The eyes are the windows to the soul. But in the fall, if you are not careful, your eyes will be in a mood. With the increasing pace of people’s lives, many people need to use computers for long periods of time, others wear contact lenses all day and night, and some people often suffer from severe sleep deprivation, coupled with the dry air and sandy outdoors in autumn. In the fall, when your eyes are dry, stinging, sore and other uncomfortable conditions, it’s dry eyes at work. Dry eyes are a disease Dry eyes, or “keratoconjunctival dryness,” is an inflammatory reaction in which the conjunctiva and cornea cannot be moistened because there is not enough water or mucus in the tears, and the tears cannot properly moisten the surface of the eye. Patients may experience dry eyes, foreign body sensation, sticky secretions, fear of wind, blurred vision, etc. In severe cases, it may also cause eye redness, congestion, keratinization, and the appearance of sticky filaments on the cornea, and if left untreated for a long time, it may also cause lesions of the cornea and thus affect vision. Dry eye syndrome is a common disease. In addition to people who wear contact lenses for a long time and those who are exposed to computers for a long time, elderly people aged 60 to 70 are also at high risk of dry eye syndrome because the production of tears in the elderly decreases with age and the reduction of tear secretion can cause eye irritation and sometimes violent tearing. Women, especially postmenopausal women, are also at high risk because the change in hormone levels during this period makes the production of tears in the eyes less, causing dry eyes. Also, people with lower immunity are prone to dry eye disease. There are ways to prevent dry eye disease There are many kinds of dry eyes, one is caused by less tears and another is caused by problems with the quality of tears. If you have a foreign body feeling in your eyes, you should first check the cause, check whether there is a problem with the cornea and whether it is dry eye disease. To prevent dry eye, we have to start from daily, we have to blink more often, blinking often can promote eye wetting. Sedentary people should also often get up and move around, look into the distance, look at more green plants outside or close your eyes to get a short rest. In daily life, eye hygiene should not be neglected, never rub your eyes with your hands, especially in autumn, a season of sandy winds and dry air, it is easy to have acute conjunctivitis and other eye infectious diseases, hands are likely to become a vector for these infectious diseases, pay attention to wash your hands often to maintain eye hygiene. How to diagnose and treat dry eye disease The treatment of dry eye is mainly to reduce the symptoms of dry eye, avoid damage to the cornea and maintain a smooth and clear surface of the eye. The first step is to find out the cause of the disease and then treat it according to the actual situation. When it comes to the treatment of dry eye, patients with mild dry eye can order artificial tears (drops, creams, gels, etc.), point lubricating ointment before going to bed, etc., and also stimulate tear secretion with hot compresses and massage. For patients with moderate dry eye, it is necessary to increase the number of artificial tears, wear wind-blocking or moisturizing glasses, lower the room temperature, increase humidity, and reduce the evaporation of tears; blocking the tear ducts or electrocautery to reduce tear discharge can also increase the amount of tears. Severe dry eye patients should be treated according to the doctor’s specific plan, such as the addition of “ultrasonic fogging of the eyes to assist in the treatment method” to relieve eye discomfort.