干眼环境病因及中医外邪属性的理论探讨

外邪是指自然界中能引起疾病的邪气或致病因素超过了机体的适应能力,引起机体病理变化.中医学认为引起干眼的外邪主要为燥邪、热邪、风邪,此3种邪气伤及目窍,易造成眼表阴液亏损,根据其外邪属性可将其归为西医学所述干眼不良环境之中.如干燥环境或低湿度环境,以及眼表蒸发增强均可导致眼表干燥,与燥邪致病相似,可归属于燥邪;环境温度增...

Theoretical discussion on the etiology of dry eye environment and the attributes of traditional Chinese medicine external pathogens

External pathogens means that the evil Qi or pathogenic factors in nature that can cause diseases exceed the body’s adaptability and cause pathological changes in the body. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the external pathogens that cause dry eyes are mainly dry evil, heat evil, and wind evil, these three evil spirits can hurt the eyes and easily cause the loss of eye surface Yin fluid. According to their attributes, they can be classified into the bad environment of dry eyes described in western medicine. For example, dry environment or low humidity environment, as well as the enhancement of ocular surface evaporation can lead to ocular surface dryness, which is similar to the pathogenesis of dry evil, and can be attributed to dry evil;heat evil corresponds to increased ambient temperature, ultraviolet rays, blue light, etc;wind evil corresponds to increased air mobility, air pollution, etc. This article discusses the pathogenesis of dry eye caused by external pathogens from the perspective of Chinese and western medicine, hoping to provide ideas for the diagnosis and treatment of dry eye.