Re: Iodine and Blood Shot Eyes

[Guest guest]

I would tend to suspect the " chemicals " they use to wash down the dairy line.

 

Is he taking iodine?  Or are we just talking environmental exposure to iodine?

 

My guess is he needs to be taking large amounts of iodine to help displace the toxic mess he is inhaling via nose/lungs and skin.

 

Jaxi

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:05 AM, Cochrane <juliemc9@...> wrote:

Does/can excess iodine cause blood shot eyes?My partner has been doing a bit extra work recently, milking cows.   I had no idea that dairy cows were treated so badly - very, very badly, but that's obviously an O/T issue.     Although they don't clean the cows' udders before putting the milking machines on them they do spray down the dairy after milking with some horrible smelling chemical.    He has to wash really well every night and I wash his clothes separately.    He has only been milking two and a half weeks, but has developed swollen glands, a cold sore, and a blood shot eye.    He was told the blood shot eye would be from the iodine they use along with the chemicals to wash down the dairy but I don't think that sounds right.     I've asked him to give up the milking because of the chemicals used - apart from how distressing it is witnessing the cruelty to the animals - but I'm just curious about the blood shot eye and whether it could be due to iodine???

[Guest guest]

Hi Jaxi,My partner doesn't take iodine - I'm the only one who does.    He probably should be taking it.Thanks,On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 4:32 AM, jaxi <jaxi.schulz@...> wrote:

 

I would tend to suspect the " chemicals " they use to wash down the dairy line.

 

Is he taking iodine?  Or are we just talking environmental exposure to iodine?

 

My guess is he needs to be taking large amounts of iodine to help displace the toxic mess he is inhaling via nose/lungs and skin.

 

Jaxi

On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:05 AM, Cochrane <juliemc9@...> wrote:

Does/can excess iodine cause blood shot eyes?My partner has been doing a bit extra work recently, milking cows.   I had no idea that dairy cows were treated so badly - very, very badly, but that's obviously an O/T issue.     Although they don't clean the cows' udders before putting the milking machines on them they do spray down the dairy after milking with some horrible smelling chemical.    He has to wash really well every night and I wash his clothes separately.    He has only been milking two and a half weeks, but has developed swollen glands, a cold sore, and a blood shot eye.    He was told the blood shot eye would be from the iodine they use along with the chemicals to wash down the dairy but I don't think that sounds right.     I've asked him to give up the milking because of the chemicals used - apart from how distressing it is witnessing the cruelty to the animals - but I'm just curious about the blood shot eye and whether it could be due to iodine???

[Guest guest]

I'm positive this is another one of those situations where they blame

everything that goes wrong on iodine, since it's there to blame. Lugol's

is used in the eye, and one of the iodine experts says that iodine would be

used a lot more, directly in the eye, except that it stings.

It's not the iodine, it's the chemicals.

--V

At 11:10 PM 2/1/2011, you wrote:

>Hi Jaxi,

>

>My partner doesn't take iodine - I'm the only one who does. He probably

>should be taking it.

>

>Thanks,

>

>

>On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 4:32 AM, jaxi

><<mailto:jaxi.schulz@...>jaxi.schulz@...> wrote:

>

>

>I would tend to suspect the " chemicals " they use to wash down the dairy line.

>

>Is he taking iodine? Or are we just talking environmental exposure to iodine?

>

>My guess is he needs to be taking large amounts of iodine to help displace

>the toxic mess he is inhaling via nose/lungs and skin.

>

>Jaxi

>

>On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:05 AM, Cochrane

><<mailto:juliemc9@...>juliemc9@...> wrote:

>

>

>Does/can excess iodine cause blood shot eyes?

>

>My partner has been doing a bit extra work recently, milking cows. I had

>no idea that dairy cows were treated so badly - very, very badly, but

>that's obviously an O/T issue. Although they don't clean the cows'

>udders before putting the milking machines on them they do spray down the

>dairy after milking with some horrible smelling chemical. He has to

>wash really well every night and I wash his clothes separately. He has

>only been milking two and a half weeks, but has developed swollen glands,

>a cold sore, and a blood shot eye. He was told the blood shot eye would

>be from the iodine they use along with the chemicals to wash down the

>dairy but I don't think that sounds right. I've asked him to give up

>the milking because of the chemicals used - apart from how distressing it

>is witnessing the cruelty to the animals - but I'm just curious about the

>blood shot eye and whether it could be due to iodine???

>

>

~~~ There is no way to peace; peace is the way ~~~~

--A.J. Muste

[Guest guest]

I have dairy goats and hate to hear things like this, but it is a reason why I

have goats and pampered goats they are.

Any way, iodine is used traditionally as a teat dip for it's disinfecting

properties. I have never heard of a dairy being washed down with iodine as they

are usually concrete floors and iodine stains terribly. After the udder is

washed, iodine can be used as a predip in which the teat (where the milk comes

out) is dipped in a cup filed with the iodine solution... then a certain time is

waited and it is washed off with soap and water or another antibacterial

solution...then the animal is milked. After the animal is milked, the udder is

wiped off again and then the postdip is applied (this is a common use of iodine

solution) and the animal is good to go. The iodine is to make sure no bacteria

enters the orfice of the teat and it dries on the teat and stays there until the

udder is washed next milking.

It doesn't sound like a good situation for your husband to be in. I can't

imagine them using iodine in a way that would bother him but I can imagine them

using harsh chemicals to clean and the horrible treatment of the cows would be

awful to witness, let alone participate in.

Eva

>

> Does/can excess iodine cause blood shot eyes?

>

> My partner has been doing a bit extra work recently, milking cows. I had

> no idea that dairy cows were treated so badly - very, very badly, but that's

> obviously an O/T issue. Although they don't clean the cows' udders

> before putting the milking machines on them they do spray down the dairy

> after milking with some horrible smelling chemical. He has to wash really

> well every night and I wash his clothes separately. He has only been

> milking two and a half weeks, but has developed swollen glands, a cold sore,

> and a blood shot eye. He was told the blood shot eye would be from the

> iodine they use along with the chemicals to wash down the dairy but I don't

> think that sounds right. I've asked him to give up the milking because

> of the chemicals used - apart from how distressing it is witnessing the

> cruelty to the animals - but I'm just curious about the blood shot eye and

> whether it could be due to iodine???

>

>

>