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

Fluids Hypertension Syndromes – Dr. Leonardo Izecksohn – page 37
We conclude that most Migraines, signs and symptoms affected men at younger ages than women,
but the difference is little (men at 37,5 and women at 39,1 year-old).
Selecting only the glaucoma patients, we found (Table IV-3):
Glaucoma damage by Gender and Average Ages
Men Women Total
Optic Nerve’s cup/disk ra-
Patients Ages Patients Ages Patients Ages
tio
Suspect C/D=0.6 39 44.6 66 38.8 105 41
Incipient C/D=0.7 30 40.6 54 44.7 84 43.3
Advanced C/D=0.8 18 51.7 12 48.7 30 50.5
Advanced C/D=0.9 8 62.1 8 61.1 16 61.6
Advanced C/D=1 1 80 6 66.2 7 68.1
Total 96 46.5 146 44.2 242 45.1
Table IV-3: Patients with Glaucoma, their average ages and gender.
We conclude that the glaucomatous damage (glaucomatous Optic neuropathy) increase together
with the patients’ increasing ages, as in men as in women.
“Open-angle glaucoma prevalence increased exponentially with age, with rates of 0.4%, 1.3%, 4.7%,
and 11.4% among persons aged less than 60 years, between 60 and 69 years, between 70 and 79 years,
and 80 years or older, respectively”(Wang JJ and others).
“Incidence of open-angle glaucoma increased greatly with age, from 2.2% at ages 40 to 49 years to
7.9% at ages 70 years or older, and tended to be higher in men than women (4.9% vs. 4.1%.” (Leske M
C, and others).
We conclude that the patients with Migraines were younger, with average ages of men 37.5 and
women 39.1-year-old (Table IV-2), than were the patients with Glaucoma, with average ages of
men 46.5 and women 44.2-year-old (Table IV-3).
Migraines and beginning of Normal Tension Glaucoma at young age. We had a patient with 10year-old
boy, with great-grandfathers from Africa, Portugal and Brazilian Indians. His weight was 26
kilograms (57 pounds), and he was 1.32 meters (4 feet and 4 inches) tall. For the last 5 years, he was
complaining about wide frontal Migraines, obstructive rhinitis, allergic sinusitis, eyes itching, sneezes
at awakening and dry cough at night. Sometimes he had nausea, retching and vomits. After many exams,
his Pediatrician and his Neurologist found no explanation to all of this. The Ophthalmologist suspected
about something wrong at his Optic Nerves´ disks and asked other exams which his family
could not afford. He was a drinker of cola soft drink 500 milliliters (a little more than 1 pint) and
homemade juices and refreshments 2,500 milliliters (three quarters of a gallon) each day.
On the ophthalmological exam, we found no eyeglasses needs, deep physiologic anterior chambers
and intraocular pressures of 14 mmHg in both eyes, which is physiologic. On the direct ophthalmoscopy,
his optic nerves show cups of 0.5/3/3/0.75 and 0.6/3/3/0.75 right and left eyes (cup diameter/
cup depth/ lamina Cribosas’ pores visibility/ borders edema). This characterizes the simultaneous damage
caused by the Ocular and the Cerebrospinal Fluid hypertensions, which explained all his signs and
symptoms. These two fluid hypertensions were occurring in his eyes, together on the same days but not
on the same hours. The left eye damage we classify as Suspect Normal (Peak) Tension Glaucoma, and
the right eye was very near of this. He was suffering since 5-year-old, and obviously, the damages
began to develop at that age.
We taught him to stop all caffeinated soft drinks and to shorten the daily liquids to only his thirst
needs, without any medication. After one week of aches, he became better from almost all his symptoms.
Provided he keeps these drinks restriction for life, he will no more suffer or evolve to the advanced
glaucoma.