Diet points for glaucoma patients

Update Date: 2023-12-22 Source: Network

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Diet for our body is very important, if sick, then patients in addition to active treatment, but also need good diet conditioning, glaucoma disease for diet is no exception, so we should pay attention to the diet care of patients in life, to avoid the deterioration of the disease, let's take a look at the diet conditioning of glaucoma disease.

Diet points for glaucoma patients

1. Should increase crude fiber food, eat more rich in vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin E and other antioxidant foods, such as fresh vegetables, fruits, appropriate amount of pig liver, fish, meat, coarse grains, vegetable oil, etc.; eat more daylily, bergamot, longan, jujube, wolfberry, chicken, peanuts, walnuts, soybean milk, Poria cocos, pork, beef and other liver and kidney tonifying foods. 　　

2. Glaucoma patients eat honey and glycerin, diet glaucoma to honey for the best. Acute glaucoma, oral honey or glycerin 100 ml, can alleviate symptoms; chronic and intraocular pressure continued high, can use 50% honey or glycerin, oral 50 ml, twice a day. Honey and glycerin belong to hypertonic agents, which can increase the blood osmotic pressure after taking, which is conducive to the absorption of aqueous humor in the eye, thus reducing the intraocular pressure. 　　

3. Of course, proper food for moistening intestines is also necessary. Patients with this kind of eye disease often have constipation symptoms, which is very harmful to the body. It can cause autointoxication, increase intraocular pressure, affect normal blood circulation, and increase aqueous humor secretion in the eyes. For example: sesame oil, vegetable oil and other vegetable oils can effectively improve the intestinal lubrication. When appropriate, you can also eat more bananas, radishes, pears, lemons, oranges, watermelons, melons, tomatoes and other fruits.

matters needing attention

Glaucoma is caused by various causes of pathological intraocular pressure rise, causing optic nerve damage, visual field defect, vision loss, if not treated in time, eventually lead to blindness. Although all ages can occur, incidence rate of people aged 40 or above is increasing.