China News Service, March 4th (Reporter Chen Jing) The annual "World Glaucoma Day" is approaching. When interviewing with Dr. Chen Xu, an ophthalmologist here on the 4th, the reporter learned that most glaucoma is hidden and difficult to detect at an early stage, so be vigilant. Hidden "vision thief" needs "early inspection and monitoring, and regular intervention."
According to Chen Xu, glaucoma refers to a type of irreversible blindness caused by a relative or absolute increase in intraocular pressure that exceeds the tolerance of the optic nerve, causing optic nerve damage and visual field defects.
In the mouth of ophthalmologists, glaucoma is known as the "eyesight killer".
There are a large number of glaucoma patients in China, so the number of blind or visually impaired people is not a minority.
The expert told reporters that he recently admitted to a patient with "glaucoma" who was quarreled.
Uncle Liang, 65 this year, quarreled with his family over trivial matters. His true personality made him flush with the fight, and he was still angry afterwards.
The next day, Uncle Liang suddenly felt nausea, headache, and even vomiting. After going to the hospital, he found that everything was normal.
However, his head pain and nausea did not decrease, and he also showed symptoms of decreased vision.
So Uncle Liang came to Dr. Chen Xu's clinic for help, but was diagnosed with glaucoma.
Chen Xu told reporters that glaucoma is not an exception.
Most glaucoma patients have congenital angular structure abnormalities, and sometimes they are exposed to external stimuli, such as cold weather, long-term use of eyes in a dark room, mood swings, and sympathetic overexcitement, which can induce acute glaucoma.
Patients will experience eye pain, eye swelling, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and other symptoms. They may also cause rapid vision loss and even blindness in a short period of time.
The expert said: "For glaucoma, the best way is to detect early treatment as early as possible, and follow the doctor's advice during the treatment process to follow the doctor's appointment and adhere to the medication. Early detection and active treatment, most glaucoma can maintain effective vision."
Chen Xu said that once people have symptoms of decreased vision, rainbow vision (a brightly colored circle around the light source), reduced vision, and dizziness, it may be that glaucoma has "find" you.
He called on people to pay attention to, prevent glaucoma, develop good living habits, and stay away from the harm caused by glaucoma.
Anger, anxiety, and mental stimulation can easily increase intraocular pressure and cause glaucoma. Therefore, you should maintain a happy mood at ordinary times. After the body is overworked, the intraocular pressure will fluctuate. People should pay attention to the rules of life, combine work and rest to avoid overwork. .
At the same time, disturbed sleep and insomnia can easily cause increased intraocular pressure and induce glaucoma.
The expert said that overeating and drinking can increase intraocular pressure and induce glaucoma. Elderly people should "eat 80% full of food", do not smoke, do not drink, do not drink coffee, do not drink strong tea, do not eat spicy and irritating food. He hopes that the people will insist on physical exercise, and proper physical exercise can speed up blood flow, unblocked aqueous circulation, and lower intraocular pressure. He also reminded that it is not advisable to do handstands, so as not to increase the intraocular pressure. (Finish)