Glaucoma is one of the three major blinding eye diseases in the world, and glaucoma is also a common eye disease in the elderly, especially those with a family history of glaucoma.
Because glaucoma is an irreversible blinding disease, some people are difficult to detect early, so it is called "the thief who steals the light."
Experts remind that if you suddenly appear eye distension, headache, vision loss, etc., be sure to go to the hospital eye treatment in time.
Mood swings can cause eye pressure to rise
Intraocular pressure refers to the pressure inside the eyeball, which is the balanced pressure of the eye contents (aqueous humor, lens, vitreous body) against the ocular wall.
Under normal circumstances, the intraocular pressure is stable at 10mmHg-21mmHg.
When the intraocular pressure is increased for various reasons, glaucoma may be induced, causing optic nerve damage, eye swelling pain, headache, nausea, blurred vision, small field of vision and other symptoms.
Mood swings can lead to increased eye pressure, so excessive worry, depression, anger, nervousness, excessive excitement, etc., are one of the causes of glaucoma.
All ages may suffer from glaucoma, but these 5 groups of people who are more than 600 degrees of high myopia or farsightedness, have a family history of glaucoma, cardiovascular system diseases, diabetes, and over 40 years old belong to the high-risk group, and should be regularly checked in the hospital for glaucoma to rule out or early detection of glaucoma and early treatment.
Some glaucoma symptoms are occult
According to reports, at present, glaucoma is divided into primary open-angle glaucoma, primary angle-closure glaucoma, secondary glaucoma and congenital glaucoma according to different causes.
Acute angle-closure glaucoma has distension, eye pain, headache, nausea, vomiting, tearing, light fear, vision loss and other typical symptoms of glaucoma, while open-angle glaucoma and chronic angle-closure glaucoma often have no conscious symptoms in the early stage, with the progression of the disease will appear blurred vision, eye distension, headache symptoms, late will appear night blindness, mobility difficulties and other conditions.
Secondary glaucoma is due to cataract lens dilatation, long-term use of hormones, trauma and other causes of glaucoma, can appear the typical symptoms of glaucoma.
Congenital glaucoma is mostly due to congenital abnormal development of the eye, the onset of infants within one year of birth, can appear fear of light, tears, eyeball enlargement and other symptoms.
If you suddenly appear eye distension, vision loss, and severe symptoms accompanied by ipsilateral headache, nausea and vomiting, you must go to the hospital in time for ophthalmology, detailed examination, to determine whether it is glaucoma.
Because sometimes the symptoms of glaucoma are not obvious, many patients have missed the best treatment opportunity, thus losing a part of their vision or even blindness, which is the last thing doctors want to see.
Timely treatment to reduce intraocular pressure
If the diagnosis is glaucoma, it should be under the guidance of a doctor to reduce intraocular pressure and protect the optic nerve treatment, medication on time, timely review.
If the intraocular pressure is poorly controlled and the optic nerve is persistently damaged, surgery is considered.
In daily life, a healthy lifestyle can protect your eyes, such as not smoking, not drinking alcohol, and drinking less caffeinated beverages.
Drink a small amount of water many times, you can eat more foods rich in zinc, copper, selenium and vitamins, maintain a good attitude, do not stay up late at night, do not look at the mobile phone before going to bed, and ensure good sleep quality.
