Emotional adjustment Patients with acute attacks of glaucoma encountered by ophthalmologists in their clinics are often accompanied by violent mood swings, couples quarrel, tutoring children’s homework, exam tension, depression, anxiety, anger, etc. …… These are all related to glaucoma, and related studies found that students in exams, patients before surgery, intraocular pressure will be significantly higher. We need to stay away from these negative emotions, let ourselves be happy, think happy things, do happy things, let ourselves be happy, eye pressure will also follow the drop Oh. So, don’t be nervous about things, relax and listen to light music often to help reduce IOP ~ ~ Daily activities Holding your breath can cause IOP to double in 20 seconds, for example, high ventilation instruments (double yellow pipes, saxophone, etc.) are best to avoid. Office workers will wear shirts and ties, if the tie is too tight, it will also lead to an increase in IOP, also to be avoided ~ fitness exercise Yoga in raising IOP there are some minefields, accidentally easy to step on the mine. When your heart level is higher than your eye level, it can lead to an increase in IOP, especially when you are upside down, sometimes up to twice as high. But when the position is turned right, the IOP can turn to normal after 5 minutes. Weight lifting is also a high-risk sport that can cause IOP to rise by 4 mmHg or 22% above baseline, although it returns to normal when the exercise is stopped. Are there only sports that raise IOP and no sports that lower it? Of course there is! Aerobic exercise is a form of exercise chosen by most people, when exercising at 40% of the maximum heart rate for 15min, the IOP will drop 0.9mmHg; when exercising at 80% of the maximum heart rate for 15min, the IOP can be reduced by 4.7mmHg. Do not underestimate this 4mmHg of IOP reduction, sometimes it means you can reduce the use of 1-2 kinds of eye drops to lower eye pressure Oh! …… For some older people, or office sedentary people, etc., can not be long-term aerobic exercise, walking is not a bad way. Studies have reported that IOP in sedentary positions is 1.9 mmHg higher than in more active positions, and that increasing walking, spending more time doing light to moderate physical activity and being less sedentary can slow down visual field loss in glaucoma patients. A total of 5,000 steps or 2.6 hours of activity per day can reduce visual field loss by 10%. However, the duration of the IOP reduction effect from exercise is within 1 hour after exercise, and only lasts for a few weeks after the change in exercise status, so please keep exercising, friends! Diet There is no strong evidence that smoking causes IOP to rise, but smoking can lead to other diseases throughout the body, so cut back if you can ~ Drink a moderate amount of wine to protect the optic nerve. Ingesting a cup of coffee can cause an increase in IOP of 1 to 4 mmHg for 90 minutes. Patients with open-angle glaucoma who drink coffee regularly have higher IOP than those with open-angle glaucoma who abstain from coffee. A large prospective study showed that people with 5 or more cups of coffee per day increased the risk of open-angle glaucoma by 1.6 times. Fat intake regulates intraocular homeostasis and changes intraocular pressure thereby reducing the risk of glaucoma, and Omega-3 helps reduce the risk of glaucoma. To conclude, glaucoma is not that scary, relax, regular review, and regular medication, you can save your existing vision, existing field of vision oh.