Ocular Health Tips 03 - World Sight Day Edition
Greetings to all and sundry,
How are well doing today? It has been quite an exhausting week with lots of eye screenings going on towards the world sight day event celebration that comes off on the 13th of October, 2022, thus tomorrow. Even as we share another ocular health tip with you today, we entreat you all to make an effort towards getting your eyes checked for free during this period.
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Pledge to get your eyes tested at iapb.org, join the international fight against blindness across the globe, with more focus on preventable blindness such as cataracts and refractive errors. We do hope that most of us if not all of us would do well to get a comprehensive eye examination during this period. Today we want to discuss a magic trick for ocular itching and we do hope it helps someone.
Cold Compresses
Allergies or allergic conjuctivitis in one of the most common cases or conditions you would find in African eye care facilities, this is probably due to the prominence of dusty particles or pollen however this condition is almost a canker which brings people to the clinic every day and sometimes it can be so disturbing that when their medication gets finished it becomes hell for them at home.
And so today we would want to give you another trick that works very well, that can help alleviate those extreme situations where you may be far from your Optometrist or immediate healthcare is not available to you. Kindly note that this is not a replacement for comprehensive care or medications that may be prescribed by your Optometrist or Ophthalmologist.
So in the situation where you are experiencing severe itching on and around the eyes and your medication as prescribed by your Optometrist may have depleted, kindly get come cold water, put them in a basin or a small bowl, get a face towel then dip the towel in the water and put it on your eyes. Keep it on the eye for about a minute and dip it back in the water. Repeat this step for some few more minutes and the severe itching you are experiencing should start to subside or become more bearable for you.
In the absence of a bowl or basin to hold the water or face towel, you can wash you face under running water for some minutes, this also tend to help however the cold water works better. You may also buy some cold water from your nearby supermarket or water vendor for this purpose and it should work just as well. This trick has done a whole lot for a whole lot of patients and we do hope that you also get to benefit from this too.
Conclusion
We wish you the very best, thanks for your time and for reading this with us. Until next time, stay safe, have a wonderful weekend and thanks for reading. You may leave your questions below for any questions regarding the eye or any other clarifications.