I-Glaucoma kunye nesifo sikashukela: Indlela onokukhusela ngayo amehlo akho

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Liliphi ixesha lokugqibela ekuhlolisweni kwamehlo? Njengamanje, abantu abayizigidi ezi-2.7 e-United States abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-40 banama-glaucoma , kunye neprojekthi yeSizwe ye-Eye Eye ngo-2030 inani liza kufika kwizigidi ezi-4.2-i-58 yeepesenti yokwanda. Ukuhlolwa kwamehlo kunokunceda ukubamba iimpawu zakuqala, kwaye abo abanesifo sikashukela kufuneka babe ngokugqithiseleyo ingqalelo: I-American American Diabetes Association ithi ingxelo yokuba abantu abanesifo sikashukela bangamaphesenti angama-40 amathuba okuphuhlisa i-glaucoma kunabo abangenayo isifo.

Ukuba unesifo sikashukela, kufuneka uhlolisise amehlo akho ubuncinane kanye emva kweminyaka emibili ukuba ungenayo ubungqina bokuba u- retinopathy kanye kanye ngonyaka xa unemiba ekhoyo yamehlo. Ukulimala kwiso kungabalwa ngaphambi kokuba ufumane i-diabetes. Ngoko ke, ukunyanzelisa kubaluleke kakhulu ukukhusela iingxaki.

Ngokutsho kwe-World Health Organisation, i-glaucoma yimbangela yesibini ebangela ukuphosakeka kwihlabathi. Nangona kunjalo, yimbangela ebangela ukuphosakeka. Ukufunyanwa kwangaphambili ngendlela yokuhlolwa kweziliso zamehlo kunokukhenkcelela i-glaucoma; ukuba zifunyenwe, unyango lunokuqala ngokukhawuleza kwaye lukhusele umonakalo omkhulu.

Yintoni i-Glaucoma?

I-Glaucoma liqela leemeko zamehlo apho ingcinezelo ephezulu ngokungapheliyo yakha kwiso, ingabangela ukuba inobungozi ye-optic isongele kwaye ibangele ukulahleka kombono. Kukho iintlobo ezahlukeneyo ze-glaucoma, kodwa iindidi ezimbini eziphambili zibhekiswa njenge-angle-open and closing-closure.

Ezinye iintlobo ze-glaucoma zibandakanya: I-glaucoma engavamile, i-congenital glaucoma, i-glaucoma yesibini, i-glaucoma ye-pigmentary, i-glaucoma ye-pseudoexfoliative, i-glaucoma ephawulekayo, i-glaucoma ye-neovascular, kunye ne-irido conral endothelial syndrome (ICE). Funda kabanzi ngabo ngokuvakashela i-website ye-Glaucoma Research Foundation.

Ngaba Ndiza kuzuza ngokuzenzekelayo iGlaucoma Ukuba ndinesifo sikashukela?

Hayi, ukuxilongwa kwesifo sikashukela akuthethi ukuba uzakufumana izifo zeso, kuquka i-glaucoma. Nangona abantu abanesifo sikashukela basengozini yokwandisa izifo zeso, unokuthintela iingxaki zamehlo.

Ndingawuthintela njani iingxaki zamehlo?

Imithombo:

I-Glaucoma Research Foundation. http://www.glaucoma.org/news/glaucoma-awareness-month.php. Ukuhlaziywa nge- 9/7/2016.

Medlineplus. Isifo sikashukela-Ukunyamekelwa kwamehlo. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/patientinstructions/000078.htm. Ukuhlaziywa 5/17/16.

INdlu yeSizwe yoCoceko loLwazi lweSwekile. Ukukhusela iingxaki zesifo sikashukela - Gcina amehlo akho aphile. http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/DM/pubs/complications_eyes/#prevent. 5/2015.

INational Eye Institute. Ukukhusela Umbono Wakho NgeGlaucoma. https://www.nei.nih.gov/diabetes/content/english/protecting