Imajin se yu dɔn tek yu smɔl pikin in foto. Sɔntɛnde, we yu tek foto wit flash, di yay dɛn kin luk rɛd. Bɔt if yu si wan pan di blak pikin dɛn we de na di foto de shayn wayt, grey, ɔ yɔlɔ, yu go wɔri smɔl, nɔto so? Na dat wi kin kɔl leukocoria insay mɛrɛsin. Pan ɔl we dɛn kin si dis mɔ pan pikin dɛn, sɔntɛnde i kin apin to big pipul dɛn bak.
Wetin rili na Leukocoria?
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, leukocoria min "wayt pupil." Sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl am bak "kat ay pupil."
naw, wetin kin apin nכmal na we layt hit di yay, i de hit di retina na di bak pat pan di yay εn di layt we de kam bak aut de sho rεd. Na dat mek wi yay de luk rɛd we wi tek foto wit flash. dεn kכl dis ‘rεd rεflεks’ insay mεdikal.
Bɔt if sɔntin de we de ambɔg di rod we layt de go na di retina, na we di layt hit di tin we de ambɔg am ɛn bounce bak na in i go tan lɛk wayt, grey, ɔ yɔlɔ. Dis na impɔtant sayn fɔ sho se sɔntin kin de we nɔrmal insay di yay.
Yu tink se dis siriɔs tin? Yu tink se wi fɔ fred?
Bɔt di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl fɔ mɛmba na ya na dat , no rizin nɔ de fɔ mek yu fred ɔ fred jɔs bikɔs yu si sɔntin lɛk dat na wan foto.
Sɔntɛnde, layt kin kɔmɔt na di yay ɛn i kin tan lɛk dat. Bɔku tɛm, na jɔs smɔl shimmer na wan say na di pupil. Bɔt insay lukakoria, di pupil kin tan lɛk se i wayt ɔlmost.
If yu gɛt ɛni dawt, tray dis:
- Tek sɔm ɔda foto dɛn fɔ di pikin.
- Luk am frɔm ɛni say (ɔp, dɔŋ, lɛft, rayt).
- Tray am wit ɛn atɔl di flash.
If yu blak ring finga de sho wayt na bɔku foto dɛn, nɔ ignore am. I bɛtɛ fɔ go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn ɔ dɔktɔ we de mɛn dɛn yay wantɛm wantɛm fɔ advays.
Wetin kin mek dis apin?
Bɔku tin dɛn kin de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt lukikoria. Sɔm nɔ kin siriɔs ɛn dɛn kin trit dɛn. Bɔt sɔm na tin dɛn we wi fɔ wɔri bɔt mɔ.
| Rizin | Wan simpul ɛksplen |
|---|---|
| Di rizin dɛn we kin apin mɔ | |
| Katarakt we pɔsin kin gɛt | Dis na di mכst kכmכn kכz (bכt 74%). dis kכndyushכn kin apin bikoz fכ kכlכd na di lens na di yay, we dεn bכn am כ pikin dεm. |
| Retinoblastoma we gɛt di sik | Dis na di rizin we mek wi fɔ wɔri mɔ. Dis na kansa we kin apin na di retina. Fɔ no am kwik kwik wan rili impɔtant. |
| Ɔda (rare) tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik | |
| Di retina we de kɔmɔt na di bɔdi | di separeshכn fכ di rεtina frכm di כndalayn tisu insay di yay. |
| Retinopathy we pɔsin kin gɛt we i nɔ bɔn yet | di blɔd vesel dεm we nכ de divεlכp na di yay fכ di pikin dεm we dεn bכn bifo tεm. |
| Kot sik | Wan kɔndishɔn we kin kam we wata de lik frɔm di blɔd vesel dɛn na di retina. |
| Ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin nɔ bɔku | כda tin dεm we kin mek i apin na di pikin in vaskulεt we de kɔntinyu (PFV), εndoftalmitis (infεkshכn insay di yay), kכloboma (wan ol we dεn kin bכn na di yay), εn TORCH infεkshכn (infεkshכn dεm we de kכmכt frכm di mama we bεlε to di pikin). |
Aw dɛn kin trit am?
Dɛn kin trit lukikoria bay di ɔndalayn kɔz. Yu dɔktɔ go du di tɛst dɛn we yu nid, no di rayt rizin, ɛn tɛl yu di tritmɛnt we fit pas ɔl.
Tritmɛnt fɔ katarakt
Dis na de tin wae kin kam wit dis sik pasmak ɛn na wan wae kin izi fɔ trit. Di tin we dɛn kin du mɔ na fɔ ɔpreshɔn fɔ pul di lens we gɛt klawd ɛn put atifishal lens insay. Dis kin rili fayn fɔ pikin dɛn.
Tritmɛnt fɔ Retinoblastoma
Dis na tin we kɔmplikt smɔl. Di tritmɛnt fɔ dis kansa kin dipen pan bɔku tin, lɛk usay di tumbu de, in saiz, ɛn if i dɔn skata.
As tritmɛnt we dɛn kin yuz:
- Kimotɛrapi
- Redyushɔn tɛrapi
- Krayotɛrapi
- Tɛmotɛrapi
Dɛn kin yuz wan ɔ mɔ tritmɛnt dɛn togɛda. De tin wae impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ no bɔt de sik ɛn bigin tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan. Da we de, di pikin in yay ɛn in yay go mɔs sev.
Di tritmɛnt fɔ ɔda tin dɛn we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm kin difrɛn. Yu dɔktɔ go ɛksplen to yu klia wan bɔt ɛni sik ɛn ɛksplen di bɛst tritmɛnt fɔ am.
Wetin yu kin du as mama ɔ papa
bכku tεm, we yu go na di pikin klinik, di dכkta de chεk di pikin in yay fכ dis ‘rεd rεflεks’. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, as mama ɛn papa, na una fɔs fɔ si dis na foto.
So, mɛmba dis we yu de luk yu pikin in foto dɛn. Dis no min se yu fɔ luk ɛvri foto wit saspekshɔn. Bɔt if yu si sɔntin we yu nɔ biliv, nɔ ignore am.
Mɛmba se, retinoblastoma kin mek lɛk 1 pan ɛvri 5 pikin dɛn yay kansa. So, if yu no am kwik kwik wan ɛn trit am, dat kin rili mek di chans fɔ sev pikin in layf, ɛn bak in yay ɛn si.
So, if yu ɛva notis ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya, di bɛst ɛn di wangren tin fɔ du na fɔ go to dɔktɔ, pas fɔ fɛn infɔmeshɔn na di intanɛt.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- If pikin in ayris wayt, grey, ɔ yɔlɔ na foto, dɛn kin kɔl am leukocoria.
- Pan ɔl we di tin we kin mek dis apin mɔ na wan sik we pɔsin kin trit lɛk katarakt, i kin bi bak wan sayn fɔ wan siriɔs ay kansa we dɛn kɔl retinoblastoma.
- Nɔ fred jɔs we yu si am na wan foto. Tek sɔm ɔda foto dɛn frɔm difrɛn angul dɛn ɛn chɛk.
- If di blak ringwɔm kɔntinyu fɔ tan lɛk wayt ɔlsay na bɔku foto dɛn, nɔ delay ɛn go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn ɔ dɔktɔ we de mɛn dɛn yay wantɛm wantɛm.
- If yu no am kwik, dat kin mek di chans fɔ sev in yay, in yay, ɛn ivin in layf bɔku. Nɔ ɛva ignore sayn lɛk dis.
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