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INyanga yeMpilo yaMaso yabasetyhini

Ndaba nombono ombi ukususela ebuntwaneni. Xa ndityelela ugqirha wamehlo omtsha kwaye babona umyalelo wam welensi yoqhagamshelwano -7.25, ndihlala ndifumana iintetho zomothuko okanye uvelwano. Nangona ukuba namehlo amabi ngolo hlobo kunokuba luncedo, kuye kwandikhokelela ekubeni ndazi ngaphezu komntu oqhelekileyo malunga nemiba enxulumene namehlo.

Enye yezinto ezincinci kodwa ezibalulekileyo ekufuneka ndizihoye kukuba kufuneka ndinxibe iilensi zoqhagamshelwano yonke imihla. Ewe, ndinganxiba iindondo kodwa ngomohluko omkhulu kangaka phakathi kwento endiya kuyibona ngasentla nangaphantsi komgca welensi kunye noko ndikubona kwiiglasi, inokuba yinto ephazamisayo kwaye iphazamise, ngoko ke ndikhetha ukunxiba abafowunelwa ngaphandle kwasebusuku nangaphakathi. kusasa. Kufuneka ndibe ngqongqo kucoceko lwelensi yam yoqhagamshelwano. Ndiqinisekile ukuba ndiyazihlamba izandla zam phambi kokuba ndibambe amehlo am okanye abantu endibafowunelwa kwaye kufuneka nditshintshe iilensi zam zoqhagamshelwano xa ziphelelwa lixesha.

Ndaxelelwa xa ndandikwiminyaka yam yamashumi amabini ukuba ngenxa yokuba ndibona kufutshane kakhulu, ndinomngcipheko owongeziweyo wokuqhambuka kweretina. Kwaye andizange ndiphume nje eofisini ndiphethe incwadi entsha kagqirha esandleni, ndihambe ndinento entsha yokukhathazeka ngayo! Ugqirha wamehlo wandazisa oko I-retina detachment kuxa iretina (umaleko obhityileyo wethishu esemva kweliso) isuka apho imele ukuba khona. Uphinde wandazisa ukuba iimpawu ziquka ezininzi "ezindandayo" (amasuntswana amancinci abonakala edada kumgca wakho wombono) kwiliso lakho kunye nokukhanya kokukhanya. Ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, ukuba ndibona ilitha lokukhanya kwikona yeliso lam, ndiyacinga, “Owu hayi, iyenzeka!” Ukuqonda kuphela ukuba ngumntu othatha ifoto kwigumbi lonke okanye ilitha lokukhanya. Ndaqalisa ukuyihlalutya yonke into edadayo endiyibonayo, ndizama ukugqiba enoba zininzi kakhulu kusini na. Uloyiko belusengqondweni yam kancinci.

Ukwenza izinto zibe mbi ngakumbi kodwa nokuba ngcono, kungekudala emva koko, omnye umsebenzi wam wayeneretinal detachment! Ngelixa oku kwenza ukuba kwenzeke ukuba kubonakale kuyinyani ngakumbi, kwandinika nethuba lokuthetha ngokwenene nomntu owakhe wazibonela ngokwakhe. Ndafunda ukuba oku yayingelodanyazi olukhawulezayo kunye nezinto ezidadayo ezimbalwa. Iimpawu zazigqithise kwaye akunakwenzeka ukuzihoya. Oku kwandenza ndakhululeka ngakumbi, kwaye kwakungekho mfuneko yokuba ndikhathazeke ngaphandle kokuba izinto ziye zaba mandundu.

Ndafunda ukuba nangona, kunye nobudala, umngcipheko uyanda, kukho iindlela ezimbalwa zokuthintela i-retinal detachment. Unokunxiba izibuko okanye izixhobo zokukhusela ngelixa usenza imisebenzi enobungozi, njengokudlala imidlalo. Usenokujongwa rhoqo ngonyaka ukuqinisekisa ukuba akukho zimpawu zokukrazula; ungenelelo lwakwangoko lelona thuba lilungileyo lonyango. Ndafunda ukuba xa ezi mpawu zisenzeka, kokukhona ndifumana unyango ngokukhawuleza, kokukhona kubhetele. Amehlo omntu endandisebenza naye asindwa sisenzo sakhe esikhawulezileyo

Ke, njengezinye iimeko zonyango ezininzi, ukwazi imingcipheko kunye neempawu, ukufumana ukuxilongwa rhoqo, kunye nokufuna uncedo ngokukhawuleza nje ukuba umba uqalise ngawona mathuba angcono okuphumelela. Ukuba ngaphezulu kwamadinga acwangcisiweyo kubalulekile kum kwaye ndiyazi into ekufuneka ndiyenze xa kuvela umba.

Ngembeko yeNyanga yeMpilo yaMaso yabasetyhini, nalu ulwazi oluthe kratya ngezinye iimeko abasetyhini abasemngciphekweni ngakumbi xa kufikwa emehlweni abo kunye nokubona: https://preventblindness.org/2021-womens-eye-health-month/.