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CMV Retinitis
 CMV retinitis is the retina inflammation caused by cytomegalovirus. CMV stands for a herpes-type virus named cytomegalovirus whereas retinitis stands for the inflammation of the retina. CMV is a very common virus and generally people already have antibodies to it in their blood. So, it doesn't harm the system.  But ocassionally, when immunity has been lowered due to any reason, say AIDS or something else like chemotherapy or the intake of immunosuppressive drugs for bone marrow or organ transplants, the CMV infection may result in contracting CMV retinitis. 
CMV retinitis, if left untreated, very fast moves toward turning the eye blind. 
And not only that, the infection in one eye causes infection in the other too! Hence, both the eyes are involved. 
What more, even the best of the treatment fails at times for two reasons:
Quite often, CMV retinitis causes retinal detachment as well! And the worst of all, the infection may even spread to the whole body causing added trouble to the problem! AIDS patients fall an easy prey to CMV retinitis.  The diagnosis of CMV retinitis is done through:
 Prognosis is limited to preventing the progression of the disease simply because antiviral medications stop the replication of the virus but are not able to destroy it. Treament is done with intravenous ganciclovir, foscarnet, and cidofovir. But the side effects are there! Ganciclovir depletes white blood cells whereas foscarnet and cidofovir tend to damage the kidney. Hence, oral doses of vanganciclovir are preferred if the infection is not very serious, or has come under control.  Intravitreal implants as small capsules of ganciclovir and foscarnet are also surgically inserted into the eye in order to deliver a higher dosage of medication if so required. These implants must be supplemented with oral anti-CMV agents. Fomivirsen can also be injected directly into the eye.  CMV infection catches only those whose immune system has gone weak due to any reason whatsoever. So the best care is taken when the immune system, in general, is taken care of. The best way to fight against the forces of nature trying to weaken your immune system is opening your third eye chakra and thus equipping your body with the energy that always keeps the immune system fully relaxed and alert warding off any infection whatsoever! Vision therapy does exactly that in order to be able to live amidst the hostile forces of nature in a fearless way! I invite you to subscribe to my weekly E-zine titled Third Eye-zine. This weekly E-zine publishes rare, revolutionary articles which are of real use in the day-to-day life of a common man, covering topics concerning the effect of third eye opening on health, diseases, personality, performance, efficiency, relationship, sex, mind, creativity, passion, business, management, and energy level of a person; apart from its effect on vision correction. A not-to-be-missed opportunity! Subscribe to it here: I also invite you to subscribe to my Third Eye Blog - no need to provide your e-mail address here. This RSS feed keeps you informed about new developments taking place on this site. It also harbors my weekly Third Eye Bloglet narrating My Story : My Date with My Body - a bloglet about vision, mind, sex, science, and society. A real interesting reading! In order to subscribe to the blog, right-click on the orange RSS button (see buttons up to the left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on add to My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there. If you are not sure what RSS or blogging is all about, click on What's an RSS Feed? here:
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