Hi Roger, So sorry to hear! This sounds pretty scary. I don't know much about amoebic infections. I do know that CS seems to be a strong killer of bacteria, fungi, and virii. I've had uveitis that didn't respond well to the ophthalmologists medications years ago, but the next time I had it, I dared put a couple drops of DMSO into my eye-dropper bottle full of CS, cringing that I might be harming myself, even though people in groups had said they'd come to no harm. My redness, terrible eye-pain, everything, stopped within 3 days and when my ophthalmologist examined me with the slit lamp he was impressed and said I had his blessing to use my concoction if ever uveitis occurred again. As a Lymie, I know that's a possibility so am glad to have his approval. This is my own experience, not a recommendation, as I'm not qualified in any way but personal guinea-piggery.
Two years ago, after my iridotomies and subsequent cataract surgeries, they gave me Durezol drops to help heal the wounds, so you might want to ask about that. But all docs involved now respect my use of CS and a minute amount of DMSO to carry it to where it can be most effective. Best of luck! Please let us know how it's going. Be well, Léna On Jan 5, 2017, at 6:23 PM, Roger Barker wrote: > I'd like to start by wishing everyone a very Happy and Health New Year. > Unfortunately the new year has not started well for one of our family > (Julie). Approximately a week before Christmas she accidentally damaged here > eye when she caught it with her fingernail - causing a cut to the surface. > This cut has become infected so antibiotics were given with not results. > > Today we received this message from her husband. > > Julie is still in hospital for her eye infection. At this point it seems it > is an amoeba known as Acanthamoeba, as it has not responding to normal > antibiotic treatments. > > They have started her on a new treatment today (unfortunately due to > everything being closed during the holidays the doctors suspected what she > had but were unable to get the proper drugs to treat it until today as they > had to be shipped via medical courier from Auckland. The the ophthalmologist > said it is likely going to be a long road to recovery. At this point I don’t > know when she will be home but most likely not until next week given there > hasn’t been any real improvement in her condition so far. > > Most likely she will be in hospital for another few nights at least and then > hopefully home for a slow recovery that could take some weeks. That’s best > case though. The worst bit is the amount of pain she has been in > particularly at night. The amoeba attacks the eye in such a way that > morphine based pain relief doesn’t work particularly well, so she hasn’t had > much relief. > > My question to the group is - does anyone know if CS would help again this > amoeba? Although we've used CS for twenty plus years for all sorts of > complaints I don't know for certain if we've ever tackled anything like this. > > Any help/suggestion much appreciated. > > Best wishes, Roger B > > > > > > > > >
