Yu yay dɛn sɛf rɛd? Dis kin bi bikɔs ɔf kɔnjɔktivitis!

Yu yay dɛn kin rɛd wantɛm wantɛm, sɔntɛm dɛn kin it, ɔ yu gɛt wata we de kɔmɔt na yu yay? Ɔ yu tu yay dɛn so swel dat yu nɔ ebul fɔ opin dɛn na mɔnin? Pan ɔl we na smɔl prɔblɛm, dis na sɔntin we bɔku pipul dɛn kin gɛt ɛn i kin mek dɛn vɛks smɔl. Wi kin kɔl am "ay sik". Dis na wetin wi go tɔk bɔt tide. fכ bi prεsis, dεn kכl dis mεdikal wan `(Conjunctivitis)`. Natin nɔ de fɔ fred, wi go tɔk bɔt dis ditayli, insay wan we we yu go ɔndastand.

Wetin na dis sik na di yay (conjunctivitis)?

fכ sכmtεm, di wayt pat we de rawnd wi yay (wi kכl dis `(Sclera)`), εn na di insay pat pan di aybol wan tin de we rili tכn, we lεk mεmbran. Dis na wetin wi de kɔl `(Conjunctiva)`. I tan lɛk wan transparent skrin na winda. we dis mεmbran we dεn kכl `(Conjunctiva)` swεla כ inflam, di yay sik kin apin.

Dis na tin we rili kɔmɔn. Na bikɔs bɔku rizin dɛn de we mek dis kin apin, ɛn dɛn rizin dɛn de kin rili kɔmɔn bak na di say we wi de. Fɔ sɔm pipul dɛm, dis kin bɛtɛ insay sɔm dez, at mɔst insay lɛs 4 wik. Wi kin kɔl am `(Acute conjunctivitis)` (shɔt tɛm ay sik). Bɔt sɔntɛnde, i kin las fɔ pas 4 wiks. Dɔn i kin bi `(Chronic conjunctivitis)` (lɔng tɛm ay sik). I kin apin na jɔs wan yay ɔ na ɔl tu di yay dɛn di sem tɛm.

Aw kɔmɔn sik na di yay?

Imajin, sɔm pipul dɛn gɛt `(Sizin alɛji)`. Dat min se, alɛji we tin dɛn lɛk pɔlin ɛn dɔst kin kam wit sɔm tɛm dɛn insay di ia. Dɔktɔ dɛn se di sik we dɛn kɔl yay sik we dɛn kayn alɛji ya kin kam wit, dat na `(Allergic conjunctivitis), kin apin bitwin 15 ɛn 40 pipul dɛn pan ɛvri ɔndrɛd pipul dɛn . Dat min se na so i kɔmɔn.

Ɔda kayn sik dɛn na di yay (dɛn wan we vayrɔs ɛn baktri kin kam wit) kin bɔku pan sɔm ej grup dɛn ɛn sɔm tɛm dɛn insay di ia. Jɔs lɛk aw wi kin gɛt mɔ kol ɛn flu insay di kol sizin ɛn we skul bigin, na so dis kin bi bak.

Aw yu kin si we yu yay sik?

As di nem sho, we di yay infεkshכn apin, di wayt pat pan di yay (di sklera) kin sho pink כ rεd. Dis na di fɔs tin we bɔku pipul dɛn kin notis. Di aylid dɛn kin swel bak ɛn dɛn kin ivin luk lɛk se dɛn dɔn drɔp smɔl. I kɔmɔn bak fɔ gɛt wata we de kɔmɔt na di yay, ɔ wata we de kɔmɔt na di yay. Dis wata kin mek yu yay stika we yu wek na mɔnin.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt ay sik?

Bɔku sayn dɛn de we kin sho se pɔsin gɛt ay sik. Bɔt sɔm pan dɛn sayn ya kin de bak pan ɔda sik dɛn we de ambɔg di yay. So, i go fayn fɔ mek yu go to dɔktɔ fɔ no fɔ tru.

Na di sayn dɛm wae kin kam pan pɔrsin wae gɛt dis sik:

• rεd na di wayt pat na di yay (`(Sclera)`) כ insay di aybol.
• Wan wata we tan lɛk mכkus de kכmכt na di yay. Dis kin tik pas di nɔmal kray wata ɛn i kin gɛt yɔlɔ, grɛn, ɔ wayt kɔlɔ. Dis kin mek di yaylid ɛn di yaylid dɛn kin krɔs na mɔnin.
• Wan filin lɛk sɔntin we smɔl, lɛk smɔl dɔst, de stɔp na di yay (bɔt natin nɔ rili de).
• Dray yay ɔ sɔmtɛm i kin kray pasmak (Epiphora).
• Ay we de it ɔ we yu de bɔn insay di yay.
• Bɔn na di yay.
• sכm blכr vishכn (dis kin kam εn go, i nכ de כltεm).
• Sεnsitiviti to layt, dat na, difεlεns fכ luk layt (Photophobia).
• Blepharitis (inflameshɔn na di aylid dɛn).
• Ay pen ɔr nɔr kin fil fayn (dis kin bi smɔl, siriɔs pen nɔr kin apin so ɔltɛm).

Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt sik na di yay?

Bɔrku tin de wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt ay sik, bɔt wi kin jɔs sheb am to tu kayn: tin wae kin kam wit pɔrsin ɛn tin wae nɔr kin gɛt dis sik.

Di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt sik

"Kɔntajiɔs" min se di patɔjɛns (we na vayrɔs ɔ baktri) we de mek dis sik na yu yay kin pas to yu ɔda yay, ɔ frɔm yu to ɔda pɔsin. Ay sik wae kin pas dis kayn wae kin pasmak pasmak, mɔr lɛk pikin dɛm.

Bɔku men kayn tin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik:

• Di wan dɛn we vayrɔs kin mek
• Di wan dɛn we baktri dɛn kin mek
• Di wan dɛn we fɔngi kin mek (dis nɔ kin bɔku smɔl) .
• Na parasayt dɛn kin mek am (dis bak nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm) .

Naw lɛ wi luk di tu tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik.

Bikɔs ɔf di vayrɔs (Viral conjunctivitis) .

Di men tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt shɔt tɛm `(Acute conjunctivitis)` na wan vayrɔs. pan dεn wan ya, di `(Adenovirus)` grup fכ di vayrus dεm na di wan we kכmכn pas כl. Dis `(Adenovirus)` na wan kayn vayrɔs we de mek pɔsin gɛt ɔpa respiratɔri infɛkshɔn lɛk di kɔmɔn kol ɛn flu. So, we yu gɛt kol, yu kin gɛt ay infɛkshɔn bak.

Bɔku ɔda vayrɔs kin mek pɔsin gɛt infɛkshɔn na di yay. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Wit kɔmɔn vayral sik dɛm lɛk mizɛl ɛn mɔmp.
• Vayrɔs dɛm wae kin mek yu gɛt hεpi na di yay.
• Wit di sik we de na di skin `(Molluscum contagiosum)`.
• Di sik na di an, fut ɛn mɔt na di Enterovirus ɔ Coxsackievirus (dɛn nɔ kin bɔku).
• Di `(SARS-CoV-2)` vayrɔs we de mek `(COVID-19)` (dis bak nɔ kin bɔku, bɔt i pɔsibul).

Baktriyal kɔnjɔktivitis

Baktri na di sɛkɔn tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt sik dɛn we kin kam pan pɔsin in yay. Bɔku tɛm dis kin kam wit tik, yɔlɔ ɔ grɛn wata we de kɔmɔt na di yay .

Di kayn baktri dɛm we kin mek dis sik bɔku tɛm na:

• `(Staphylococcus)` - Dis na di baktri dεm we de mek di skin infεkshכn (`(Staph infεkshכn)`).
• Streptococcus - Na wan grup fɔ baktri dɛm we kin mek sik dɛn lɛk strɛp trot ɛn nyumonia.
• Haemophilus influenzae - Na grup fכ baktri dεm we dεn no se de mek mεningaytis pan yכŋ pikin dεm.
• Infekshɔn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs (STI) - sik dɛn lɛk Klamidia, Gɔnria, ɛn Sifilis. if dεn pas dεn tin ya frכm mama to pikin we dεn de bכn, dεn kin mek wan siriכs kכndyushכn we dεn kכl Nionatal Kɔnjunktiviti.Dis kin pwɛl di nyu bɔbɔ in yay sote go ɛn ivin mek i blaynd. So, i rili impɔtant fɔ tek tɛm wit dis we yu gɛt bɛlɛ.

Kɔz dɛn we nɔ gɛt di sik

Dis na di rizin dɛn we mek i nɔ de skata frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin, frɔm animal dɛn, ɔ frɔm dɔti tin dɛn.

• Alɛrjens : Dɛn tin ya na mold, pɔlin, dɔst, animal dɛm, ɛn ɔda alɛrjens. Dɛn tin ya kin mek yu yay rɛd ɛn it .
• Tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin vɛks ɔ tin dɛn we gɛt pɔyzin : Shampoo, sop, kɔsmɛtik, kɔntakt lens ɔ kɔntakt sɔlvushɔn, dɔst na di yay, sigrɛt smok, klorin na swimin pul, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn, mɔ di wan dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mɛn opin-angle glaukoma, kin mek i apin bak.
• Ay injuri : Ivin smɔl injuri we de damej di `(conjunctiva)` kin mek dis.
• di imyun sistεm sik dεm εn tכmכro כ kεnsar dεm na di `(Conjunctiva)` (dεn tin ya kin rili rεs).

Wetin na de risk factor wae kin mek dis divεlכpmεnt?

Bɔrku tin de wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt dis sik. Lɛ wi si wetin dɛn bi.

• Fɔ klin yu an: Dis na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl. Ay infεkshכn kin izi fכ spre frכm wi an to wi fes εn yay. If yu nɔ de was yu an ɔltɛm ɔ yu nɔ de yuz sɛnitayza, yu go gɛt am mɔ. Imajin, wetin go apin if yu yuz pɔblik transpɔt ɛn rɔb yu yay we yu nɔ was yu an?
• Ej: Vayral ay infεkshכn kin kכmכn pan big pipul εn pikin dεm. Bɔt baktriyal ay infɛkshɔn kin bɔku pan pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 4 ia yet.Pipul dɛn we yɔŋ (we dɔn rich twɛnti ia) dɛnsɛf kin gɛt bɔku risk, bɔt di rayt rizin fɔ dis nɔ klia.
• Tɛm fɔ di ia: Ay infɛkshɔn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i gɛt alɛji kin bɔku insay di spring ɛn sɔm, we di flawa dɛn kin blo ɛn dɔst kin bɔku. Infɛkshɔn yay infɛkshɔn kin bɔku bak insay kol ɛn flu sizin.
• Mɛdikal histri: If yu gɛt sizin alɛji, ɔr tin dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit alɛji lɛk ɛkzema ɔ atɔpik dɛmatitis, yu go gɛt ay sik.
• Fɔ sheb yu yone tin dɛm: Ay infɛkshɔn kin skata izi wan frɔm sɔm tin dɛm, mɔ di ay mek-ap (maskara, aylayna), kɔntakt lens kes, ɛn ɔda tin dɛm.Dɛn kin spre bak tru tin dɛm we yu de sheb, lɛk tawɛl, pilo kes, ɛn ɔda tin dɛm Yu kin gɛt di sik bak bay we yu rɔb yu fes wit yu padi in tawɛl.

Yu tink se sik na di yay kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm?

Bɔku tɛm, ay infɛkshɔn nɔ kin denja. Bɔrku tɛm, mɔr lɛk wae nɔr bɔrku, wi imyun sistɛm go kɔntrol di infekshɔn ɛn bɛtɛ fɔ insɛf.

Bɔt sɔm yay sik dɛn nɔ kin bɛtɛ fɔ dɛnsɛf ɛn dɛn nid fɔ trit dɛn. Pan ɔl we i nɔ kin apin, sɔntɛnde, prɔblɛm dɛn we kin kam wit di yay sik, if dɛn nɔ trit am fayn, i kin pwɛl di yay sote go ɛn ivin mek i blaynd.

Di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin na:

• `(Trachoma)` (Dis nɔ kin bɔku na Sri Lanka, bɔt na big tin we kin mek pɔsin blaynd na sɔm pat dɛn na di wɔl)
• `(Uveitis)` (inflameshɔn na ɔda pat na di insay pat na di yay)
• Keratitis ɛn Keratokɔnjɔktivitis.
• Mɔ siriɔs kɔnia sik dɛn, mɔ di kɔnia ɔlsa ɛn di kɔnia we kin rɔtin bak.

So, if yu gɛt sayn dɛm fɔ yu yay sik we de wɔs afta sɔm dez, nɔr ignore am. Fɔ tru, yu go si dɔktɔ.

Aw dɔktɔ kin no if pɔsin gɛt ay sik?

Bɔrku pan di sik dɛm na di yay nɔr kin no bɔt di wan dɛm wae de mɛn yu yay. 80 pasɛnt pan di wan dɛn we gɛt di sik na famili dɔktɔ dɛn (di wan dɛn we de kia fɔ di wan dɛn we de kia fɔ dɛn pikin dɛn) ɛn di wan dɛn we de mɛn pikin dɛn. Bɔku tɛm, dɔktɔ dɛn we de kia fɔ pipul dɛn kwik kwik wan ɛn di wan dɛn we de na di imejensi rum kin no se dɛn gɛt dɛn. Di dɔktɔ go aks yu bɔt yu sik ɛn chɛk yu yay.

Sɔntɛnde, mɔ if dɛn tink se i gɛt baktri, dɔktɔ dɛn kin tɛl yu fɔ du swab tɛst. Dis min se yu fɔ tek smɔl wata na yu yay wit sɔft-tip swab, we fiba kɔtɔn swab, ɛn sɛn am to lab fɔ tɛst. Di rizɔlt go ɛp yu dɔktɔ fɔ disayd us tritmɛnt we fayn fɔ yu.

Di dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu bak fɔ go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu yay fɔ wach yu yay insay di nɛks sɔm dez ɔ wik, chenj di tritmɛnt if nid de, ɛn si aw yu yay de wɛl.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ ay sik? Yu tink se dɛn kin mɛn am?

Di gud nyus na dat, dɛn kin trit yay sik, ilɛk wetin mek i gɛt am. Sɔm tritmɛnt dɛn kin spɛshal (dat na, dɛn kin mek dɛn to di tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik), ɔda wan dɛn kin ɛp fɔ gɛt bɔku kayn yay sik, ɛn bak di kɔmɔn sayn dɛm.

Bɔku pan di sik dɛn we kin apin na di yay, dɛn kin trit am wit mɛrɛsin. Bɔrku pan dɛn tin ya, ilɛk uskayn ay kɔndishɔn, kin trit di sayn dɛm (lɛk it, rɛd, swel). Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin gɛt kɔtikosterɔyd (we de ridyus inflamɛns) ɛn nɔ-stɛroyd anti-inflammatory drɔgs (NSAID) lɛk ibuprofen (Advil® ɔ Motrin®). Dɛn kin gi dɛn tin ya as ay drɔp ɔ as pils.

Na di patikyula tritmɛnt dɛn we dɛn kin gi dipen pan di tin we kin mek dɛn du am:

• Baktri kɔnjɔktiviti: Dɛn kin trit dis wit antibayɔtik. Dɛn tin ya kin bi lɛk drɔp fɔ yu yay, ɔntmɛnt, ɔ ivin pils.
• Vayral kɔnjɔktiviti: .Bɔrku tɛm, di ay infεkshɔn wae kɔmɔn vayrɔs kin kam wit nɔr nid spɛshal tritmɛnt ɛn i go klia fɔ dɛnsɛf insay sɔm dez. Bɔt if di kɔz na vayrɔs lɛk `(Herpes simplex)`, `(Varicella-zoster)` (chickenpox/herpes zoster)` ɔ wan sik we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs (STI), den dɛn kin nid `(Antiviral)` (antiviral) mɛrɛsin. Dɛn vayral infɛkshɔn ya kin mek di yay pwɛl sote go ɛn ivin mek i nɔ ebul fɔ si fayn igen.
• Fɔngal/parasayt kɔnjɔktiviti: Dɛn tin ya nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm. Di men tritmɛnt fɔ dis na antifungal ɛn antiparasitic mɛrɛsin.
• Immune-related conjunctivitis: Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya de wok bay we dɛn de stɔp di damej we yu imyun sistɛm de du to di tisu dɛm na yu yay.
• Alɛji kɔnjɔktvayt: If di ay sik na alɛji , di dɔktɔ go fɔs tɛl yu fɔ tek mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu kin bay na kɔt (OTC) ɔ we dɛn kin gi yu mɛrɛsin lɛk antihistamin (we kin kɔntrol alɛji) ɛn dikonjɛstant (we kin mek yu nɔ swel).
• Kɔnjɔktiviti we gɛt fɔ du wit di tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin vɛks: If na sɔntin we de mek pɔsin vɛks (lɛk shampoo, smok), di fɔs tin we yu fɔ du na fɔ was di yay fayn fayn wan wit wam wata fɔ lɛk fayv minit so. If na strɔng asid ɔ alkali (lɛk dreyn klin), rins di yay di sem we ɛn go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan. Ay injury we strɔng pɔyzin tin dɛn kin mek na mɛdikal imejensi!

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat, antibayɔtiks kin jɔs trit baktriyal infɛkshɔn. Dɛn nɔ kin ɛp wit ay infɛkshɔn we vayrɔs ɔ alɛji kin kam wit. Dɔn bak, if yu dɔktɔ gi yu antibayɔtik, tek am jɔs lɛk aw dɛn tɛl yu, fɔ di ful kɔs, ɛn te dɛn dɔn. Nɔ stɔp fɔ tek dɛn jɔs bikɔs yu fil fayn, ɔ di infekshɔn kin wɔs.

Tritmɛnt dɛn we nɔto drɔgs

Apat frɔm mɛrɛsin, ɔda simpul tritmɛnt dɛn de we yu dɔktɔ ɔ dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu yay go tɛl yu. Dɛn tin ya difrɛn, bɔt sɔm pan di wan dɛn we bɔku pipul dɛn kin gɛt na:

• Yu kin bay ay drɔp frɔm di famasi we de wet di yay. Dɛn kin kɔl dɛn tin ya bak atifishal kray wata. Dɛn tin ya kin mek pɔsin fil fri frɔm di yay we dray ɛn we i nɔ kin fil fayn.
• Kɔmprɛs dɛn we wam ɔ kol. Sok klin klos insay wam wata (nɔ tu hot, jɔs wam) ɛn put am oba yu yay. Dis go ɛp fɔ ridyus di pen ɛn diskɔmfɔt. Kɔl kɔmprɛs na di bɛst fɔ alɛji.
• If i tan lɛk se di aylash dɔn stɔp, yu kin pul am bay we yu was am jisnɔ wit wet klos.

Dipen pan yu sik, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn. I fayn fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis, bikɔs dɛn kin gi yu infɔmeshɔn we dɛn mek fɔ yu patikyula kɔndishɔn.

Wetin kin apin if yu gɛt ay infekshɔn? Aw lɔng i go las?

Di lukin-grɔn fɔ ay sik kin fayn, mɔ if dɛn trit am di rayt we. Bɔrku tɛm, di kayn kes dɛm wae nɔr kin pasmak kin dɔn fɔ dɛnsɛf if dɛn nɔr gɛt tritmɛnt, insay sɔm dez.

If yu fil se yu yay nɔr de bɛtɛ wit tritmɛnt, ɔr if yu sik de wɔs afta tu ɔr tri dez, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ. I kin ebul fɔ chenj di tritmɛnt we yu de gi fɔ ɛp yu.

De tɛm wae yu gɛt dis sik kin difrɛn difrɛn wan fɔ di kayn wae yu gɛt:

• If yu gɛt alɛji yay kɔndishɔn , i kin las as lɔng as yu de rawnd di alɛji.
• baktri infεksh כn kin las bitwin 7 εn 10 dez (wit tritmεnt, dεn go sכbsaid bכku bכku wan insay 2-3 de).
• Di vayral infεksh כn kin te lεk wan wik to tu wiks, bכt sכm tεm dεm i kin te.

If yu tink se yu gɛt ay infekshɔn, ɛn i de wɔs afta sɔm dez, i go fayn fɔ mek yu go to yu famili dɔktɔ ɔ na imejensi rum.

Ustɛm a (ɔ mi pikin) kin go bak na wok ɔ skul?

Dis na kwɛstyɔn we bɔku mama ɛn papa dɛn gɛt. Bɔku tɛm, yu ɔ yu pikin kin go bak na say usay dɛn de kia fɔ pikin dɛn, skul, ɔ wok jɔs afta dɛn nɔ gɛt di sik igen . Dis kin apin insay 24 awa afta yu bigin fɔ trit antibayɔtik fɔ baktriyal infɛkshɔn, ɔ insay tu to sɛvin dez fɔ wan vayral infɛkshɔn (te di sayn dɛm dɔn stɔp).

"Asymptomatic" min se yu nɔr gɛt dɛn tin ya:

• No yɔlɔ/grin dischaj nɔ de.
• Nɔ wrinkles nɔ de na di aylash ɔ na di kɔna dɛn na di yay.
• No pink/red kala nɔ de na di yay.

Bɔt i go fayn fɔ mek yu chɛk wit yu dɔktɔ fɔ si we i sef fɔ go bak. If yu yay infɛkshɔn na alɛji ɔ ɔda tin we nɔ de pas, yu nɔ nid fɔ de na os, bikɔs i nɔ de pas ɔda pipul dɛn.

Yu tink se dɛn go ebul fɔ avɔyd di sik we de na di yay?

Yɛs, dɛn kin ebul fɔ avɔyd sɔm sik dɛn na di yay (espɛshali di wan dɛn we kin pas), ɛn bɔku ɔda wan dɛn kin mek dɛn nɔ gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm. Na sɔm pan de impɔtant tin dɛm wae yu kin du fɔ mek yu nɔr gɛt ɔr ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt ay sik:

• Wash yu an ɔltɛm ɔ yuz han sɛnitayza. Dis na di nɔmba wan tin. If yu an dɛn luk ɔ fil dɔti, was dɛn fayn fayn wan wit sop ɛn wata fɔ at le 20 sɛkɔn. Ɔ, yuz han sɛnitayza we gɛt alkol (at le 60% alkol).
• Nɔ tɔch yu yay, yu nos, ɛn yu mɔt as yu ebul. Wi kin transfa jem frɔm wi an to wi yay we wi nɔ no.
• Fɔ protɛkt yu yay. Wear sef glas we yu de wok na say dɛn we dɔti ɔ wit kemikal.
• Nɔ ɛva, ɛva sheb ɛnitin we tɔch yu yay wit ɔda pipul dɛn. Tin dɛm lɛk fes tawɛl, hankɛf, mek-ap fɔ yu yay, kɔntakt lens, ɛn ɔda tin dɛm.Di sik dɛm we pɔsin kin gɛt kin skata bifo di sayn dɛm sho.
• If yu de put `(Eye drops)` na yu yay, mek shɔ se di bɔtul nɔ dɔti. Wash yu an bifo yu ol di bɔtul. We yu de put `(Drops)` insay, tek tɛm mek di bɔtul in tip tɔch yu yay. We yu dɔn put insay `(Drops)`, put di bɔtul na sayd, was yu an, dɔn lɔk di bɔtul.

A nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ fɔ mi yay prɔblɛm?

Nɔto ɔltɛm yu yay prɔblɛm nɔ kin nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ. Bɔrku tɛm, smɔl smɔl kes dɛm wae vayrɔs kin kam wit go klia fɔ dɛnsɛf insay sɔm dez. Bɔku tɛm yu kin trit di sayn dɛm (lɛk we yu trot de at) na os. Bɔt if yu gɛt ɛnitin we de mɔna yu, nɔ shem fɔ kɔl yu dɔktɔ.

Bɔt pan dɛn kayn tin ya, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ:

• If yu wɛr kɔntakt lens ɛn yu gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ gɛt ay sik, stɔp fɔ wɛr am wantɛm wantɛm ɛn go to ay spɛshal dɔktɔ. Sɔntɛnde, kɔntakt lens kin mek pɔsin gɛt siriɔs infɛkshɔn.
• If yu gɛt bad bad pen na yu yay.
• If di sεnsitiviti to layt (`(Photophobia)`) de inkrεs bad bad wan .
• If yu nɔ de si fayn ɔ yu nɔ de si fayn .
• If yu yay fil tayt, lɛk se sɔntin dɔn stɔp insay.
• If di mכkus כ pus de kכmכt pasmak na di yay.
• If de sik kɔntinyu fɔ wɔs fɔ sɔm dez.
• If yu gɛt wik imyun sistɛm (e.g., yu gɛt HIV, yu de du tritmɛnt fɔ kansa).

Yu tink se ay sik kin kam bak?

Yɛs, yay sik kin kam bak.

• Ɛspɛshali if yu gɛt alɛji kɔnjɔktvitis , yu yay kin riak ɛn gɛt di sik bak ɛvri tɛm we yu gɛt sɔntin we kin mek yu gɛt alɛji.
• If yu gɛt ay infɛkshɔn we baktri ɔ vayrɔs dɔn mek, yu kin gɛt di sik bak we yu nɔ no. Ɔ yu kin infɛkt yu famili mɛmba dɛn, we kin afta dat infɛkt yu bak.

Fɔ mek dis nɔ apin, yu nid fɔ du dɛn tin ya:

• Wash bed sheet, pilo kes, tawɛl, ɛn hankɛf fayn fayn wan wit ɔt wata ɛn ditajɛn. Chenj dɛn ɔltɛm, mɔ we yu sik.
• Nɔ mek yu yay mek-ap ɔltogɛda te di infekshɔn dɔn.
• Rimov ol ay mek-ap, mek-ap aplikeshɔn tul dɛn (brɔsh, spɔnj), ɛn ɛni mek-ap we yu yuz bifo di infekshɔn bigin, bikɔs dɛn kin gɛt jem.
• If i pɔsibul, wɛr glas instead fɔ wɛr kɔntakt lens te yu sik bɛtɛ. Klin yu glas ɔltɛm.
• If yu wɛr kɔntakt lens, pul di kɔntakt lens ɛn di kɔntakt lens kes we yu bin wɛr di tɛm we di sik bin de.Yuz nyu wan dɛn. Yuz ɔl steril ``(Kɔntakt lens sɔlvushɔn)''. Wash yu an dɛn fayn fayn wan bifo yu put ɛn pul yu lens dɛn.
• Nɔ yuz di sem bɔtul ay drɔp we dɛn bin yuz fɔ di yay we gɛt di sik pan di ɔda yay we nɔ gɛt di sik. If yu du dat, i kin mek di sik go to di yay we gɛt wɛlbɔdi.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn yu fɔ aks di dɔktɔ?

We yu go to dɔktɔ, yu kin aks kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya:

• Wetin de mek a gɛt mi yay infɛkshɔn? (Vayrɔs, baktri, alɛji?)
• Wetin a kin du na os fɔ ridyus di sayn dɛm?
• Aw a fɔ yuz di mɛrɛsin (ay drɔp, ɔntmɛnt) we dɛn bin gi mi? Ɔmɔs tɛm insay di de ɛn fɔ aw lɔng?
• If dis na sik we pɔsin kin pas, aw a go mek di yay sik nɔ pas to ɔda pipul dɛn (na os, na wokples)?
• A fɔ kɔntakt yu bak if a gɛt ɛni nyu sik, ɔ if di sik we a dɔn gɛt naw de wɔs?
• Ɛni rikwaymɛnt de we nid fɔ mit fɔ mi pikin bifo dɛn sɛn am bak na skul/kindagarten?

I at fɔ biliv se yu dɔn gɛt ay infekshɔn. If pikin we yu de kia fɔ gɛt am – mɔ if na yu fɔs tɛm fɔ kia fɔ pikin – i izi fɔ mek yu fil wɔri ɛn fred. Bɔt mɛmba se, bɔku tɛm, ay infɛkshɔn na smɔl smɔl tin dɛn we bɔku tɛm dɛn kin trit fayn fayn wan. If yu gɛt ɛnitin fɔ wɔri, wɔri ɔr dawt, nɔ ɛva shem fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ (ɔ di dɔktɔ we de trit yu pikin) fɔ advays.

Fɔ dɔn, na sɔm tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba

Okay, so naw yu dɔn ɔndastand mɔ bɔt ay sik (`(Conjunctivitis)`). Yu fɔ mɛmba dɛn pɔynt dɛn ya:

• Ay sik na kɔmɔn tin, bɔt i impɔtant fɔ mɛn am fayn ɛn tray fɔ avɔyd am.
• Fɔ klin na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl! Was yu an ɔltɛm ɛn nɔ tɔch yu yay as yu ebul.
• If i kin pas, tek tɛm mek yu nɔ gɛt di sik fɔ ɔda pipul dɛn. Nɔ sheb tawɛl, pilo, ɔ mek-ap fɔ yu yay.
• If di sik nɔr bɛtɛ insay sɔm dez, if i wɔs, ɔr if yu gɛt siriɔs sayn dɛm (bɔku pen, yu nɔ de si fayn, yu de swet pasmak), mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ.
• Pan ɔl we bɔku tɛm dis na simpul tin, sɔntɛnde i kin bi sayn fɔ se yu gɛt siriɔs sik, so i go fayn ɔltɛm fɔ go to dɔktɔ if yu gɛt dawt.

Wi de wish yu ɛn yu famili gud wɛlbɔdi!

` Ay sik, Kɔnjɔktiviti, Rɛd yay, Ay we de it, Dischaj frɔm yay, Ay infɛkshɔn, Ay wɛlbɔdi