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Doctors remind that drinking alcohol can increase intraocular pressure and aggravate glaucoma

Health warning: glaucoma, Chinese medicine known as' green cataract ', mainly refers to the eye's optic nerve can not bear the pressure in the eye, causing optic nerve damage and atrophy, and then causing various visual obstacles and visual field defects. In China and even in the world, glaucoma belongs to the first blind eye disease.

Be careful of mascara overdose.

Foreign researchers tested the bacteria in mascara and found that the new unused Mascara had no bacteria, but after 3 months, it was as high as 36. 4% of mascara contains over bacteria of Staphylococcus and Streptococcus.

Because there are some microbes on the eyelash, the process of makeup with the mascara applied to the eyelash may cause bacteria on the surface of the brush, and the contaminated brush will be put back into the container of mascara. Every day it repeats this process, leading to excessive bacteria and may bring acute or chronic eyelid margin inflammation. If not handled properly, it may cause eyelid ectropion and even damage conjunctiva. In addition, in the use of eye cream, mascara and other cosmetics without attention, dust particles may enter the eye, causing eye inflammation. Improper use of cosmetics can also cause allergic conjunctivitis and corneal injury.

Therefore, female friends must buy good quality eye cosmetics, make-up to be more careful to avoid dust falling into the eyes. To prevent the two pollution of cosmetics, the small brush and eyeliner used for make-up should be gently wiped with alcohol cotton ball regularly. When there are symptoms such as itchy eyes and red eyes, you should go to the ophthalmic clinic in time, because you may be allergic to cosmetics and cause allergic conjunctivitis.

Drinking can aggravate glaucoma

You may have acute angle closure glaucoma if you have a sudden drop in vision accompanied by swelling pain, headache, nausea and other symptoms. Acute angle closure glaucoma is common in women over 50 years old. For patients with glaucoma or family history of glaucoma, the following five should be avoided.

Avoid mood swings, which are the most common cause of glaucoma. To avoid excessive fatigue, because heavy physical and mental work can induce glaucoma attack. Avoid alcohol because alcohol can dilate blood vessels, leading to elevated intraocular pressure. To avoid staying in the dark room for too long, because in the dark room pupil in the open state, easy to block the angle of the eye, hinder the outflow of aqueous humor, induce acute attack of glaucoma. To avoid long-term use of hormone eye drops, long-term use of hormone is easy to cause hormone glaucoma.

Diabetic patients should be examined once a year

If you have diabetes, you should check your eyes regularly in the hospital, because diabetic retinopathy is irreversible damage, even can cause retinal detachment, leading to blindness. Therefore, in addition to strictly controlling blood sugar, taking medicine according to the doctor's advice, adjusting diet and insisting on exercise, diabetic patients should also have their eyeground examined once a year for mydriasis. Once the fundus lesions are found, they should be treated in time.