What should we pay attention to after cataract surgery: should we be quiet after surgery?

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Cataract is due to lens opacification, aging, genetic, metabolic abnormalities, trauma, radiation, poisoning and local malnutrition, which cause lens capsule membrane damage, increase its permeability, loss of barrier function, or lead to lens metabolic disorder, make lens protein denaturation, form opacification from transparent to opaque, hinder light into the eye, thus affecting the visual acuity It's a kind of eye disease. Now let's talk about the precautions after cataract surgery.

What should we pay attention to after cataract surgery: should we be quiet after surgery?

First: on the first day after the operation, we must have a quiet rest, do not bow our head, do not wash our face with running water, use a wet towel to wipe our face, do not rub our eyes, and do not press the eyes when sleeping.

Second: on the second day after the operation, according to the doctor's advice, the blindfold gauze can be removed by the doctor. Although the doctor can take care of himself at this time, he still stays in bed. If you feel eye pain, tears and other normal phenomenon, but if the eye pain, accompanied by headache, nausea and other symptoms, to timely report to the doctor for symptomatic treatment and medication.

Third: remove the stitches 5 days after the operation. According to the doctor's advice, topical eye drops or ointment should be used to prevent infection. But the point of medicine to pay attention to hygiene, hand wash clean, for older patients, it is recommended to ask their families to help point eye drops or ointment.

matters needing attention

Avoid rubbing and colliding the eyes after operation; limit violent activities within half a month, and do not splash dirty water into the eyes when taking a bath, washing hair and face; avoid strenuous exercise and weight bearing within one month after operation, so as to avoid excessive exertion and high intraocular pressure causing surgical incision dehiscence. If there is constipation, use drugs to help defecate, such as Kaiselu, in order to prevent excessive exertion during defecation, which may cause eye damage There was bleeding and dehiscence in the wound.