What to do if your eyes are red and have a foreign body sensation

Redness and foreign body sensation in the eyes may be caused by dry eye, impingement and glaucoma. Different treatment methods exist for different causes. They mainly include general treatment, medication, surgery and other measures.
1. Dry eye: If the redness and foreign body sensation is caused by dry eye, artificial tears such as sodium vitrate eye drops and polyvinyl alcohol eye drops can be applied to relieve it. At the same time, we should pay attention to improve the bad eye habits.
2. Inverted eyelashes: If the eyes are red and have a foreign body sensation caused by inverted eyelashes, lubricants such as polyethylene glycol eye drops and sodium vitrate eye drops can be applied to alleviate the friction and irritation of inverted eyelashes on the eyes. Antibiotic eye medications such as tobramycin eye drops and ofloxacin eye drops can be applied in conjunction. For special cases of impingement, surgery such as blepharoplasty and gray line incision may be needed.
3. Glaucoma: If the eyes are red with foreign body sensation caused by glaucoma. When the acute attack, you can apply the drugs such as burberry cloudy base, mannitol, etc. to control the intraocular pressure rapidly, and if necessary, you need to consider surgical treatment, such as anterior chamber puncture, glaucoma filtration surgery.
Redness of the eyes with a foreign body sensation, should be taken seriously, as soon as possible to the regular hospital, if necessary, follow the doctor’s prescription medication, do not self-medication.