The healing capacities of honey continue to be rediscovered with this new study confirming its ability to treat an allergic eye disease, reducing the use of steroids. Other studies confirm the ability of honey to heal eyes and I personally healed a severely scratched cornea with the use of honey. Considering the negative side effects of steroid use, this is good news...
female. There was significant increase in eye pressure
and reduction in redness as well as limbal papillae, following the consumption
of the honey drop in honey group compared to placebo control group (P <
0.05). At the end of trial, one patient in honey group and 7 in placebo
group had limbal papillae (P < 0.05).
A Double Blind Clinical Trial on the Efficacy of Honey
Drop in Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2014, Feb
Purpose
This trial was designed to evaluate the
efficacy and safety of topical honey eye drops in patients with diagnosed VKC.
Methods
This clinical trial was conducted on 60
patients with diagnosed VKC. The patients were selected and randomly allocated
between two groups of 30. Patients in two groups received honey eye drop (60%
in artificial tear) or placebo, other than cromolyn and fluorometholone 1% eye
drops, to be used topically in each eye, four times per day. The patients were
examined with slit lamp and torch at baseline and the follow-up visits on the
1st, 3rd, and 6th months of the study for redness, limbal papillae, and
intraocular pressure.
Results
Out of 60 patients who completed the study,
19 patients (31.7%) were
Conclusion
Topical honey eye drops, when used along
with Cromolyn and Fluorometholone eye drops, might be beneficial for the
treatment of VKC. It might be used to reduce the amount of steroid
consumption. However, more research is needed to determine how much it can
reduce the need for steroid usage.
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