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It is through our eyes, we are able to see this entire world. So, eyes are very important for us to lead normal lives. When we are tired, we rub our eyes and that is a very common habit.<\/span><\/p>\n How many of us are aware of the fact that constant rubbing of eyes could lead to issues like irritation, infection and even damage to vision also?<\/span><\/p>\n Yes. It`s shocking but true. It must be noted that our eyes are delicate and need to be handled with great care.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Various reasons why we constantly rub our eyes are<\/span><\/p>\n Dry eye syndrome:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n In some persons, their eyes would not produce enough tears or tears would evaporate fast. This eye condition is termed as dry eye syndrome. These people could get an itchy feeling in their eyes and due to this they would rub their eyes constantly.<\/span><\/p>\n Eye allergies:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Our eyes could become itchy and watery when we get allergies due to pollen, dust, certain foods etc. Histamines would get released due to allergy and this could cause eye irritation. As a result, we would rub our eyes excessively.<\/span><\/p>\n Eye strain:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n There are possibilities of getting digital eye strain or computer vision syndrome by staring at the computer screen continuously. By this, we could get dryness in the eyes and irritation etc. As a result, we would rub our eyes constantly. It is highly necessary that we must manage eye stain issues.<\/span><\/p>\n Presence of foreign particles etc:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Our eyes could feel uncomfortable due to smoke, dust or even due to eye lash etc. Though rubbing our eyes might be good at that moment but it would push the irritant deeper and this could lead to more complications.<\/span><\/p>\n Eye infections:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n We could get eye itching, redness and eye discomfort etc because of eye infections like conjunctivitis etc. Constant rubbing of eyes could worsen the condition.<\/span><\/p>\n Keratoconus:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Not many of us would associate constant rubbing of eyes to keratoconus issues. Here, the cornea would become thin and would bulge out. It could result in blurry vision in us. So, please take care.<\/span><\/p>\n Fatigue or stress etc:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n When we have fatigue or stress etc, then we would rub our eyes constantly. Point is that this frequent rubbing of eyes would harm the delicate tissues surrounding the eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n Issues associated with constant eye rubbing are<\/span><\/p>\n Damage to cornea:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Our cornea could get scratched due to frequent rubbing of our eyes. So, please be careful.<\/span><\/p>\n Formation of dark circles etc:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n It is true that when we rub our eyes constantly then the skin around the eyes which is delicate would result in dark circles, premature wrinkles etc.<\/span><\/p>\n Increased eye pressure:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Especially those persons with glaucoma must be very careful as constant eye rubbing could lead to more IO Pressure.<\/span><\/p>\n Spreading of germs:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Germs could spread easily from our hands to our eyes if we rub our eyes constantly. By this, we could get eye infections.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is through our eyes, we are able to see this entire world. So, eyes are very important for us to lead normal lives. When we are tired, we rub our eyes and that is a very common habit. How many of us are aware of the fact that constant rubbing of eyes could lead […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" It is through our eyes, we are able to see this entire world. So, eyes are very important for us to lead normal lives. When we are tired, we rub our eyes and that is a very common habit.<\/span><\/p>\r\n How many of us are aware of the fact that constant rubbing of eyes could lead to issues like irritation, infection and even damage to vision also?<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n Various reasons why we constantly rub our eyes are<\/span><\/p>\r\n Dry eye syndrome:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n In some persons, their eyes would not produce enough tears or tears would evaporate fast. This eye condition is termed as dry eye syndrome. These people could get an itchy feeling in their eyes and due to this they would rub their eyes constantly.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Eye allergies:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n Our eyes could become itchy and watery when we get allergies due to pollen, dust, certain foods etc. Histamines would get released due to allergy and this could cause eye irritation. As a result, we would rub our eyes excessively.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Eye strain:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n There are possibilities of getting digital eye strain or computer vision syndrome by staring at the computer screen continuously. By this, we could get dryness in the eyes and irritation etc. As a result, we would rub our eyes constantly. It is highly necessary that we must manage eye stain issues.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Presence of foreign particles etc:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n Our eyes could feel uncomfortable due to smoke, dust or even due to eye lash etc. Though rubbing our eyes might be good at that moment but it would push the irritant deeper and this could lead to more complications.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Eye infections:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n We could get eye itching, redness and eye discomfort etc because of eye infections like conjunctivitis etc. Constant rubbing of eyes could worsen the condition.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Keratoconus:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n Not many of us would associate constant rubbing of eyes to keratoconus issues. Here, the cornea would become thin and would bulge out. It could result in blurry vision in us. So, please take care.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Fatigue or stress etc:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n When we have fatigue or stress etc, then we would rub our eyes constantly. Point is that this frequent rubbing of eyes would harm the delicate tissues surrounding the eyes.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Issues associated with constant eye rubbing are<\/span><\/p>\r\n Damage to cornea:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n Our cornea could get scratched due to frequent rubbing of our eyes. So, please be careful.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Formation of dark circles etc:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n It is true that when we rub our eyes constantly then the skin around the eyes which is delicate would result in dark circles, premature wrinkles etc.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Increased eye pressure:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n Especially those persons with glaucoma must be very careful as constant eye rubbing could lead to more IO Pressure.<\/span><\/p>\r\n Spreading of germs:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n Germs could spread easily from our hands to our eyes if we rub our eyes constantly. 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