IPterygium

I-pterygium ukukhula okungenanomdlavuza okuqala ezicutshini ezicacile, ezincane (i-conjunctiva) yeso. Lokhu kukhula kumboza ingxenye emhlophe yeso (sclera) bese kudlulela ku-cornea. Imvamisa iphakanyiswa kancane futhi iqukethe imithambo yegazi ebonakalayo. Inkinga ingavela ngamehlo noma womabili.

Imbangela ngqo ayikaziwa. Kuvame kakhulu kubantu abanokuchayeka okuningi elangeni nasemoyeni, njengabantu abasebenza ngaphandle.

Izici ezinobungozi ukuvezwa ezindaweni ezinelanga, ezinothuli, ezinesihlabathi, noma ezinomoya. Abalimi, abadobi nabantu abahlala eduze nenkabazwe bavame ukuthinteka. IPterygium ayivamile ezinganeni.

Uphawu olukhulu lwe-pterygium yindawo engenabuhlungu yezicubu ezimhlophe eziphakanyisiwe ezinemithambo yegazi onqenqemeni lwangaphakathi noma lwangaphandle lwe-cornea. Kwesinye isikhathi i-pterygium ayinazo izimpawu. Kodwa-ke, ingahle ivuvuke futhi ibangele ukushisa, ukucasuka, noma umuzwa wokuthi kukhona okuthile okungajwayelekile esweni. Umbono ungathinteka uma ukukhula kudlulela ngokwanele ku-cornea.

Ukuhlolwa kwamehlo nezinkophe ngokomzimba kuqinisekisa ukuxilongwa. Ukuhlolwa okukhethekile akudingeki isikhathi esiningi.

Ezimweni eziningi, ukwelashwa kubandakanya kuphela ukugqoka izibuko zelanga nokusebenzisa izinyembezi zokuzenzela. Ukusebenzisa izinyembezi zokufakelwa ukugcina amehlo enomswakama kungasiza ekuvikeleni i-pterygium ekubeni ivuvukale futhi ikhule. Amaconsi wamehlo amancane we-steroid angasetshenziswa ukuzola ukuvuvukala uma kwenzeka. Ukuhlinzwa kungasetshenziselwa ukususa ukukhula ngezizathu zezimonyo noma uma kuvimbela umbono.

Iningi le-pterygia alibangeli zinkinga futhi alidingi ukwelashwa ngokuhlinzwa. Uma i-pterygium ithinta i-cornea, ukuyikhipha kungaba nemiphumela emihle.

Ukuvuvukala okuqhubekayo kungadala ukuthi i-pterygium ikhule iye kude ne-cornea. I-pterygium ingabuya ngemuva kokususwa kwayo.

Abantu abane-pterygium kufanele babonwe ngudokotela wezifo zamehlo unyaka ngamunye. Lokhu kuzokwenza ukuthi isimo silashwe ngaphambi kokuthi sithinte umbono.

Shayela i-ophthalmologist yakho uma uke waba ne-pterygium esikhathini esedlule futhi izimpawu zakho ziyabuya.

Ukuthatha izinyathelo ukuvikela amehlo ekukhanyeni kwe-ultraviolet kungasiza ukuvimbela lesi simo. Lokhu kubandakanya ukufaka izibuko zelanga nesigqoko esinomphetho.

• Ukwakheka kwamehlo

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