What to do if the eyeball is congested

In daily life, you may have heard of the disease called eye congestion. Generally speaking, eye congestion means that the whites of the eyes become red. Many friends may have this eye disease, and after the disease occurs, the location of the lesion is also different, but it brings serious harm and threats to everyone's life and work, so you need to go to the hospital for examination and treatment. So what should we do if the eye is congested? Let's take a look at the introduction in the article.

What should I do if my eyes are congested? Why does the eye become congested? This is because the blood vessels in the conjunctiva and sclera tissue are dilated and congested, and there is congestion. This is called redness of the whites of the eyes. Moreover, when the blood supply sources of various parts of the eye tissues are different, the forms of eye congestion will also be different. Let us take a look at the related symptoms.

The general concept of bloodshot eyes is redness of the whites of the eyes. When the blood vessels in the conjunctiva and sclera tissue dilate, become congested, or bleed under certain circumstances, the whites of the eyes may appear red. Since different parts of the eye tissues have different sources of blood supply, the appearance of eye congestion is different, and the affected lesion sites are also different. Therefore, bloodshot eyes are a common symptom shared by many eye diseases.

1. For those with bacterial infection factors, antibiotic eye drops can be used 3 to 4 times a day. For non-infectious factors, it should not be abused, let alone routinely used as a placebo.

2. You can try corticosteroid eye drops, but not for a long time, and you should monitor the intraocular pressure.

3. Pearl eye-clearing liquid, 3 to 4 times a day.

4. Treat the cause of the disease.

5. If it is difficult to adhere to oral decoctions, you can choose to take Ziyinjianghuo Pills, Zhibaidihuang Pills, Yinqiaojiedu Pills, etc. based on syndrome differentiation.

Causes of bloodshot eyes

1. Acute conjunctivitis

Cause: It is a common epidemic eye disease caused by bacterial and viral infection and is highly contagious.

Symptoms: acute onset, both eyes affected at the same time or successively, the affected eye has stinging, itching, foreign body sensation, severe cases have photophobia and burning sensation, vision is generally not affected.

2. Acute iridocyclitis

Cause: The causes of iris and ciliary body diseases are very complex, and most of them are unknown. They may be related to autoimmune diseases such as rheumatism, tuberculosis, syphilis, viral infections, etc.

Symptoms: decreased vision accompanied by obvious photophobia, tearing, pain, pain that can radiate to the eyebrow arch, temporal and forehead.

3. Keratitis

Cause: Most keratitis is caused by external infection. Minor corneal trauma is often the cause of infection. Common pathogens are bacteria, fungi, viruses, etc. In addition, corneal immune dysfunction or malnutrition can cause keratitis.

Symptoms: pain in the affected eye, foreign body sensation, eyelid spasm, photophobia, tearing, sudden decrease in vision, etc.

4. Acute angle-closure glaucoma

Cause: The cause of the disease is relatively complex. The incidence rate of females is 2 to 4 times that of males. It mostly occurs in middle-aged and elderly women. It is a binocular disease and has a certain relationship with heredity. It is mainly caused by the closure of the eyeball angle, the obstruction of the drainage of aqueous humor, and the increase of intraocular pressure.

Symptoms: sudden decrease in vision, severe eye pain, ipsilateral migraine, and nausea and vomiting (easily misdiagnosed as gastrointestinal disease).

5. Subconjunctival hemorrhage

Causes: Mostly due to hypertension, arteriosclerosis, poor coagulation function, local vascular inflammation or increased fragility, forced breath holding or trauma.

Symptoms: Patients generally have no discomfort, but occasionally have mild pain, which is often discovered accidentally or after being discovered by others.

After reading the above article's explanation of what to do if your eyes are congested, you should all understand it. The above content also introduces some reasons for congested eyes. I hope you can understand this knowledge. For your own health, you should do a good job in preventing this disease in your daily life. Take care of your health.