Dry eyes should drink fish oil?

My eyes often get dry due to working with computers a lot. Can I use fish oil to improve this condition? (Ha Trang, Ho Chi Minh City)

Reply:

Dry eyes are often caused by reduced tear production or excessive tear evaporation, which damages the surface of the eyeball, causing discomfort to the patient. Common signs of dry eyes include dryness, burning, feeling like there is grit or foreign matter in the eye, blurred vision, and photophobia.

Fish oil is a medicine, functional food in the form of soft capsules. Normally, the market has two types: fish oil containing fat-soluble vitamin A (or both vitamins A and D) and fish oil containing omega-3 fatty acids (sometimes with omega-6).

Omega-3 is an unsaturated fatty acid found in the fat of some types of fish in cold, deep sea areas such as salmon, tuna... Omega-3 fatty acids are good for the heart, helping to reduce bad cholesterol in the blood, without affecting good cholesterol.

It is not true that fish oil containing omega-3 fatty acids can help improve dry eyes. These fats also do not help treat eye disorders. If your dry eyes are caused by a vitamin A deficiency, your doctor may prescribe fish oil capsules containing vitamin A.

To treat dry eyes, doctors prescribe eye drops called artificial tears. They contain 0.9% NaCl saline, a substance that increases viscosity to help the medicine stay in the eye longer, and some other nutrients.

It is best to go to a reputable medical facility with an ophthalmology department for examination. Depending on the condition, the doctor will prescribe appropriate medications, fish oil... to bring optimal benefits. Supplementing with natural broccophane essence extracted from brocoli broccoli helps increase thioredoxin, contributing to protecting retinal pigment epithelial cells and the lens, supporting the reduction of dryness, blurriness, eye fatigue, and improving vision.

Doctor Tran Thi Tra Phuong
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