ʻO ka uvea ka mea i kūkulu ʻia i nā ʻāpana o ka maka ma lalo o ke keʻokeʻo o ka maka (sclera). Loaʻa iā ia ʻekolu ʻāpana: (1) ka iris, ʻo ia ka ʻāpana kala o ka maka; (2) ke kino ciliary, ʻo ia ka ʻāpana o loko o ka maka e hoʻopuka ai i ka wai mālamalama ma mua o ka maka; a (3) ka choroid, ʻo ia ka papa o nā kīʻaha koko ma waena o ka sclera a me ka retina.
ʻO ka iritis (i-RYE-tis) ka pehu a me ka huhū (inflammation) ma ka apo kala a puni ka pupil o kou maka (iris). ʻO kekahi inoa no ka iritis, ʻo ia ka anterior uveitis.
ʻO ka uvea ka papa waena o ka maka ma waena o ka retina a me ka ʻāpana keʻokeʻo o ka maka. Aia ka iris ma ka ʻāpana mua (anterior) o ka uvea.
ʻO ka iritis ka ʻano maʻamau loa o ka uveitis. ʻO ka uveitis ka mumū ʻana o kahi ʻāpana a i ʻole nā ʻāpana a pau o ka uvea. ʻAʻole pinepine i ʻike ʻia ke kumu. Hiki ke hopena mai kahi kūlana ma lalo a i ʻole kahi kumu genetic.
Inā ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia, hiki i ka iritis ke alakaʻi i ka glaucoma a i ʻole ka nalowale ʻana o ka ʻike. E ʻike i kāu kauka i ka wā hiki loa inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona o ka iritis.
Hiki ke loaʻa ka iritis ma kekahi maka a i ʻole nā maka ʻelua. Hoʻomaka pinepine ia me ka wikiwiki, a hiki ke lōʻihi a hiki i ʻekolu mahina. ʻO nā hōʻailona a me nā ʻōuli o ka iritis e komo pū ana: ʻulaʻula o ka maka, ʻeha a i ʻole ka ʻeha ma ka maka i pilikia, pilikia i ka mālamalama, a me ka emi ʻana o ka ʻike. ʻO ka iritis e hoʻomaka koke ana, i loko o nā hola a i ʻole nā lā, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia he iritis ʻoi. ʻO nā ʻōuli e hoʻomaka mālie a lōʻihi ma mua o ʻekolu mahina e hōʻike ana i ka iritis maʻi. E ʻike i kahi kauka maka (ophthalmologist) i ka hiki koke loa inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā ʻōuli o ka iritis. Kūleʻa ka mālama koke e pale aku i nā pilikia nui. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha o ka maka a me nā pilikia ʻike me nā hōʻailona a me nā ʻōuli ʻē aʻe, pono paha ʻoe i ka mālama olakino koke.
E ʻike koke i kahi kauka maka (ophthalmologist) inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona o ka iritis. Kūleʻa ka mālama koke e pale aku i nā pilikia nui. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻeha maka a me nā pilikia ʻike me nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe, pono paha ʻoe i ka mālama ola kino koke.
I ka manawa pinepine, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike i ke kumu o ka iritis. I kekahi mau hihia, hiki ke pili ka iritis i ka hōʻeha ʻana o ka maka, nā kumu genetic a i ʻole kekahi mau maʻi. ʻO nā kumu o ka iritis e komo pū ana me:
Hiki nō hoʻi ke pili nā maʻi bacteria mai nā virus a me nā bacteria ʻē aʻe i ka uveitis. No ka laʻana, hiki iā lākou ke komo pū me ka toxoplasmosis, kahi maʻi i hana pinepine ʻia e ka parasite i loko o ka meaʻai ʻaʻole i kuke ʻia; ka histoplasmosis, kahi maʻi o ka māmā e hana ʻia ke hanu ʻoe i nā spores o ka fungus; ka maʻi tuberculosis, kahi e hana ai ke komo nā bacteria i loko o nā māmā; a me ka syphilis, kahi i hana ʻia e ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā bacteria ma o ka pilina moekolohe.
Ke kiʻekiʻe nei kou pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka iritis inā ʻoe:
Inā ʻaʻole i mālama pono ʻia, hiki i ka iritis ke alakaʻi i kēia mau mea:
E nānā pono ana kāu kauka maka i kou mau maka, me kēia mau mea:
Inā manaʻo kāu kauka maka he maʻi a i ʻole ke kūlana e hoʻokumu ana i kāu iritis, hiki iā ia ke hana pū me kāu kauka mālama mua e kuhikuhi i ke kumu kumu. I kēlā hihia, hiki i nā hoʻokolohua hou ke komo i nā hoʻokolohua koko a i ʻole nā X-ray e ʻike a kāpae paha i nā kumu kūikawā.
Hoʻolālā ʻia ka mālama ʻana i ka iritis e mālama i ka ʻike a hoʻoemi i ka ʻeha a me ka mumū. No ka iritis e pili ana i kahi kūlana maʻi, pono nō hoʻi ke mālama ʻana i kēlā kūlana.
ʻO ka hapa nui, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i ka iritis e pili ana i kēia mau mea:
Inā ʻaʻole maʻemaʻe kou mau hōʻailona, a i ʻole e ʻoi aku ka ʻino, hiki i kāu kauka maka ke kuhikuhi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau waha e komo pū ana i nā steroids a i ʻole nā mea anti-inflammatory ʻē aʻe, ma muli o kou kūlana holoʻokoʻa.
Hōʻole: He kahua ʻike olakino ʻo ʻAukake a ʻaʻole hōʻike kāna mau pane i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo lapaʻau. E kūkākūkā mau me kahi ʻoihana lapaʻau laikini kokoke iā ʻoe ma mua o ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻololi.
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