Yu tink se di we aw wi de si tin kin pwɛl we wi de ol? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt Macular Degeneration (AMD)!

Yu dɔn ɛva gɛt wan strenj ɛkspiriɛns we yu de rid nyuspepa ɔ luk pɔsin in fes, usay yu kin si di ed dɛn nɔmɔ, nɔto di rayt sɛnt? Sɔntɛm di stret layn dɛn we yu de si, lɛk winda frem, de luk strɛch ɛn rɔtin? Dis nɔto jɔs random tin dɛn. Dɛn tin ya kin bi sayn dɛm fɔ wan ay kɔndishɔn wae bɔrku pipul kin gɛt afta dɛn dɔn ol 50-60 ia. Na dat wi de tok abaut tide.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na Macular Degeneration?

Makula dijenereshɔn na sik we de afɛkt di sɛntral vishɔn na di yay, dat na wetin wi de si we wi luk stret bifo. Bɔku tɛm, i kin apin mɔ as wi de ol. fכ dat, dεn kin kכl am bak di ej-rεlatεd makyula dεjεnεresh כn כ ``Ej-Rεlatεd Makyula Dijεnεreshכn'' כ ``(AMD)''.

Tink bɔt wi yay lɛk kamɛra. insay di yay, na di bak, wan pat de we dεn kכl `rεtina`. Na dat de wok lek di `sensor` of di kamera. rayt na di midul pan dis `retina`, di rili imכtant sכmכl ples we de kech di fayn fayn ditel dεm εn klia imej fכ wetin wi de si dεn kכl am di `macula`. Wi de rid buk, no pɔsin, drayv motoka, ɛn dis pat we dɛn kɔl `macula` de ɛp wi wit ɔl dɛn tin ya.

insay makula dijenereshכn, di pat we dεn kכl `makula` de dεm. Dɔn, wi sɛntral vishɔn kin wik. Bɔt insay dis kes, wi nɔ de go blaynd ɔl. Di peripheral vision stil gud. Dat min se pan ɔl we wetin wi de luk dairekt kin tan lɛk se i nɔ klia, wi kin si di tin dɛn we de arawnd wi nɔmal wan.

Dis sik kin afɛkt wan yay nɔmɔ, ɔ i kin afɛkt ɔl tu di yay dɛn. Sɔmtɛm, aw di sik kin tranga na di tu yay kin difrɛn bak.

Udat kin gɛt dis sik? (Di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt prɔblɛm)

As di nem sho, ol na di men tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik. Dis risk kin go ɔp afta di ej fɔ 50-60 ia. Bɔt sɔm ɔda tin dɛn de apat frɔm dat.

• Famili istri: If yu mama, papa, ɔr brɔda ɛn sista dɔn gɛt dis sik, yusɛf go gɛt dis sik.
• Smok: Pipul wae de smok kin gɛt dis sik pasmak.
• Ovaweit: I impɔtant bak fɔ mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi bɔdi wet.
• Ay blɔd prɛshɔn (Hypertension): If yu gɛt ay blɔd prɛshɔn, fɔ kɔntrol am fayn fayn wan rili impɔtant fɔ yu yay.
• Fɔ it tin dɛn we nɔ fayn: I nɔ fayn bak fɔ it tin dɛn we gɛt bɔku bɔku fat ɔltɛm, lɛk ɔyl, tin dɛn we dɛn dɔn frɛsh, ɛn tin dɛn we dɛn kin it fast.
• Wait pipul dɛm: Risach dɔn sho se wayt pipul dɛn kin gɛt dis sik smɔl pas ɔda pipul dɛm.

Tu men kayn makula dijenereshɔn de:

Dis kכndyushכn kin sheb to tu men tכp dεm: dray εn wet.

Lɛ wi lan bak bɔt di stej dɛm wae de sik kin kam.

Tri men stej dεm de fכ dray yay. Bɔku tɛm, di sayn dɛn kin apin leta, bɔt ay dɔktɔ kin no dɛn chenj ya kwik kwik wan we dɛn de du ɛgzam.

1. di εli stej: di chenj dεm na di makula dεn dכn bigin, bכt di vishכn nכ de afekt.

2. Intamεdiεt stej: di vishכn de bכn sכmtεm, wrinkles de bigin fכ apia.

3. Let/Advans: Sɛntral vishɔn dɔn ɔlmost lɔs.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ dis sik?

Bɔrku pipul nɔr kin gɛt ɛni sayn wae dɛn kin gɛt na di fɔs tɛm. Dɛn sayn ya kin jɔs bigin fɔ sho wae de sik pasmak. Si if yu de gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya.

• Ridyushɔn fɔ si we layt nɔ de shayn: Di we aw pɔsin kin si kin go dɔŋ na nɛt we layt nɔ de na os.
• Yu nɔ de si fayn: Yu kin fil lɛk se yu nɔ de si fayn na di midul, mɔ we yu de rid ɔ luk yu fes.
• Di chenj we dɛn kin chenj di we aw pipul dɛn kin si di kɔlɔ: Di kɔlɔ dɛn kin tan lɛk se dɛn dak ɛn dɛn kin chenj.
• Stret layn dɛn: Dis na rili impɔtant kwaliti . If i tan lɛk se tin dɛn we stret lɛk winda frem, domɔt frem, ɛn tayl layn dɛn rɔtin ɛn strɛch, nɔ ignore am.
• Fɔ si blak ɔ ɛmti ples na di midul we yu de si: Fɔ si blak ples ɔ ɛmti ples na di midul pan sɔntin we yu de luk.

If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya, i rili impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ we sabi bɔt yu yay wantɛm wantɛm .

Aw dɔktɔ kin no dis?

Bikɔs bɔku tɛm, makula dijɛnɛreshɔn nɔ kin gɛt ɛni sayn we i bigin, i impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn chɛk yu yay ɛvri ia , mɔ if yu dɔn pas 50. Dis kin mek yu dɔktɔ no di sik kwik kwik wan ɛn bigin fɔ trit yu kwik kwik wan.

We yu go to dɔktɔ, i go chɛk yu retina ɛn makula fɔ chenj. I kin du wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn tɛst ya.

• Amsler grid test: Dis na grid we gɛt grid pan am. Wan big dɔt de na di midul. Di dɔktɔ go aks yu fɔ luk di grid ɛn si if ɛni layn de we strɛch, brok, ɔ blɔk. Dis kin mek yu no if yu gɛt dis sik ɔr if i bad. Yu kin yuz dis bak fɔ wach aw yu de si na os.
• Dilated eye exam: Di dɔktɔ go yuz ay drɔp fɔ dilayt yu pupil ɛn spɛshal lens fɔ luk insay yu yay.
• Fluorescein angiography: Dɛn kin put yɔlɔ day insay wan vein na di an, ɛn wan spɛshal kamɛra kin tek pikchɔ dɛn fɔ di day we i de travul tru di blɔd vesel dɛn we de insay di yay. Dis kin ɛp fɔ no if ɛni blɔd ɔ wata de lik ɔnda di makula.
• Optical coherence tomography (OCT): Dis tan lɛk we yu de tek skan insay yu yay. I nɔ de mek pɔsin fil pen. as yu de luk insay di lens na di mashin, i de tek rili klia tri-dimenshכnal (3D) imej dεm fכ wan kכros-sekshכn pan di rεtina εn makula insay yu yay.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛn?

Di tritmɛnt dipen pan us kayn yu gɛt.

Tritmɛnt fɔ dray tayp

No patikyula tritmɛnt nɔ de fɔ di kayn dray. כltu, big stכdi dεm we dεn kכl ``AREDS`` εn ``AREDS2`` dεn fכnshכn se if yu tek wan spεshal kכmbaynshכn fכ vaytam in εn minral dεm i kin slo dכn di prכgreshכn fכ di sik. Dɛn nyutrishɔnal supamakit ya kin gɛt:

• Vitamin C we de na di bɔdi
• Vitamin E we gɛt di sik
• Lutein we dɛn kɔl
• Zeaxanthin we dɛn kɔl Zeaxanthin
• Zink we dɛn kɔl Zinc
• Kɔpa

Yu fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu yay bɔt if yu fɔ tek dɛn tin ya ɛn us doz yu fɔ tek. Nɔ jɔs tek vaytamɛn fɔ yusɛf.

Tritmɛnt fɔ di Wet Tayp

Bikɔs di kayn wet kin rili bad, i nid fɔ trit am kwik kwik wan.

• Anti-VEGF injεkshכn: Dis na di men εn di mכst ifektiv tritmεnt we de. dis na dכg we de blכk wan protin we dεn kכl VEGF, we de mek di wik nyu bכdi vεsul dεm insay di yay gro. Di dɔktɔ kin mek di yay nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk ɛn i kin injɛkt di injɛkshɔn we i nɔ kin fil pen . Sɔntɛnde, dɛn injɛkshɔn ya kin mek sɔm pan di vishɔn we dɔn lɔs, kam bak.
• Fɔtodaynamik tɛrapi (PDT): Dis kin min fɔ injɛkt wan mɛrɛsin we de mek layt insay wan vein ɛn afta dat dɛn kin dayrɛkt wan spɛshal lɛsa bim insay di yay fɔ pwɛl di nyu blɔd vesel dɛn we dɛn nɔ want we dɛn dɔn mek.
• Laser photocoagulation: Dɛn kin yuz laser bim we gɛt ay ɛnaji fɔ sial/dɛst di blɔd vesel dɛn we de blɔd. Bɔt di yus fɔ dɛn we ya dɔn go dɔŋ bad bad wan frɔm we dɛn kam wit nyu `Anti-VEGF` vaksin.

Aw wi go protɛkt wisɛf frɔm dis kayn tin?

Pan ɔl we dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ stɔp am kpatakpata, bɔku tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm.

• If yu de smok, stɔp wantɛm wantɛm. Dis na di bɛst tin we yu go ebul fɔ du.
• Mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi wet.
• Ɛksesaiz ɔltɛm.
• Kip yu blɔd prɛshɔn ɛn yu kɔlɔstrel lɛvɛl fayn fayn wan.
• Adopt di it we gɛt wɛlbɔdi. It mɔ grɛn vɛjitebul, frut, ɛn fish (especially fish we gɛt ɔyl lɛk salmon ɛn makrɛl).
• Wear sanglas we gɛt gud UV protɛkshɔn we yu de go na do.

If yu lɔs yu sɛntral vishɔn, dat kin gɛt big impak pan di tin dɛn we yu de du ɛvride. I kin at fɔ rid buk, no fes, ɛn drayv motoka. Dis kin mek yu gɛt pwɛl hat ɛn wɔri. Insay dɛn kayn tɛm ya, i impɔtant fɔ mek yu go fɛn sɔpɔt frɔm yu fambul dɛn ɛn if nid de, yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ fɔ advays.