Is the hair dryer afraid of eye injury and inducing cataract? Ophthalmologists call it a myth, which is more likely to be caused by four factors of early-onset cataract. (Photography/Huang Zhiwen) It is reported that 65,438+0 hairdressers use hair dryers every day and are used to holding the hair dryers with their right hands, which leads to long-term degeneration and opacity of the right eye lens near the hair dryers and causes cataracts when they are young. Wang Mengqi, an ophthalmologist, pointed out that long-term use of hair dryers, whether it accidentally blows to the eyeball or suspected cataracts caused by infrared electromagnetic waves and free radiation, is totally false, just like some people think that putting a mobile phone beside the bed while sleeping will lead to brain cancer for a long time.
Dr. Wang Mengqi said that cataract is a kind of eye lens opacity disease, which leads to decreased vision and even blindness in severe cases. Generally, with the increase of age, the incidence rate gradually increases. If you accidentally get cataract at a young age, it may be because of high myopia, metabolic diseases, eye allergies, long-term use of steroid eye drops, or accidental impact of external forces on the eyeball. These four are high-risk factors for early-onset cataract.
Four principles of preventing early-onset cataract
Dr. Wang Mengqi suggested that cataract is not a patent for middle-aged and elderly people. To prevent early-onset cataract, we should seek help from professional ophthalmologists according to different personal symptoms, living habits and working environment, and find the correct prevention methods.
High myopia: High myopia accounts for about 50% of patients with early-onset cataract. People with myopia above 600 degrees are prone to early degeneration of protein in the lens due to excessive use of eyes, thus causing cataract lesions. In addition to preventing myopia from childhood, if it is already high myopia, it needs regular follow-up and early detection and early treatment.
Steroid eye drops: Patients with atopic dermatitis, allergic conjunctivitis or iritis who often use steroid eye drops should also be more careful. Long-term application is easy to cause opacity of anterior lens capsule and induce cataract. Remember not to buy proprietary Chinese medicines with unknown ingredients by yourself, and use eye drops correctly according to the doctor's advice.
Trauma and occupational factors: for example, when playing basketball, the lens is hit by kidnappers, or the delivery man is accidentally injured by elastic belt who binds the goods, which will cause the lens to be damaged by shock waves; In addition, welders, lighting engineers and other professionals must wear anti-ultraviolet goggles to avoid cataracts caused by ultraviolet B waves.
Metabolic diseases: such as diabetes, if the blood sugar is not well controlled, it is easy to cause eyeball-related symptoms, such as cataracts.