What causes dry eyes?

Dry eyes are a common eye disease. There are many causes of dry eyes. Generally speaking, it is caused by dry conjunctiva or pathological conditions. Dry eyes need to be treated promptly. In addition, you should also pay attention to eye rest. You can massage your eyes more to relax your eyes and relieve symptoms.

Causes of dry eyes

1. Substantial

Conjunctival and corneal sicca: It is caused by extensive scarring of the palpebral conjunctiva and bulbar conjunctiva, which destroys the secretory glands of the conjunctiva itself and even the lacrimal glands and lacrimal ducts. Such as severe trachoma, extensive thermal or chemical burns, severe chronic conjunctivitis, pemphigoid, etc.

2. Dry mouth and eyes - arthritis

Dry eye syndrome (or "dry eye syndrome"): This is a disease with unclear etiology. In recent years, it has been discovered that it may be caused by abnormalities in the innate immune system. The main manifestations are keratoconjunctivitis sicca, dry mouth, and complicated connective tissue diseases (the most common is rheumatoid arthritis).

3. Conjunctival epithelial sicca: This is one of the ocular manifestations of vitamin A deficiency.

The main cause of vitamin A deficiency is the high consumption of vitamin A in the body and the low intake. It is more common in infants and young children who are improperly fed with artificial feeding, and is very likely to occur when they have poor absorption or suffer from consumptive dysentery such as measles, pneumonia, disease, diarrhea, etc. In adults, it is more common in patients with advanced liver cancer, cirrhosis and long-term chronic digestive tract diseases.

Foods to eat for dry eyes

1. Wolfberry

Take 15 grams per day, wash and chew or boil in water, or cook porridge with lily, yam, coix seed, and red dates, or eat 2 walnut kernels every night, you can also use chrysanthemum, ophiopogon, Scrophularia, and Adenophora to soak in water and drink instead. When fever symptoms such as eyelid redness, congestion, and pain appear, you can take lutein orally. Supplementing lutein to the eyes is equivalent to adding a pair of "natural sunglasses" to the body, which will restore healthy eyes to most dry eye patients.

Walnut kernels: Chew two every night to relieve symptoms.

Efficacy: Walnut kernels are rich in fatty oil, vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin E and other nutrients. They have the effects of nourishing the kidneys, strengthening the essence, nourishing the liver and improving eyesight.

If you have dry eyes, you should pay attention to replenishing water, eating more soy products, fish, milk, green vegetables, cabbage, water spinach, tomatoes and fresh fruits, etc., which will help protect your eyes. Whether you are reading or using a computer, you should not focus for too long. You should consciously blink more often and take a 10-15 minute break every 30 to 40 minutes to look into the distance and let your eyes fully relax.