Ingabe amehlo akho abomvu? Ake sixoxe nge-'Red Eye'!

Wake wavuka ekuseni wabheka esibukweni wabe usubona ngokuzumayo ukuthi amehlo akho abomvu? Noma wake waba nokungakhululeki noma ukulunywa emehlweni usuku lonke? Yilokhu esivame ukukubiza ngokuthi 'iso elibomvu'. Empeleni lesi yisimo esivamile kakhulu abantu abaningi ababhekana naso ngesikhathi esithile empilweni yabo. Ngakho-ke akukho okufanele ukwesabe. Ake sixoxe ngalokhu ngamazwi alula namuhla.

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Kusho ukuthini ngempela lokhu kubomvu kwamehlo?

Kalula nje, 'iso elibomvu' igama elivamile elisetshenziselwa ukuchaza iso elibomvu, elivuvukele kancane, nelingakhululekile. Lokhu kubomvu kubangelwa imithambo yegazi emincane engxenyeni emhlophe yeso lethu (i-sclera) ekhula noma ivuvuke ngesizathu esithile. Ukuze kube sobala, lokhu kuyindlela iso elisabela ngayo kokuthile okulicasulayo.

Lokhu kungabangela ukuthi iso elilodwa noma womabili abe bomvu. Ngezinye izikhathi kungenzeka ngokuzumayo, kanti ngezinye izikhathi kungenzeka kancane kancane. Kanye namehlo abomvu, ungase ube nezinye izimpawu, ezifana nalezi:

Ubuhlungu bamehlo
Amehlo alumayo
Ukuphuma kwamehlo noma ukuphuma kwamehlo
Amehlo avuvukile
Izinguquko zombono, njengombono ofiphele

Ingabe amehlo abomvu ahlala engathi sína?

Esikhathini esiningi, amehlo abomvu awabi yingozi njengoba ebonakala . Eqinisweni, izimo eziningi azinangozi futhi ziyaphela ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemithi yasekhaya noma amaconsi amehlo atholakala ngaphandle kwemithi kadokotela.

Kodwa-ke, uma amehlo akho abomvu ehlala isikhathi esingaphezu kwesonto , noma uma unezinhlungu zamehlo noma izinkinga zokubona , kufanele nakanjani ubone udokotela wakho. Ngezinye izikhathi amehlo abomvu angaba uphawu lwesinye isimo esibi.

Yiziphi izimbangela eziyinhloko zamehlo abomvu?

Kunezizathu eziningi ezenza amehlo akho abe bomvu. Ngezinye izikhathi, amehlo akho angase abe bomvu uma ugqoka ama-contact lens isikhathi eside, noma uma ubuka isikrini sekhompyutha isikhathi eside. Ake sibheke ezinye zezizathu ezivame kakhulu.

Imbangela	Incazelo elula
Ukungezwani komzimba	Uma amehlo ethu esabela ezintweni ezisizungezile njengothuli, intuthu, impova, kanye ne-dander yezilwane ezifuywayo.
Ukutheleleka kwamehlo (i-Blepharitis)	Ukuvuvukala noma ukutheleleka komphetho wejwabu leso. Lokhu kungabangela ukulunywa, ukubomvu, kanye noqweqwe lwejwabu leso.
Izifo zamehlo (i-Conjunctivitis)	Yilokhu esivame ukukubiza ngokuthi 'isifo samehlo'. Kungabangelwa ukutheleleka ngegciwane noma amagciwane. Kuthelelana kakhulu.
Iso Elomile	Uma amehlo engakhiphi izinyembezi ezanele, ayoma, abe bomvu, futhi avuvuke.
Ukulimala kwamehlo	Uma into ishaya iso noma ibangela ukuklwebheka, imithambo yegazi enikeza igazi iso iyavuleka bese iso liba bomvu.
I-Glaucoma	Lesi yisimo esibi kakhulu. Ingcindezi engaphakathi kweso inganda, ilimaze i-optic nerve. Uma kwenzeka i-glaucoma ebukhali, iso liba bomvu, okubangela ubuhlungu obukhulu kanye nokungaboni kahle.

Yiziphi izinto ongazenza ekhaya?

Esikhathini esiningi, uma amehlo akho ebomvu ngesizathu esilula, ungathola impumuzo ngokwenza lezi zinto:

Ukuphumula: Nika amehlo akho ikhefu. Ikakhulukazi nciphisa isikhathi osichitha ubuka ikhompyutha noma ifoni.
Ukucindezela Okubandayo: Cwilisa indwangu ehlanzekile emanzini abandayo, uvale amehlo akho, bese uwabeka phezu kwawo imizuzu embalwa.
Ukuhlanza amashiya: Uma kukhona uqweqwe oluzungeze amehlo, sula kancane ngebhola likakotini elicwiliswe emanzini ahlanzekile.
Amaconsi amehlo atholakala ngaphandle kwekhawuntara: Ungasebenzisa izinto ezifana nezinyembezi zokwenziwa, ongazithenga ekhemisi, ngemuva kokubonisana nodokotela wakho. Kodwa-ke, ungafaki noma yimuphi umuthi emehlweni akho ngaphandle kokubonisana nodokotela.

Kwezinye izimo, udokotela wakho angase akunike amaconsi amehlo noma amafutha aqukethe ama-antibiotic okutheleleka, noma eminye imithi ekhethekile yokungezwani komzimba.

Ingabe amehlo abomvu angavinjelwa?

Nakuba kungenakwenzeka ukuvimbela zonke izimo, lezi zinto zingasiza ekunciphiseni ingozi:

Ungawahlikihli amehlo akho: Amagciwane kanye nokungcola ezandleni zethu kungangena emehlweni akho futhi kwenze isimo sibe sibi kakhulu.
Gcina amalensi okuxhumana ehlanzekile: Ungawagqoki isikhathi eside kunesikhathi esinconyiwe.
Susa izimonyo zamehlo ngendlela efanele: Hlanza izimonyo zakho kahle ngaphambi kokulala ebusuku.
Thatha ikhefu uma ubheka ikhompyutha: Njalo ngemizuzu engama-20, bheka okuthile okuqhele ngemizuzwana engama-20 (umthetho wama-20-20-20).
Gwema izinto ezibangela ukungezwani komzimba: Gwema izinto ezikubangela ukungezwani komzimba, njengothuli, intuthu, kanye ne-dander yezilwane ezifuywayo.
Geza izandla zakho kahle: Lokhu kungavimbela izifo eziningi ezithathelwanayo, njengokutheleleka kwamehlo.

Kufanele ubonane nini nodokotela?

Uma ukubomvu kwamehlo kuvame ukuphela phakathi nezinsuku ezimbalwa, noma uma ingane encane inamehlo abomvu, kungcono ukushayela udokotela ucingo. Kubaluleke kakhulu ukufuna iseluleko sezokwelapha ngokushesha uma unezinye zezimpawu ezilandelayo:

Izimpawu eziyisixwayiso ezidinga ukunakekelwa okusheshayo
Ubuhlungu obukhulu bamehlo	Uma uzwa ubuhlungu, lokho kukhulu kakhulu kunokungakhululeki nje.
Izinguquko zombono	Uma umbono wakho ungacacile, ubona izinto ezimbili, noma ubona izinto ngobunzima.
Ukuzwela ekukhanyeni	Uma amehlo akho ezizwa engakhululekile ukubuka ukukhanya okuvamile.
Ukuphuma kwegazi ngokweqile emehlweni	Uma ukhipha amanzi aluhlaza okotshani noma aphuzi noma uma amehlo akho eminyene kangangokuthi awukwazi ukuwavula ekuseni.
Umkhuhlane noma ubuhlungu bomzimba	Uma lezi zimpawu zikhona kanye namehlo abomvu.
Ngemva kokulimala kweso	Uma kukhona okungena esweni lakho noma kuklwebheka, bona udokotela ngokushesha.

Umlayezo Wokuya Nawe Ekhaya

Esikhathini esiningi, amehlo abomvu awabi mabi kakhulu futhi azophela ezinsukwini ezimbalwa. Kodwa-ke, uma ungabaza, kungcono ukubona udokotela.
Ungalokothi ufake izinhlobo ezingaziwa zamaconsi amehlo akho ngaphandle kweseluleko sikadokotela. Ezinye izinhlobo zingenza isimo sibe sibi kakhulu.
Uma uzwa ubuhlungu obukhulu bamehlo, ukubona okufiphele, ubunzima bokubheka ukukhanya, noma ukudabuka ngokweqile, bona udokotela ngokushesha ngoba kungaba yisimo esiphuthumayo.
Izifo eziningi zamehlo zingavinjelwa ngokugeza izandla zakho kahle nokugwema ukuxhumana emehlweni njalo.