If you have just finished the operation or have not long after the operation, you need to pay attention to eye health from the following "medicine", food, housing, transportation, :
Medication:
Patients who have just undergone the operation need to use anti-inflammatory and antihypertensive eye drops as prescribed by the doctor within one month after the operation. They must follow the doctor's instructions not to put the medicine once a day, and do not forget to bring eye drops when going out. And have regular reviews so that doctors can judge the efficacy of the drug.
Diet:
Patients who have just undergone glaucoma surgery should pay attention to a light diet to avoid eating a big tonic food that causes scars to the surgical channel.
Most of the oilier and saltier foods are not good for eye health. Sweet rice dumplings have a higher sugar content, while eating too much is not good for blood sugar control.
diabetic patients should be light in diet, and controlling the primary disease is the basis for various eye diseases.
Environment:
Glaucoma patients should not watch movies in darker environments, and turn on the lights when watching TV.
You can always keep a small lamp when using your eyes. From a place with strong light to a darker place, you need to close your eyes and adapt for a few seconds. You do not wear sunglasses casually under normal light, and do not use mydriatic potion without doctor's advice.
In addition, if you are not sure that your room corner is open or closed, you can come to a professional ophthalmology hospital for examination, especially family members with a family history of glaucoma.
Travel:
Travel Try to avoid taking a plane. Generally speaking, patients who have control of the intraocular pressure and stable field of vision and have not deteriorated progressively after early treatment (and do not combine with other serious diseases such as hypertension and heart disease).
However, if you have just undergone glaucoma surgery or are in the onset of acute glaucoma, or the aura and the late stage of various glaucoma, with severe optic nerve damage and residual tubular vision, it is not suitable for flying.
Flight is often accompanied by changes in acceleration, atmospheric pressure reduction, hypoxia, etc., coupled with the body's stress response, as well as fatigue and excitement caused by long-distance flights, which may lead to intraocular pressure fluctuations or hypoxia of the retinal optic nerve in the fundus, which aggravate the glaucoma.
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Hunan Medical Chat Special Author: Changsha Aier Eye Hospital Zhang Chuyi
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