Blindness
Bilateral simultaneous optic nerve dysfunction
following paraorbital trauma: Recovery of vision in association
with chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy. Stephens D,
Pollard H., Bilton D et al. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological
Therapeutics Nov/Dec 1999 Vol 22 No. 9
A 53-year-old woman had
a fall down a stairwell and fractured a facial bone. Approximately
three weeks later her vision in the eye opposite the side
that had the fracture began to fail. It was revealed that
there was diminished function of both optic nerves, the right
more than the left.
After a series of chiropractic adjustments,
her vision returned to normal.
Cortical blindness, cerebral
palsy, epilepsy and recurring otitis media: A case study in
chiropractic management. Amalu WC, Today’s Chiropractic
May/June 1998 pp.16-25.
This is the case of a 5-year-old boy
with recurring middle-ear infections at one-month intervals
who was diagnosed with cortical blindness (the eyes functioned
properly but the vision center in the brain was damaged), cerebral
palsy, epilepsy and severe brain damage, secondary to possible
aborted crib death or viral encephalitis.
His mother reported
he had been a healthy child and “Two
days following a well-child checkup with an inoculation,” the
child became “colicky” and developed a mild upper
respiratory infection with fever and later became cyanotic,
gasping for air and nonresponsive. A cranial CT scan showed
cerebral edema, comparable with either an ischemic insult
or sepsis. Child began to have seizures 24 hours later, diagnosed
as severe hypoxemic encephalopathy, secondary to possible
SIDS or vital encephalitis.
Child remained on Phenobarbital ™ for over 1½ years
then placed on Dilantin ™ . Multiple specialists said
he would never walk, speak, regain his vision or progress
in school.
At the time of his first chiropractic visit he was
having 30 grand mal and complex seizures a day and otitis
media once per month. He was unable to walk, communicate
and was non-responsive. He made a constant loud vocal drone
and almost constant writhing torsocephalic motions.
Chiropractic
management consisted of correction (adjustment) of C1 vertebrae.
The adjustment was accomplished and the mother noted that he
had his first good-night sleep in weeks.
After the 2nd adjustment
seizures reduced to 10/day, vocal drone became a quiet intermittent
moan and he began to clap his hands.
During the next week patient
had become more alert, sitting up and looking around, and responded
to sounds. Seizures decreased to 5/day. Pupillary reflexes
returned to normal, almost all writhing motions had ceased,
ears were clear of effusion. By the 3rd week grand mal seizures
had stopped and he was sleeping through the night. For the
first time in his life he said “dada.” Spasticity
had deceased in all extremities and he began showing fine motor
skills. He had his first month free from otitis media.
By end
of fifth week an ophthalmologist noted a drastic improvement
in central field vision. Seizures reduced to three per day,
saying more words and improved fine motor coordination.
By the
7-12 weeks, seizures reduced to staring spells which saying
his name brought him out of.
Over the next 10 months improvement
continued. All epileptic symptoms disappeared and the neurologist
declared him non-epileptic. He remained free from of ear infections.
His vision improved to the point where he was prescribed glasses.
Vocabulary continued to increase. He was learning to feed himself
and was potty training. He was able to walk slowly with assistance.
Comment
from Tedd Koren: This appears to be a vaccine related injury,
especially since cerebral edema is a sign of vaccine damage.
Also encephalopathy has been noticed in the medical literature
as a possible reaction to the DTP inoculation. Upon discussion
with the author of this paper it was learned that the medical
personnel refused to acknowledge or even consider possible
vaccine injury.
Does ‘normal’ vision improve with
spinal manipulation? Stephens D, Gorman RF, Journal of Manipulative
and Physiological Therapeutics 1996; 19:415-8
This is the case
of a 22-year-old man suffering from a painful neck who began
chiropractic care.
Although his ‘vision’ was considered
to be in the normal range, as measured by computerized static
perimetry, it was tested before and after a spinal adjustment.
After the adjustment there were was a measurable improvement
in the visual sensitivity of both eyes.
Case report: spinal
strain and visual perception deficit. Gorman RF, Anderson RL,
Hilton D, Favoloro RJ, Pittorino AJ. Chiropractic J. of Australia
1994: 24: 131-134
Following a motor vehicle accident, a 33-year-old
male experienced an overall “burning” feeling,
difficulty in breathing, vertigo on standing, fatigue, irritability,
pain in the right wrist, sore eyes, and blurred vision. X-rays
and EKG were normal. Patient also had tunnel vision.
After spinal
care his symptoms completely disappeared
Visual recovery following
chiropractic intervention. Gilman G and Bergstrand J. Journal
of Behavioral Optometry. Volume 1 1990, No.3 P73.
After a head
trauma, an elderly man experienced a complete loss of vision.
He was examined by a behavioral optometrist and it was determined
that optometric and opthalmological treatments were not indicated.
He was referred to a chiropractor.
After chiropractic adjustments
the patient’s vision
returned. Possible neurological explanations are addressed
in the paper.
Study on cervical visual disturbance and its manipulative
treatment. Zhang C, Wang Y, Lu W, et al. J Trad Chinese Medicine,
1984;4:205-210.
This paper reviews the status of 3120 cases
of cervical syndrome of which 30 were associated with hypopsia
and blindness.
The patients were given Chinese manipulative
therapy. “Vision
was restored to no less than 1.0 in 4 cases with blindness.”
The authors observed that in many cases “blood
flow of the cerebral hemispheres greatly improves after manipulative
treatment. The same was found to be true in animal tests.”
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Koren, D.C.
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