UAphakia

Umxholo

• Zithini iimpawu ze-aphakia?
• Yintoni ebangela i-aphakia?
• Iimpawu
• Imfuza
• Ukwenzakala
• Ichongwa njani iaphakia?
• Iphathwa njani i-aphakia?
• Ngaba i-aphakia ibangela naziphi na iingxaki?
• I-glaucoma ye-Aphakic
• I-Retinal detachment
• Iqela leVitreous
• Ukuhlala ne-aphakia

Yintoni i-aphakia?

I-Aphakia yimeko ebandakanya ukungabinayo ilensi yamehlo. Iilensi zelihlo lakho licacile, liguquka ngokuvumela amehlo akho ukuba ajonge. Le meko ixhaphake kakhulu kubantu abadala abaneekati, kodwa inokuchaphazela neentsana nabantwana.

Zithini iimpawu ze-aphakia?

Olona phawu luphambili lwe-aphakia kukungabinayo iilensi. Oku kunokuvelisa ezinye iimpawu, ezinje:

• ukungaboni kakuhle
• ingxaki yokujolisa kwizinto
• utshintsho kumbono wombala, obandakanya imibala ebonakala ngathi iphelile
• ingxaki yokujolisa kwinto njengokuba umgama wakho utshintsha
• ukubona kude, okanye ingxaki yokubona izinto kufutshane

Yintoni ebangela i-aphakia?

Iimpawu

I-cataract ingenza amehlo akho abonakale enesibindi kwaye abangele umbono onamafu. Zibangelwa ziiproteni ezixineneyo kwiilensi, ezihlala zenzeka kunye nobudala. Oku kwenza ukuba kube nzima kwiilensi zakho ukubuyisela ukukhanya kwi-retina yakho, kukhokelela kumbono osibekele. I-Cataract ixhaphake kakhulu, ichaphazela malunga ne-24.4 yezigidi zabantu baseMelika abaneminyaka engama-40 okanye ngaphezulu, ngokweAmerican Academy of Ophthalmology.

Kwiimeko ezinqabileyo, abantwana bazalwa benekati. Oku kuhlala kubangelwa yimfuza okanye ukuvezwa kwezifo ezithile, ezinjengeenkuku.

Thetha nogqirha wakho ukuba wena okanye umntwana wakho uneempawu zekati ukuze bakwazi ukulawula naziphi na iingxaki zamehlo.

Imfuza

Abanye abantwana bazalwa bengenazo iilensi zamehlo. Eli candelo le-aphakia lineentlobo ezimbini, ezibizwa ngokuba yi-aphakia ye-congenital aprenia kunye ne-aphakia yesibini yokuzalwa.

Iintsana ezinesifo sokuqala sokuzalwa se-aphakia zizalwa zingenazo iilensi, zihlala zibangelwa yimicimbi yophuhliso okanye uguquko kwimfuzo.

Iintsana ezinesifo sokuzalwa sesibini se-aphakia zineelensi, kodwa ziyangeniswa okanye zifihlwe ngaphambi okanye ngexesha lokuzalwa. Olu hlobo lwe-aphakia lukwanxulunyaniswa nokuvezwa yintsholongwane, enjenge-rubella yokuzalwa.

Ukwenzakala

Iingozi kunye nokulimala ebusweni bakho kunokulimaza iilensi zakho okanye kubangele ukuba ungene ngaphakathi kwiso lakho.

Ichongwa njani iaphakia?

I-Aphakia ihlala ifunyaniswa kuvavanyo oluqhelekileyo lwe-ophthalmic. Ugqirha wakho unokuvavanya i-iris, i-cornea kunye ne-retina yakho.

Iphathwa njani i-aphakia?

Ukunyanga i-aphakia kuhlala kubandakanya utyando kubantwana nakubantu abadala.

Kubalulekile kwiintsana ezine-aphakia ukuba zenziwe utyando ngokukhawuleza kuba amehlo azo akhula ngokukhawuleza okukhulu. IAmerican Academy of Pediatrics icebisa ukuba iintsana ezine-aphakia zenziwe utyando xa zineenyanga ezelwe. Bayakudinga iiglasi okanye iilensi zonxibelelwano ezizodwa abanokulala kuzo kwaye banxibe ixesha elide emva kotyando. Banokufumana ukufakelwa kwelensi yokufakelwa xa sele benonyaka ubudala.

Utyando lwabantu abadala abane-aphakia bahlala bebandakanya ukususwa kwelensi eyonakeleyo ukuba iyafuneka kunye nokufaka into eyenziweyo. Inkqubo, edla ngokwenziwa kusetyenziswa i-anesthetic yendawo, inokuthatha ngaphantsi kweyure. Ugqirha wakho unokukunika iilensi zonxibelelwano okanye iiglasi emva kotyando ukuphucula umbono wakho.

Ngaba i-aphakia ibangela naziphi na iingxaki?

Uninzi lwabantu lubuyela ngokulula kutyando lwamehlo, kodwa kukho iingxaki ezimbalwa ezinokubakho.

I-glaucoma ye-Aphakic

Ukuba naluphi na uhlobo lotyando lwamehlo kunokunyusa umngcipheko wokuba neglaucoma. Oku kuyenzeka xa ulwakhiwo loxinzelelo ngaphakathi kwiliso lonakalisa i-optic nerve yakho. Ukuba ishiywe inganyangwa, i-glaucoma inokukhokelela ekuphulukaneni nombono. Emva kokwenza naluphi na uhlobo lotyando lwamehlo, qiniseka ukuba ulandela ngokuvavanywa kwamehlo rhoqo ukujonga i-glaucoma.

I-Retinal detachment

Abantu abaye bonzakala ngamehlo okanye utyando banomngcipheko ophezulu wokukhupha i-retina ehlukanisiweyo. I-retina inee-receptors ezibonakalayo eziguqula imifanekiso ibe ziimpembelelo zombane, ezithunyelwa kwingqondo. Ngamanye amaxesha i-retina iyazibamba kwaye iyisuse kwithishu ebambe indawo yayo.

Iimpawu ze-retina efihliweyo zibandakanya:

• ukubona amabala okanye ukukhanya kokukhanya
• ukulahleka kombono (ecaleni) umbono
• umbala ongaboniyo
• ukungaboni kakuhle

Fumana unyango kwangoko ukuba ucinga ukuba unayo i-retina evalelweyo kuba inokukhokelela kubumfama ngokupheleleyo ngaphandle konyango olufike ngexesha.

Iqela leVitreous

I-vitreous humor yinto efana ne-gel ezalisa ngaphakathi kwiso lakho kwaye iqhotyoshelwe kwi-retina. Zombini iindlela zokuguga kunye neliso zinokubangela utshintsho kwi-vitreous humor. Olu tshintsho lunokuthi lubangele ukuba lutsibe kwi-retina, lubangelwe kukuqina kwe-vitreous.

I-vitreous detachment ihlala ingabangeli nayiphi na imiba. Nangona kunjalo, ngamanye amaxesha uburharha be-vitreous butsala ngamandla kwi-retina kangangokuba budala umngxunya okanye isixhobo sokubuyisa.

Iimpawu ze-vitreous detachment zibandakanya ukubona:

• izikhonkwane ezifana nezikhwebu kumbono wakho
• ukukhanya kokukhanya kwimibono yakho esecaleni

Ukuba une-vitreous detachment, sebenza nogqirha wakho ukuze uqiniseke ukuba ayibangeli ngxaki.

Ukuhlala ne-aphakia

I-Aphakia kubantu abadala nakubantwana inokunyangwa ngokulula ngotyando. Qiniseka nje ukuba ulandelela iimviwo zamehlo rhoqo ukujonga naziphi na iingxaki.