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Exosomes 34: Double Vision

I love practicing clinical medicine because you really have to use your knowledge, intuition, and imagination. About 7 weeks ago, I gave 5B IV MSC exosomes to a 76-yo woman whose medical history is notable for double vision for the last year. Since then, she states the double vision has resolved. This is the voicemail she sent to me five weeks after treatment:

“I was getting double vision in my left eye and a tiny bit in my right eye. My right eye is completely gone and my left eye is 80% improved”

The patient’s history is notable for possible ovarian malignancy at age17 treated with total hysterectomy, chemo, and radiation. She also had a 400-ft fall from a cliff in a motor vehicle that resulted in a coma and some left eye damage. 

For the last year, she has noted double vision meaning the lines in the road were blurry and there were two lights on her electronic toothbrush. The problem is constant and not intermittent. An opthalmologist stated it might be related to an early cataract. The patient states she has no lazy or crossed eyes. 

Firstly, if doubt it was related to an early cataract if it resolved so quickly. I think that if she doesn’t have eye divergence and because it was persistent, it wasn’t a problem with eye position or drift. So what does that leave? 

It is possible that the nerves from the eyes were rehabilitated in terms of fine motor control or signal transduction back to the brain. But I believe that the most likely mechanism is cerebral; it was all in her head.

I believe that the most likely problem is that she had some injury to her visual cortex in her occipital lobe from what we call a contracoup injury. When her car went over the 400 foot cliff she hit the front of her head badly- so badly her family didn’t recognize her when she was hospitalized in a coma. When the head is decelerated, the front is damaged but often the back is worse because like a Tupperware full of jello, the rebound smashes the back of the brain as shown in this cartoon:

It might surprise you to know that you see with you brain. You do. I know from my TA-65 experience that rarely, people call to say their vision improved literally overnight. The best explanation is not in the screen (cornea and lens), pixels (the retina), the cords (nerves), but rather the video processing computer (the visual cortex in the occipatal lobe).  I believe a decrease in inflammation and a possible refurbishment of the neurons in the brain was responsible for her improvements. 

Many of you have understood the the images on your retina are “upside down” and that the brain “flips them”. Perhaps you didn’t also realize that we all have double vision but we ignore it. In other words, there are always two images that are slightly different being processed. This parallax allows for better 3D depth perception but in truth, we largely ignore one, like we ignore our noses. As someone with a smaller Asian nose, that is easy but if you think about it, you people with bigger noses don’t see it unless you try, right?

Suppressing one of the images is known as “eye dominance”. Take you index fingers and thumbs and form a triangle and then, keeping the triangle on an object 20 feet away, close one eye and then the other. The image that your brain “sees” is which eye is dominant for you. If you close your dominant eye then you can see the other image but usually, it is just as invisible as the nose on your face.

Given that better mood and memory are common reports after exosomes, I believe that the latent damage in the patient’s occipital lobe was unmasked by aging and that neurogenesis, possibly from BDNF or other proteins and mRNAs in the exosomes may have caused some repair or regeneration of some brain damage that is responsible for actively ignoring the non-dominant image that her eyes were transmitting. It is also possible that the cararacts somehow improved as well.

I could be totally wrong but that is my best guess. Thanks for reading.

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Archived exosome blogs….Please read them all. 

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-1-the-journey-begins/

I still have voluntary ASMR. Mom’s arthritis is greatly improved. 

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-2-not-inert/

I explain why I believe exosomes aren’t inert. An amazing case of an overnight in heart rate variability is presented.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-3-a-case-of-brain-and-neck-trauma/

A case of whiplash and traumatic brain injury improved after exosome use.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-4-back-on-the-treadmill-again/

After exosome injection, two runners were able to return to running after limitations from tendinosis that plagued them for months (in the case of the 60-yo man, and years (in the case of the 53-yo woman)

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-5-clinical-medicine-is-bittersweet/

In this blog, I discussed how complicated clinical medicine can be. Different treatment protocols, ambiguous results ethical dilemmas and strange phenomena like acquired coffee aversion are part of what make treating with exosomes so challenging.  

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-blog-6-healing-takes-time/

Using my left foot as an example, I attempt to explain that while some exosome effects are immediate, others take time. Remodeling of damaged tissues is a complicated process. My foot is still scarred and probably will be for life.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-blog-7-nerve-pain-gone/

A patient after dental exosome injection becomes pain free after 4 years of suffering.

http://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-blog-8-disinformation-or-bad-science/

I explain why lab testing of freshly thawed exosomes is SUPPOSED to come back as normal saline.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-blog-9-watch-all-my-exosome-videos/

A nine-part comprehensive explanation of exosomes.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/interviews-with-exosome-experts-posted/

I interviewed the principal scientists of Kimera Labs and other experienced clinicians using exosomes

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-blog-11-deb-bs-knees-are-improving

66-yo Deb B went from not being able to do one squat to 100 per day after exosome injection.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/80-yo-doug-ran-121-miles-in-6-days/

80-yo Doug describes in his video how much his knees have improved since getting exosome injections. He is reaching new athletic peaks with no signs of stopping.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosome-blog-13-microneedling-my-mom-with-exosomes/

My 82-yo mom underwent microneedling with exosomes with fantastic results. Most impressive was the absence of “downtime” from redness or bruising.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosome-blog-14-the-shoulder/

54-yo weightlifter with chronic pain from a rotator cuff tear shows remarkable improvement in just four days! He re-injured it at the gym so had to undergo a repeat shoulder injection

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-blog-15-face-blindness/

48-yo woman with severe face blindness experiences some improvement after nasal injections of exosomes. Her ability to remember new faces has improved permanently

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-blog-16-lecture-in-hawaii/

I delivered two lectures in Hawaii. The first was about exosomes generally and the second is a password-protected video about clinical applications. 

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-blog-17-reading-is-fundamental

Three cases of middle-aged women reporting enhanced enjoyment and renewed capacity to read after nasal exosome therapy

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-blog-18-dental-health-improved

Two cases of improved dental health presented. We discuss the hazards of EMF and the promising future of dental regenerative therapy

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-19-chakra-balancing-with-exosomes/

We discuss the notion of energy centers known as chakras and the fact that we are electrical beings

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-blog-20-seborrheoic-dermatitis/

A case of improvement in Seborrheoic Dermatitis after microneedling with MSC exosomes is presented.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-blog-21-bias-is-unavoidable/

I explain how poor we are at assessing change and how attribution and recall bias play important roles

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-22-badpress/

In the past year, there has been a lot of shifting loyalties in the exosome space resulting in a lot of rumor, innuendo, and bad press. With various parties trying to get each other in trouble with federal regulators, it is a treacherous business to be in.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-blog-23-stasis-dermatitis

I describe a case of an 86-yo woman whose chronic leg rash disappeared after improvement in her leg circulation

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-blog-24-how-long-do-exosomes-last

I use a car wash analogy to answer the question “how long do exosomes last?” The answer is it depends on how dirty and damaged the car is, how well you clean it, and how dirty you get it after washing.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-blog-25-knee-treatments/

I describe four cases of improvement of osteoartritic knees from my trip to Hawaii.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-blog-26-the-placebo-effect/

I explain the three definitions of placebo and why I believe most of the effects of exosomes cannot be attributed to the so-called placebo effect.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-27-soft-signs-of-exosome-actions/

Some remarkable “soft signs” of exosome effects include itching (new nerves), twitching (new muscles), and heaviness (a healing FORCE).

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-28-varicose-veins/

Three amigos came to see me and all enjoyed benefits. The best was the 48-yo gentleman who had a dramatic improvements to his irritable bowel syndrome, varicose veins, and appearance.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-29-are-exosomes-smart/

I address the common observation from patients that exosomes seem “smart” or that they know where to go. In fact, I doubt this is true and that they are no smarter than player piano scrolls are good musicians.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-30-real-exosomes-patients/

I gave a lecture at the University of Hawaii with about 80 attendees. Around 10 of them were actual patients. Hear in their own words how exosomes helped them.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-blog-31-leg-swelling/

I describe two cases of improved leg swelling and explain what causes this common condition and how exosomes may be improving it.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-32-nerve-regeneration

We present an amazing case of overnight nerve regeneration after ultrasound-targeted exosome injections.

https://www.rechargebiomedical.com/exosomes-33-reversal-of-menopause-in-a-71-yo-woman

A fascinating case of resumption of menstruation after taking IV exosomes