What are the precautions after cataract surgery?

Cataract is a common blinding eye disease, which can only be cured by surgery. Do you know what to pay attention to after cataract surgery? The following are the precautions and treatment methods of cataract that I introduce to you, hoping to help you.

Matters needing attention in completing cataract surgery

1, reduce eye movement

The day after the operation, the eyes should be covered. In order to reduce eye movement, pay attention to bed rest and fully relax your eyes. Pay special attention not to touch the eyes, so as not to cause complications such as hyphema and elevated intraocular pressure. If you feel slight eye pain, tears and other discomfort, this is normal, but don't rub your eyes. If the pain is unbearable, you must contact the hospital.

Step 2 take medicine as needed

Generally, stitches are removed 5 days after operation. Antibiotics should be given locally (according to the doctor's advice) after stitches are removed, 3 times a day. Erythromycin or chlortetracycline eye ointment can be applied before going to bed at night to prevent infection. The patient is older, so pay attention to hygiene when ordering medicine, wash it by hand, and it is best to ask your family to help you wipe your eyes.

3. Keep a happy and healthy attitude.

Patients should maintain a cheerful mood, correctly treat various stimuli in daily life, ensure sleep, prevent colds and coughs, and take antitussive drugs when coughing badly, so as not to affect the normal healing of wounds.

4, light diet

In the recovery period after operation, the diet should be light and less spicy. Pay attention to eye hygiene and avoid rubbing eyes, foreign bodies, water, etc. To avoid infection, wound dehiscence, intraocular lens displacement, etc. If necessary, you can consider wearing sunglasses to prevent sand and rubbing your eyes; Pay attention to rest, avoid using your eyes too much, and don't stay up late reading books, newspapers and TV for a long time; Avoid heavy physical labor, especially heavy physical labor that requires immersion.

Step 5 avoid catching a cold

Try to avoid diseases such as colds and affect postoperative recovery; If you have chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes, you need to continue treatment according to your doctor's advice and control your condition.

Step 6 observe the situation

In the early stage after cataract surgery, some patients will have slight foreign body sensation, pain, tears and fear of light. If there is vitreous opacity, there may be floaters, which is a normal phenomenon and can be observed. Generally, these symptoms will gradually disappear with the gradual improvement of the disease. But if the symptoms are serious, it is necessary to review them in time.

Treatment of cataract

Cataract is an eye disease that changes from transparent to opaque due to the opacity of intraocular lens, which affects vision and has the highest incidence among the elderly.

1, drug therapy. There are many drugs for treating cataract in clinic, but there is no effective drug at present. Vitamin C, vitamin B2, vitamin E, etc. It can be used orally for early cataract, and some drugs can also be used to delay the development of the disease, such as eye drops such as Kang Ming, Catalin and Shapu Aisi.

2. Surgical treatment. Surgical treatment is the only exact and effective treatment for cataract recognized by the world at present. Especially in the middle and late stage of cataract, there is no specific medicine to re-transparent the turbid lens, and surgery is still the main method to treat cataract.

Surgical treatment mainly includes three methods: cataract extraction; Cataract extraction and intraocular lens implantation; Phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation. Among them, phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation is the most advanced, ideal and perfect technology in the world, and it also has the best therapeutic effect.