He aha te Keratoconus? Ngā Tōmhanga, Ngā Take, me te Maimoatanga

Ko te keratoconus he āhuatanga kanohi e ahu whakamua ana, e ngāwhawha ana te cornea, ka pupū ki waho hei āhua kōnē. Whakaarohia tō cornea hei mata o mua o tō kanohi, he porowhita mā, e āwhina ana ki te whakauru i te mārama mō te tirohanga mā.

Ko tēnei huringa ngāwhawha i te āhua e pā ana ki te huarahi e tomo atu ai te mārama ki tō kanohi, ā, ka puta he tirohanga mōrearea me te pōrearea e kino haere ana i te wā. Ahakoa ka rongo pea te keratoconus he wehi, ko te mārama ki te mea kei te pēhea, me te mohio ki ō koutou whiringa maimoatanga ka taea te awhina i a koutou kia whakapono atu ki te whakahaere i tēnei āhuatanga.

He aha te keratoconus?

Ka puta te keratoconus ina ngoikore te cornea, he porowhita, he pupū ki mua. Kei roto i tō cornea ngā muka iti o te pūmua e kiia nei ko te collagen, ā, ina ngoikore enei muka, ka kore e taea e te cornea te pupuri i tōna āhua tika.

Ko te tikanga ka pā te āhuatanga ki ngā kanohi e rua, ahakoa ko tetahi kanohi te pānga nui atu i tetahi. Ko te nuinga o te wā ka whanake i ngā tau tekau mā rima, tekau mā rua rānei, ka taea te ahu whakamua mō ngā tau tekau ki te rua tekau i mua i te pumau.

Ko te rongo pai ko te keratoconus kaore e tino matewai te kanohi. Mā te maimoatanga me te tirotiro tika, ka mau te nuinga o te iwi i te tirohanga mahi i o rātou oranga katoa.

He aha ngā tōmhanga o te keratoconus?

Ka taea e ngā tohu o mua o te keratoconus te ngāwari, ā, ka rite pea ki te hiahia noa koe ki te rongoā hou mō te karāhe. Ko ēnei ngā mea ka kitea pea e koe i te whakawhānui o te āhuatanga:

Ko ngā tohu o mua e whakauru ana:

• Te mōrearea iti o te tirohanga kaore e taea te whakatika katoa e ngā karāhe
• Te piki o te ngawari ki ngā mārama mārama me te whāiti
• Te mamae o te kanohi me te mamae o te upoko, ina koa i muri i te pānui, i te mahi rorohiko rānei
• Ngā huringa auau i tō rongoā karāhe

I te whakawhānui o te keratoconus, ka pā pea koe ki:

• Te kite whakapōrōtia rawa, kei reira ngā raina tika e puta mai ana he piko, he kōroke rānei
• Ngā whakapakoko maha, te ‘whakahihi’ rānei ina titiro ki ngā mea
• Te uaua ki te taraiwa i te pō, nā te mārama nui me ngā porowhita o te rā i te taha o ngā rāmarama
• Te kino ohorere o te kite i tetahi kanohi
• Te mirimiri kanohi e homai ana te whakaora wā poto, engari ka pāngia pea te āhuatanga

Ka tupu haeretia ēnei tohu, koia te take i ngaro ai te keratoconus i ētahi wā i ngā whakamātau kanohi noa i ōna wā tīmatanga. Ki te pā ana koe ki tētahi whakakotahitanga o ēnei tohu, he mea tika kia kōrerohia ki tō kaiwhakarato tiaki kanohi.

He aha ngā momo keratoconus?

Ka whakarōpūhia te keratoconus i runga i te āhua o te kino o ngā huringa o te cornea me te wāhi e puta mai ana. Ko te mārama ki ēnei whakamaramatanga ka āwhina i tō tākuta ki te whakatau i te huarahi ārai pai mō tō āhuatanga motuhake.

I runga i te kino, ka whakatakotoria te keratoconus hei:

• Keratoconus ngawari: Te piki iti o te cornea me ngā huringa kite iti
• Keratoconus tūturu: Te whakapōrōtia o te cornea e pā ana ki ngā mahi o ia rā
• Keratoconus kino: Te whakaheke nui o te cornea me te toka me te ngoikore nui o te kite

I runga i te wāhi, ka taea te keratoconus:

• Keratoconus pokapū: Ka whanake te kōnuhī i waenganui o tō cornea
• Keratoconus taha: Ka hanga te kōnuhī i te taha iti
• Keratoconus taha: Te momo iti ake ka puta mai ngā huringa ki te taha o te cornea

Ka whakamahi tō tākuta kanohi i ngā taputapu motuhake hei ine tika i ēnei huringa. Ka āwhina tēnei whakatakotoranga ki te kīhai i te ahua o tō āhuatanga, ā, ka ārahi i ngā whakatau ārai.

He aha te take o te keratoconus?

Kāore i tino mōhiotia te take tino o te keratoconus, engari e whakapono ana ngā kairangahau he hua mai i te whakakotahitanga o ngā take ira, taiao, me ngā whāinga. Ko te hanganga o tō kōrnea e whakawhirinaki ana ki te taurite ataahua o ngā pūmua me ngā enzymes, ā, ki te pakaru tēnei taurite, ka taea te ngoikore.

He tino mahi ngā take ira:

• E 1 noa i te 10 o te hunga he keratoconus kei a rātou tētahi mema whānau he mate pēnei
• Ka pā ngā rerekētanga ira motuhake ki te whakaputa collagen i roto i te kōrnea
• Ko te whai mātua, rāua rānei, he keratoconus ka piki ake tō tūponotanga

Ka āhei te whakauru mai o ngā take taiao me ngā āhuatanga noho:

• Te whakamātautau kanohi roa, ina koa te whakamātautau kaha i ngā tau maha
• Ngā karāhe kōtaha kāore i te pai e pā ana ki te whakaohooho kanohi anō
• Ngā mate pāwera kanohi roa e ārahi ana ki te whakamātautau me te mumura maha
• Te whakamahana nui o te rā UV me te kore o te tiaki kanohi tika

Ngā āhuatanga hauora e hono ana:

• Te mate Down
• Te mate Ehlers-Danlos
• Te mate Marfan
• Te mate atopic dermatitis (eczema) nui

Ahakoa kāore e taea e koe te whakahaere i ngā take ira, ko te mārama ki ēnei hononga ka āwhina i te whakamārama he aha i whānau ai ētahi i te keratoconus, ētahi kāore. Ko te mea nui ko te kite wawe me te whakahaere tika i te wā ka kitea.

Nōhea te haere ki te taote mō te keratoconus?

Me whakarite e koe tētahi whakamātautau kanohi mēnā kei te pāngia koe e ngā huringa tirohanga e āwangawanga ana ki ō mahi o ia rā. Ko te kite wawe i te keratoconus ka taea te whakarereke nui ki te whakahaere i te āhuatanga pai.

Whakarite he whakatau mēnā ka kite koe:

• Te tirohanga e ātaahua ana, kāore rānei e mārama ahakoa te kakahu i ngā karāhe rānei i ngā hononga o nāianei
• Te piki haere o te ngawari ki te mārama e pā ana ki tō kōngakonga
• Ngā mamae o te mahunga maha, te ngenge rānei o te kanohi i ngā mahi noa
• Te uaua ki te kite mārama mō te taraiwa, te pānui, te mahi rānei

Rapua te tiaki hauora tere mena ka pā atu ki a koe:

• Te kino nui o te tirohanga i te taha kotahi, i ngā kanohi e rua rānei
• Te mamae nui o te kanohi e haere tahi ana me ngā huringa o te tirohanga
• Te tīmatanga ohorere o te ngawari nui ki te mārama
• Te whara ki te kanohi e whai ake nei ngā raruraru o te tirohanga

Mēnā he hītori whānau o te keratoconus, whakamāramahia tēnei ki tō kaiwhakarato tiaki kanohi i ngā whakamātautau noa. Ka taea e rātou te mahi i ngā whakamātautau motuhake hei aroturuki i ngā tohu o mua ātete noa atu ki te whanake o ngā tohu.

He aha ngā take morearea mō te keratoconus?

He maha ngā take ka piki ake ai tō tūponotanga ki te whanake i te keratoconus, ahakoa te whai i ngā take morearea kāore e whakamana ka whanake koe i te āhuatanga. Ko te mārama ki ēnei take ka āwhina i a koe me tō tākuta ki te tiaki mō ngā tohu o mua.

Te tau me ngā tikanga tāngata:

• Te nuinga o te whanaketanga i waenga i ngā tau 10 me te 25
• Pā ana ki ngā tāngata o ngā iwi katoa, ahakoa ko ētahi taupori e whakaatu ana i ngā reiti teitei ake
• Ka puta rite tonu ki ngā tāne me ngā wāhine
• Kaore e whanake i muri i te tau 40

Te whānau me te hītori ira:

• Ko te whai matua, te teina rānei me te keratoconus ka piki ake te tūponotanga
• Ko ētahi mate ira e hono ana ki ngā reiti keratoconus teitei ake
• Ko te hītori whānau o ētahi atu āhuatanga o te cornea pea ka tohu i te piki o te tūponotanga

Ngā take whānau me te taiao:

• Te whakamātautau kanohi kaha, roa i ngā tau maha
• Te hītori o ngā karāhe hono kaore i pai te whakatika
• Ngā mate pāwera nui e puta ai te whakamātautau kanohi maha
• Te whakamahana nui o te rā kaore he tiaki UV

Ngā āhuatanga hauora e whakapiki ana i te tūponotanga:

• Te mate huango kino, te mate pāwera rānei
• Ngā mate pūtau hono
• Te apnea moe (ka taea te whakapiki i te whakamātautau kanohi i te moe)
• Ngā āhuatanga autoimmune

Ahakoa kaore e taea te whakakapi i ngā take ira, ka taea te whakaiti i ngā tūponotanga e taea te whakahaere mā te karo i te whakamātautau kanohi nui, te whakahaere tika i ngā mate pāwera, me te tiaki i ō kanohi i te kino UV.

He aha ngā raruraru pea o te keratoconus?

Ko te nuinga o te hunga he keratoconus kei a rātou te tirohanga mahi pai me te maimoatanga tika, engari he whai hua te mohio ki ngā raruraru pea kia mohio ai koe ki te mea hei titiro atu. Ka aroturuki tō rōpū tiaki kanohi i ēnei take i ngā tirotiro noa.

Ngā raruraru noa e whai ake nei:

• Te ngaro o te tirohanga e haere ana e uaua ana ki te whakatika me ngā karāhe ranei ngā hononga
• Te toka o te cornea ka taea te pā kino tonu ki te marama o te tirohanga
• Te kore e taea te kakahu i ngā hononga kanohi pai na te koretake o te cornea
• Te piki o te tūponotanga o ngā mate kanohi mai i te kakahu hononga kanohi motuhake

Ngā raruraru iti ake engari he kino:

• Te hydrops cornea pakari, kei hea te wai ka tomo wawe ki te cornea ka puta he ngaro o te tirohanga kino
• Te whākotinga o te cornea i ngā take tino whanake (he tino onge)
• Te toka o te cornea kino e hiahia ana ki te whakawhiti cornea
• Te whanaketanga o ētahi atu āhuatanga kanohi na te whakamātautau kanohi roa

Ngā raruraru kaore e tino puta:

• Te pakaru katoa o te cornea e hiahia ana ki te maimoatanga tere
• Te mate kanohi maroke kino mai i ngā raruraru hononga kanohi
• Te mamae kanohi roa e āwangawanga ana ki te oranga o ia rā
• Te whanaketanga o ngā cataracts i te tau i mua atu i te tikanga

Ko te ki hei ārai i ngā raruraru ko te tirotiro tūturu me te whai i tō mahere maimoatanga. Ka taea te whakahaere pai i te nuinga o ngā raruraru ina kitea wawe, ā, he onge ngā raruraru nui me ngā tikanga maimoatanga hou.

Me pēhea te ārai i te keratoconus?

Ahakoa kaore e taea e koe te ārai katoa i te keratoconus, ina koa ki te whai koe i ngā take morearea o te ira, ka taea e koe te mahi i ētahi mahi hei whakaiti i tō morearea me te whakaheke i tōna ahu whakamua. Ko ēnei mahi ārai e arotahi ana ki te tiaki i ō kōre mata mai i te kino me te pupuri i te hauora kanohi whānui.

Tīaki i ō kanohi mai i te kino:

• Kaua e whakamātao i ō kanohi, ina koa te kaha rānei te maha
• Kakahu i ngā karāhe kanohi me te tiaki UV ina kei waho
• Whakamahia he karāhe tiaki i ngā wā hapū rānei i ngā mahi kei te morearea o te whara kanohi
• Me tika te noho o ngā karāhe hono me te whakakapi i ā rātou tohutohu

Whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga taketake:

• Whakamahia pai ngā mate pāwera hei whakaiti i te hiahia ki te whakamātao i ō kanohi
• Whakamahia ngā roimata mahi ki te maroke ō kanohi
• Whakatikahia ngā take moe ka piki pea te whakamātao kanohi i te pō
• Whai i ngā mahere maimoatanga mō ētahi mate honohono kiko

Pupuri i te tiaki kanohi tūturu:

• Whakaritea ngā tirotiro kanohi whānui, ina koa ki te whai koe i te hītori whānau
• Whakamōhio wawe ki tō kaiwhakarato tiaki kanohi mō ngā huringa tirohanga
• Whai ake i te tūtohu mena kei te nui ake tō morearea
• Ako i te horoi kanohi tika me te tiaki karāhe hono

Mēnā kua pangia koe e te keratoconus, ka taea e ēnei mahi ano te āwhina i te whakaheke i tōna ahu whakamua. Ko te mahi ārai tino nui ko te karo i te whakamātao kanohi, i te mea ka taea e tēnei ahotea mīhini te tere ake te ngoikore o te kōre mata.

Me pēhea te whakatau i te keratoconus?

Ko te whakatau i te keratoconus e whakamahi ana i te maha o ngā whakamātautau motuhake e ine ana i te āhua, te mātotoru, me te hauora o tō kōroa. Ka whakakotahi tō tākuta kanohi i ēnei hua whakamātautau me ō tohu me tō hītori hauora hei whakatutuki i te whakatau tika.

Ngā tirotiro tuatahi:

• Te whakamātautau tirohanga mārama hei ine i te pai o tō kitenga i ngā tawhiti rerekē
• Te whakamātautau whakatikatika hei whakatau i tō rongoā anō i tēnei wā
• Te tirotiro rama-waewae hei titiro ki tō kōroa i raro i te whakamāha
• Te keratometry hei ine i te kōwhiri o te mata o mua o tō kōroa

Ngā whakamātautau whakamārama motuhake:

• Te topokaraphi kōroa, e hanga ana i te mapi taipitopito o te mata o tō kōroa
• Te pakimitri kōroa hei ine i te mātotoru o te kōroa i ngā pito maha
• Te tomokarapu whakamarama (OCT) mō te whakaahua kōroa taipitopito
• Te tātaritanga ngaru-mua hei ine i te haere o te mārama i roto i tō kanohi

Ngā whakamātautau matatau ina hiahiatia:

• Te whakamātautau biomechanical kōroa hei aromatawai i te kaha o te kōroa
• Te whakamātautau ira ki te tohutohu te hītori whānau i ngā take tuku iwi
• Te tātaritanga kiri maripi ki te whai tohu kanohi maroke
• Te whakamātautau mate pāwera ki te whakapaehia te ngāuruhi kanohi roa

Ko ēnei whakamātautau kaore i te mamae, ka homai ki tō tākuta ngā ine tika hei whakatakoto i tō keratoconus me te whakarite i te maimoatanga tika. Ko te kite wawe mā ēnei tikanga whakamātautau matatau ka ārahi pinepine ki ngā hua pai mo te wa roa.

He aha te maimoatanga mō te keratoconus?

Ko te maimoatanga keratoconus e whakawhirinaki ana ki te kino o tō āhuatanga me te pehea e pā ana ki tō oranga o ia rā. Ko te whāinga ko te homai ki a koe te tirohanga tino marama, tino māhaki e taea ana, me te aukati i te haere tonu o te āhuatanga.

Ngā maimoatanga o te tīmatanga:

• Te karāhe kanohi me ngā rongoā hou mō ngā huringa iti o te tirohanga
• Ngā karāhe hono ngawari i hangaia mō ngā cornea kore-tūturu
• Ngā karāhe hono hau-kaha (RGP) e hanga ana i te mata maeneene ki runga i te cornea kore-tūturu
• Ngā karāhe hono whakakotahi e whakakotahi ana i ngā pokapū kaha ki ngā taha ngawari mō te whakamarie

Ngā rongoā keratoconus e ahu whakamua ana:

• Te hono-waewae cornea (CXL) hei whakakaha i te kiko cornea me te whakaheke i te ahu whakamua
• Ngā waahanga mowhiti cornea Intacs i whakauruhia hei hanga ano i te cornea
• Ngā karāhe hono motuhake penei i ngā karāhe scleral e whakawhiti ana i te cornea
• Ngā rongoā whakakotahi e whakamahi ana i ngā huarahi maha

Ngā kōwhiringa rongoā whanui:

• Te whakawhiti cornea mō ngā keehi kino kaore i whakautu ki ētahi atu rongoā
• Te keratoplasty lamellar mua hohonu (DALK) e tiaki ana i tō paparanga muri cornea ake
• Te keratoplasty whakauru (whakawhiti cornea katoa) mō te tohe kino
• Ngā whakauru cornea mahi i roto i ngā keehi onge kaore he whakawhitinga e tika ana

Ka whakaritea tō mahere rongoā ki ō hiahia motuhake, ā, ka taea te whakawhanake i te mea ka huri tō ahuatanga. Ko te nuinga o te iwi ka whiwhi i te tirohanga mahi pai me ngā rongoā kore-pūtaiao, ā, ko ngā kōwhiringa pūtaiao ka waiho mō ngā keehi whanui ake.

Me pēhea te whakahaere i te keratoconus i te kāinga?

Ko te whakahaere i te keratoconus i te kāinga e pā ana ki ngā tikanga o ia rā e tiaki ana i ō kanohi me te tautoko i tō mahere rongoā. Ka taea e ēnei mahi tiaki-whaiaro te awhina i te whakaheke i te ahu whakamua me te whakapai ake i tō whakamarie ki te ahuatanga.

Ngā mahi tiaki kanohi o ia rā:

• Whakakahoretia te hiahia ki te mirimiri i ō kanohi, ahakoa ka ngau rānei ka riri rānei
• Whakamahia ngā roimata mahi pera me te tohutohu kia mau te makuku me te whakamarie o ngā kanohi
• Horoi me te tiaki i ngā karāhe hono rite tonu ki te tohutohu
• Kakahu i ngā karāhe ra i waho kia tiaki ai i te kino UV me te whakaiti i te kanae

Te whakahaere i ngā tohu me te kore ngāwari:

• Whakamahia ngā kāpeka makariri mō te ngāwhā o te kanohi, kaua e wiri
• Tangohia ngā okiokinga maha i te mahi rorohiko, i te pānui rānei hei whakaiti i te ngāwhā o te kanohi
• Whakatikahia te mārama i tō kāinga me tō wāhi mahi hei whakaiti i te mārama
• Whakaarohia te whakamahi i ngā tūtohu kanohi whakahāpai i mua i te whakamahinga o ngā karāhe parekura, me muri iho

Ngā whakarerekētanga oranga:

• Whakahaerehia ngā mate pāwera kei raro hei whakaiti i te ngāwhā o te kanohi me te hiahia ki te wiri
• Whakamahia he whakahaumaru hau mena kei te noho koe i tetahi āhuarangi maroke
• Kaua e tū tata ki ngā taiao paowa, puehu rānei ki te taea
• Whiwhi moe pai hei whakaiti i te ngāwhā o te kanohi me te ngenge

Te tirotiro i tō āhuatanga:

• Tāruahia ngā huringa tirohanga ka whakamōhio ki tō tākuta kanohi
• Tāruatia ngā tohu hou, ngā tauira kore ngāwari rānei
• Whakahaerehia he kaupapa mō ngā tirotiro kanohi auau me ngā whakaritenga whai muri
• Kia mohio ki ō kōwhiringa maimoatanga ka uiui

Kia mahara ko te whakahaere whare ka pai ake te mahi ina honoa ki te tiaki hauora ngaio. E tautoko ana ēnei mahi i tō maimoatanga, engari kāore e whakakapi i te tirotiro auau e tō rōpū tiaki kanohi.

Me pēhea te whakarite mō tō whakatau ki te tākuta?

Ko te whakarite mō tō whakatau keratoconus ka āwhina kia whiwhi koe i te hua nui rawa atu i tō haerenga, ā, kei a tō tākuta ngā mōhiohio katoa e hiahiatia ana hei whakarato i te tiaki pai rawa atu. Ka taea e te whakarite iti te whakahaere me te hua ake o tō whakatau.

Kohikohia ō mōhiohio hauora:

• Mau mai ō karāhe me ō karāhe hono, ahakoa ehara i te mea e mahi pai ana
• Rārangihia ngā rongoā katoa e inu ana koe, tae atu ki ngā tūtohu kanohi me ngā taapiri
• Tāruatia tetahi hītori whānau o ngā āhuatanga kanohi, inā koa te keratoconus
• Mau mai ngā rēkōta tirotiro kanohi o mua mena kei te kite koe i tetahi tākuta hou

Aroturukihia ō tohu:

• Tuhia ngā raruraru tirohanga motuhake kua kite koe, me te wā e puta ai rātou
• Tāruatia ngā mahi e kaha ake ana te uaua ki te mahi nā ngā huringa tirohanga
• Tūtohuhia tetahi āwangawanga kanohi, te ngawari, te mamae rānei e pā ana ki a koe
• Whakamāramahia ngā tikanga penei i te mirimiri kanohi, te whakaohooho rānei mō ngā tohu

Whakamahia ngā pātai hei ui:

• Kei tehea wāhanga to keratoconus, ā, he aha te tikanga mō tō tirohanga o muri mai?
• He aha ngā whiringa rongoā kei te wātea mō tō āhuatanga motuhake?
• E hia te wā e tika ai kia haere mai au ki ngā whakatau whai muri?
• He mahi kei te tika kia karohia e au, te whakarerekē rānei?
• He aha ngā tohu whakatūpato e tika ai kia waea atu au ki tō tari?

Whakarite mō tō whakaritenga:

• Whakarite i te kawe waka ki te whakakorikoria ō kanohi
• Kawe mai ngā karāhe kanohi mō muri i te whakamātautau
• Tukua atu te wā atu mō te whakamātautau motuhake
• Whakaarohia te kawe mai i tētahi mema whānau hei āwhina i te maumahara i ngā mōhiohio

E hiahia ana tō kaiwhakarato tiaki kanohi ki te āwhina i a koe ki te pupuri i te tirohanga pai rawa atu, na kaua e whakaroa ki te ui i ngā pātai, ki te whakaatu rānei i ngā āwangawanga i te wā o tō haerenga.

He aha te mea nui e tangohia ana e pā ana ki te keratoconus?

He āhuatanga whakahaere te keratoconus ka tino iti te arahi ki te matapo ki te tika te rongoā me te tirotiro. Ahakoa te whiwhi i tēnei whakatau tōtika pea ka tino nui, te mārama kei reira ngā rongoā whai hua, ā, ko te nuinga o te iwi e pupuri ana i te tirohanga mahi pai ka taea te whakawhirinaki.

Ko te mea nui rawa atu i te whakahaere i te keratoconus pai ko te kitenga wawe me te tiaki whai muri tonu. Ka taea e ngā rongoā hou te whakaheke, te mutu rānei i te whanake, ā, ka taea e ngā whiringa whakatika tirohanga maha te āwhina i a koe ki te pupuri i te oranga mahi, te whakamārama.

Kia mahara ko te keratoconus ka rereke te pānga ki te tangata katoa, ā, ka whakaritea tō mahere maimoatanga ki ō hiahia motuhake me tō oranga. Ko te mahi ngātahi me tō rōpū tiaki kanohi, te whai i tō mahere maimoatanga, me te karo i te mirimiri kanohi ko ngā kī hei whakatutuki i ngā hua pai rawa atu.

Kia mau ki te whakamārama mō tō mate, engari kaua e waiho hei whakatau i ō whakatau. He tokomaha ngā tāngata e pangia ana e te keratoconus e haere tonu ana ki te taraiwa, ki te mahi, ki te takaro hākinakina, me te pai ki ō rātou mahi noa me te whakatika tirohanga me te tiaki tika.

Pātai maha e ui ana mō te keratoconus

Ka taea e te keratoconus te whakapōrearea?

Ko te keratoconus kaore e tino whakapōrearea. Ahakoa ka pā nui ki te kounga o te tirohanga, ka mau tonu te nuinga o te iwi ki te tirohanga mahi i o rātou oranga katoa me te maimoatanga tika. Ā tae noa ki ngā take kino, ka taea te whakapai ake i te tirohanga mā ngā karāhe miro motuhake, mā ngā mahi pokanga rānei. Ko te kī ko te mahi tahi me tō rōpū tiaki kanohi hei kimi i te huarahi maimoatanga tika mō tō āhuatanga motuhake.

He kuao te keratoconus?

Ae, ka taea e te keratoconus te rere i roto i ngā whānau, ahakoa ehara i te mea i tuku iho katoa. E 1 noa i te 10 ngā tāngata e pangia ana e te keratoconus he mema whānau kei a rātou te mate. Heoi, ki te whai mātua, te teina rānei e pangia ana e te keratoconus, kāore e whakaatu kua puta mai ki a koe. Ko te mate pea ka puta mai i te whakakotahitanga o ngā take ira me ngā āhuatanga taiao penei i te mirimiri kanohi, i ngā mate pāwera rānei.

Ka taea tonu e au te kakahu karāhe miro mena kei a au te keratoconus?

He tokomaha ngā tāngata e pangia ana e te keratoconus ka taea tonu te kakahu karāhe miro, ahakoa pea ka hiahia koe ki ngā momo motuhake. Ko ngā karāhe miro hau pupū, ngā karāhe miro whakakotahi, ngā karāhe miro scleral rānei e tino whai hua ana i te nuinga atu i ngā hononga ngawari noa mō te keratoconus. Ka taea e ēnei karāhe miro motuhake te whakarato i te tirohanga mārama ake mā te hanga i te mata maeneene ki runga i tō cornea kore-tika. Ka taea e tō taakuta kanohi te awhina ki te whakatau i te momo e pai ana mōu.

Ka kaha tonu te kino o taku keratoconus?

Ko te keratoconus te nuinga o te wa ka tere te whakaheke i roto i nga tau tekau me nga rua tekau, katahi ka tino pumau i roto i nga tekau toru, i nga wha tekau ranei. Heoi, he rereke te ahunga whakamua i waenga i nga tangata. Ko etahi ka iti te whakarereketanga, engari ko etahi atu ka kite i te ahunga whakamua nui ake. Ka taea e nga maimoatanga penei i te hono-whāiti o te cornea te awhina i te whakaheke, i te mutu ranei o te ahunga whakamua i roto i te nuinga o nga keehi. Ko te tirotiro auau te awhina i te aroturuki i nga whakarereketanga katoa.

Ka pā ana rānei te hapu ki te keratoconus?

Ka taea e te hapu te whakaheke tere i te keratoconus na te whakarereketanga o te homoni me te nui ake o te whakamātao kanohi mai i nga mate pāwera e pā ana ki te hapu, ki nga kanohi maroke ranei. Ki te hapu koe, a kei a koe te keratoconus, he mea nui kia haere tonu ki nga tirotiro kanohi auau, kia kaua hoki e whakamātao i ou kanohi. Ko te nuinga o nga whakarereketanga e pā ana ki te hapu he mea wawe noa iho, engari me aroturuki tata atu e to taakuta kanohi to ahuatanga i tenei wa.