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ʻO ka Fuchs' dystrophy kahi maʻi maka e holomua ana e pili ana i ka cornea, ʻo ia ka papa mua maopopo o kou maka. Hana ia ke pau nā hana o nā pūnaewele kūikawā i kapa ʻia ʻo nā endothelial cells ma ka hope o kou cornea, e hoʻoulu ai i ka wai e hōʻiliʻili a hoʻolilo i kou ʻike maka i ʻālohilohi a palupalu paha.
Hoʻomaka maʻamau kēia maʻi i nā makahiki he nui, pinepine ma kou mau makahiki 40 a 50 paha. ʻOiai hiki ke hopohopo, nui nā kānaka me ka Fuchs' dystrophy e mālama i ka ʻike maka maikaʻi no nā makahiki me ka mālama pono a me nā koho lapaʻau i loaʻa ke pono.
Hoʻomaka pinepine nā hōʻailona mua o ka Fuchs' dystrophy i kahi mālie loa ʻaʻole paha ʻoe e ʻike koke. Hiki i kou ʻike maka ke ʻālohilohi iki i ke kakahiaka, a laila maopopo i ka lā.
E hele kākou i nā hōʻailona āu e ʻike ai, e hoʻomaka ana me nā mea maʻamau loa:
I ka holomua ʻana o ka maʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kou ʻike maka e noho palupalu ana i ka lā. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe nā ʻeha liʻiliʻi ma ka ʻili o ko lākou maka, ʻoiai ke hana nei kēia i nā pae holomua.
I nā hihia kakaʻikahi, hiki i ka Fuchs' dystrophy nui ke alakaʻi i ka nalowale nui o ka ʻike maka e pili ana i nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā e like me ka heluhelu a me ke kaʻa ʻana. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, me nā nānā maka maʻamau, hiki i kāu kauka ke nānā i nā loli a paipai i ka lapaʻau ma mua o ka nui o nā hōʻailona.
Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka Fuchs' dystrophy i ʻelua ʻano nui ma muli o ka hoʻomaka ʻana a me ke kumu. Ke hoʻomaopopo ʻoe i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai, e kōkua ia i kāu kauka e hoʻolālā i ke ala maikaʻi loa no kou mālama.
ʻO ke ʻano hoʻomaka mua, i kapa ʻia ʻo Fuchs' dystrophy 1, e ʻike pinepine ʻia ma mua o 40 mau makahiki. Hoʻoili pinepine ʻia kēia ʻano, ʻo ia hoʻi, e holo ana i nā ʻohana ma o nā loli genetic kikoʻī. Loaʻa pinepine i nā kānaka me kēia ʻano kahi moʻolelo ʻohana o ka maʻi.
ʻO ke ʻano hoʻomaka hope, i ʻike ʻia ʻo Fuchs' dystrophy 2, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau a hoʻomaka maʻamau ma hope o 40 mau makahiki. Hiki i kēia ʻano ke loaʻa kekahi ʻāpana genetic, akā he mau kumu kūlohelohe a me ka ʻelemakule kūlohelohe ke pāʻani i nā kuleana nui i kona hoʻomohala ʻana.
Hiki i kāu kauka maka ke hoʻoholo i ke ʻano āu e loaʻa ai ma o ka nānā pono a ma ka nīnau ʻana e pili ana i kou moʻolelo ʻohana. E kōkua kēia ʻike i ka wānana ʻana i ka holomua o ka maʻi a e alakaʻi i nā hoʻoholo lapaʻau.
Hana ʻia ka Fuchs' dystrophy ke nalowale nā endothelial cells i kou cornea i ko lākou hiki ke hoʻopuka i ka wai nui mai ka cornea. E noʻonoʻo i kēia mau pūnaewele e like me nā pump liʻiliʻi e mālama i kou cornea i ka maopopo a me ka wai pono.
Nui nā kumu e hiki ke hoʻopili i kēia hōʻino pūnaewele i ka manawa:
I nā hihia he nui, ʻaʻole maopopo ke kumu pololei, a he hui pū ʻana paha o ka predisposition genetic a me nā kumu kūlohelohe e hana pū ana. ʻO ka mea a mākou e ʻike ai, ke hōʻino ʻia kēia mau pūnaewele, ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoponopono hou a hoʻoponopono iā lākou iho.
Ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi i nā gene he nui e pili ana i ka Fuchs' dystrophy, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā ʻohana kahi i pilikia ai nā lālā he nui. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hōʻoia ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau loli genetic e hoʻomohala ʻoe i ka maʻi.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho i kahi nānā maka inā ʻike ʻoe i nā loli ʻike maka mau, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻike ʻoe i kou ʻike maka e ʻālohilohi mau ana i ke kakahiaka a i ʻole ʻoe e ʻike i ka nui o ka maʻalahi i ka mālamalama. ʻAe ka ʻike mua i ka nānā ʻana a me ka hoʻolālā lapaʻau maikaʻi.
E hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu kauka maka inā ʻike ʻoe i nā loli ʻike maka koke, ʻeha nui o ka maka, a i ʻole inā hoʻomohala nā blisters ma ka ʻili o kou maka. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke hōʻike i ka holomua o ka maʻi a i ʻole nā pilikia e hoʻomohala ana.
ʻOiai inā ʻike ʻia kou mau hōʻailona he māmā, e lilo nā nānā maka maʻamau i mea nui loa ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka Fuchs' dystrophy. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hahai i nā loli i kou cornea a paipai i ka lapaʻau ma mua o ka pilikia nui o nā hōʻailona i kou ola o kēlā me kēia lā.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi moʻolelo ʻohana o ka Fuchs' dystrophy, e noʻonoʻo e kūkākūkā me kāu kauka maka i nā nānā maʻamau. Hiki iā lākou ke paipai i ka nānā pinepine a i ʻole ka ʻōlelo aʻo genetic e kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i kou pilikia.
Nui nā kumu e hiki ke hoʻonui i kou hiki ke hoʻomohala i ka Fuchs' dystrophy, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mau kumu pilikia e ʻōlelo ai e loaʻa maoli iā ʻoe ka maʻi. Ke hoʻomaopopo ʻoe i kou pilikia, e kōkua ia iā ʻoe e noho i mua e pili ana i ke olakino maka.
Eia nā kumu pilikia nui e makaʻala ai:
ʻO ka makahiki kekahi o nā kumu pilikia ikaika loa, me ka nui o nā hihia e hoʻomohala ana ma hope o 50 mau makahiki. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā wāhine ma mua o nā kāne e hoʻomohala i kēia maʻi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maopopo loa i nā mea noiʻi ke kumu o kēia ʻokoʻa.
I nā hihia kakaʻikahi, hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole nā kūlana lapaʻau e hoʻopilikia i ka ʻōnaehana pale kino ke hoʻopili i ka hōʻino ʻana i nā pūnaewele cornea. Hiki i kāu kauka ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ke ʻano o kāu mau kumu pilikia pilikino e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i kou olakino maka.
ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka Fuchs' dystrophy i ka holomua mālie me nā hōʻailona hiki ke mālama ʻia no nā makahiki he nui. Eia naʻe, ke hoʻomaopopo ʻoe i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa, e kōkua ia iā ʻoe e ʻike i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ka mālama hou aku.
ʻO nā pilikia maʻamau loa e komo pū ana:
I nā hihia holomua, hiki i ka pupu nui o ka cornea ke alakaʻi i ka nalowale nui o ka ʻike maka e hoʻopilikia i kou maikaʻi o ke ola. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe nā erosions cornea hou, kahi e haki ai ka papa ʻili o ka cornea i nā manawa he nui.
Kakaʻikahi, hiki i ka Fuchs' dystrophy holomua i mālama ʻole ʻia ke hopena i ka scarring cornea a i ʻole ka nalowale mau o ka ʻike maka. Eia naʻe, hiki ke pale ʻia kēia mau pilikia nui me ka nānā pono a me ka lapaʻau kūpono.
ʻO ka nūhou hoʻoikaika, hiki ke mālama maikaʻi ʻia ka hapa nui o nā pilikia me ka lapaʻau kūpono, a mālama ka nui o nā kānaka i ka ʻike maka hana maikaʻi i ko lākou ola.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i ka Fuchs' dystrophy e komo pū ana i kahi nānā maka piha kahi e nānā ai kāu kauka i ke olakino a me ka hana o nā pūnaewele cornea. He pololei a ʻoluʻolu ka hana.
E hoʻomaka kāu kauka maka ma ka nīnau ʻana e pili ana i kou mau hōʻailona a me kou moʻolelo ʻohana, a laila e hana i kekahi mau hoʻokolohua kūikawā. E nānā lākou i kou cornea ma lalo o ka hoʻonui kiʻekiʻe e ʻimi i nā loli hiʻohiʻona i nā endothelial cells.
ʻO nā hoʻokolohua diagnostic nui e komo pū ana i ke ana ʻana i ka mānoanoa o ka cornea, ka helu ʻana i nā endothelial cells, a me ka nānā ʻana i ka hana maikaʻi o kēia mau pūnaewele. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻokolohua i kou ʻike maka i nā manawa like ʻole o ka lā ʻoiai e loli pinepine nā hōʻailona.
I kekahi mau hihia, kōkua nā hoʻokolohua kiʻi hou aku e loiloi i ka nui a me ka hoʻolālā lapaʻau. Hana ʻia kēia mau hoʻokolohua a pau ma ke keʻena a hāʻawi i nā hopena koke e alakaʻi i kāu hoʻolālā mālama.
ʻO ka lapaʻau no ka Fuchs' dystrophy e kau nui ana i ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona a me ka mālama ʻana i kou ʻike maka, me nā koho mai nā kulu maka maʻalahi a i nā kaʻina hana ʻokiʻoki ma muli o ka nui o kou maʻi.
No nā hōʻailona māmā a waena paha, hiki i kāu kauka ke paipai i:
Ke lawa ʻole nā lapaʻau mālama, e loaʻa nā koho ʻokiʻoki. ʻO ka hana maʻamau loa ka corneal transplantation, kahi e pani ʻia ai ka ʻiʻo i hōʻino ʻia me ka ʻiʻo mea hāʻawi olakino.
Hoʻomaikaʻi nā ʻenehana hou e like me DSEK a i ʻole DMEK i ka papa pūnaewele i hōʻino ʻia ma mua o ka cornea holoʻokoʻa, e alakaʻi ana i ka hoʻōla wikiwiki a me nā hopena maikaʻi. Loaʻa i kēia mau kaʻina hana nā helu holomua kiʻekiʻe a hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi nui i ka ʻike maka.
E hana pū kāu kauka me ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no kekahi hana ʻokiʻoki, e kaulike ana i nā pono me kou maikaʻi o ke ola i kēia manawa a me nā pono ʻike maka.
Nui nā hana maʻalahi e hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i nā hōʻailona a pale i kou olakino maka ma waena o nā kipa kauka. Hana maikaʻi kēia mau ala ke hui pū ʻia me kāu mau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia.
E hoʻomaka i kou lā ma ka hoʻomaloʻo mālie i kou maka me ka ea anuanu no kekahi mau minuke. E kōkua kēia i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ka wai nui mai kou cornea a hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi i ka maopopo o ka ʻike maka kakahiaka.
E pale i kou mau maka mai nā kukui mālamalama a me ka mālamalama ma ka komo ʻana i nā aniani lā maikaʻi ma waho a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kukui palupalu i loko ke hiki. E hoʻemi kēia i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole a e kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike maopopo aku.
E hoʻohana i kāu mau kulu maka i kuhikuhi ʻia e like me ke kuhikuhi ʻia, a mālama i nā waimaka artificial no ka ʻoluʻolu hou aku i ka lā. ʻO ka kūpaʻa me nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻike maka paʻa.
E pale i ka hamo ʻana i kou mau maka, ʻoiai inā ʻike ʻia lākou he huhū, ʻoiai hiki i kēia ke hoʻopilikia i ka hōʻino ʻana o ka cornea. Ma kahi o kēia, e hoʻohana i nā compresses anuanu a i ʻole nā waimaka artificial preservative-free no ka hoʻomaha.
Ke hoʻomākaukau nei no kāu nānā maka e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama piha loa a loaʻa nā pane i kāu mau nīnau a pau. He lōʻihi ka hoʻomākaukau iki.
E kākau i kou mau hōʻailona, e komo pū ana i ka wā e hana ai, pehea ka lōʻihi o ko lākou mau, a he aha ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a i ʻole e ʻino ai. E hoʻomaopopo inā loli kou ʻike maka i ka lā a i ʻole i nā kūlana kukui like ʻole.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa piha o nā lāʻau lapaʻau, nā mea hoʻohui, a me nā kulu maka āu e hoʻohana nei. E komo pū me nā huahana kuhikuhi a me nā mea kūʻai aku, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi ke hoʻopilikia i kou olakino maka.
E hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka moʻolelo olakino maka o kou ʻohana, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā loaʻa i nā hoahānau nā pilikia cornea a i ʻole nā pilikia ʻike maka. E kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e loiloi i kou mau kumu pilikia.
E hoʻomākaukau i kahi papa inoa o nā nīnau e pili ana i kou maʻi, nā koho lapaʻau, a me ka mea e manaʻo ai e hele mai. Mai kānalua e nīnau e pili ana i kekahi mea e hopohopo ai ʻoe.
ʻO ka Fuchs' dystrophy kahi maʻi hiki ke mālama ʻia e holomua mālie ana i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka, e hāʻawi ana iā ʻoe a me kāu kauka i ka manawa e hoʻolālā ai i nā hoʻolālā lapaʻau maikaʻi. ʻOiai e pono ai ka nānā mau, mālama ka nui o nā kānaka i ka ʻike maka maikaʻi a me ke ola maikaʻi no nā makahiki.
ʻO ka mea nui loa āu e hiki ke hana ai, ʻo ia ke noho pili me kāu hui mālama maka a hahai i kā lākou mau manaʻo no ka nānā ʻana a me ka lapaʻau. Hoʻopau pinepine ka hoʻoponopono mua i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi a mālama i kou ʻike maka lōʻihi.
E hoʻomanaʻo e hoʻomaikaʻi mau nā koho lapaʻau, a ua lilo nā ʻenehana ʻokiʻoki i mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka holomua. Me ka mālama pono, hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka Fuchs' dystrophy ke hoʻomau i ka hana ʻana i nā hana ā lākou e hauʻoli ai.
E noho manaʻolana a i mua e pili ana i kou olakino maka. Hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi ʻia kēia maʻi e nā poʻe loea mālama maka, a loaʻa nā lapaʻau maikaʻi ke pono ʻoe iā lākou.
ʻAe, hiki i ka Fuchs' dystrophy ke holo i nā ʻohana, ʻoi aku hoʻi ke ʻano hoʻomaka mua e ʻike ʻia ma mua o 40 mau makahiki. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hōʻoia ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi moʻolelo ʻohana e hoʻomohala ʻoe i ka maʻi. Hana pū kekahi mau hihia me ka ʻole o kahi moʻolelo ʻohana, ʻoi aku hoʻi ke ʻano hoʻomaka hope ʻoi aku ka maʻamau.
He kakaʻikahi loa ka makapō piha mai ka Fuchs' dystrophy. ʻOiai hiki i ka maʻi ke hoʻoulu i nā pilikia ʻike maka nui inā waiho ʻia me ka mālama ʻole, hiki i nā lapaʻau hou e like me ka corneal transplantation ke hoʻihoʻi i ka ʻike maka maikaʻi i ka hapa nui o nā hihia. Me ka nānā pono a me ka mālama, mālama ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka ʻike maka hana i ko lākou ola.
Hoʻomaka maʻamau ka Fuchs' dystrophy i nā makahiki he nui a i ʻole nā decades. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe nā hōʻailona māmā e noho paʻa no nā makahiki, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi ke ʻike i nā loli ʻike ʻia. He nui ka ʻokoʻa o ka holomua ma waena o nā kānaka, ʻo ia ke kumu e nui ai ka nānā mau.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopau i ka holomua o ka Fuchs' dystrophy, hiki i kekahi mau ʻano ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kou olakino maka. E komo pū kēia me ke komo ʻana i ka pale UV, ke pale ʻana i ka hōʻeha maka, ke mālama ʻana i nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe, a me ka hahai ʻana i kāu hoʻolālā lapaʻau mau. Eia naʻe, hoʻoholo nui ʻia ka holomua o ka maʻi e nā kumu genetic a me nā mea ola.
Loaʻa i ka corneal transplantation no ka Fuchs' dystrophy nā helu holomua maikaʻi loa, me ka ʻoi aku ma mua o 90% o nā kānaka e loaʻa ana ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui ʻana o ka ʻike maka. Loaʻa i nā ʻenehana hou e like me DSEK a me DMEK nā helu holomua ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe a me nā manawa hoʻōla wikiwiki ma mua o nā transplants holoʻokoʻa maʻamau. Hoʻi ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ko lākou mau hana maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau mahina.
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