What are the main hazards to the eyes caused by staring at cell phones and computer screens for a long time? Is there a good health care method to relieve eye strain in Chinese medicine?
Why does looking at cell phones cause eye strain?
When staring at cell phones and computer screens for a long time, the number of eye blinks decreases, resulting in a corresponding decrease in tear secretion; in addition, prolonged close vision, the ciliary muscle is over-regulated, and long-term tension is prone to eye fatigue.
At the same time, the screen light is not enough or too strong, the light source distribution is uneven or flickering, the target is too small, too fine or unstable, etc. stimulate the eyes will also cause eye fatigue.
What are the symptoms of eye strain?
The clinical manifestations of eye strain include ocular symptoms and systemic symptoms.
Ocular symptoms: work at close range or reading cannot be sustained, easy fatigue, dry eyes, foreign body sensation, photophobia and tearing, reluctance to open the eyes, double vision, flashing in front of the eyes, blurred handwriting, reduced or unstable vision, eyelid throbbing sensation, even eye swelling and pain, conjunctival congestion, sudden decrease in visual acuity, etc.
Systemic symptoms: headache, dizziness, drowsiness, sleepiness, and other gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and indigestion, as well as excessive sweating, shoulder pain, facial muscle twitching, and even insomnia, anxiety, irritability, annoyance, memory loss, difficulty concentrating, and reduced thinking power.
Long-term eye strain may cause or aggravate refractive error, induce dry eye, conjunctivitis, and even glaucoma and cataract.
What are the methods to treat eye strain?
According to the common causes of eye fatigue are refractive error, dry eye, abnormal adjustment and other reasons, the corresponding treatment methods mainly include correction of refractive error, visual training, wearing trigeminal lenses, symptomatic treatment of drugs, etc. In addition, oral Chinese medicine soup, Chinese medicine fumigation and acupuncture treatment also have good effect on relieving eye fatigue.
Can I order eye drops for eye fatigue?
Eye drops should not be used blindly, but should be selected according to the actual condition and under the guidance of a doctor. For example, use drugs to relieve ciliary muscle spasm, preservative-free artificial tears to relieve eye fatigue, etc. If there is conjunctivitis in combination, use anti-inflammatory eye drops.
Food and medicine ingredients
For dual-use ingredients, you can use wolfberry, chrysanthemum and mimosa to make tea or stew. Chinese wolfberry has the function of nourishing Yin and nourishing blood, benefitting essence and brightening eyes; chrysanthemum has the function of dispersing wind-heat, clearing liver and brightening eyes; cassia has the function of clearing heat and brightening eyes, moistening intestines and laxative.
1, wolfberry mimosa tea
Specific method: 10 grams of Chinese wolfberry, 3 grams of flowers, add boiling water steeped in an hour and drink.
2, Chinese wolfberry chrysanthemum tea
Specific method: 10 grams of Chinese wolfberry, white chrysanthemum 3 grams, add boiling water steeped in 15 minutes and drink.
3, Chinese wolfberry porridge
Specific method: japonica rice 50g cooked into a thin porridge, add wolfberry 20g, and then cooked for 15 minutes, seasoning to eat.
Efficacy: good for relieving eye fatigue, dry eyes, vision loss and other symptoms.
What other ways to relieve eye fatigue?
1, rest with eyes closed: the best way to relieve eye fatigue is to let your eyes rest, try to relax your eyes from afar, or gently press around the eyes with rubbing hot hands.
2, pay attention to the light: use soft light that provides contrast between light and dark; adjust the brightness of the screen, and adjust the contrast to make the font clear. Do not turn off the lights when watching TV or using the computer. The light that causes the least damage to the eyes is yellow light. Other than that, whether it is violet light, white light or blue light, etc., all have greater or lesser damage to the eyes.
3, blinking massage: deliberately blink 200 times a day, both to help clean the eyes, but also to give the eyes to massage.
4, pay attention to rest: when it is necessary to use the eyes for a long time, should rest every 2-3 hours for 10-15 minutes. At the same time, because people look inward and downward when looking at near objects, try to let your eyes look to the upper left and upper right when taking a break.
5, eye exercises: eye exercises twice a day.
Prevent eye strain
1.Eating well and living well
Diet includes paying attention to diet quality, quantity, eating time and speed, etc. Eat more foods rich in vitamin A and B, such as carrots, leeks, spinach, tomatoes, tofu, milk, eggs, lean meat, etc.
The regularity of living means that you should develop good habits, go to bed early, get up early, get enough sleep every day, combine work and rest, and combine brain and body.
2.Avoid external evil and harmonize the seven emotions
Eye fatigue patients generally work and study harder, and their physique is weaker, so they are easily invaded by external evil. Therefore, in accordance with the four seasons, the appropriate cold and temperature, exercise the body, strengthen the body, so that the righteousness of the internal is the key measure to avoid external evil.
Do not be overly happy, angry and worried, too much sadness, but should keep the seven emotions and smooth, optimistic and cheerful, help people happy, so that the hundred veins can be adjusted, the internal organs and peace, eye fatigue can not be produced.
3, pay attention to health, protect eyesight
Adolescents should develop good eye and health habits, such as reading with proper posture, reading at a moderate distance, not to read when riding in a car or lying in bed, and avoid indulging in games or spending too much time on the Internet.
Patients with eye fatigue should insist on doing eye exercises every day and massage the acupuncture points around the eyes to unblock the meridians and blood, eliminate fatigue and restore vision.
If clinical symptoms do not ease after proper prevention, patients with eye fatigue should go to the hospital in time, do not delay or wear other people’s glasses and cause symptoms to worsen or vision loss.
4.Cultivate the body and nurture the body, anti-aging and prevent decay
With the growth of age, the incidence of eye fatigue gradually increased, the main reason is due to the deficiency of liver and kidney essence and blood in old age.
Therefore, the elderly people should pay more attention to the appropriate labor, appetite moderation. Avoid overheating, frying and deep-frying food. Attention should be paid to not long vision and diligent book, depression and sorrow.
To strengthen physical exercise, increase the interaction between friends, do more physical and mental outdoor activities, such as planting flowers and grass, fishing and walking, etc., to eliminate the psychological isolation of the elderly, enhance the ability to resist disease and prevent the decline of the internal organs.
Some serious modern hard-to-treat diseases, such as diabetes, kidney disease, hypertension, etc. can lead to disease-related complications, but also trigger and aggravate eye fatigue, so timely examination and treatment should be carried out, especially to monitor the vision and fundus condition in time, so as to timely detection and early treatment, prevent and slow down eye complications and preserve useful vision.
Therefore, the eyes must be examined regularly and eye discomfort should be seen by an ophthalmologist in a timely manner to detect and eradicate the primary lesion as early as possible and to protect the eyes effectively.