Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Tips to avoid and treatment of dry eyes


Dry eye is often a problem for some people, including you, especially for those of you who live in urban areas. There are many causes dryness of the eye ranging from air pollution, dry weather, and too long in front of the monitor so that it can cause dry eyes, burning, and itching. In addition, the older person may also suffer from chronic dry eye, especially for women who have menopause. This is because estrogen levels decline thus affecting the production eye.
 

Dry eye usually occurs because the water cannot coat the eye or eyes moisten well, In fact, tears are very important to clean the dirt in the eye and remove foreign objects that enter the eye. Dry eye conditions can be damaging and disrupting your vision. So that you do not experience eye dryness, you should be prevented by following these 5 ways:
 

    Rest your eyes from the monitor

too long in front of the monitor to work can cause dry eyes. For that, you are advised to rest my eyes every once an hour. Rest your eyes for 1 minute every hour once.
 

    Use eye drops

Using eye drops to relieve dry eye and reduce discomfort in the eye. You can shed eye drops every few hours if my eyes feel very dry and sore. However, be careful with eye drops are used preservative, has expired, and storage is not clean.
 

    Routine eye massage

Reporting from Prevention.com, Andrew Weil, MD, director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and a professor of clinical medicine at the University of Arizona suggested massaging the eye to prevent dry eyes. You do this by using your thumb to gently massage your eyebrows. Start from the area between the eyebrows and then massage with light pressure along the brow bone. When finished, open your eyes wide and inhale deeply.
 

    Reduce the use of contact lenses

Using contact lenses is also one of the causes that make the eyes dry. To that end, do not be too long to use contact lenses for the eyes to rest longer. When you have finished the move and arrived at the house, then immediately remove contact lenses.
 

    Increase intake of moega-3

Omega-3 shown to help reduce inflammation throughout the body, including the eyes. Inflammation is often a major cause of dry eye. For that, you can increase your intake of foods that contain omega-3, such as fish or fish oil supplements.

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