Iritis Remedies

I suffered from iritis for about 30 years. The only medication is the cortisone eye drops, which healed it...for that episode. So many years with the drops and sometimes oral cortisone also injections. My eyes were deteriorating as time passed by. I developed cataracts and also glaucoma. Last year I found out that homeopathy healed the iritis faster and surely. This is what I do: at the very onset of iritis, I start my homeopathic meds, Aconitum napellus. About 6 pellets under my tongue. I repeat the same every hour even at night when I wake up only. I do instill 2 prednisolone drops, one morning and one before going to bed just to get the iritis heals faster. By the 3rd day my eye gets cleared, I continue the homeopathy and the eye drps for one week, then I decresed the prednisolone to only one drop a dayfor another week or less, depends on how my eye is doing. I decrease the homeopathy to every 2 hours. Then every 4 hours ang going to 3 times a day. In 2 weeks all is healed completely. If I want to reinforce my healing I take the little pellets for another week or so. Homeopathy won't hurt at all. That's my regime. I hope I had discovered it before my eyes get so deteriorated but I want to help other people to get the solution almost without any drugs. God bless you.

Hi what liver cleanse did u do?

Michael, you have me duly jealous of the heat, it's freezing here!!

I wonder if Castor Oil would benefit your eyes, probably not with the medications though.

Happy New Year folks!

The last time I submitted a posting, I claimed I was suffering from Conjunctivitis /Pink Eye, which I had had on maybe two occasions before in life. However, the plot thickens!! My new locum doctor (bless her/I owe her) was not convinced of my "Bathroom, Self Diagnosis" / "Google Opinion" and actually became quite concerned, as she was convinced I had my first case of "Iritis". For five days I had been using some drops for Pink Eye and an eye bath of "Optrex" occasionally, without realizing that it was not that at all. If you think Pink Eye is a challenge, HA, wait 'till you have this one!

She arranged for me to see a specialist at short notice and I had family members drive me to the only clinic in our province which was two hours' drive away. Result - he ran some tests to check that my eyesight had not worsened and prescribed some ophthalmic drops and some gooey stuff that you need to put on the eyelid just prior to retiring. Trouble is that one needs to keep up the strict treatment for weeks and weeks for this to work. The goal is nothing less than to save the eye actually! Serious stuff!! I have been following the protocol, as you may imagine.

Now here's the thing, my sister in law suffered from Iritis for fifty years and suffered hugely before she managed to get on top of the situation, mainly by giving up the consumption of starch! I got some kudos from her by recommending drinking ACV and she was very grateful but still needed to resort to steroid drops whenever (and immediately) she felt an attack lurking in the wings. "Catch it early" became her mantra. But here's the thing (number two) she suspects that two things MAY have exacerbated or prompted these episodes, namely: Tea Bags and Almonds! Co-incidentally (and I am not very good at pinning causes down) I suspected the Almonds also. How weird is that? (I don't use tea bags so can rule that one out).

Now I know some sites will recommend almonds as part of a healthy eyesight regime along with Carrots, Eggs etc. etc. but I had usually steered clear of consuming TOO many almonds at once, as I had been led to believe that although a few were good, too many could be toxic!

Also, my daughter's family had left a jar of almond paste behind when they left us and I had never seen this stuff before so helped myself, rather like Pea Nut Butter on my slice of bread.

Being not part of my normal diet and coming from a novel source it made me a tad suspicious. Do almonds contain strychnine? Could that be the problem I wonder? Had too many almonds been crammed into that jar?

Anyway, I will be steering clear of that one for a while.

BTW my SIL and myself came to remark on the Almond suspicion independently of each other.

Also, the "experts" don't really know what causes Iritis but they suspect a few possible culprits, including a close association/link with a type of spondylitis (a.spondylitis) and maybe psoriasis too? These three work together in association to cause inflammation. A faulty gene is the suspected culprit and the result is a type of auto-immune disease.

My SIL recommends the elimination of starch as the long-term, natural way to counteract this debilitating condition by depriving the particular bacteria involved of their food source.

This is all I have learned so far about this subject but I am guessing that at least one of you might benefit from our family's long experience here ?

Cheers from Down Under where we are sweltering in the heat.

Hi Sheila, Thank you for sharing. I was actually thinking of trying ayahuasca to help with my uveitis, but do you think it is possible it would make it worse?

MCAS protocol:

First, I want to say that I have had uveitis iritis as well as intermediate, and posterior, and underlying Sjogren's for 22 years. In the fifth year, I used to get excruciating pain in my eye no matter how many drops I used and be blind for a week out of every month. It was suggested in a university article to try an allergy Elimination Diet.

To me, it seemed everything was causing it and I didn't know what to eliminate without not having enough to eat. I came to find that all the nightshades except for potatoes and I thought, tomatoes, were usually the culprit. I had not eliminated Tomatoes, but when there was a nationwide tomato shortage, I was forced to. Hard to tell if anything else had helped it because I did do a liver cleanse juice fast the week later ( do not recommend, I lost too much weight).

MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome) protocol!

My eyes cleared up and my Sjogren's improved. However, it had not gone away entirely and when I got around animals I had a known allergy to, the condition started to come back. I had gone back to eating things I had been afraid to before I found out it was tomatoes, and my ana levels were high.

For the suggestion of a friend, I went ahead and removed major food allergens and had to remove all grain as I had just got fibromyalgia from taking doctor's oral steroids. The ANA levels dropped down to nothing. Still, however, my Sjogren's was now back to being seen on blood work, and my uveitis was present and worsened with chemical sensitivity. 3 years ago I had an eye doctor say that the cells they see when the eyes are inflamed are mast cells. I had heard about Mast Cell Activation Syndrome from my chemical sensitivity group online.

Having to research low histamine for another condition, I came across a histamine dietary protocol. Believe it or not, it happens to be suggested for Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (this and low FODMAP which has been helping my IBS, best to work with a nutritionist or a certified app)! Every food it said was High histamine, for the most part, I had already found flared the uveitis. I've continued further and removed the rest of the food's it's suggested.

My saliva has come back in my mouth, tears back to my eyes, although my skin has yet to fully get hydrated. My uveitis seems to be more peaceful to me. I will continue posting updates. I am very excited about the success of this!

Hi, my iritis comes every spring, though it is always triggered by a rush of energy into my head (eg an intense orgasm, yeah...). The first time it showed up about 7 years ago after an ayahuasca ceremony when I had a huge rush of kundalini up my spine (more like a raging river, not the almost ongoing gentle flow blissful flow). That time I did not know what it was, and by the time I went sought help, my eye was nearly gone.

Since then it's a yearly (sometimes twice) unwelcomed guest. I try to limit the use of steroid drops and dabble with homeopathics (there are so many depending on symptoms that one must choose personally), rose water sprayed into the eye frequently, and drinking tea from calendula flowers, saffron, tulsi and rose petals, taking zeaxanthin.

The ayurvedic remedy is to put a cold milk pad on it and lie down three times a day for at least 20 mins. I've cleansed my liver a lot, and keep doing so, my diet is so clean I cannot take out any more stuff (smile). Still, I cannot get over it entirely without the doctor's drops and it bothers me... Once I'm healed from the current outbreak I'm about to do a month long ayurvedic deep detox to see if that helps. It's such a stressful ordeal and I don't want to go through it anymore!

PS someone mentioned allergy pills: did you mean natural ones from a health food store? Any particular brand?

I had Iritis over 20 years ago and was prescribed Prednisone. It seemed the more I used it the more it would come back. I was told I had Glaucoma after so much Prednisone. I then saw an Herbalist who told me to use Eyebright eyewash which had Goldenseal and Cayenne in it. I did the eyewashes a couple times a day and it totally got rid of the Glaucoma and the Iritis.

From time to time it would come back and finally I saw a Naturopath who said to do a Liver cleanse. After doing this, I have never gotten it back.

I have A.S. but haven't been tested for HLA B27.

My problem with the gene cause is that it doesn't explain flare ups, it predisposes us but an environmental trigger might well be involved. I have a flare up of iritis right now, I'm 64, I tend to have them two or three times a year. I honestly believe food intolerance might be a trigger.

I started eating organic humous a few days ago not knowing it contains sesame which I have an intolerance to. It's something to consider.

There's also a theory that klebsiella bacteria are involved, which thrive on starchy foods and when they thrive, we don't. In fact a few years ago I cured my ulcerative colitis by cutting out bread cakes, sugar etc. so I am a believer.

The S.C.D. is worth looking at, and the London diet. The diet approach has helped me a lot, got me off meds completely, and I've had the lot over the years from anti-inflammatory to steroids to anti-tnf alpha injections. My doctor reckoned the A.S. had gone into remission, I think it was the dietary changes that put it there. Wish I'd known 40 years ago what I know now.

I would like to know how you take the turmeric. Are you cooking w it or taking it w a spoon? how much do you take at a time? thx

I recently persuaded my sister in law to try ACV and it is still keeping her Iritis attacks at bay after three months of being on the protocol. She is ecstatic, as prior to this she would experience an attack every few weeks over a period of many years of suffering. She takes her ACV with honey and water and is very strict on taking the treatment regularly. We both hope that she will continue to reap the benefits. I must mention that she is also gluten free. Her opinion of me has shot up as a consequence but I put the blame squarely in the lap of those wise people at Earth Clinic.

Cheers, Michael

I have been living with chronic & severe lapses of Iritis from age 32 - age 51, now & have been diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis. Flares have been severe, so my testing & experiments have been industrious as I could not afford the high cost of biologic pharma for my disease. Heavy dosages of prednisone (3-4x's) then dexamethisone were prescribed - talk about a road to insanity & unemployment. If you want to really sweat, be hard to live with & experience the occasional or regular bout of hallucinations - well these two big daddy's of the Rx hormone world will do it for you. Good luck to you - but my choices are different now.

Here are my findings over the past 6 years of online research & daily testing. I am in remission for over 2 years now. Iritis is rare now, AS has it's daily spinal concerns but daily pain intervals are fewer & at times gone completely. My overall body pain, GI tract problems, back pain, neck & chest pains, brain fog, chemical fear & nerve problems experienced in the past are little to none. so that's my evidence that things have gone well!

These techniques & products work nicely along with daily, regular exercise & stretching to cope with neuropathy pain. As matter of fact, if you have eye problems, whether macular degeneration, or iritis, blood flow is an imperative for good eye health. So get moving! A bike is one of the best things you can do for yourself - but a nice, brisk walk will help as well.

Here's the basic formula along with other things that I do & it all works together:

- 3 x 100mg Alpha-Lipoic Acid + 1(-2) capsules of 6 billion active cells of Acidophillus. Take before meals preferred. In the event of iritis onset, take & within 20 minutes you should have relief. then get up & walk around outside for about 30 minutes at least. (in canada these are regulated so I can buy 90 units of ALA for about $10 which has both types of ALA & I have found this cheaper version to be effective. Where R-lipoic is sold, my advice is to avoid this, as something becomes less effective when R + S lipoic acids are not combined. As for the acidophillus I can purchase 180 capsules of 6 billion cells for about $17 - $20 CDN). In the USA Trader Joe's & Whole Foods carry decent versions. Avoid any ALA that includes sugars or especially in tablet form as they contain corn starch - & will only exacerbate the condition in your eye. I suspect this is another reason why prednisone tablets are so problematic - as they also contain corn starch.)

The combo of these two supplements are taken 3x's/day prior to meals - but you can take them after as well. make sure to take them througout the day though & at regular internals. If I have wine in the evening with a piece of chocolate(both are rare now), then I'll take 2 extra ALA, with an Acidophillus. As well, if I am out riding my bike for 3-5 hours I will take an extra dosage to combine with my calorie intake. If I have more than my regular cappuccino in the AM, then I know my gut will become more reactive later in the day or in 2 days. Coffee, alcohol, sugars all challenge the intestinal tract if sensitive. And if there is mold/yeast in your GI tract - then these items will feed the mold spores.

- whatever I do one day affects me 1-2 days later. If it's a lot of exercise then it will carry through for easily a week. If it's a glass of wine with cheese - in summertime I'll feel the ill effects in 2 days; in the winter when I get less activity, the effects will happen in 20 minutes to a few hours.

*From all the experiments I've done, it appears that the problem is upper intestinal irritation (possibly from molds/yeasts in my body system) that results in reactivity in the eye. If you have lower bowel problems as well (hemmerroids pushing down) then I would suggest taking once daily in the AM - a 50 billion cells capsule of refrigerated acidophillus that has a fair amount of bactobacillus. This one strain helps the lower intestines more, whereas the lactobacillus work nicely in the upper intestinal tract.

I can go on longer about the various vitamins I take, C & E & D3 are super important, and minerals (for adrenal fatigue post hormone Rx use: 200mcg selenium, 50mg zinc & 250mg iodine tablets - stay on for 3 months & see how awake you now are - then just stay on for about 2-3 years if fatigue has been prolonged & substantial); but this simple GI tract combo along with the kefir fermentation mentioned at the bottom of this post & eating more natural foods that are fibrous really does do the trick! And for the most part it's simple. If you can't access kefir, then a nice plain 3.5% fat yogurt is a good start (sheep, goat, cow, whatever you like.)

And if you do endurance exercises like I do, lots of things will irritate your gut. make sure your water bottles & mouth pieces are clean, & free from molds - & recycle them from time to time & get new ones. Try water w/a bit of lemon & take electrolytes in capsule form with a bit of food, instead of the sugary juices (note: if you're in super hot weather you'll have to take in the liquid forms - they assimilate faster & dehydration is no joke w/iritis or arthritis. You are going to need more water than others would regardless of their comparative size to yours.)

- stay away from moldy areas while you're reactive. When you're not, clean out those areas or old corrugated boxes - as they carry spores very effectively. You can wear a face mask if it helps & get outside to breath clean air every 30 minutes to help ease the anger or irritation the mold causes you. Myself - I try to watch things on the half hour now.

- watch for a spiral of striations moving from your iris outwards & any larger feeder veins that appear enlarged. If you are feeling pains in the eye - it's a good sign that you're stressed & inflammation is in the works.

- Blood bursts of regular veins due to dry eye are not the same thing, but I do find that when I'm stressed that I get these more often. Drink plenty of water & try to relax & stretch-out.

- Iritis tends to come with head pain & irritability & brain fog. Things that you may naturally work through emotionally or cognitively may seem difficult to think through or not even apparent. That's a good warning sign & normal with systemic inflammation.

- do get checked for HLA-B27 gene, if ankylosing spondylitis or other reactive arthritis shows up, avoid starvation technique described below by another person. This can cause symptoms that are similar to gout in the feet & fingers.

- *avoid corn & all fructose products or corn starch products (this will take a bit of fishing for research as there are approx. 45 various corn products on the market & go under several names. But you may find yourself to be highly reactive to them. Corn BTW seems to have more mold spores than many other foods & this may be the problem with stored food stuffs that have corn.)

- avoid alcohol while reactive, but you can have a bit from time to time when things are good (note that alcohols, wine, beer contain yeast - which is a fungus & if you're reactive those fungii are going to be troublesome)

- try taking in coconut water daily to reduce stomach problems & maybe add some L-Glutamine powder into it with water - helps the tummy heal & feels generally good & is low cost. If you've taken any prednisone in the past, L-Glutamine will be a very good idea for you to heal the gut & improve muscle tone.

- basically eat more natural foods, fermented foods (but not white vinegar - it feeds yeast), good fats (even butter), regular natural proteins especially eggs are fine, better quality veggies & fruits that are in particularly high in fibre. Get good quality salts - otherwise you'll be peeing too much.

-***definitely start employing use of kefir - you can ferment your own as many people will help you access the starter grains online. If you do have an auto immune condition this will be particularly helpful & aid in decreasing the depression, anxiety, fear, etc., associated with various arthritis types. Generally with the added 35+ healthy bacteria in your GI tract, you'll feel happier, fight disease better, and overall brain fog will slowly decrease. A huge blessing! Your family will be glad to see the person they know & love back again.

Google: crohn's babe kefir - online vimeo presentation

This young woman has a fabulous presentation. She's sweet, informative & has experienced a nice recovery from her crohn's condition.

BTW - you can even add a bit of the fermented bacteria from the kefir juice to cream & let sit for about 4 days & 4 hours, then churn to make a really tasty, healthy & super creamy homemade butter. Add a bit of Himalayan pink sea salt to help preserve.

Delicious & just fine. If you are a little abundant in the weight department, you may find that adding butter & olive oil to your diet will help you to get enough calories in the day & reduce your sugar cravings & intake. This should help you drop a few excess pounds. If you are financially strapped - investing in good foods & some simple supplements will help to get you back to work, able to study again & looking forward to a brighter future. Borrow the money you need & invest in your body & health. But whatever you do - get a deal! I always do & I've managed very well because of it.

Good luck & hears to improved vision & living!

Hi. Iritus is driving me insane. I take amitriptline each night, which has stopped my sciatica (the possible cause of inflammation) but still iritus keeps popping its ugly head back up. Can I ask what allergy tablets u take?

Very good information on iritis. I would like to add that I was told by my opthomologist that my iritis can be a symptom/side effect of having a gene HLA-B27, which I do. It can cause these people to have nightshade problems.

Turmeric is fat soluble & for best absorption, taken with a fat or oil. Piperine is a extract from black pepper, commonly added to turmeric formulas & enhances the effectiveness, however, it does irritate the digestive membranes so caution is advised.

Sounds great! I use it too, 350mg. 3xa day. also turmeric 320mg. 3xday. and organic diet with plenty of veggies. I started last Oct. 15 and haven't had a problem since. Yay!

It's going good. Turmeric 320mg 3x a day and bilberry 350mg 3x a day with rutin 70mg. Organic and lots of veggies.

Fascinating! Thank you. I have been vegan for about 8 years now and have had only two very slight colds since then. Otherwise very healthy. I wasn't sickly before that but did have at least two bad colds or flu per year. Have often wondered how others fared with illness when they became vegan.

I have enjoyed all the comments and decided to share mine. I first got iritis abt 1996. I had it 4 more times since then and always took the steriods. I have always cooked homemade meals with lots of veggies but occasionally ate meals out. I heard from my drs. from the start that it is connected to my easily irritated stomach. I have never been diagnosed with colitis. I do think I have dry eyes and staring at the computer doesn't help. in the last several yrs. I have been eating more organic. I have just started taking turmeric since iritis is called an inflammation. I am still working out the dose.

I am also taking a bilberry blend with rutin, again working out the dose. Also I am drinking ginger and green tea every morning w honey. I just had a bout last October and after the steroids I started the turmeric and bilberry. Now I feel another bout starting again so I am increasing everything and going to try to fast like a lot of you have said helps. So I will let you know what happens. I think after reading what a lot of you have been thru I feel fortunate. I am hoping the best for all of you. Thx

I would like to know how much turmeric you are taking a day and what brand? thx

Hi Claudia, I feel like you. it is depressing. I started about when you did to get it. I have recently added turmeric hoping it will help. Hope you are doing ok

This is study on Chronic anterior uveitis, which is inflammation of the eye. A study conducted patients received curcumin ( turmeric) for 12 weeks to treat this condition. Both the groups showed significant improvement and recurrence of the disease was low. We buy our turmeric at the popular wholesale store for great price the bottle has Turmeric on it and black pepper in it as well I take it twice a day and it true miracle worker. It is wonderful if you can find an organic turmeric.

Turmeric, and black pepper combined has an amazingly powerful effect. It this passes through the blood brain barrier. In fact turmeric was the reason why there is really low dementia, and other aging brain issue in India, according to the study.

I was accidentally punched in the eye when I was younger by my brother. For years combined with eye allergies (blapharitis), my eyes went through so much irritation (light sensitivity, some pain, etc). Did a fruit fast for 7 days of eating only organic fruits/water and my traumatic iritis went away.

Now trying to heal my tree nut allergies by doing the 5:2 fast. Will update on the allergy page.

Hello- I'm not sure if anyone is using this Board anymore - but I am replying to many of the others who have written on here in the past re: iritis-

I have had iritis for 16 years, starting in 1997 with my first worst flare. Over the last few years, I have had milder cases, where I treat myself with the Pred drops and the dilating drops and have managed. I ended up with a nasty flare just after Christmas in my right eye, and as it turns out I still had a remaining flare in my left as well, 1+ cells, hence bilateral iritis which I have never had up until this point.

I find it such a frustrating disheartening condition as I am a Medical Transcriptionist for a local hospital and each time a flare occurs, I have to book off work, either sick leave or LOA. I am looking at possibly retiring this Spring or 2017 and hope that might help. It seems to occur with stress for me. I watch my diet, exercise, try my best to think positive thoughts, etc but when stress goes up over the limit, well, there you go, iritis again!!

I appreciate the information re: Bilberry and am going to look into this. Thank you for your thoughts Best wishes!

Claudia from Ontario Canada.

Your information helped me too. Last time I felt the pressure building behind my eye I took 2 Motrin pills and continued doing so for 3 days (6 pills total). I felt better on the first day but to my surprise the inflammation was gone by the 3rd day! No steroid drops were used. I was so excited it worked for me! As a precaution I am now taking daily anti-inflammatory herbal pills (Turmeric, Bilberry + Lutein), also avoiding sugar.

I suffered for about 20 years with this painful and terrible nightmare: iritis in both eyes. I did every little thing to get rid of it. Nothing worked for those 20 years. On the contrary, the iritis was getting worse and stubborn as I aged. Cortisone drops were the only medicine that worked if I started the same moment it appeared. I was at the point to give up and just wait what was happening to my eyes. One great day I was getting informed about the vegan life style. In a few days I started this new (for me) way of eating. Plant based diet, which excludes all animal flesh, eggs, milk and milk products. Since then on -6 months, I've been iritis FREE. Today I went to the ophthalmologist. He couldn't believe it. He said my eyes look very healthy. I had iritis so often that when an eye was healed, the other one started or both at the same time. I felt so relieved when the iritis was in remission for 3 weeks or rarely a whole month! Now nothing. I believed I am cured.

Yes, please add my vote for this. Fasting will definitely work for iritis, and I have used fasts to clear inflammation in the past.

It is sufficient to do just a "fruit fast" - just fresh fruit and water. Absolutely no milk or other fatty foods for the duration. The inflammation should clear quickly as silver fox mentioned - should definitely be gone by the second or third day at the latest.

I also used to use fruit fasts to clear Ankylosing Spondylitis inflammation (AS is associated with iritis). In this case all fruits containing starch should be avoided too: no bananas or stone fruits. Good fruits to use are: grapes, pears, apples, melons, oranges, mandarins. In the case of AS you should find relief from pain and inflammation on the third day of the fruit fast.

Long ago when I was suffering from frequent iritis attacks I found that Rutin worked quite well at controlling the eye inflammation. It took about 300mg twice a day to bring down inflammation, but sometimes I might go as high as 600mg twice a day.

A bit about Rutin:

• Don't use whilst pregnant. It is adrenalin sparing, and too much could conceivably bring on labour.
• Rutin is a plant extract, an antioxidant, and a flavanoid (comparable to quercetin found in tea)
• It may well be synergistic, and beneficial, to take vitamin C with this (or eat fruits containing this)
• Stop taking if you have a chest infection, just as a precaution. I was suspicious of some form of immune suppression, but I could very well be wrong.

Hi Deb, I would say that you have a mold sensitivity. The mold in the shed is sensitising your immune system.. a lot of these modern diseases of seemingly mysterious origin are caused by pathogenic fungi living in our body.

Dear EarthClinic, please add my vote for avoiding sugar. Sucrose sugar is a big contributor to iritis.

I was starting to have what felt like a Iritis flareup and I read this. I took a dose of liquid Benedryl and within a half hour my eye started to feel quite a bit better. Less pain and irritation. I am also going to try eliminating sugar and starches. I will keep you posted on my progress, and will probably get checked to be sure it's Iritis.

My worst symptom with iritis is how scared I get (that I'm going to lose my eyesight) But in a calmer state of mind I am following a supportive regime, which seems to be helping, though it's early days yet.

My treatment for iritis:

• homeopathic preparations
• Oculoheel drops and tablets.
• kalmia injeel S
• Mercurius corrosivus 30, then 6 repeated
• along with constitutional treatment (personal remedy)
• bilberries: as berries and as tea infusion; Bilberry extract; bilberry tablets
• visual eyes compound: contains lutein
• liver and kidney cleanse
• chi gong (Qigong) exercises for liver and kidney
• oxygen drops
• goldenseal and echinacea drops
• Fo ti drops

Hope this might help someone else out there!!

Kaya

Could you relay what sort of allergy pills you took to help relive iritis? I am wondering if even an over the counter allergy med would help.

I have had 2 flare ups with iritis in the last 4 years, the third one came the other day… I searched the internet again… my last flare up was earlier this year, and did NOT want to go through it again as you all know how painful this is. I went and bought Bilberry after reading this recommendation, and I've only been taking it for 1 day, but I have little pain, and no sensitivity to light. In this one day of taking Bilberry I am confident that this will work! Thank you so much, you have saved me from going through the painful episode of iritis! My eye is red and a little sore, but I'm sure that as long as I keep taking this every day that it will keep the iritis away. Thanks again! XXX

How long did it take you to work?

Yes this did help me too. I did find that one of my triggers was dairy mixed with sucrose, otherwise known as sugar... Actually I think other fats may also have been an issue when combined with sucrose. These days I just avoid dairy (except yogurt and butter) and swap sucrose for honey or fructose. Has been a long time since I have had an Iritis attack as these dietary changes have helped a lot (I also follow the No Starch Diet too by the way)

I have been dealing with iritis for approx 10 years in both eyes with no idea what was causing it... Have had to have cataract surgery because of the treatment drops... I found relief by accident because just before one outbreak I got sniffles after working in a damp dusty shed... By that night my eye hurt slightly but I thought maybe I had gotten something in it.. Decided I needed to go out next day and get some allergy pills... By morning I was full blown iritis... Got my allergy pills anyway and guess what... Within hours of taking the pill pain was gone... Made me wonder... So next time I had a flair up I took an allergy pill... This time it took 2 days and symptoms stopped... Everytime I have a flair up now I just pop one and stay on them for a few days and haven't had to head to the specialist yet (knock on wood).