My eyes are rubbed and there is no foreign body

Eyes are an important part of our body. When we are working every day, we have to face the computer for a long time. When we are free, we have to play with mobile phones and the like. This will cause excessive eye strain. If the eyes do not get timely rest, they will feel particularly tired and prone to some diseases. Conjunctivitis is a common eye disease. When you suffer from conjunctivitis, you will feel a foreign body in your eyes and your eyes will rub.

Symptoms of conjunctivitis

1. Symptoms include foreign body sensation, burning sensation, heavy eyelids, and increased secretions in the affected eye. When the lesion involves the cornea, photophobia, tearing, and varying degrees of vision loss may occur.

2. Signs The physical signs of conjunctivitis are an important basis for the correct diagnosis of various types of conjunctivitis.

(1) Conjunctival congestion: The characteristic of conjunctival vascular congestion is that the closer to the fornix, the more obvious the congestion is, and the closer to the corneal margin, the lighter the congestion is. The blood vessels are distributed in a reticular manner and are bright red in color. They can extend into the periphery of the cornea to form corneal pannus. The congestion disappears quickly after the application of epinephrine.

(2) Discharge: The nature of the discharge may vary depending on the cause of conjunctivitis. Purulent discharge is more common in gonococcal conjunctivitis; mucopurulent or catarrhal discharge is more common in bacterial or chlamydial conjunctivitis, and often sticks firmly to the eyelashes, making it difficult to open the eyelids in the morning; watery discharge is usually seen in viral conjunctivitis.

(3) Conjunctival edema: Conjunctival inflammation causes conjunctival vasodilation and exudation, leading to tissue edema. Since the bulbar conjunctiva and fornix conjunctiva tissues are loose, they bulge out significantly when edematous. However, the palpebral conjunctiva is closely connected to the tarsal plate, so edema is not obvious.

(4) Subconjunctival hemorrhage: It is usually in the form of dots or small patches. Epidemic hemorrhagic conjunctivitis caused by viruses is often accompanied by subconjunctival hemorrhage.

Precautions for patients with conjunctivitis

1. Patients with conjunctivitis should avoid eating spicy and hot foods such as onions, leeks, garlic, peppers, mutton, dog meat, etc.

2. Do not use public towels and washbasins. The patient's towels, handkerchiefs and washbasins should be used separately and boiled and disinfected after use to avoid further infection.

3. Do not let the mouth of the eye drops bottle touch the diseased eye or secretions to avoid cross infection.

4. Patients with conjunctivitis should not eat seafood that has a fishy smell, such as fermented glutinous rice, shepherd's purse, Chinese mustard, elephant fish, shark, hairtail, yellow croaker, eel, shrimp, crab, etc.

5. Amaranthus, wolfberry leaves, wild rice stem, winter melon, bitter melon, mung bean, chrysanthemum brain, banana, watermelon, etc. have the effects of clearing heat, removing dampness and detoxifying, and can be used as auxiliary treatment for conjunctivitis.

6. Pay more attention to your eye habits in daily life. You can use some lutein eye drops as a preventive measure to effectively prevent eye diseases.