Changes of ocular signs in children with thyroid diseases after intake of bee bread

Abstract

The objective of the study was to investigate visual acuity, refractive status and eye proptosis in children with thyroid diseases before and after the intake of bee bread.The investigations of visual acuity refraction and eye proptosis were done in 34 children with thyroid diseases (age range from 6 to 17 years) at the Eye Clinic of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Medical Academy. Eighteen patients used bee bread and underwent low-frequency pulsed electromagnetic field therapy. For 16 subjects, electromagnetotherapy alone was performed. The values were statistically compared with the pretreatment values after a three-week course of treatment.In the present study, we observed an improvement of visual acuity in children with thyroid diseases who used bee bread, and magnetotherapy was performed to compare with those who underwent magnetotherapy alone. In our study, changes of exophthalmometric values and refraction power were not significant in both groups.Data analysis indicated an increase of visual acuity in subjects who used bee bread and pulsed electromagnetic field therapy to subjects who did not use bee bread. Our data suggest that bee bread and magnetotherapy have influenced visual acuity in children with thyroid diseases.

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“…Jarušaitienė et al [ 116 ] studied refractive status, visual acuity, and ocular prophylaxis in 34 children (aged 6 to 17) with thyroid disease before and after taking bee bread. The results of this study showed an increase in visual acuity in the subjects who used bee bread.…”