MORE PATIENTS WITH EYE PROBLEMS RESULT FROM BAD AIR QUALITY|中南部空品差 呼吸道.眼睛不適病患增

The hazardous air quality in central and southern Taiwan has doubled the amount of people seeking for eye irritation, asthma and respiratory related treatments. A friendly reminder, don't rub your eyes too hard even if it's itches, because damage caused by rubbing can harm the cornea, or even affect your vision. For consecutive days, the air quality indexes in Taiwan's central and southern regions were "very unhealthy." The PM2.5 concentrations were high and caused an increasing number of patients with asthma and respiratory problems. The number of people with itching and dry eyes was doubled. One third grader girl in Kaohsiung rubbed her itchy dry eyes too hard and hurt her corneas. ==EYE DOCTOR== She rubbed his eyes so hard and scratched corneas layers, this big. The third grader's vision was down to 0.3 and 0.4. Without treatment, she may lose her vision. ==WU MENG-HSIEN, Cheng Ching Eye Clinic Chief Director== Scratches on the corneas are more serious, the whole cornea can be flipped over. If the patient also get an infection, it certainly will result in vision loss. The eye doctor said, PM2.5 pollutants can penetrate masks, they are threats to human health. The number of motorcycles is overly crowded in Kaohsiung and Pingtung, therefore pollutants may directly adhere to the eyes. ==WU MENG-HSIEN, Cheng Ching Eye Clinic Chief Director== The concentration of PM2.5 is very high, it also has a very high concentration of pollutants. Most patients' eyes got allergies, and their eyes were red, swollen and itchy. Eyes easily got dried out and obscure images. The eye doctor reminds the public, when infection signs appear, stop rubbing your eyes. Use ice pads or artificial tears to alleviate symptoms. The patient should seek immediate medical treatment and avoid from going out. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 中南部連續好幾天空氣品質不好，不僅讓氣喘、呼吸道病患增加，眼睛不舒服的民眾也比平常增加一倍，高雄一名小三學童，就因為眼睛乾癢，用手狂揉，雙眼角膜嚴重破皮。 連續幾天，中南部地區空氣污染嚴重，PM2.5細懸浮微粒濃度大增，不僅氣喘、呼吸道病患增加，無法防護的眼睛，乾癢、有異物感的病患大增，看診人數增加一倍。高雄一名國小三年級學童，因為眼睛乾癢，用手猛揉，造成雙眼角膜破皮。 ==NS== 他就把它揉得破一片 這麼大片起來 讓小學生左右眼視力從1.0，降到0.4和0.3，若再延遲治療，恐怕會有失明危險。 ==澄清眼科總院長 吳孟憲== 角膜破皮比較厲害 就會整個角膜 被你弄成掀起來 這一種狀況再碰到 感染情況出來 當然有可能會對視力的問題 造成喪失的問題 眼科醫師指出，PM2.5細懸浮微粒連一般口罩都難以防範，對身體的危害是全面性，尤其高屏地區機車族多，過敏源直接吹黏在眼睛裡。 ==澄清眼科總院長 吳孟憲== 一種PM2.5濃度因為非常高 裡面有非常高濃度的 過敏源在裡面 所以過敏的情況非常厲害 大部分都是會紅腫會癢 甚至眼睛會比較乾會比較澀 醫師提醒，感染過敏性結膜炎，千萬不要再揉眼睛，先冰敷或點人工淚液來緩解症狀，趕緊就醫，並儘可能減少外出。 記者 李淑蘭 陳顯坤 高雄報導