Speaking as a medical type person. LED and IR radiation do show
promise as a way to help circulation problems in people with
diabetes.
However, if the eye has enough problems that laser treatments are
not enough to control the damage then circulation is not the problem
any more. What happens in the eye is that it becomes damaged enough
that scars begin to form, when a scar heals it contracts, in the eye
the scar can contract enough to pull the retina completely off the
inside of the eye so people go blind. It is ok to do things that you
think will help people but remember to first do no harm. If you do
not know EXACTLY how the IR LEDs affect the circulation and the way
that it helps the body to heal then useing in on the eye can have
result not intended. If this does help the body heal faster and
increase circulation then it could actually help the scars in the
eye heal and contract faster. Which would mean going blind that much
faster.
Dude, please get confirmation from other sources ie other research
groups and look in other articles or magazines (medical and
otherwise) before you begin to experiment on yourself. While me and
the entire medical community would like to see the results, no one
wants to see anyone else loose sight if they don't have to.
Jekili
--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Terry" <tpuffies_at_h...> wrote:
> Since it looks like there are people out there who like to jump to
> conclusions, please let me clarify.
>
> I'm not trying to sell anything.
> I'm not pressuring anybody into doing anything.
>
> I was doing research on the web regarding my own problems with
> diabetes. I ran across some research that shows promise of at
least
> partial healing of some diabetes-related health problems. I saw
that
> there was success using LEDs to heal eye damage.
>
> Knowing electronics, I couldn't just sit on my hands and let my
furry
> friends miss out on a chance to benefit from this interesting
> research. (Besides, some of the devices in question retail for
> thousands of dollars. That alone might prohibit people from
getting
> timely help.)
>
> So I am willing to build some devices that might help. Free to any
of
> my furry friends who would like to try them. The cost is coming
out
> of MY pocket and I don't expect anything in return. No caveats, no
> strings. (I anticipate these devices will cost me at least $90 in
> parts and postage. And take dozens of hours, each, to build.)
>
> I had already started building one for a furry friend who will be
> using it on his feet and may try it on his most afflicted eye. I
> remembered that Jim was bad enough off that he was having surgery
to
> help his diabetes-related eyesight problems, so I thought I would
> make the next one available to him.
>
> It's up to him to decide if he wants it and how he wants to use
it.
> I'm just making the offer, out of concern, and out of respect for
his
> contributions to Furry fandom.
Received on Tue Mar 09 2004 - 23:23:53 CST