Eat less sweets and seafood and more nuts and fruits.
"Maybe many patients know to drink more chrysanthemum water and eat more nuts and fruits, but they don't pay attention to sweets and seafood." Foods with high sweetness will affect the absorption of calcium in the body and change the composition of tears.
"Fish can be eaten less, but it is best not to eat seafood with shells such as shrimps, crabs and scallops." Because in Chinese medicine, these are all so-called "hair things".
If you want to stimulate eye acupuncture points at home, you can massage according to the positions of Fengchi and Jingming points in eye exercises, which can effectively relieve the symptoms of dry eye.
Don't believe too much that too much eye drops will dry your eyes.
"I met many patients in the clinic. When my eyes were dry, I found a bottle of eye drops or went to the pharmacy to buy artificial tears. It took a long time, but my eyes are drier. " If there is no inflammation in the eyes, it is best not to use eye drops containing antibiotics.
Some eye drops may contain preservatives, and long-term use may damage the eye mucosa. Some patients think that artificial tears are good and similar in composition to tears, so many patients use them many times a day for several months. "Long-term use of artificial tears sometimes dries up and destroys the normal tear film."
People with dry eye should do this:
Keep your eyes clean and wash eye secretions to avoid bacterial and viral infections; Make sure your eyes get enough rest and don't read computers, books or newspapers for a long time; Increasing the number of blinks and using artificial tears when necessary can effectively keep eyes moist; Drink plenty of water to ensure adequate water in the body and reduce water loss; Improve the environment, such as placing humidifiers at home and workplace to improve the indoor dry environment; Wearing sunglasses properly when going out can be used as a protective barrier to avoid the damage of cool wind and strong wind to the eyes; Eat more foods rich in vitamin A, such as animal liver, carrots, tomatoes, sweet potatoes and red dates. Most office workers or people who use computers for a long time have dry eye, which can also be called dry eye. If not treated in time, it will seriously endanger eye health. The methods mentioned above to improve dry eye diet and daily care can be used for reference.