Vision

Visual recovery following chiropractic intervention.   Gilman G and Bergstrand J.   Journal of Behavioral Optometry. Volume 1/1990/Number3/Page73.

• Abstract:   An elderly man experienced a complete loss of vision following head trauma. It was determined that optometric and ophtalmological treatments were not indicated. The patient was referred to a chiropractor and after a series of chiropractic adjustments the patient's vision returned. Possible neurological explanations are addresses.

Changes in Visual Acuity in Patients Receiving Upper Cervical Specific Chiropractic Care
Robert Kessinger, D.C. BIO, Dessy Boneva, D.C. BIO, JVSR Vol 2, No. 1, p 1-7
Study on cervical visual disturbance and its manipulative treatment.   Zhang C, Wang Y,Lu W, et al.   J Tradit Chin Med. 1984 (Sep);4 (3): 205-210

• From the abstract:   "Determination of blood flow by x-ray in 18 of our cases shows that blood flow of the cerebral hemispheres greatly improves after manipulative treatment. The same is true in similar animal tests."
• From the paper:   "At the 1978 year end 3120 cases of cervical syndrome of which 30 were associated with hypopsia and blindness were summed up with satisfactory results found after manipulative treatment. Vision was restored to no less than 1.0 in 4 cases with blind-ness."

Case Studies:

Cortical Blindness, Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy and Recurring Otitis media: A Case Study in Chiropractic Management   Amalu WC,   Today's Chiropractic   May/June 1998 pp.16-25.

• A 5-year-old boy with recurring middle-ear infections at one-month intervals who had been diagnosed with cortical blindness (the eyes functioned properly but the vision center in the brain was damaged), cerebral palsy, epilepsy and severe drain damage, secondary to possible aborted crib death or viral encephalitis. His mother reported he had been a very healthy baby until, "Two days following a well-child checkup with an inoculation," the child became "colicky" and developed a mild upper respiratory infection with fever.
  
  After putting him to sleep, he became cyanotic, gasping for air and nonresponsive. In the emergency room, he was cyanotic, in shock and unresponsive. Child remained on Phenobarbital for over 1½ years then placed on Dilantin. Multiple specialists said he would never walk, speak, regain his vision or progress in school. He was having 30 grand mal and complex seizures a day and otitis media once per month. "Upon presentation, the patient was non-ambulatory, uncommunicative and non-responsive with a constant loud vocal drone and almost constant writhing torsocephalic motions. His gross motor coordination included reaching out with his hands and rolling over onto all fours."
• Chiropractic Management:   "Correction of the atlanto-occipital subluxation was chosen as the first to be adjusted." Afterwards the mother noted that he had his first good-night sleep in weeks. After the second adjustment seizures reduced to only 10 a day, vocal drone became a quiet intermittent moan and he began to clap his hands.
  During the next week patient had become more alert, sitting up and looking around, responded to sounds and seizures decreased to 5 per day. Pupillary reflexes returned to nor-mal, almost all writhing motions had ceased, ears were clear of effusion. By the third week, seizures were five per day grand mal seizures had stopped. He was sleeping through the nights. For the first time in his life he vocalized "dada" and began vowel sounds. Overall, spasticity had deceased in all extremities. He began showing find motor skills. He had his first month free from otitis media in 9 months.
  By end of fifth week was seen by an ophthalmologist who noted a drastic improvement with recovery of central field vision. Seizures reduced to three per day. Saying more words and improved fine motor coordination. By the 7-12 weeks, seizures reduced to staring spells which saying his name brought him out of. Over the next 10 months improvement continued. All epileptic was removed and neurologist declared him non-epileptic. He remained from of ear infections. His vision improved to the point where he was prescribed glasses. Vocabulary continued to increase. He was learning to feed himself and was potty training. He was able to walk slowly with assistance. 
• Comment:   This appears to be a vaccine related injury, especially since cerebral edema is a sign of vaccine damage. Also encephalopthy has been noticed in the medical literature as a possible reaction to the DTP inoculation. Upon discussion with the author of this paper it was learned that the medical personnel did not tell the parents their child was possibly vaccine injured.