Kungaba into esabekayo ukubhekana nokuhlinzwa kwe-cataract. Eqinisweni, odokotela abaningi bamehlo badinga isifundo endleleni yokulala. Odokotela bezilingo bangena ngokushesha futhi batshele iziguli ezidinga ukwelashwa kwe-cataract ukuze zithuthukise umbono wazo ngaphandle kokuchaza ngempela ukuthi i-cataract iyini nokuthi yimuphi ukuhlinzeka nge-cataract.
I- cataract i-clouding ye-lens yeso. I-cataract yiyona imbangela ehamba phambili yobumpumputhe phakathi kwabantu asebekhulile kunama-55. Iningi labantu asebekhulile banezinga elithile le-lens clouding, okuyingxenye evamile yokuguga. I-cataract ifana nokubuka iwindi eliyinkimbinkimbi. Ama-cataracts ngokuvamile akhula kancane kangangokuba ngeke uqaphele ukwehla embonweni wakho. I-cataracts ingabangela ukuthi udinga ukukhanya okuningi okumele ufunde. Abantu abanesifo sofuba bavame ukukhononda ngama-glares nama-halos azungeze izibani ngenkathi ushayela ebusuku. Ngezinye izikhathi ukushayela ebusuku kubonakala kungenakwenzeka.
Uma ucabangela ukuhlinzwa kwe-cataract, qiniseka ukwenza ucwaningo lwakho ukuze wazi ukuthi yini ongayilindela. Ukulandela imibuzo emihlanu yokubuza udokotela ngaphambi kokuba enze ukuhlinzwa kwakho kwe-cataract.
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Ingabe Ngizokwazi Uma Isikhathi Sokuhlinzwa Kwe-Cataract?Impendulo yalo mbuzo ngezindlela ezithile ilula: uma unomuzwa wokuthi umbono wakho awulungile ngendlela ongathanda ngayo. Ezweni langempela, ngezinye izikhathi kunzima ukutshela uma kunjalo. Ama-cataracts ngokuvamile akhula kancane ngakho akulula ngaso sonke isikhathi ukutshela. Buza udokotela wakho ukuthi ubukhulu nobuni bombono wakho. Enye indlela yokulinganisa ubuningi bombono ukuthola ukuthi yikuphi ukulungiswa kwakho okubukeka kahle kakhulu okubonwayo. Lokhu kusho ukuthi umbono wakho ungaba kanjani kahle ngezibuko zokulungisa noma ama-lens. Lokhu kuzokunika umqondo wokuthi ububi bakho bubi kangakanani. Amehlo avamile abona 20/20. Uma umbono wakho ungama-20/60, lokho kubuye kube kubi kakhulu kunokujwayelekile. Ikhwalithi yombono wakho ingalinganiswa nokuhlolwa kwe-BAT. I-BAT izolinganisa indlela umbono wakho uma ubhekana ngayo nezibani lapho ushayela ebusuku. Ungase ube nombono ongu-20/25 olungiselelwe kangcono, kodwa uma kulinganiswa isilingo se-BAT, umbono wakho ungase uhlehlele ku-20/100.
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Ngiyiphi Inhlobo Yokuhlinzwa Engizoba nayo?Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, lokhu kwakuwumbuzo olula. Ngokwesiko, abantu abaningi babehlinzekwa nge-cataract nge-phacoemulsification. Le nqubo igcwaliswe esebenzisa i-blade encane yokucubungula kokuqala, kulandelwa inqubo eyenziwe nge-phacoemulsifier. I-phacoemulsifier iyisetshenziswa se-ultrasound eshukumisa ngejubane elinjalo ukuthi i-cataract i-emulsified noma ichitheka zibe izingcezu ezincane futhi ilandwe ngobumnene ngeso. Ukusheshisa ngo-2011 lapho i-FDA ivumela "ukuhlinzwa kwe-laser cataract" noma ngokuqondile, "ukuhlinzeka kwe-feminsecond laser cataract." Ekuhlinzekeni kwe-laser cataract, udokotela ohlinzayo angabuka isithombe esikhulisiwe, esiphezulu esinikezwe yona yidivayisi ye-OCT eyakhelwe ngaphakathi. Ukucubungula komzimba kungenziwa ngendlela ehlelekile ngaphandle kokucabangela okuhlangenwe nakho kohlinzayo. Lokhu kuhlanganiswa okuklama laser kuphephile futhi kusindile kangcono kunomshini ohlinzayo ohlinzayo.
Akukho mbuzo ukuthi ezandleni zomhlinzeki ohlinzekwa kakhulu we-cataract, ukuhlinzwa kwe-cataract ye-laser kuyindlela enhle kakhulu neyaphambili. Nokho, ngenxa ye-anatomy, abanye abantu abakwazi ukuhlinzwa ukuhlinzwa kwe-cataract. I-Phacoemulsification namanje indlela ephezulu kakhulu yokwenza ukuhlinzwa kwe-cataract. Ingxenye yesinqumo sakho izobe isekelwe ezindlekweni, njengoba i-Medicare nezinkampantolo zomshuwalense zentengiselwano azihlanganisi ukuhlinzwa kwe-cataract laser.
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Uhlobo Luni Lokufaka Umfutho Lokho Kuyobekwa Eso Lami?Le yindawo eyodwa lapho kuzodingeka khona izingxoxo eziningi phakathi kwesiguli kanye nodokotela ohlinzayo. Umbuzo ngempela uhlose kakhulu endleleni yakho yokuphila kunama-optics. Usebenzisa kanjani amehlo akho nsuku zonke? Yiziphi izithakazelo ezikhethekile oziphetheyo? Ingabe ungumuntu ohlobo-A lapho imininingwane ibaluleke khona kuwe? Kubalulekile ngoba udokotela wakho ohlinzayo angabeka ngokuyisisekelo umbono wakho lapho ufuna khona. Ufuna ukuba nombono ophelele, izibuko ezingabonakali futhi uzigqoke izibuko zokufunda ukuze uthole umbono oseduze, noma okuhlukile?
Kanti futhi, izikhathi zishintshile. Manje abantu banokukhethwa kokuba nodokotela ohlinzayo bafake ukufakelwa kwe-lens multifocal intraocular lens. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ukufakelwa kuzokuzama ukuletha umbono webanga eliphezulu, umbono ophakathi kanye nombono oseduze ongekho izibuko. Ngenkathi ubuchwepheshe be-multifocal buhambile, abahlinzayo abaningi bazoqinisekisa ukuthi isiguli siyaqonda ukuthi asikho isiqinisekiso sokuthi bazoba nombono ongenalutho lwangilazi.
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Iyini Ingozi Yami Yokungaba Khona?Yonke inqubo yokuhlinza i-cataract ibeka izingozi zokutheleleka, ukuphuma kwegazi, kanye nokuthunjwa kwe-retinal. Kodwa-ke, abanye abantu bangase babe nengozi ephezulu yalezi zinkinga kunabanye. Isibonelo, abantu abasondelene kakhulu banomngcipheko ophezulu wokuba nesitoreji sokubuyisela ngesikhathi sokuphila kunomuntu ongekho eduze. Lapho odokotela abahlinzayo benesiguli esiphezulu, bangase bathathe izinyathelo ezikhethekile zokuqapha noma babe nochwepheshe we-retinal ucingo uma kwenzeka izinkinga. Esinye isibonelo singase sibe isiguli esithatha igazi elincane noma eliphikisana nezinkinga zenhliziyo. Lezi ziguli ngezinye izikhathi zicelwa ukuba ziyeke le mithi izinsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuhlinzwa.
> Umthombo:
> Ukunakekelwa kwesineke sabagulayo ngeCataract, Umhlahlandlela wokuPhepha oMtholampilo we-Optometric, U-AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION, i-243 N. Lindbergh Blvd., iSt. Louis, MO 63141-7881, 1995, ebuyekeziwe ngo-2004