A. Prevention
1, pay attention to the spirit of regulation: when things are easy to deal with, should be broad-minded, keep the emotional well-being, to control anger. Cultivate interest in raising flowers, birds, goldfish to cultivate sentiment, more conversations with young people, can distract the attention of unpleasant things, stimulate the enthusiasm for life, can play a role in stopping and delaying the progress of the disease.
2, strengthen eye hygiene, usually do not use hands to rub the eyes, do not use unclean handkerchiefs, towels to wipe the eyes, wash the eyes. After excessive use of the eyes should be properly relaxed, sedentary workers should get up at intervals of 1 to 2 hours for 10 to 15 minutes, raise the eyes and look far away, or do eye exercises. Have enough sleep to recover from fatigue in time.
3, active prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, including eye disorders and systemic diseases. Especially, diabetes is most likely to complicate cataracts, so it is necessary to control blood sugar effectively in time to prevent further development of the disease.
4, diet should be rich in protein, calcium, trace elements, more food containing vitamin A, B, C, D. Eating more fish can maintain normal vision and slow down the progress of the disease.
5. Smoking has been proven to be prone to cataracts, so you should quit smoking early.
Health care
1.Food therapy
1.1 Formula 1: Chicken liver and bright eyes soup
Ingredients: 25 grams of silver fungus, 100 grams of chicken liver and 15 grams of wolfberry.
How to use: Wash and slice chicken liver, add water bean powder, wine, ginger, salt, monosodium glutamate, mix well, cook with silver fungus, wolfberry soup, eat with meals.
Efficacy: tonifying liver and kidney.
Cataracts of the liver and kidney deficiency type, blurred vision, dizziness and tinnitus, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, white face and fear of cold, long and clear urine.
Source: Tan Xinggui. Food boils for all diseases. Jinan: Shandong Science and Technology Press, 1999, 295
1.2 Party 2: Chinese wolfberry wine
Composition: 200 grams of Chinese wolfberry, white wine or yellow wine 1,000 millin
Usage: Chinese wolfberry soaked in wine, 1 week later, 30-50 ml of daily drinking.
Efficacy: tonic liver and kidney.
Cataracts of the liver and kidney deficiency type, blurred vision, dizziness and tinnitus, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, pale tongue and thin pulse.
Source: Zhu Yiguo, et al. Food boils and medicine. Beijing: People’s Military Medical Publishing House, 2001, 202
1.3 Formula 3: Roast Beef with Potatoes
Ingredients: Potatoes 500g, beef 250g.
How to use: Peel potatoes, cook with beef with soy sauce, salt and monosodium glutamate.
Effects: Tonifying the spleen and benefiting the qi.
Indications: Cataracts, of the type of spleen deficiency and weakness of qi, dimming of vision, mental lethargy, weakness of limbs, withered complexion.
Source: Lu Xinguo, et al. Chinese diet and health care. Beijing: China Light Industry Press, 2001, 58
1.4 Formula 4 Chicken Wontons
Ingredients: 100g chicken meat, 100g wonton skin.
How to use: Chop chicken meat, add onion, ginger, salt and monosodium glutamate, wrap wontons and eat.
Effects: Tonifies the spleen.
Cataracts of weakness of spleen and stomach, dimming of vision, mental lassitude, impotence and weakness, poor food and loose stools.
Source: Folk remedy.
1.5 Party 5 Cassia Seeds Tea
Ingredients: Cassia seeds 100g.
How to use: cassia seeds fried, divided into 10 grams per packet gauze bag. Daily 1 packet, boiling water, the amount should not be too much, drink as tea.
Effects: Clearing heat and calming the liver.
Cataracts of the liver-heat upheaval type, headache and eye acuity, bitterness and dryness of the mouth and throat, irritability.
Source: Zhu Yiguo, et al. Therapeutic medicine. Beijing: People’s Military Medical Publishing House, 2001, 126
1.6 Formula 6: Lotus Heart and Job’s Tears Congee
Ingredients: 10 grams of lotus seed heart, 30 grams of coix seeds, 100 grams of round-grained rice.
Usage: Add 500 ml of water to the above three flavors and cook the congee for morning and evening consumption.
Effects: Nourishing Yin and clearing heat, broadening the middle and relieving dampness.
Cataracts of the yin-deficiency and damp-heat type, with astringent visual dizziness, irritable heat and bad breath, irregular or loose stools, short and red urine, and a red tongue with yellow and greasy coating.
Source: Folk remedies.
2. Experimental prescriptions.
2.1 partial prescription 1: 20 grams of Chinese wolfberry, 20 longan flesh, decoction of water to take food, effective for continuous use. Can benefit the essence and nourish the blood, nourish and brighten the eyes. Wolfberry is rich in carotene, vitamins and calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc.; longan meat is also rich in vitamin B2, vitamin C and protein, all have bright eye function, very beneficial to the eyes.
[Indications] It is used to treat senile cataract and vision loss.
2.2 Prescription 2: Black sesame seeds are fried and ground into powder, take 1 tablespoon at a time in soy milk or milk, and add 1 tablespoon of honey. Black sesame is rich in vitamin E, which can delay the aging of human cells and improve the circulation in the eye, and also contains iron and protein, which can maintain and enhance the function of hematopoietic system and immune system.
2.3 Prescription 3: Carrot is often eaten in moderation. Carrot is rich in vitamin E, C, A, etc., which can tonic the liver and brighten the eyes.
[It can be used to treat senile cataract.
2.4 Preferential formula 4:150 grams of pig liver and 100 grams of fresh wolfberry leaves. First, wash and cut the pig liver, with Chinese wolfberry leaves together decoction, drink soup and eat liver, serve 2 times a day. Pig liver is rich in iron, protein, vitamin A, etc. It can benefit the liver and brighten the eyes, and has a significant effect on improving visual function.
2.5 Preferential formula 5: 7 red dates and 15 grams of Chinese wolfberry, with appropriate amount of water decoction, 1 dose per day, taken continuously. Red dates are rich in protein, vitamin C and iron, phosphorus, calcium, etc., which can nourish blood and brighten eyes and have the effect of improving vision.
2.6 Prescription 6: fresh tomatoes, scalded with boiling water, peeled, eat 1 every morning and evening on an empty stomach, or fresh eggs and tomatoes in soup, seasoned food. Tomatoes are rich in glutathione and vitamin C and other nutrients, which are very good for the prevention and treatment of senile cataract.
3, What cataract patients should eat
3.1 Sufficient vitamin intake: Scientists have found that vitamin C has the effect of preventing cataract formation, which can reduce the damage of light and oxygen to the lens. If vitamin C intake is insufficient, it is easy to cause lens degeneration. Therefore, the elderly should usually eat more fresh vegetables such as tomatoes, spinach, onions, cabbage, string beans and fruits such as strawberries, oranges, grapefruit and oranges, which are rich in vitamin C. In addition, scientists point out that low vitamin E levels in the blood can also induce cataracts. This is because lower vitamin E will increase the oxidation reaction, which will easily make the protein of the crystal agglomerate and become cloudy. A recently published study showed that people with the highest dietary intake of beta carotene and other carotenoids had half the risk of cataracts compared to those with the lowest intake. Diets rich in vitamin A can reduce the risk of cataracts by 40 percent. beta carotene is mostly found in dark green leafy vegetables. It is also found in orange and red fruits, such as tomatoes, peaches, watermelon and carrots. Animal liver, egg and milk are the best direct sources of vitamin A. The original vitamin A contained in vegetables such as rape, spinach, capers, fennel, pumpkin and tomatoes can also be transformed into vitamin A in the liver.
3.2 Supplementary trace elements: the sharpness of human vision is directly related to selenium, and lack of selenium can induce lens clouding and cause cataracts, which has long been confirmed by scientists. Foods rich in selenium include animal liver, kidney, heart, fish and shrimp, dairy, egg yolk, lean meat, shiitake mushroom, fungus and sesame. A study in China found that the serum zinc level is related to the incidence of cataracts, and the lower the serum zinc level in the body, the higher the incidence of cataracts. Among animal foods, oysters, fish, lean meat, animal liver, kidney, eggs and dairy products have high zinc content, among which oysters have the highest zinc content, with 14 mg of zinc per 100 grams.
3.3 Drink more tea: Medical doctors have found in a large number of observations that elderly people who can drink 5 cups of tea a day have a much lower possibility of cataracts than those who do not drink tea or rarely drink tea, and the incidence of cataracts is lower among those who drink more or less tea than those who never drink tea. Scholars believe that this is related to the large amount of ellagic acid contained in tea. Modern medicine believes that cataract disease is due to the free radicals produced by oxidation reactions in the body acting on the lens of the eye. The large amount of ellagic acid contained in tea can block the occurrence of oxidation reactions that produce free radicals in the body, and tea can play an effective preventive effect on cataracts. Therefore, it is best for the elderly to develop the habit of drinking more tea every day, because this can prevent the occurrence of senile cataracts and also prevent the deepening of cataracts.
3.4 In addition, they should drink more water, at least one and a half liters of water per day.
4. What cataract patients are not suitable to eat
There is no strict contraindication in diet, but do not drink too much milk, 250 grams to 500 grams per day is appropriate, because milk contains lactose, which can contribute to cataract.
5 .How to use eyes healthily after surgery
5.1 The time of reading and watching TV should be controlled. Every hour, you should go outdoors or rest for 10-15 minutes with eyes closed. At night or when the light is low, reading time should not be too long, and reasonable arrangements should be made for reading and rest.
5.2 Elderly people with farsightedness, myopia or astigmatism should go to the hospital for examination and wear suitable farsightedness and presbyopic glasses to reduce visual fatigue.
5.3 Review the operated eye regularly, and also try to avoid collision with the operated eye to avoid poor healing of the incision and cracking. Avoid rubbing or colliding with the operated eye for 3 months after surgery. For anterior chamber artificial and iris septal IOL implantation, avoid rubbing the glasses with hands for a long time to avoid damage to the corneal endothelium due to abrasion between the IOL and the cornea.
5.4 Eyes that have had cataract surgery should have antibiotic and hormonal eye drops for about 1 month to fight infection.
5.5 Visit the hospital regularly for slit lamp microscopic examination to observe the development of cataract. If there are symptoms such as eye pain, redness and colored halo when looking at lights, you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.
5.6 Ensure sufficient sleep. Those with insomnia or neurasthenia should apply sedative and sleeping drugs or proprietary Chinese medicine for conditioning.