Pay attention and eliminate them!
March 2024
How many times have you felt itching, tearing, irritation or burning eyes? Sometimes external factors such as dust, environmental pollution and the earth can generate allergies of the eyes, which are the culprits of all these symptoms.
Allergies of the eyes are the most common pathologies that occur at any age, but especially among children and adolescents, says the doctor José Luis Merino Saldaña, member of the Mexican Association of Pediatric Ophthalmology.
Merino Saldaña notes that also known as allergic conjunctivitis is an inflammatory reaction that occurs on the surface of the eye as a result of exposure to different substances known as allergens and found in the environment.
However, exposure to sunlight can exacerbate eye allergies, as well as dust mites that cohabit with us in our bed or on pillows.
The attacks of allergies of the eyes can be uncomfortable for people, so it is important to know the following measures to prevent their appearance:
The ACAAI It states that in case the drops and oral medications do not reduce the symptoms, you should resort to immunotherapy, which consists of injecting small doses of the allergen into your body to create resistance to it. And you, have you suffered from allergies of the eyes?