These bad living habits are harming our eyes!

"Looking at the phone while walking", "Reading in dim light", "Rubbing eyes frequently"... These bad habits often appear in our daily lives. They are hurting our eyes invisibly and causing irreversible damage to our eyes. We should understand the impact of bad habits on the eyes and enhance our awareness of protecting our eyes.

Like to rub eyes.

When there is a foreign body sensation in our eyes, most people's first reaction is to rub their eyes to relieve the discomfort, but our hands are full of bacteria. The bacteria enter the eyes with the action of rubbing the eyes and may cause eye inflammation, pain, corneal edema, and even eye stones.

Preventive measures: When there is a foreign body sensation in our eyes, we should first observe whether there are foreign objects such as eyelashes, flying catkins, etc. If there are foreign objects, we can blink repeatedly to use tears to remove the foreign objects. If the foreign body sensation is not caused by foreign objects, we need to seek medical attention in time, find out the cause of the foreign body sensation, and use relevant eye drops for treatment under the guidance of a doctor.

Spending too much time using electronic devices or reading

The light is not right and the posture is incorrect. With the development of modern technology, the popularity of mobile phones and tablet computers has made people carry their mobile phones with them all the time. People swipe their phones whenever they want... These common actions seem to have become an indispensable part of people's daily lives. However, long-term use of electronic products can easily cause dry eyes and lead to eye diseases such as dry eyes and keratitis. At the same time, watching electronic products at close range can easily damage the retina, causing color deviation, deformation, blur, and even permanent vision damage. In addition, using electronic products in a dark environment can easily cause fatigue of the ciliary muscles, resulting in dry eyes. Some people like to lie down or lie prone to play with their mobile phones or read. These postures will not only cause damage to our spine and cervical spine, but also easily cause myopia, strabismus and astigmatism. The use time, environment and posture of electronic products will have adverse effects on our eyes.

Preventive measures: Reduce the time of using electronic products. It is recommended to take a 10-minute break after using electronic products for 1 hour. Do eye exercises twice a day to relieve eye fatigue. Choose appropriate light when watching mobile phones or reading. The light should not be too dark or too bright. Correct bad reading and writing postures and bad habits of watching electronic products. It is recommended to keep a distance of 30 cm from the object you are looking at.

Poor eating habits, partiality and picky eating.

Many people only eat one meal a day or no meals at all in order to stay in shape, which can lead to poor nutrient absorption. Studies have found that nutrition is associated with poor vision. Sugar, protein, fat, vitamin B1, vitamin C, vitamin D, iron, phosphorus and cholesterol in nutrition are related to poor vision. Excessive intake of sweets will cause sugar to undergo aerobic oxidation in the body and neutralize calcium salts in the body. Excessive intake of sugar will also affect the absorption of vitamin D, because vitamin D has an anti-proliferative effect on the growth of the sclera, which may affect the adjustment of eye length and refractive error. [1]

Preventive measures: Eat healthy, do not diet, do not overeat, eat a balanced diet, eat less sweets or foods high in sugar, and appropriately supplement with foods rich in various vitamins, such as milk, eggs, carrots, oranges, red dates, etc.

stay up

Staying up late seems to be a common occurrence for everyone. Office workers are under too much work pressure. They can only take the unfinished work home at night, one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock... The time of staying up late is getting later and later; students have also joined the team of staying up late in order to get excellent grades and get into ideal schools. Now young people have become the main force of staying up late. Staying up late can easily cause eye fatigue, dry eyes, foreign body sensation, red bloodshot eyes, dark circles and many other symptoms. At the same time, long-term excessive use of eyes is also a major risk factor for myopia.

Preventive measures: Ensure adequate sleep of 6-7 hours a day. You can listen to some soothing music before going to bed to relieve insomnia stress caused by work or study.

Improper wearing of glasses

Nowadays, many people choose to wear contact lenses or cosmetic lenses for beauty, but they do not wear contact lenses in a standardized manner, such as sleeping without taking off the lenses, wearing the lenses for more than 8 hours, and not cleaning the contact lenses properly. These bad habits can cause dry eyes, red bloodshot eyes, conjunctivitis, etc. Some people do not like to wipe the lenses when wearing frame glasses, causing blurry lenses, or wear the wrong degree, which can aggravate the occurrence of myopia.

Preventive measures: Wear glasses no more than 8 hours a day, clean contact lenses properly, replace lenses when they are expired, wipe lenses frequently to keep them clean, check vision regularly, and wear glasses with the correct degree.

Smoking, drinking

Smoking and drinking seem to have become a part of modern social life, but studies have found that smoking increases the risk of age-related macular degeneration and the incidence of myopia; drinking alcohol can also cause the capillaries around the eyes to dilate and cause blood spots to appear.

Preventive measures: Quit smoking and drinking, eat more vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins, and exercise appropriately by playing ball sports such as badminton, table tennis, tennis, etc. [2]

According to a survey, my country is the country with the most serious visual impairment in the world. I believe this is related to our bad habits in daily life.

Because of the relationship between our eyes and our health, we should take action to correct bad living habits and protect our eyes.

References:

[1] Hu Yueyang. Analysis of the current status and influencing factors of poor vision among 4881 adolescents in Jilin Province[D]. Jilin University, 2020. DOI: 10.27162/d.cnki.gjlin.2020.003583.

[2] Wu Jing. Bad living habits can also harm your eyes[J]. Family Medicine. Happy Health, 2017(01):59