Yu yay dray? I kin bi bikɔs ɔf Xerophthalmia!

Sɔntɛnde yu kin fil lɛk se yu yay dɔn dray, lɛk se sɔntin de insay dɛn? Ɔ i nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ si we layt nɔ de shayn na nɛt? Dɛn tin ya kin tan lɛk smɔl tin, bɔt sɔntɛnde dɛn kin bi sayn fɔ wan sik we dɛn kɔl Xerophthalmia, we kin kam bikɔs i nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ vaytamɛn A. Lɛ wi fɛn ɔda tin dɛn bɔt dis tide.

Wetin na Xerophthalmia? Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan...

Xerophthalmia rili min "dray yay." Bɔt i pas jɔs dray yay. Na tru tru wan kɔleshiɔn fɔ di simptom dɛm wae de afɛkt di yay wae nɔr gɛt inof vaytamɛn A na di bɔdi. We wi nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ vaytamɛn A kin apin tu men we dɛn: 1. Nɔ gɛt inof vaytamɛn A frɔm di it we wi de it. 2. Ivin if wi get vaytam in A, wi bodi no fit yuz am fain. De tin wae denja pasmak pan dis sik na dat e kin mek yu blaynd if yu nɔr trit am fayn.

Aw dis sik kin kɔmɔn?

Di Wol Ɛlth Ɔganayzeshɔn se i pas 250 milyɔn pikin dɛn ɔlsay na di wɔl we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ Vitamin A. Dɔn bak, lɛk 2.8 milyɔn pikin dɛn gɛt wan sik we dɛn kɔl Xerophthalmia. Di tin we sɔri pas ɔl na dat, lɛk 350,000 pikin dɛn kin blaynd ɛvri ia bikɔs ɔf dis. Dat min se, Xerophthalmia na di men tin we kin mek pikin dɛn blaynd.

Wetin na dɛn sayn ya? Aw yu no dɛn?

Di simptom dɛm fɔ Xerophthalmia kin apin insay wan patikyula ɔda. Lɛ wi si wetin dɛn bi: 1. Nayt blayndnɛs / Nyctalopia: Dis na wan pan di fɔs sayn dɛm. Yu nɔ go ebul fɔ si klia wan na nɛt, na say dɛn we nɔ gɛt layt, fɔ ɛgzampul, na rɛstɔrant, na fim teater, ɔ we di layt dɛn nɔ de shayn na os. We yu kɔmɔt na say we brayt wantɛm wantɛm ɛn go na say we di ples nɔ de shayn, yu yay bak kin tek lɔng tɛm fɔ ajɔst to di daknɛs. Imajin aw i nɔ go izi fɔ yu if yu nɔ ebul fɔ si klia wan we yu de waka na strit na nɛt. 2. Konjunktival xerosis: di tכn mεmbran we de kכba di wayt pat pan yu yay (Sclera) εn insay yu yaylid dεn kכl am ``Conjunctiva''. insay Xerophthalmia, dis ``Conjunctiva'' de kam dray. `(Xerosis)` na mεdikal tεm fכ dray. 3. Bitot spat dεm: Insay dis, di wayt pat pan di yay, we kin shep triangul, fכm, silva-grεy spat dεm de sho. Dɛn kɔl dɛn tin ya `(Bitot spots)`. 4. dray we di fכnt mεmbran na di blak yay dray (Corneal xerosis): di transparent, mכst imכtant pat pan di yay we de bifo di blak yay dεn kכl am di kכnia. We di kɔnia dray na wan sayn bak we de sho se pɔsin gɛt xerophthalmia. Infakt, di kɔnia na ples we fɔ wet. 5. Kɔnia ɔlsa : .We di kɔnia dray ɛn pwɛl, i kin gɛt sɔl, lɛk ol. Dɛn kɔl dɛn tin ya kɔnia ɔlsa. Dis na siriɔs kɔndishɔn. 6. di kכnia de sof εn kכlכd (Keratomalacia): Dis na we di kכnia de sכft εn kכlכd. Dis kin mek yu gɛt skata ɛn ivin blaynd fɔ ɔltɛm. Keratomalacia na wan bad bad kayn sik we dɛn kɔl xerophthalmia. 7. Xerophthalmic fundus: yu retina, di pat pan di yay we de kכlekt layt, kin divεlכp lεsin dεm εn strכkchכral chenj dεm.

Wetin mek wi kin gɛt Xerophthalmia? Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek i apin?

Di men rizin fɔ dis na we wi nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ Vitamin A. Vitamin A impɔtant fɔ wi yay pan tu men we dɛn: fɔ mɔstɔ ɛn fɔ di pigmɛnt dɛn.

• Fɔ mek wi gɛt mɔs: Vitamin A impɔtant fɔ mek wi kɔnia dɛn wet ɛn mek di wata we wi nid. If di kɔnia dray, dɛn kin pwɛl ɛn ivin mek pɔsin blaynd.
• fכ di pigmεnt dεm: Vitamin A nid bak fכ mek sכm pigmεnt dεm we wi rεtina nid fכ wok fayn fayn wan. we vaytam in A nכ bכku, di ebul fכ mek dεn pigmεnt dεm ya de dכn. Mɔ dis kin afɛkt di we aw di stik dɛn de wok, ɛn dis kin ɛp wi fɔ si na dak. Na dat mek i nɔ kin si bɛtɛ na nɛt.

Vitamin A we wi nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ vaytamɛn A kin apin we wi nɔ gɛt inof vaytamɛn A frɔm di it dɛn we wi de it, ɔ wi bɔdi nɔ ebul fɔ yuz vaytamɛn A fayn fayn wan. Dis sik kin kɔmɔn na divɛlop kɔntri dɛm, mɔ pan pikin dɛm, bikɔs dɛn nɔ gɛt impɔtant tin dɛm fɔ it.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no bɔt dis?

If yu gɛt sayn dɛn lɛk dis, we yu go to dɔktɔ, i go mɔs bi se i go du bɔku tɛst fɔ no if yu gɛt di sik.

• Kɔmplit mɛdikal istri : Di dɔktɔ go aks bɔt yu it ɛn wɛlbɔdi abit dɛn .
• Kɔmplit ay ɛgzam: Dɛn kin chɛk ɔl tu di yay dɛn gud gud wan.
• Klinik sayn dɛm: Di dɔktɔ go asɛs di sayn dɛm fɔ yu yay (e.g., katarakt, dray).
• Blɔd tɛst: Dɛn tin ya kin no di lɛvɛl we vaytamɛn A de na di blɔd.
• Nayt vishɔn ɛn dak adapteshɔn tɛst:Dɛn tɛst ya kin no aw yu de si fayn we layt nɔ de ɛn we dak, ɛn aw lɔng i kin tek yu yay fɔ adap to dak.
• impreshכn saytכlכji: dis na spεshal tεknik we de egzamin wan sεmpl fכ sεl dεm we dεn tek frכm di sεf fכ di yay (konjunktiva).
• Ilɛktrorɛtinogram (ERG): Dis tɛst de sho aw yu yay de ansa we layt de.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ dis?

Fɔ trit dis sik rili simpul, mɔ if dɛn no am kwik.

• Vitamin A supliment: Yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu vaytamɛn A tablɛt ɔ srɔp.
• Atikul kray wata: Dɛn se dɛn kin yuz dɛn yay fɔ mek di yay nɔ dray.
• Antibayɔtik we dɛn kin put pan pɔsin: If sɔm kayn infekshɔn de, dɛn kin gi am wan ɔntmɛnt we gɛt antibayɔtik.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ tek Vitamin A lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu. Bikɔs if yu tek bɔku Vitamin A, dat kin ambɔg yu bɔdi.

Wetin wi kin du fɔ ridyus di sik we dɛn kɔl xerophthalmia?

Di bɛst we fɔ mek dis nɔ apin na fɔ put it dɛn we gɛt inof vaytamɛn A insay wi it. Na sɔm pan dɛn it dɛn de:

• Dak grɛn vegjetabul: spinach, kelɛ, kɔla grɛn, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn Kel fayn bak.
• Yɔlɔ ɛn ɔrɛnj frut dɛn: Frut dɛn lɛk papaya, mango, ɛn ɔrɛnj.
• Yɔlɔ vegjetabul: pɔmpin, karɔt, swit pata, bit.
• Liva: Animal liva gɛt bɔku vaytamɛn A.
• Eg yolk .
• Fish liva ɔyl: Fɔ ɛgzampul, kɔd liva ɔyl.
• Fɔt fayn it dɛn: Sɔm milk paoda ɛn siriɔs it dɛn gɛt fɔt wit vaytamɛn A.

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin wach pipul dɛn we nɔ gɛt vaytamɛn A we dɛn de gi dɛn sɔpɔtmɛnt, bikɔs tumɔs vaytamɛn A kin denja bak.

Wetin kin apin if yu gɛt Xerophthalmia?

Dis sik kin wɛl ɔl if dɛn trit am fayn. Na dat na di gud nyus. Bɔt if dɛn nɔ trit am, i kin izi fɔ mek pɔsin blaynd. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ as yu notis di sayn dɛm.

Ustɛm wi fɔ go to dɔktɔ bɔt dis?

If yu gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm ɔ chenj na yu yay, ivin if na jɔs smɔl tin lɛk dray yay, .Si dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan. Yu ɔ yu pikin in dɔktɔ go chɛk yu yay ɛn yu skin we dɛn de chɛk yu ɔltɛm. Dɛn go ebul fɔ no ɛnitin we dɔn dray na yu skin ɛn yu yay. Dɔktɔ kin si sɔm pan di chenj dɛn na yu yay we kin kam bikɔs yu nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ vaytamɛn A. Dɛn go aks yu bak bɔt aw yu de it ɛn aw yu pikin de it ɛn gi yu advays.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin Xerophthalmia ɛn Keratomalacia?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Xerophthalmia na wan grup fɔ di yay sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt bikɔs i nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ Vitamin A. Keratomalacia, we na we di kɔnia kin sof, na wan sik we de insay di Xerophthalmia grup. Dat min se, Keratomalacia na pat pan Xerophthalmia.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin Xerophthalmia ɛn Xerostomia?

Di difrɛns bitwin dɛn tu na dat dɛn kin tɔk bɔt dray we na difrɛn pat dɛn na di bɔdi.

• Xerophthalmia min se yu yay dray.
• Xerostomia min se yu mɔt dɔn dray.

Fɔ dɔn, di tin dɛn we impɔtant pas ɔl fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Na nɔmal tin fɔ fil fɔ fred smɔl we yu gɛt sayn dɛn na yu yay. Bɔt if yu gɛt dɛn kayn sayn dɛn de, go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan. Insay wan kɔndishɔn lɛk Xerophthalmia, Vitamin A tablɛt na simpul sɔlvishɔn. Fɔ no am kwik kwik wan ɛn fɔ trit am na di bɛst we fɔ gɛt gud rizɔlt. Di Wol Ɛlth Ɔganayzeshɔn ɛn bɔku ɔda ɔganayzeshɔn dɛn de du big wok fɔ pul di Vitamin A we nɔ de na di divɛlop kɔntri dɛn. Dis na fɔ ridyus di blayndnɛs ɛn sik dɛn we pikin dɛn kin gɛt we dɛn kin ebul fɔ avɔyd. So, lɛ wi no dis ɛn tek kia ɔf wi yon ɛn wi pikin dɛn it.