The secretion of tears in the eyes decreases with age. In the past, most patients with dry eye syndrome were elderly. But in this era, dry eye syndrome has gradually become younger and younger, because most people need to look at computers or smartphones for long periods of time while working, or wear contact lenses for a long time, which leads to a reduction in the amount of tears on the eye surface and triggers dry eye syndrome.
If you feel you have slightly dry eyes, your ophthalmologist recommends trying the following methods:
1/ Look at distant scenery for about six minutes every sixty minutes of work, ideally looking at green objects.
2/ Cover your eyes, and then move your eyes up, down, left, and right.
3/ When the weather is dry, you can use a heating pack or hot compress eye mask to apply to your eyes to promote tear secretion.
4/ Use a dehumidifier to increase indoor humidity and reduce tear evaporation.
Tears have the function of protecting the cornea. If the protection of tears is lost, the cornea may be damaged and scarred by bacterial infection, which will eventually cause vision loss and irreversible damage. Therefore, it cannot be ignored (especially if you wear contact lenses for a long time). guest)!
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