Chengdu Aier Eye Hospital: What are the methods for treating dry eye?
Dry eye is a common eye disease, which brings discomfort and eye fatigue to patients. There are many ways to treat dry eye. As a professional ophthalmic hospital, Chengdu Aier Eye Hospital has advanced equipment and an experienced expert team to provide a variety of ways to treat dry eye. The following four aspects will be described in detail.
1. Drug treatment
Drug treatment is one of the commonly used methods to treat dry eye. Chengdu Aier Eye Hospital regularly uses artificial tears and corneal therapeutics to alleviate dry eye symptoms according to the specific conditions of patients. Artificial tears can play a role in lubricating eyes and reducing eye discomfort. Corneal therapeutics can help improve corneal surface lesions and increase the stability of tears. In addition, doctors will use anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics to eliminate inflammation and prevent infection according to patients' conditions.
In drug treatment, doctors will also choose the appropriate treatment scheme according to the patient's situation. For example, patients with mild illness may choose to use artificial tears for eye drops, while patients with severe illness may need long-term drug treatment to control their illness.
It is worth mentioning that although drug treatment is effective, it cannot cure dry eye. Therefore, patients need to pay attention to long-term medication and treat according to the doctor's recommendations.
2. Hot compress therapy
Hot compress therapy is one of the common non drug treatments for dry eye. Chengdu Aier Eye Hospital often uses warm wet compress to relieve dry eye symptoms. Warm wet compress can promote the stability of tear film, increase the secretion of tears, and reduce eye discomfort.
In the hot compress therapy, patients can be treated by applying wet and hot towels to the eyes or using a hot compress device. Generally, each hot compress should last 10-15 minutes, 2-3 times a day.
However, hot compress therapy is not applicable to all patients. For some special cases, such as acute infection and eye ulcer, hot compress may aggravate the symptoms. Therefore, before the hot compress treatment, the patient needs to consult the doctor's advice and choose the treatment scheme that is suitable for him.
3. Eye massage
Eye massage is a very simple and effective treatment. By massaging the muscles and acupoints around the eyes, it can promote the blood circulation around the eyes and relieve eye fatigue and discomfort.
During eye massage, the patient can gently massage the muscles around the eyes with the middle finger and ring finger of both hands, and then use the middle finger pulp to massage around the temple in circles. In addition, it can stimulate the meridians of the eye and promote the blood circulation of the eye by acupressure.
Eye massage can not only alleviate dry eye symptoms, but also prevent myopia and improve eye fatigue. However, it should be noted that the massage force should not be too large to avoid eye irritation.
4. Surgical treatment
Surgical treatment is a method suitable for the treatment of severe patients with dry eye. Chengdu Aier Eye Hospital has advanced surgical equipment and an experienced team of ophthalmologists, who can perform various surgical treatments, such as lacrimal intubation, autologous serum eye drops, etc.
The lacrimal point intubation is to insert the tube into the lacrimal point to promote the normal discharge of tears, thereby alleviating the symptoms of dry eye. The autologous serum eye drop is to drop the patient's own serum into the eyes, supplement the nutrients needed by the ocular surface tissue, promote tissue repair and improve the symptoms of dry eye.
Although surgical treatment can effectively alleviate the symptoms of dry eye, patients still need to consider carefully and decide whether to carry out surgical treatment according to the doctor's recommendations.
summary
Chengdu Aier Eye Hospital provides a variety of treatments for dry eye, including drug therapy, hot compress therapy, eye massage and surgery. Patients can choose the appropriate treatment plan according to their own conditions and follow the doctor's recommendations for treatment. Timely and correct treatment can effectively relieve dry eye symptoms and improve eye health.
