How to treat dry and painful eyes? These measures are too effective

The eyes are the windows to the soul, but nowadays we usually don’t open this window to our friends and classmates. We now entrust our eyes to those electronic products that are extremely harmful to the eyes. Most of the day we are either facing our mobile phones or computers, and we rarely pay attention to the green around us. Therefore, dry and painful corners of the eyes often occur. Dry and painful corners of the eyes may be dry eye syndrome.

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1. Local treatment

(1) To eliminate the triggering factors, one should avoid using the computer for a long time and reduce exposure to air conditioning, smoke and dusty environments, etc.; those with meibomian gland dysfunction should pay attention to cleaning the eyelids and using antibiotics.

(2) Tear component replacement therapy uses autologous serum or artificial tears. Severe patients should try to use artificial tears without preservatives.

(3) To prolong the residence time of tears on the ocular surface, wet chamber lenses, silicone eye masks, therapeutic corneal contact lenses, etc. can be used.

(4) Avoid taking other drugs that can reduce tear secretion, such as antihypertensive drugs, antidepressants, atropine analogs, etc.; for types involving immune factors, immunosuppressants or short-term local use of hormones; surgical treatment, etc.

2. Systemic treatment

The main purpose is to improve the patient's nutritional status and prevent secondary infection. Eat foods rich in vitamin A, such as milk, eggs, and vegetables containing carotene; take cod liver oil orally, etc.

There is currently no effective treatment. To reduce pain, saline, artificial tears or antibiotic eye ointment can be frequently instilled; or electrocautery can be used to close small tear points to reduce tear outflow. Blepharoplasty may be done for dry eyes caused by incomplete eyelid closure.