Dry eyes are a huge pain, especially during allergy season. It’s hard to work when you’re constantly worried about your eyes being dry and itchy. What are some of the best ways to fight dry eyes?
Today we’re looking at some easy and convenient solutions to your dry eye problem to help you keep on track.
Best Ways to Deal with Dry Eyes
Over-the-Counter Drops
Simple, over-the-counter eyedrops can be a great solution for mild dry eye. If you’re experiencing seasonal allergies, mild dry eye or general eye strain, OTC drops can be a huge help. Keeping a bottle at your desk at work, on your nightstand and/or in your car can help you get instant relief for dry, itchy eyes.
These OTC drops are usually simple saline and can help with mild cases. Usually, they’re quite inexpensive and they’re a great first step for combatting typical dry eye. However, if you find these alone aren’t helping, there are a few other things you can try.
Eyewear
Some find that a bit of new eyewear can help a lot with eye strain. Wearing lenses that are the right fit for your eyes are a huge help. If you need reading glasses, or glasses for seeing far away, don’t hesitate to speak to your eye doctor about your concerns.
Additionally, if you use a computer for work and find yourself experiencing eye strain, consider getting a pair of blue-light eliminating glasses. These yellow-green tinted glasses cut the blue light out of any light coming to your retinas, helping to reduce eye strain. Such lenses are available over-the-counter and don’t require a prescription, as they’re quite safe to use.
Prescription Drops
If you have severe dry eye that isn’t helped by simple over-the-counter drops and isn’t related to eye strain, speak to your eye doctor. It’s possible you’ve got a chronic condition that is causing your dry eye to stay around in spite of normal solutions. In such cases, your eye doctor can diagnose your issue.
If your eye doctor diagnoses you with a serious eye issue related to your dry eye, then they’ll likely prescribe you medicated eye drops. These should only be used at your doctor’s direction and will likely have instructions on when and how to take them.
Medicated eyedrops can help with even severe dry-eye by adding medicine to the surface of your eye. These should be used a last-resort if traditional methods don’t work, however, as they’re a good bit more expensive than OTC drops!