UJamie Chung Uthi IPinguecula Yinkinga Yamehlo Eyethuse Ngaye
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Umlingisikazi kanye ne-blogger yendlela yokuphila u-Jamie Chung umayelana nokwenza kahle isimiso sakhe sasekuseni ukuze aqale usuku ezizwa engcono kakhulu, ngaphakathi nangaphandle. "Into engiyibeke eqhulwini ezintatha ekuseni ukunakekela isikhumba sami, umzimba nengqondo," etshela Umumo, echaza ukuthi imikhuba yakhe yokunakekelwa kwesikhumba nsuku zonke, ukuzivocavoca umzimba nokuzindla yiyo emsizayo ukuthi asebenzise kakhulu izinsuku zakhe ezimatasa nezinhlelo ezimatasa.
Phakathi kwezinto eziseqhulwini kuye ukunakekelwa kwamehlo, kepha lokhu bekungenjalo ngaso sonke isikhathi. Waqala ukubeka phambili lokhu eminyakeni emibili edlule lapho kutholakala ukuthi une-pinguecula, eyaba uvalo olukhulu.
I-Pinguecula, eyaziwa nangokuthi 'Iso Le-Surfer,' iwukuqina okuphuzi futhi okuphakanyisiwe kolwelwesi engxenyeni emhlophe yeso, khona kanye emaphethelweni e-cornea," kusho uRandy McLaughlin, OD, wase-Ohio State University Wexner Medical. Isikhungo. "Kuwumphumela oqondile wokuchayeka ngokweqile kwemisebe ye-UV ephula i-collagen kuleyo ndawo futhi ngokuvamile ithinta abantu abahlala eduze nenkabazwe lapho ngokuvamile libalele khona."
UChung, owakhulela eCalifornia, waqala ukubona ukuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle emehlweni akhe ngemva kokubuya ekhaya ohambweni lokuqwala izintaba. "Ngelinye ihlobo bengizulazula ngesigaxa futhi ngafika ekhaya ngabona ukuthi lezi zindawo eziphakanyisiwe ziphuzi kwabamhlophe beso lami," esho. "Ekuqaleni bengicabanga ukuthi yi-jaundice, kodwa ngemuva kokubona udokotela wamehlo wami, ngatshelwa ukuthi yi-pinguecula."
Ngokujabulisayo, izimpawu zakhe bezingenzima futhi zahamba ngemuva kwamasonto ambalwa, kepha lokhu kwesaba kwamenza wabona ukuthi kubaluleke kangakanani ukwenza umzamo wokunakekela amehlo akho. "Uyazi ukuthi uya kudokotela wamazinyo kanye ngonyaka, uya emzimbeni wakho waminyaka yonke uvakashele i-gyno yakho, kodwa ngineminyaka engama-30 ubudala, futhi enye yezinto zokuqala okufanele uhambe ngamehlo akho, futhi zinomusa izinto zokugcina engangizicabanga ngaphambi kokuba ngixilongwe,” kusho yena. (Kuhlobene: Abantu Babelana Ngezithombe Zamehlo Abo Ku-Instagram Ngesizathu Esinamandla Kakhulu)
UDkt McLaughlin uchaze ukuthi ubudala bungaba nomthelela lapho uthuthukisa i-pinguecula ngoba nje usuthole imisebe ye-UV eyingozi isikhathi eside. Izindaba ezimnandi? Ukwelashwa kwalesi simo kulula. “Ukukhula kuyahlupha, kodwa akuyona into esongela ukubona,” usho kanje. "Ngokuvamile, izinyembezi zokwenziwa yizo okudingayo ukuze uzivikele. Uma kunolaka kancane, odokotela banikeza amaconsi angenayo i-nonsteroidal, futhi uma ukuvuvukala kudlulele, amaconsi amancane e-steroidal azoyinakekela."
Njengezinkinga eziningi zezempilo, ukugwema i-pinguecula kwehlela ekuvikeleni. “Kumelwe uvikele umzimba wakho uma ufuna ukuphila ukuphila okunempilo, futhi ngokusobala, amehlo akho angesinye sezinzwa eziyigugu kakhulu,” kusho uDkt. McLaughlin. "Gqoka izibuko zelanga ezinamalensi avikela ekukhanyeni kwe-ultraviolet futhi usebenzise izinyembezi zokufakelwa uma amehlo akho ezizwa omile ngokweqile."
UChung uthi ubebambelela kuleso seluleko selokhu athola ukuthi une-pinguecula, waze wabambisana namalensi weTransitions ukusiza ukuqwashisa ngokuphepha kwamehlo nokukhuthaza abantu ukuthi bagqoke izigqoko zamehlo. "Imiphumela yesikhathi eside yemisebe ye-UV engaba nayo emehlweni akho iyesabeka futhi abantu kumele bazifundise ngalokho," esho. "Izinto ezincane zihamba ibanga elide, ngakho-ke ngaphezu kokugqoka amalensi afanele, gqoka isigqoko lapho ilanga seliphumile, thatha ikhefu kuma-smartphone nakumakhompiyutha akho, futhi ungawathinti amehlo akho." (Okuhlobene: Ingabe Unayo i-Digital Eye Strain noma i-Computer Vision Syndrome?)
Okokugcina futhi mhlawumbe okubaluleke kakhulu, noma ngabe ubusiswe ngombono we-20/20, kusamele uvakashele uchwepheshe wakho wamehlo. Ukuhlolwa kwamehlo akho kungasho okuningi ngempilo yakho, futhi kungcono ukuphepha kunokuzisola uma kuziwa emehlweni akho.