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

Fluids Hypertension Syndromes – Dr. Leonardo Izecksohn – page 55
- Eyes Redness, Cataract, Open-Angle Glaucoma and Blindness caused by Beer: We had one
more or less white patient, 67-year-old, 1.68 meters (5 feet and 6 inches) tall, 62 kilograms (137
pounds) of weight. He presented many years of intense and complete episcleral hyperemia in both eyes,
caused by more than 30 years of sustained 1.000 milliliter (two pints) of beer drinks each day. We explained
him to stop this daily beer and medicated him, without success. He presented in both eyes with
Cataract, and we successfully operated them. After the surgeries, he sustained the daily beer drinks
and the intense and total eyes hyperemia, and resulted with chronic Open-Angle Glaucoma in both
eyes. We warned him every time to stop the beer. His wife went away, but his housemaid kept the daily
beer supply. After successful glaucomatous surgeries, he sustained the daily beer drinks with intense
redness in both eyes.
After few years, the anti-glaucomatous surgeries and all medications failed, and his entirely red eyes
resulted with glaucomatous blindness. The daily beer was his choice. We do not know how much caffeine
he drank, because 15 years ago we did not suspect anything about the caffeine intoxication, and
we did not ask him about it. Now it is too late to ask him, because he is dead.
In the 153 patients with ocular hyperemia, we found:
- 69 patients (45.1%) presented minimal Optic Nerve’s disks edema;
- 38 patients (24.8%) presented evident (0.5 diopter) Optic Nerve’s borders edema;
- 46 patients (30.1%) presented intraocular pressure of 17 mmHg or higher;
- 14 patients (9.2%) presented suspicion of glaucoma;
- 12 patients (7.8%) presented incipient glaucoma;
- 12 patients (7.8%) presented advanced glaucoma;
- Only five patients (5.9%) did not present any of the above Ocular disturbances.
The 153 patients with ocular hyperemia had the Etiologies:
- 84 patients (54.9%) drank caffeine, as coffee, tea, mate or soft drinks daily.
- 80 patients (52.3%) were consequent to excessive water drinks, with an average of 3,600 milliliter
daily;
- 50 patients (32.7%) were consequent to beer drinks;
- 50 patients (32.7%) were consequent to caffeinated soft drinks;
- 47 patients (30.7%) were consequent to coffee, mate or tea drinks;
- 32 patients (20.9%) presented shallow eyes anterior chamber;
- 20 patients (13.1%) were consequent to medications that raise the fluid pressures;
- 17 patients (11.1%) were consequent to wine drinks.
We conclude that ocular hyperemia in 94.1% of patients is a signal of Cerebrospinal or Ocular
Hypertension Syndromes.
VI-8 – Occipital Migraines: We collected 134 patients with occipital, or neck, or Stiff Neck migraines,
nape neuralgia, or aches, or “Tension-Type migraines”.
These 134 patients with Occipital Migraines also presented the following signs and symptoms:
- 87 patients (64.9%) worsened on awakening;
- 69 patients (51.5%) felt wide frontal migraines,
- 44 patients (32.8%) felt temporal or head-top (vertex) Migraines.
- 42 patients (31.3%) felt ocular migraines;
- 37 patients (27.6%) felt tearfulness and rhinitis;
- 33 patients (24.6%) presented blepharitis or itching eyes;
- 22 women (21.6% out of 102 women) worsened rhythmically during the menstrual cycle;
- 19 patients (14.2%) had nausea and retching or vomits;
- 17 patients (12.7%) presented eye redness (eye erythema);
- 15 patients (11.2%) presented eyelid edemas;
- 16 patients (11.9%) presented photophobia;
Other patients presented signs and symptoms with lesser frequencies.