Ngabe ukugqoka amalensi wokuxhumana kungayandisa ingozi yakho ye-COVID-19?

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• Uthini ucwaningo?
• Amathiphu okunakekelwa kwamehlo okuphephile phakathi nobhadane lwe-coronavirus
• Izeluleko zokuhlanzeka kwamehlo
• Ngabe i-COVID-19 ingathinta amehlo akho nganoma iyiphi indlela?
• Okufanele ukwazi ngezimpawu ze-COVID-19
• Okubalulekile

I-coronavirus yenoveli ingangena emzimbeni wakho ngamehlo akho, ngaphezu kwekhala nomlomo wakho.

Lapho umuntu one-SARS-CoV-2 (igciwane elibangela i-COVID-19) ethimula, ekhwehlela, noma ekhuluma, basakaza amaconsi aqukethe igciwane. Kungenzeka uphefumule kulawo mathonsi, kepha igciwane lingangena nasemzimbeni wakho ngamehlo akho.

Enye indlela ongathola ngayo igciwane uma lelo gciwane lihlala esandleni sakho noma eminweni yakho, bese uthinta ikhala lakho, umlomo noma amehlo. Noma kunjalo, lokhu akuvamile.

Kusenemibuzo eminingi mayelana nokuthi yini engakwazi futhi engakhuphula ubungozi bokuthola i-SARS-CoV-2. Umbuzo owodwa ukuthi kuphephile yini ukugqoka amalensi wokuxhumana, noma uma lokhu kungandisa ubungozi bakho.

Kulesi sihloko, sizosiza ukuphendula lo mbuzo futhi sabelane ngezeluleko zokuthi ungawanakekela kanjani ngokuphepha amehlo akho phakathi kwesifo se-coronavirus.

Uthini ucwaningo?

Okwamanje abukho ubufakazi bokufakazela ukuthi ukugqoka amalensi oxhumana nawo kwandisa ubungozi bokuthola i-coronavirus entsha.

Kunobunye ubufakazi bokuthi ungathola i-COVID-19 ngokuthinta indawo engcoliswe yi-SARS-CoV-2, bese uthinta amehlo akho ngaphandle kokugeza izandla.

Uma ufaka amalensi oxhumana nawo, uthinta amehlo akho ngaphezu kwabantu abangawafaki. Lokhu kungakhuphula ubungozi bakho. Kodwa izindawo ezingcolisiwe akuyona indlela esemqoka yokusabalala kwe-SARS-CoV-2. Futhi ukugeza izandla zakho kahle, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kokuthinta indawo, kungakusiza ugcine uphephile.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-hydrogen peroxide contact lens yokuhlanza kanye ne-disinfecting system ingabulala i-coronavirus entsha. Akukabi bikho ucwaningo olwanele okwenziwe okwamanje ukwazi ukuthi ngabe ezinye izixazululo zokuhlanza zinomphumela ofanayo.

Abukho futhi ubufakazi bokuthi ukufaka izibuko zamehlo ezijwayelekile kukuvikela ekungeneni enkampanini yakwaSARS-CoV-2.

Amathiphu okunakekelwa kwamehlo okuphephile phakathi nobhadane lwe-coronavirus

Indlela ebaluleke kunazo zonke yokugcina amehlo akho ephephile ngesikhathi sobhadane lwe-coronavirus ukusebenzisa inhlanzeko ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho uphatha ama-lens oxhumana nawo.

Izeluleko zokuhlanzeka kwamehlo

• Geza izandla zakho njalo. Hlanza izandla zakho njalo ngaphambi kokuthinta amehlo akho, kufaka phakathi lapho ukhipha noma ufaka amalensi akho.
• Khipha amagciwane ngamalensi akho lapho uzikhipha ekupheleni kosuku. Zibulale amagciwane futhi ekuseni ngaphambi kokuzifaka.
• Sebenzisa isixazululo selensi yokuxhumana. Ungalokothi usebenzise amanzi ompompi noma amabhodlela noma amathe ukugcina amalensi akho.
• Sebenzisa isixazululo esisha ukufaka amalensi wakho oxhumana naye usuku ngalunye.
• Kulahle amalensi wokuxhumana alahlwayo ngemuva kokugqokwa ngakunye.
• Ungalali kuma-lens oxhumana nawo. Ukulala kuma-lens oxhumana nawo kukhulisa kakhulu amathuba okuthola ukutheleleka kweso.
• Hlanza ikesi lakho lelensi yokuxhumana usebenzisa njalo isixazululo selensi yokuxhumana, bese ushintsha icala lakho njalo ezinyangeni ezi-3.
• Ungafaki oxhumana nabo uma uqala ukuzizwa ugula. Sebenzisa amalensi amasha kanye necala elisha uma uqala ukuwagqoka futhi.
• Gwema ukuzihlikihlanoma ukuthinta amehlo akho. Uma udinga ukucikica amehlo akho, qiniseka ukuthi ugeza izandla zakho kuqala.
• Cabanga ukusebenzisa i-hydrogen peroxide-based Isixazululo sokuhlanza isikhathi sobhadane.

Uma usebenzisa imishanguzo yamehlo kadokotela, cabanga ukugcina impahla ethe xaxa, uma kwenzeka udinga ukuzihlukanisa ngesikhathi sobhadane.

Bona udokotela wamehlo wakho ukunakekelwa okujwayelekile futhi ikakhulukazi okuphuthumayo. Ihhovisi likadokotela lizokuthatha izinyathelo ezengeziwe ukuze ugcine wena nodokotela niphephile.

Ngabe i-COVID-19 ingathinta amehlo akho nganoma iyiphi indlela?

I-COVID-19 ingathinta amehlo akho. Yize ucwaningo lusezigabeni zalo zokuqala, zithole izimpawu ezihlobene neso ezigulini ezenze i-COVID-19. Ukudlanga kwalezi zimpawu kusuka ngaphansi kwephesenti elilodwa kuya kumaphesenti angama-30 eziguli.

Olunye uphawu lwamehlo olungaba khona lwe-COVID-19 yisifo esibomvana (conjunctivitis). Lokhu kungenzeka, kepha akuvamile.

Ucwaningo luphakamisa ukuthi cishe amaphesenti ayi-1.1 wabantu abane-COVID-19 athuthukisa iso elibomvana. Iningi labantu abaqala iso elibomvana nge-COVID-19 banezinye izimpawu ezimbi.

Shayela udokotela wakho uma unezimpawu zeso elibomvana, kufaka phakathi:

• amehlo abomvana noma abomvu
• umuzwa onobuhlungu emehlweni akho
• ukulunywa kweso
• okukhipha okujiyile noma okumanzi emehlweni akho, ikakhulukazi ubusuku bonke
• izinyembezi eziphakeme ngokungajwayelekile

Okufanele ukwazi ngezimpawu ze-COVID-19

Izimpawu ze-COVID-19 zingahluka zisuka komoya kuya kwezinzima. Iningi labantu linezimpawu eziphakathi nendawo kuya kokulingene. Abanye abanazo nhlobo izimpawu.

Izimpawu ezivame kakhulu ze-COVID-19 yilezi:

• imfiva
• ukukhwehlela
• ukukhathala

Ezinye izimpawu zifaka:

• ukuphelelwa umoya
• ubuhlungu bemisipha
• Umphimbo obuhlungu
• Ukugodola
• ukulahlekelwa ukunambitheka
• ukulahlekelwa iphunga
• ikhanda
• ubuhlungu besifuba

Abanye abantu bangaba nesicanucanu, ukuhlanza, noma isifo sohudo.

Uma unezimpawu ze-COVID-19, shayela udokotela wakho. Cishe ngeke udinge ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha, kepha kufanele utshele udokotela wakho ngezimpawu zakho. Kubalulekile futhi ukwazisa udokotela wakho ukuthi ngabe uke waxhumana nanoma ngubani one-COVID-19.

Shayela njalo u-911 uma unezimpawu zesimo esiphuthumayo sezokwelapha, kufaka phakathi:

• inkinga yokuphefumula
• ubuhlungu besifuba noma ingcindezi engapheli
• ukudideka kwengqondo
• ishayela ngokushesha
• unenkinga yokuhlala uphapheme
• izindebe eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ubuso, noma izinzipho

Okubalulekile

Abukho ubufakazi bamanje obukhombisa ukuthi ukugqoka amalensi oxhumana nawo kwandisa ubungozi bakho bokuthola igciwane elibangela i-COVID-19.

Kodwa-ke, ukwenza inhlanzeko nokunakekelwa kwamehlo okuphephile kubaluleke kakhulu. Lokhu kungasiza ekwehliseni ubungozi bokuthola i-SARS-CoV-2 futhi kukuvikele kunoma yiluphi uhlobo lokutheleleka kweso.

Geza izandla zakho njalo, ikakhulukazi ngaphambi kokuthinta amehlo akho, futhi uqiniseke ukuthi ugcina amalensi oxhumana nawo ehlanzekile. Uma udinga ukunakekelwa kwamehlo, unganqikazi ukubiza udokotela wakho.