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Medical Forum / General / Vision / September 2005The effect of periocular warming on accommodation - interesting article
What I've been doing ... for years: 1) Periodic use of warm, moist washcloth over the eyes; 2) Periodic use of one of those 'corn-filled' bags, heated mildly in the microwave, over the eyes; 3) Cajoling my wife into massaging the area around my eyes; 4) Computer is by the window. I tend to type with eyes closed and sun beating on them. I've always found, at least palliative, relief of eyestrain (accommodative spasm) symptoms. Now it seems it's worth more than that.... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1 5885788&dopt=Citation OR: http://snipurl.com/hra2 > What I've been doing ... for years: > > 1) Periodic use of warm, moist washcloth over the eyes; Very commonly recommended procedure, esp. for people with chronic blepharitits. > 2) Periodic use of one of those 'corn-filled' bags, heated mildly in > the microwave, over the eyes; Never heard of that. What kind of corn, whole grain (certainly not popcorn, I guess), ground, or what? Sounds like a good idea though, if one doesn't like the wetness of # 1 above. > 3) Cajoling my wife into massaging the area around my eyes; Now there's another novel idea. Could produce other pleasant side effects. > 4) Computer is by the window. I tend to type with eyes closed and sun > beating on them. Wow, I don't know how you do that. I've done some computing outdoors and enjoy it but have to sit well in the shade or I can't read the laptop display. I think I'll go back to #3 and give it a try... > I've always found, at least palliative, relief of eyestrain > (accommodative spasm) symptoms. Now it seems it's worth more than [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > OR: http://snipurl.com/hra2 .5 D. isn't much, but it's something... w.stacy, o.d. >> What I've been doing ... for years: >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >popcorn, I guess), ground, or what? Sounds like a good idea though, if >one doesn't like the wetness of # 1 above. This kind of thing, though they are often store-bought: http://www.alpharubicon.com/med/cornheatpack.htm >> 3) Cajoling my wife into massaging the area around my eyes; > >Now there's another novel idea. Could produce other pleasant side effects. .... :-) >> 4) Computer is by the window. I tend to type with eyes closed and sun >> beating on them. > >Wow, I don't know how you do that. I've done some computing outdoors >and enjoy it but have to sit well in the shade or I can't read the >laptop display. I think I'll go back to #3 and give it a try... The swivel for the blinds is in arms' reach. When I have to read, I close the vertical blinds. When it's time to type, I open them ;-) >> I've always found, at least palliative, relief of eyestrain >> (accommodative spasm) symptoms. Now it seems it's worth more than [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >.5 D. isn't much, but it's something... It does, however, speak to that (oh, so volatile) concept of pseudomyopia, and may have some implications in maintaining accommodative amplitudes over the long run (??). For me, it simply feels good! >This kind of thing, though they are often store-bought: > >http://www.alpharubicon.com/med/cornheatpack.htm > Seems like a reasonable idea, except that it would not be so easy to launder the sock regularly (I'd be afraid of growing bugs on that thing if it sat on the eyelids for any length of time, over and over) w.stacy, o.d. >>This kind of thing, though they are often store-bought: >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >w.stacy, o.d. They work better with flaxseed (available on the cheap from the sprouthead store), brown rice, barley husks or a mixture of the three. I buy old silk shirts at the thrift store to make covers for the cotton broadcloth bags. I run htem up by the dozens and sell them alongside my handknits at art fairs. Add a few drops of essential oil to the innards and hte yupsters snap them up. +++++++++++++ Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account... >>This kind of thing, though they are often store-bought: >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >launder the sock regularly (I'd be afraid of growing bugs on that thing >if it sat on the eyelids for any length of time, over and over) Shouldn't heating it in the microwave go a long way toward ameliorating that? >>Seems like a reasonable idea, except that it would not be so easy to >>launder the sock regularly (I'd be afraid of growing bugs on that thing [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >ameliorating that? > Probably, but only if you get it hot enough to burn the eyelids. I like wooly's idea of what sounds like a little pillowcase over the main bag, which could be slipped off and laundered with bleach separately, just to be safe. w.stacy, o.d. Dear Neil, Subject: Your current refractive state of +4 diopters or so. >From our conversations, I understand that you are wearing a +4 diopter plus lens -- approximately. For my own curiosity, I wonder: 1. At what age you were given the plus lens and 2. Why. 3. Did the strength of the plus increase over the years? For myself, my refraction was approximagely zero at age 5. The ophthalmologist stated that I was going to become nearsighed. He was right of course, but it took time to understand HOW and WHY he knew this. You "case" does present some "puzzles" but I an curious to understand your history. Best, Otis >Dear Neil, > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > >Otis Search the forum. Find what you can. Surmise what you wish. If you think I'm going to participate in your intellectual masturbation, you're sorely mistaken. Have fun. Be careful. They're /still/ not certain whether or not "if you don't stop it, you'll go blind." Dear "Open Minded" SMV friends, If you wish to judge our pleasant conversations, and my objective of "keeping an open mind" this is a perfect statement you can use to judge me -- or Neil Brooks. Any man who makes this kind of commentary does not deserve my respect -- you yours, I would believe. I respect my friends as intelligent and wise -- until the prove otherwise. Best, Otis > If you wish to judge our pleasant conversations, > and my objective of "keeping an open mind" this is [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I respect my friends as intelligent and wise -- until > the prove otherwise. Otis.....its called a kill filter. Or a thicker skin. Someone wise once said, "Nobody can insult you without your permission." Every teenager should meditate on those words before school each day! 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