The Real Reason Your Eyes Are Dry – And How to Fix It! Dr. Mandell

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TLDRIn this informative video, Dr. Alan Mandel discusses the causes and symptoms of dry eye syndrome, emphasizing ineffective tear production and environmental factors. He promotes strategies to alleviate dry eyes, including the importance of blinking often, following the 20-20-20 rule while using screens, and maintaining hydration. Dr. Mandel explains the tear film structure and suggests using preservative-free lubricating drops. Furthermore, he offers practical tips like applying warmth, using baby shampoo for eye hygiene, consuming healthy fats, and avoiding cold drafts. He also highlights the benefits of proper nutrition and facial massages around the eye area to support hydration and circulation. Dr. Mandel encourages viewers to share their experiences with dry eye management as he hopes to help many with this common issue.

Conclusões

  • 👁️ Symptoms include dryness, stinging, and blurred vision.
  • 💧 Hydration is crucial for tear production.
  • 🔄 The 20-20-20 rule is vital for screen users.
  • 🧼 Use baby shampoo for eyelid hygiene.
  • 🌬️ Avoid cold air and excessive screen time.
  • 🏃‍♂️ Healthy fats like omega-3s support eye health.
  • 🛌 Ensure proper sleep for eye repair.
  • 🧊 Use a humidifier in dry environments.
  • ✋ Gentle massage can stimulate circulation around the eyes.
  • 💊 Consult your doctor for suitable drops.

Linha do tempo

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The speaker discusses symptoms of dry eyes, including stinging, scratchiness, light sensitivity, and difficulty focusing. They emphasize the importance of understanding how inadequate tear production, prolonged screen time, and environmental factors contribute to this condition. The speaker introduces the 20-20-20 rule, encouraging breaks from screens to alleviate dryness, and explains the composition of tear film, which relies on the balance of lipid, aqueous, and mucin layers for proper eye lubrication.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:13:12

    Further, the speaker shares practical tips for managing dry eyes, including using preservative-free lubricating drops, applying warmth to the eyes, and practicing eyelid hygiene with gentle cleaning. They stress the significance of hydration, proper nutrition, and avoiding cold environmental factors. The video also highlights the importance of blinking regularly to maintain eye moisture and reduce dryness, presenting personal experiences and advice to help others manage their dry eye symptoms effectively.

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Vídeo de perguntas e respostas

  • What are the common symptoms of dry eyes?

    Common symptoms include dryness, stinging, scratchiness, sensitivity to light, and blurred vision.

  • What causes dry eyes?

    Causes include inadequate tear production, poor tear quality, prolonged screen time, environmental factors, aging, and certain medications.

  • What is the 20-20-20 rule?

    The 20-20-20 rule states to look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds after every 20 minutes of screen time.

  • How can I relieve dry eyes naturally?

    Applying warmth to the eyes, using non-abrasive baby shampoo, blinking frequently, and maintaining hydration can help.

  • What types of eye drops are recommended for dry eyes?

    Preservative-free lubricating eye drops are recommended.

  • How does nutrition impact dry eyes?

    Healthy fats, omega-3s, and hydration can improve tear production and eye health.

  • What lifestyle changes help manage dry eyes?

    Staying hydrated, reducing screen time, using humidifiers, and avoiding cold winds can help.

  • What exercises can help relieve dry eyes?

    Regularly closing and opening eyes firmly can help alleviate symptoms.

  • What is blepharitis?

    Blepharitis is a condition where the meibomian glands dysfunction, leading to dry eyes.

  • How can massage help with dry eyes?

    Gentle massage around the eyes can stimulate blood circulation and promote eye health.

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    now if you're having dry eyes stinging
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    scratchiness sensitivity to
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    light difficulty focusing when you look
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    at something you see it then it starts
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    to fade out and get blurry again you
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    start blinking and it starts to become
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    clearer again that all has to do with
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    dry eye now I want to really educate you
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    about dry eye I believe I'm going to be
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    able to help many why because you're
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    looking at someone right now who's been
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    suffering with this for quite some time
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    in the past I've done my homework and
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    when you have dry eye you're having
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    inadequate tier production poor tier
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    quality prolonged screen time on your
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    computer environmental factors such as
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    aging as well as certain medications
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    that might be causing it and the first
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    thing I'm going to tell you is to follow
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    screen or your smartphone you want to
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    eyes while we're working on our
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    smartphone or our computer is that we're
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    not blinking blinking takes the gland
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    that secretes the fluid in the upper
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    outside of each eye the lacrimal duct
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    the eye along with two other things
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    drains in the inside of our eye so when
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    we blink we're taking that fluid and
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    we're moving it around along with two
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    other important elements there is a tear
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    film structure on our outer eyes and
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    it's composed of three main layers each
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    with distinct functions the outer layer
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    is a lipid layer that comes from the
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    mobian glands which are sebaceous glands
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    located in our eyelids and these glands
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    secrete a lipid substance that secretes
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    across our te ter film and the middle
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    layer is called the aquous layer this is
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    the bulk of our
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    teril this is produced by our lacrimal
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    glands located in the upper outer part
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    of each eye orbit and the third layer is
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    the inner layer called the mucin layer
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    and this ensures that the tear film
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    adheres to the ocular Surface by
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    spreading the aquous layer evenly over
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    the cornea and conjunctiva and here's
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    coming from a lacrimal gland up in here
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    and the mucin layer all have to work
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    together and if they're imbalance that
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    will lead to your dry eye and the first
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    thing you'll probably hear is get on
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    those natural lubricating drops
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    preferably preservative free that's most
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    important and your doctor May say well
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    you need to try these different drops
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    and again they're all little bit
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    different in certain drops they seem to
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    but all in all you might be using these
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    there's any harm but that may not be
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    your solution there's a couple of tips I
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    can give you right off the bat applying
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    warmth to our eyes like a moist heating
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    pad they have these little type of
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    electric things you can buy that go over
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    the
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    eyes using hot water that seems to be a
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    big helper for me hot water beating on
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    top of my forehead dripping over the
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    eyes and one of the most important
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    things we can do is use a real
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    non-abrasive one that doesn't have lots
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    of chemicals type of shampoo we say baby
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    shampoo I think that's the best take a
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    little bit in your finger after you heat
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    up your eyes when you're in the shower
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    and you're going to just lightly rub
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    back and forth over your eyelids not
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    pushing on the eyes at all what that's
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    going to do is help clean the eyelids
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    and where the eyelids are the upper and
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    lower eyelids that's where the my bobian
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    glands secrete that oil and that oil
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    that lipid layer is the most important
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    thing because when we have fluid that
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    comes from our laeral glands that meets
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    with that oil the fluid doesn't dissolve
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    or disintegrate as fast because the oil
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    keeps that lubrication there and every
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    time that we blink that's why it's
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    important that when you're on your
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    smartphone or your computer blink often
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    what that does it helps the laeral gland
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    secrete more fluid as well as the mobian
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    gland secrete more of that lipid layer
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    so they can work together so what it
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    underneath the eye over the eyeball
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    underneath the lid that is and it drains
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    on the inside where our nasal ear is on
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    both sides so blinking blinking blinking
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    that if I ask you right now close your
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    eyes and just hold them together
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    you could open it up and you can blink
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    again there are exercises that when you
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    have dry eye just start closing your
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    eyes firmly open up close your eyes
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    firmly open up you may want to do that
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    30 seconds 60 seconds intermittently
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    throughout the day that seems to be be a
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    great helper for me and I know it will
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    help you tremendously and there's no
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    doubt that the most important thing you
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    not dehydrated you need to drink water
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    because that hydration of that water
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    makes its way through your system to
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    help your tear production for overall
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    health of your eyes and if you live in
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    cold climates that could be a problem
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    having a humidifier in your room will
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    definitely be helpful that humidifier
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    will keep that moisture cold wind if
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    you're sitting in front of the air
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    conditioner if it's at home if it's at
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    work or even in your car that air
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    blowing on your face is going to dry out
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    your eyes stay away from that air
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    conditioner that's a big big no no and
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    from a nutritional point of view
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    definitely healthy fats olive oils
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    Omega-3s any of the omegas but getting
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    that healthy fat helps those mobian
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    glands because that's the oils we need
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    to keep the fluid from drying out so
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    after we heat up our eyes if it's a
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    heating pad one of the little heating uh
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    types of things you element you can buy
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    a little type of thing that fits over
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    your eyes or even after taking the
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    shower there's a little exercise you can
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    do you don't have to do it if you use
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    heat because to me that's why I love uh
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    using a little bit of baby shampoo and
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    just kind of rubbing it back and forth
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    just for like 10 seconds then washing it
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    off again after they heat but if you put
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    heat on it there's something else you
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    might want to try if nothing else have
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    worked for you is just what you're going
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    fingers are clean and after you heat it
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    up everything's warmed up by just
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    starting from the inside of our eye as
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    we close our eyes and we just go over
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    the eyelid the upper eyelid just the
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    upper eyelid don't push over your eye
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    really really lightly starting from the
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    inside working your way out it's hard
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    with your fingers okay you'll do it on
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    both sides then you want to come up
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    underneath the lower eyelid from the
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    inside of the nasal area and go up real
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    real gently do not push over the eye
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    just try to focus on the eye lashes
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    where they are on your upper and lower
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    you you may not have a lot of eyelashes
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    like myself but you do or don't that's
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    where the mobian glands are because by
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    doing this and warming it up helps
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    release that congested area maybe
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    something has hardened up in there maybe
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    it's gotten crusty in there there's a
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    condition called
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    blepharitis where the mobian glands
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    start to dysfunction because they're
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    dried up and they're not working you can
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    get a little bacteria in there that can
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    cause a lot of dry eyes so that's why I
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    think it's a great idea to make sure we
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    Focus where the eyelashes are the upper
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    and lower by using the heat using the
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    baby shampoo a little bit of Light
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    massage going upward starting from the
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    inside working your way out you can do
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    it a few times if that doesn't work you
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    can take uh maybe something really soft
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    and use it too as long as it's
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    disinfected and clean that can be a big
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    help I want you to realize that a lot of
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    dry eye can come from these mayian
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    glands because when they're not working
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    that will not produce the oils that the
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    outer part of your eye needs so you
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    won't have that problem and it's so
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    important that when you have dry eye
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    give your eyes a break make sure you're
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    getting proper sleep so the cells can
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    repair and heal and it's also a good
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    idea that they do have gels preservative
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    free also that's thicker that you would
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    put on at night inside your eye maybe a
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    drop or two some gels you can dab in
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    there I like the ones you could put
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    drops on there way don't have to touch
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    it there's few gels out there make sure
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    they're preservative free and this gives
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    your your your eyes a chance to
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    hydrate uh the problem is is that when
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    you put it in your eyes don't expect to
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    start reading and doing things on your
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    iPhone or computer because it's going to
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    get blurry that blurriness is normal but
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    that really helps lubricate the eye so
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    that dryness can start to go away the
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    other thing that I've learned is that
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    when our eyes get dry and they feel okay
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    during the day because you've been using
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    maybe some drops and doing your heat and
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    doing everything right stay away from
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    the cold wind and the air condition
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    blowing in your eyes
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    it's a wise idea to use the drops even
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    when they're not dry okay intermittently
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    because you want to sustain it you don't
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    want to get to that level to where you
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    start regressing so much now you got to
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    take all this time to get back to where
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    what feels good and what's normal again
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    so you might want to take that into
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    consideration and there's just a few
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    more things I want to
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    rehash one is nutrition process refin
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    foods you're eating excessive refined
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    sugars are not good it's
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    inflammatory and what the research shows
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    that a lot of conditions with dry eye
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    can be stemming from inflammation there
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    are drugs that your optometrist or
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    opthalmologists commonly recommend and
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    they're drops to reduce inflammation or
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    anti-inflammatory drops because we're
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    finding that a lot of people with dry
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    eye have inflammation but if you eat
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    healthy your fruits and vegetables your
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    legumes your healthy fats like your
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    salmon your tuna healthy fishes your
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    Omega-3s your Omega 7s are good are good
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    for this as well uh your pumpkin seed
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    oils are good your olive
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    oils uh any healthy oil not the
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    vegetable oils but you want to make sure
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    you're getting those oils that will
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    really make a big change for you lots of
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    water along with that even exercise
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    because we're getting more circulation
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    more changes in our uh body's chemistry
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    there's another thing I want to mention
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    lastly it's massage in the eye when I
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    say massage in the eye uh there are
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    techniques that people have done facial
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    massages I never want you to massage on
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    the eyes never push on the eyes very
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    important but when you massage around
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    the eyes and stimulate around the eyes
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    and put heat around the eyes if you just
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    take time to stimulate those eyes around
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    the eyes in the eye orbits or anywhere
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    around the facial area you're bringing
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    more blood supply in there
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    hyperemia if you just stimulate this and
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    start tapping around it you'll feel
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    tingling that's the hyperemia that's the
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    increased blood supply that brings in uh
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    nourishment circulation and very very
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    important in any part of our body we
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    want to get rid of all that toxins waste
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    toxins that's where our lymphatic system
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    uh kicks in where it circulates back to
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    lymph nose in the outer ear so it drains
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    down uh up of the clavicular clavicular
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    area so it can get back into the
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    circulatory system as we can excrete all
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    those extra toxins so if I was going to
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    say one thing to you be careful with
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    that excessive screen time but all boils
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    down the one important thing got to
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    start blinking more because if you're
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    not blinking enough and you're you're
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    straining not only going to strain your
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    eyes but your eyes are going to dry up
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    because blinking helps keep that
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    lubrication and helps keep your eyes
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    happy so I really hope that this video
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    serves you well this is from my heart to
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    you I've been through a lot myself I've
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    done so much and I know what works and
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    I'm trying to share it with you so you
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    can help your family loved ones and
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    friends because I know this information
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    is extremely important and please share
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    it with them leave your comments uh
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    below because I'd be very happy to hear
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    that you've done well in the near future
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    as well uh that's about all I have to
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    say with you please make it a great day
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    I'm Dr Alan Mandel
Etiquetas
  • Dry Eyes
  • Symptoms
  • Causes
  • Treatment
  • Hydration
  • Nutrition
  • Eye Care
  • Blinking
  • Eye Massage
  • 20-20-20 Rule