Udokotela wakhe wamehlo uthe owesifazane owayenomuzwa wokuthi “unokuthile esweni lakhe” empeleni wayefake amalensi okuxhumana angu-23 alahlwayo ngaphansi kwamehlo akhe.
UDkt. Katerina Kurteeva we-California Ophthalmological Association eNewport Beach, eCalifornia, washaqeka ukuthola iqembu labantu oxhumana nabo futhi “kwadingeka abalethe” ecaleni elibhalwe ekhasini lakhe le-Instagram ngenyanga edlule.
“Mina ngokwami ​​ngamangala. Bengicabanga ukuthi kuyinto exakile. Angikaze ngikubone lokhu ngaphambili,” kusho uKurteeva TODAY. “Zonke izinto ezithintana nazo zifihliwe ngaphansi kwesivalo senqwaba yama-pancake, uma singasho kanjalo.”
Udokotela uthe lesi siguli esineminyaka engu-70 ubudala, esicele ukungadalulwa igama laso, besilokhu sigqoka ama-contact lens iminyaka engu-30. NgoSepthemba 12, safika kuKurteeva sikhononda ngokuzwa komzimba wangaphandle esweni lakhe lokunene nokubona amafinyila kulelo liso. Ube eseya emtholampilo ngaphambilini, kodwa uKurteeva uyambona okokuqala selokhu anikezwa ihhovisi ngonyaka odlule. Lo wesifazane wayengenazo izingxoxo ezivamile ngenxa yokwesaba ukuthola i-COVID-19.
UKurteeva waqala ngokuhlola amehlo akhe ukuze athole isilonda se-cornea noma i-conjunctivitis. Wabheka nezinkophe, i-mascara, izinwele zezilwane ezifuywayo, noma ezinye izinto ezivamile ezingabangela umuzwa womzimba wangaphandle, kodwa akabonanga lutho ku-cornea yakhe yesokudla. Wabona ukuphuma kwamafinyila.
Owesifazane uthe lapho ephakamisa ijwabu lakhe, wabona ukuthi kukhona into emnyama ehlezi lapho, kodwa akakwazanga ukuyikhipha, ngakho uKurdieva waphendula isivalo phansi ngeminwe yakhe ukuze abone. Kodwa futhi, odokotela abatholanga lutho.
Kungaleso sikhathi lapho udokotela wamehlo asebenzisa khona i-eyelid speculum, ithuluzi lensimbi elalivumela ukuthi izinkophe zowesifazane zivulwe futhi ziphushwe kabanzi ukuze izandla zakhe zikhululeke ukuze zihlolwe ngokuseduze. Waphinde wajovwa nge-macular anesthetic. Lapho ebheka ngokucophelela ngaphansi kwezinkophe zakhe, wabona ukuthi izinkophe ezimbalwa zokuqala zazinamathele ndawonye. Wazikhipha nge-cotton swab, kodwa kwakuyisicucu nje sesihloko.
UKurteeva ucele umsizi wakhe ukuthi athathe izithombe namavidiyo alokho okwenzekile ngesikhathi edonsa izitho zomzimba nge-cotton swab.
“Kwakufana nedekhi yamakhadi,” kukhumbula uKurteeva. “Kwasakazeka kancane futhi kwakha uchungechunge oluncane esivalweni sakhe. Lapho ngikwenza, ngamtshela ukuthi, “Ngicabanga ukuthi ngisuse amanye ayi-10.” “Aqhubeka nokuza ahamba.”
Ngemva kokuzihlukanisa ngokucophelela nge-pliers zobucwebe, odokotela bathole ukuthinta okungu-23 kulelo liso. UKurteeva uthe wageza iso lesiguli, kodwa ngenhlanhla owesifazane wayengenalo ukutheleleka - ukucasuka okuncane nje okwakwelashwa ngamaconsi okulwa nokuvuvukala - futhi konke kwakuhamba kahle.
Eqinisweni, lesi akusona isimo esibi kakhulu. Ngo-2017, odokotela baseBrithani bathola ama-contact lens angu-27 emehlweni owesifazane oneminyaka engu-67 ubudala owayecabanga ukuthi amehlo omile nokuguga kwakumbangela ukucasuka, kubika i-Optometry Today. Wayegqoka ama-contact lens nyanga zonke iminyaka engu-35. Leli cala lilotshwe ku-BMJ.
“Ukuthintana kwabantu ababili esweni elilodwa kuvamile, abathathu noma ngaphezulu akuvamile kakhulu,” kusho uDkt. Jeff Petty, udokotela wamehlo eSalt Lake City, e-Utah, etshela i-American Academy of Ophthalmology ngecala lika-2017.
Isiguli uKurteeva simtshele ukuthi wayengazi ukuthi kwenzeke kanjani, kodwa odokotela babenemibono eminingana. Uthe owesifazane cishe wayecabanga ukuthi ususa amalensi ngokuwahambisa eceleni, kodwa ayengacabangi kanjalo, ayelokhu ecashe ngaphansi kwejwabu leso elingaphezulu.
Izikhwama ezingaphansi kwamehlo, ezaziwa ngokuthi ama-vault, azinamsebenzi: “Akukho lutho olungafika ngemuva kweso lakho ngaphandle kokudonswa futhi ngeke lungene ebuchosheni bakho,” kuphawula uKurteeva.
Kwesinye isiguli esikhulile, indawo yokugcina izinto yaba nzulu kakhulu, kusho yena, okuhlotshaniswa nezinguquko ezihlobene nokuguga emehlweni nasebusweni, kanye nendlela imijikelezo encipha ngayo, okuholela ekucwileni kwamehlo. Ilensi yokuxhumana yayijulile kakhulu futhi ikude kakhulu ne-cornea (ingxenye ezwela kakhulu yeso) kangangokuthi owesifazane wayengenakukuzwa ukuvuvukala kwaze kwaba yilapho esemkhulu kakhulu.
Wanezela ngokuthi abantu abagqoka ama-contact lens amashumi eminyaka balahlekelwa ukuzwela okuthile ku-cornea, ngakho-ke lokho kungaba esinye isizathu sokuthi angakwazi ukuzwa amabala.
UKurteeva uthe owesifazane “uthanda ukugqoka ama-contact lens” futhi ufuna ukuqhubeka ewasebenzisa. Muva nje ubone iziguli futhi ubika ukuthi uzizwa kahle.
Lesi simo siyisikhumbuzo esihle sokugqoka ama-contact lens. Geza izandla zakho njalo ngaphambi kokuthinta ama-lens, futhi uma ugqoka ama-contact lens ansuku zonke, xhumanisa ukunakekelwa kwamehlo nokunakekelwa kwamazinyo kwansuku zonke - susa ama-contact lens lapho uxubha amazinyo akho ukuze ungakhohlwa, kusho uKurteeva.
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