Wuhan Evening News (Reporter Wu Ye Correspondent Wu Xuqing) The elderly frequently fell ill and were hospitalized, and the burden of children entering the third year of high school increased. The 45-year-old Ms. Yu was emotionally stressed and depressed for a long time. Glaucoma attack.
Ms. Yu is a full-time mother. Her daily main task is to urge her son to study and take care of the elderly on both sides.
Since her son entered the third year of high school, the academic pressure has increased sharply. In addition, the elderly are frequently sick and hospitalized. Ms. Yu has become increasingly nervous and anxious, her temper has become irritable, and insomnia has become a common occurrence.
Last week, Ms. Yu ran up and down with the old man for the physical examination during the day, and helped her son with his homework at night. After a busy day, she felt sudden eye pain and dizziness.
Thinking it was due to fatigue, Ms. Yu hurriedly washed and rested. Unexpectedly, the pain was unbearable all night, and there was a dark fog in front of her eyes.
On March 1, Ms. Yu, accompanied by her family members, went to Wuhan Purui Eye Hospital for treatment. The examination found that the patient was in the stage of acute angle-closure glaucoma with high intraocular pressure.
Dr. Ruan Lijuan, a glaucoma specialist, gave her an intraocular pressure lowering drug, and further treatment was taken after the intraocular pressure dropped.
Dr. Ruan Lijuan pointed out that women are more likely to suffer from angle-closure glaucoma than men, and the incidence of glaucoma in middle-aged and elderly women is higher.
First of all, this has something to do with the structure of the Asian eye. The anterior chamber of the eyeball of Asians is relatively narrow. After women's middle age, the lens will continue to thicken, and the intraocular pressure will become higher and higher.
Secondly, glaucoma is also closely related to age, mood, personality, etc. Many middle-aged and elderly women have poor emotional resolution, easy to be sentimental, irritable, suspicious, paranoid, depressed and angry, etc., which can easily lead to a sharp increase in intraocular pressure.
Finally, with the increase in the use of electronic products, eye fatigue in a dark environment is more likely to stimulate glaucoma attacks.
Dr. Ruan Lijuan reminded that citizens should develop good living habits in their daily lives, carry out reasonable exercise, maintain healthy eye habits, and promptly relieve negative emotions.
Adults should regularly go to a professional eye hospital for eye health examination every six months, which will help early detection and early treatment of eye diseases.