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00:00I made a video asking for prayers for my past recovery and awareness.
00:06In Jelly Macha's viral online video, she blames her eyes for not being able to close her eyes properly.
00:12I had an infection in my glutal drip session.
00:16The nurse who operated on me didn't know about it.
00:18When she operated on me here, she inserted the needle and my root burst.
00:25I tried again here and it burst again.
00:30After two days…
00:32It was so painful. I couldn't stop it.
00:35I was taken to the ER. I was given vinegar.
00:39In the new video, Jelly was able to open one of her eyes.
00:42According to her ophthalmologist, she had an infection and the nerves in her eyes were affected.
00:47My vision now, my concern, because I was able to open three of my eyes.
00:52But as you can see in the eyeball, I can still see a bit but I was able to open three of my eyes.
00:58The board certified ophthalmologist I talked to, Dr. Ethos Yutangco, said…
01:02Generally, IV drugs, gluta for example, generally do not cause infections.
01:12Except if the drug or the needle used is contaminated.
01:19The needle, the paraphernalia used to insert the drug.
01:25I did not see any IV gluta-related infection in my eyes that was directly caused by the IV gluta.
01:37Even so, the Food and Drug Administration of the FDA has not yet approved gluta drip or gluta IV as a skin lightening agent or whitening agent.
01:45IV glutathione has only been approved by the FDA for the mitigation of the side effects of chemotherapy from cisplatin.
01:54They call it neurotoxicity.
01:56As for those who are affected by thyroid, stones, and liver.
01:59It can be toxicity, abnormalities, gastritis, it can also be kidney failure.
02:04It can be severe skin problems, side effects, and allergies.
02:10Other IV drips are also dangerous, including vitamin C drip.
02:14If the dose is too high, at some point, the urine can also be too acidic and cause kidney stones.
02:21It is different if the doctor prescribed gluta drip because it eases the symptoms of pain like Candy's rheumatic fever.
02:28When I was not yet diagnosed with autoimmune disease, I was already getting drip.
02:34My hands, my both hands, it hurts, I can't bend.
02:41It always swells.
02:43Since I got IV drip, it doesn't hurt anymore.
02:49This is only considered as a medicine for cancer.
02:53We consider it as cancer medicine.
02:56If it is used as a whitening agent, it is definitely not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
03:01Since 2019, 20 million Pesos worth of illegal whitening products were approved by the FDA as a glutathione drip.
03:08There are oral glutathione products or ingested glutathione registered in the FDA.
03:12However, it cannot be promoted as a whitening agent.
03:16The Department of Health has previously prohibited the use of glutathione as a whitening agent.
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