Tips to prevent and treat dry eye disease

  1, to ensure adequate sleep, sleep time should be guaranteed 7 to 8 hours a day, to try to avoid staying up late.  2, all year round should pay attention to supplemental water, not less than l500 ~ 2 000 ml per day, which is very important to prevent dry eyes, can drink plain water, mineral water, mung bean soup. Drink green tea often, or add some chrysanthemum, wolfberry, maitake tea better, not only can brighten the eyes, there are functions such as preventing radiation damage. If you drink boiling water or tea with hot air smoked eyes, to prevent dry eye disease has a special effect.  3, to change the bad habits of continuous use of the eyes. Read books, newspapers, television, or do more detailed work, every hour should rest 10 minutes, or close the eyes, or far away, to prevent excessive use of the eyes.  4, long-term computer operators, do not look at things for a long time, to develop the habit of blinking often, so that tears lubricate the eyeballs, in front of the computer or other fluorescent screens with radiation, the distance from the screen should be maintained at more than 60 cm, about 30 degrees down the line of sight. To avoid eye fatigue caused by reflective or unclear fluorescent screen, the computer should not be placed on the opposite or back side of the window, the working time should not be too long continuously, more than 1 hour should leave the screen for 5 to 10 minutes, far away or do eye exercises, let the eyes relax and ease the concentration of the screen light on the eyes; when the room light is dark, you should turn on the fluorescent lamp. In addition, place a few pots of green plants next to the computer, the regulation of eye vision, has great benefits.  5, adjust the diet, usually appropriate to eat more vitamin A-rich foods, such as animal liver, milk, egg yolk; foods containing B vitamins, such as cereals, beans, nuts, spinach, seafood, etc.; foods rich in vitamin C, such as dates, tomatoes, kiwi, peppers, etc.; red and yellow vegetables, fruits and nourishing juicy foods, such as carrots, pumpkin, bananas, persimmons, peaches, apples, grapes, etc.. These foods are good for increasing the nutrition of the eyes and preventing dry eye disease.  6, it is advisable to eat less sweet food. Sugar in the digestion will consume a lot of vitamin B and calcium, so eating more sweets is not good for the health of the eyes. It is advisable to eat less spicy food, quit smoking, limit alcohol, so as not to cause adverse stimulation to the eyes, or cause damage.  7, if suffering from presbyopia, myopia, astigmatism, etc., to wear the right number of glasses.  8, the elderly or white-collar workers suffering from dry eyes, should often do eye exercises, or massage the eyes to promote blood circulation in the eyes, but also to prevent atrophy of the tear ducts aging.  9, timely treatment of other eye diseases. If you suffer from conjunctivitis, keratitis and blepharitis, or eye injuries, or eyes feel dry and uncomfortable, see things blurred, should promptly go to the hospital for examination and treatment, do not blindly point eye drops, so as not to delay treatment and aggravate the condition.  L0, suffering from dry eye disease, using a combination of Chinese and Western methods of treatment is the best. Chinese medicine generally use acupuncture, hot compresses, massage and adjust the diet and other methods. Western medicine more application of artificial tears type eye drops point eye, can play the role of replenishing moisture, moisten and protect the eye. At present, this kind of eye drops in the domestic sales volume is still less than 2%, in foreign countries has accounted for more than 20%. This shows that not only do the general public know little about the role of artificial tears, even many doctors do not know much about it. Therefore, it is also an important responsibility of doctors and health care workers to do a good job in promoting the use of artificial tears. Since dry eye is not caused by bacterial infection, antibiotic eye drops are useless.