No one wants to get sick, but it is almost impossible to find completely healthy people today, especially for men and women over forty. By this time, people begin to deal with their bodies, try to limit themselves to eating and more engage in physical culture and sports.
The eye is such an organ, without which to live is to deprive yourself of the joy of life. Many theoretically represent what it means to be blind, but for some reason they are light-hearted about this important organ in the body.
People care more about the health of the liver and stomach than the eyes. But regularly check eye pressure (Ophthalmotonus), you need to have already reached forty-five years and above.
Eye pressure standards
A person needs to understand in many ways during his life, including eye pressure. Everyone knows what blood pressure is, almost every day they check it with themselves, then they forget about eye hypotension or hypertension.
We must remember that Ophthalmotonus, like normal blood pressure, is elevated and lowered.
In a healthy person, the eye pressure should not exceed 10-23 mm of mercury column.
How does the eye function and what is the intraocular pressure (IOP)? The human eye has a complex structure, inside there is an eye capsule, liquid, vitreous body. When the eye fluid and the vitreous body press on the eye capsule, then eye pressure is formed. If there are any abnormalities in this area, then they say that a person has increased or decreased IOP.
More common is hypertension of the eye, leading to glaucoma. And people with diabetes suffer from low eye pressure. One way or another, all these abnormalities can lead to complete blindness.
It is impossible to determine the exact limits of the norm of IOP, it all depends on the method of measuring pressure, on modern instruments. If the patient has found a deviation from the norm in the eye pressure in an outdated way, then measuring IOP again with new equipment and other measurements cannot be done, this will lead to unreliable results. The remaining measurements must be done in the same way.
An experienced ophthalmologist will be able to predict hypertension or hypotension of the eye, even by pressure on the eyeball.
Causes of abnormalities, how dangerous it is.
There are a great many reasons for raising or lowering intraocular pressure. Much depends on the age of the patient, the presence of chronic diseases, surgeries and so on. The risk zone includes people suffering from:
- cardiovascular diseases;
- farsightedness;
- atherosclerosis;
- genetic susceptibility to the disease;
- diabetes mellitus.
The danger of this disease is that it is difficult to detect at an early stage. If not treated, do not use drops, with increased pressure, the death of the optic nerve can occur, which often leads to blindness.
With reduced pressure without proper treatment, the eyeball changes, it shrinks, the vitreous activity is disturbed and this also leads to blindness. As with any other disease, it is better to prevent it.
This requires consulting with an ophthalmologist, and in the case of a pathology, the doctor will prescribe a comprehensive treatment that must be strictly followed.
Increased eye pressure
Increased eye pressure is difficult to detect at first, it is asymptomatic, but gradually the person begins to complain of fatigue, heaviness in the eyes, redness of the eyelids, throbbing pain in the temples, and so on.
Main symptoms with increased IOP:
- headaches and eye pains;
- blurred vision;
- muddy picture before eyes;
- poor eyesight at dusk and in the dark;
- reduction of lateral vision, reduction of the field of visibility.
Elevated intraocular pressure is divided into three types:
- transient, in which the pressure for a short time rises, and then independently returns to normal;
- labile, in which the pressure rises briefly and then becomes normal, but this happens periodically;
- stable intraocular pressure, in which the increased pressure becomes chronic and progresses.
In this case, treatment is reduced primarily to rest, changing environment.
With a labile and stable Ophthalmotonus, the cause may be a malfunction of the kidneys, a failure of the urogenital system, the cardiovascular and endocrine systems. Find out until the end of the cause of IOP is difficult, women in menopause are also vulnerable to any diseases, including this. Often, people suffer from this disease in case of poisoning with various poisons, when working with toxic substances, injuries to the eyes and head, and so on.
Treatment
Treat hypertension of the eye in the first place, finding out the cause of its occurrence. So if the main disease of the patient is the cardiovascular system and so on, then it must be normalized.
It happens that by bringing the kidneys, heart and other organs back to normal, a person gets rid of IOP. But this does not mean that this patient does not need regular visits to the ophthalmologist and other measures to prevent the disease.
If the cause of increased eye injury is an eye disease, then the doctor prescribes a treatment. In case of glaucoma, the doctor prescribes drugs such as pilocarpine, travoprost and others. When eye inflammation occurs, the ophthalmologist prescribes antibacterial drops.
With constant sitting in front of the computer, that is, a computer syndrome manifests itself, the doctor prescribes moisturizing drops, such as visin, ophthalmic and others. They relieve fatigue from the eyes, moisturize them, and they can also be used independently.
As an aid, use eye gymnastics, drink vitamins. When the disease is neglected, a patient is prescribed a microsurgery or is treated with a laser.
Drops
With increased eye pressure, the drops are intended to drain excess fluid from the eye, and they also nourish the eye with beneficial substances.
These include prostaglandins, such as:
- Tafluprost;
- Xalatan;
- Travatan.
These drops are quite popular, as they effectively affect the eye, but have side effects. With prolonged use of drops, the pupil of the patient narrows, hence the field of view decreases, pain in the temples and frontal parts may occur.
There are a number of other drugs aimed at improving vision, these include inhibidoro carbonic anhydrase:
- Truesop;
- Asoz.
They do not cause adverse reactions, but may adversely affect the work of the kidneys, so the use of these drops should be only as prescribed by a doctor. Self-medication is strictly prohibited.
Folk remedies
Such herbs as clover, golden mustache, and others, with regular use, normalize the person's intraocular position.
Clover decoction
You need to take one tablespoon of dried clover, pour 100 grams of boiling water, insist, strain and drink before bedtime.
Tincture of golden whiskers
To prepare the tincture, you need to take seventeen golden mustache knees of lilac color, fill the floor with a liter of vodka and put in a dark place for twelve days.
Shake the tincture every three days.
It should be taken in the morning, a few minutes before breakfast, one tablespoon.
In a glass pour kefir, add a little cinnamon and drink every day.
You can take at any time of the day, but more desirable for the night.
Low eye pressure
Hypotension is characterized by the fact that the level of pressure on the eye decreases to 10 mm Hg. column and below. This is a dangerous phenomenon and can lead to complete loss of vision. Its first sign is a sharp deterioration in vision. With a reduced intraocular pressure, it is necessary to consult a doctor, who will identify the cause of the disease and prescribe treatment.
Causes of low IOP are:
- retinal detachment;
- eye injuries, foreign bodies in the eye;
- low blood pressure;
- eye inflammation;
- liver problems;
- infectious diseases such as cholera, dysentery;
- genetic predisposition, poorly developed eyeball;
- effects of surgery;
- diabetes.
If a person suffers from low blood pressure, he should constantly measure his pressure, regulate it, heal, as the IOP drops instantly, and this can eventually lead to loss of vision.
Patients with diabetes are also at risk. Since the blood sugar level regulates all metabolic processes in the body, the patient may fall into a diabetic coma with sharp jumps in sugar, while all body functions fail, including blood pressure, which regulates blood flow to the retina.
When a foreign body enters the eyeball, vision deteriorates sharply, low intraocular pressure occurs, often atrophy of the eyeball occurs, therefore you should immediately consult a doctor and look after your eyes.
Often, low IOP does not manifest itself, so people begin to see a doctor when their eyesight drops dramatically, which complicates treatment. But there are several signs by which one can guess the presence of this disease in the body.
For example, the eye becomes dry, loses its shine, blinking gives some inconvenience, and all these symptoms appear suddenly and unexpectedly. But the most dangerous factor is diabetes, so people should regularly check their eyesight with an ophthalmologist.
Eye hypotonia treatment
A reduced ophthalmotonus is treated, both with the help of drugs and with surgical intervention. The doctor prescribes the treatment, and if the medication and drops do not help, then the operation is prescribed.
With conservative treatment, ophthalmologists prescribe the following drugs, but each patient is strictly individual:
- use oxygen, i.e. oxygen therapy;
- make injections with vitamin B1;
- prescribed drops of atropine sulfate;
- injections of atropine sulfate, dexamethasone, or sodium chloride solution.
But for effective treatment of intraocular pressure hypotonia, it is necessary to identify the cause and cure the underlying disease.
Folk remedies
An eyebrowth such as aloe helps with eye inflammation. Take two leaves of aloe, cut, poured a glass of boiling water, put on the fire, boil for another five minutes.
Then the infusion should be drained, cooled and rinsed their eyes several times a day. With this procedure, you may experience burning or other unpleasant symptoms, but you should not pay attention to this and continue treatment.
Eye Therapy
There are a number of preventive measures in the treatment of high and low IOP. These include therapeutic exercises for the eyes.
Exercise # 1:
First you need to palms on the forehead, from the middle to the temples, and then from the eyebrows to the forehead.
Exercise №2:
Go to the window and look out through the glass, and then transfer your eyes to the glass itself, this procedure is done ten times.
Exercise Number 3:
For 3 minutes, it is easy to tap the forehead with pillows.
Exercise # 4:
Do circular movements with your fingers and stroke your temples for a few minutes.
Exercise No. 5:
A few seconds to look straight ahead, then put an index finger in front of your eyes and transfer your eyes to it, then down. So you need to do 15 times.
Exercise No. 6:
Close your eyes and massage the eyelids for a minute, it helps to strengthen the visual muscles and improves blood circulation.
Exercise No. 7:
Use fingertips to gently press on the eyelids and let go, repeat 7 times.
Exercise No. 8:
Look alternately first left then right.
Exercise No. 9:
Rotate the eyes first in one direction, then the other, this exercise is useful for glaucoma, as it relieves eye strain.
By doing these exercises, you can prevent the disease, but they should be performed regularly, without relief, only then the result will be positive.
Prevention of eye pressure
To prevent eye disease, a person must avoid fatigue of the organ of vision. This is especially true of people who spend most of their time in front of a computer. For good vision, eye exercises are done at least one hour a day.
Then check your diet. The food must contain vitamins and minerals, exclude foods with a large amount of cholesterol. The number of useful products include carrots, blueberries, sea fish, watermelon, and so on.
If desired, you can consult a doctor and take courses at which vitamins are prescribed.
Physical education and sports have a positive effect on eye health, and, if possible, you can regularly massage your neck.
The mechanism for the development of glaucoma is shown in the following video.
