Many people who love playing with their mobile phones have this disease. If you don't believe me, look at it.

The mobile phone is truly one of the greatest inventions in the world. With a mobile phone we seem to be able to easily handle everything around us.

You can surf the Internet, listen to music, play games, watch videos, order takeout on your phone... Even the hassle of waiting in long lines to register and pay at the hospital can now be solved with your phone.

My mobile phone is my "other half". If I go out without my mobile phone for a day, I feel like I have missed out on many important things!

And you look at your phone all day long, and Dry Eyes is watching you right next to you.

Why is cell phone addiction likely to cause dry eyes?

1. Blinking too infrequently. Don’t underestimate the action of blinking. Blinking more can help tears be more evenly distributed on the surface of the eyeball. When we use mobile phones to play games, watch movies, and read novels, we are overly attracted by the mobile phone screen, and the frequency of blinking will be reduced unconsciously, and problems will occur in the distribution of tears, resulting in symptoms such as dry eyes, itching, foreign body sensation, and blurred vision.

2. Looking at something close for too long. Once you are attracted by the mobile phone screen, you will often unconsciously look at the phone for too long. For example, when playing games or watching videos on your phone, you will easily feel that time passes quickly. Looking at something close for a long time can easily lead to excessive tension in the eye muscles, blurry vision, soreness and swelling in the eyes, itchy eyes, etc.

3. Bad mobile phone usage habits. People like to use their mobile phones before going to bed, and many people like to play with their mobile phones in bed after turning off the lights, or use their mobile phones in bed after getting up. This is often a breeding ground for blurred vision, dry eyes, and myopia. As an overtime worker, you stare at the computer attentively at work, and use your mobile phone until midnight after get off work. It would be strange if your eyes are not dry.

Eyes are people's "old friends". Checking your eyes regularly can help you see if this "old friend" is still competent for work. If there is a problem with your eyes, your daily life will be seriously affected.

How to examine and treat dry eyes

After the symptoms of dry eyes appear, most people's first reaction is to buy eye drops on their own and put a drop when they feel uncomfortable. Han Honglin, director of the dry eye diagnosis and treatment clinic of Aier Eye Hospital Affiliated to Henan University (Henan General Hospital of Aier Eye Hospital Group), said: In fact, ordinary eye drops cannot cure dry eyes. First of all, the time of using mobile phones and other electronic products should be controlled. Secondly, artificial tears without preservatives can be used under the guidance of an ophthalmologist. Of course, if dry eyes are not caused by bad habits such as playing with mobile phones, such as systemic Sjögren's syndrome, diabetes, etc., the original disease needs to be treated.

Standardized dry eye diagnosis is generally carried out through slit lamp examination, tear secretion test, tear film breakup time, meibomian gland function and other examinations to confirm whether dry eyes are present and the type of dry eyes, and then carry out targeted dry eye treatment.