Ukuhlolwa iso likashukela

Isifo sikashukela singalimaza amehlo akho. Kungalimaza imithambo yegazi emincane ku-retina yakho, udonga lwangemuva lwenhlamvu yeso lakho. Lesi simo sibizwa ngokuthi i-retinopathy yesifo sikashukela.

Isifo sikashukela sandisa ubungozi be-glaucoma nezinye izinkinga zamehlo.

Ungahle ungaboni ukuthi amehlo akho alimele kuze kube inkinga iba yimbi kakhulu. Udokotela wakho angabamba izinkinga kusenesikhathi uma uthola izivivinyo zamehlo ezivamile. Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu. Izigaba zokuqala ze-retinopathy yesifo sikashukela azibangeli izinguquko embonweni futhi ngeke ube nezimpawu. Ukuhlolwa kwamehlo kuphela okungathola inkinga, ukuze kuthathwe izinyathelo ukuvimbela ukulimala kwamehlo ukuthi kungabi kubi kakhulu.

Noma udokotela onakekela isifo sikashukela ekuhlola amehlo akho, udinga ukuhlolwa kwamehlo njalo eminyakeni engu-1 kuye kwengu-2 ngudokotela wamehlo onakekela abantu abanesifo sikashukela. Udokotela wamehlo unemishini engabheka ngemuva kweso lakho kangcono kakhulu kunodokotela wakho ojwayelekile.

Uma unezinkinga zamehlo ngenxa yesifo sikashukela, cishe uzobona udokotela wamehlo wakho kaningi. Ungadinga ukwelashwa okukhethekile ukuze uvimbele izinkinga zamehlo akho zingabi zimbi kakhulu.

Ungabona izinhlobo ezimbili ezihlukene zodokotela wamehlo:

• Udokotela wamehlo ungudokotela wezokwelapha onguchwepheshe wamehlo.
• Udokotela wamehlo ungudokotela we-optometry. Lapho unesifo samehlo esibangelwa yisifo sikashukela, cishe uzophinde ubone udokotela wezifo zamehlo.

Udokotela uzohlola umbono wakho esebenzisa ishadi lezinhlamvu ezingahleliwe ezinobukhulu obuhlukahlukene. Lokhu kubizwa ngeshadi le-Snellen.

Ngemuva kwalokho uzonikezwa amaconsi wamehlo ukukhulisa (ukunweba) abafundi bamehlo akho ukuze udokotela abone kangcono emuva kweso. Ungazizwa utinyelwa lapho amathonsi ebekwa okokuqala. Ungaba nokunambitheka kwensimbi emlonyeni wakho.

Ukubona ngemuva kweso lakho, udokotela ubheka ngengilazi ekhethekile esebenzisa isibani esikhanyayo. Udokotela uzobe esebona izindawo ezingalimala yisifo sikashukela:

• Imithambo yegazi ezingxenyeni zangaphambili noma eziphakathi zeso
• Ngemuva kweso
• Indawo ye-optic nerve

Enye into ebizwa nge-slit lamp isetshenziselwa ukubona indawo ecacile yeso (i-cornea).

Udokotela angathatha izithombe ezingemuva kweso lakho ukuthola ukuhlolwa okuningiliziwe. Lokhu kuhlolwa kubizwa ngokuthi yi-digital retinal scan (noma i-imaging). Ikhamera ekhethekile isetshenziselwa ukuthatha izithombe ze-retina yakho ngaphandle kokuvula amehlo akho. Udokotela bese ebuka izithombe bese ekwazisa uma udinga ezinye izivivinyo noma ukwelashwa.

Uma unamaconsi wokunwebezisa amehlo akho, umbono wakho uzofiphala cishe amahora ayisithupha. Kuzoba nzima ukugxila ezintweni eziseduze. Kufanele ube nomuntu okushayela ekhaya.

Futhi, ukukhanya kwelanga kungalimaza iso lakho kalula lapho abafundi bakho behlanjululwa. Gqoka izingilazi ezimnyama noma umboze amehlo akho kuze kuphele imiphumela yamaconsi.

I-retinopathy yesifo sikashukela - izivivinyo zamehlo; Isifo sikashukela - izivivinyo zamehlo; I-glaucoma - ukuhlolwa kwamehlo sikashukela; I-Macular edema - ukuhlolwa kwamehlo sikashukela

• I-retinopathy yesifo sikashukela
• Ukwakheka kwamehlo kwangaphandle nangaphakathi

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• Izinkinga Zamehlo Esifo Sikashukela