Ngaba amehlo akho abomvu? Oku kusenokuba kungenxa ye-conjunctivitis!

Ngaba amehlo akho abomvu ngequbuliso, mhlawumbi ayarhawuzelela, okanye kukho ukukhupha okuphuma emehlweni akho? Okanye omabini amehlo avuvukele kangangokuba awukwazi ukuwavula kusasa? Nangona kuyinto encinci, le yinto abantu abaninzi abahlangabezana nayo kwaye iyacaphukisa kancinci. Sidla ngokuyibiza ngokuba "yisifo samehlo". Yile nto siza kuthetha ngayo namhlanje. Ukuchaneka, oku kubizwa ngokuba yi-`(Conjunctivitis)` ngokwezonyango. Akukho nto yokoyika, siza kuthetha ngale nto ngokweenkcukacha, ngendlela onokuyiqonda.

Yintoni esi sifo samehlo (conjunctivitis)?

Ngamafutshane, inxalenye emhlophe ejikeleze amehlo ethu (siyibiza ngokuba yi-`(Sclera)`), kwaye ngaphakathi kwibhola yeliso kukho into ebhityileyo kakhulu, efana ne-membrane. Le yinto esiyibiza ngokuba yi-`(Conjunctiva)`. Ifana nesikrini esibonakalayo efestileni. Xa le membrane ebizwa ngokuba yi-`(Conjunctiva)` idumba okanye ivuvukala, izifo zamehlo ziyavela.

Oku kuqheleke kakhulu. Kuba zininzi izizathu zokuba oku kwenzeke, kwaye ezo zizathu ziqheleke kakhulu nakwindawo esihlala kuyo. Kwabanye abantu, oku kuya kuba ngcono kwiintsuku ezimbalwa, uninzi lungaphantsi kweeveki ezine. Siyibiza ngokuba yi-'(Acute conjunctivitis)' (isifo samehlo sexesha elifutshane). Kodwa ngamanye amaxesha inokuhlala ngaphezulu kweeveki ezine. Emva koko iba yi-'(Chronic conjunctivitis)' (isifo samehlo sexesha elide). Inokwenzeka kwiliso elinye okanye kuwo omabini amehlo ngaxeshanye.

Ixhaphake kangakanani isifo samehlo?

Khawucinge nje, abanye abantu bane-'(Seasonal allergies)'. Oko kukuthi, i-allergies ebangelwa zizinto ezifana ne-pollen nothuli ngamaxesha athile onyaka. Oogqirha bathi isifo samehlo esibangelwa yi-allergies enjalo, oko kukuthi '(i-Allergy conjunctivitis), sikhula phakathi kwabantu abali-15 nama-40 kwikhulu ngalinye . Oko kuthetha ukuba sixhaphake ngolo hlobo.

Ezinye iintlobo zezifo zamehlo (ezo zibangelwa ziintsholongwane kunye neebhaktheriya) zixhaphake kakhulu kumaqela athile eminyaka nangamaxesha athile onyaka. Njengokuba sifumana umkhuhlane kunye nomkhuhlane omninzi ngexesha lokubanda naxa kuqala isikolo, oku kunjalo.

Ubona njani xa amehlo akho egula?

Njengoko igama lisitsho, xa kukho usulelo lwamehlo, inxalenye emhlophe yeliso (i-sclera) inokubonakala ipinki okanye ibomvu. Le yinto yokuqala abantu abaninzi abayiqaphelayo. Iinkophe nazo zisenokudumba kwaye zinokubonakala zibuthuntu kancinci. Kuqhelekile ukuba kubekho ukukhupha, okanye ukukhupha, elisweni. Oku kukhupha kunokubangela ukuba amehlo akho anamathele xa uvuka kusasa.

Zithini iimpawu zesifo samehlo?

Kukho iimpawu ezininzi eziqhelekileyo zesifo samehlo. Nangona kunjalo, ezinye zezi mpawu zinokubonakala nakwezinye izifo zamehlo. Ke ngoko, kungcono ukubona ugqirha ukuze ufumane ngokuqinisekileyo.

Nazi iimpawu eziqhelekileyo:

• Ubomvu kwindawo emhlophe yeliso (`(Sclera)`) okanye ngaphakathi kwibhola yeliso.
• Ulwelo olufana ne-mucus luphuma emehlweni. Olu lukhuni kuneenkxwaleko eziqhelekileyo kwaye lunokuba nombala otyheli, oluhlaza, okanye omhlophe. Oku kunokubangela ukuba iinkophe kunye neenkophe zibe namaxolo kusasa.
• Imvakalelo efana nento encinci, njengesuntswana lothuli, inamathele esweni (kodwa akukho nto ikhoyo ngokwenene).
• Amehlo omileyo okanye ngamanye amaxesha akrazuke kakhulu (i-Epiphora).
• Amehlo arhawuzelelayo okanye ukutsha ngaphakathi kwamehlo.
• Ukuvutha emehlweni.
• Umbono ofiphele kancinci (oku kunokufika kudlule, akusoloko kukho).
• Ubuthathaka ekukhanyeni, oko kukuthi, ubunzima bokujonga ukukhanya (i-Photophobia).
• I-Blepharitis.
• Intlungu okanye ukungakhululeki kwamehlo (oku kudla ngokuba buhlungu kancinci, intlungu enzima ayiqhelekanga).

Zithini izizathu zesifo samehlo?

Zininzi izizathu zezifo zamehlo, kodwa singazahlulahlula zibe ziindidi ezimbini: izizathu ezisulelayo kunye nezizathu ezingezizo ezosulelayo.

Izizathu ezibangela usulelo

"Isifo esisulelayo" sithetha ukuba intsholongwane (nokuba yintsholongwane okanye intsholongwane) ebangela esi sifo samehlo inokudluliselwa kwelinye iliso lakho, okanye isuka kuwe iye komnye umntu. Izifo zamehlo ezisulelayo ngale ndlela zisasazeka lula, ingakumbi phakathi kwabantwana.

Kukho iintlobo ezininzi eziphambili zezi zizathu zosulelo:

• Ezo zibangelwa ziintsholongwane
• Ezo zibangelwa ziibhaktheriya
• Ezo zibangelwa yifungi (oku akuxhaphakanga kangako)
• Ibangelwa zizinambuzane (oku nako kunqabile kakhulu)

Ngoku makhe sijonge ezona zinto zimbini zixhaphakileyo ezibangela usulelo.

Ngenxa yeentsholongwane (i-viral conjunctivitis)

Eyona nto ibangela i-`(Acute conjunctivitis)` yexesha elifutshane yintsholongwane. Phakathi kwezi, iqela le-`(Adenovirus)` leentsholongwane lelona lixhaphakileyo. Le `(Adenovirus)` luhlobo lwentsholongwane ebangela usulelo oluphezulu lokuphefumla njengomkhuhlane oqhelekileyo kunye nomkhuhlane. Ngoko ke, xa unesifo somkhuhlane, unokufumana usulelo lwamehlo.

Ezinye iintsholongwane ezininzi zinokubangela ukosuleleka kwamehlo. Umzekelo:

• Ngezifo eziqhelekileyo zentsholongwane ezifana ne-masisi kunye ne-mumps.
• Iintsholongwane ezibangela i-herpes emehlweni.
• Ngesifo solusu `(Molluscum contagiosum)`.
• Isifo sezandla, iinyawo nomlomo sibangelwa yi-Enteroviruses okanye ii-Coxsackieviruses (ezi azixhaphakanga kangako).
• Intsholongwane ethi `(SARS-CoV-2)` ebangela `(COVID-19)` (oku nako kungaqhelekanga, kodwa kunokwenzeka).

I-conjunctivitis yebhaktheriya

Iintsholongwane zezona zibangela zesibini ezixhaphakileyo zezifo zamehlo ezisulelayo. Oku kudla ngokuhamba nokukhupha okutyebileyo, okumthubi okanye okuluhlaza okuphuma esweni .

Iintlobo zeebhaktheriya ezidla ngokubangela oku zezi:

• `(Staphylococcus)` - Ezi ziibhaktheriya ezibangela usulelo lolusu (`(Staph infections)`).
• I-Streptococcus - Iqela leebhaktheriya ezibangela izifo ezifana ne-strep throat kunye ne-pneumonia.
• I-Haemophilus influenzae - Iqela leebhaktheriya ezaziwa ngokubangela i-meningitis ebantwaneni abancinci.
• Izifo ezidluliselwa ngesondo (ii-STI) - izifo ezifana neChlamydia, iGonorrhea, kunye neSyphilis. Ukuba ezi zifo zidluliselwa kumama ziye kusana ngexesha lokuzalwa, zinokubangela imeko embi ebizwa ngokuba yiNeonatal Conjunctivitis.Oku kungonakalisa amehlo osana olusandul’ ukuzalwa ngokusisigxina kwaye kubangele ubumfama. Ngoko ke, kubaluleke kakhulu ukulumka ngale nto ngexesha lokukhulelwa.

Izizathu ezingezizo ezosulelayo

Ezi zezona zizathu zokuba ingasasazeka ukusuka komnye umntu ukuya komnye, kwizilwanyana, okanye kwizinto ezingcolileyo.

• Ii-allergens : Ezi ziquka ukungunda, i-pollen, uthuli, i-dander yezilwanyana, kunye nezinye izinto ezibangela ii-allergens. Ezi zinokubangela amehlo abomvu narhawuzelelayo .
• Izinto ezibangela ukurhawuzelelwa okanye izinto ezinobungozi : Iishampu, isepha, izinto zokuthambisa, iilensi zoqhagamshelwano okanye izisombululo zoqhagamshelwano, uthuli emehlweni, umsi wecuba, i-chlorine emachibini okudada, njl. Amanye amayeza, ingakumbi lawo asetyenziselwa ukunyanga i-glaucoma evulekileyo, nawo anokubangela loo nto.
• Ukulimala kwamehlo : Nokuba yingozi encinci eyonakalisa i-`(conjunctiva)` inokubangela oku.
• Izifo zomzimba kunye neethumba okanye umhlaza we-`(Conjunctiva)` (ezi azifumaneki lula).

Ziziphi izinto ezibangela umngcipheko ezinegalelo kolu phuhliso?

Zininzi izinto ezinokubangela umngcipheko ezinokuchaphazela ukukhula kwezifo zamehlo. Masibone ukuba ziyintoni na.

• Ucoceko lwezandla: Le yeyona nto ibalulekileyo. Usulelo lwamehlo lunokusasazeka ngokulula lusuka ezandleni zethu luye ebusweni nasemahlweni ethu. Ukuba awuzihlambi rhoqo izandla zakho okanye awusebenzisi i-sanitizer, unamathuba amaninzi okuzifumana. Khawucinge nje, kwenzeka ntoni ukuba usebenzisa izithuthi zikawonke-wonke kwaye uhlikihle amehlo akho ngaphandle kokuhlamba izandla zakho?
• Ubudala: Usulelo lwamehlo olubangelwa yintsholongwane luqhelekile kubantu abadala nakubantwana. Nangona kunjalo, usulelo lwamehlo olubangelwa yintsholongwane luqheleke kakhulu kubantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka emi-4 ubudala. Abantu abancinci (abakwiminyaka engamashumi amabini) nabo basengozini enkulu, kodwa isizathu esichanekileyo soku asicaci.
• Ixesha lonyaka: Usulelo lwamehlo olubangelwa kukunganyamezelani luxhaphake kakhulu entwasahlobo nasehlotyeni, xa iintyatyambo zidubula kwaye uthuli luxhaphake kakhulu. Usulelo lwamehlo olusulelayo luxhaphake kakhulu ngexesha lomkhuhlane kunye nexesha lomkhuhlane.
• Imbali yezonyango: Ukuba une-allergies yexesha elithile, okanye iimeko ezinxulumene ne-allergy ezifana ne-eczema okanye i-atopic dermatitis, usenokuba nesifo samehlo.
• Ukwabelana ngezinto zakho: Usulelo lwamehlo olusulelayo lunokusasazeka ngokulula kwizinto ezithile, ingakumbi izinto zokuthambisa amehlo (i-mascara, i-eyeliner), ii-contact lens cases, njl. Zinokusasazeka nakwizinto ezisetyenziswa kunye, njengeetawuli, ii-pillow cases, njl. Ungasuleleka nangokuhlikihla ubuso bakho ngetawuli yomhlobo.

Ngaba isifo samehlo singabangela iingxaki?

Usulelo lwamehlo alunabungozi. Kwiimeko ezininzi, ingakumbi kwiimeko ezincinci, amajoni ethu omzimba aya kulawula usulelo aze aphile ngokwawo.

Kodwa ezinye izifo zamehlo azipheli ngokwazo kwaye kufuneka zinyangwe. Nangona kungaqhelekanga, ngamanye amaxesha iingxaki ezivela kwizifo zamehlo, ukuba azinyangwanga kakuhle, zinokonakalisa amehlo ngokusisigxina zize zibangele ubumfama.

Iingxaki ezinokubakho ziquka:

• `(I-Trachoma)` (Oku kunqabile eSri Lanka, kodwa yimbangela enkulu yobumfama kwezinye iindawo zehlabathi)
• `(Uveitis)` (ukudumba kwenye indawo yangaphakathi yeliso)
• I-Keratitis kunye ne-Keratoconjunctivitis.
• Izifo ezinzulu ze-cornea, ingakumbi izilonda ze-cornea kunye nokukhuhlana kwe-cornea okuphindaphindiweyo.

Ngoko ke, ukuba uneempawu zengxaki yamehlo eziya ziba mandundu emva kweentsuku ezimbalwa, musa ukuzityeshela. Ngokuqinisekileyo bonana nogqirha.

Ugqirha uxilonga njani isifo samehlo?

Uninzi lwezifo zamehlo azichongwa ngoogqirha bamehlo. Ama-80 ekhulwini amatyala achongwa ngoogqirha bosapho (ababoneleli ngeenkonzo zokhathalelo lokuqala) kunye noogqirha babantwana. Oogqirha abajongene nonyango olungxamisekileyo kunye nabegumbi longxamiseko badla ngokuzichonga. Ugqirha uya kukubuza ngeempawu zakho aze ahlole amehlo akho.

Ngamanye amaxesha, ingakumbi ukuba kukho usulelo olubangelwa yintsholongwane, oogqirha banokucebisa uvavanyo lwe-swab. Oku kuquka ukuthatha ulwelo oluncinci oluvela esweni lakho nge-swab enencam ethambileyo, efana ne-cotton swab, uze uyithumele kwilebhu ukuze ivavanywe. Iziphumo ziya kunceda ugqirha wakho ukuba agqibe ukuba loluphi unyango olufanelekileyo kuwe.

Ugqirha unokucebisa ukuba ubonane nogqirha wamehlo ukuze ajonge iliso lakho kwiintsuku okanye iiveki ezimbalwa ezizayo, atshintshe unyango lwakho ukuba kuyimfuneko, aze abone ukuba iliso lakho liphila njani.

Ziziphi iindlela zonyango lwesifo samehlo? Ngaba sinokunyangeka?

Iindaba ezimnandi zezokuba isifo samehlo sinokunyangwa, nokuba siyintoni na isizathu. Ezinye iindlela zonyango zichanekile (oko kukuthi, zenzelwe unobangela), ngelixa ezinye zinceda kwiintlobo ezininzi zesifo samehlo, kunye neempawu eziqhelekileyo.

Uninzi lweengxaki zamehlo zinyangwa ngamayeza. Uninzi lwazo, nokuba loluphi uhlobo lwengxaki yamehlo, lunyanga iimpawu (ezifana nokurhawuzelelwa, ukuba bomvu, ukudumba). La mayeza adla ngokuquka ii-corticosteroids (ezinciphisa ukudumba) kunye namayeza angengo-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDs) afana ne-ibuprofen (Advil® okanye iMotrin®). La mayeza anokunikwa njengamathontsi amehlo okanye njengeepilisi.

Nazi iindlela zonyango ezithile ezinikezelwayo ngokuxhomekeke kwisizathu:

• I-conjunctivitis yebhaktiriya: Le inyangwa ngamayeza okubulala iintsholongwane. Ezi zinokuba ngamaconsi emehlweni, amafutha okugcoba, okanye kwaneepilisi.
• I-conjunctivitis yentsholongwane:Uninzi lwexesha, usulelo lwamehlo olubangelwa ziintsholongwane eziqhelekileyo alufuni unyango olukhethekileyo kwaye luya kuphela emva kweentsuku ezimbalwa. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba unobangela yintsholongwane efana ne-`(Herpes simplex)`, `(Varicella-zoster)` (chickenpox/herpes zoster)` okanye usulelo oludluliselwa ngesondo (STI), ngoko amayeza e-`(Antiviral)` (antiviral) anokufuneka. Olu sulelo lwentsholongwane lunokubangela umonakalo ongunaphakade emehlweni kwanokulahlekelwa yimbono.
• I-conjunctivitis yefungal/parasitic: Ezi azixhaphakanga kakhulu. Unyango oluphambili lwale nto ngamayeza okulwa nokubola kunye namayeza okulwa nokubola.
• I-conjunctivitis enxulumene nomzimba: La mayeza asebenza ngokunciphisa umonakalo owenziwa yinkqubo yakho yokuzikhusela kwizicubu zamehlo akho.
• I-Allergic conjunctivitis: Ukuba isifo samehlo sibangelwa yi-allergy , ugqirha uya kuqala acebise amayeza athengiswa ngaphandle kwe-odolo (OTC) okanye amayeza kagqirha anjenge-antihistamines (alawula i-allergies) kunye ne-decongestants (enciphisa ukudumba).
• I-conjunctivitis enxulumene nokurhawuzelelwa: Ukuba usulelo lwamehlo lubangelwa yinto erhawuzelelwayo (njengeshampu, umsi), into yokuqala ekufuneka yenziwe kukuhlamba amehlo kakuhle ngamanzi afudumeleyo kangangemizuzu emihlanu. Ukuba yi-asidi enamandla okanye i-alkali (njengesicoci sedreyini), hlambulula amehlo ngendlela efanayo kwaye ufumane unyango olungxamisekileyo ngokukhawuleza. Ukulimala kwamehlo okubangelwa zizinto ezinobuthi ezinamandla ziingxamiseko zonyango!

Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuba ii-antibiotics zinyanga kuphela izifo ezibangelwa ziintsholongwane. Azincedi kwiintsholongwane zamehlo ezibangelwa ziintsholongwane okanye ii-allergies. Kwakhona, ukuba ugqirha wakho unika ii-antibiotics, zithathe kanye njengoko kumiselweyo, zide ziphele, kwaye zide zigqitywe. Musa ukuyeka ukuzithatha kuba nje uzive ungcono, okanye usulelo lunokuba mandundu.

Unyango olungelulo olusebenzisa amayeza

Ukongeza kumayeza, kukho ezinye iindlela zonyango ezilula ezinokuthi zicetyiswe ngugqirha wakho okanye ingcali yamehlo. Ezi zahlukile, kodwa ezinye zezona zixhaphakileyo zezi:

• Ungathenga amathontsi amehlo kwikhemesti afumisa amehlo. La mathontsi akwabizwa ngokuba ziinyembezi zokwenziwa. La mathontsi anceda amehlo omileyo kunye nokungonwabi.
• Iicompress ezifudumeleyo okanye ezipholileyo. Nciphisa ilaphu elicocekileyo emanzini afudumeleyo (alishushu kakhulu, lifudumele nje) uze ulibeke phezu kwamehlo akho. Oku kuya kunceda ukunciphisa iintlungu kunye nokungonwabi. Icompress epholileyo ilungele kakhulu i-allergies.
• Ukuba i-eyelash ibonakala ibambekile, ungayisusa ngokuyisula kancinci ngelaphu elifumileyo.

Ngokuxhomekeke kwimeko yakho, ugqirha wakho unokucebisa ezinye iindlela zonyango. Kungcono ukubuza ugqirha wakho ngale nto, kuba banokukunika ulwazi oluhambelana nemeko yakho.

Kuza kwenzeka ntoni ukuba unesifo samehlo? Siza kuhlala ixesha elingakanani?

Ithemba lesifo samehlo lihlala lilungile, ingakumbi xa sinyangwa ngokufanelekileyo. Iimeko ezincinci zihlala ziphela ngokwazo ngaphandle konyango, kwiintsuku ezimbalwa.

Ukuba uvakalelwa kukuba imeko yamehlo akho ayiphucuki ngonyango, okanye ukuba iimpawu zakho ziya ziba mandundu emva kweentsuku ezimbini okanye ezintathu, thetha nogqirha wakho. Usenokukwazi ukutshintsha unyango lwakho ukuze akuncede.

Ubude bexesha lesifo samehlo bungahluka ngokuxhomekeke kuhlobo onalo:

• Ukuba unengxaki yeliso ebangela i-allergy , ingahlala ixesha elide ukufutshane neliso elibangela i-allergen.
• Usulelo lweebhaktheriya lunokuhlala phakathi kweentsuku ezisi-7 ukuya kwezili-10 (ngonyango, luya kuphela kakhulu kwiintsuku ezi-2-3).
• Usulelo lwentsholongwane ludla ngokuthatha malunga neveki ukuya kwiiveki ezimbini, kodwa kwiimeko ezingaqhelekanga lunokuhlala ixesha elide.

Ukuba ukrokrela ukuba unesifo samehlo, kwaye siya sibi emva kweentsuku ezimbalwa, kungcono ukubona ugqirha wosapho okanye igumbi likaxakeka.

Ndingabuyela nini emsebenzini okanye esikolweni (okanye umntwana wam)?

Lo ngumbuzo abazali abaninzi abanawo. Wena okanye umntwana wakho ninokubuyela kwikhaya lokugcina abantwana, esikolweni, okanye emsebenzini ngokukhawuleza emva kokuba iimpawu zakhe ziphelile . Oku kungenzeka kwiiyure ezingama-24 emva kokuqala unyango lokubulala iintsholongwane losulelo olubangelwa yibhaktiriya, okanye kwiintsuku ezimbini ukuya kwezisixhenxe zosulelo olubangelwa yintsholongwane (de iimpawu ziphele).

"Ukungabonakali" kuthetha ukungabi nazo ezi zinto:

• Akukho manzi aphumayo atyheli/luhlaza.
• Akukho mibimbi kwiinkophe okanye kwiikona zamehlo.
• Akukho mbala upinki/bomvu emehlweni.

Nangona kunjalo, kungcono ubuze ugqirha wakho ukuze ubone ukuba kukhuselekile nini ukubuyela. Ukuba usulelo lwamehlo akho lubangelwa yi-allergy okanye enye into engeyosulelo, akufuneki uhlale ekhaya, kuba ayosulelo kwabanye.

Ngaba isifo samehlo singathintelwa?

Ewe, ezinye izifo zamehlo (ingakumbi ezosulelayo) zinokuthintelwa, kwaye ezinye ezininzi zinokuncitshiswa umngcipheko. Nazi ezinye zezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu onokuzenza ukuthintela okanye ukunciphisa umngcipheko wakho wokufumana izifo zamehlo:

• Hlamba izandla zakho rhoqo okanye usebenzise i-sanitizer yezandla. Le yeyona nto iphambili. Ukuba izandla zakho zibonakala zingcolile okanye zingcolile, zihlambe kakuhle ngesepha namanzi ubuncinane imizuzwana engama-20. Okanye, sebenzisa i-sanitizer yezandla esekelwe kutywala (ubuncinane i-60% yotywala).
• Kuphephe ukuchukumisa amehlo, impumlo, nomlomo wakho kangangoko kunokwenzeka. Sidlulisela iintsholongwane ezandleni zethu singazi.
• Ukukhusela amehlo. Nxiba iiglasi zokhuseleko xa usebenza kwiindawo ezinothuli okanye usebenzisa iikhemikhali.
• Ungaze wabelane nabanye ngayo nantoni na echukumisa amehlo akho. Izinto ezifana neetawuli zobuso, iitshefu, izimonyo zamehlo, iilensi zokunxibelelana, njl. Izifo ezisulelayo zinokusasazeka ngaphambi kokuba kuvele iimpawu.
• Ukuba ufaka i-`(Eye drops)` emehlweni akho, qiniseka ukuba ibhotile ayingcolanga. Hlamba izandla zakho phambi kokuba uphathe ibhotile. Xa ufaka i-`(Drops)`, lumka ungavumeli incam yebhotile ichukumise iliso lakho. Wakugqiba ukufaka i-`(Drops)`, beka ibhotile ecaleni, uhlambe izandla zakho, uze uyivale ibhotile.

Ngaba kufuneka ndidibane nogqirha xa kukho iingxaki zamehlo?

Iingxaki zamehlo azisoloko zifuna ukutyelela ugqirha. Uninzi lwexesha, amatyala amancinci abangelwa ziintsholongwane ayaphela ngokwawo kwiintsuku ezimbalwa. Ngokwesiqhelo ungazinyanga iimpawu (njengomqala obuhlungu) ekhaya. Kodwa ukuba uneengxaki, ungathandabuzi ukufowunela ugqirha wakho.

Kodwa kwezi meko, ngokuqinisekileyo kuya kufuneka ubone ugqirha:

• Ukuba unxiba iilensi zokunxibelelana kwaye uneempawu zesifo samehlo, yeka ukuzinxiba ngoko nangoko uze ubonane nengcali yamehlo. Iilensi zokunxibelelana ngamanye amaxesha zinokubangela usulelo olukhulu.
• Ukuba unentlungu eqatha emehlweni akho.
• Ukuba uvakalelo ekukhanyeni (`(Photophobia)`) lunyuke kakhulu .
• Ukuba ubona kancinci okanye ubona kancinci .
• Ukuba iliso lakho livakala liqinile, ngokungathi kukho into ebambeke kulo.
• Ukuba kukho ukukhupha okukhulu kwe-mucus okanye i-pus emehlweni.
• Ukuba iimpawu ziyaqhubeka nokuba mandundu kwiintsuku ezimbalwa.
• Ukuba unenkqubo yomzimba yokuzikhusela ebuthathaka (umz., one-HIV, ofumana unyango lomhlaza).

Ngaba isifo samehlo singaphinda sibuye?

Ewe, isifo samehlo sinokuphinda sibuye.

• Ingakumbi ukuba une -allergy conjunctivitis , amehlo akho anokusabela aze aphinde afumane esi sifo ngalo lonke ixesha xa ujongene nento ebangela ukuba ube ne-allergy.
• Ukuba ufumana usulelo lwamehlo olubangelwa yibhaktheriya okanye intsholongwane, ungazosulela ngokwakho ngokungazi. Okanye ungazosulela amalungu osapho lwakho, aze wona aphinde akwosulele.

Ukuthintela oku, kufuneka wenze ezi zinto zilandelayo:

• Hlamba amashiti okulala, ii-pillowcases, iitawuli, kunye neetshefu kakuhle ngamanzi ashushu kunye nesepha. Zitshintshe rhoqo, ingakumbi xa ugula.
• Kuphephe ukunxiba izimonyo zamehlo ngokupheleleyo de usulelo luphele.
• Susa izinto zokuthambisa amehlo ezindala, izixhobo zokufaka izinto zokuthambisa (iibrashi, iziponji), kunye nazo naziphi na izinto zokuthambisa ezazisetyenziswa ngaphambi kokuba usulelo luqale, kuba zisenokuba neentsholongwane.
• Ukuba kunokwenzeka, nxiba iiglasi endaweni yee-contact lenses de imeko yakho iphucuke. Coca iiglasi zakho rhoqo.
• Ukuba unxiba iilensi zokunxibelelana, susa iilensi zokunxibelelana kunye nebhokisi yelensi zokunxibelelana obuzinxibile ngexesha lokugula.Sebenzisa ezintsha. Sebenzisa kuphela i-"(isisombululo se-contact lens)" engenazintsholongwane. Hlamba izandla zakho kakuhle ngaphambi kokufaka nokukhupha iilensi zakho.
• Musa ukusebenzisa ibhotile efanayo yamaconsi eliso awayesetyenziselwa iliso elinesi sifo kwelinye iliso elingenaso isifo. Ukwenza njalo kunokusasaza isifo kwiliso eliphilileyo.

Yeyiphi imibuzo omele uyibuze ugqirha?

Xa usiya kugqirha, ungabuza imibuzo efana nale:

• Yintoni ebangela usulelo lwamehlo am? (Iintsholongwane, iibhaktheriya, i-allergy?)
• Ndingenza ntoni ekhaya ukunciphisa iimpawu?
• Ndingayisebenzisa njani iyeza (amathontsi amehlo, iointment) endandilinikwe? Kangaphi ngemini kwaye ixesha elingakanani?
• Ukuba esi sisifo esosulelayo, ndingayithintela njani isifo samehlo ukuba singasasazeki kwabanye (ekhaya, emsebenzini)?
• Ngaba kufuneka ndiqhagamshelane nawe kwakhona ukuba ndifumana naziphi na iimpawu ezintsha, okanye ukuba iimpawu zam ezikhoyo ziya zisiba mandundu?
• Ngaba kukho naziphi na iimfuno ekufuneka zifezekiswe kumntwana wam ngaphambi kokuba abuyiselwe esikolweni/kwisikolo sabantwana abancinci?

Kunzima ukukholelwa ukuba ukhe waba nosulelo lwamehlo. Ukuba umntwana omnyamekelayo unalo – ingakumbi ukuba lixesha lakho lokuqala ukhathalela umntwana – kulula ukuziva ukhathazekile kwaye usoyika. Kodwa khumbula, usulelo lwamehlo ludla ngokuba ziimeko ezincinci ezinokunyangwa kakuhle. Ukuba uneenkxalabo, iinkxalabo okanye amathandabuzo, ungaze ungathandabuzi ukuthetha nogqirha wakho (okanye ugqirha onyanga umntwana wakho) ukuze akunike ingcebiso.

Okokugqibela, izinto ezimbalwa ekufuneka uzikhumbule

Kulungile, ngoku uyiqonda ngcono isifo samehlo (`(Conjunctivitis)`). Gcina la manqaku engqondweni:

• Isifo samehlo sixhaphakile, kodwa kubalulekile ukusilawula ngokufanelekileyo nokuzama ukusithintela.
• Ucoceko yeyona nto ibalulekileyo! Hlamba izandla zakho rhoqo kwaye uphephe ukuchukumisa amehlo akho kangangoko unako.
• Ukuba iyasulela, lumka ungabosuleli abanye. Musa ukwabelana ngeetawuli, ii-pillowcases, okanye izinto zokuthambisa amehlo.
• Ukuba iimpawu aziphucuki kwiintsuku ezimbalwa, ukuba ziyanda, okanye ukuba uneempawu eziqatha (iintlungu eziqatha, ukubona okufipheleyo, ukubila okugqithisileyo), qiniseka ukuba ubona ugqirha.
• Nangona oku kuyinto elula, ngamanye amaxesha kunokuba luphawu lwesifo esinzulu, ngoko ke kungcono ukufuna ingcebiso kagqirha ukuba awuqinisekanga.

Ndikunqwenelela impilo entle wena nosapho lwakho!

Isifo samehlo , iConjunctivitis, Amehlo abomvu, Amehlo arhawuzelelayo, Ukukhupha amanzi emehlweni, Usulelo lwamehlo, Impilo yamehlo