How does Chinese medicine treat pterygium?

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Pterygium is a common and frequently occurring disease in ophthalmology. It is called "pterygium climbing eye" in traditional Chinese medicine and "fish flesh" in common. It is generally believed that it is a chronic inflammatory disease caused by external stimulation. It is attacked by one eye or two eyes. It is named because its shape is similar to the wings of insects. It is a kind of vegetative tissue on the bulbar conjunctiva and cornea in the palpebral fissure. After invading the cornea, it increases gradually and even covers the pupil area, which seriously affects the vision. Let's take a look at the following.

How does Chinese medicine treat pterygium?

First: if it is small and static pterygium, does not affect vision, do not need treatment. However, if patients have trachoma or chronic conjunctivitis, antibiotics or corticosteroid eye drops can be used, such as 0.3% norfloxacin eye drops or 0.5% cortisone eye drops, 3-4 times a day.

Second: during the treatment of pterygium, you should pay attention to avoid the stimulation of wind, dust, harmful gas, excessive sunlight and cold, pay attention to eye hygiene, treat trachoma or chronic conjunctivitis in time, and pay attention to adequate sleep and reasonable maintenance.

Third, we should combine local symptoms with systemic syndromes. In the treatment of solid fire should be diarrhea, virtual fire should be clear, at the same time with external use Babao eye medicine or red eye powder applied to the pterygium body. However, if the drug is ineffective and develops rapidly, the hook and cut technique should be used.

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Therefore, a friend with pterygium should not rely too much on Western medicine, because traditional Chinese medicine can treat the disease more fundamentally. If it is western medicine, although the effect is fast, but it is easy to relapse, which will continue to treat.