Uveitis is a group of ophthalmologically intractable diseases, mostly occurring in young and middle-aged people, which can cause great pain due to rapid onset, rapid changes, recurrent attacks, and some serious complications that can seriously affect vision and even blindness. Due to the complex etiology of this disease, it is impossible to provide targeted treatment. Currently, Western medicine mainly uses hormone or immunosuppressive therapy, but it is easy to recur and has more side effects.
In fact, uveitis itself is not terrible, usually timely detection and reasonable treatment will usually relieve and control, will not significantly affect vision and daily work life, but many people do not pay attention to it, in many places also failed to pay enough attention and reasonable treatment, many patients’ disease is delayed, causing some serious complications, resulting in late treatment difficulties, even blindness or seriously affect the quality of life.
Many patients with uveitis are well treated, but most have the possibility of relapse, which is mainly related to the fact that this disease is associated with immune abnormalities in patients, but the presence of some factors that affect their own immune function can cause a relapse of the disease.
The majority of people with iris uveitis are accompanied by other autoimmune system diseases, which are more difficult to prevent because of the immune function involved, so all you can say is that you should pay attention to the combination of work and rest, do not overwork, do not overuse your eyes, and keep your mood happy. You can use some non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as Pernambuline, the effect is still good. Hormonal eye solutions should not be used for a long time (such as prednisolone, flumetron, dexamethasone) can induce hormonal glaucoma.
If you are unfortunate enough to have uveitis, your greatest wish is to recover as soon as possible, on the one hand by effective hormonal drugs for local control, and on the other hand by adjusting your own immunity to recover. The body’s immune system is the best “preventers and doctors” of human diseases. A strong immune system can help the body to eliminate foreign bacteria and viruses and avoid diseases, and has the ability to protect the body from damage to the defense. Therefore, if there are signs of immune deficiency, it is important to take measures to improve the immune system and to cure the disease as soon as possible. So for patients with uveitis, how to improve the immune system?
First, to stay away from the habits that make the immune system decline
1, stay up late: early to bed and early to rise for the modern diversified night life of people, it seems to have become a nightmare, stay up late to work, on the network or enjoy the night life of more and more people. However, staying up late can lead to sleep deprivation and physical strain, resulting in a decline in immunity. Renowned immunologists have found through “self-sleep” tests that good sleep can lead to a significant increase in the number of two types of lymphocytes in the body. Medical experts have also shown that during sleep the body produces a sleep factor called cytosolic acid, which increases the number of white blood cells, activates macrophages, and enhances liver detoxification, thereby eliminating invading bacteria and viruses. For patients with uveitis, decreased immunity or biased immune function increases the chances of recurrence of the disease and is not conducive to an early recovery. So when you get sick, don’t stay up late, and if you do need to work later, you should remedy the situation by taking a nap at noon or arranging a meal to boost your immune system.
2, eat sweets: for female patients, there are many people love to eat sweets. The study shows that under normal circumstances, the average ability of a white blood cell in the human blood to swallow germs is 14, after eating a sweet bun becomes 10, after eating a sugary snack becomes 5, after eating a creamy chocolate becomes 2. It can be seen that sweets have a certain impact on immunity. In order to recover early, it is best not to eat or eat less sweets for the time being.
3, smoking: each smoke, reduce five minutes of life, which shows that smoking can cause great damage to the immune system. Smoke can make the activated immune cells CD4 and lymphocytes significantly reduced, white blood cells are usually elevated, while it will reduce the ability of neutrophils to reach the site of attack. Passive smoking can absorb more harmful substances from smoke than active smoking, and smoking in women can affect the vagina, cervix and immune system, making the immune system less effective. Therefore, to love yourself, be sure to stay away from smoke.
4. Alcohol consumption: Alcohol consumption is a risk factor for the onset and recurrence of many immune diseases, including uveitis. Because alcohol consumption affects the activity of the body’s T lymphocytes, inhibiting the body’s immunity. Alcohol also suppresses the central nervous system and reduces anxiety, which to some extent increases the occurrence and recurrence of uveitis. Excessive alcohol consumption also depletes the body of a large amount of vitamin B and vitamin C, which reduces the body’s immunity. Therefore, for patients with uveitis, try to do away with the bad habit of drinking alcohol.
5, the medicine does not leave the mouth: many people think that drugs are the best way to deal with disease, but you know what, sometimes sick is also to make themselves healthier. Because being sick inadvertently gives your immune system more opportunity to exercise and mature. Some people get sick, will produce a kind of antibodies to protect themselves, this antibody is equivalent to immunity, when encountered with the corresponding disease-causing substances, will automatically through a combination of antibodies and antigens to eat harmful substances, if a little sick, take drugs, injections, undoubtedly increased the body’s dependence on drugs.
6, constipation: digestive pipeline, urinary tract, trachea, eye and other local detoxification pipeline is not smooth and the toxicity of metabolic waste, metabolic disorders generated by the toxicity, we call it endogenous toxicity. Toxins remain in the body and lead to dysfunction of the internal organs and tissues, loss of harmony between qi and blood, imbalance of yin and yang, and metabolic disorders, leading to a variety of symptoms such as constipation, acne, facial discoloration, eye swelling and pain, etc. Therefore, it is important to promote the elimination of toxins in the body with the help of drugs. It is important to keep the bowels open to maximize the elimination of toxins from the body and to develop the habit of regular bowel movements every day, even if you really can’t, don’t defecate, sit on the bucket for a while (not too long) or in order to form a conditioned reflex. Patients with constipation can eat fresh vegetables and fruits rich in fiber and vitamins: such as cabbage, celery, radish, spinach, bamboo shoots, tomatoes, bananas, pears, apples, mandarin, watermelon, cucumber, honey water, etc.
7, prevention of infection: avoid infectious diseases, epidemic invasion, prevention of colds and diarrhea and reproductive hygiene. Pay attention to the structure of the diet. Tobacco and alcohol should be self-controlled and avoided as much as possible.
Second, the diet to improve immunity and reduce the chances of recurrence
You can use a decoction of plantain as tea to get rid of dry heat, and also use poria, coix seeds and other porridge to regulate; because uveitis patients are often weak, summer diet should not be excessive, eating should be punctual, moderate, not overeating, hunger disorders; a small number of meals, less stimulating food, mainly vegetarian, after meals, it is advisable to eat apples, grapes and other fruits, drinks without any additives, such as fruit juice and other natural drinks is appropriate.
Certain foods play a big role in improving immunity. Immune cells and immune substances are mostly composed of proteins, and immune cells need to take in more vitamins or trace elements when they are dividing.
1, Shiitake mushroom: The mushroom polysaccharide contained in shiitake mushroom can enhance human immunity. Mushroom, monkey head mushroom, straw mushroom, black fungus, silver fungus, carnation, lily, etc.: all have obvious immune enhancing effects.
2, fresh radish: it has immune effect due to its rich interferon inducer.
3, ginseng royal jelly: can improve the body’s immunity and endocrine regulation, and contains bee lactic acid with anti-cancer effects.
4, corn: corn contains glutathione, its antioxidant effect is 500 times stronger than vitamin E. The crude fiber contained is 6 times higher than refined rice and flour, which can prevent the formation of carcinogenic substances in the body. In addition, corn also contains carotenoids (precursors of retinoic acid), which can inhibit carcinogens.
5, tomatoes: rich in glutathione and vitamins.
6, white potatoes: containing trace elements of selenium and more crude fiber.
7, apricot: apricot is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and flavonoids.
8, kiwifruit: extremely rich in vitamins
Patients with uveitis need to pay attention to: within two months after treatment to eat less seafood products and beef and mutton, shabu-shabu hotpot, spicy food should also eat less to minimize the chances of recurrence, can be supplemented from other food to improve immunity.
Third, through physical exercise to improve immunity
Usually should pay attention to actively exercise, have a healthy body, a good attitude, and treat life correctly. The right amount of exercise can promote the body’s internal circulation and endocrine, promote the human organ function, maintain at a high level, so as to effectively improve the body’s own immunity. Pay attention to keeping warm, and enhance the body’s immune function.
Participate in moderate exercise, such as doing gymnastics, qigong, taijiquan, walking, etc. after waking up to enhance their physical fitness; jogging is the simplest and most popular fitness exercise method, but jogging should pay attention to the time and speed, generally in about 30 minutes, the speed of 150 meters per minute is appropriate. Hot summer weather, pores open, in sweating as far as possible to avoid air conditioning, not to mention the electric fan blowing, especially not to get cold in the rain; to avoid excessive fatigue, pay attention to the regularity of life, to ensure sleep time, while maintaining a happy mood.
Fourth, psychological adjustment, maintain optimism
Some patients are triggered by mental stimulation, excessive sadness, depressed mood, etc.; and after suffering from the disease, emotional fluctuations often aggravate the disease. All these suggest that mental (or psychological) factors have some influence on the disease. Modern immunological research proves that the immune function of the body is also regulated by neurological and endocrine factors. Therefore, maintaining a normal psychological state is important to maintain the normal immune function of the body. Chinese medicine believes that the seven emotions (happiness, anger, sadness, thought, grief, fear, shock) can affect the normal function of the internal organs, mainly affecting the internal organs of the qi, so that the qi elevation and elevation is not regulated, the qi and blood function is disordered, the ability to resist disease is reduced, vulnerable to external attacks and disease.
Maintaining an optimistic mood and an optimistic attitude can maintain the human body in an optimal state, but in today’s society, people are under a lot of stress, and great psychological stress can lead to an increase in hormonal components that have a suppressive effect on the human immune system, so they are vulnerable to colds or other diseases. Especially for patients with uveitis, due to the lack of knowledge about the disease, they are often overly worried and thus under great mental stress in terms of psychological and treatment costs, and some even have pessimistic thoughts, thus greatly affecting the recovery of the disease.