Wi go tɔk bɔt di Kɔmɔn Prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin ol we i ol?

So, as wi de ol, wi bɔdi kin bigin fɔ chenj, nɔto so? Sɔntɛnde, wi yay dɛnsɛf kin fil dis. Yu fil se yu nɔ ebul fɔ si klia wan lɛk aw yu bin de si am trade? Yu tink se i at fɔ rid smɔl smɔl tin dɛn ɔ fɔ rid nyuspepa? Nɔr wɔri, bɔrku pan dɛn tin ya kin bi nɔrmal tin wae kin kam wit yu ej. Bɔt fɔ no bɔt dɛn tin ya ɛn fɔ du tin dɛn di rayt tɛm, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek yu yay gɛt wɛlbɔdi fɔ lɔng tɛm.

Wetin na dɛn kɔmɔn yay prɔblɛm ya we kin apin we wi de ol?

Okay, lɛ wi tek wan luk pan di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin afɛkt wi yay mɔ as wi de ol. Sɔntɛm yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt sɔm pan dɛn.

Dis na di men tin dɛm we wi kin si:

• Makula Dijeneshɔn (AMD) we gɛt fɔ du wit di ej: Dis na we di makula, we na wan rili impɔtant pat na di yay we de mek pɔsin si klia wan, kin pwɛl. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, di sɛntrɔm pan wetin yu de si kin bi blɔk ɛn nɔ kin klia. I kin tranga fɔ no fes ɔ rid buk.
• Katarakt: Dis na sɔntin we bɔku pipul dɛn sabi. Dis na we di lens na di yay kin klawd ɔ fɔg. Dɔn tin dɛn kin tan lɛk se dɛn nɔ klia ɛn dɛn kin chenj dɛn kɔlɔ. I tan lɛk se yu de luk tru dɔti glas.
• Ritinopathy we gɛt fɔ du wit dayabitis: Dis impɔtant mɔ if yu gɛt dayabitis. Dayabitis kin pwɛl di dilik blɔd vesel dɛn we de insay di yay, ɛn i kin afɛkt di we aw yu de si.
• Glaukoma: Dis na sik we kin mek pɔsin nɔ fil bad. Dis kin apin bikɔs di prɛshɔn we de insay di yay de bɔku, we de pwɛl di optik nɛv, we impɔtant fɔ wi fɔ si. Pan ɔl we nɔr big sayn nɔr kin de na di fɔs stej, smɔl smɔl yu kin si fayn fayn wan.

Apat frɔm dɛn men wan ya, ɔda kayn prɔblɛm dɛn de we kin apin to yu yay we yu de ol. Na sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn ya:

• Presbyopia: Dis na tin wae kin apun to bɔrku pipul dɛm afta dɛn dɔn ol 40. I min se tin dɛm wae de nia, lɛk smɔl lɛta, nɔr kin klia so. Hol di nyuspepa ɔp smɔl fa, ɛn i kin at fɔ trɛd nidul, nɔto so? Na dat i bi.
• Astigmatism: We di yay nɔ de fos layt fayn, i kin tan lɛk se tin dɛn strɛch smɔl ɛn nɔ klia.
• Dray yay: We wata nɔ de kɔmɔt, di yay kin dray, i kin vɛks, ɛn fil lɛk se san de na di yay.
• Ay flota: Sɔntɛnde yu kin si smɔl blak dɔt ɔ trɛd dɛn we de flɔt bifo yu yay ? Dis na wetin dɛn bi. Pan ɔl we bɔku tɛm dɛn nɔ kin denja, if dɛn bɔku wantɛm wantɛm, i go fayn fɔ mek yu go to dɔktɔ.
• Hyperopia: Fɔ si tin dɛn we de fa: Fɔ si tin dɛn we de fa klia wan, bɔt fɔ si tin dɛn we de nia yu nɔ klia.
• Layt we de flash: Layt de flash wantɛm wantɛm bifo di yay.
• Lɔw vishɔn:Sɔm tɛm dɛn de we dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ si fayn fayn wan ivin if dɛn yuz glas ɔ ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn.
• Mayopia: Nɔ de si tin: Fɔ si tin dɛn nia klia wan, bɔt fɔ si tin dɛn we de fa fawe lɛk se dɛn nɔ klia.
• Retina Detachment: Dis na imejensi. di retina, we na di layt we de sεnsitiv insay di yay, de kכmכt. I kin mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ si fayn wantɛm wantɛm.
• Wata yay: I de kray pasmak.

Bɔt mɛmba se, nid nɔ de fɔ fred ɔl dis. Di wan dɛn we sabi bɔt di yay kin trit bɔku pan dɛn prɔblɛm ya. Sɔm kin wɛl kpatakpata, ɔda wan kin ridyus de sik ɛn kip yu yay fayn fayn wan fɔ lɔng tɛm. Na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, di kɔndishɔn dɛn kin rili bad fɔ mek i nɔ ebul fɔ si fayn fayn wan.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ mek dɛn chɛk yu yay ɔltɛm . Dɔn, if prɔblɛm de, dɛn kin no am kwik ɛn bigin fɔ trit am.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ dɛn yay prɔblɛm ya?

Bɔrku tɛm, dɛn yay sik ya wae gɛt fɔ du wit ej nɔr kin kɔz ɛni big big sayn na di fɔs stej. Na dat mek dɛn de fred smɔl. Bɔt i kin dipen pan di sik, difrɛn sayn dɛn kin sho. Si if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya:

• Vishɔn na klawd ɛn blɔk.
• Ay nɔ kin fayn, i kin bɔn, ɛn i kin sting.
• Fɔ kray pasmak ɔ fɔ mek yu yay dray.
• We yu si blak dɔt ɔ trɛd dɛn we de flɔt bifo yu yay, ɔ we yu si layt wantɛm wantɛm.
• Sɛnsitiviti to brayt layt, i nɔ izi fɔ luk pan san layt.
• I nɔ izi fɔ no difrɛns ɛn no di kɔlɔ dɛn (fɔ ɛgzampul, i tan lɛk se dɛn kɔnfyus dak blu ɛn blak).
• di vishכn kin sכm, lεk se i de luk tru wan tכb (pεriferal vishכn lכs).

Dɛn sayn ya kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ du di tin dɛn we yu de du ɛvride. Tink bɔt:

• Smɔl print, nɔ ebul fɔ rid nyuspepa ditil dɛn.
• Fɔ gɛt ed we de at.
• Nɔ ebul fɔ jɔj distans kɔrɛkt wan (e.g. we yu de go dɔŋ stej).
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ pe atɛnshɔn we yu luk sɔntin we de nia yu ɛn wantɛm wantɛm luk sɔntin we de fa.
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ si na nɛt, ɛn dis kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ drayv na nɛt.
• Ayz de fil taya.

If yu fil sɔntin lɛk dis, go mɔs go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu yay.

Wetin mek yay de du dis as wi de ol?

Yu go de wɔnda wetin mek dis ej de mɔna yu yay so. Jɔs lɛk ɔda pat dɛn na wi bɔdi, wi yay dɛnsɛf kin chenj sɔm tin dɛn we wi de ol. Na tin we nɔmal fɔ du.

• Afta i dɔn ol 40 ia: Bɔku pipul dɛn nɔ kin kray. Kray wata kin ɛp fɔ mek di yay wet, klin, ɛn protɛkt dɛn frɔm infekshɔn. So we di kray wata nɔ de bɔku, di yay kin dray, i kin at, ɛn i kin vɛks.
• di protin dεm we de na di lens na di yay: As wi de ol, di protin dεm we de na di lens na di yay de bigin fכ brok. Dis na di men tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt katarakt. Di lens kin tik smɔl smɔl ɛn i kin tan lɛk klawd.
• di tin we de na di midul pan di yay: wan tin de we lεk jεli we dεn kכl `(Vitreous)` insay wi yay. As wi de ol, dis kin bigin fɔ smɔl smɔl. Na da tɛm de dɛn `floaters` dɛn de bigin fɔ apia bifo di yay. sכmtεm dis kin mek wan `Rεtina Dεtachmεnt`.
• di lens we de fleksibul: Di lens na di yay kin rili fleksibul we yu yɔŋ. Dis min se i kin ajɔst to di we aw i de si nia ɛn fa. Bɔt as yu de ol, dis we aw yu kin ebul fɔ chenj di we aw yu de du tin kin stɔp. dis na we wan kכndyushכn we dεn kכl ``Presbyopia'' de apin, we yu nכ kin si nia tin dεm.

Yu tink se prɔblɛm dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit di yay we pɔsin dɔn ol kin mek ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn apin?

Yɛs, sɔntɛnde we pɔsin gɛt prɔblɛm wit in yay, dat kin mek i gɛt ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn. Fɔ ɛgzampul, we yu nɔ de si fayn, yu kin fɔdɔm ɛn gɛt aksidɛnt.

Dɔn bak, we yu yay dɔktɔ de chɛk yu yay, dɛn kin luk bak fɔ ɔda sik dɛn we nɔ gɛt natin fɔ du wit di yay. Yu nɔ tink se i wɔndaful? Yu yay kin tɛl yu bɔku tin bɔt yu ɔl wɛl bɔdi.

Sɔmtɛm, yay prɔblɛm kin bi sayn fɔ ɔda tin dɛn lɛk:

• Wan kɔndishɔn we fiba di blɔd vesel we bɔs (`Aneurysm`) .
• Kansa
• Shuga
• At sik
• Ay blɔd prɛshɔn (Hypertension) .
• Mɔltipɛl Sklɛrosis (MS) .
• Sjögren’s Syndrome (na sik wae de mek yu yay ɛn yu mɔt dray) .
• Vitamin A we nɔ de
• Strok
• Tumɔs dɛn

Na dat mek dɛn se fɔ du ay ɛgzam nɔto jɔs fɔ gɛt glas, i impɔtant fɔ ɔl di wɛlbɔdi.

Aw yu kin no dɛn yay prɔblɛm ya we kin apin to pɔsin we dɔn ol?

Ɔftalmɔlɔjis dɛn kin yuz difrɛn tɛst dɛn fɔ no ɛn trit di prɔblɛm dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit di yay. wan pan di imכtant pat dεm fכ komplit ay egzam na fכ egzamin di blak ol na di yay (`Ophthalmoscopy or Fundoscopy`). dis dεn kכl am bak `ay dilayshכn`.

Dis na wetin kin apin:

1. Di dokta put drop fo yu ai.

2. Dɔn yu nid fɔ wet fɔ lɛk 15 to 20 minit te yu pupil fulɔp.

3. Dɔn di dɔktɔ go yuz spɛshal layt fɔ chɛk di insay pat pan yu yay, mɔ di retina. Dis go ɛp fɔ chɛk fɔ ɛni ay sik ɔ ɔda prɔblɛm.

We di kɔnia big afta yu dɔn yuz dis mɛrɛsin, di yay kin fil smɔl fɔ layt fɔ sɔm awa, we min se i kin at fɔ luk di san ɔ brayt layt. Na dat mek dɔktɔ dɛn kin se yu fɔ wɛr sanglas. I at fɔ drayv motoka insay dis tɛm, so i bɛtɛ fɔ mek pɔsin tek yu wit yu.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ dis?

Dɛn kin disayd aw fɔ trit yu bay di prɔblɛm we yu de gɛt na yu yay ɛn yu yay.

Sɔntɛnde, if yu yay nɔ de si fayn, yu go nid fɔ yuz layt dɛn we brayt fɔ du wok na os, fɔ rid, ɔIf yu yuz mashin we de mek di tin big, dat go ɛp yu. Yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu bak fɔ du yu yay ɛgzam ɔltɛm fɔ no aw yu sik.

Ayglas, kɔntakt, ɔda tin dɛn we de mek yu si fayn , ɔ ɔpreshɔn fɔ kɔrɛkt yu yay kin ɛp yu fɔ si fayn. Dis kin mek yu kwaliti layf bɛtɛ ɛn yu kin gɛt yu yon indipɛndɛns.

Sɔm smɔl smɔl sayn dɛn kin kɔmɔt wit yu yay drɔp ɛn atifishal kray wata .

Tritmɛnt fɔ siriɔs ay prɔblɛm

Fɔ mɔ siriɔs, ay sik dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit di ej, yu yay spɛshal dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du tin dɛn lɛk:

• Low-vision aids ɔr rihabiliteshɔn tɛrapi.
• Mɛrɛsin (we dɛn kin tek bay mɔt ɔ we dɛn kin injɛkt).
• Nutritional supliment: Fɔ ɛgzampul, wan spɛshal nutritional supliment we dɛn kɔl AREDS2 de ɛp fɔ kɔntrol di we aw pipul dɛn we gɛt Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) nɔ de si fayn.
• Ɔpreshɔn fɔ di yay: Dɛn kin du ɔpreshɔn fɔ sik dɛn lɛk Glaucoma, Cataract, ɔ Retina Detachment.

Wetin kin apin if a gɛt prɔblɛm wit mi yay we gɛt fɔ du wit di ej?

Bɔku tɛm, yu yay dɔktɔ kin ɛp yu fɔ mek yu nɔ si ɔ fɔ mek yu si fayn. Bɔt sɔm tin dɛn lɛk glaukoma nɔ kin ebul fɔ chenj di damej we dɛn kin mek. So tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt aw fɔ kɔntrol di sik dɛn we yu gɛt ɛn fɔ adap to di we aw yu nɔ de si fayn. Dɛn kin rifer yu to risɔs ɛn sɔpɔt.

Aw fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu yay we yu dɔn ol?

Di impɔtant tin fɔ du fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu yay ɛn fɔ protɛkt yu yay ɛn yu yay na fɔ du kɔmplit ay ɛgzam ɔltɛm . Dis impɔtant mɔ if yu gɛt ɔda sik dɛn lɛk dayabitis. Ivin if yu nɔ notis big chenj na yu yay ɔ yu nɔ gɛt ɛni sayn, go to ay dɔktɔ ɔltɛm.

Di American Academy of Ophthalmology se yu fɔ mek wan dɔktɔ we sabi bɔt yu yay chɛk yu yay wan tɛm insay di ia afta yu dɔn ol 50. Aks yu dɔktɔ ɔmɔs tɛm yu fɔ chɛk yu yay.

Aw a kin kia fɔ mi yay ɛn di tin dɛn we a de si?

Tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ protɛkt yu yay ɛn fɔ mek yu nɔ ebul fɔ si:

• It tin dɛn we gɛt fayn fayn tin dɛn fɔ it: If yu it bɔku frut ɛn vɛjitebul ɛvride, dat go mek yu yay ɛn yu si di tin dɛn we dɛn nid. Fɔ it fish (lɛk salmɔn, makrɛl, ɛn ɛring) ɛn nɛt (lɛk amɔnd ɛn walnut) we gɛt bɔku `Omega-3` ɛn `Omega-6` fat asid, i rili fayn fɔ ay wɛlbɔdi.
• Yu fɔ no bɔt yu famili histri bɔt yay sik: Sɔm yay sik kin rɔn na famili, so if ɛnibɔdi na yu famili dɔn gɛt yay prɔblɛm, i impɔtant fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt dɛn.
• Kɔntrol dayabitis ɛn ay blɔd prɛshɔn: If dɛn nɔ kɔntrol dɛn sik ya, dɛn kin mek yu yay gɛt prɔblɛm.
• Wear sanglas ɛn hat we gɛt wayd brim: Protɛkt yu yay frɔm ɔltra vayolɛt (UV) rayt we de ambɔg yu. Dɛn rayt ya kin mek pɔsin gɛt sik dɛn na di yay.
• Klof fɔ smok: If yu smok, dat kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu yay lɛk katarakt ɛn AMD bad bad wan. If yu lɛf fɔ smok, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt dis prɔblɛm. Aks yu dɔktɔ fɔ ɛp yu fɔ du dis.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to tritmɛnt we dɛn nid fɔ du am kwik kwik wan?

If yu si ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya wantɛm wantɛm, go to ay dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm, ɔ go na ɔspitul imejensi rum:

• Wantɛm wantɛm, yu nɔ kin si klia wan.
• Start fɔ si insay tu (`Dɔbul vishɔn`).
• Wan injuri na di yay.
• Di pen we de mek yu yay bad bad wan.
• Nyu we yu bigin fɔ si flota ɔ layt we de flash bifo yu yay.
• Di yay de rɛd ɔ di aylid de swel.
• I nɔ de si fayn wantɛm wantɛm.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba

Na nɔmal tin fɔ mek yu yay chenj as yu de ol. Sɔntɛm i nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ drayv na nɛt, ɔ i kin tek lɔng tɛm fɔ pe atɛnshɔn pan tin dɛn we de nia yu. Bɔt fɔ gɛt ay ɛgzam ɔltɛm frɔm ay spɛshal dɔktɔ kin ɛp fɔ mek yu si ɛn yu yay wɛlbɔdi fayn fayn wan. Dis kin impɔtant mɔ if pɔsin na yu famili dɔn gɛt ay sik. If dɛn no kwik kwik wan fɔ gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit di yay we i dɔn ol, dɛn kin trit dɛn fayn fayn wan. Dɔn yu kin si dis fayn wɔl klia wan fɔ lɔng tɛm. Nɔ panik, no, ɛn tek di rayt step.

Prɔblɛm dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit di yay we gɛt fɔ du wit di ej , katarakt, glaukoma, makyula dijɛnɛreshɔn, presbyopia, ay wɛlbɔdi, we pɔsin nɔ de si fayn