Yu vishɔn wik smɔl? Mek wi lan bɔt Low Vision.

Sɔntɛnde, yu kin fil lɛk se yu yay wik smɔl? Sɔntɛm ivin wit glas ɔ kɔntakt lens, yu nɔ kin si tin klia wan? I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ du di wok we yu de du ɛvride, fɔ rid buk, ɔ fɔ wach TV? So, tide wi go tok abaut wan topik we fit bi impotant to yu. Dat na di kɔndishɔn we dɛn kɔl ``Low Vision''.

Wetin rili na lɔw vishɔn?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis na wan kɔndishɔn we dɛn kɔl ``Lɔw Vishɔn`` we kin apin we yu gɛt pɔrmɛnt vishɔn prɔblɛm . Dis min se yu nɔ go ebul fɔ kɔrɛkt am ɔl bay we yu wɛr glas, yuz ``kɔntakt lens``, ɔ ivin du ɔpreshɔn pan yu yay. כl di ay dכkta dεm dεn dεskrεb dis ``Lכw Vishכn`` kכndishכn as mכdarεt to siriכs lεvεl fכ di vishכn impεryans. Dipen pan aw di prɔblɛm de, i kin ambɔg yu ɛvride wok, lɛk fɔ drayv ɔ fɔ rid.

Yu go dɔn yɛri wɔd dɛn lɛk "partially sighted" ɔ "legally blind." dis na rili spεsifi k difinishכn dεm we de fכl כnda di brayt hεd fכ "lכw vishכn." Bɔt dɛn kin disayd bak if yu kwalifay fɔ gɛt spɛshal ɛdyukeshɔn ɔ disabiliti savis.

Di impɔtant tin na dat, `(Low Vision)` nɔ min se yu go lɔs yu vishɔn kɔmplit wan . Sɔm lɛvɛl de fɔ si tin we lɛf. `(Vision rehabilitation services)` de fɔ ɛp yu fɔ mek di bɛst pan da vishɔn de we lɛf. Wan spɛshal pɔsin kin ɛp yu fɔ fɛn `(low vision aids)` we fayn fɔ yu ɛn ɛp yu fɔ mek yu layf izi.

Aw dɛn kin mɛzhɔ di lɔw vishɔn we dɛn de du tɛst fɔ si if pɔsin de si?

wan pan di men we dεm we wi kin yuz we wi de tεst wi yay na di ``Snellen eye chart.`` Dis de mכsu aw klia wan yu kin si sכmtin we de 20 fit away. Dɛn se pɔsin we gɛt nɔmal vishɔn gɛt 20/20. Dat min se yu kin si klia wan we yu de 20 fit.

Imajin se yu vishɔn na 20/70. Dis min se yu kin si sɔntin frɔm 20 fit we nɔmal pɔsin kin si frɔm 70 fit. Di Wol Wɛlbɔdi Ɔganayzeshɔn (WHO) kɔl dis lɛvɛl mɔdaret lɔw vishɔn. If yu si 20/200 ɔ pas dat, dɛn kin tek am se na siriɔs lɔw vishɔn.

Bɔt ay spɛshal pipul dɛn nɔ jɔs de luk dis nɔmba. Ɔda tɛst dɛn de we de mɛzhɔ yu fil we yu de si, lɛk we yu de si, fɔ si aw fa yu kin si to ɛni say. If yu fil fɔ si na 20 digri ɔ smɔl pas dat, dɛn kin tek dat bak as lɔw vishɔn.

Impɔtant: Sɔm pipul dɛn nɔ kin si fayn, bɔt dɛn kin kɔrɛkt am wit glas, kɔntakt lens, ɔ ɔpreshɔn. If yu de si fayn afta yu dɔn trit yu, yu nɔ de si bɛtɛ. Lɔw vishɔn na wan sik we kin kɔntinyu ivin we yu wɛr glas.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se pɔrsin nɔr de si fayn?

If yu nɔ de si fayn, dat kin afɛkt ɔlman difrɛn we. Yu kin gɛt tin dɛn lɛk:

• Sɛntral vishɔn lɔs: Na yu nɔr ebul fɔ si tin dɛn dairekt bifo yu klia wan. I tan lɛk se di sɛntrɔm pan foto nɔ klia.
• peripheral vision loss: We yu nɔ de si rawnd di yay, lɛk fɔ luk tru tiub.
• Dip perception loss: Na di nɔ ebul fɔ jɔj di distans bitwin tin dɛn kɔrɛkt wan. Dis kin tranga we yu de go ɔp ɔ dɔŋ stej.
• Kɔntrast sɛnsitiviti lɔs: I nɔ kin izi fɔ difrɛns bitwin tin dɛn we de na bakgrɔn we gɛt di sem kɔlɔ. Fɔ ɛgzampul, i kin at fɔ no difrɛns bitwin wayt pɔt frɔm wan plet we gɛt wayt rays.
• Nayt vision loss: Yu nɔ de si fayn we layt nɔ de na nɛt.
• Glare resistance loss: We di yay dɛn blu ɛn yu nɔ ebul fɔ si natin we yu de pan brayt layt .

Tin dɛn lɛk dis kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn na yu layf ɛvride:

• I nɔ izi fɔ rid buk, nyuspepa, ɛn tin dɛn na yu fon.
• Nɔ ebul fɔ drayv .
• Fɔ gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ wok ɛn kuk na di kichin.
• Fɔ gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ lan na skul ɛn na klas.
• Nɔ fɔ ebul fɔ si klia wan we yu de wach TV ɔ fim.
• I nɔ izi fɔ yuz kɔmpyuta .
• I nɔ izi fɔ no pipul dɛn fes .
• I at fɔ fɛn yu we, mɔ we yu de go na nyu ples dɛn we yu nɔ sabi .

Di sayn dɛm we de sho se yɔŋ pikin dɛn nɔ de si fayn

If yu smɔl pikin nɔ de si bɛtɛ, dɛn kin sho sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk:

• Ɔltɛm fɔ bɔmp pan tin dɛn .
• Dɛn kin luk tin dɛn we rili nia dɛn fes .
• I de swɛt ɔ blink ɔltɛm .
• A kin luk ɔltɛm wit wan yay we a lɔk ɔ wit mi an .
• I tan lɛk se mi yay dɛn de flɔt, a nɔ ebul fɔ kip dɛn na wan ples .
• Di yay dɛn nɔ de sho di sem say .
• di saiz fכ di tu pat dεm na di yay , di ayris εn di pupil, de difrεn .
• Di ayris ɛn di pupil kin tan lɛk grey ɔ wayt .

If yu si sayn dɛn lɛk dis, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ.

Sayd ifekt dɛm wae de kam wae pɔrsin nɔr de si fayn fɔ ɔltɛm

Fɔ liv wit pɔrmɛnt vishɔn lɔs kin kam bak wit sayd ɛfɛkt lɛk:

• I nɔ de du bɛtɛ tin fɔ du wit in bɔdi ɛn fɔ de wit ɔda pipul dɛn.
• Fɔ lɔs indipɛndɛns ɔ wok .
• Wan sik wae dɛn kɔl ``Charles Bonnet syndrome'' wae yu kin si tin dɛm wae nɔr de.
• Prɔblɛm dɛn na yu maynd lɛk fɔ wɔri ɔ fɔ gɛt pwɛl hat .

Wetin kin mek i nɔ de si fayn?

Difrɛn tin dɛn kin mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ si fayn, lɛk sik, aksidɛnt, ɛn di bad tin dɛn we dɛn bɔn wit.

Sɔm pan di men rizin dɛn we wi kin si bɔku tɛm na:

• Macular degeneration: Dis na wan sik wae yu kin lɔs yu sɛntral vishɔn smɔl smɔl. Yu kin notis wan blur ɔ dak ples na di sɛntrɔm pan yu vishɔn. Bɔrku tɛm, i kin apun pan pipul dɛm wae dɔn pas 50 ia.
• Katarakt: Dis na sik bak we de apin na di yay we kin apin we pɔsin de ol. Dis na klawd we de na di lens na di yay. Bɔku tɛm dɛn kin pul dis wit ɔpreshɔn (Cataract surgery). Bɔt nɔto ɔlman kin gɛt ɔpreshɔn.
• Glaucoma: Dis na sik we de go bifo ɛn we de pwɛl yu optik nɛv. Fɔs, i kin afɛkt di we aw pɔsin de si di say we i de na di say we i de si ɛn di we aw i de si na nɛt. If dɛn nɔ trit am fayn, damej kin apin we nɔ go ɛva chenj.
• Dayabitis-rilayt retinopathy: Dis na wan prɔblɛm we kin kam wit dayabitis we wata kin kɔmɔt na di blɔd vesel dɛn na di yay, we kin put prɛshɔn pan di retina, we kin dɔn pwɛl am.
• Retinopathy of prematurity: di pikin dεm we dεn bכn bifo di tεm εn we dεn trit dεm na inkubayt kin divεlכp abnכmal bכdi vεsεl dεm na dεn rεtina. Insay smɔl nɔmba, dis kin mek pɔsin pwɛl sote go.
• Amblyopia / lazy eye: Dis na difεkt we dεn bכn pikin. Wan yay nɔ de si fayn. As di pikin in bren de yus to di gud yay ɛn nɔ de pe atɛnshɔn to di wik yay, smɔl smɔl da yay de bigin fɔ drɛf go na di sayd.

Ɔda rizin dɛn na:

• Refractive errors: Dɛn tin ya kin afɛkt di shep we di yay gɛt, we kin mek pɔsin si nia ɔ i kin si fa. Pan ɔl we dɛn kin kɔrɛkt dɛn tin ya, dɛn kin wɔs if dɛn nɔ trit dɛn.
• Trachoma: Dis na baktriyal infεkshכn. Di yay kin rɛd ɛn pwɛl. Na wan big tin wae kin mek pɔrsin nɔr de si fayn na di wɔl, mɔr lɛk na di divɛlop kɔntri dɛm.
• Strabismus (misalayned eyes): Na prɔblɛm wit di mɔsul dɛm we de muv di yay dɛm. Bɔku tɛm, i kin bigin we i smɔl ɔ we i smɔl.
• Nistagmus we dɛn kɔl:Dis na wan sik wae de yay de muv kwik kwik wan ɛn nɔr kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol am, ɛn dis kin mek i nɔr kin ebul fɔ pe atɛnshɔn pan wan say. I kin de we dɛn bɔn am ɔ i kin divɛlɔp leta na layf.
• Retinitis pigmentosa: Dis na wan grup we gɛt sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt frɔm in yay. Di retina kin stɔp fɔ wok fayn fayn wan. I kin bi bikɔs ɔf difrɛn difrɛn tin dɛn we de apin na di jɛnɛtiks.
• Hypertensive retinopathy: If yu gɛt ay blɔd prɛshɔn fɔ lɔng tɛm, dat kin mek yu blɔd nɔ flɔ to di ɔgan dɛn, ivin di retina. We yu nɔ de si fayn, dat kin bi di fɔs sayn fɔ se yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu blɔd we de flɔ.
• Retina detachment: Na wan sik we nɔ de mek pɔsin fil pen bɔt we rili siriɔs. di rεtina de separet frכm in sכpכt tisu dεm. I kin mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ si fayn wantɛm wantɛm ɛn fɔ ɔltɛm.
• Optik atrofi: Di ​​optik nεv de wik sכmtεm. Dis kin kam bikɔs ɔf difrɛn tin dɛn lɛk aksidɛnt, infɛkshɔn, ɛn prɔblɛm wit blɔd flɔ.
• Ay injury: Siriɔs injury na yu yay kin mek yu gɛt damej fɔ ɔltɛm, mɔ if yu nɔ no am ɛn trit am fayn. Tek tɛm if yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu yay afta yu gɛt aksidɛnt.
• Bren injury: If yu gɛt bad bad injury na yu ed ɔ yu strok, i kin pwɛl di bren ɛn afɛkt di we aw yu de si. Sɔm kayn sik lɛk ed we de at ɛn diziz kin apin bak, wit prɔblɛm wit yu yay.
• Vitamin A we nɔ de: Vitamin A impɔtant fɔ mek pɔsin si. If yu nɔ gɛt am inof frɔm yu it, ɔ if yu bɔdi nɔ ebul fɔ tek am, yu nɔ go ebul fɔ si fayn. Na nɛt blaynd na di fɔs sayn.
• Ay kansa: Ɔl kayn yay kansa nɔ kin bɔku, bɔt i kin mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ si fayn igen. Di tritmɛnt fɔ pul kansa kin pwɛl ɔ pul sɔm pat dɛn na di yay bak, ɛn dis kin mek i nɔ ebul fɔ si fayn igen.

Aw fɔ no se pɔsin nɔ de si fayn?

Wan dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu yay kin no if yu nɔ de si fayn bay we i du difrɛn tɛst dɛn fɔ si. I go tɛl yu wetin na di prɔblɛm, aw i bad, ɛn if dɛn kin trit am. If i mɔdaret to siriɔs, i nɔ go ebul fɔ chenj, ɛn i de afɛkt yu layf bad bad wan, den dɛn kin no se na ``Lɔw Vishɔn''.

Fɔ gɛt diagnosis lɛk dis kin tranga, mɔr lɛk if yu nɔr bin no bɔt di damej we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ chenj to yu yay. Yu kin gɛt difrɛn kayn tin wae yu kin du, lɛk wae yu kin shɔk, yu kin kɔnfyus, yu nɔr kin ebul fɔ du ɛnitin, yu nɔr kin gri wit yu, yu kin vɛks, ɛn yu kin fil bad. Dis ɔl na tin we nɔmal.

Aw di dɔktɔ dɛn we de mɛn di yay kin trit pɔsin we nɔ de si fayn?

We yu si optometrist we spɛshal pan low vision, i go gi yu spɛshal tɛst we dɛn kɔl ‘low vision exam.’ Fɔs, i go tek wan kɔmplit histri bɔt yu yay wɛlbɔdi, dɔn i go aks yu aw di sik we yu gɛt naw de afɛkt yu layf.

I de aks yu aw fɔ si smɔl kin afɛkt dɛn tin ya fɔ yu:

• Skul ɔ wok aktiviti dɛn.
• Fɔ rid ɛn yuz kɔmpyuta.
• Fɔ drayv.
• Di wok dɛn we dɛn kin du na di kichin.
• Fɔ no pɔsin in fes.
• Abiliti fɔ travul.
• Di tin dɛn we pɔsin kin lɛk fɔ du ɛn di tin dɛn we pɔsin kin du fɔ ɛnjɔy insɛf.
• Mental stet ɛn soshal layf.

Di dɔktɔ go chɛk yu yay ɛn yu yay bak fɔ chɛk fɔ ɛni chenj na yu kɔndishɔn. Dɛn go yuz spɛshal ``lɔ vishɔn tɛst chɛt`` fɔ mɛzhɔ yu vishɔnal akyuiti.

Yu kin want fɔ chɛk dis bak:

• Fild fɔ si tin.
• Di ay mɔsul dɛn we de wok.
• Glare sɛnsitiviti we pɔsin kin gɛt.
• Di ebul fɔ difrɛns di kɔlɔ (Kɔntrast sɛnsitiviti).
• Nayt vishɔn.
• Di we aw pɔsin de si di kɔlɔ.
• Dip we aw pɔsin de si tin.
• Di ebul fɔ rid.

Bay di tɛst rizɔlt, di lɔw vishɔn spɛshal pɔsin go mek wan pɔrsin in tritmɛnt plan bays pan yu patikyula chalenj ɛn nid dɛm. Dɛn go gi yu tin dɛn ɛn advays fɔ ɛp yu fɔ adap ɛn mek yu kwaliti layf bɛtɛ.

Vishɔn Rihabiliteshɔn

Dɛn kɔl di tritmɛnt fɔ di wan dɛn we nɔ de si fayn ‘vishɔn rihabiliteshɔn’. Di gol fɔ dis tritmɛnt na fɔ mek yu si bak to in bɛst lɛvɛl ɛn ɛp yu fɔ liv yusɛf as yu ebul wit di vishɔn we yu gɛt. Dis kin inklud difrɛn tin dɛn fɔ yuz.

Yu plan kin gɛt fɔ du wit:

Di tin dɛn we de ɛp pɔsin fɔ si smɔl ɛn divays dɛn

Yu go si se dɛn tin ya go fayn:

• Wan prɛskrishɔn fɔ glas ɔ kɔntakt lens.
• Optik magnifaya ɔ tɛliskɔp dɛn.
• Ilɛktronik magnifaya ɛn skrin rida dɛn.
• Prodakt dɛn we gɛt big font ɛn ay kɔlɔ kɔntrast.
• Voys-to-tɛks ɛn odio ridin teknɔlɔji.
• Divays dɛn we pɔsin kin yɛri na os.

Praktikal trenin ɛn sɔpɔt

Yu go si se dis go fayn bak:

• Ɔkupeshɔn tɛrapi na fɔ lan fɔ du ɛvride wok dɛn na nyu we.
• Wan mobiliti spɛshal pɔsin we de ɛp yu fɔ lan fɔ go rawnd.
• Wan rihabiliteshɔn instrɔkta we de tich indipɛndɛnt liv skil dɛm.
• Speshal ɛdyukeshɔn ɔ wok savis.
• Kɔnsul ɔr saykotɛrapi fɔ mek yu kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi.
• Sɔpɔt grup dɛm usay yu kin kɔnɛkt wit ɔda pipul dɛm we de liv wit lɔw vishɔn.

Aw a kin liv wit low vision?

Nɔto ɔlman we nɔ de si bɛtɛ go go fɛn rihabiliteshɔn savis, bɔt bɔku pipul dɛn kin bɛnifit bɔku frɔm dɛn. Bɔku tin dɛn de fɔ dɛn, frɔm prɛktikal tul dɛn, advays, ɛn strateji to sɔshal ɛn saykilɔjik sɔpɔt sistɛm.

Fɔ adap to disabled nɔr kin izi, bɔt e kin izi fɔ du am wit ɛp fɔ ɔda pipul dɛm pas fɔ tray fɔ du am yu wan. Mɛmba se ilɛk uskayn prɔblɛm dɛn yu gɛt, ɔda pɔsin dɔn gɛt dɛn bifo yu. Ɔda pipul dɛn dɔn fɛn sɔlv ɛn we fɔ bia wit di prɔblɛm, ɛn yu kin tɛl dɛn dɛn tin dɛn de.

A kin mek a nɔ ebul fɔ si tin we go pwɛl sote go?

Di bɛst we fɔ mek yu nɔ ebul fɔ si fayn ɔltɛm na fɔ du yu yay ɛgzam ɔltɛm ɛn go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm if yu notis ɛnitin we nɔ kɔmɔn. Pan ɔl we nɔto ɔl di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ si fayn, dɛn kin trit bɔku pan dɛn if dɛn no kwik kwik wan .

Wetin ‘patially sighted’ min?

Bɔrku pipul kin yuse di wɔd "partially sighted" loosely, fɔ min pɔrsin wae gɛt sɔm digri wae nɔr de si fayn. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, i kin min sɔntin we rili patikyula. insay dεn kayn kes dεm ya, i kin min sכmtin lεk "mכdarεt lכw vishכn" (visual acuity of 20/70 כ wos).

Insay sɔm kɔntri dɛn, yu kin rɛjista wit di gɔvmɛnt as "partially sighted" fɔ gɛt sɔm bɛnifit dɛn. If yu nɔ de si fayn, yu kwalifay as "partially sighted." Insay di edyukeshɔn sistɛm, fɔ bi "partially sighted" kin min se yu kwalifay fɔ spɛshal ɛdyukeshɔn savis.

pan ɔl we i kin bigin we dɛn bɔn pikin, bɔku pipul dɛn kin si smɔl smɔl – sɔm tɛm dɛn kin so sloslo dat dɛn nɔ kin ivin no. Ilɛksɛf yu na mama ɔ papa, studɛnt, pɔsin we de wok, ɔ pɔsin we dɔn ritaya, fɔ kam fɔ no se yu nɔ go si fayn igen, i nɔ kin izi fɔ yu.

Nɔbɔdi nɔ rɛdi fɔ layf wit lɔw vishɔn, bɔt bɔku pipul dɛn bifo yu dɔn sakrifays fɔ adap to am ɛn dɛn dɔn mek di rod fɔ go bifo klia. Mɛmba se, nɔto yu wan de – yu prɔfɛshɔnal kia tim ɛn yu kɔmyuniti de fɔ ɛp yu wit dɛn ɛkspiriɛns.

Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os

Okay, so naw yu geht gud aidia boht wetin wi bin de tok boht, ``(Low Vision)`` o low vision. Na sɔm impɔtant tin dɛn we yu fɔ mɛmba:

• Lɔw Vishɔn na wan pɔrmɛnt vishɔn wae nɔr kin ebul fɔ wɛl ɔl, ivin wit glas ɔr ɔpreshɔn.
• Dis nɔto fɔ blaynd ɔltin. Sɔm vishɔn stil de.
• Di sayn dɛm kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔrsin to ɔda pɔrsin. Dɛn kin inklud di frɔnt vishɔn we de dɔŋ, we i nɔ de si na di say we i de, ɛn i nɔ kin izi fɔ rid.
• Bɔku tin dɛn kin de we kin mek i apin. Dɛn tin ya na sik dɛn lɛk dayabitis, katarakt, glaukoma, aksidɛnt, ɛn we dɛn bɔn pikin dɛn we nɔ fayn.
• I impɔtant fɔ no di pɔsin kwik kwik wan ɛn fɔ du am di rayt we. We yu go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu yay ɛn gɛt ``Vision rehabilitation`` savis i kin mek yu layf izi.
• Nɔto yu wan de. Dɔktɔ dɛn, advaysa dɛn, ɛn sɔpɔt grup dɛn de we kin ɛp.

If yu tink se yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu yay lɛk dis, duya nɔ fred ɔ shem fɔ go to ay dɔktɔ. If yu du sɔntin kwik kwik wan, dat kin mek big chenj na yu layf.

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