Dr. Merchant saw a young woman with a history of waking up blind in one eye, and thereafter waking up blind in the other eye. Each time, she would be hospitalized and treated with a prolonged course of steroids. Her ophthalmologist diagnosed optic neuritis, which describes inflammation of the optic nerves. She was also seen by a neurologist, who found white spots on her brain scan, and who was rapidly progressing to making a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.

Dr. Merchant diagnosed and treated the woman’s immortal infections. The episodes of waking up blind, inflammation in her optic nerves, and white spots on her brain scan, all disappeared. Her ophthalmologist and neurologist were amazed, but neither one contacted Dr. Merchant to ask how he did it!