RE: Iris Contraction Test - What does this mean ; ?

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Hi Bunny - this means you are suffering with hypoadrenia.

In L 's book " Adrenal Fatigue, the 21st Century Stress

Syndrome " he writes:

" Darken the room and sit in a chair in front of a mirror.

Then shine a flashlight across one eye (not directly into it) from the side of

your head. keep the light shining steadily across one eye and watch in the mirror

with the other. You should see your pupil contract immediately as the light

hits your eye stop.

The pupil normal remains contracted in the increased light. But

if you have some form of hypoadrenia, the pupil will not be able to hold its

contraction and will dilate despite the light shining upon it. This dilation

will take place within 2 minutes and will last for about 30 to 45 seconds

before it recovers and contracts again. Time how long the dilation lasts with

the second hand on the watch and record it along with the date. After you do

this once, let the eye rest.

Retest monthly. If your eye indicates you are suffering from

adrenal fatigue, this also serves as an indicator of recovery. As you recover

from adrenal fatigue, the iris will hold its contraction and the pupil will

remain small for longer. This diminished ability of the iris to remain contracted

is present in moderate to severe adrenal fatigue, but may not be present in

mild cases.

The Quote below describes Dr Arroyo's discovery in 1924 of a

very useful method for detecting adrenal fatigue..

Quote: (Arroyo CF Med Jour. and Rac., Jan 2 1924,cxix. pg.25)

" When exploring the pupil area reflex, I found that in the

iris of these cases (adrenal insufficiency), although reacting readily to

light, the contraction (of the iris) was flabby, lazy, in a word asthenic. By

making the patient look at the light, we see that immediately, after the

initial miosis, the pupils start to dilate slowly as if it does not want to, seems

to try to contract again, but the dilation gains the upper hand and, after a

fight between miosis and mydriasis lasting about 40 seconds, the pupil remains

dilated in spite of the persistence of the exciting agent (the light). This

sign is consistent and present in all cases of hypoadrenia in all of its

clinical forms. In the normal individual, it does not appear as I have

investigated. All patients presenting with this sign, which I should like to

call Asthenocoria, have been benefited by suprarenal medication " .

Hi Everyone

I've been trying to do the iris contraction test tonight and I'm not sure if

I'm slightly dense and doing it wrong somehow, but when I shine the torch

across each eye each of my eyes contracts immediately but then continously

dilates and contracts non stop with a maximum of 1 second between dilating and

contracting again.

I wasn't moving the torch and the light stayed the same distance away the whole

time. It also made me feel really dizzy and sick which I'm still feeling now.

I'm not sure if it was the watching my eyes going in and out like that that has

made me feel ill or just cos it's made me feel disorientated but as long as I

shined the torch across them they carried on non stop. It almost looked as

though my pupils were having an arguement with themselves as to whether to

contract or dilate and could'nt make up their minds ; )

I've tried it twice tonight with an hour inbetween and the same thing happened

both times. I'm not sure what it means tho. Do I have peculiar eyes or is this

meant to happen or do I have mild or severe adrenal fatigue?!

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Bunny

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Hi bunny, This is what you would expect if you have adrenal issues as your eyes can't stay contracted as they should do. > Subject: Iris Contraction Test - What does this mean ; ?> > Hi Everyone> > I've been trying to do the iris contraction test tonight and I'm not sure if I'm slightly dense and doing it wrong somehow, but when I shine the torch across each eye each of my eyes contracts immediately but then continously dilates and contracts non stop with a maximum of 1 second between dilating and contracting again. > Do I have peculiar eyes or is this meant to happen or do I have mild or severe adrenal fatigue?!> > > Bunny> > > > ------------------------------------> > TPA is not medically qualified. Consult with a qualified medical practitioner before changing medication.> >

[Guest guest]

Thanks Shelia,

I did read the online file but I was confused because it says your eye should

eventually dilate and stay that way even with the light shining, whereas mine

just continued to dilate and contract regardless of how long I tried it.

In actual fact my eyes carried on doing it for an hour and a half after I

stopped doing the test and was just in normal light and I ended up with a

massive headache.

I'm not sure if that's normal though for your pupils to do that in normal

lighting - it didn't feel normal but I wondered it I'd caused it by doing the

test.

Thanks for all your help.

Bunny

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> Hi bunny,

> This is what you would expect if you have adrenal issues as your

eyes can't stay contracted as they should do.

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