Pinging the list: Does anyone know about this conditionm NAION? A freeper posted the below and if anyone has any information would appreciate it:
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A good friend of mine has been diagnosed with non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). It is a potentially debilitating condition that occurs from a lack of sufficient blood flow to the optic nerve. She started experiencing some blindness in one eye, now she’s experiencing some blindness in both eyes. She’s in her early 60s.
The docs don’t seem to know much about what causes it or how to reverse it (if that’s even possible).
I have never heard of that but I have optical migraines from allergies. I know when they are coming on because one eye goes blind just prior. If I take a Benadryl and a Tylenol as soon as the vision in one eye goes wonky, it will normally go away before the head pain starts. Allergies along with bright flashing lights trigger it. I have been having them since I was about 14.
LJ, have a friend who had this happen to his eyes.
Started walking 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week.
Blood flow started again.
Also, before he began this daily practice, I was worried if he was long for this world.
After two years, totally different guy.
I was really amazed.
I started the same practice. Just finished my first year.
Feeling so much better.
Almost 20 years ago my brother had radiotherapy for cancer in his neck. The cancer was cured, but he was left with two long-lasting side effects. One was a bald spot. The other was progressive inflammation on his retina on the radiated side, gradually leading to a loss of 40% of the visual field in that eye.
Around the beginning of this year he began using megadoses of niacin, mainly to prevent COVID. Two or three months in, he visited his haircutter of 15 years, and she asked him, "Did you get implants?" Apparently due to the improved circulation due to niacin, his bald spot had grown back in.
Soon after, he noticed that his vision was getting better, and his opthalmologist confirmed that not only was his vision nearly back to 100% but the clear signs of inflammation and capillary blockage on his retina had almost completely disappeared -- almost 20 years after his original radiation injury.
Niacin has multiple important systemic effects. First, it opens up your blood vessels so that the blood flows through like a fire hose, improving both oxygenation and nutrition of the cells. Second, it reduces inflammation and removes the products of inflammation from the circulatory system and other tissues. Third, it normalizes the gut bacteria so that the gut can better extract nutrients from food and also produce additional things that the body needs, such as melatonin. In addition, it prevents the COVID spike protein from clogging up a key cellular receptor, GPR109, which is one of the main ways COVID attacks the body.
If I were your friend, I would get started on the niacin protocol. It can't do any harm -- other than the temporary flush feeling -- and it's likely to do some good.