Children’s winter eye care tips

Cold weather, how to protect your child’s bright eyes, what needs to be noted, please pay attention to the following points: a. Dry eye syndrome In winter, due to the cold outdoors, children’s outdoor activities are reduced, and parents tend to indulge their children to stay indoors for a long time to watch TV, use tablet computers, play video games or read books in order to save their minds. Due to the dry air and low humidity in winter, coupled with excessive eye use, it is easy to lead to strong tear evaporation, dry eyes, conjunctival congestion, eye burning, foreign body sensation, visual fatigue, sore eyes and other discomforts. Prevention and treatment strategies: 1, reduce the use of electronic products for a long time, after half an hour of use appropriate rest. 2.Place the computer screen or tablet at a position below eye level, and place the screen in a place not exposed to direct sunlight. 3, found dry eyes, you can use sodium glass acid or polyethylene glycol and other artificial tears to relieve discomfort. Second, overflowing tears After the eyes are stimulated by cold air, it can reflexively cause increased tear secretion, accompanied by tear dots contraction, tear discharge reduction, and windward tears. The wind and sand are also easy to enter the eye with foreign substances, resulting in tearing discomfort. Prevention and treatment strategies: Reduce the chance of going out in sandy weather, and when you do go out, wear windproof glasses to prevent your eyes from being irritated by cold air or foreign objects falling into your eyes. Children’s skin is very thin, especially the eye skin, and the cold air outside can lead to allergies, redness of the eye skin, rough skin, mossy changes, and in severe cases, skin flakes and crusting due to scratching. Prevention and treatment strategies: 1. Apply moisturizer outside and pay attention to skin moisturization to reduce the irritation caused by cold air on the skin. 2. Topical medication: topical hormone-containing eye ointment, such as Dengbei Shu eye ointment, can be used to improve the child’s symptoms. Snow blindness In the cold winter, children in the north can choose colorful ice sports, such as skiing, sledding, snow trekking, snow reflected ultraviolet light will cause corneal epithelial damage, eyelid redness, conjunctival congestion edema, photophobia, tearing, pain, and even blurred vision, this condition is often referred to as “snow blindness This condition is often called “snow blindness”. Prevention and treatment strategies: 1, long time in the snow with the eyes, need to wear UV protection goggles. 2, after the onset, you can use a cold towel to relieve pain, high temperature can intensify the pain. 3, local medication: you can use eye ointment to protect the cornea and promote corneal epithelial repair; for children with unbearable pain, you can use local surface anesthetic drugs to relieve the pain.