Natural Remedies for Pterygium
Generally, a pterygium is more of a nuisance than a serious health complaint, but the condition can be extremely annoying and in advanced cases can obstruct the vision as well. Pterygium is a condition of the eye in which the conjunctiva in one or both eyes exhibits uncontrolled (non-cancerous) growth to extend over the sclera -- the white of the eye -- usually emanating from the nose-side of the eye.
Significant irritation -- often from sunlight, dryness, airborne particulates, wind, etc. -- seems to increase the prevalence of this eye condition. Usually, the pterygium is painless but it can become irritated and often it feels like there is something in your eye at all times. It is possible to remove the growth surgically if it begins to affect the eyesight, but otherwise treatment is limited.
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CASTOR OIL
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11/03/2010: Noddy from Adelaide, Australia: "Just wondering how you were using the castor oil. Were you taking it internally?? I have a pterygium which I am desperate to get rid of. I have heard you can put castor oil drops in your eye to get rid of it??"
Replies03/15/2012: Aishwarya from Nagpur, India replies: "Try Drishti Eye Drops made by Patanjali Ayurveda( Swami Ramdev). It should work very well."
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01/17/2010: Mel from Katy, TX: "I just use a q-tip and dip in the Castor oil bottle and have just a drop fall on the tip of my finger and quickly apply to my eyelid. Do the same for the other eye. Rub it in very well and get in bed. It works very fast. I am more excited about my pterygium diminishing and maybe possibly going away for good. Keeping my fingers crossed. So, for me it has helped in two ways and I hope that it helps someone else with insomnia and a pterygium."
Replies03/20/2012: Clear81 from Shenzhen, Guangdong, China replies: "Hi Mel and others, How's the development of your pterygium treatment using the Castor oil? I would like to know because I am eager to try it too on my one eye. Your post has been 2 years ago and I tried sending you a mail but I don't know how so I just post it here.Any feedbacks from the others who tried it? Thank you in advance for your post.
Regards, R"
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[YEA] 01/16/2010: Mel from Katy, TX: "Castor Oil cured my insomnia and a Pterygium on my left eye. A pterigium is fatty deposit from wind/dust that affects one or both eyes. There is no pain, but it looks gross. I first got this while living in West Texas and was diagnosed by an Ophthalmologist. My doctor told me that it is not serious unless it starts growing towards the pupil and therefore, should be removed because it will affect my eye sight. My pterigium over the years was getting closer and closer to my pupil as the years have gone by. I knew that very soon I would have to have surgery to have it removed. I started the castor oil therapy about 2 weeks ago for my insomnia and just about 2 days ago I was looking in the mirror and look at my eyes and had to do a double take. The pterygium is almost gone! It is very thin and is not noticeable at all. I am so happy! I started using castor oil for insomnia and that was successful and at the same time cured my pterygium. Thank you so much. :D"
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REMEDIES NEEDED
06/27/2011: Ingramzoo from Deltona, Fl: "My husband has been suffering from pterygiums in both eyes (benign wing like growths). We have been advised to have them removed since one of them is beginning to cross the pupil area. Does anyone have experience in treating these without surgery?"
Replies08/22/2011: Patti from Moorestown, Nj replies: "I had a pterygium removed and it grew right back! I have them on all four sides, they say it's genetic but no one in my family had ever heard of them. I was told that if it grew over my pupil, I wouldn't be able to see, so I had the surgery and it was awful! I have been watching it since and it grew back but not any further than it was, so I'm leaving it alone. I don't know what to do other than continual use of Refresh Tears or something like that to keep the eye moist; dry eye is part of it. My vision has changed b/c of it, but I still don't need glasses. My advice is to have your husband look into anything that could keep him from having surgery. Good luck!"
02/12/2012: Farrlinn from Long Beach, Ca replies: "Hi, I wanted to know if the Castor Oil is still working for you? I've already had one surgery for an inflammed ptygerium and the recovery was horrific. I suffered for horrible scar tissue and ultimately sought Accupuncture to help with the pain/scar tissue. I got relief, but now I'm afraid it is growing back and I'm in a lot of pain. Any feedback is much appreciated.Farrlinn"
03/31/2012: Clear from China, Guangdong replies: "Hi Farrlinn, Did you ever tried the Castor oil as what Mel did? I just bought CO in Hongkong today in Worldwide Plaza Fanda Pharmacy and I will try it tonight. I hope I could gain results. I will update this board for the development. My eye doctor says my Pterygium is still small and I have to wait until it grows bigger to have it remove by surgery but he said it will still come back in due time. Oh...Regards, R.."
04/26/2012: Speedteq from Phoenix, Arizona, United States replies: "I have suffered from these for a number of years and everytime I went to the eye doctor they really never told me any details only that they weren't harmful. After looking this up on the site and being a new user here I noticed there was quite a bit of detail and it all pointed to lubrication. I have recently started using 100% pure , Virgin Coconut oil to help with some other issues. I started to think about just how good of a lubricant this seemed to be so I tried a experiment and took a cotton swab and lubricated the corners of my eyes.The result was my vision became slightly blurred as I would have expected and there was zero irritation that was my greatest concern and I was prepared to rinse my eyes. My eyes felt really good so I did this before bed. By morning the size had been reduced to over 1/2 and I could actually see such a huge improvement plus my eyes where visably whiter. The next evening I repeated the process and applied abit more to the corners of my eyes so the Coconut oil would migrate over and I did this once again before bed because it did make my vision blurred. In the morning the long time "bumps" were nearly gone and I am now going to repeat this for the third evening tonight with great expectation that my eyes will once again be clear."
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03/09/2011: Hugh from Miami, FL: "Need info. on removing my Pterygium"
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07/13/2009: Viny from La Plaine, Dominica: "pterygium eye: I have had repeated eye surgery with auto and amniotic grafts with no success... Can you pleasse suggest a rememdy... thanks in advance"
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