Preventive measures for eye stones

Eye stone disease is also very common, often occurring in adults or the elderly, as well as patients with trachoma. It is very scary to suffer from eye stones, because if not treated in time, it may cause many serious consequences. There are many factors that cause eye stones, such as aging, frequent wearing of contact lenses, or using too much mascara when applying makeup. So what are the preventive measures? Let’s learn about the preventive measures for eye stone diseases.

1. What are eye stones?

Eye stones are multiple hard yellow spots on the conjunctiva of the eyelid. They are the degeneration products of the accumulation of epithelial cells and the concentration and pressure of mucus. They never calcify and are actually conjunctival agglutinations, so the term stone is inappropriate. When this object is located deep in the cornea, there will be no discomfort. However, when it protrudes from the conjunctival surface, it will irritate the cornea and produce a foreign body sensation, or even cause corneal abrasion and erosion. Under surface anesthesia, it is removed with a sharp knife or foreign body needle. This disease is more common in adults, the elderly, and patients with trachoma and chronic conjunctivitis.

2. Disease Prevention

1. Keep your eyes moist

Since most eye stones are caused by inflammation, preventive measures focus on preventing eye inflammation, focusing on avoiding irritation and inflammation of the conjunctiva, and seeking medical treatment promptly when there is eye discomfort. Develop healthy eye hygiene habits, do not rub your eyes, keep your eyes moist, and prepare eye drops to use at any time to prevent foreign matter from entering your eyes.

2. Contact lens wearers should pay attention to the disinfection and maintenance of the lenses and have their eyes checked regularly.

If contact lenses are not suitable for you, do not try it. People who work outdoors or live in an environment susceptible to sandstorms should wear protective glasses to prevent sand from blowing directly into their eyes. Although eye stones are only small lesions of the conjunctiva, they are a "danger signal" that reminds you to pay attention to the health of your conjunctiva.

Eye stones are more common in patients with chronic keratitis and the elderly. To truly prevent them, the inflammation must be eradicated first.

3. Go to the hospital for a check-up

When the eye stones are just small particles buried under the conjunctiva and do not protrude beyond the surface of the conjunctiva, the patient himself will not feel the existence of the stones and can ignore it for the time being. Once it "pops" out, it will irritate the eyelid and even scratch the cornea, making people feel like there is a foreign object in the eye and causing stinging. You can go to the hospital to have it removed. Picking out eye stones is just a minor operation and can be done in the outpatient clinic without the need for hospitalization. The operation is very simple. First, apply eye drops for surface anesthesia, clean the patient's eyes, and then use a needle to pick out the conjunctival mass. The cost is about 20 yuan.

4. Regular inspection

However, some patients may continue to grow new stones after the stones are removed. "This is because eye stones are often caused by eye inflammation. When the inflammation has not been eliminated, the stones are only removed symptomatically, the source of the disease has not been cut off, and they may recur next time, just like acne on the face." If eye stones grow again and symptoms occur, treatment must be continued to prevent corneal abrasion. Although regular removal of eye stones does not cause blindness, it is extremely troublesome. Therefore, if patients want to cure the disease, they must find out the real cause and confirm whether their stones are caused by chronic keratitis, and then treat the inflammation. Once the inflammation disappears, eye stones will no longer exist.