Tips to Prevent Dry Eyes

If your eyes often feels itchy, accompanied by intense pain and redness, it may be in a dry condition. Triggers of this condition include allergies, pollution, too long in front of a computer or hot weather.

Hormones are also very influential. Women aged over 40 have a significant reduced production of tears, due to hormonal changes. To prevent or reduce the ‘torture’ of dry eyes, just do the following five steps according to Prevention.

1. Choose preservative free contact lens

If you use contact lenses, choose which does not contain preservatives. That’s because, preservatives can cause a reaction in the form of eye pains, dry and itchy. So, try to be more selective in choosing contact lenses.

2. Avoid using eye drops

Do not immediately use eye drops if your eyes feel dry, but not red. The drug containsdecongestan which could shrink the blood vessels of the eye.

“Moreover, the function of eye drops is to overcome the redness and irritation, not dry eyes,” said Silvia Orengo-Nania, assistant clinical professor of ophthalmology at Baylor College of Medicin, Houston, USA.

3. Create a more humid temperature

Air conditioning in the workspace can also trigger dry eyes. To that end, increase the humidity in the room with a tool to put a moisturizer or if possible, open windows occasionally.

4. Reduce consumption of alcoholic beverages

Drinking alcoholic beverages not only makes the mouth dry, but also your eyes. If indeed you like to drink alcoholic beverages, you should reduce the consumption in order to avoid the risk of dry eyes.

5. Treatment before bed

If you often wake in the morning and feels your eyes dry, sore and itchy, you can prevent it by wearing eye moisturizer ointment is widely available in pharmacies. Apply before bed. Since it makes the vision a bit unclear, it should only be used at night.