Eyes are uncomfortable, is it okay to use eye drops?
Mobile phones and computers are everywhere. It is common for us to feel dry and sour eyes after staring at them for a long time.
Because of this, eye drops have become a necessity for human hands. Do you also feel that after dripping, your eyes feel clear and cool, and your tiredness is swept away?
However, such easy-to-use eye drops really cannot be used casually.
Most eye drops contain preservatives
Eye drops, after all, are also drugs. For different eye diseases, there are also different eye drops.
If the eyes are uncomfortable, we should not use eye drops first, but should first make clear the cause of the discomfort, whether it is due to infection, allergy, or excessive fatigue… Using eye drops at will will not only fail, but may also delay the best treatment time.
Moreover, most eye drops contain preservatives, which will damage tear film and increase the risk of dry eye if used for a long time.
There are also some net red eye drops, which are effective for red blood streaks because their main components have the effect of constricting blood vessels, but repeated constriction of blood vessels will lead to local poor blood flow and thickening of blood vessels.
In other words, once it is stopped, the red blood streak will be more serious than before, that is, [treating the symptoms but not the root causes].
Moreover, most of these drugs treat symptoms but not root causes. To fundamentally solve the problems of fatigue and red blood streak, it is necessary to use eyes and rest correctly.
Having said so much, it is not to say that eye drops are absolutely useless. If it is a confirmed eye disease, it can be used for a short period of time under the guidance of a doctor. If it is not relieved, you need to see a doctor again.
Occasionally dry eyes, artificial tears are more recommended.
In our daily life, if only occasionally dry eyes occur, we can use artificial tear-like eye drops for a short period of time to help relieve them, such as polyethylene glycol, sodium hyaluronate, etc.
The composition of artificial tears is closer to our real tears and has less irritation to eyes. If you are obsessed with eyes, you can also use these drugs occasionally to wash them.
However, it is still necessary to say that even artificial tears are not recommended for long-term use. We still need to find out the causes of dry eyes (excessive fatigue, malnutrition, etc.) and then solve them.
Correctly Use Eye Drops in 4 Steps
Artificial tears and eye drops are both eye drops. Small eye drops, but most people’s usage is wrong, the correct drop method should be:
Be sure to wash your hands before using eye drops.
Confirm that you did not take the wrong medicine and whether the medicine is within the validity period;
Don’t laugh. There are really many people asking:
What if nasal drops drip into the eyes?
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What if I drop expired eye drops?
Pull open the lower eyelid with your fingers and drop eye drops into the lower eyelid.
On this point, many people may have been wrong all the time. Don’t drop eye drops vertically on the eyeball, the eyes will blink instantly for protection, and the medicine will be squeezed out.
Close your eyes and turn your eyes gently. Don’t blink.
We can also gently press the inner canthus with our fingers for 1-2 minutes to reduce the amount of drugs flowing into the body through the nasolacrimal duct.
Finally, if we need to use 2 or more eye drops at the same time, it is best to use them at intervals of 5-10 minutes or more. Otherwise, the front drugs will be easily washed out and cannot exert their curative effect.