"I-air puff test" iyinkulumo ye-slang ye-tonometry engaxhunyiwe (i-NCT), ukuhlolwa okusetshenziselwa ukuhlola iso ukukala ingcindezi ngaphakathi kweso lakho. Ukuhlolwa kwe-air puff kunikeza udokotela wakho iso ukucindezela iso, eyaziwa ngokuthi ukucindezelwa kwe-intraocular (IOP), okusiza ukuthola i- glaucoma .
"I-puffry tonometry" ukuhlolwa okuhle kokudokotela kodokotela kodwa ngezinye izikhathi kungabangela ukucindezeleka okuvelele.
Lokhu kuhlola akukona okunembile njenge-tonometry yendabuko kodwa kunomthelela kakhulu ekutholeni izinkinga zomshoshaphansi. Abantu abaningi bakhetha ukuhlolwa kwe-air puff njengoba kungekho othintana naye owenziwe ngeso. Ukukhukhumeza emoyeni uyozizwa akubuhlungu.
Ukulinganisa Ukucindezeleka Kwamehlo
I-tonometry eqondile ebusweni beso kuyisilinganiso esilungile kakhulu somfutho we-eye. Kodwa-ke, lolu hlobo lokuhlola ludinga ochwepheshe abanekhono ukwenza kahle. Ngaphambi kokuba kuvivinywe, uchwepheshe uzolinda amehlo nge-anesthetic. Ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa, i-sensor ifakwa kahle ngobuso behlo, ukunikeza ukufundwa okunembile kwe-IOP. Ngenxa yokuthi i-tonometer yendabuko kufanele ixhumane nehlo ukuze ithole isilinganiso somfutho, abantu abaningi bacela ukuhlolwa kwe-air puff. Ukuhlolwa kwe-air puff kukhishwa umoya omnene emoyeni, bese ulinganisa isikhathi esithathayo ukuze umoya uphawule indawo encane ye-cornea bese ubuyela kuleso sitsha.
Ukucindezeleka Kwamehlo Okuphakanyisiwe
Ngakho kuthiwani uma ukuhlolwa kwe-air puff kuphumela ekufundeni okuphezulu? IOP ephakanyisiwe ngezinye izikhathi ibizwa ngokuthi yi-ocpertension yomzimba. Ukucindezela kwamehlo okuphakanyisiwe akubonakali ngokucacile i-glaucoma, kodwa kukubeka engozini yokuthuthukisa lesi sifo. Udokotela wakho we-eye uzofuna ukuhlola ukucindezeleka kwamehlo akho kuzo zonke izivakashi, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ezinye izimpawu ze-glaucoma azihlaziyi.
I-glaucoma yisifo esibucayi esibonakalayo esingase sibangele ukulahlekelwa kombono uma kungelashwa kuqala. Ngenxa yokuthi isimo asivezi izimpawu ezicacile, ukuhlolwa kwe-air puff ngezinye izikhathi kuyindlela kuphela yokuthi udokotela abone. Kodwa-ke, ukwenyuka okungazelelwe kokucindezela kwamehlo, ikakhulukazi uma kwenzeka i-glaucoma ye-angle evelele-ukuvala, kungase kuveze ezinye izimpawu ezihlanganisa umbono obonakalayo, ama-halos azungeze izibani, ubuhlungu obukhulu beso, kanye nobunzima bekhanda. I-glaucoma ye-Angle-closure ayifinyelele kodwa ingathà sina. Ngaphandle kokuphathwa ngokushesha, lesi simo singabangela ukungaboni. Uma uhlangabezana nalezi zimpawu ezingenhla, funa ukwelashwa ngokushesha ukuze uhlolwe.
Okufanele Ukwazi
Ukuhlolwa kwe-air puff kunenzuzo ye- tonometry yendabuko ngoba ingenziwa ngekhono eliphansi futhi lingenziwa ngumchwepheshe. Futhi, akuthinti iso, ngakho akukho ukukhathazeka kokungcola. Ngaphezu kwalokho, akudingeki amaconsi amaso ngaphambi kokuhlolwa.
Abanye odokotela banomuzwa wokuthi ukuhlolwa kwe-air puff akuyona into enembile njenge-tonometer yendabuko empeleni ethinta iso. Noma kunjalo, lokhu kungase kuxhomeke kakhulu kumkhiqizo wangempela we-NCT kanye nezindawo zesisindo somzimba wesiguli.
Futhi eyaziwa njenge: Non-Contact Tonometry (NCT)