Yu tink se di tu yay dɛn kin bɔn wit san? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt (Photokeratitis)!

Yu dɔn ɛva spɛn lɔng de fɔ ple na di san, waka na bich, ɔ wɛldin, ɛn we yu kam bak na os na ivintɛm, yu yay kin rɛd, wata, ɛn pen, lɛk se yu gɛt san na yu yay? Sɔntɛnde yu yay kin swel ɛn i kin at fɔ luk di layt, nɔto so? If yu dɔn gɛt da ɛkspiriɛns de, i kin bi bikɔs ɔf wan sik we dɛn kɔl fotokeratitis. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, i tan lɛk se di san de bɔn wi skin, bɔt UV rayt de bɔn wi yay.

Wetin na dis rili (Photokeratitis)?

Fɔtokeratitis, fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, na we di say we wi yay de, di kɔnjɔktiva , we na di wayt mɛmbran we de kɔba di wayt pat pan di yay we de rawnd di blak yay, ɛn di kɔnia , we na di klia pat we de bifo di blak yay, kin pwɛl we wi de pan ɔltra vayolɛt (UV) rayt we de kɔmɔt na di san. I jɔs tan lɛk we wi skin gɛt san bɔn, i kin tɔn rɛd ɛn i kin at. Bɔt dis kin apin to di yay. Bɔrku tɛm, dis sik kin afɛkt ɔl tu di yay dɛm.

Imajin, we wi go na bich, ɔ we wi de go waka, ɔ we wi go na say we sno de, nɔto di san nɔmɔ, bɔt di san layt we de kɔmɔt frɔm wata, san, ɛn sno kin ambɔg wi yay dairekt wan. Dɔn bak, di layt we pasmak we dɛn kin gɛt we dɛn de wɛldɔm, di lamp dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ tan bed, ɛn sɔm layt dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn kin mek dis sik bak. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl dis "snow blindness" bikɔs na di UV rayt we de kɔmɔt na di sno kin mek am. Na di wan dɛn we de wɛldɔm, dɛn kin kɔl dis bak "Arc eye" ɔ "Welder's flash."

Wetin na di men kayn fotokeratitis?

Dis sik (Photokeratitis) kin sheb to tu men kayn:

1. Akyu Fɔtokɛraytis: Dis kin apin we yu gɛt bɔku bɔku UV rayt wantɛm wantɛm, fɔ shɔt tɛm. Bɔku tɛm, na fɔ shɔt tɛm nɔmɔ ɛn i kin bɛtɛ insay sɔm dez.

. Dis kayn nɔ kin bɔku pas di kayn akyu.

Aw yu kin no di sayn dɛm fɔ dis?

If yu gɛt fotokeratitis, yu kin gɛt wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn sayn ya:

• Ay pen ɔ rɛd: Dis na di men sayn. I kin tan lɛk se di insay pat pan yu yay de at.
• Kray/wata yay: I kin jɔs fil lɛk se kray wata de kam.
• Yu nɔ de si fayn: Yu nɔ go ebul fɔ si klia wan, ɛn yu go tan lɛk se yu nɔ de si fayn.
• Ay swɛlin: Di say we de rawnd di yay ɔ di yaylid kin swel.
• Fɔ fil lɛk layt: Di yay kin tu blu fɔ luk, ɛn ivin smɔl layt nɔ kin izi fɔ bia.
• Fɔ fil lɛk se grens dɛn de na di yay: I kin fil lɛk se sɔntin dɔn stɔp insay di yay, lɛk se i de swɛt.

Apat frɔm dis, sɔm ɔda tin dɛn kin de:

• We yu si halo: We yu luk layt, yu go si ring dɛn we gɛt kɔlɔ rawnd am.
• Ɛd we de at: I kin gɛt siriɔs ed pen.
• Aylid de twitch: I kin tan lɛk se aylid jɔs de twitch.
• Yu nɔ de si fayn fɔ sɔm tɛm: Dis nɔ kin apin smɔl, bɔt i kin apin.
• Fɔ si tin dɛn de chenj kɔlɔ: Dis na tin bak we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm.

Dɛn sayn ya kin te bitwin 6 ɛn 24 awa. Bɔt bɔku tɛm, dɛn go dɔn kpatakpata insay 48 awa. Di lɔng we yu de pan (UV) rayt, na di mɔ yu sik kin tranga.

Wetin na di men tin dɛm wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt fotokeratitis?

Ultraviolet (UV) rays na in de mek dis damej pan wi yay. Ɔl tu di UV-A ɛn UV-B rayt dɛn we de kɔmɔt na di san kin mek wi yay pwɛl fɔ shɔt tɛm ɛn fɔ lɔng tɛm, ɛn i kin afɛkt wi yay bak. UV-C rayt kin tek wi ozon layt, so i nɔ kin ambɔg wi yay.

Apat frɔm di dairekt san layt, ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt UV rayt we kin mek pɔsin gɛt fotokeratitis na:

• San layt we de kɔmɔt pan tin dɛn lɛk sno, ays, wata, san, ɔ simen ɛn nak wi yay.
• (Tanning beds) ɔ lamp dɛn we dɛn kin yuz na kabin.
• Layz we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek layt.
• Mɛksiki vaypa lamp ɔ halojen dɛsk lamp.
• Laytnin we kin kam ɔ ilɛktrik spak.
• Arc welding ikwipmɛnt ɔ fotograf flod lamp.
• Layt we dɛn kin yuz fɔ kil di sik ɔ as mɛrɛsin.

Impɔtant: If wi luk di San dairekt wan, mɔ we di san de kɔmɔt, dat kin mek wi retina pwɛl fɔ lɔng tɛm ɛn bɔku, ɛn dis kin mek wi bɔn. So nɔ ɛva du am.

Udat de pan denja fɔ gɛt dis sik?

Yu de pan big risk fɔ gɛt fotokeratitis if yu:

• If yu na pɔsin we de spɛn bɔku tɛm na do ɛn na di san, fɔ du tin dɛn lɛk fɔ waka na di mawnten dɛn, fɔ waka na di bush, fɔ ski, ɔ fɔ swim.
• If yu yuz (sanlamp), (tan bed), ɔ if yu de wok ɔ spɛn tɛm na say we gɛt (UV) layt sɔs.
• If yu de na say dɛn we rili ay (we yu kin gɛt UV rayt).

Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin gɛt fotokeratitis?

If yu de pan ivin smɔl smɔl UV raytin fɔ lɔng tɛm, dat kin mek yu gɛt mɔ katarakt ɔ yu makyula dijɛnɛreshɔn tumara bambay.Di risk fɔ gɛt dɛn kayn tin ya kin bɔku. We yu de na (UV) rayt, i kin gɛda as tɛm de go. כlso, we yu de pan (UV) rayt fכ lכng tεm, i kin mek di tisu dεm εlevεshכn na di sεf na di yay. Dɛn kɔl dɛn tin ya (Pingueculae) ɛn (Pterygia) . Dɛn kin stɔp dɛn tin ya if yu yuz sanglas fayn fayn wan we yu de na do.

Apat frɔm dat, shɔt wɛvlɛnj blu ɛn vayɛl layt we de kɔmɔt frɔm tin dɛn lɛk (LED) layt, kɔmpyuta, ɛn smart fon kin ambɔg wi retina bak ɛn i kin bi risk fɔ mek di makula dijenereshɔn leta na layf.

Aw dɛn kin no se pɔsin gɛt Fɔtokɛratitis?

If yu gɛt dɛn sik ya, yu fɔ go to spɛshal pɔsin we de kia fɔ yu yay. I go chɛk yu yay ɛn aks yu kwɛstyɔn dɛn bɔt di tin dɛn we yu jɔs dɔn du ɛn di say we yu de wok. Ay dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu di rayt tin if yu yay dɔn pwɛl ɛn aw i bad.

Di dɔktɔ go put wan wata we dɛn kɔl fluorescein na yu yay ɛn afta dat i go du wan slit lamp ɛgzam . Dis na spɛshal day. I kin no klia wan ɛni tin we nɔ rayt ɔ skrach na di say we yu kɔnia de.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ (Photokeratitis)?

As yu bigin fɔ fil di sik so, go insay os wantɛm wantɛm. Stay na rum we dak smɔl. If yu wɛr kɔntakt lens, pul am. Nɔ ɛva rɔb yu yay.

Yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du simpul tritmɛnt dɛn we yu kin du na os, lɛk:

• Klos yu yay ɛn rilaks.
• Klos yu yay ɛn put kol was klos oba dɛn.
• Wear sanglas fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt layt.
• Yuz atifishal kray wata. Yu kin bay dɛn tin ya na di famasi.
• Fɔ ridyus pen, tek wan nɔ-stɛroyd anti-inflammatory drɔg (NSAID) lɛk ibuprofen (e.g., Advil®, Motrin®) we yu kin gɛt na di famasi.

Bɔrku tɛm, dis sik kin dɔn fɔ insɛf insay sɔm awa ɔr dez. If yu nid fɔ gɛt mɛrɛsin, yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu ay drɔp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt di sik.

Ɔltɛm, go to dɔktɔ: If yu gɛt ɛni sayn lɛk we yu nɔ de si fayn, ɔ if di pen dɔn pas tu dez, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ.

Aw wi go protɛkt wisɛf frɔm Fɔtokɛraytis?

Yu kin du dɛn tin ya fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm fotokeratitis:

• Wear di rayt tin fɔ protɛkt yu yay:Tin dɛn lɛk sanglas ɔ sno gɔgl. Risach pipul dɛn se if yu spɛn tɛm na do, wɛr sanglas ɔ glas we de blok ɔ absɔb 99% to 100% pan di UV rayt. Di bɛst tin fɔ pik na sanglas we dɛn rap rawnd ɔ sanglas we gɛt sayd panɛl. Dis kin mek di UV rayt dɛn we de mek bad bad tin nɔ kam insay frɔm ɔl di say dɛn. Ivin we klawd de, di layt we sno, san, ɔ wata kin bɔn kin bɔn yu yay, so i impɔtant fɔ wɛr sanglas.
• Wear hat ɔ vayza we gɛt wayd brim we yu de go na do.
• If yu gɛt UV raytin na wokples, yuz di rayt tin dɛn fɔ protɛkt yu.
• If yu de wok ɔ ple na say we di san de shayn, i go fayn fɔ wɛr kɔntakt lens we de absɔb UV.
• Si dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu yay wan tɛm insay di ia fɔ mek dɛn du wan kɔmplit ay ɛgzam.

Wetin yu kin ɛkspɛkt if yu gɛt fotokeratitis?

Di gud nyus bɔt fotokeratitis na dat, i kin bi fɔ sɔm tɛm nɔmɔ ɛn yu kin dɔn ɔlmost insay sɔm awa ɔr tu to tri dez. Bɔrku sayn kin dɔn wit simpul tritmɛnt wae yu kin du na os.

Yu go gɛt fɔ de insay os fɔ wan ɔ tu dez te yu wɛl.

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ bɔt fotokeratitis?

If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm lɛk yu yay pen ɔ yu nɔ de si fayn afta yu dɔn de na do ɔ na say we gɛt UV rayt, yu fɔ rili go to pɔsin we de kia fɔ wɛlbɔdi biznɛs, dɔktɔ. Tɛl dɛn se yu bin de na di san ɔ sɔntin we de mek yu gɛt UV layt, lɛk di tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ wɛldɔm. Yu dɔktɔ na di bɛst pɔsin fɔ no if yu sik na fotokeratitis.

I go advays yu bɔt wetin yu kin du na os fɔ gɛt rilif ɛn ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

Fɔ dɔn, mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Fɔtokɛraytis na wan sik we de mek pɔsin fil pen, bɔt i kin de fɔ sɔm tɛm. I izi fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm am – ɔltɛm wɛr sanglas ɔ ɔda tin fɔ protɛkt yu yay we de blok/absɔb UV rayt we yu de na do (ivin pan klawd de). Dɔn bak, if yu wok de mek yu gɛt layt, yuz aywea we de protɛkt yu we fit di kayn layt we yu de pan. Si dɔktɔ fɔ yu yay wan tɛm insay di ia fɔ chɛk yu yay wɛlbɔdi, bikɔs dis kin ɛp yu fɔ no ɛni prɔblɛm wit yu yay kwik kwik wan. Yu yay dɛn valyu, so na yu wok fɔ kia fɔ dɛn!

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