Swimming please wear goggles

Health newspaper

Department of Ophthalmology, Zhongda Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University

      mmer hot days, swimming both heat down, but also exercise, by many people of all ages. But many people swim after swimming will feel the eye discomfort, red eyes, astringent, and even infected with acute conjunctivitis and other eye diseases. Therefore, the summer swimming must pay attention to protect their own eyes, swim do not forget to give eye care.

     Swimming pool is a public place, and now the pool is relatively large flow of people, a variety of bacteria will be more active, the eyes of the bacteria if the exposure to excessive water is very susceptible to acute conjunctivitis. In addition, the general pool of water will add some disinfectant, etc., on the human eye has a stimulating effect, but also lead to some eye diseases. If people want to go swimming in the pool, first of all to choose a more formal swimming pool, the regular swimming pool will require swimmers to provide medical certificate, the monitoring of the water is also more stringent. In addition, swimming is best to wear goggles, try to avoid direct contact with the eyes and water, to maximize the prevention of infection. Do not use public towels, handkerchiefs and other contact eyes after swimming, you can point a few drops of anti-bacterial or anti-virus eye drops, which can play a better preventive effect. If the symptoms after the eye drops have not disappeared, it should be timely to the hospital ophthalmic treatment.