Allergy in the eyes

If we have watery, itchy and red eyes, these can be signs of eye allergy. Allergies of the eyes are like allergies of the whole body. In fact, it is sometimes a part of the body, that is, a part of the background of the general body allergy, or sometimes it can be just locally in our eyes.

Factors that cause allergies

Allergens are everywhere around us, household dust, plant dust, animal hair dust, blankets and pillows, especially those who use fur or woolen blankets can be allergic to them. Allergy to the sun, allergy to the wind, allergy to dust outside, allergy to the food we eat. It is such a big topic that we often don't know that we are allergic, or let's assume that we are allergic to dust in general, there is a serious problem because dust is everywhere, especially now Baku is a very dusty city and allergic background has been increasing in recent years. At least once we know why, we should know how to stay away from them as much as possible

Another reason is drugs that can cause allergies. If there is a problem in any part of our body and when we use those drugs, that person may have a sensitivity to those drugs individually and allergy symptoms may appear in the whole body or localized in the eyes, i.e. redness, itching, watering and sometimes much more serious problems. For example, the special Steven-Johnson Syndrome can cause serious damage to the skin and mucous membranes of the whole body, and allergic reactions that can even lead to death. This is very rare, it is a separate topic.

Determination of eye allergy

The symptoms I have listed can actually be symptoms of other diseases. That is, there are common symptoms, such as watering, itching, sinking, but another disease emerges from under it. It is actually not very easy to distinguish. Most of the time we need to look at it with a microscope. We have a special microscope, we examine with it and there are special tests to determine if it is dry eye or not.

Treatment of eye allergy

When we come to the treatment of allergy, if we have discovered the cause of the allergy in advance, this is a very difficult point, but if we know there is a cause, and if it gives us an allergy, we should first stay away from it. This is the most effective method. But if we do not know what is causing the allergy, there are simple methods that we can do at home, which can seriously relieve us.

I RECOMMEND doing these if you have eye allergies

First, wear sunglasses.
Use caps when you go out in the sun.
Try to stay away from air-conditioned environments. But if you are in an air-conditioned environment, try not to blow into your eyes.
It is recommended that you clean the filters of air conditioners in your home every 6 months, at least once a year.
A compress with cool water is the best remedy.
You can reduce your allergies by using special drops

Drops against eye allergies

There are several groups of drops for eye allergies: drops for acute allergies and drops for chronic allergies. We sometimes recommend it to people as a combination, and sometimes we say just use these drops to take the chronic process. The characteristics of the drops used to remove chronic processes are that they should be used for a long time, up to 3 weeks, 1 month, a month and a half, sometimes a little longer, so that you can see the full effect. It has one important feature, when we use it too much, it has the opposite effect. For example, when we use it for 3-4 months in a row, these drops can cause an increase in allergies.

Another reason is drops to eliminate acute allergies. Most of these are drugs that we sometimes call deximitasone or fluoromethalone steroid group. Yes, they are very active, very seriously, in people with redness, watering, discomfort, swelling, we use them and get very good results. Only sometimes people notice that they get positive results very quickly from these drops, they become addicted to that drop. For the rest of his life, he begins to use those drops uncontrollably, and those drops can accelerate the formation of pearly water or cataracts, or lead to cataracts, and often lifelong vision loss, especially if cataracts develop, because the damage to the optic nerve is irreversible. those people can face each other.
Therefore, it is not considered correct behavior to use allergy drops without medical supervision.

Who diagnoses eye allergies?

There is such a question: should an ophthalmologist or an allergist diagnose eye allergy? In fact, a common diagnosis is made here, namely eye allergy