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Tangentially-related: the recurrent corneal erosion that I've been managing (painfully and unsuccessfully) for a decade has finally seen some measure of remissi
by underlipton 2y ago
Tangentially-related: the recurrent corneal erosion that I've been managing (painfully and unsuccessfully) for a decade has finally seen some measure of remission after I started self-treating with Fingerprick Autologous Blood. It's what it says on the tin: I use a blood testing fingerprick to draw a few drops of blood, which I insert under my eyelid. Blink. Done. Not even a month and half with a bandage contact lens helped as much. It's a little frustrating that years of dealing with far-flung ophthalmologists and expensive eye ointments that make things worse (Muro 128 costs more than printer ink) could have been preempted with a application of a substance that's already inside me.
- iknowstuff 2y agoDamn that’s metal as fuck.
- sizzle 2y agoIs there any medical studies on this or how did you know to try it? What’s going on at the biomolecular level?
- underlipton 2y agoIt was mentioned on a reddit thread that I can no longer find, which prompted me to look up studies. I don't think that the mechanism is fully known, but apparently the research that has been done was prompted by the success of designer drugs that are derived from a patient's blood, as a way to make a similar treatment more accessible.