your post is real helpful. i have been undergoing the treatment for past 4 months now and methotrax n predcor eye drops does not give me that relief. are you taking the oj for entire day ?? how many litres are you consuming. also howz your eye now after this experiment.
I drink about 12 to 16 oz. of oj a day and take 1,000 mg. vitamin C supplement every day. It's probably not the mega doses that others were talking about. I have other autoimmune issues and take medication for them so I really don't know what is helping. Sorry I can't be of more help to you as far as the vitamin C!
I was diagnosed with sclreitis, ireitis, and uveitis about a year ago. I also have rheumatoid arthritis. my rheumatologist and Opthomologist wanted me to take stronger biologics to control the inflammation but I didn't want to go that route so I sought a naturalpathic doctor to see if he could help. He did some research and discovered that sulfites can cause eye inflammation. So he put me on a no sulfite diet for two weeks and then had me add back foods containing sulfites to see my reaction. i do have a sulfite sensitivity and have to avoid certain foods. once i did that my scleritis improved greatly to the point that my eye doctor said there was no trace of scleritis. needless to say this is not a cure all i do have to watch what i eat. i hope my experience helps others suffering from scleritis. Sulfites are found naturally in foods (garlic, onions, cauliflower, etc) and added in frozen foods, wine and coffee . I've gone organic and also read food labels to make sure i avoid it as much as possible.
thank You very much for your advice. It's so simple and so natural.
hey, I just wanted to let you know that this has been a very interesting journey for me with the episcleritis. Sometimes, its just been debilitating. I got this maybe about 7 years ago and I remember someone saying it was 'catching'. I moved from the Uk to Dubai and the sand and dust were just the worst aggravating my eyes even more. I tried an opthalmologist who insisted it was dry eyes. I then went somewhere else and they diagnosed this correctly. I was given the steroid drops etc..... It still kept coming back! so I went back and the eye doctor confirmed its a skin problem and then explained its a collagen issue. I saw this thread and did some research and thought it can't hurt and started taking high dose vitamin c. My eyes are 90% better now and there are no nodules. Sometimes I can have a small flare up interestingly when I have had stomach acid. If I do have a small flare up then the steroid drops just calm the anger now but its only small. I wanted to wait a couple of months before I wrote this because its a time will tell thing! However, nothing else has changed apart from the vitamin c. I really hope that this helps someone out there
how is your eye doing now?
how did it go?
thanks for this information. how are you now whats the update?