You can increase oxygen to your eyes by eating a healthy diet, exercising regular, wearing good contact lenses if you wear contacts and take a break from the contact lenses if you wear contact lenses.
Getting regular exercise helps improve circulation of blood and helps deliver more oxygen to your eyes.
You can also increase oxygen to your eyes by doing eye rolling exercises which can stimulate the blood flow and also relieve tension headaches.
Eating fruits, vegetables and whole grains as well as eating foods rich in Vitamin A like apricots, cantaloupe, sweet potatoes and carrots and foods rich in vitamin C can help your eyes get more oxygen.
If wearing contact lenses avoid wearing the contact lenses for extended periods and replace the contact lenses regularly and on time.
Hypoxia in the eye is a lack of oxygen supply to the cornea.
The hypoxia of the eye occurs when your cornea or your retina does not get enough oxygen that it requires.
Some reasons your cornea may not get enough oxygen and lead to hypoxia of the eye include closed eyes and wearing contact lenses.
The symptoms of hypoxia in the eye include blurred vision, watering eyes, light sensitivity, pain and redness.
Wearing contact lenses can reduce the amount of oxygen which reaches your cornea, especially when wearing the extended wear contact lenses.
Sleeping with your eyes closed can also reduce the amount of oxygen to the corneas but should resolve after you wake up and have your eyes open.
Corneal inflammation or injury to the cornea can also lead to hyopxia of the eye when the cornea's oxygen needs exceed it's oxygen supply.
Retinal hypoxia can also lead to neovascularization, which is a key feature of diabetic macular edema.
Complications of hypoxia of the eye include corneal swelling also known as edema and can lead to cloudy vision and other serious problems.
Epithelial microcysts are also a complication of hypoxia of the eye and are small cyst like areas in the cornea which can indicate chronic metabolic distress.
Treatment for hypoxia in the eye are gas permeable hard contact lenses which can help reduce some problems associated with corneal or eye hypoxia.
If you start to notice any of the signs of hypoxia in the eye after wearing contact lenses for a long period during the day, removing the contact lenses should enable the hypoxia in the eye to resolve itself.
Removing suspect contact lenses usually lets the hypoxia in the eye and the eye edema resolve itself within a few hours to a few days, depending on the severity and whether the edema has become chronic.
If it still doesn't resolve you may need to see a doctor and an eye surgeon if your cornea has developed cysts or other complications.