Fluids Hypertension Syndromes: Migraines, Headaches, Normal ...

Fluids Hypertension Syndromes – Dr. Leonardo Izecksohn – page 106
The intraocular pressure raising effect caused by the excessive liquids drinks is ephemeral and it is
hardly detectable by the ocular tonometry on the physician’s office. The excessive water drink causes
two pressure peaks in the persons: the first peak occurs in the first hour and is used by the ophthalmologists
as a test to detect the patient's propensity to glaucoma; a rebound 2 nd . peak occurs when sleeping
that night, which is the main etiology to the “low-pressure” or “normal-pressure” glaucoma in our patients,
and usually the ophthalmologists ignore it.
Nobody knows anything about the Cerebrospinal fluid pressure rising effect of the excessive water
drinks, but this is the main etiology of all migraines and other signs and symptoms.
The patients that daily drink too much water, inadvertently are performing the Hydrous Overload
Test (Water drinking test) for glaucoma to themselves, many times a day, years along. Some patients
drank so much because they followed a diet, to “slim down” (“amazing hydration diet”), “better digestion”,
“better health”, “washes the stomach”, “clean the liver's fat”, “skin beauty,” “reposition of body's
liquid after physical activities,” “prevention of Arsenic’s poisoning,” “following somebody’s counseling,”
or “oriented by radio or TV health programs.” They also drank because they felt “dry mouth”
(teachers and telemarketing operators), “anxiety”, “excessive thirst”, “delight to water drinks”, as an
“old habit” or used to drink “with a pleasant big mug”.
We had many migraine patients who drank 2,000 (67 fluid ounces) to 6,000 milliliter. (1.5 gallon) of
water daily, years along, prescribed by urologist physicians, in order to prevent urinary stones or infections.
“As of 2002, when I thoroughly reviewed the literature, there was still no conclusive scientific
evidence that drinking large amounts of water helps prevent even kidney stones, urinary tract infections,
or bladder cancer. And even if fluids might help, it's not clear that you need eight glasses a day.”
(Valtin H).
- Drinking plenty of water daily, migraines and glaucoma: We had a patient with 67-year-old, woman,
1.47 meters tall (4 feet and 10 inches), 47 kilograms of weight (104 pounds), needle-woman, mulatta,
complaining of right temporal migraines and awakening eye’s aches for the last 10 days. She
presented intraocular pressures of 18 and 18 mmHg in both eyes, which is mildly high. Her anterior
chambers were shallow, which is common at her age. Her Optic Nerve’s disks show 0.8/1/0/0 and
0.9/2/0/0 right and left eyes, which is not glaucoma yet, but it is no more physiologic. She was drinking
2,000 milliliter (half gallon) of water daily, prescribed 6 months before by her medical doctor Neurologist,
in order “not to forget to drink water”. We talked by phone with the physician, and he confirmed
that she had no sickness to justify the excessive water drank.
Her physician’s prescription only says,
To the patient …
WATER
1 glass of 200 milliliter (7 fluid ounces) per hour
(12 to 15 glasses per day)
Signature: Dr. …
We prescribed her to drink water only to satisfy her thirst needs, and only half cup each time. After 1
month without that excessive water, she became better from all her aches, without any medication. On
this occasion, her eyes presented intraocular pressures of 16 and 16 mmHg, which are physiologic
(healthy).
We had patients who daily drank excessive liquids without signs or symptoms years along, and begin
to feel Migraines when occurred one more etiology simultaneously. We had patients with Migraines
and Normal (Peak) Tension Glaucoma who worked at places with difficult access to potable water
(scaffold’s workers, p. ex.), that each time drank more than 1,000 milliliter of water at one time, in order
“to accumulate it for the following many hours without water”. This was repeated many times each
working day.