvice .Unfortunately ,you are so far away from us otherwise would pop over to see you
Thanks Doctor I have open angle glaucoma since 30 years. My optic nerve is damaged I'm using Lumigan eye drops.my question is, what supplements are good for glaucoma? Is lutein good.?
While I'm 52 and eat poorly and weigh 245 at five foot 7. I exerisize far more than moderately , 5 hours weekly eat micro greens tumeric and green tea daily.
The strangest thing happened to me & I need some input if possible. I go with a friend to Doctor appointments because he cannot hear well & has a hard time understanding information. He was told he had cataracts, one eye needed surgery ASP & the other isn't bad enough for surgery. Ok, he had the surgery and did all his follow-ups/drops, etc.. We both thought he was good & just needed new glasses. Out of the blue, his eye surgeon told him, well you have to go to a glaucoma specialist also, not just an eyeglass doctor. Neither one of us heard of glaucoma during any of the visits.😳What or how did we miss this diagnosis unless that's why he had cataracts & it's caused by glaucoma? Why would a doctor leave that part out??!!!
He probably missed the exam for glaucoma. These are specific pictures of your eyes to see the back of your eye and how thick or thin the membrane is. I just had mine done a couple days ago. It has to do with the pressure of the eye. My case is only a suspicion, but I need to get ahead and follow a good diet and everything else recommended here. Best wishes, take care. Blessings.
@@crisalidathomassie1811 You had me thinking that suggestion over. So I checked into the surgeon's degrees. First off he is a specialist in eye diseases namely cataracts & glaucoma, this is on his web page - Ophthalmologists diagnose and treat eye diseases, including vision loss, detached retinas, cataracts, and glaucoma. They perform laser retina surgery, refractive surgery, and lens replacement operations. But I know for a fact he doesn't sell/provide eyeglasses. If nothing else you have me questioning " My Hearing" 🤣Maybe he's sending him to someone else that does both, so he doesn't have to bounce between.
