Yu nɔ ebul fɔ si fa fa say bak? Lɛ wi lan bɔt wan siriɔs tin we de insay di yay? (Mayopik Dijɛnɛreshɔn) .

Sɔntɛnde, yu kin si tin dɛn we de fa bɔt na tin dɛn nɔmɔ we de nia klia wan? Wi kin kɔl dis 'nearsightedness' ɔ `(Myopia)'. Pan ɔl we dis na nɔmal tin fɔ bɔku pipul dɛn, sɔntɛnde dis prɔblɛm fɔ si fa kin go to mɔ siriɔs lɛvul . we dis apin, di `(Retina)`, we na wan layεr we rili sεnsitiv insay di yay, dat na di ples we wi de si imej dεm, de bigin fכ pwεl. Dis na wetin wi kin kɔl `(Myopic Degeneration)` ɔ `(Degenerative Myopia)`. Dis na sɔntin we yu fɔ tek tɛm wit, bikɔs as tɛm de go, dis damej kin bɔku ɛn i kin izi fɔ mek yu nɔ si fayn fɔ ɔltɛm . Bɔt nɔ wɔri, nɔto ɔlman we de si nia kin gɛt dis. Bɔt masta sabi bukman dɛn se dis sik kin afɛkt wan pan ɛvri 33 pipul dɛn na di wɔl.

So wetin na di simptom dɛm fɔ `(Myopic Degeneration)`?

Di fɔs big sayn na we pɔsin kin si nia nia bad bad wan . Dis min se yu prɛskrishɔn fɔ yu glas tu ay. As dis sik de go bifo, yu go bigin fɔ notis chenj dɛn na di say we yu de si, mɔ na di sɛntral pat na yu yay . Dɛn tin ya na:

• We yu luk, yu go si wan blak ples ɔ wan say we nɔ klia na di midul pan yu yay . I kin ivin tan lɛk blaynd ples usay yu nɔ de si natin.
• Sɔm kɔlɔ dɛn nɔ kin izi fɔ no .
• Wi nid mɔ layt pas aw wi bin nid fɔ si tin klia wan.
• We yu luk tin dɛn we gɛt stret layn dɛn, i kin tan lɛk se dɛn strɛch ɛn rɔtin .
• Yu kin si smɔl blak tin dɛn we de flɔt bifo yu yay (floaters) , ɔ yu kin si layt we de flash .

We yu go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu yay, if i sɔprayz se yu gɛt dis sik, i go chɛk yu yay ɛn luk fɔ tin dɛn lɛk:

• di chenj dεm na di shep fכ di makula, we na di sεntrכm fכ yu vishכn, we implεnt fכ si klia wan.
• Ɛmoraji na di retina, i kin tan, i kin kɔmɔt, ɔ i kin swel.
• di fכmeshכn fכ makular ol dεm na di sεntrכm fכ si.
• Makula puckering de apin na di sεntrכm fכ si (Macula).

Wetin mek wi kin gɛt Myopic Degeneration?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, di men tin we kin mek dis apin na we pɔsin kin si tin we de nia bad bad wan . If yu yay prɛskrishɔn na `(-6.00 diopters)` ɔ mɔ, dɛn kin tek am se i siriɔs. Ɔ di lɔng we yu yay lɔng frɔm di fɔs to di bak kin bi 26 milimita ɔ pas dat. Imajin, we wi tray fɔ si sɔntin klia wan, wi yay mɔsul dɛn kin wok tranga wan pas aw i kin wok. we wi yay dεn de strεch כltεm, di dilik mεmbran we de insay di yay we dεn kכl `(Rεtina)` nכ kin ebul fכ bia dis pul. Na dat kin mek di retina pwɛl.

Udat de pan denja fɔ gɛt dis sik?

sεvεra klia risk fכs dεm de we de kכntribyut fכ divεlכpmεnt fכ Myopic Degeneration:

• Di kayn we aw yu Mayopia kin tranga: Di risk kin go ɔp dipen pan aw yu Mayopia siriɔs, ɔ aw yu prɛskrishɔn ay.
• Aybɔl lɔng: Di mɔ yu aybɔl big, dat na di mɔ yu aybɔl lɔng, na di mɔ yu go gɛt dis sik.
• Ej: Dis risk kin go ɔp wit yu ej, ɔr aw lɔng yu dɔn gɛt mayopia.

Apat frɔm dis, masta sabi pipul dɛn tink se bɔku ɔda tin dɛn kin mek dis sik bigin ɔ wɔs:

• Famili istri ɛn jɛnɛtiks: Pruf de fɔ se mayopia kin pas frɔm jɛnɛreshɔn to jɛnɛreshɔn. Bɔt dɛn nid fɔ du mɔ risach fɔ ɔndastand gud gud wan aw di jɛnɛtiks ɛn famili istri kin afɛkt di mayopik dijɛnɛreshɔn.
• Sεks: Sɔm stכdi dεm sho se uman dεm kin gεt dis sik.
• Ras ɛn etnik grup: Pan ɔl we dɛn kin se pipul dɛn we kɔmɔt na Eshia kin gɛt mɔ prɔblɛm, dɛn nɔ kin tɔk klia wan bɔt dis bak.
• Di tin dɛn we de apin na di envayrɔmɛnt: Dɛn tin ya kin apin na yu layf ɛvride. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu fɔ luk gud wan pan sɔntin bikɔs ɔf yu wok ɔ di tin we yu lɛk fɔ du, ɔ if yu wɛr di rayt lens. Tink bɔt dis, sɔm pipul dɛn kin spɛn bɔku pan dɛn de na dɛn fon, kɔmpyuta, ɔ luk smɔl smɔl tin dɛn. Dɛn yay kin taya bad bad wan. Tin dɛn lɛk dat kin afɛkt dis bak.

Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin gɛt Mayopik Dijɛnɛreshɔn?

di men komplikashכn dεm fכ dis kכndyushכn כl de riliyt to di tisu dεm na yu rεtina. Dɛn kɔmplikeshɔn ya na:

• Niovaskulεrayzeshn: We di tisu na di rεtina tכn, di ol bכdi vεsul dεm de brok εn blכd de kכmכt. Dɔn di bɔdi kin tray fɔ mek nyu blɔd vesel dɛn fɔ mek di blɔd go bak, bɔt dɛn nyu blɔd vesel ya kin mek di retina pwɛl mɔ.
• di layεr dεm we de sεparayt: as di rεtina tisu de tכn, di risk fכ di layεr dεm na di rεtina fכ separet frכm wan an, כ di rεtina fכ te כ fכ kכmכt, de go כp.
• Yu nɔ de si fayn: Di chenj dɛn we wi dɔn tɔk bɔt kin mek yu nɔ de si fayn ɔltɛm, yu nɔ de si bad bad wan, ɔ ivin blaynd .

Impɔtant: If dɛn prɔblɛm ya apin, i nɔ go ebul fɔ si bak if dɛn nɔ trit am kwik kwik wan. So, i rili impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no dis sik (Myopic Degeneration)?

Ɔftalmɔlɔjis kin no if yu gɛt Myopic Degeneration tru difrɛn tɛst dɛn. Bɔku pan dɛn tɛst ya kin bi we dɛn de du ɛgzam pan dɛn yay ɔltɛm. Yu nɔ go notis bɔku pan di chenj dɛn we de insay yu yay bikɔs ɔf Mayopik Dijɛnɛreshɔn, ɔ ivin notis big difrɛns na yu yay fɔs. Bɔt, ay dɔktɔ we tren fɔ no bɔt dɛn chenj ya, so i go yuz spɛshal we dɛn, tɛst, ɔ ikwipmɛnt fɔ no dɛn. Dɛn kin aks yu bak fɔ luk wan chɔt we dɛn kɔl Amsler grid fɔ si if ɛni blaynd ples ɔ distɔrshɔn de na yu fil fɔ si.

Apat frɔm dat, dɛn gɛt imej tɛst dɛn we kin ɛp fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt di sik we dɛn kɔl Myopic Degeneration. Dɛn na:

• Fluorescein angiography ɛn Indocyanine green angiography: Dis na spɛshal tɛst dɛn we de luk di kɔndishɔn fɔ di blɔd vesel dɛn we de insay di yay.
• Optical coherence tomography (OCT): dis de tek wan kכros-sekshכn pan di retina εn i kin no ivin sכft chenj dεm na in layεr dεm.
• Ay ɔltrasɔund tɛst `(Ay ɔltrasɔund)`

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ Myopic Degeneration?

Tritmɛnt fɔ Mayopik Dijɛnɛreshɔn gɛt fɔ du wit fɔ mek di sik nɔ wɔs ɛn fɔ rivɛns ɛni kɔmplikeshɔn we kin dɔn apin as mɔ as i pɔsibul.

Na sɔm pan di impɔtant tritmɛnt dɛn:

• Fɔ kɔrɛkt yu yay: If yu wɛr di rayt glas ɔ kɔntakt lens, dat kin mek yu yay nɔ strɛs. I kin ɛp fɔ stɔp ɔ slo di chenj dɛn we de apin na di retina.
• Di mɛrɛsin dɛn: Wi bɔdi de yuz wan prɔtin we dɛn kɔl Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) fɔ mek nyu blɔd vesel dɛn gro. di anti-VEGF mεdikeshכn dεm de wok bay we dεn de stכp dis protin fכ wok. Dis na mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin put insay di yay.
• Laser therapy ɛn photodynamic therapy: Sɔm laser ɛn layt-based ay tritmɛnt kin ɛp fɔ stɔp blɔd ɛn damej na di bak pat na di yay. dis kin slo di prכgreshכn fכ di mayopik dεjεnεreshכn.
• כpεrayshכn fכ di yay: dεn nid כpεrayshכn fכ kכrekt sכm kכmplikεshכn dεm fכ Mayopik Dijεnεreshכn (e.g., rεtina dεtachmεnt). כpεrayshכn kin stכp di rεtina dεtachmεnt εn mek i nכ de lכs di vishכn kwik kwik wan εn i nכ go ebul fכ rεvεrs.

Yu ɔftalmolɔg go ɛksplen to yu ditayli us tritmɛnt opshɔn dɛn we rayt fɔ yu ɛn wetin yu kin ɛkspɛkt frɔm dɛn.

Wetin a fɔ aks mi ay dɔktɔ?

Yu kin aks yu ay dɔktɔ kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk:

• Aw siriɔs mi Myopic Degeneration de?
• Wetin a kin du fɔ stɔp ɔ slo fɔ mek dis sik nɔ go bifo?
• Us tritmɛnt opshɔn dɛn a gɛt?
• Aw ɔltɛm a fɔ mek dɛn chɛk mi yay ɛn go to dɔktɔ?
• Us sayn dɛn a go ebul fɔ bia te a go to mi nɛks dɔktɔ?
• Us sayn dɛn we kin mek a nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm?

Wetin kin apin if a gɛt Myopic Degeneration?

If yu gɛt Myopic Degeneration, wetin yu kin ɛkspɛkt kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔrsin to ɔda pɔrsin. Fɔ sɔm pipul dɛn, i kin wɔs smɔl smɔl as tɛm de go. Aw bɔrku impak dis sik gɛt pan yu layf de dipen pan aw yu Mayopia tranga, ɔr aw lɔng yu aybɔl de.

Mɛmba ɔltɛm: If yu nɔ de go to ay dɔktɔ ɔltɛm ɛn dɛn de chɛk yu yay, yu de pan big risk fɔ mek yu yay pwɛl fɔ ɔltɛm ɛn yu nɔ go ebul fɔ si fayn bikɔs ɔf Mayopik Dijɛnɛreshɔn. Pan ɔl we sɔntɛnde dɛn kin ebul fɔ avɔyd dɛn prɔblɛm ya, dɛn kin smɔl ɔ at ɔl kin delay if dɛn de chɛk dɛn yay ɔltɛm.

Mayopia, mɔ wae e tranga, kin mek pɔrsin nɔr de fil fayn smɔl. Nɔto dat nɔmɔ, bɔt if yu no se i kin pwɛl yu yay, dat kin mek yu fred. Bɔt bikɔs Myopic Degeneration na wan sik wae dɛn dɔn si ɔlsay na di wɔl, masta sabi pipul dɛm de luk fɔ nyu ɛn bɛtɛ tritmɛnt ɔltɛm.

If yu gɛt Myopic Degeneration, yu yay dɔktɔ kin gi yu tritmɛnt opshɔn dɛm ɛn ɛp yu fɔ mɛn yu sik so dat yu go ebul fɔ pe atɛnshɔn pan di tin dɛm wae impɔtant to yu pas ɔl.

Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os

• If yu gɛt siriɔs mayopia, no bɔt mayopik dijɛnɛreshɔn, mɔ if yu prɛskrishɔn pas -6.00.
• No di sayn dɛm: Wach fɔ tin dɛm lɛk blak spat na di midul pan yu yay, i nɔ izi fɔ no di kɔlɔ dɛm, we yu luk rɔtin, ɛn we de flɔt bifo yu yay.
• I impɔtant fɔ no di pɔsin kwik kwik wan: Fɔ chɛk yu yay ɔltɛm. Da we de, if prɔblɛm de, yu kin no am kwik ɛn bigin fɔ trit am.
• Tritmɛnt dɛn de: Difrɛn tritmɛnt dɛn de fɔ stɔp di sik fɔ mek i nɔ wɔs ɛn fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin. Nɔ fred fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ.
• Di chenj we yu de chenj yu layf: Bɔku tɛm, tin dɛn lɛk fɔ gi yu yay rɛst, it fayn it, ɛn fɔ avɔyd fɔ smok kin fayn fɔ yu yay wɛlbɔdi.

Na yu yon wok fɔ kia fɔ yu yay. So, i rili impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dis ɛn tek di step dɛn we yu nid.

` Mayopik Dijenereshɔn, Dijeneretiv Mayopia, Patɔlɔjik Mayopia, Shot-sightedness, Ay Sik, Rɛtina, Vishɔn Lɔs