Sɔntin lɛk dis dɔn apin to yu yay? Lɛ wi lan bɔt Lattice Degeneration

Yu dɔn ɛva du yu yay ɛgzam ɛn di dɔktɔ tɛl yu se yu retina wik ɔ tan? I kin mek pɔsin in at pwɛl smɔl, nɔto so? Bɔt nɔ wɔri. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan kɔndishɔn we dɛn kɔl ``Lattice Degeneration.'' Dis na sɔntin we bɔku pipul kin gɛt, bɔt nɔto ɔlman gɛt big prɔblɛm wit am.

Wetin na ``Lattice Degeneration''? Lɛ wi ɔndastand am simpul wan.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, ``Lattice Degeneration`` na we di rili dilik, layt-sɛnsitiv mɛmbran we de insay yu yay we dɛn kɔl ``Retina.`` Imajin se if wi yay tan lɛk kamɛra, di retina tan lɛk di fim we de insay da kamɛra de. di tin dεm we wi de si kin bi imej dεm na dis rεtina.

naw, insay dis ``Lattice Degeneration`` kכndishכn, sכm εria dεm na di rεtina de wik sכmtεm. dεn kכl am ``Lattice Degeneration`` biכs we di yay dכkta dεn de egzamin di yay dεm, dεn wik εria dεm ya de sho insay wan patεn we lεk lattice. I tan lɛk pɔtn we tan lɛk les. Dis kכndyushכn kin apin pan jכs wan yay כ pan כl tu yay dεm. Infakt, lɛk af pan pipul dɛm wae gɛt dis sik kin gɛt am na dɛn tu yay.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm if yu gɛt `(Lattice Degeneration)`?

Na dis na di impɔtant tin. Lattice Degeneration nɔ gɛt ɛni patikyula sayn. Dat min se yu nɔ de fil lɛk se yu gɛt am. I nɔ de mek yu yay chenj, pen, ɔr yu nɔr de si fayn.

So aw yu go fɛn dis?

Di wangren we fɔ no na fɔ mek dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu yay chɛk yu yay. Di dɔktɔ kin si dɛn wik say ya na di retina we i de luk insay di yay wit spɛshal tin dɛn. Ivin if no sayn nɔ de, dɔktɔ dɛn kin tek dis as mɛrɛsin. dis na biכs na di rizulεt fכ wan prכsεs we de apin insay di yay.

Wetin mek dis `(Lattice Degeneration)` kin apin? Wetin na di rizin dɛn?

Infakt, dɔktɔ dɛn stil nɔ ebul fɔ no di rayt tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt Lattice Degeneration. Bɔt sɔm risach dɔn sho se sɔm tin dɛn kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik mɔ ɛn mɔ.

• Fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt nia si/mayopia: If yusɛf nɔ ebul fɔ si tin klia wan na distans, dat na if yu na ``Myopic'', yu de pan sɔm risk fɔ gɛt ``Lattice Degeneration''.
• Famili histri: If pɔrsin na yu famili dɔn gɛt Lattice Degeneration ɔr prɔblɛm lɛk Retinal Detachments, yu kin gɛt dis sik. I kin gɛt fɔ du bak wit sɔm jɛnɛtik kɔndishɔn dɛm, lɛk Kɔnɛktiv Tisu Diziz.

Bɔt yu fɔ mɛmba dis bak. Lattice Degeneration nɔr kin de pan pipul dɛm wae nɔr de si shɔt, bɔt i kin kam bak pan pipul dɛm wae nɔr gɛt famili mɛmba wae gɛt dis prɔblɛm.

Us kɔmplikɛshɔn kin apin bikɔs ɔf `(Lattice Degeneration)`?

Bɔrku pipul dɛm wae gɛt Lattice Degeneration nɔr kin gɛt ɛni kɔmplikeshɔn. כltu, sכm tεm we dis rεtina we wik kin divεlכp di rεtina tεar כ ditachmεnt. Dis na sɔm kayn siriɔs tin dɛn we kin apin.

Retina tear na smɔl tear na di retina. if dis stil de, i kin bi siriכs εn di rεtina kin kכmplit wan (Retinal Detachment). Dɛn retina tear ɛn detachment ya na mɛdikal imejensi we nid fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan. Bikɔs, if dɛn nɔ trit am kwik, i kin mek i nɔ de si fayn fɔ ɔltɛm. So, if yu gɛt smɔl saspek fɔ sɔntin lɛk dis, i bɛtɛ fɔ go na ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no se i gɛt Lattice Degeneration?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk bifo tɛm, dɛn kin no dis bay we dɔktɔ we de mɛn di yay de chɛk yu yay. Sɔm pan di tɛst dɛm we yu go du nɔmal wan we yu go fɔ ɛgzam fɔ yu yay gɛt fɔ du wit dis bak.

• Kɔnfrɛns chɛk: Insay dis tɛst, di dɔktɔ kin lɔk wan pan yu yay ɛn chɛk aw fa yu kin si na ɔl tu di say dɛn wit di ɔda yay.
• Visual acuity test: Dis na test we de mek yu rid tɛks ɛn si aw yu vishɔn shap.
• Dilated exam: Dɛn kin put spɛshal kayn ay drɔp na di yay, dɛn kin dilayt di pupil, ɛn dɛn kin tek tɛm chɛk di insay pat pan di yay.

Wetin na di patikyula tɛst dɛn?

apat frכm dis, sεvεra כda spεsifi k tεst dεm de fכ chεk fכ ``Lattice Degeneration''.

• Slit lamp exam: Dis na spɛshal maykroskɔp we de mek di dɔktɔ ebul fɔ mek ivin di smɔl smɔl tin dɛn we de insay di yay big.
• Skleral dipreshɔn ɛgzam: Insay dis, di dɔktɔ kin prɛs di wayt pat na di yay (sclera) jisnɔ fɔ luk fɔ chenj dɛn insay di yay.
• Fɔtografi fɔ di fundus: Dis kin tek pikchɔ fɔ di insay pat pan di yay, mɔ di retina. Yu kin luk dɛn pikchɔ dɛn ya leta fɔ no if ɛni chenj de.

Tritmɛnt de fɔ `(Lattice Degeneration)`?

Na dis na di gud nyus! Bɔrku tɛm, Lattice Degeneration nɔr nid ɛni tritmɛnt, as e kin de fɔ lɔng tɛm ɛn nɔr kin kɔz ɛni bad tin.

Tritmɛnt na if di dɔktɔ tink se i gɛt bɔku risk fɔ mek di retina te ɔ fɔ mek i kɔmɔt. Insay dɛn kayn tin ya, dɛn kin gi tritmɛnt fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt dɛn siriɔs sik ya.

Udat dɛn kin gɛt mɔ prɔblɛm?

• Famili istri:If sɔm pipul dɛn na yu famili dɔn gɛt retina tear ɔ detachment.
• Yu histri: If yu bin dɔn gɛt retina tear ɔ detachment na wan yay bifo (dɛn go trit di ɔda yay).
• Bɔrku say wae pɔrsin kin si fayn fayn wan: Dis risk kin bɔrku fɔ pipul dɛm wae nɔr de si fayn fayn wan.
• כda ay kכndyushכn dεm: fכ egzampl, if yu gεt kכndyushכn lεk ``Posterior Vitreous Detachment (PVD)`` (di pat pan di yay we lεk jεli frכm di rεtina) כ ``Retinal Hemorrhage``.

Wetin na dɛn tritmɛnt ya?

di men tritmεnt fכ komplikεshכn dεm fכ Lattice Degeneration na Laser Retinopexy . dis involv fכ yuz laser bim fכ mek sכm sכm bכn (ska) dεm rawnd di wik εria dεm na di rεtina. Dɛn skata dɛn ya kin mek di tisu we wik, strɔng, jɔs lɛk aw dɛn kin wɛl tu mɛtal togɛda.

Yu tink se tritmɛnt dɛn kin mek pɔsin gɛt bad bad tin dɛn?

afta laser retinopexy, sכmtεm wan fכmeshכn we lεk wrinkl fכ di rεtina tisu we dεn kכl makulכr pucker kin apin. Bɔku tɛm, wi nɔ kin notis dis. If dis apin, i kin nid fɔ du ɔpreshɔn. Yu yay dɔktɔ go tɛl yu mɔ bɔt dis.

Aw lɔng e kin tek fɔ wɛl afta dɛn dɔn trit am?

Bɔku tɛm, yu yay go wɛl insay sɔm dez. Yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ avɔyd fɔ du tin dɛn we de mek yu tranga ɛn fɔ ɛksesaiz fɔ sɔm dez. Dɛn go tɛl yu bak fɔ stɔp sɔm tin dɛn fɔ du te yu yay wɛl. Dis kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin, so i impɔtant fɔ fala wetin yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ du.

Aw lɔŋ `(Lattice Degeneration)` go las?

di tin we di rεtina de tכn we di Lattice Degeneration de mek na fכ tεm. Dis min se i nɔ jɔs de bɛtɛ. Bɔt fɔ bɔku pipul dɛn, di tin we dɛn kin thin nɔ kin wɔs. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin nid tritmɛnt fɔ mek di tin we de mek dɛn tinap nɔ de chenj. If di tin we dɛn kin mek kin mek i rɔtin ɔ i kin kɔmɔt na di bɔdi, tritmɛnt kin ɛp fɔ mek i fayn.

Wetin na di luk fɔ pɔsin we gɛt `(Lattice Degeneration)`?

Ɔl togɛda, di lukin-grɔn fɔ pɔsin we gɛt Lattice Degeneration rili fayn. Dis na bikɔs nɔto ɔlman wae gɛt dis sik go gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm. Ivin if prɔblɛm kin apin, natin nɔ de fɔ wɔri bɔt, bikɔs tritmɛnt dɛn de fɔ mek di rεtina rɔtin ɔ di detachment, ɛn di chans fɔ mek i gɛt sakrifays kin rili bɔku.

Yu tink se dɛn kin mek dɛn nɔ gɛt Lattice Degeneration?

I sɔri fɔ no se, no we nɔ de fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt Lattice Degeneration. Bɔt if yu yay dɔktɔ go chɛk yu yay gud gud wan, dat go ɛp yu fɔ no if yu gɛt am. So, i rili impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn chɛk yu yay wan tɛm insay di ia ɔ ɛvri tu ia.

Sɔm pipul dɛn kin nid fɔ chɛk dɛn yay mɔr if dɛn gɛt ɔda tin ɔr tin wae kin ambɔg dɛn yay. Sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn na:

• If yu dɔn pas 60 ia.
• If yu gɛt Tayp 2 Dayabitis.
• If aksidɛnt ɔ injuri bin dɔn de bifo pan di yay.
• If ɛnibɔdi na di famili dɔn gɛt ay sik.
• If yu wet pas di nɔmal (we yu gɛt bɔku bɔku bɔdi ɔ yu fat pasmak).

Ustɛm a fɔ go to mi dɔktɔ?

Pipul wae gɛt bɔrku risk fɔ gɛt retina tear ɔr detachment kin nid fɔ go to ay dɔktɔ bɔrku tɛm fɔ mek dɛn du dɛn yay ɛgzam. Bɔku tɛm, ɛgzam wan ɔ tu tɛm insay di ia kin du fɔ am. Yu yay dɔktɔ go tɛl yu if yu nid fɔ chɛk yu yay mɔ ɛn mɔ.

Ustɛm a fɔ go na di imejensi rum?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, ivin if Lattice Degeneration nɔ gɛt ɛni sayn, i kin divɛlɔp to retina tear ɔ detachment. Dɛn tu tin ya na mɛdikal imejensi we nid fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan. If di tritmɛnt delay, i kin mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ si fayn ɔltɛm. So, if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Di sayn dɛm we de sho se di rεtina de rɔtin ɔ di detachmεnt:

• Layt de flash wantɛm wantɛm bifo di yay (Photopsia).
• Blak spat ɔ flota dɛn we de bifo di yay kin bɔku wantɛm wantɛm. (I nɔmal fɔ si wan ɔ tu flota bifo yu yay, bɔt if dɛn bɔku wantɛm wantɛm, yu fɔ wɔri.)
• Wan filin fɔ dak we yu de si (lɛk se blak kɔtin de kɔba di yay).
• Wantɛm wantɛm, yu nɔ kin si klia wan.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi ay dɔktɔ?

We yu go to yu yay dɔktɔ, yu kin aks dɛn kwɛstyɔn ya:

• Aw siriɔs mi `(Lattice Degeneration)` kɔndishɔn de?
• Us simptom dɛn a fɔ luk fɔ we go sho se di retina dɔn rɔtin ɔ i dɔn detachment?
• Aw ɔltɛm a fɔ mek dɛn chɛk mi yay fɔ si if di retina chenj?

``Lattice Degeneration'' na siriɔs kɔndishɔn?

Nɔ, bɔku tɛm, Lattice Degeneration nɔto siriɔs sik. lεs dan 1% pan di pipul dεm wae gεt am kin gεt wan siriכs prכblεm, lεk wae di rεtina tεr כ dεtachmεnt.

Yu tink se `(Lattice Degeneration)` kin impɔtant?

di retina we dכn tכn bikoz fכ Lattice Degeneration nכ go jכs hεl. di onli we fכ fiks am na fכ yuz sכmtin lεk di laser tritmεnt we wi bin tכk bכt, we dεn kכl Laser Retinopexy, fכ skata sכm sכm εria dεm na di rεtina bay wilεd. di ska dεm de mek di rεtina tisu bכnd tכgeda εn strכng. I tan lɛk we pɔsin we de wɛldɔm de ɔt tu mɛtal ɛn glu dɛn togɛda.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat ``Lattice Degeneration'' nɔ jɔs de mɛn. di rεtina tisu nכ kin kam bak if dεn nכ trit di mεdikal tritmεnt.

Fɔ dɔn, dis na wetin a gɛt fɔ tɛl una (Take-Home Message)

Lattice Degeneration na wan kכmכn kכndyushכn we de afekt di rεtina na di yay. Pan ɔl we di nem kin tan lɛk se i de mek pɔsin fred smɔl, fɔ bɔku pipul dɛn, i nɔto bad tin.

If yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu se yu gɛt Lattice Degeneration, tɔk to am bɔt am. Aks am us kayn prɔblɛm yu go gɛt tumara bambay bikɔs ɔf dis sik. Dɔn bak, aks am us sayn dɛn yu fɔ wach fɔ ɛn aw fɔ wach yu yay. Dɔn yu kin pe atɛnshɔn pan di tin dɛn we impɔtant pas ɔl to yu ɛn yu nɔ go fred we yu nɔ nid fɔ fred. Mɛmba se fɔ mek dɛn chɛk yu yay di rayt tɛm na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl!

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