Manuka Honey has some truly amazing
health benefits and is now being used
around the world for healing wounds
tumors and autoimmune diseases but what
can Manuka honey do for your eyes in
this video we're going to review five
amazing health benefits of Manuka Honey
eye drops that bet you and even your
doctor probably didn't know about let's
take a
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look Eisen shine there my friends Dr
Allen here from the Dr Eyal show helping
you learn everything about the eyes and
keeping them healthy the first amazing
benefit of Manuka Honey is that it works
as an
antibacterial in fact since 1999 when it
was first approved as a medical
treatment for wound care in Australia
the treatments for Manuka honey just
expanded across the globe now Manuka
Honey comes from a pollen that's
collected from a specific tree that is
found in New Zealand and Eastern
Australia and the name is kind of tough
so I'm I'm not even going to try to
pronounce it but within this they have
found hydrogen peroxide polyphenol
compounds and a large amount of a
compound called
methylglyoxal which is believed to be
responsible for its potent antimicrobial
properties and while Manuka Honey eye
drops have not been specifically
approved for marketing or treatment as
an antibiotic for different eye
infections it has been shown in many
studies to be effective at killing off
tons of these different types of
microbes including stafilic cacus orius
which is commonly found on the eyelids
leading to eye infection and there has
been some studies showing that Manuka
Honey does help with blepharitis on
human eyelids as well as on rabbits and
Manuka Honey even has a synergistic
effect with other antimicrobial
medications for really tough infections
such as Mera so yes once again Mother
Nature is doing something right the
second amazing benefit of Manuka Honey
is that it helps with inflammation if
you haven't seen any my previous videos
on what causes dry eye syndrome one of
the most significant key players
is inflammation in fact inflammation
plays a huge role in just the Vicious
Cycle self- Perpetual nature of what dry
eye is and it's one of the main target
things that I need to treat as an eye
doctor when I see dry eyes one way we
test for the presence of inflammation on
the eye in the clinic is using what is
called an mmp9 test called Matrix
metalloprotease 9 which is an enzyme
that's released when surface epithelial
cells of the eyeball are stressed out
and being damaged and a study published
in
2017 did show that patients who were
using Manuka Honey eye drops twice a day
for 2 months did show a decreased level
of mmp9 versus controls which was just
honestly a pretty cool result to see
coming out of something like just Manuka
Honey the third amazing benefit of
Manuka Honey is that it helps with Moman
gland dysfunction and help stabilize the
evaporation rate of the tear film myomi
and gland dysfunction again is a huge
player in the development of dry eyes
but is where the oil glands of the
eyelids stop producing as well and that
leads to a very thin layer of oil on the
tier film and a very quick evaporation
rate and in that same 2017 study they
were able to show improvements in my
Boman gland dysfunction as well as the
secretions leading to a full step of
improvement in their MGD scores as well
as increased tiar breakup time and while
the study did not report statistically
significant Improvement in redness
scores take a look at this image with
the dilation of the conjunctival vessels
I mean people keep asking me how to get
rid of red eyes and it's kind of right
here reduce the inflammation and bring
homeostasis back to the tear film
otherwise I have to say that's like a
really good photo the one with all the
oil coming out that's what I see in most
people coming into the clinic like
seriously if you had a slitlamp
microscope like I have in the clinic
most people's eyes kind of look like
this and the fourth amazing benefit of
Manuka Honey is that it can fight Amex
mites on the eyelids and eyelashes in a
2018 study they found that Manuka Honey
was just as effective at controlling
Demodex might infestations as 50% tea
tree oil and you haven't seen my more
recent video about tea tree oil and the
eyes 50% tea tree oil is a very very
high concentration and with high
concentration of te tree oil being
associated with burning of the eyelids
Manuka Honey has not been associated
with any Adverse Events so if Demodex
mites or ocular rosacea is a concern
then perhaps Manuka honey could be a
possible treatment and finally number
five on our list is that Manuka Honey
works as a potent antioxidant if you
recall earlier in the video I mentioned
that Manuka Honey has high
concentrations of what are called
polyphenols polyphenols are a compound
that's found in plants that works as a
very strong antioxidant and oxidative
stress plays a huge role in several eye
diseases including dry eyes also more
notably cataract development and macular
degeneration now I'm not going out and
saying that Manuka Honey is going to
specifically treat or prevent any of
these diseases because right now the
evidence is just isn't there yet I
couldn't find any studies specifically
linking use of Manuka Honey to
preventing any of these diseases like
cataracts or macgeneration
however it is at least implicated in the
studies specifically at least on dry eye
that the antioxidant properties of
Manuka Honey is one of the key players
in its anti-inflammatory effects and has
been kind of elucidated as a significant
area of research going forward but still
I have research that supports that
there's an eye drop that kills bacteria
in microbes stabilizes the tear film and
helps with your oil glands reduces
inflammation and works as an antioxidant
that's super cool now before you go out
and start buying Manuka Honey eye drops
I do want to give a huge disclaimer as
well as just just my personal experience
using these eye drops in my own eyes
first of which is that in this video all
the studies that I referenced they are
very new studies it's new research as
well as having generally a lower amount
of people are participating in these
studies of only about a hundred people
in each study or so however there was a
more recent meta analysis looking over a
lot of the same studies and did conclude
and find them credible another thing I
want to mention is that Manuka Honey is
in fact not something I learned about in
my schooling it's something I first
heard about in the comment section here
on YouTube so huge shout out to you and
everybody who comments and asks
questions because that drives me to dig
into the research and make videos like
this and ultimately it helps me become a
better doctor so thank you and if you
happen to want to read any of the
research that I referenced in this video
and I do suggest that you do that uh
I'll put links to all of the references
in the YouTube description below below
that like button and as far as my own
personal experience using the eye drops
I got these off of Amazon for about $20
and I've been using them a couple of
times a day for a few weeks and the one
thing I will mention is if you ever try
it the drops do burn or sting a little
bit and in fact if you read the back uh
they even kind of give that as a warning
however the burning really isn't that
bad it's something where uh just like
with most eye drops you put it in it's
best to close your eyes and keep your
eyes closed for about 20 to 30 seconds
that way uh you don't blink several
times and flush out the active
ingredients down your drainage canals
I'm not entirely sure if it's the honey
that causes the burning sensation or if
it's the glycerin that it's also like
compounded in because glycerin is also
known to cause a burning stinging
sensation on the eye but other than the
burning sensation when you use the drops
uh otherwise my eyes have been feeling
pretty good and uh I guess time will
tell we'll have to do an dry eye
evaluation at the clinic and see how my
eyes are doing but definitely before you
go start self-treating I always
recommend you do talk with a local eye
care professional to get a proper
diagnosis and treatment of any eye
disease and as always if you found value
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