Ekunakekelweni kwezempilo kwamehlo, kusungulwe kahle ukuthi ukudla okunomsoco kunendima enkulu ekwelapheni nasekuphatheni izifo ezithile zeso. Kodwa-ke, akuzange kube khona ucwaningo olukhulu mayelana nokudla kanye ne- glaucoma . Kodwa-ke, abanye abaphikisana nokudla okunomsoco basho ukuthi kungase kube nenzuzo ethile ekuthatheni izithako ezithile zokudla okunomsoco ukuze kusize ukuphatha i-glaucoma noma ukunciphisa ingozi yokuthuthukisa i-glaucoma.
Ukuhlolwa kwe-Glaucoma
Esikhathini esedlule, ukuhlola okuningi kwe-glaucoma kwakuhlanganisa ucwaningo olusensimini, ukuhlolelwa kweso kweso, nokuhlolwa kwe-optic nerves. Indinganiso yokunakekelwa namuhla ukuhlola okuningi okubandakanya ukuhlolwa kwenkambu okubukwayo, ukuhlolwa kwe-eye, ukuhlolwa kwesibindi se-optic, i-pachymetry (ukulinganisa kwe-corneal thickness), ukuhlolwa kwe-nerve fibre nokucindezela kwegazi. Kodwa-ke, kufanele sibheke isimo somsoco nesiguli?
Ukucindezeleka Kwamehlo Okuphakanyisiwe
Ingozi enkulu kunazo zonke ekuthuthukiseni i-glaucoma ingcindezi yeso eliphakeme noma yiliphi ucingo lwe-IOP nodokotela noma ukucindezelwa kwangaphakathi. Ngencazelo, i-glaucoma iyisifo se-optic nerve lapho i-nerve fibers ifa ngenxa yokucindezela kweso kweso. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, uma kungelashwa, abantu abane glaucoma bazoba nokulahlekelwa kombono. Ezimweni eziningi, ukulahlekelwa kombono kuqala emkhakheni wombono wakho bese ufaka embonweni ophakathi uma ungalawulwa.
Esinye isici se-glaucoma esidibanisa abahlinzeki ukuthi kubonakala sengathi kune-subset yonke yabantu abanezingcindezi eziphakeme kunezibalo ezibonakala zingakaze zithuthukise izimpawu ze-glaucoma .
Umbuzo uba yilokho okwenza abanye abantu bahlakulele i-glaucoma nge-elevated pressure ye-eye ngenkathi abanye bengaba nomfutho omkhulu wehlohlo futhi bangalokothi bahlakulele i-glaucoma? Ngokusobala, ubudlelwane obuphakathi kokucindezela kwe-intraocular ephezulu kanye ne-glaucoma akuyona into ejwayelekile.
Izingozi Zokuthuthukisa I-Glaucoma
Abacwaningi banomuzwa wokuthi ezinye izindlela ezithinta kakhulu ukudlala.
Ukucindezeleka kwe-Vascular and oxidative kukhona izindlela ezimbili ezingabangela ingozi ephakeme yokuthuthukisa i-glaucoma. Abacwaningi banomuzwa wokuthi ukudla okunomsoco kungaba nomthelela ekushintsheni lezi zindlela ezimbili zokunciphisa ingozi yokuthuthukisa i-glaucoma.
Ukuhlukunyezwa kwe-Vascular - Ingxoxo yokuhlukunyezwa kwe-vascular ifika ngokuyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu. Ngamafuphi, libhekene nokucindezelwa kwegazi kanye nokucindezela okudingekayo ukuze kuhlinzeke igazi ne-oksijini emgodini we-optic, i-cable yezinzwa ezixhuma iso ebuchosheni. Ucwaningo oluthile lwathola izindinganiso eziphansi kakhulu zokugeleza kwegazi emithanjeni yegazi ngemuva kweso ezigulini ezinezinhlanga zase-Afrika. Ukuzalwa kwe-Afrika kuyingozi eyodwa yokuthuthukisa i-glaucoma.
Ukucindezeleka okuxilisayo - Amaseli ku- retina adinga amandla amaningi. Ngenxa yalokhu kudingekile kwamandla, kunezinhlobo eziningi zezinto ezingalimaza amangqamuzana ethu. Kodwa-ke, iningi labantu linama-enzyme alwela ukwenza lezi zinto ezilimazayo. Iziguli ezingenazo lezi zinkimbinkimbi zinethuba eliphakeme lokuthuthukisa i-glaucoma. Kubonakala kunengqondo ukuthi ukwandisa ama-anti-oxidant in-take, okuyinto enhle kuzo zonke izinhlobo zezindaba zezempilo, kuzokwehlisa ingozi yokuthuthukisa i-glaucoma.
Ukudla kanye ne-Glaucoma
Kunezidingo ezithile zokudla okunomsoco ezihlolisiswa kokubili ukucindezeleka kwe-vascular and stress oxidative.
- I-Ginkgo biloba - Ucwaningo olulodwa lubonisa ukuthi i-ginkgo biloba enikezwe 40 mg kuphela enikezwe izikhathi ezintathu ngosuku kwakwanele ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukugeleza kwegazi ku-nertic optic. I-Ginkgo biloba ibonisa isithembiso ngoba ithola kalula ukuyivumela ukuba isebenze kumafektri wamandla amangqamuzana ethu aphethwe ukucindezeleka okwenzakalayo kwe-oxidative. Omunye kufanele aqaphele ukuthatha le nkengezo njengoba kungakhuphula ukuphuma kwegazi futhi kwandise ukucindezelwa kwegazi kwabanye abantu.
- Ama-black currant anthocyanins - Lesi sengezo siboniswe ukunciphisa ukucindezelwa kwe-intraocular futhi sikwandise ukugeleza kwegazi ku-nertic optic.
- I-Mirtogenol - I-Mirtogenol iyabhishwa i-bilberry futhi i-extract bark iboniswe kwizifundo ukunciphisa ukucindezeleka kweso futhi kwandise ukugeleza kwegazi. Kwabuye kwaba nethonya elihle lapho lithathwa nge-latanoprost, imithi ejwayelekile ye-glaucoma. I-Mirtogenol ayibangeli noma yimiphi imiphumela emibi esiyaziyo ngalesi sikhathi.
- I-Manganese - Amazinga aphezulu we-manganese egazini kucatshangwa ukunciphisa ingozi ye-glaucoma.
Ngisho ikhofi iyaphenywa njengendlela yokudla okuwusizo kubantu ababhekene ne-glaucoma ngenxa yezindawo zayo ezinhle kakhulu ze-antioxidant. Nakuba kungakabi izinga lokunakekelwa kwe-optometric, esikhathini esizayo, ukuhlolwa kwe-glaucoma kungafaka ukuhlolwa kwegazi ukuhlola amazinga athile omzimba emzimbeni. Okwamanje, labo abanomlando womndeni we-glaucoma kufanele banakekele ucwaningo lwe-glaucoma nokudla okunomsoco.
SOURCE: Ukubuyekezwa kwe-Optometry, Nutrition, ne-Glaucoma: Ukuhlola i-Link, Reed, Kimberly, ngoNovemba 15, 2015, p 58-63