Yu tink se yu yay de wik smɔl smɔl? Dis kin bi bikɔs ɔf di Optik Atrofi!

Sɔntɛnde yu kin fil lɛk se yu yay nɔ de si bɛtɛ ɔ yu nɔ de si bɛtɛ? Yu kin tink se dis na nɔmal tin, na jɔs fɔ mek yu yay strɛch. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, dis kin bi sayn fɔ sɔntin we rili siriɔs. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan sik we dɛn kɔl optic atrophy , we kin afɛkt wi yay. Nɔ wɔri, wi go tɔk bɔt dis simpul we we yu go ɔndastand.

Wetin rili na Optik Atrofi?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Optic Atrophy na we di sɛl dɛn na yu optik nɛv dɔn pwɛl ɛn smɔl smɔl dɛn kin pwɛl. Di wɔd “atrophy” min sɔntin we de pwɛl, we de wik, ɔ we de dɔn. So wetin kin apin pan dis kes na we di optik nerve we de wok lɛk tɛlifon waya we de kɛr mɛsej bitwin wi yay ɛn wi bren wik. Dis na rili siriɔs kɔndishɔn .

Tink bɔt am dis we: wi yay tan lɛk kamɛra. Di optik nerve de tek di pikchɔ (visual information) frɔm di kamera ɛn tɛl di bren se, “Dis na wetin yu de si.” So if dis nerve dɔn pwɛl, i tan lɛk se dɛn dɔn kɔt di waya we de kɛr di mɛsej. Dɔn, pan ɔl we di yay de si, di infɔmeshɔn nɔ de go na di bren, so wi kin gɛt prɔblɛm wit wi yay . Sɔntɛnde dis kin mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ si igen, ɛn dis kin mek i blaynd . Dɔn bak, de big prɔblɛm ya na dat dis damej bɔrku tɛm nɔr kin ebul fɔ chenj, dat min se dɛn nɔr kin ebul fɔ kam bak .

Us sayn dɛn wi go gɛt if wi gɛt dis?

Optic Atrophy na di men sayn we de sho se yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu yay. Chek fɔ si if yu gɛt dɛn sik ya:

• Vishɔn nɔ kin klia ɛn tin kin blɔk: Lɛta ɛn pikchɔ dɛn we dɛn bin de si klia wan trade kin tan lɛk se dɛn nɔ klia smɔl ɛn dɛn nɔ kin klia naw. I tan lɛk se di tin we kamɛra de pe atɛnshɔn pan dɔn kɔmɔt na di say we i de.
• Peripheral vision loss : Pan ɔl we yu kin si stret bifo, yu kin lɔs yu ebul fɔ si tin na di sayd dɛm na yu yay. I kin fil lɛk se yu de lɔs yu periferik vishɔn, lɛk ɔs.
• Kɔlɔ blayndnɛs: Sɔm kɔlɔ dɛn, mɔ rɛd ɛn grɛn, kin at fɔ no difrɛns. Di kɔlɔ dɛn kin tan lɛk se dɛn dɔn fayn smɔl ɔ ivin difrɛn kɔlɔ.

If yu gɛt wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn sik ya, nɔ ignore dɛn . I impɔtant fɔ go to ay dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan.

Wetin mek wi kin gɛt Optic Atrophy? Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek i apin?

Bɔku rizin dɛn de we mek dis optik nɛv kin pwɛl. Dat min se sɔntin de ambɔg di mɛsej we de travul tru di optik nɛv to di bren. Lɛ wi luk di men tin dɛn we kin mek wi gɛt dis sik:

• Blɔd nɔ de flɔ to di optik nɛv (Vascular/Ischemia): Dis na di tin we kin mek i apin pas ɔl . Lɛk ɔl pat na wi bɔdi, di optik nɛv sɛf nid blɔd fɔ mek i wok. I kin gɛt ɔksijɛn ɛn tin dɛn we de mek i gɛt tin fɔ it frɔm blɔd. So if dis blɔd nɔ de flɔ, di nɛv sɛl dɛn kin bigin fɔ day.
• Kɔndishɔn wae dɛn kin gɛt wae pɔrsin kin gɛt ɔr wae dɛn kin gɛt frɔm in mama ɛn papa: Sɔm pipul dɛn kin bɔn wit dɛn kayn sik ya. fכ egzampl, wan kכndyushכn we dεn kכl Leber hereditary optic neuropathy kin mek wan yay lכs fכ si fכs, εn afta dat i kin afekt di כda yay.
• εkstrinsik/Intrinsik kכmpreshכn: Imajin se wan bren tכmכro de prεs pan di optik nεv. Dat kin pwɛl di nerve bak. Semweso, pan wan sik we dɛn kɔl glaukoma , di prɛshɔn we de insay di yay kin go ɔp ɛn pwɛl di optik nɛv.
• Inflameshɔn we ɔda sik dɛn kin mek ɔ di nerve insɛf: Optik nyuraytis na wan pan di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt sik. I kin kam bak bikɔs ɔf tin dɛn lɛk haydrosɛfalɔs , we na we wata we de bɔku na di bren.
• Infεkshכn: Sɔm infεkshכn kin pwεl di optik nerv bak. Fɔ ɛgzampul, sik dɛn lɛk sifilis ɛn mizɛl .
• Trauma/Ay injury: Imajin if yu bin hit yu yay wit bɔl we yu de ple kriket, ɔ if yu injuri pan motoka aksidɛnt, ivin sɔntin lɛk dis kin pwɛl di optik nerve ɛn mek dis kɔndishɔn. Dis kin inklud bak aksidɛnt na wokples, we dɛn de fɛt.
• Sik dεm na di rεtina: kכndyushכn dεm lεk dayabεtis-rεlatεd rεtinopathy εn rεtina vein oklush כn kin afekt di optik nεv bak.
• Pɔyzin, we yu nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ tin fɔ it, ɔ we yu de tek mɛrɛsin: Dis sik kin kam bikɔs yu it sɔm pɔyzin, yu nɔ gɛt impɔtant tin dɛn lɛk vaytamɛn, ɔ yu kin gɛt sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn tin ya kin afɛkt ɔl tu di yay dɛn.

Dis na sik we pɔsin kin pas?

Nɔ, Optic Atrophy nɔto sik we kin kɔmɔt frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin . Bɔt as wi bin dɔn tɔk, dis sik kin kam bikɔs ɔf sɔm sik dɛn . Dat min se if di infεkshכn de pas, i posibul se optik atrofi go apin as a rizulta. Na sɔm infekshɔn wae kin kam wit dis:

• Sifilis we dɛn kɔl Sifilis
• Mizɛl
• Tubakulosis sik we dɛn kɔl Tuberculosis
• Mumps we de mek pɔsin gɛt bɔdi
• Chikinpoks we de mek pɔsin gɛt sik
• Laym sik
• Aspergillosis (espɛshal wan pan pipul dɛn we gɛt imyun kɔmprɔmis) .
• Kriptokɔkɔsis (espɛshali pan pipul dɛn we gɛt imyun kɔmprɔmis) .

Wetin na di denja fɔ dis sik? Ɔ wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, di damej pan di optik nɛv bikɔs ɔf di optik atrofi kin rili at fɔ rivɛns, dat na fɔ mɛn . Dat na di big big prɔblɛm we de ya. Di men tin we kin apin na dat, yu kin si smɔl smɔl, ɛn as tɛm de go, yu nɔ kin si fayn igen, dat na, yu kin blaynd.

Mɛmba se: If yu lɔs yu yay bikɔs ɔf dis sik, i kin rili at fɔ gɛt am bak. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ jɔs lɛk aw di sik dɔn sho.

Aw dɔktɔ kin no dis kɔrɛkt wan?

If yu gɛt ɛni chenj ɔ nɔ fil fayn na yu yay, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu yay . Di dɔktɔ go aks yu fɔs bɔt yu sik, if ɛnibɔdi na yu famili dɔn gɛt di sem kayn sik, ɛn yu ɔl wɛl bɔdi. I kin aks bak bɔt di it dɛn, di mɛrɛsin dɛn, ɛn di vaytamɛn dɛn we yu de tek. Dɔn, i go tek tɛm chɛk yu yay.

Us tɛst dɛn de du fɔ dis?

We yu de du yu yay ɛgzam, yu dɔktɔ go luk insay yu yay bay we i yuz wan tin we dɛn kɔl ɔftalmoskɔp . We yu luk insay pɔsin in yay we gɛt optik atrofi, di optik disk kin tan lɛk se i nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ kɔlɔ ɔ i nɔ gɛt kɔlɔ . Dis na bikɔs di nɛv sɛl dɛn kin pwɛl ɛn di blɔd we de gi dɛn nɔ kin bɔku.

di dכkta kin du כda tεst dεm bak fכ no wetin de kכz di kכndyushכn (fכ egzampl, wan bren tכmכro כ wan sik na di nεv sεstem, lεk ``Multiple Sclerosis''). Sɔm pan dɛn tin ya na:

• Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT): dis kin si di tik we di layεr dεm na di optik nεv εn di rεtina tik.
• Visual field tests: Na test we de sho aw fa yu kin si rawnd yu.
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scan: I kin tek klia pikchɔ dɛn fɔ di bren ɛn di optik nɛv.
• Fluorescein angiography: Na tεst fכ luk di kכndishכn fכ di bכdi we de insay di yay.
• Ultrasound tɛst dɛn we dɛn kin du.
• Blɔd tɛst: Fɔ no tin dɛn lɛk infɛkshɔn ɛn we pɔsin nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ it.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ dis? Yu tink se dɛn go ebul fɔ mɛn am kpatakpata?

Bɔt i sɔri fɔ no se naw, no mɛrɛsin nɔ de fɔ mek pɔsin gɛt optik atrofi . dis min se i at fכ mek di optik nεv sεl dεm we dεn dכn dכn kam bak. Na dat mek wi kin se ɔltɛm fɔ tek kia ɔf yu yay, du yu yay ɛgzam ɔltɛm, ɛn go to dɔktɔ if yu notis ɛni chenj na yu yay.

Bɔt dɔktɔ dɛn kin tray fɔ no wetin mek dis sik ɛn trit am . We dɛn de du dat, dɛn kin tray fɔ stɔp ɔ ridyus mɔ damej pan di optik nɛv. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• If dis na bikɔs ɔf wan bren tumbu, dɛn kin du ɔpreshɔn fɔ pul di tumbu.
• If wata de gɛda na di bren (haydrosɛfalɔs), we dɛn de fɔ pul da wata de.
• If pɔsin gɛt glaukoma, dɛn kin gi am mɛrɛsin fɔ ridyus di prɛshɔn na di yay.
• If na bikɔs ɔf infekshɔn, dɛn kin gi am antibayɔtik.

Wi go ebul fɔ mek dis nɔ apin?

Bɔku tɛm, i nɔ kin izi fɔ wi fɔ mek wi nɔ gɛt Optic Atrophy kpatakpata . Na bikɔs bɔku pan di tin dɛn we kin mek i apin, wi nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol am. Bɔt sɔm tɛm dɛn de, tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ mek wi nɔ gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• We yu wɛr sef glas fɔ mek yu nɔ wund yu yay: Tek tɛm mɔ we yu de du tin dɛn lɛk mɛtal wok, wud wok, ɛn ple spɔt.
• Fɔ gɛt di vaysin dɛn we yu nid di rayt tɛm: Dis kin ɛp fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm infɛkshɔn lɛk mizɛl.
• Praktis sef sɛks: Nɔ gɛt sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs lɛk sifilis.
• If yu gɛt sik dɛn lɛk dayabitis ɛn ay blɔd prɛshɔn, kɔntrol dɛn fayn fayn wan.

If a gɛt dis sik, wetin go apin tumara bambay?

Di tumara bambay fɔ pɔrsin wae gɛt dis sik, dat na aw in vishɔn go tan lɛk , dipen pan wetin kin mek i gɛt dis sik .

• if dis na bay inflameshn na di optik nerve (optic neuritis), bכku tεm, di vishכn go kam bak to sכm digri wans di inflameshn dכn sכb.
• If di optik nerve dεm dεm fכ כda rizin (optic neuropathy), di vishכn nכ kin bεtεh.
• If dɛn no se gɛt glaukoma ɛn dɛn trit am kwik kwik wan , ., dɛn kin kɔntrol di we aw pɔsin de si tin kin pwɛl mɔ.
• If na sɔntin lɛk bren tumbu, if dɛn no am ɛn trit am kwik , di prɛshɔn we de pan di optik nɛv kin ridyus ɛn dɛn kin mek i nɔ pwɛl mɔ.

If yu vishɔn nɔ fayn, nɔ giv ɔp op . Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ ɛn aks bɔt tin dɛn we de ɛp yu fɔ si smɔl . Tin dɛn de lɛk spɛshal lens, magnifying glas, ɛn sɔftwia fɔ rid tɛks.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ bɔt dis?

I impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn de chɛk yu yay ɔltɛm , mɔ if yu gɛt ɔda tin dɛn we kin apin to yu yay. Dɔn bak, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya:

• Ɛni chenj na di vishɔn (e.g., blɔk, lɔs fɔ klia) .
• If i nɔ izi fɔ yu fɔ no di kɔlɔ dɛn
• If yu fil se yu de lɔs yu vishɔn

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl: If yu nɔ ebul fɔ si wantɛm wantɛm ɔ yu gɛt bad bad yay pen, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm . Dɛn tin ya kin bi sayn dɛm fɔ siriɔs ay kɔndishɔn.

Wetin na di impɔtant tin dɛn we a fɔ aks di dɔktɔ bɔt dis?

Yu go mɔs gɛt bɔku kwɛstyɔn dɛn fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis. If i pɔsibul, kam wit yu padi ɔ yu fambul. Mek wan list fɔ di kwɛstyɔn dɛn we yu want fɔ aks ɛn kam wit wan notbuk fɔ rayt yu ansa dɛn. Na sɔm kwɛstyɔn dɛn we yu kin aks:

• Wetin de mek a gɛt mi optik atrofi?
• Wetin na mi opshɔn fɔ trit da kɔz de?
• Wetin na di bad tin dɛn we dɛn tritmɛnt dɛn de kin du?
• Yu tink se dis sik na frɔm in mama ɛn papa?
• Yu tink se i fayn fɔ mek dɛn du tɛst fɔ mi famili?
• Ɛni klinik trial de we a kin tek pat pan?
• Yu kin gi infɔmeshɔn bɔt sɔpɔt grup dɛm wae de ɛp pipul dɛm wae gɛt dis sik?
• Us tin dɛn we yu kin yuz fɔ ɛp pipul dɛn we nɔ de si fayn, yu kin se a fɔ yuz?

If yu de pan denja fɔ mek yu optik nɛv pwɛl, i impɔtant fɔ go to yu yay dɔktɔ ɔltɛm. Di pwɛl hat na di optik nerve kin mek yu nɔr de si fayn, ɛn i kin gɛt big impak pan yu layf. Mɛmba se yu dɔktɔ dɛn na yu bɛst patna fɔ ɛp yu fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Pan ɔl we dis na siriɔs sik, we dɛn de fɔ gɛt di ɛp we yu nid.

So, na sɔm tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt (Take-Home Message):

• di optik atrofi na wan siriכs kכndyushכn we de pwεl di optik nεv we de kכri mεsej bitwin di yay εn di bren, εn i de mek i nכ de si fayn.
• If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm lɛk wae yu nɔr de si fayn fayn wan, yu nɔr de si fayn fayn wan, ɔr yu nɔr kin ebul fɔ no di kɔlɔ dɛm , nɔr ignore dɛm.
• Bɔku rizin dɛn kin de fɔ dis; blɔd we nɔ de flɔ, prɛshɔn, inflamɛns, infɛkshɔn, ɛn aksidɛnt na jɔs sɔm pan dɛn.
• Dis sik nɔr kin pas , bɔt sɔm sik dɛm wae kin kam pan pɔrsin kin kam wit am.
• Naw, no kɔmplit mɛrɛsin nɔ de fɔ dis. Tritmɛnt de aim fɔ di ɔndalayn kɔz, fɔ stɔp di kɔndishɔn fɔ wɔs.
• I rili impɔtant fɔ no di sik kwik kwik wan ɛn bigin fɔ trit am. So, mek dɛn chɛk yu yay ɔltɛm.
• Divays ɛn savis dɛn de we kin ɛp pipul dɛn we nɔ de si fayn. Nɔ giv ɔp fɔ op.

Na yu wok fɔ tek kia ɔf yu yay, bikɔs na wan pan di tin dɛn we wi gɛt fɔ si di wɔl.