Connective tissue disease dry eye symptoms in addition to active treatment of primary disease, but also through the adjustment of lifestyle or topical drugs to improve the symptoms.
1. Actively treat the primary disease: connective tissue disease is an autoimmune disease that invades multiple organs and systems, including rheumatoid arthritis and dry syndrome. The symptoms of dry eyes may involve the lacrimal gland, causing tear secretion disorders, and patients can be treated with immunosuppressants such as methotrexate, hydroxychloroquine and other glucocorticoid drugs such as prednisone under the guidance of a doctor.
2. Adjustment of lifestyle: patients with connective tissue disease who have symptoms of dry eyes need to pay attention to improving their living and working environment, correcting bad eye habits, correcting refractive errors, and reducing the use of electronic products.
3. Topical medications: Connective tissue disease patients with dry eyes can use artificial tears or medications to promote tear secretion to relieve symptoms, commonly used medications include polyethylene glycol, sodium vitrate and so on.
Connective tissue disease patients with dry eyes are advised to go to the rheumatology and ophthalmology departments of regular hospitals for consultation and standardized treatment under the guidance of doctors, and do not use medication on their own.