Methods of treating dry eye in Shanghai New Vision Eye Hospital
Dry eye disease is a common eye disease. The patient's eyes will appear dry, painful, blurred vision and other symptoms. Shanghai New Vision Eye Hospital is a professional eye hospital with advanced equipment and professional medical team, which can provide a variety of effective treatment schemes to help patients alleviate dry eye symptoms. The following will elaborate on the treatment of dry eye in this hospital from four aspects: eye drops treatment, hot compress treatment, biological treatment and surgical treatment.
Eye drops treatment
Eye drops are one of the most commonly used methods to treat dry eye. Shanghai New Vision Eye Hospital will prescribe eye drops with different ingredients according to the patient's condition. For example, for mild dry eyes, hospitals often recommend artificial tears eyedrops rich in lubricating ingredients, which can effectively alleviate the symptoms of dry eyes. For severe dry eye, the hospital will prescribe eyedrops containing antibiotics or steroids according to the needs of patients to reduce inflammation and restore eye tissue.
In addition to ordinary eye drops, Shanghai New Vision Eye Hospital also provides other types of eye drops, such as silicone gel eye drops, eye drops hydrogels, etc. These special eyedrops can form a protective film and increase the wetness of the eyes, effectively helping dry eye patients to alleviate symptoms.
Hot compress therapy
Hot compress is one of the classic methods to treat dry eye. Shanghai New Vision Eye Hospital uses hot compress to increase the wetness and blood circulation of the eyes. Hot compress can improve dry eye symptoms by promoting tear secretion, improving the nutrition supply of the eyes, and softening sediment.
When performing hot compress treatment, hospitals usually use hot compress devices or hot compress goggles and other tools. Patients only need to put them above their eyes for proper time and temperature control. This treatment is simple and easy, and can effectively alleviate the symptoms of dry eye.
Biological therapy
Biological treatment is a new method to treat dry eye. Shanghai New Vision Eye Hospital has also made remarkable achievements in this field. Biological therapy mainly promotes the repair and regeneration of eye tissues through stem cell therapy and growth factor therapy.
Stem cell therapy is to extract the patient's own stem cells, culture and treat them, and then inject them into the affected area to promote the regeneration and repair of eye tissue. Growth factor therapy is to stimulate the regeneration and repair of eye tissues by injecting some substances with growth factor activity.
surgical treatment
For some patients with severe dry eye, eye drops and other conservative treatments may not be able to alleviate their symptoms, and Shanghai New Vision Eye Hospital will recommend surgical treatment. Among them, the most common surgical method is to increase the moisturizing ability and stability of tears by implanting autologous silica gel or biogel.
In addition, the hospital can also choose other types of surgical methods according to the specific conditions of patients, such as epithelial transplantation, lacrimal punctum occlusion, etc. These treatments have achieved good results in patients with complex dry eye.
Summary
In a word, Shanghai New Vision Eye Hospital has rich experience and advanced technology in the treatment of dry eye. It provides eyedrops, hot compress, biological treatment, surgery and other methods, and develops personalized treatment plans for different conditions to help patients alleviate dry eye symptoms and improve their quality of life.
