Not Only Physical, Dry Eyes Can Also Lower The Quality Of Life
JAKARTA - In Indonesia, the prevalence of dry eyes reaches 27.5 percent to 30.6 percent. This makes dry eyes become one of the common eye disturbances, but is still often taken lightly.
In fact, dry eye conditions should not be left alone because it has an impact on overall body health. Dry eyes can be a sign that serious health problems have occurred in the body, such as autoimmune, causing blindness.
Dry eyes are not a light condition. For some patients, dry eyes can actually be an indication of the autoimmune process that is taking place secretly in the body," said dr. Niluh Archi, SpM (dr. Manda), A Dry Eye Specialist and Contact Lense, JEC Eye Hospitals and Clinics, when met in the Kedoya area, West Jakarta, recently.
"It can cause damage to the eyes, infection or scratch of the wounds on the eyes which can eventually be permanent and cause blindness," he added.
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Not only physically, dry eyes can also reduce the quality of life of sufferers. People with dry eyes will usually become unproductive in their daily lives because they feel uncomfortable in their eyes.
"It can reduce the quality of life. They are not productive, it is difficult to go anywhere, they just want to stay at home for their eyes to be reflected," said Doctor Niluh.
Dry eye conditions will also disturb sufferers to work, especially those whose most work is done in front of the screen. With this declining quality of life, it will also affect the patient's finances and economy.
"Look at the screen a little bit of its eyes are immediately painful. Although it's not blurry, it really disturbs the patient's quality of life and eventually becomes a problem as well as their finances or economy," he explained.
Therefore, if you have experienced complaints about the health of the eyes such as redness, there is a sense of heat, vision begins to fade or is sensitive to light, you should immediately go to the doctor. With an early examination, dry eyes can be treated properly and quickly to prevent various other health problems.