It's okay to lie down and swipe your phone, do you also like to relax like this. Recently, a female college student was diagnosed with strabismus due to long-term lying on her side playing with her mobile phone, she claimed that "on average, playing with mobile phones for 10 hours a day, visual function declines, and she can't tell whether flat or three-dimensional." After this matter was reported by the media, it attracted attention. Many netizens quickly "took their seats": lying on their sides to play with mobile phones, incorrect eye use, excessive eye use for a long time, it seems that every item has been tricked, and they are worried about whether they will also squint in the long term.

Sun Li, chief physician of the ophthalmology department of Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, told reporters, "Young people suddenly appear strabismus, most of them are because of eye fusion function problems, in the absence of exophthalmos, arterial nerve palsy and other related diseases external causes, the greater probability is due to long-term unilateral eye use, fatigue and other factors induce congenital underlying factors, the disease accelerates the development of dominant strabismus." In general, patients with intermittent exotropia will get some improvement after professional treatment and correct eye use. ”

The reporter learned that strabismus generally refers to the wrong position of the eyeball, when one eye fixes on a target, the other eye deviates from the goal, and the cause of strabismus is more complex, there are congenital factors such as genetics, an abnormal development of an extraocular muscle, and there are acquired factors such as trauma, intracranial lesions, etc.

"Incorrect posture and excessive eye use do not necessarily induce strabismus, but myopia, dry eye syndrome, and eye fatigue must be affected by it, which are the three most common clinical problems." Sun Li emphasized that excessive eye use may also cause serious eye complications such as retinal tears and even central retinopathy.

40-year-old Ms. Zhang (pseudonym) has more than 700 degrees of myopia, she is usually busy with work, using the computer to look at mobile phones a lot, plus tutoring children to write homework is staying up late every day, recently due to excessive eye use, fatigue caused by retinal tears, superficial retinal detachment. "When she came to the clinic, there was already a large tear in the retina of her eye, but fortunately it was repaired in time for laser treatment." Sun Li told reporters that retinal detachment is very dangerous, once completely detached is likely to lose blindness, even surgery may not be able to fully recover.

In view of the problem of bad eye use and excessive eye use of modern people, experts give three suggestions: First, do not look at the computer or mobile phone for a long time, do not indulge in games, chase dramas, let the eyes never stop, every half an hour to stand up and move around to divert attention; Second, keep a certain distance with your eyes, good posture, especially teenagers, write homework with your head down and sideways, which will aggravate myopia and parallax in both eyes; Third, when the eyes are tired, you can use hot air to slightly smoke the eyes, and people who like to drink tea can also choose dendrobium, wheat dong, goji berries, chrysanthemums, cassia seeds 2g each to brew tea and drink, which has a certain eye protection effect.

Yangtze Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Wang Menghang

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Try relaxing your eyes on World Sight Day

Every year on the second Thursday of October, known as World Sight Day or World Sight Day, it is jointly sponsored by the World Health Organization and the International Association for the Prevention of Blindness.

According to data from the National Health Commission, China is still one of the countries with the largest number of blind and visually impaired patients in the world. How to protect your eyes every day? Staring at the phone screen or computer screen for a long time, dry and astringent eyes? Uncomfortable eyes after reading or drawing, or even blurred vision? Here are a few ways to relax your eyes.

1. Blink appropriately

Blinking allows the ciliary muscles to rest and allow tears to moisten the eyeballs. The eyes will be more comfortable and the field of vision will become clearer.

2. Extreme view

Looking at the distant lights, scenery and greenery, the ciliary muscle is fully rested and the crystal returns to its original shape.

3. Do eye exercises

Scientific and correct eye exercises can effectively relieve eye fatigue.

4. Apply heat

Promote blood circulation, take away metabolites, allow more fresh blood to be replenished to the eyes, and relieve eye fatigue.

5. Eat more fruits rich in lutein

Eat more dark fruits such as cherries and blueberries to supplement lutein and play a role in nourishing the eyeballs.

6. Ear point compression

The treatment of eye fatigue through ear points can be performed under the guidance of Chinese medicine.

7. Eye massage

Many eye massagers come with massage, hot compresses, treatments, and other features to relax the eyes.

8. Scientific and rational use of eye drops

Under the guidance of a doctor, proper use of eye drops can relieve eye fatigue.

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