Yu yay dɛnsɛf kin at? Lɛ wi lan bɔt ay infɛkshɔn!

Yu dɔn ɛva gɛt yay we rɛd, it, ɔ wata? Jɔs tink bɔt aw i nɔ kin fil fayn we sɔntin lɛk dis apin. Sɔntɛnde, i kin bi sɔntin we simpul, bɔt sɔntɛnde i kin bi sayn fɔ se yu gɛt ay infekshɔn. So tide wi go tɔk bɔt dɛn yay infɛkshɔn ya, jɔs lɛk we wi de tɔk to yu padi.

Wetin rili na ay infɛkshɔn?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, ay infεkshɔn na infεkshɔn na yu yay we wan maykro ɔrganizm – baktri, vayrɔs ɔ fכns. I kin afɛkt ɛni pat na di yay. Sɔntɛnde, di aylid dɛn, di wayt pat na di yay (we dɛn kɔl di kɔnjɔktiva), ɔ di klia pat we de ɔp di blak yay (we dɛn kɔl di kɔnia) kin gɛt di sik.

Di ay infεkshכn we kin kכmכn pan wi na wetin dεn kכl "ay sik" , fכ mεdikal , kכnjunktiviti . Dis kin apin mɔ frɔm vayrɔs. Bɔt baktri dɛn kin mek am bak. Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat di mɛrɛsin dɛn we wi kin gi fɔ vayral infɛkshɔn nɔ kin wok. Dɛn kin gi antibayɔtik fɔ baktriyal infɛkshɔn nɔmɔ.

Dɛn yay infɛkshɔn ya kin afɛkt jɔs wan yay ɔ ɔl tu di yay. Sɔm infɛkshɔn nɔr kin siriɔs ɛn dɛn go dɔn insay sɔm dez. Bɔt sɔm kin siriɔs sote dɛn nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan ɛn if dɛn nɔ trit dɛn fayn, dɛn kin ivin mek dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ si fayn igen . So, i nɔ fayn fɔ tek ɛni smɔl tin we i kam pan yu yay layt.

Aw kɔmɔn tin fɔ gɛt ay infɛkshɔn?

Ay infɛkshɔn kin rili kɔmɔn. Sɔm ripɔt dɛn se na lɛk wan milyɔn pipul dɛn na Amɛrika nɔmɔ kin go to dɔktɔ ɔ ɔspitul ɛvri ia bikɔs dɛn gɛt ay infekshɔn. Wi kin si dis sityueshɔn na wi kɔntri to big ɔ smɔl. Dɛn infɛkshɔn ya kin bɔku mɔ pan pipul dɛn we de wɛr `kɔntakt lens` , bikɔs if dɛn nɔ klin am fayn ɔ yuz am fayn, i izi fɔ mek di smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl.

Wetin na de kayn sik wae kin kam pan yu yay?

Bɔku kayn sik dɛn de we kin ambɔg di yay. Lɛ wi luk sɔm pan dɛn:

• Blepharitis: Dis na we di ed dɛn na yu yaylid, usay yu aylays dɛn kin bigin, kin swel, rɛd, ɛn sɔntɛnde dɛn kin gɛt smɔl smɔl bɔmp dɛn. I kin mek yu nɔ fil fayn smɔl ɛn fil lɛk se dɛn de skrach yu yay.
• Sεlulayt: Dis na infεkshכn na di skin sεl dεm we de rawnd di yay. Di say we de rawnd di yay kin rɛd, swel, ɛn fil wam.
• Dacryocystitis: Dis na smɔl strenj nem, nɔto so? Dis na infεkshכn na yu tear sac. Wi kray wata kin kɔmɔt na di yay ɛn afta dat i kin go insay di nos. If dis tiub blok, di kray wata nɔ de kɔmɔt fayn, ɛn di jem dɛn kin gɛda na di wata sak ɛn gɛt di sik.
• Kɔnjɔktivitis (say sik): .Wi don tok abaut dis bifo. Ay dɛn kin rɛd, dɛn kin it, ɛn dɛn kin gɛt krɔs. I kin kam bikɔs ɔf vayrɔs, baktri, ɔ alɛji.
• Endophthalmitis: Dis na wan bad bad infεkshכn we de insay di yay . I kin apin afta dɛn dɔn ɔpreshɔn di yay (lɛk ɔpreshɔn pan katarakt ɔ kɔnia transplant) ɔ afta pɔsin gɛt siriɔs injury na in yay. Dis na imejensi ɛn i nid fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan.
• Stye / Hordeolum: Dis na smɔl smɔl tin we de mek i fil pen we de sho na di ed pat pan di aylid. I tan lɛk se na pimple. Na infεkshכn we de na di bכs pat pan wan aylash kin kכz am.
• Yuveitis: Dis na inflameshn (swelling) na di uvea, we na wan mεmbran we de insay di yay. Di yay kin rɛd, i kin fil pen, i nɔ kin izi fɔ si pan brayt layt, ɛn i nɔ kin si fayn.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt ay infekshɔn?

If yu gɛt ay infekshɔn, yu yay go luk ɛn fil difrɛn pas aw i kin bi. Sɔm pan di fɔs sayn dɛn na:

• Di yay dɛn we de rɛd: Bɔku tɛm dis na di fɔs sayn we de sho.
• Itch ɔ bɔn yay: Na filin we nɔ fayn, lɛk se sɔntin de na di yay.
• Ay pen: Sɔmtɛm i kin bi smɔl pen, sɔmtɛm i kin bi bad bad pen.
• Wan wata we tan lɛk wata de kɔmɔt na di yay: i difrɛn frɔm jɔs kray wata.
• Ay swɛlin: Di aylid ɔ di say we de rawnd di yay kin swel.

As de de go, ɔr if de infekshɔn de kam tranga, yu kin gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm bak lɛk:

• Dischaj ɔ pus frɔm di yay: Di dischaj kin bi yɔlɔ ɛn tik. Yu yay kin stika bak we yu wek na mɔnin.
• Aylash dɛn we de stik togɛda: Dis kin apin bikɔs ɔf da krɔst de.
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ si layt (Photophobia): Di yay nɔ kin ebul fɔ bia ivin smɔl layt.
• Blurred vision: Nɔ de si klia wan.
• Fiva: Insay sɔm siriɔs infɛkshɔn, yu kin gɛt fiva bak.

Impɔtant: If yu gɛt wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn sik ya, nɔ ignore dɛn. Ɛspɛshali if yu nɔ de si fayn, yu gɛt bad bad pen, ɔ yu nɔ ebul fɔ si di layt, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Wetin mek wi kin gɛt ay infɛkshɔn?

Di men tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin in yay infɛkshɔn na, lɛk aw wi bin dɔn tɔk , baktri, fɛns, parasayt, ɛn vayrɔs . Dɛn smɔl smɔl tin dɛn ya kin go insay wi yay bɔku we dɛn. Sɔntɛnde i kin bi bikɔs ɔf injury na di yay . Imajin, if smɔl wud stɔp na yu yay we yu de wok na di gadin, di jem dɛn we de pan am kin go insay yu yay.

Wan ɔda big tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt ay infɛkshɔn na fɔ slip wit kɔntakt lens insay . Semweso, fɔ yuz dɛn we yu nɔ klin dɛn fayn, na big prɔblɛm bak.

Us kayn baktri dɛm kin mek pɔsin in yay infɛkshɔn?

Bɔrku kayn baktri kin mek pɔrsin gɛt infεkshɔn na di yay. Sɔm pan di men kayn baktri dɛm na:

• `Basilɔs`
• `Enterobakteriaceae`
• `Hɛmofilis inflɔɛnsa`
• `Moraxella spp.`
• `Neisseria gonorrhoeae` (dis na di baktri we de mek pɔsin gɛt gɔno, i kin afɛkt di yay bak)
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) (dis na denja mɔ fɔ di wan dɛn we wɛr kɔntakt lens)
• Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) (Dis na wan kɔmɔn baktri we kin mek pɔsin gɛt infɛkshɔn na di skin) .
• `Streptococcus pneumoniae` (S. pneumoniae) (Dis kin mek sik dɛn lɛk nyumonia bak)

dכkta dεm de yuz tεst dεm lεk di ``Gram stain test'' εn ``bacterial culture test'' fכ no dεn kayn baktri dεm ya.

Us kayn vayrɔs kin mek pɔsin gɛt ay infɛkshɔn?

Vayrɔs kin mek pɔsin gɛt infɛkshɔn na di yay bak. Na sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn ya:

• Hɛpi simpul tayp 1: Dis na di vayrɔs we kin mek yu gɛt kol, bɔt i kin afɛkt di yay bak.
• Varicella zoster virus: Dis na di vayrɔs we de mek pɔsin gɛt chukchuk ɛn hεpi zosta (shingles).
• Adenovirus: Dis vayrɔs na di men tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt "ay sik" ɔ "kɔnjɔktivitis."

Us kayn fεnshכn kin mek yu yay infεkshכn?

Fɔng infɛkshɔn nɔ kin bɔku, bɔt i kin denja.

• Di kayn kandida dɛn kin ripɔtabl fɔ lɛk tu-tɛd pan di ɛndoftalmitis kes dɛm, mɔ afta dɛn dɔn ɔpreshɔn di kɔnia transplant. Fɔngal infɛkshɔn kin apin bak afta dɛn dɔn ɔpreshɔn di katarakt.
• sכmtεm, if wan yay inju wit sכmtin we de na do (e.g. wan pis wud, wan pat pan plant), infεkshכn kin apin if i gεt wan kayn fכns we dεn kכl ``Fusarium''.
• Dɔn bak, if fɛns blɔd infɛkshɔn de, i kin go na di yay.

Aw yu go no fɔ tru if yu gɛt ay infekshɔn?

Yu kin tink se, "O, a tink se a gɛt ay infɛkshɔn." Bɔt di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ go to dɔktɔ ɛn no di rayt tin we nɔ rayt. Dɔktɔ go aks yu bɔt yu sik dɛn, tek yu mɛdikal istri, dɔn du wan gud ɛgzam fɔ yu yay. Sɔntɛnde dɛn go tek smɔl sampul pan di wata we de kɔmɔt na yu yay (wan `swab`) ɛn sɛn am na lab fɔ no ustɛm di jem dɛn de insay.

Aw dɛn kin trit ay infɛkshɔn?

Di tritmɛnt dipen pan wetin mek yu gɛt yu yay infɛkshɔn.

• Baktri infεkshכn: Dɛn kin gi antibaytik fɔ dis. Dɛn kin gi dɛn tin ya as ay drɔp, ɔntmɛnt, ɔ pils. Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin bigin fɔ wok insay 24 to 48 awa.
• Vayral infɛkshɔn: Bɔku tɛm, nɔr patikyula tritmɛnt nɔr de fɔ vayral infɛkshɔn, ɛn dɛn kin sɔlv fɔ dɛnsɛf. Bɔt sɔm patikyula mɛrɛsin dɛn de we de agens di vayrɔs fɔ sɔm vayrɔs dɛn, lɛk hεpi.
• Fɔngal infɛkshɔn: Dɛn kin trit dis wit antifungal mɛrɛsin. Dɛn tin ya kin kam lɛk drɔp, ɔntmɛnt, ɔ tablɛt.

Ilɛksɛf yu gɛt vayral infɛkshɔn ɔ yu yay nɔ de fil fayn bikɔs yu gɛt alɛji, sɔm tin dɛn de we yu kin du na os fɔ gɛt sɔm rilif:

• Fɔ rɔb yu yay wit wet klos: Fɔ ɛp yu yay fɔ fil fayn, yu kin rɔb yu yay wit klin klos we yu dɔn sok wit wata we wam (nɔ tu ɔt, jɔs wam) ɔ kol wata.
• Yuz di ay drɔp dɛn we de lɔbrik (atifishal kray wata): Yu kin bay dɛn tin ya na famasi. Dɛn kin mek di yay dɛn nɔ dray ɛn dɛn kin mek pɔsin fil fayn.
• Fɔ tek ɔva-di-kɔnta (OTC) pen relievers: Yu kin tek mɛrɛsin lɛk paracetamol fɔ ridyus pen.
• Stay away from allergens: If tin dɛm lɛk dɔst ɛn polen de mek yu yay nɔ fil fayn, nɔ de nia dɛm as yu ebul.

Wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt we yu gɛt ay infekshɔn?

• Alɛji ay infɛkshɔn: Dɛn tin ya nɔ kin pas ɛn dɛn nɔ kin mek yu si bɔku prɔblɛm. Yu nɔ nid fɔ de fa frɔm ɔda pipul dɛn.
• Infεkshכn we vayrɔs, baktri, ɔr fεnshכn kin kam wit: Dɛn tin ya kin pas ɔda pipul dεm. So, yu fɔ avɔyd fɔ gɛt tayt padi biznɛs wit ɔda pipul dɛn te yu fil fayn. Nɔ sheb tawɛl, pilo, ɔ ɔda tin dɛn wit ɔda pipul dɛn.
• Sɔm infɛkshɔn kin denja fɔ yu yay: mɔ di infɛkshɔn dɛn we kin kam bikɔs yu gɛt injury na yu yay, lɛk infɛkshɔn na di kɔnia, we kin mek yu nɔ si fayn if yu nɔ trit yu fayn. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ go to pɔsin we sabi bɔt yu yay if yu gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm wit yu yay. I kin no ustɛm di prɔblɛm ɛn us tritmɛnt dɛn nid.

Aw fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm ay infɛkshɔn?

Pan ɔl we wi nɔ kin ebul fɔ protɛkt ɛvri ay infɛkshɔn, tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm:

• If yu wɛr kɔntakt lens: Fɔ fala yu dɔktɔ in instrɔkshɔn dɛn gud gud wan bɔt aw fɔ yuz am, aw fɔ klin am, ɛn aw lɔng yu go ebul fɔ wɛr am. Nɔ ɛva wɛr yu lens fɔ pas aw di dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ wɛr, ɛn nɔ ɛva slip wit dɛn insay.
• Wear sefty glas we yu de wok ɔ ple spɔt: We yu wɛr sef glas, i de gi yu big protɛkshɔn we yu de wok ɔ spɔt usay risk de fɔ mek yu wund bikɔs ɔf tin dɛn we de flay.
• Nɔ de fa frɔm tin dɛn we de mek yu gɛt alɛji: Dɔn bak, tek alɛji mɛrɛsin if yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ du am.
• Nɔ de fa frɔm pipul dɛm wae sik as yu ebul: Sɔm ay infɛkshɔn (especially di wan dɛm wae gɛt vayral) kin izi fɔ pas.
• Wash yu an ɔltɛm (Hand hygiene): Bɔku smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl. I rili impɔtant fɔ was yu an bifo yu tɔch yu yay.
• Nɔ sheb tawɛl, ay mek-ap, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn wit ɔda pipul dɛn.
• If yu gɛt ay infekshɔn, pul ɛni kɔsmɛtik we yu dɔn yuz, mɔ di ay mek-ap. If nɔto dat, yu kin gɛt di infɛkshɔn bak.

A fɔ go to dɔktɔ bɔt wan ay infɛkshɔn?

If yu gɛt alɛji, yu go sabi yu yay we rɛd ɛn it. Bɔt if yu gɛt ɛnitin we nɔ fayn, yu de fil pen, yu gɛt wata we de kɔmɔt na yu bɔdi, ɔ yu gɛt chenj na yu yay, i go fayn fɔ mek yu go to dɔktɔ.

Tek tɛm mɔ bɔt dɛn tin ya:

* If yu gɛt ɛni bad bad tin na yu yay, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

* If yu nɔ de si fayn wantɛm wantɛm, yu de fil pen bad bad wan, i nɔ izi fɔ yu fɔ si layt, ɔ yu gɛt bɔku wata we de kɔmɔt na yu yay, i kin bi imejensi. Sɔntɛnde, if dɛn nɔ trit dɛn infɛkshɔn ya kwik, yu kin lɔs yu yay fɔ ɔltɛm. Bɔku tɛm, ay dɔktɔ kin de na wikɛnd ɔ na nɛt fɔ imejensi (`on call`).

Wi yay na ɔgan dɛn we rili valyu ɛn we kin fil fayn. Pan ɔl we bɔku tin dɛn de we dɛn mek fɔ protɛkt dɛn, dɛn kin stil gɛt sik dɛn. di injuri na di yay, εn sik dεm na כda pat dεm na di bכdi (`systemic diseases`), de mek di risk fכ infεkshכn na di yay de bכku. So, ilɛksɛf yu yay rɛd ɔ it, i go fayn fɔ mek yu chɛk to dɔktɔ ɛn no di rayt tin we mek yu yay bifo yu gɛt tritmɛnt. Ɛspɛshali di wan dɛn we de wɛr `kɔntakt lens` fɔ tink tu tɛm bɔt dis.

Di tin dɛn we impɔtant pas ɔl fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Okay, so lɛ wi mɛmba yu bɔt sɔm tin dɛn we wi tɔk bɔt tide we wi tink se impɔtant to yu:

• Na di smɔl smɔl tin dɛn lɛk baktri, vayrɔs, ɛn fɛns kin kam wit di yay infɛkshɔn.
• Yu fɔ no bɔt di sayn dɛm lɛk di yay we de rɛd, it, pen, wata we de kɔmɔt na yu bɔdi, ɛn we yu nɔ de si fayn.
• If yu wɛr kɔntakt lens, kip am klin ɛn yuz am fayn. Nɔ wɛr dɛn fɔ lɔng tɛm pas aw yu dɔktɔ se, ɔ slip wit dɛn insay fɔ ɛni rizin.
• Sɔm yay infɛkshɔn kin pas, so yu fɔ klin ɛn nɔ sheb tin lɛk tawɛl wit ɔda pipul dɛn.
• If yu gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm wit yu yay, mɔ we yu de fil pen ɔ yu nɔ de si fayn, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ. Nɔ de mɛn yusɛf.
• Fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt dis sik na di bɛst we. Was yu an ɔltɛm ɛn nɔ tɔch yu yay we yu nɔ nid.

Na yu wok fɔ tek kia ɔf yu yay. Nɔ ignore ivin di smɔl tin, ɛn nɔ fɔgɛt fɔ go to dɔktɔ. Dɔn yu kin kɔntinyu fɔ si fayn ɛn klia!

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