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Dry Eyes is a common yet dangerous situation where your tears are not able to lubricate your eyes properly. Proper lubrication is required for your eye for its optimum performance. Tears are produced naturally by eyes itself, but in certain circumstances, it may won't make enough tears required or may produce poor-quality tears. Lacrimal gland which is found on the corner of your eye is the producer of your tears. But in some cases, those glands fail to produce enough quality tears. This situation is called decreased tear production or aqueous tear-deficient dry eye and it is commonly found on those who has certain medical conditions like diabetes, ageing problems and certain vitamin deficiency. Failing to produce enough quality tears will lead the way to the so-called Dry Eyes Syndrome.
Dry eyes are easy to occur in our day to day life. You can experience dry eyes in certain situations, such as riding a bike for long, looking at a computer screen for some hours, while in an air-conditioned room, while in an airplane etc. You will feel uncomfortable in these scenarios and it can also lead to severe vision problems. You’ll need to take some measures indefinitely in order to control the symptoms of dry eyes.
Symptoms
These are just some common symptoms, but there is more to that. Even if you would have experienced any of the above-mentioned symptoms, you wouldn’t have realized its severity.
Sometimes, your dry eyes create an excessive amount of tears! Confusing? Yes, it is! This complex situation is called reflex tearing. It mainly happens because your eye is irritated by the lack of moisture and it sends an emergency signal into your nervous system for enhanced lubrication. By receiving that signal, your body will pour a flood of tears to your eyes in order to mitigate the situation.
Causes
The tears in your eyes is actually a mixture of water, fatty oils and mucus. This powerful blend helps your eyes to stay smooth, clear and to stay protected from infection. The glands above your eyes create the essential tears to keep your eyes wet. When those glands don’t do their job, it results in dry eyes. Dry Eyes can also happen when your tears dry up too fast and when your tears don’t have enough quality to get the work done.
Common reasons for decreased tear production are;
Common reasons for increased tear evaporation are;
Dry eyes will affect your life very badly and makes it disconsolate. Without proper lubrication or without adequate tears, you are at a higher risk of having eye infections. If dry eyes are left untreated, it may lead to eye inflammation which gradually results in severe vision problems. Finally, the major challenge, it will make your daily activities hard to perform, like reading. It is something which everyone does every day.
Treatment
Like you know, treatments are not fixed for a specific type of illness or situation. It all depends on the symptoms you have faced and what lead to those situations.
The most common type of treatment for dry eyes is using artificial drops. It is actually a treatment and a precaution at the same time. Using artificial drops will help you stay away from dry eyes. Artificial tears do the basic function like providing enough tears for eye lubrication. Even if it isn’t produced naturally by eyes, it will have the goodness similar to your tears. Artificial tears or artificial eye drops are available in all retail medical shops and one can buy it without a doctor’s prescription. You can go for Sunetra Herbal Eye Drops from the house of Sreedhareeyam Ayurveda. It is created at a pH value similar to tears which will help you to lubricate your eyes efficiently and keep your eyes healthy, if used regularly.
If you feel like your dry eyes are more of a serious issue, you should probably consult a doctor and grab some serious prescription medicines.
If something in your life or something in your environment is causing the dry eyes, then you would probably need to change your lifestyle. We are not kidding, your lifestyle has a big influence on your health. If you can’t find what's the cause, then you better consult an eye doctor and he may suggest you the best. There may be situations where medicines for another illness/health condition can cause dry eyes or make it worse. In that kind of scenarios, your eye doctor can be your best friend.
Other remedies which help you stay away from dry eyes are;
Surgeries are rare & severe cases of dry eyes and it can also be suggested if your lower eyelids are too loose, because it can cause your tears to drain much rapidly. Surgical treatment for dry eye is not very common, but it is still a treatment for the rare.
We recommend you to always stay alert about your eyes because eyes are a vital element of your life and it is something which cannot be replaced easily. Just think about replacing your eyes, or doing surgery on your eyes; yes, you might get nervous. So don’t make way for a bad medical situation yourself. It is always recommended to treat the symptoms as it appears before it results in a severe health condition.
