DISEASE

Message of common value







DAILIES: SAY IT WITH
YOUR EYES!


LENSES....
SO EASY !





SHOW YOUR EYES ...
WITH LENSES !!!



YOU ONLY HAVE  2 EYES:

CHECK YEARLY !

SEE CLEARLY  !

WHY DO YOU REGULAR NEED
EYE EXAMINATION WHEN YOU
HAVE GLAUCOMA? 



YOU DON'T FEEL ANYTHING
BUT YOUR EYE CAN GET BLIND
SLOWLY
WHEN THE EYE PRESSURE
IS TO HIGH!


ARE THERE...
DISCREET MAGNIFIERS?



YES,  SUCH AS EASYPOCKET


METAMORPHOSIS
(=curved lines)




THIS MAY INDICATE AGE
RELATED MACULA
DEGENERATION


HOLIDAYS = LENSES

WHAT IS CATARACT?



CLOUDING OF THE LENS
"long-term tingling and burning eyes"
  • COMPLAINTS: STINGING FEELING

  • COMPLAINTS: STINGING AND BURNING SENSATION

  • TREATMENT/ ARTIFICIAL TEARS

EYE AND DRY
                             
CAUSE OF "DRY EYES"

With aging, the tear production is getting lower or the tear quality (= sticking tears) worse.
People who suffer from rheumatism or thyroid load faster (because the diseases affect the salivary glands).
Menopausal women also suffers regularly because of the female hormones (eg serve to lubricate the mucous membranes) disappear.
Contact lenses can sometimes lead to dry eyes, though this is usually a temporary phenomenon.
Tranquilizers ("nerve pills"), anti-allergy medication, diuretic and antihypertensive drugs also induce a drying effect.
If these medications may be reduced, which will benefit the vision problems.
Nearby work which demand concentration (including computer use) makes you blink too much and if your eyes can feel even drier at night. Certain skin conditions (eczema / dry skin), diabetes, air conditioning / chauffage can gives dry eyes and inflamed eyelids!

CONSEQUENCE

The poor quality (rather than by a lack of tears) wash the tears too quickly to the drainage system and results in dry spots on the cornea.
This creates a burning, irritating sensation ("sand in the eyes").
In response, the tear gland produce more tears, but the poor quality of tears does not gives much help.
In that way you can feel that in order to humid condition, although the eye is actually suffering from drought.
Rarely, the dry spots are so striking that they will interfere with the sight.
Even rarer is the contamination of the dry spots and may cause a sore.
This sometimes leads to permanent scarring. Both problems makes a rigorous treatment necessary.

TREATMENT

Do not rub! Do not apply water in the eyes!
However, frequent BLINKING (1X/10sec), possibly close your eyes for a time.
PUT TRAYS WITH WATER ON THE HEATING, especially in winter.
Eventually, buy a vaporizer, especially when you notice that your eyes feel  more comfortable in a humid environment (eg after a hot shower in the bathroom).
Also good EYELID HYGIENE is designated: in the morning you have to rub off all crusts at the base of the lashes.
Irritation means arranged photophobia.
Coloring glasses because they can then also help dampen the light. Irritants (eg smoking) are best avoided.

The main treatment consists of ARTIFICIAL TEARS.
There are four types based on duration of action (and related cost): aqueous droplets (= Eg Blink (bottle or unidoses) / Lacrystat is cheaper if you have few drops needed), aqueous gel (Cellumed, PVP comode, Oculotect) geldruppels (= in tube (Vidisic or Lacrinorm) or bottle (Ocugel / Systane) or disposable bottles (Ocugel Single Doses, Lacrinorm F UD ideal for occasional use)) and

"SUPERGEL" (= hyaluronic acid-based / / works the longest-is expensive / / ex: Hyaldrop, Hyabak, or Oxyal Blink contacts (disposable bottle or vial))!
Art Tears brew no drugs, but it drops with mucous components, which make the tears better adhere to the cornea.
Artificial tears should be applied frequently (4 to 6 times per day to even one drop per hour or more frequently).
Golden rule here: Irritation means you are late with the drop. Therefore you get the irritating feeling of watching TV, then you should drop by watching TV!

You should determine how many drops you need (using the above golden rule).
If you're pleased with the artificial tears, you can get a new bottle or tube at the pharmacy without prescription (further proof that artificial tears containing no medication). If you're happy few, your ophthalmologist can tear a different kind of writing. At first it may be searching for your product: The tears are made up of three layers: upper layer of fat that comes from evaporation middle water layer, the thickest and lower mucin layer that provides the vastkleving with tears. As one or the other layer is affected must sometimes be given another drop! Sometimes the bewaarmdidelen of the drops are not tolerated!

A bottle of eye drops is 1 month used, unless you keep in the fridge, just keep and only occasionally used. You may use the blank! Self learning drip is important (use a mirror!).
You're not dependent on other people!
If irritation increases and if they do not control it with more drops, you best check. A course of strong anti-inflammatory eye drops, can bring relief.

Morning or at night means that the eye irritation night was dry. This can be helped with 'artificial tear ointment". Duratears ointment or Vitapos eye ointment.  Apply this before you go to sleep (1cm ointment in the lower eyelid bag). Geldrops can  suffice when you bring them on in the evening. Especially Liposic would be very usefull! Other tips: sleep 8 hours a night/ drink enough/ breaks of half an hour while working on computer!

DRY EYES : Mostly no serious disease, but a frequent form of irritation, who requires years of treatment with (fortunate) harmless artificial tears!

 
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