How to treat thyroid-related eye disease

? Treatment of thyroid-related eye diseases includes systemic treatment and eye treatment. Systemic treatment is mainly for thyroid dysfunction and should be carried out under the guidance of endocrinologists. Eye treatment mainly includes eye protective treatment, drug anti-infection treatment, surgery and radiation therapy, etc. Eye drops or eye ointment can be applied to protect cornea and relieve exposure corneal inflammation. When acute orbital inflammation occurs, systemic corticosteroids or immunosuppressants can be used to control damage to the extraocular muscles, reduce edema and compression of the optic nerve. If the deviation of the eye has stabilized for more than half a year, local injection of botulinum toxin A in the extraocular muscles or surgery of the extraocular muscles can be performed to improve the condition of diplopia. Orbital radiation therapy and transnasal or transfrontal orbital decompression may be used in patients with severe exophthalmos or associated compressive optic neuropathy when medical treatment fails.