Ngaba ukunxiba abafowunelwa ngexesha lobhubhani we-coronavirus ngumbono ombi?

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Okwangoku, ufumene i-memo yokungachukumisi ubuso bakho malunga nokuqhambuka kwecoronavirus, nokuba kungengcebiso zikarhulumente okanye ngeememes. Kodwa ukuba unxiba iilensi zonxibelelwano, ukuchukumisa ubuso bakho kusebenza umsebenzi obaluleke kakhulu kwinkqubo yakho yemihla ngemihla. Ngalo lonke uhlengahlengiso osele ulwenzile, usenokuzibuza ukuba ngaba ubunokuhamba ngokunxiba abafowunelwa ngexesha lobhubhane we-coronavirus.

Ukuba ujonga imeko esemthethweni, iAmerican Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) ithatha ukuba ukutshintshela kwiiglasi kubalulekile. Kwingxelo kukhuseleko lwamehlo phakathi kokuqhambuka kwe-COVID-19, i-AAO icebisa ukukhetha iiglasi phakathi kwamanye amanyathelo okhuseleko."Cinga ukunxiba iiglasi rhoqo, ngakumbi ukuba uhlala uchukumisa amehlo akho xa unxibelelana nabo," ugqirha wamehlo uSonal Tuli, MD, isithethi seAAO, ucatshulwe kwingxelo. "Ukutshintsha iiglasi endaweni yeelensi kunokunciphisa ukucaphuka kwaye kukunyanzele ukuba ume ngaphambi kokuba ubambe iliso lakho." (Idibeneyo: Uyiphatha kanjani ngokukhuselekileyo iivenkile zakho ngexesha lesifo seCoronavirus)

UKevin Lee, MD, ugqirha wamehlo kwiGolden Gate Eye Associates kwiPacific Vision Eye Institute, uyavuma, esithi ebecebisa abaguli abadla ngokunxiba abafowunelwa ukuba "bangazinxibi" kangangoko ngoku.

ICoronavirus ecaleni, kuba abantu abanxibe unxibelelwano badla ngokuchukumisa amehlo abo ngakumbi, basemngciphekweni ngakumbi wosulelo lwamehlo ngokubanzi, utshilo uRupa Wong, MD, ugqirha wamehlo wabantwana. "Banomngcipheko ophezulu wokusuleleka kwi-cornea kunye ne-conjunctivitis-iliso elipinki-ngenxa yebhaktheriya, ii-parasites, iintsholongwane kunye nefungi," kuchaza uDkt Wong. "Oku kuyinyani ngakumbi xa abo banxibe iilensi zonxibelelwano bengaziqheliseli ukwenza ucoceko olufanelekileyo njengokulala koonxibelelwano, ukucoca iilensi ngendlela engafanelekanga, ukungazihlambi izandla, okanye ukwandisa ukunxiba koonxibelelwano ngaphambi komhla ocetyiswayo." (Idibeneyo: Ngaba iCoronavirus ingabangela isifo sohudo?)

Kwaye ukubuyela umva kubhubhane we-COVID-19, ukurhweba abafowunelwa iiglasi kunokukukhusela ekubambeni intsholongwane kwabanye, wongeza uGqirha Lee. "Iiglasi zifana nekhaka elijikeleze amehlo," utshilo. "Masithi umntu one-coronavirus uthimla. Iiglasi zinokukhusela amehlo akho kumathontsi amancinane okuphefumla. Ukuba unxibe izinto ezinxibelelana naye, amathontsi okuphefumla asenako ukungena kwiibhola zamehlo akho." Oko kwathethi, iiglasi aziboneleli ngokhuseleko olungamampunge, utshilo uGqirha Wong. “Amasuntswana entsholongwane asenokungena emehlweni ngaphaya kwamacala, emazantsi, okanye ngaphezulu kweeglasi,” uyachaza. "Yiyo loo nto abasebenzi bezempilo kufuneka benxibe isikhuselo sobuso xa bekhathalela abaguli be-COVID-19."

Ke, ukuze ukhuseleke, qhagamshelana nabanxibe iilensi unako Cinga ngokutshintshela kwiiglasi kude kube kukwazisa kwakhona. Kodwa awunyanzelekanga ukuba uphephe ukunxibelelana nabo konke iindleko, utsho uGqr. Wong. Umzekelo, xa uvalelwe wedwa ekhaya, okoko ucocekile ngokufanelekileyo, ukunxiba iilensi zakho kunokuba ngumngcipheko wokufumana intsholongwane. "Kodwa bendizakuphambuka kwicala lokulumkisa ngakumbi xa ndiphume kwiindawo zikawonkewonke, nditshintshele kwiiglasi," ucacisa. (Eyeleleneyo: Yonke into ekufuneka uyazi malunga nokusasazeka kweCoronavirus)

Kukho igumbi lokujikeleza. "Ukunciphisa nawuphi na umngcipheko, iingcali zicebisa ukuba abo banxibe iilensi zonxibelelwano banokuyeka ukusebenzisa ngaphandle kwesilumkiso, kodwa ayisiyonto inokukhathaza kakhulu ngalo lonke ixesha abantu beqhubeka nococeko oluhle kwaye behlamba izandla zabo phambi kokuba bachukumise Amehlo, utshilo uKristen Hokeness, Ph.D., unjingalwazi kunye nosihlalo weSebe lezeNzululwazi nobuChwepheshe kwiYunivesithi yaseBryant. (Ukuhlaziya: Nantsi indlela yokuhlamba izandla ngokuchanekileyo.)

Kwaye ukuba ubuzibuza, i-COVID-19 ibonakala ngathi ihanjiswa ngokulula ngempumlo nangomlomo kunamehlo, yongeza uHokeness. "Umngcipheko wokosulela ngokuchukumisa amehlo akho ngokuchasene nempumlo okanye umlomo wakho uphantsi kakhulu," uyachaza. "Eyona ndlela yokusasaza kukufumana amachaphaza asulelekileyo ngomlomo okanye ngempumlo." Kodwa kufanelekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba ayizizo zonke iintsholongwane ezifanayo kuloo nto. "Ezinye iintsholongwane eziqhelekileyo, ezifana ne-adenoviruses, zinokudluliselwa kakhulu ngokudibana neso," kusho uHokeness. "Ezinye, ezifana nomkhuhlane, zibonakala zihambelana ngakumbi nendlela i-COVID-19 isasazeka ngayo, oko kuthetha ukuba [ukuhambisa ngeliso] kuyacaca kodwa akunakulindeleka."

I-TL; i-DR: Ukuba unxibe iilensi zonxibelelwano ofuna ukukunceda ukunqanda ukusasazeka kwe-COVID-19, ukutshintshela kwiiglasi ayisiyonto iyimfuneko, kodwa isengumbono olungileyo okwangoku. Nokuba uhlala uzonda ukuzinxiba, unokufumana inzuzo ngokwenza ukuba babe yinxalenye yokujongwa kokubekwa bodwa.

Ulwazi kweli bali luchanekile ngexesha lokushicilelwa. Njengoko uhlaziyo malunga ne-coronavirus i-COVID-19 iqhubeka nokuvela, kunokwenzeka ukuba ulwazi kunye neengcebiso kweli bali zitshintshile okoko kwapapashwa okokuqala. Siyakukhuthaza ukuba ujonge rhoqo ngezixhobo ezinjenge-CDC, i-WHO, kunye nesebe lezempilo likarhulumente kwindawo yakho yokufumana olona lwazi lwanamhlanje kunye neengcebiso.

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