What to do if your intraocular pressure is high? Three factors cause high intraocular pressure

People with high intraocular pressure should pay attention. Generally, there are many reasons for high intraocular pressure, such as sleeping posture, diet, excessive fatigue, and bowing the head for too long, which can directly cause high intraocular pressure. Eat more diuretic foods to avoid excessive water in the body and accumulation in the eyes, eat more foods with dietary fiber, etc. These can effectively prevent and reduce the symptoms of high intraocular pressure.

What to do if intraocular pressure is high

Honey and glycerin

Patients with high intraocular pressure should pay attention. At this time, we can use honey and glycerin to control intraocular pressure and lower it. Because they are hyperosmotic agents, drinking them can increase the osmotic pressure of the blood in the body, accelerate the absorption of water in the eyes, promote the lowering of intraocular pressure, and have the effect of relieving symptoms and treating the disease. Patients with high intraocular pressure in the acute stage can take 100 ml of honey water or 50% glycerol orally at one time; chronic patients can drink honey water three times a day, 50 ml each time.

High fiber foods

Some high-fiber foods can also help us lower intraocular pressure. These foods can help us excrete useless substances in the body and also prevent constipation. Because constipation not only causes toxins to accumulate in the body, but also increases the secretion of aqueous humor in the eye, causing increased intraocular pressure, which is not conducive to the condition.

Diuretic Food

Most patients with high intraocular pressure have too much water in their eyes, so at this time we can eat some foods that can help us drain the water in the eyes, reduce aqueous humor retention, and help lower intraocular pressure. Foods that have a diuretic effect include: red beans, winter melon, watermelon, loofah, day lily, coix seed, etc.

Foods that improve vision

High intraocular pressure has a greater impact on vision in the later stages. It is necessary to consume more foods that are beneficial to vision in the diet, such as cod liver oil, soybeans, carrots, peanuts, egg yolks, animal liver, milk, fish, red sweet potatoes, vegetable oils, etc.

Suitable food

Suitable foods for patients with high intraocular pressure are roughly summarized as follows: fish, egg yolk, honey water, animal liver, beef, chicken, kelp, seaweed, mushrooms, cucumber, celery, spinach, asparagus, water spinach, cooked bitter gourd, lily, yam, cauliflower, cabbage, rapeseed, Chinese cabbage, cowpea, potato, carrot, taro, black fungus, white fungus, corn silk, plum, pineapple, grapes, olives, black plum, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, lotus seeds, jujube, peanuts, walnuts, etc.

Causes of high intraocular pressure

Posture and food factors

For a normal person, the intraocular pressure may rise by six mmHg when changing from a sitting position to a lying position. If you stand upside down, your intraocular pressure may rise by more than ten millimeters of mercury. Therefore, if glaucoma patients do yoga, we will advise them to avoid inverted movements as much as possible. Additionally, drinking large amounts of fluid in a short period of time can increase eye pressure. Some medicines can also cause the side effect of increased intraocular pressure, the most noteworthy of which are medicines containing steroids. Regardless of the route of administration, whether oral, skin application, nasal spray or eye drops, as long as it contains steroids, there is a chance of this side effect.

Disease factors

Eye diseases such as glaucoma, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, iridocyclitis, cataracts, and myopia can all cause high intraocular pressure, and trauma can also cause high intraocular pressure.

Factors in daily life

Staying in the dark for too long; looking down or reading for too long; not getting enough rest and overworking; overeating; seasonal changes, such as winter.

How to prevent high intraocular pressure

1. Psychologically, you should maintain a happy spirit, lead a regular life, avoid emotional fluctuations, and do not work or study in a dark environment for a long time.

2. In terms of diet, avoid smoking, drinking, drinking too much strong tea, coffee, and eating spicy food. Drink enough water, eat more vegetables and honey. Honey can not only lower blood pressure and facilitate bowel movements, but also prevent increased secretion of aqueous humor in the eye and cause high intraocular pressure.

3. Make reasonable arrangements in life, do not overwork your eyes, and relax your eyes often; if you are outdoors, you can wear a pair of branded polarized sunglasses to prevent ultraviolet rays from entering the eyes and prevent congestion inside the eyes from causing high intraocular pressure.

High intraocular pressure precautions

1. Psychological attention

When the patient is emotionally unstable, tired, or works in a dark environment for a long time, the sympathetic nerves become excited, causing the dilator pupillae muscles to contract, resulting in pupil dilation and the accumulation of the sclera to the periphery, which closes the chamber angle, obstructs the outflow of aqueous humor, increases intraocular pressure, and triggers an attack of glaucoma. Let patients understand that acute attacks of glaucoma are related to the above factors, and let them stay in a good mood, lead a regular life, and avoid emotional fluctuations.

2. Dietary precautions

Do not smoke, drink alcohol, drink strong tea, coffee, or eat spicy and other irritating foods. At the same time, control the amount of water you drink, and it should not exceed 300 ml at a time, so as to avoid a large amount of water being absorbed into the blood in a short period of time, which will increase the aqueous humor and cause increased intraocular pressure. Eat more vegetables and honey, which can not only lower intraocular pressure, but also have a laxative effect, thereby avoiding the increased secretion of aqueous humor in the eye and causing increased intraocular pressure.

1. Eat more coarse grains and easily digestible foods rich in vitamins, such as vegetables and fruits, and keep your bowel movements smooth.

2. Pay attention to the amount of water you drink. Generally, do not drink more than 500 ml each time.

3. Eat more diuretic foods. Foods such as red beans, watermelons, and loofahs should be eaten regularly, which can help prevent increased intraocular pressure.

4. Intestinal lubricating food. You can take more honey, sesame oil, rapeseed oil and other vegetable oils to improve the lubrication of the intestines. You can also eat more fruits and vegetables rich in fiber, such as bananas, carrots, raw pears, lemons, oranges, watermelons, cantaloupes, tomatoes, and whole grains to help with bowel movements.

3. Life Tips

Arrange your daily life reasonably, relax yourself, and keep a happy spirit; do not stay in a dark room or dark environment for too long, because in darkness, the pupil dilates, the iris surrounds the narrow chamber angle, the drainage of aqueous humor is obstructed, and the intraocular pressure increases; there should be indoor lighting when watching TV to avoid pupil dilation; do not lower your head or bend over to read or write for a long time; belts, underwear, necklines and bras should not be too tight to prevent increased internal carotid artery pressure, which in turn increases intraocular pressure; raise the pillow appropriately when sleeping.

Summary: If we want to avoid high intraocular pressure, we must avoid all bad eye habits. After all, the eyes are the windows to the soul. When high intraocular pressure occurs, we must relieve it in time. If it is not relieved in time, the harm of glaucoma will occur. Only by maintaining good eye habits can we prevent high intraocular pressure.