With the arrival of the winter months, a different and challenging period has begun for our eyes. Especially as the weather got colder, we started to spend more of our time indoors, and due to the cold winter, we ventilated our homes and workplaces less. Due to the heating of our homes and workplaces, the amount of indoor humidity has decreased significantly. Especially those living in places far from the sea and where the continental climate prevails began to feel this change more closely. As a result of all these changes, our eyes started to feel drier. We felt this with complaints such as stinging, burning and itching in our eyes, and some of us felt this in the form of blurred vision from time to time.
Those of us who had to use computers and similar screens due to our profession also blinked less. They did this unconsciously, just while concentrating more on their work, and they blinked their eyes 4-5 times less on average. For this reason, just as there were people who felt an increase in dryness complaints in their eyes, there were also some of us who encountered such complaints for the first time.
The best thing for people with similar dryness complaints would, of course, be to consult your nearest Ophthalmologist. Artificial tear drops are the first option we use in patients who complain to us and detect dry eyes. Our patient's examination findings and complaints guide us on which medicine we should choose. Apart from this, we also recommend to our patients to ventilate the home and workplace as much as possible and to take measures to increase the amount of humidity in the environment (humidifiers, placing a bowl of water on the radiators, etc.). We recommend our patients who work with a screen to take frequent and short breaks, and to remember to look away from the screen and blink during these breaks. Despite all these recommendations, we recommend different treatments for our patients who have many complaints.
Another situation specific to the winter months concerns those who live in regions where snowfall and snow remain on the ground for a long time. As it is known, the snow cover reflects the existing sun rays like a mirror, thus reducing the harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun to our eyes. causes it to reach. For this reason, we recommend that people use protective sunglasses in areas where there is heavy snow, especially if there is sun rays. Thus, it is possible for us to avoid the harmful effects of sunlight in both the short and long term.
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