Adults who always rub their eyes when they sleep are usually due to blepharitis, allergic conjunctivitis, infectious conjunctivitis and other causes.
Blepharitis patients will be due to the inflammation of the eyelid margin area stimulation, leading to the emergence of eye tingling sensation, itching sensation and other symptoms, the patient will unconsciously go to rub their eyes, usually need to apply antibiotic eye ointment treatment, such as ofloxacin eye ointment, erythromycin eye ointment and so on.
Allergic conjunctivitis patients because of allergies lead to obvious itching sensation in the eyes, patients often go to rub the eyes to temporarily relieve the symptoms, can be treated by pointing anti-allergy eye drops, such as orotidine hydrochloride eye drops, ketotifen fumarate eye drops and so on.
Patients with infectious conjunctivitis can rub their eyes because of the foreign body sensation and increased secretion in the eye, which can be treated with antibiotic eye drops, such as tobramycin eye drops and levofloxacin eye drops.
In addition, adults rubbing their eyes while sleeping may also be due to exposure keratitis, dry eye, etc. They should go to the ophthalmology department of the hospital in a timely manner, so that the doctor can find out the cause and guide the treatment.