Episcleritis

I-Episcleritis kukucaphuka kunye nokudumba kwe-episclera, umaleko omncinci wethishu egubungele indawo emhlophe (sclera) yamehlo. Ayilulo usuleleko.

I-Episcleritis yimeko eqhelekileyo. Kwiimeko ezininzi ingxaki inobulali kwaye umbono uqhelekile.

Unobangela uhlala ungaziwa. Kodwa, inokwenzeka ngezifo ezithile, ezinje:

• Iherpes zoster
• Irheumatoid Arthritis
• Isifo seSjögren
• Igcushuwa
• Isifo sephepha

Iimpawu zibandakanya:

• Umbala opinki okanye omfusa kwinxalenye yesiqhelo emhlophe yamehlo
• Intlungu yamehlo
• Ukuthamba kwamehlo
• Ubuntununtunu ekukhanyeni
• Ukukrazula iliso

Umboneleli wakho wezempilo uya kwenza uvavanyo lwamehlo ukufumanisa isifo. Uninzi lwexesha, akukho mvavanyo zikhethekileyo ziyafuneka.

Iimeko zihlala zihamba zodwa kwiiveki ezi-1 ukuya kwezi-2. Sebenzisa i-corticosteroid eye eye kunokunceda ukunciphisa iimpawu ngokukhawuleza.

I-Episcleritis ihlala iphucula ngaphandle konyango. Nangona kunjalo, unyango lungenza ukuba iimpawu zihambe ngokukhawuleza.

Kwezinye iimeko, imeko ingabuya. Rhoqo, ukucaphuka kunye nokudumba kwenxalenye emhlophe yamehlo kunokukhula. Oku kubizwa ngokuba yi-scleritis.

Fowunela umboneleli wakho wezempilo ukuba uneempawu ze-episcleritis ezihlala ngaphezulu kweeveki ezimbini. Phinda ujongwe kwakhona ukuba intlungu yakho iya isiba mandundu okanye unengxaki ngombono wakho.

• I-anatomy yangaphandle yamehlo nangaphakathi

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