Guest guest Posted October 24, 2001 Report Share Posted October 24, 2001 Hi. I was just reading my morning paper here in burg VA. " Treatment Discredited " is the headline. It basically states that a Mayo Clinic study has suggested radiation to the area around the eyeballs for those of us with Graves is apparently useless. The study included mild to moderate cases of the eye disease and found that treatment made no discernable difference. The Mayo endo, Colum Gorman, said that after 80 years of docs using this treatment, it should NOT be used to treat the eyes. He believes that often the disease remits naturally and the eyes improve on their own which is probably why the docs using the radiation therapy thought is was helping. It took 80 years for this! -- dx hyperT/Graves Feb 2001; (current treatment PTU) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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