Ingabe Ukugqoka Oxhumana Nabo Ngesikhathi Sobhubhane LweCoronavirus Kungumbono Omubi?

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Kuleli qophelo, uthole imemo yokungathinti ubuso bakho ezungeze ukuqubuka kwe-coronavirus, kungaba ngezincomo zikahulumeni noma ama-meme. Kodwa uma ugqoka ama-contact lens, ukuthinta ubuso bakho kusiza umsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu esimisweni sakho sansuku zonke. Ngalo lonke ushintsho okungenzeka usuvele ulwenzile, ungahle uzibuze ukuthi ungakwazi yini ukweqa ngokugqoka oxhumana nabo ngesikhathi sobhadane lwe-coronavirus.

Uma ufuna ukuma okusemthethweni, ukuthatha kwe-American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) ukuthi ukushintshela ezingilazini kubalulekile. Esitatimendeni sokuphepha kwamehlo phakathi nokugqashuka kwe-COVID-19, i-AAO yeluleka ukuthi kukhethwe izibuko phakathi kwezinye izindlela zokuzivikela."Cabanga ukufaka izibuko kaningi, ikakhulukazi uma ujwayele ukuthinta amehlo akho kakhulu lapho oxhumana nabo bakhona," kusho udokotela wezifo zamehlo uSonal Tuli, M.D., okhulumela i-AAO, ucashunwe esitatimendeni. "Ukufaka izibuko zamalensi kunganciphisa ukucasuka futhi kukuphoqe ukuthi ume kancane ngaphambi kokuthinta iso lakho." (Okuhlobene: Ungakusingatha Kanjani Ngokuphephile Ukudla Kwakho Ngesikhathi Sobhubhane LweCoronavirus)

UKevin Lee, MD, udokotela wezifo zamehlo kwaGolden Gate Eye Associates ngaphakathi kwePacific Vision Eye Institute, uyavuma, wathi ubencoma iziguli ezivame ukugqoka oxhumana nabo ukuze "zigweme ukuzigqoka" ngangokunokwenzeka njengamanje.

ICoronavirus eceleni, ngoba abantu abagqoka othintana nabo bavame ukuthinta amehlo abo kakhulu, empeleni basengozini enkulu yokutheleleka ngeso ngokujwayelekile, kuphawula uRupa Wong, M.D., udokotela wamehlo wezingane. "Banobungozi obukhulu bokutheleleka nge-corneal kanye ne-conjunctivitis – pink eye-ngenxa yamagciwane, izimuncagazi, amagciwane nesikhunta," kuchaza uDkt. Wong. "Lokhu kuyiqiniso ikakhulukazi uma abagqoka ama-lens bengasebenzisi inhlanzeko enhle njengokulala koxhumana nabo, ukuhlanza amalensi abo ngokungafanele, ukungazihlambi izandla, noma ukunweba ukugqoka koxhumana nabo kudlule usuku olunconyiwe." (Okuhlobene: Ingabe iCoronavirus Ingabangela Uhudo?)

Futhi ukubuyela emuva ubhadane lwe-COVID-19, ukuhweba oxhumana nabo ngezibuko kungakuvikela ekutholeni leli gciwane kwabanye, kunezela uDkt Lee. "Izibuko zifana nehawu elizungeze amehlo," usho njalo. "Ake sithi umuntu one-coronavirus uyathimula. Izibuko zingavikela amehlo akho kumaconsi amancane okuphefumula. Uma ugqoke okuthintana naye, amaconsi okuphefumula asengangena ezinhlamvini zamehlo akho." Sesikushilo lokho, izibuko azinikezi isivikelo esingenangqondo, kusho uDkt. Wong. "Izinhlayiya zegciwane zisengangena emehlweni ezinhlangothini, phansi, noma ngaphezulu kwezingilazi," kuchaza yena. "Yingakho abasebenzi bezempilo kufanele bagqoke isihlangu sobuso esigcwele lapho benakekela iziguli ze-COVID-19."

Ngakho-ke, ukuze uphephe, thinta abaphathi bamalensi kungenzeka cabanga ukushintshela ezingilazini kuze kube esinye isaziso. Kepha awudingi neze ukugwema oxhumana nabo ku- konke izindleko, kusho uDkt Wong. Isibonelo, lapho uhlukaniswa wedwa ekhaya, inqobo nje uma uhlola inhlanzeko efanelekile yezandla, ukugqoka amalensi akho kungenzeka kungabi nengozi encane yokuthola igciwane, uyaphawula. "Kodwa ngangiphutha ohlangothini lokuxwayisa ikakhulukazi uma ngiphume ezindaweni zomphakathi, ngishintshele ezibukweni," kuchaza yena. (Okuhlobene: Konke Odinga Ukukwazi Ngokudluliswa KweCoronavirus)

Kukhona igumbi lokunyakazisa. "Ukunciphisa noma iyiphi ingozi, ochwepheshe basikisela ukuthi labo abagqoke amalensi okuxhumana bangayeka ukusebenzisa ngenxa yokuqapha okukhulu, kodwa akuyona into okufanele sikhathazeke ngayo kakhulu inqobo nje uma abantu beqhubeka nokuhlanzeka futhi begeza izandla ngaphambi kokuba bathinte amehlo," kusho uKristen Hokeness, Ph.D., uprofesa kanye nosihlalo woMnyango Wezesayensi Nobuchwepheshe eBryant University. (Ukuvuselela: Nakhu ukuthi ungazigeza kanjani izandla zakho kahle.)

Futhi uma kwenzeka uzibuza, i-COVID-19 ibonakala idluliseka kalula ngamakhala nangomlomo kunamehlo, engeza uHokeness. "Ingozi yokutheleleka ngokuthinta amehlo akho uma uqhathanisa nekhala noma umlomo wakho iphansi kakhulu," echaza. "Umzila omkhulu wokusabalalisa ukutholakala kwamaconsi athelelekile ngomlomo noma ngamakhala." Kepha kufanele uqaphele ukuthi akuwona wonke amagciwane afanayo kuleyo ndaba. "Amanye amagciwane ajwayelekile, njengama-adenoviruses, angadluliselwa kakhulu ngokuxhumana neso," kusho uHokeness. "Ezinye, ezinjengomkhuhlane, zibonakala zihambisana kakhulu nendlela i-COVID-19 esabalala ngayo, okusho ukuthi [ukudluliselwa ngeso] kuyabonakala kodwa akunakwenzeka."

I-TL; I-DR: Uma ungumuntu othwala ilensi yokuxhumana ofuna ukusiza ukuvimbela ukusabalala kwe-COVID-19, ukushintshela ezibukweni akusona isidingo impela, kepha kusengumqondo omuhle okwamanje. Noma uvame ukukuzonda ukugqoka, ungahlomula ngokubenza babe yingxenye yokubukeka kwakho ngokuhlukaniswa.

Imininingwane ekule ndaba inembile njengesikhathi sokushicilela. Njengoba izibuyekezo ezimayelana ne-coronavirus COVID-19 ziqhubeka nokuvela, kungenzeka ukuthi eminye imininingwane nezincomo kule ndaba zishintshile selokhu kwashicilelwa okokuqala. Sikukhuthaza ukuthi uhlole njalo izinsiza ezifana ne-CDC, i-WHO, kanye nomnyango wezempilo womphakathi wendawo ukuze uthole imininingwane yakamuva nezincomo.

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