Prevention is better to keep your eyes healthy in the summer

The hot summer arrived without fail. Summer is a season to pay attention to eye health because of the strong sunlight, ultraviolet rays, high temperature and humidity, and the weather conditions of the rainy season. Not only that, after enjoying the water at the resort where many people gather, it is easy to have eye disease and excessive use of the air conditioner can dry out the eyes, so you have to pay special attention to eye health. We will learn how to handle healthy eyes this summer with the help of Professor Lee Soo-Na (pictured) at Eulji University Hospital.

How to prevent Pandemic Eye Disease?
Pandemic eye disease causes many patients, especially in the summer.

The most common infectious eye disease is epidemic conjunctivitis, a highly contagious eye disease that causes inflammation of the eye caused by pathogens called adenovirus. The first symptom is congestion of the eyes, many eyes, an influx of eyes and tears for no reason.

When he gets caught in the disease, it will be an incubation period of 3 to 7 days, then he will have a foreign body sensation, a congestion, a blur, a burning sensation, etc. And the symptoms gradually increase over a period of 2-3 weeks.

Children who usually recover without specific complications but whose immunity is lower are more likely to have severe lesions of the corneal epithelium, resulting in turbidity of the cornea for years ,

Because it's easy to be infected in places where there are a lot of people who congregate as a pool, it's best to wear swimming goggles and wash your eyes lightly with clean saline solution after swimming.

It is also contagious until two weeks after the start, so be careful not to infect your colleagues or family members around you. Do not use towels, avoid physical contact and pay attention to personal hygiene, such as washing hands.

To protect our eyes from sunlight
There are many people who care about skin protection when they go outside, but there are many people who neglect to protect the skin eyes that are damaged by ultraviolet rays. Wear is a must. In sunlight, it burns directly on the eyes as well as the skin burns due to ultraviolet rays. The ultraviolet rays are divided into UV under vacuum, ultraviolet A, ultraviolet B and ultraviolet C depending on the wavelength. The ultraviolet rays A and B are dangerous rays that cross the cornea of ​​our eyes and reach the retina through the lens.

Our eyes suddenly experience a lot of ultraviolet rays, but also pain, dazzle, tears, conjunctival edema, such as keratoconjunctivitis or optic keratitis This can cause conjunctivitis. Most of these symptoms are a natural cure, but once the cornea is damaged, the risk of recurrence is high and prevention is important. In particular, long-term or chronic exposure to ultraviolet light can cause cataracts, macular degeneration and retinitis.

Excessive use of air conditioner, dry eye syndrome!
In the summer, many people live in the air conditioner in the room all day long. Excessive use of air conditioning in a confined space can cause air cooling problems, and the indoor air can dry and dry the eyes, making the eyes stiff and stiff.

In addition, the fine dust, It can reach the surface and cause diseases such as allergic conjunctivitis.

In order to ventilate the room frequently and to prevent the wind coming into direct contact with the ventilation openings of the ventilation openings, it is necessary to frequently remove the mold and dust in The air conditioner. It is good to change direction or to sit with the air conditioner.

Professor Lee Su-na said, "Air conditioning should be avoided for a long time because it makes the eyes easily tired," said Professor Lee Su-na. If symptoms such as ocular congestion appear, it is best to get a diagnosis and to get a diagnosis. "