Today you can find all kinds of eye drops, however, is an allergy eye drop effective? Due to over-usage of computers, contact lenses or just regular allergies; one can develop an eye allergy. Common Eye allergy symptoms are eyes that are red, itchy or watery. If you are wearing lenses you will experience dryness of eyes with severe itching and sometimes even swelling.

Remember when having an eye allergy and your eyes are itching, one thing you do not do is itch them.An eye allergy is at its worse in hot, humid weather and better in the cool, dry weather; that is because an eye allergy is due to the dehydration of the eye’s tear film thus irritating the eye. Reflex tears will try and clean/wash out irritants however, the tears themselves may be contaminated with histamines so trying an allergy eye drop may be your only relief. An allergy eye drop may not work if the eye gets too irritated and dry.

An allergy eye drop contains chemicals which in turn irritate the eye further. The best remedy in this case is change of environment to cool and dry place. Helpful tips to avoid eye allergies are to stay in doors if possible when the pollen count is predicted to be high especially, in the morning or early evening. Also try to keep windows shut and use an air-conditioner and air filter. These will help keep the air clean. 

Wearing glasses as often as possible will help keep allergens out of your eyes. Instead of using eye allergy drops try cold compresses on the eye – this will soothe any irritation and wash away irritants.  Visit an eye specialist who can determine the type of your allergy and prescribe you oral medications or allergy shots depending on the case. Key to keeping an eye allergy free thus not needing the use of allergy eye drop is maintaining a healthy tear film. We all are prone to tear film dehydration due to many factors around us. Thereare couple of ways to prevent this from happening such as getting a couple of bowls of water around your house to humidify the air especially when you have an air conditioner running. You should also take frequent baths or showers or at least wash your face and eyes frequently.

 

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