After the Spring Festival carnival, beware of this eye disease

The annual Spring Festival brings joy of family reunion to thousands of households, but in addition to the joy, we must also pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and not indulge in excessive revelry, which may lead to health problems.

Winter and spring are the peak seasons for glaucoma. During the Spring Festival, many people take advantage of this rare opportunity for family reunion to attend various parties and entertainment activities without stopping. Their rest time is reduced and the intensity of eye use increases, making the Spring Festival a peak season for glaucoma.

What is glaucoma?

Glaucoma is an eye disease that can cause blindness and is irreversible. Simply put, glaucoma is damage to the optic nerve caused by high intraocular pressure. In layman's terms, there is a certain amount of intraocular pressure in our eyeballs, which is normally maintained in a dynamic equilibrium state. However, due to various reasons, when the intraocular pressure exceeds the limit that the optic nerve can withstand, it will compress the optic nerve and cause vision loss.

How to prevent glaucoma?

The occurrence of glaucoma has its physiological factors and inducing factors, which require our serious attention.

The key is to combine work and rest: prevent excessive use of the eyes from inducing glaucoma, so friends should remember to be moderate when entertaining. As a high-risk group for glaucoma, the elderly should remember to be vigilant, especially when they are emotionally unstable, tired, or stay in a dark room for too long, which may induce glaucoma.

In addition, the incidence of glaucoma will increase in winter and spring, so the following points should be achieved:

1. Keep a happy mood;

2. Don’t stay up late at night;

3. Don’t watch TV or use your mobile phone for too long;

4. It is not advisable to drink too much water at one time.

For glaucoma patients, they should pay attention to proper rest, regular exercise and a reasonable diet to avoid further aggravation of optic nerve damage caused by glaucoma.

What are the symptoms of glaucoma?

Glaucoma, especially acute angle-closure glaucoma, is often accompanied by symptoms such as severe headache, nausea, vomiting, and increased intraocular pressure. Some patients ignore eye diseases and may be misdiagnosed as acute gastroenteritis, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, or nervous system diseases. Extra attention is required.

Wu Zuohong, deputy chief physician, member of the glaucoma group of the Hubei Ophthalmology Society, and director of the glaucoma department of the Aier Eye Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University (Aier Eye Hospital Group Hubei General Hospital), reminds: When acute angle-closure glaucoma occurs, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible. Timely rescue can save visual function. If treatment is delayed, it will cause irreversible damage to the optic nerve and visual function, and eventually lead to blindness.

Some chronic angle-closure glaucoma and open-angle glaucoma are often hidden and are called "thieves of vision". If you occasionally experience symptoms such as blurred vision and halo vision, you must go to the hospital for examination in time.