Beware of glaucoma recurrent winter 
  


  

 

Chinese Medicine News 

  

  
  
    Into the winter, the elderly the incidence of glaucoma will quietly increased. Mainly as acute glaucoma: eye pain, vision sharply ipsilateral headache, or even nausea, vomiting, fever, an abnormality in the red eye congestion, high intraocular pressure, eye as hard as stone. Glaucoma is a common eye disease, and severe visual impairment, and irreversible, therefore, to remind you to take preventive in the winter to prepare.
    Winter is the season of cold air frequent transit, glaucoma patients should pay attention to weather forecasts, especially in cold air activities. When cold air hit, be sure to add warm clothing and avoid going out as much as possible, less affected by cold stimulation. At the same time, there is a history of glaucoma, the elderly, so as not to heat from the long life of the place immediately to the cold, because it has glaucoma, the elderly, poor regulatory function of the body temperature drop too much of a body temperature regulation center, and through the autonomic nervous interfere with the intraocular pressure, resulting in intraocular pressure, thus inducing acute glaucoma. Recommended for the elderly glaucoma before going out to find the best temperature of the "transition zone", and if we can stay in the corridor while, or cool down at the door for a while, let the body slowly adapt to the cold environment. When the temperature dips, the patient is careful not to pour over a long time engaged in efforts to reduce ocular blood stasis. Patients should also be a regular daily life, Eat less spicy food, not a lot of drinking tea or coffee, to prevent the intraocular pressure. At this point the emotional need to maintain stability and avoid excessive stress and excitement. Nor any unauthorized use of the pupil to expand the role of drugs in order to avoid accidents.
    The turn of the season due to climatic reasons, people are vulnerable to the emotional impact, and mood swings can also induce acute glaucoma, which is causing more acute in winter because of glaucoma. Here, to remind you that if the elderly in winter eye pain, decreased visual acuity, color ring sometimes see light bulbs, they should promptly to the hospital, because glaucoma is detected earlier, treatment is more timely, the better. (TAO Hai)