Expert of this article: Xu Qibin, Deputy Chief Physician, Deputy Director of Ophthalmology department of Zhejiang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine
It's nighttime
Lie in bed
Leave the day's work and worries behind
Try to relax every cell in the body
stop!
One thing can't be put down
That's the phone!
How many people will swipe their phones
As a sign of the end of the day
The phone is too much fun
As a result, the day could not end for a long time
While you're staying up late brushing your phone happily
Your eyes are quietly changing
A 31-year-old man in Shenzhen, as usual, opened a mobile phone game after returning home from work and eating, playing for several hours until bedtime. When he opened his eyes the next morning, he found that his left eye seemed to be completely invisible. He closed his eyes for a few minutes and then opened them, and his vision was restored somewhat, but the visual field above his left eye was missing. Subsequently, the man rushed to the hospital ophthalmology department. After the doctor received the consultation, he found that the vision of his left eye was only 0.4, and there was a branch artery blocked under the fundus retina. In other words, he had a "stroke" in his left eye.
We often hear about strokes
But I didn't know that my eyes could still have a stroke!
What is this disease?
Will there be serious harm?
How to prevent it?
Look down
What is "eye stroke"?
"Eye stroke" is an emergency in ophthalmology. Clinically known as: retinal artery occlusion, can be divided into central retinal artery occlusion and retinal branch artery occlusion.
Once the "stroke of the eye", the patient's vision suddenly declines, which can drop to the sense of light, or even no sense of light, and the pupil of the affected eye will be dilated.
There are also some patients who appear from time to time when the precursor of "stroke" occurs, often manifested as sudden vision, and then suddenly relieved, vision improvement, repeated several times, "stroke in the eye" occurs again.
Who is prone to high incidence?
Anyone can have a "stroke in the eye". The disease tends to occur in one eye and rarely in both eyes.
The occurrence of "eye stroke" in young people is often seen in trauma, staying up late, irregular work and rest, migraines, etc.
Middle-aged and elderly people have "stroke", which is more common in arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, surgery, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, arterial spasm, heart disease and so on.
What are the dangers of "eye stroke"? How is it treated?
When "stroke of the eye" occurs, patients often present with extremely reduced visual acuity in the affected eye, and only peripheral light and even blindness.
Since the limit of retinal hypoxia is 2 hours, if within 2 hours, the retinal blood supply and oxygen supply cannot be restored, then the retina will become edemaous and pale and atrophied, and even if it is treated again, it cannot be recovered.
After a long time, new blood vessels appear in the retina due to hypoxia and ischemia, causing retinal bleeding and secondary glaucoma, causing pain to the patient.
Since "eye stroke" is an emergency, once it occurs, the patient must immediately go to the hospital eye department for diagnosis and treatment, and on the way, he can perform a massage of the affected eye on his own to reduce the pressure of the eyeball and increase the blood supply to the eye.
After arriving at the hospital, the ophthalmologist will give a series of treatment measures after understanding the medical history, signs, symptoms, examination and diagnosis, including reducing intraocular pressure, taking vasodilator drugs, oxygen, sublingual nitroglycerin tablets, and thrombolytic therapy.
In particular, thrombolytic therapy is often coordinated by ophthalmology and neurosurgery, and in a limited rescue time, the patient's ophthalmic artery is treated with thrombolysis, so that the thrombus and embolus melt and burst open, and the retina reproduces blood flow and saves the patient's vision.
How to prevent it?
To prevent "eye stroke", we must develop good living, working and eating habits.
Stay away from high blood pressure and high blood lipids, eat a diet that is not too greasy, keep exercising, and do not be obese.
Elderly patients have high blood pressure, high blood lipids, etc., should pay attention to the usual measurement of blood pressure at home, but also regularly go to the hospital for physical examination, under the guidance of internal medicine doctors to rationally use drugs.
Life and work should be regular, quit smoking and alcohol, do not stay up late, and avoid excessive physical fatigue.
Regular eye and fundus examinations.
If eye vision is found to be decreased or blackness occurs, it is necessary to consult an ophthalmologist in time.
The topic of "staying up late to play mobile phones is very harmful"
It's been talked about many times
We are also always admonishing others
And in the process of being advised by others
Wandering back and forth
I hope you can take care of your body
Always remind yourself and those around you
May everyone have a healthy and bright pair of eyes
Source: Popular Science China