Frequent drinking, dry eyes, lupus, and vision loss can be caused
Dec 29, 2024
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It is also true that health concerns are growing.
This is because alcohol adversely affects the digestive organs such as the stomach and intestines, as well as the health of the liver and pancreas.
Excessive drinking is also fatal to eye health.
◇ Excessive drinking, dry eyes, and glaucoma are harmful to eye health
There are many studies showing that moderate drinking can help health. However, it is just a saying that excessive drinking is harmful to your health no matter where you look.
First, excessive drinking causes various signs such as headaches as alcohol decomposition has not been achieved and residual acetaldehyde acts as a toxin throughout the body. In particular, the eyes are one of the most vulnerable body parts to alcohol. The first symptom that occurs when you drink alcohol is congestion, which causes the eye's capillaries to expand, which can reduce water in the body and eventually lead to dry eyes that reduce corneal immunity.
Professor Kim Yong-chan, an ophthalmologist at the Catholic University of Korea's Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, said, "Dry eye syndrome reduces corneal immunity to the extent that one can suffer from a stiff feeling of foreign matter and even a small impact, which can cause secondary diseases such as keratitis." "If the conjunctiva swells easily after drinking and tears do not come out, and even if tears do, if they evaporate quickly, one should suspect dry eye syndrome."."
In the long run, it can also adversely affect vision loss.
Recently, Korean researchers published a study in the British Academy of Ophthalmology showing that drinking significantly increases the thickness of the choroid surrounding the eyeball, which can eventually affect vision function itself. The choroid is an intermediate layer surrounding the eyeball, supplying nutrients to the retina and absorbing light from the outside to prevent it from being dispersed. In other words, it is considered the most important structure in maintaining the health of the retina, which is responsible for vision.
In addition, alcohol content absorbed in the body can reduce blood circulation flowing through the eyeball and prevent the supply of nutrients in the eyeball, causing diseases such as cataracts, glaucoma, and macular degeneration. In particular, patients who are already suffering from the disease worsen their symptoms.
Professor Kim Yong-chan warned, "Of course, drinking does not immediately reduce vision, but if frequent drinking is repeated, it will eventually affect the cornea, optic nerve, and retina." "Mild symptoms such as congestion and dry eyes improve over time, but if symptoms are repeated, it may accelerate presbyopia or promote blindness such as cataracts and glaucoma."
◇Protect eye health by replenishing proper moisture and artificial tears
It is better to avoid drinking alcohol as much as possible to keep your eyes healthy when drinking, but if you can't, please drink properly and get fresh air outside once an hour It is good to relieve accumulated eye fatigue. In addition, carrying artificial tears or eye drops to frequently replenish moisture on the corneal surface can help eye health. In the case of bars, it is not well ventilated and dry Food smoke is not good for your eyes.
It is also good to refrain from smoking, which can intensify dry eyes, and to drink the same amount of water every time you drink a glass of alcohol. Drinking water together not only reduces the amount of alcohol consumed, but also speeds up the body's alcohol decomposition with sufficient water supply.
Professor Kim Yong-chan advised "When breaking down alcohol in the body, dehydration occurs because it uses moisture in the body, and this is why my eyes become dry and thirsty the morning after drinking "Dry eye disease can reduce the immunity of the cornea and damage the cornea, leading to various eye diseases such as keratitis"
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