How to take good care of cataracts

Cataract is a common eye disease. The incidence of eye diseases in the elderly is relatively high. In order to prevent cataracts, the elderly must pay attention to maintenance and care in daily life. Drinking some tea beverages properly can help prevent cataracts. In addition, you should pay attention to the intake of some nutrients, which can help prevent it. If an eye infection occurs, you must seek timely treatment to avoid it becoming a cause of cataracts.

1. Drinking tea can improve your character.

Drinking more tea is of great help to us, I hope everyone can pay attention to it. In fact, the possibility of suffering from cataracts will be much lower for elderly people who can drink 5 cups of tea a day, and the incidence rate of people who drink some tea will be much lower than that of elderly people who do not drink tea. This is related to the large amount of tannic acid contained in tea. Therefore, tea can play an effective preventive role in cataracts.

2. Vitamins play a huge role in our human body

Therefore, we must have an adequate supply of vitamins. Vitamin C has the effect of preventing cataract formation by reducing the damage of light and oxygen to the lens. If vitamin C intake is insufficient, it can easily cause lens degeneration. Therefore, the elderly should eat more fresh vegetables rich in vitamin C, such as tomatoes, spinach, onions, cabbage, green beans, and fruits such as strawberries, tangerines, grapefruits, and oranges. In addition, scientists point out that low levels of vitamin E in the blood can also induce cataracts.

3. Pay attention to mental adjustment:

Keep calm when encountering things, be broad-minded, keep your emotions good, and control your anger. Cultivating an interest in growing flowers, birds, and goldfish to cultivate one's sentiments, and talking more with young people can distract attention from unpleasant things, arouse a strong passion for life, and can help prevent and delay the progression of the disease. Strengthen eye hygiene, do not rub your eyes with your hands, and do not use unclean handkerchiefs or towels to wipe or wash your eyes. After overusing your eyes, you should relax appropriately. People who sit for long periods of time should get up and move around for 10 to 15 minutes every 1 to 2 hours, look into the distance, or do eye exercises. Get enough sleep and recover from fatigue in time.

4. Pay attention to dietary adjustment.

Cataracts are related to factors that affect lens metabolism, such as hypoxia, dehydration, and deficiency of vitamin C, amino acids, zinc, selenium, etc. Therefore, the elderly should eat more carrots, grapes, lemons, bananas, apples, apricots, tomatoes and fish eyes, and avoid smoking, drinking and spicy and greasy foods. To prevent increased intraocular pressure, you should eat more foods rich in vitamin E and vitamin B1. In summer, the elderly can often eat foods that "clear heat and improve eyesight", such as chrysanthemum tea, bamboo leaf soup, bitter melon soup, raw bitter melon, etc.

5. Take timely measures to prevent and treat eye infections.

The eye tissues of the elderly have poor disease resistance and are more susceptible to bacterial and viral infections in hot seasons. The initial symptoms of inflammation are swelling of the eyes and slight itching and pain. At this time, you can use broad-spectrum antibiotic aqueous solution eye drops and close your eyes and rest more. If there is no obvious improvement, timely diagnosis and treatment should be sought. In order to ensure that cataract recovery is not affected, patients should be cheerful and deal with stimuli in life correctly. Ensure adequate sleep, prevent colds and coughs, and take cough suppressants when the cough is severe to avoid affecting the normal healing of the wound.