After using this eye drops for a year, a 34-year-old woman developed cataracts! Doctors warn

People often say that "all medicines are poisonous"

Eye drops are no exception

But many people are very casual when applying eye drops.

Selectively ignore the word "medicine"

Just want to feel comfortable after taking the drops and ignore the ingredients

34-year-old Ms. Wu (pseudonym)

Because of long-term use of hormone-containing eye drops

Cataracts

It is understood that Ms. Wu, who lives in Wuchang, occasionally suffers from dry and itchy eyes due to long-term staring at the computer screen at work. To relieve the symptoms, Ms. Wu went to the pharmacy to buy DiBiSure eye drops. Although the pharmacy staff reminded her that the eye drops cannot be used for a long time, Ms. Wu felt that her eye discomfort improved after using the medicine. She completely forgot the doctor's advice and went to the pharmacy to buy more eye drops whenever the eye drops ran out. She continued to use them for nearly a year.

"The effect was very good at first. After a few months, I suddenly found that my vision was a little blurry. I thought it was just because I was too tired." Ms. Wu recalled that her vision deteriorated slowly at first and she didn't pay much attention to it. As time went by, her blurred vision became more and more serious and began to affect her life. In order to seek diagnosis and treatment, Ms. Wu came to the Aier Eye Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University.

After listening to Ms. Wu's description of her condition, Bao Xianyi, chief physician of the hospital's cataract and presbyopia department, found that she had cataracts and her left eye vision was only 0.12 .

Ms. Wu was very confused, "I am not that old, how come I have cataracts?"

Director Bao Xianyi said that cataracts are visual impairment diseases caused by lens opacity. Although eye drops can relieve some eye symptoms and have a therapeutic effect, they also have side effects, especially hormone eye drops. If used for a long time or in large doses, it will cause opacity under the posterior capsule of the lens, thus leading to cataracts . Moreover, once the cataract is formed, it cannot be relieved even if the drug is stopped, so surgical treatment is recommended.

On October 5, after surgical treatment, Ms. Wu's vision recovered to 1.0 during a follow-up examination.

Director Bao Xianyi reminded that many eye drops contain hormones. If used indiscriminately for a long time, it may not only cause cataracts, but also induce irreversible glaucoma, and in severe cases, blindness. If you have eye problems, you must see a doctor in time and take medication according to the doctor's instructions. Don't use eye drops at will.