What causes excessive eye mucus?

In the view of Chinese medicine doctors, any manifestation in the body is a reflection of physical health. For example, the simplest acne on the face is an intuitive reflection of health, and there are different explanations for acne in different parts of the body. Traditional Chinese medicine also believes that if you have too much eye mucus, it also indicates that there is too much liver heat in your body, which needs to be treated with Chinese medicine. But what is the reason for a person's excessive eye mucus?

Many people will find a lot of eye mucus in the corners of their eyes after getting up in the morning. This is a very common phenomenon. It is the product secreted by the tear glands at night. If your liver fire is too strong, there will be a lot of eye mucus even during the day. At this time, you need to rely on medication to regulate it.

What is the reason for excessive eye mucus? Normal people will find a very small amount of secretions in the corners of their eyes when they wake up in the morning or wash their faces in the morning. This is related to the reduced eyelid movement during sleep at night, reduced tear secretion, and slow excretion. The normal eye secretions of a person mainly come from the lacrimal glands, meibomian glands, mucus secreted by ocular surface cells, and desquamated ocular surface epithelial cells. Most of them are transparent or light white and are usually not easy to detect. Because the amount of secretions is small and can be discharged from the tear duct in time, it will not cause eye discomfort. Usually, if you use your eyes for a long time without rest, the secretion of the eyes will increase, and eye mucus will usually accumulate in the corners of the eyes after a few hours.

Therefore, we should pay attention to eye hygiene and avoid excessive eye fatigue. Every once in a while, we can gently touch the corners of our eyes with our fingers to see if there is any accumulated eye mucus. If so, we can wipe it off with a tissue to maintain a good image. If excessive eye mucus is secreted for a long time and contains pus, blood, water or stickiness, it may be an eye disease. You should go to the hospital for examination so that appropriate treatment measures can be taken.

What is the reason for so much eye mucus? It can be seen that there are many inducing factors that cause so much eye mucus. In addition, people must pay attention to eye hygiene and not let their eyes become overly tired. Especially those who need to face the computer as a whole should pay more attention to giving their eyes more rest. If there is a lot of eye mucus, experts recommend going to the hospital for a relevant physical examination in time.