Showing posts with label Eye drop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eye drop. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

How to use Can-C Eyedrops

Using Can-C Eyedrops to treat your cataracts could not be simpler. Simply apply two drops of Can-C Eyedrops twice a day into your affected eye(s). Although this might not seem like very much, there is no benefit to be gained from increasing this dose. If you are already using other eye medications, seek the advice of your ophthalmic physician before starting to use Can-C Eyedrops.

As with so many conditions, the sooner you start treating your cataracts the more effective your treatment will be. Therefore, it is recommended that you start using Can-C Eyedrops as soon as you have been diagnosed with cataracts.

It is also important to realise that just as senile cataracts do not suddenly appear overnight, Can-C Eyedrops cannot dissolve them that quickly either. Instead Can-C Eyedrops work gently but effectively over a period of time.

However, within one month of use, many people report measurable improvements in their condition. In order to gain maximum benefit, Can-C Eyedrops should be used as directed above for a period of at least 6 months. Even after your cataracts have been successfully treated, it is a good idea to carry on using Can-C Eyedrops in order to try and help prevent any reoccurrence of the problem - especially when you bear in mind senile cataracts are a condition intrinsically linked with aging. As a preventative measure, it is recommended that the dose be lowered to two drops once a day into each eye.

Fortunately, Can-C Eyedrops appear to be extremely well tolerated, with no real side effects. For most people, using Carnosine Drops should be an effective, easy to use, side effect free way of treating their cataracts. Rarely, a patient may experience some stinging. If this does happen, the situation should rectify itself with continued use. If not, then Can-C Eyedrops should no longer be used.

Another benefit of Cataract Drops that they can also be used by contact lens wearers. In fact, some people find that it makes wearing their contact lens more comfortable - particularly if they suffer from dryness and irritation that is sometimes associated with contact lens use. The active ingredient in Can-C Eyedrops, N-acetylcarnosine, may also reduce the build up of lactic acid in the eyes which means that contact lenses can safely be worn for longer.

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Jacob has the vast knowledge in health and doing research on eye drops from past 6 year. He is working with can c eye drops and write the articles on cataract eye drops, carnosine eye drops and senile cataract.

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

How Do I Know That I Have Cataracts?

Cataract in Human Eye                         Image via Wikipedia
Cataracts cause the lens of the eye to become cloudy. At first they may not affect your vision at all, but as they become larger your vision will become increasingly blurred - it will be like looking through frosted glass all the time - until eventually you may lose all your functional vision in your affected eye(s).

You may also notice other symptoms in addition to the blurring of your vision. Cataracts can make sunlight or lamplight appear too bright or glaring. Oncoming headlights when you are driving at night can be another problem as they may cause more glare than they did before. You might also find that colours do not seem as bright as they once did.

Some people find that they become increasingly nearsighted and they require frequent changes in their glasses prescription. Whilst changing your prescription might initially help, eventually, as the cataract grows, stronger glasses or contact lenses will no longer improve your vision.

There are a number of different types of cataracts - and the type of cataract will affect exactly which symptoms you experience and how quickly they will occur. The most common type of cataract is called a senile cataract. They develop almost exclusively in those over the age of 60, although the underlying damage that eventually leads to the cataract formation usually begins decades earlier. Senile cataracts often start as a discoloration of the lens. As the localized structural damage grows, so vision problems occur.

It's vitally important that you have cataracts properly diagnosed by a qualified optometrist. People sometimes confuse a condition called nuclear sclerosis with the development of cataracts because nuclear sclerosis (a hardening of the lens of the eye) causes the lens to become less translucent. This gives it a grey or pearly appearance. Fortunately nuclear sclerosis does not usually significantly interfere with a person's vision.
It's important to remember that cataracts are not cancerous, are not infectious (they can't spread from one eye to the other) and do not affect other structures in your eye.

Once diagnosed, do not panic. They can be treated and are not a cause of irreversible blindness. Your optometrist may recommend surgery - but there is an alternative. Cataract Drops can effectively and gently treat cataracts without the need for surgery.

Jacob has the vast knowledge in health and doing research on eye drops from past 6 year. He is working with can c eye drops and write the articles on cataract eye drops, carnosine drops and senile cataract.

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Cataracts and Smoking

Holds a surprising number of cigarette buts          Image by Thirteen Of Clubs
Quitting smoking is vitally important for our health and well being. That’s hardly news these days as public education into the increased health risks associated with smoking is well advanced. But whilst most of us are aware of the links between smoking and conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancer and various lung diseases, not that many of us are familiar with the fact that smoking is associated with an increased risk of developing cataracts.

Whilst increasing age is undoubtedly the main risk factor when it comes to cataracts - which is why the most common form are known as senile cataract - the impact of smoking cannot be dismissed. Experts believe that cigarette smoking may in fact be responsible for up to 20 per cent of all cataracts. Research has shown that men who smoke more than a pack a day increase their risk for cataracts by a staggering 205 per cent! For female smokers, the risk of developing cataracts increases by a still very significant 63 per cent.

And whilst some of the risk factors for cataracts are things that you cannot either do anything about or would find hard to change such as getting older or being diabetic, maintaining a smoking habit is one of the most easily eliminated cataract risk factors.

Studies indicate that smoking is responsible for a two-pronged attack on the eyes that can lead to the development of cataracts in two ways. First of all, tobacco smoke contains harmful free radicals that directly assault the eye, potentially damaging lens proteins and the fiber cell membrane in the lens. Secondly, smoking reduces the body's levels of antioxidants and certain enzymes which may help to remove damaged proteins from the lens. With lower levels of these protective chemicals, damage to the lens proteins accumulates which manifests itself in the form of cataracts.

Unfortunately, while quitting smoking immediately may halt or even reverse some of the damage smoking can do to your body, you are still at substantially greater risk of cataract development than those who never smoked, even 20 years after kicking the habit.

Help though is at hand in the form of Can-C Eyedrops. With its powerful anti-oxidant formula using carnosine in the form of N-acetylcarnosine, Cataracts Drops boost anti-oxidant levels in the eyes which, combined with quitting smoking, can help to reduce your risk of cataract development or gently but effectively treat already formed cataracts.

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Cataracts and Glycation

Anterior capsular opacification around Intraoc...                         Image via WikipCataracts form in the lens of the eye - a biconvex structure that is essentially made up of water and proteins. These proteins are arranged in a very specific way that enables the lens to be kept clear and light to pass through it. However, if the proteins become damaged a cataract may start to form. And it is a process known as glycation that is a major culprit when it comes to protein damage.

Glycation is the reaction that occurs when simple sugar molecules such as fructose and glucose become attached (bind) to proteins (or lipid fats) without the controlling action of an enzyme. This process, also called non-enzymatic glycosylation, results in the formation of rogue molecules known as advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs). These AGEs interact with adjacent proteins (cross link) which results in impaired function, free radical formation and accelerated aging. AGEs are therefore linked to many age-related diseases and conditions including the development of senile cataracts.


Glycation is of particular concern to diabetics who already suffer from the effects of poor glucose control. Certainly, being diabetic increases your chances of developing cataracts due to increased glycation occurring.


It stands to reason then that if you can prevent and reverse glycation you are well on the way to helping to prevent and reverse cataracts. Fortunately, a chemical compound known as carnosine is capable of doing just that. Carnosine is a di-peptide made up from a combination of the amino-acids beta-alanine and l-histadine and has proven to be a very effective inhibitor of glycation. It works by competing with proteins for binding sites on sugar molecules. It is also thought to bind already produced AGEs so they get removed. In this way carnosine is capable of effectively preventing and reversing the development and growth of cataracts.


The trick has been to get carnosine to where it is needed most. And this where Can-C Eyedrops come in to play. The carnosine found in Can-C Eyedrops´ unique formula is specifically in the form of N-acetylcarnosine. N-acetylcarnosine acts as a "carrier" of carnosine which means that it can be delivered directly into the aqueous humor of the eye (the fluid surrounding the lens). N-acetylcarnosine is also highly resistant to the enzyme carnosinase - the natural enemy of carnosine because its action is to break down carnosine.


And the scientific evidence is clear. Clinical trials showed that after 6 months use of
cataract eye drops 90% of patients had improved vision as the carnosine drops gently and effectively melted away their cataracts.