Sibanzi
I-episcleritis yinkinga ebangela ukuvuvukala kwe-episclera, izicubu ezincinci phakathi kwe-conjunctiva kunye ne-sclera emhlophe. I-episclera inezindlu ezincinci zemithambo yegazi. I-episcleritis ibonakala ibonakala ngakumbi kunokuba iyona nto. Nangona ezininzi iimeko ze-episcleritis zihamba zodwa xa zishiye zodwa zanele ngokwaneleyo, malunga neyesithathu kweemeko zidibene neengxaki ezifihlakeleyo zikhona kwenye indawo emzimbeni.
Iimpawu
I-episcleritis ngezinye ivelisa icandelo lobomvu kwelinye okanye zombini amehlo. Abanye abantu banokuvelisa i-nodule emhlophe yamathambo phakathi kwendawo ebomvu, eyaziwa njenge-episcleritis nodular. Abantu abaninzi abane-episcleritis baneentlungu ezinxulumene nazo okanye ababi, kodwa abanye abanakho. Ezinye iimpawu ezinokuthi zenzeke nge-episcleritis zinokuqonda ukukhanya (photophobia) kunye nokukhutshwa kwamanzi kwamehlo.
Izizathu
Kwiimeko ezininzi ze-episcleritis, oogqirha bakuthola kunzima ukufumana isizathu esicacileyo. Ngeendlela ezinzima kakhulu ze-episcleritis, izimo ezinjengezifo zesibindi sokuvuvukala , isifo sika-Crohn kunye ne-ulcerative colitis ngokuqhelekileyo yilezi ziphumo. I-rheumatoid arthritis , i-psoriatic arthritis, i-polyarteritis nodosa, i-sarcoid, i-lupus ne-ancylosing spondylitis nayo yaziwa ngokuba ibonisa ukuvuvukala njenge-episcleritis.
Iintlobo zeEpiscleritis
Kukho iintlobo ezimbini ze-episcleritis: ezilula kunye nodular.
- Episcleritis elula:
- Uhlobo oluqhelekileyo, i-episcleritis elula ibangela ukugqabhuka okuqhubekayo. Ngomnye umquba uhlala kwiintsuku ezi-7 ukuya kwi-10, nangona iipasiti ezininzi zingenzeka xa imeko ihambelana nesinye isimo.
- Episcleritis engekho
- I-episcleritis engabonakaliyo ibangela ukuhlaselwa kobuhlungu obukhulu bokuvuvukala. Abantu abaninzi abane-episcleritis ene-nodular bane-systemic disease.
Unyango
I-episcleritis ingahamba yodwa kwiiveki ezi-3 ukuba ingashiywanga. Uninzi ogqirha baphatha i-episclertis ukuba ivuselele. Unyango lwe-episcleritis ngokuqhelekileyo luquka oku kulandelayo:
- Izihloko ze-corticosteroids zamathambo zamehlo anikezelwe ngamaxesha amaninzi ngosuku
- Iliso lokugqithisa isohlo lihla njengezinyembezi
- Idiza ixinezela 3 ukuya kuma-4 amaxesha ngosuku
- Amachiza angafunekiyo okuchaswa ngomlomo anqunywe kwiimeko ezinzima kakhulu
Oko Okufanele Uyazi
Kwezinye iimeko ze-episcleritis, i-scleritis ingakhula, ukuvuvukala kwe- sclera engabangela intlungu ebuhlungu kunye nokulahleka kombono. Xhalela ugqirha wakho ukuba unempawu ze-episcleritis ehlala ngaphezu kweveki ezimbini okanye ukuba ulahlekelwe umbono.
Episcleritis ngokumelene ne-Scleritis
I-episcleritis ivela kwimizimba encinci phakathi kwe-conjunctiva kunye ne-sclera emhlophe. I-episclera inezindlu ezincinci zemithambo yegazi. I-sclera yinto enzima, yengubo emhlophe engaphandle yeliso. Nangona ukuba ne-episcleritis ngokuqinisekileyo iyimbangela yokuxhalabisa, i-scleritis ibhekwa njengengxaki ebaluleke kakhulu kwaye kaninzi ibuhlungu kakhulu kwaye ithaphazele. I-Scleritis ingaba isifo esiyimfama yaye ixhomekeka ngakumbi kunye neengxaki ezizimelayo ezifana ne-rheumatoid arthritis.
Optometrists kunye ne-ophthalmologists baqeqeshwe ukuhlukanisa phakathi kwe-episcleritis ne-scleritis. I-Becuase scleritis maxa wambi ihambelana nemimiselo yenkqubo yokuzimela, imeko yakho iya kugqithwa ngugqirha wokunyamekela, u-rheumatologist okanye ugqirha wezonyango zangaphakathi.
Umthombo: UCatania, uLobert J. Primary Care yeCandelo leNdawo yangaphambili, Uloluhlu lwesiBini. Appleton & Lange, ka-1995.