Home remedies to reduce eye pressure

When the pressure behind the eye is too high, it can lead to problems such as decreased vision, which is a symptom caused by poor blood flow behind the eyeball. When the eye pressure is too high. Effective measures should be taken to lower intraocular pressure. Relief can be achieved through eye drops and massage of eye acupoints. There are also some emergency eye pressure lowering methods that are more suitable for home use. Next, let us learn together what methods can be used to lower intraocular pressure.

There are many reasons for increased intraocular pressure, because intraocular pressure comes from the aqueous humor, and the amount of aqueous humor fluctuates all the time. Therefore, intraocular pressure is never a fixed value.

Changing body position, drinking water to expand blood volume, and using the eyes frequently can all cause increased intraocular pressure.

When we usually say that the increased intraocular pressure causes eye discomfort, it is often partly due to increased aqueous humor, and partly due to non-eye reasons.

Non-ocular causes:

Sometimes headaches and dizziness caused by various reasons can also make people feel eye pain. Actual measurement shows that the intraocular pressure is not high. In this case, you need to see if you have caught a cold or not to find out why you have a headache.

Another situation is 3D dizziness. When you play Call of Duty or Battlefield, and you turn up the configuration, and then you move around, you will often get 3D dizziness. This is not related to intraocular pressure, but a warning mechanism of the nerve center. Just stop for a while and then join the battle. Uh, if you can't let go... take some motion sickness medicine and continue~!

Eye causes,

That's mainly due to increased aqueous humor. Lack of sleep and eye fatigue may be related.

If so,

1. You can stand up and move around - raising the position of your eyes will lower the blood pressure in your head and your intraocular pressure will also decrease; moving the blood will flow to your skeletal muscles, which will also lower the blood pressure in your head and relieve intraocular pressure. (Head blood pressure and intraocular pressure are positively correlated, the details are not elaborated here)

2. Close your eyes and massage gently - you can use warm water to splash your eyes. Some people think this will make them feel more refreshed. In addition to being a psychological effect, it also has some practical effects. (The following is an explanation from an ophthalmologist friend) Because the place where aqueous humor is produced is controlled by a sphincter, some stimuli will regulate the sphincter, reduce eye congestion, and thus reduce the amount of aqueous humor. In fact, you can also do eye exercises to relive your childhood.

3. Increase sleep - aqueous humor is constantly produced and discharged. The production of aqueous humor slows down during sleep, so it can also reduce intraocular pressure.

4. Change the eye environment - changing the eye environment can also improve the condition. For example, you can change from looking at the screen to reading a book, or from reading a book to looking at some moving objects, or look into the distance, or simply close your eyes and rest.

If normal methods and non-ocular causes have been ruled out, have you considered that your blood pressure may be a little high? Or if it is primary ocular hypertension caused by some reasons, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital for a thorough check-up. If medication is ineffective or it is due to physiological structure reasons, laser treatment can be used, but surgical laser treatment is not currently the first choice.