Ugqirha wakhe wamehlo uthe umfazi owayeziva ngathi “unento ethile elisweni lakhe” wayefake iilensi ezingama-23 zokunxibelelana ezilahlwayo phantsi kweenkophe zakhe.
UGqr. Katerina Kurteeva weCalifornia Ophthalmological Association eNewport Beach, eCalifornia, wothuka xa efumana iqela labantu abafowunelwayo waza “kwafuneka abazise” kwityala elibhalwe kwiphepha lakhe le-Instagram kwinyanga ephelileyo.
“Nam ngokwam ndamangaliswa. Bendicinga ukuba yinto engaqhelekanga. Andikaze ndiyibone le nto ngaphambili,” utshilo uKurteeva TODAY. “Zonke izinto ezidityanisiweyo zifihlwe phantsi kwesiciko senqwaba yeepancake, ngokungathi kunjalo.”
Ugqirha uthe lo gqirha unesigulana esineminyaka engama-70 ubudala, esicele ukuba igama laso lingachazwanga, besinxibe iilensi zokunxibelelana kangangeminyaka engama-30. Ngomhla we-12 kuSeptemba, weza kuKurteeva ekhalaza ngemvakalelo yomzimba wangaphandle kwiliso lakhe lasekunene kwaye ebona umhluzi kwiliso elo. Ebekhe waya ekliniki ngaphambili, kodwa uKurteeva umbona okokuqala ukusukela oko wanikwa iofisi kunyaka ophelileyo. Lo mfazi wayengenazo iintlanganiso rhoqo ngenxa yokoyika ukuba angasuleleka yi-COVID-19.
UKurteeva waqala ngokujonga amehlo akhe ukuze afumanise ukuba akukho silonda se-cornea okanye i-conjunctivitis. Wakhangela neenkophe, i-mascara, iinwele zezilwanyana zasekhaya, okanye ezinye izinto eziqhelekileyo ezinokubangela imvakalelo yomzimba wangaphandle, kodwa akazange abone nto kwi-cornea yakhe yasekunene. Waqaphela ukuphuma kwe-mucous.
Lo mfazi uthe xa ephakamisa iliso lakhe, wabona ukuba kukho into emnyama ehleli apho, kodwa akakwazanga ukuyikhupha, ngoko uKurdieva wajika isiciko ngeminwe yakhe ukuze abone. Kodwa kwakhona, oogqirha abafumananga nto.
Kulapho ke ugqirha wamehlo wasebenzisa i-eyelid speculum, isixhobo socingo esasivumela ukuba amehlo omfazi avuleke aze atyhalwe ahlukane ukuze izandla zakhe zikhululeke ukuze zihlolwe ngokusondeleyo. Wanikwa ne-macular anesthetic. Xa ejonga ngononophelo phantsi kwamehlo akhe, wabona ukuba amanxeba okuqala ambalwa ayenamathele. Wawakhupha nge-cotton swab, kodwa yayiliqhekeza nje lencam.
UKurteeva ucele umncedisi wakhe ukuba athathe iifoto kunye neevidiyo zento eyenzekileyo ngelixa yena etsala izikhonkwane nge-cotton swab.
“Kwakungathi yidekhi yamakhadi,” ukhumbula uKurteeva. “Yasasazeka kancinci yaza yenza ityathanga elincinci kwisigqubuthelo sakhe. Ndathi ndakwenza oko, ndamxelela, “Ndicinga ukuba ndicime ezinye ezili-10.” “Baqhubeka besiza behamba.”
Emva kokubahlula ngononophelo ngee-pliers zobucwebe, oogqirha bafumene ii-contacts ezingama-23 kuloo liso. UKurteeva uthe wahlamba iliso lesigulana, kodwa ngethamsanqa lo mfazi wayengenalo usulelo - yayikukucaphuka okuncinci okwanyangwa ngamathontsi okulwa nokuvuvukala - kwaye yonke into yayilungile.
Enyanisweni, eli asilotyala ligqithisileyo. Ngo-2017, oogqirha baseBritane bafumene iilensi zokunxibelelana ezingama-27 emehlweni omfazi oneminyaka engama-67 ubudala owayecinga ukuba amehlo awomileyo nokwaluphala kwakumbangela ukucaphuka, ngokutsho kwe-Optometry Today. Wayenxiba iilensi zokunxibelelana zenyanga yonke kangangeminyaka engama-35. Eli tyala libhalwe kwi-BMJ.
“Ukudibana kwabantu ababini kwiliso elinye kuqhelekile, abathathu nangaphezulu kunqabile kakhulu,” uGqr. Jeff Petty, ingcali yamehlo eSalt Lake City, eUtah, uxelele i-American Academy of Ophthalmology ngetyala lika-2017.
Ugqirha uKurteeva uxelele ukuba akazi ukuba kwenzeke njani oku, kodwa oogqirha babeneengcamango ezininzi. Uthe mhlawumbi lo mfazi wayecinga ukuba ususa iilensi ngokuzishenxisa ecaleni, kodwa azizange zibe njalo, zazihlala zizimele phantsi kwenkophe ephezulu.
Iingxowa ezingaphantsi kweenkophe, ezaziwa ngokuba zii-vaults, azinamsebenzi: “Akukho nto inokufikelela ngasemva kweliso lakho ngaphandle kokutsalwa kwaye ayizukungena engqondweni yakho,” utshilo uKurteeva.
Kwisigulane esinye esikhulileyo, igumbi lokuhlambela laba nzulu kakhulu, utshilo, nto leyo enxulunyaniswa notshintsho olunxulumene nobudala emehlweni nasebusweni, kunye nendlela ezijikeleza ngayo izinto ezinciphayo, nto leyo ekhokelela ekubeni amehlo atshone. Ilensi yoqhagamshelwano yayinzulu kakhulu kwaye ikude kakhulu ne-cornea (eyona ndawo ibuthathaka kakhulu yeliso) kangangokuba umfazi wayengenakukuva ukudumba de abe mkhulu kakhulu.
Wongeze ngelithi abantu abanxiba iilensi zokunxibelelana kangangeminyaka emininzi balahlekelwa bubuthathaka kwi-cornea, ngoko ke eso sisenokuba sesinye isizathu sokuba angakwazi ukuziva ezi ndawo.
UKurteeva uthe lo mfazi “uyakuthanda ukunxiba iilensi zokunxibelelana” kwaye ufuna ukuqhubeka ezisebenzisa. Kutshanje ubone izigulana waza wathi uzive ephilile.
Eli tyala lisikhumbuzo esihle sokunxiba iilensi zokunxibelelana. Hlamba izandla zakho rhoqo ngaphambi kokuba unxibe iilensi, kwaye ukuba unxiba iilensi zokunxibelelana zemihla ngemihla, nxibelelanisa ukhathalelo lwamehlo nokhathalelo lwamazinyo lwemihla ngemihla - susa iilensi zokunxibelelana xa uhlamba amazinyo akho ukuze ungalibali, utshilo uKurteeva.
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