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I-Apraclonidine iyimithi yamehlo kadokotela esiza ukwehlisa ingcindezi ngaphakathi kweso lakho. Isetshenziswa ikakhulukazi ukwelapha i-glaucoma kanye ne-ocular hypertension, izimo lapho ukwanda kwengcindezi yamehlo kungalimaza umbono wakho uma ungalashwa.
Le mithi ingeyeqembu lemithi ebizwa ngokuthi ama-alpha-2 adrenergic agonists. Cabanga ngayo njengomsizi omnene osebenza ngqo esweni lakho ukunciphisa ukukhiqizwa kwamanzi futhi kuthuthukise ukukhipha amanzi, ekugcineni ivikela umbono wakho obalulekile.
I-Apraclonidine isebenza njengokwelashwa kwesikhashana kwengcindezi yamehlo ekhuphukile. Udokotela wakho ngokuvamile uzoyibhala lapho udinga ukuncishiswa kwengcindezi okusheshayo ngaphambi noma ngemva kwezinqubo ezithile zamehlo, noma lapho eminye imithi ye-glaucoma ingasebenzi kahle yodwa.
Le mithi ilungele ikakhulukazi ukuphatha ama-spikes engcindezi angavela ngemva kokuhlinzwa kwamehlo nge-laser. Isebenza njengenethi yokuphepha, isiza ukuvimbela ukwanda okungazelelwe kwengcindezi yamehlo okungenzeka ukuthi kubangele ukuphatheka kabi noma izinkinga ngesikhathi sokululama kwakho.
Ezinye izazi zamehlo nazo zisebenzisa i-apraclonidine njengethuluzi lokuxilonga. Ingasiza ukuhlonza izinhlobo ezithile ze-glaucoma ngokubuka ukuthi iso lakho lisabela kanjani emiphumeleni yemithi.
I-Apraclonidine isebenza ngokugxila kuma-receptors athile esweni lakho abizwa ngokuthi ama-alpha-2 adrenergic receptors. Uma ibopha kula ma-receptors, iqala izenzo ezimbili ezibalulekile ezisiza ukwehlisa ingcindezi yamehlo akho.
Okokuqala, inciphisa inani lamanzi iso lakho elikhiqizayo. Iso lakho ngokwemvelo lenza uketshezi olucacile olubizwa ngokuthi i-aqueous humor, kodwa ngezinye izikhathi lenza okuningi kakhulu, okuholela ekwandeni kwengcindezi.
Okwesibili, i-apraclonidine isiza ukuthuthukisa ukukhipha uketshezi esweni lakho. Ngokuthuthukisa lokhu kuphuma kwemvelo, imithi isiza ukugcina ibhalansi yengcindezi enempilo ngaphakathi kweso lakho.
Lokhu kuthathwa njengomuthi oqinile ngokulinganisela wokulawula ukucindezela kwamehlo. Ngenkathi isebenza, ivame ukusetshenziselwa izikhathi ezimfushane uma iqhathaniswa neminye imithi ye-glaucoma ngenxa yemiphumela yayo engase ibe khona ekusetshenzisweni kwesikhathi eside.
Uzosebenzisa i-apraclonidine ngqo esweni lakho njengamaconsi, ngokuvamile izikhathi ezi-2 kuya kwezi-3 ngosuku njengoba kunqunywe udokotela wakho. Isikhathi asincikile ekudleni ngoba singena ngqo esweni lakho kunasesiswini sakho.
Ngaphambi kokusebenzisa amaconsi, geza izandla zakho kahle ukuvimbela ukungenisa amagciwane esweni lakho. Thambisa ikhanda lakho kancane bese udonsa phansi ijwabu leso elingezansi ukuze wakhe iphokhethi elincane.
Nakhu ukuthi ungafaka kanjani amaconsi ngokuphepha nangempumelelo:
Uma ugqoka amalensi okuxhumana, wasuse ngaphambi kokusebenzisa i-apraclonidine bese ulinda okungenani imizuzu eyi-15 ngaphambi kokuwabuyisela. Umuthi ungasebenzisana nezinto ezithile zelensi futhi ubangele ukungakhululeki.
I-Apraclonidine ivame ukunqunywa ukuthi isetshenziswe ngesikhathi esifushane, ngokuvamile ihlala izinsuku ezimbalwa kuya emavikini ambalwa. Udokotela wakho uzonquma isikhathi esiqondile esisekelwe esimweni sakho esithile nokuthi usabela kahle kangakanani ekwelashweni.
Ukunakekelwa ngemva kokuhlinzwa, ungase ukudinga izinsuku ezimbalwa kuya evikini elilodwa. Uma uyisebenzisela ukuphatha i-glaucoma, udokotela wakho angase ayinikeze amasonto ambalwa ngenkathi elungisa uhlelo lwakho lwemithi yesikhathi eside.
Ukusetshenziswa kwesikhathi eside ngaphezu kwezinyanga ezimbalwa ngokuvamile akukhuthazwa ngoba amehlo akho angase akhe ukubekezelelana nomuthi. Lokhu kusho ukuthi iba ngaphansi kokusebenza ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, futhi ungase uhlangabezane nemiphumela eminingi emibi.
Ungayeki ukusebenzisa i-apraclonidine ngokuzumayo ngaphandle kokukhuluma nodokotela wakho kuqala. Bangase badinge ukunciphisa kancane kancane umthamo wakho noma bakushintshele kwenye imithi ukuze ugcine ukulawulwa okufanele kwengcindezi yamehlo.
Abantu abaningi bayayibekezelela i-apraclonidine kahle, kodwa njenganoma imuphi umuthi, ingabangela imiphumela emibi. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi imiphumela eminingi emibi ithambile futhi yesikhashana, ngokuvamile ithuthuka njengoba umzimba wakho ujwayela umuthi.
Imiphumela emibi ejwayelekile ongase uyithole ihlanganisa:
Le miphumela ejwayelekile ivamise ukunyamalala ngemizuzu embalwa kuya emahoreni ngemva kokusetshenziswa. Uma ziqhubeka noma ziba zimbi, yazisa udokotela wakho ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwakho okulandelayo.
Imiphumela emibi engavamile kodwa ekhathazayo idinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha:
Abanye abantu bangase bathuthukise okubizwa ngokuthi i-tachyphylaxis, lapho umuthi uba ngaphansi kokusebenza ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Yingakho udokotela wakho eqapha impendulo yakho ngokucophelela futhi angase alungise uhlelo lwakho lokwelapha ngokufanele.
I-Apraclonidine ayifanele wonke umuntu, futhi udokotela wakho uzobuyekeza ngokucophelela umlando wakho wezokwelapha ngaphambi kokuyinika. Izimo ezithile nemithi ingenza lokhu kwelashwa kungafaneleki noma kube yingozi.
Akufanele usebenzise i-apraclonidine uma unenkinga yokungezwani nayo noma imithi efanayo ebizwa ngokuthi i-alpha-2 adrenergic agonists. Izimpawu zokungezwani komzimba zihlanganisa ukulunywa okukhulu, ukuvuvukala, noma ubunzima bokuphefumula ngemuva kokuyisebenzisa.
Abantu abanezifo zenhliziyo ezithile badinga ukucatshangelwa okukhethekile. Uma unesifo senhliziyo esibi, ukuhlaselwa yinhliziyo kwamuva, noma umfutho wegazi ongagadiwe, udokotela wakho uzohlola izingozi nezinzuzo ngokucophelela.
Izimo ezithile ezidinga ukuqapha zihlanganisa:
Uma ukhulelwe noma uncelisa, xoxa ngezingozi nezinzuzo nodokotela wakho. Ngenkathi umuthi usetshenziswa ngqo emehlweni akho, amanani amancane angase angene egazini lakho futhi angase athinte ingane yakho.
Njalo yazisa udokotela wakho ngayo yonke imithi oyithathayo, okuhlanganisa nemithi etholakala ngaphandle kwemvume kadokotela kanye nezithasiselo, njengoba ezinye zingase zisebenzisane ne-apraclonidine.
I-Apraclonidine itholakala ngaphansi kwegama lomkhiqizo elithi Iopidine emazweni amaningi. Le yindlela ejwayelekile yokubhala umuthi ozohlangana nayo ekhemisi lakho.
Umuthi uza ngamandla ahlukene, ngokuvamile izixazululo ezingama-0.5% kanye ne-1%. Udokotela wakho uzokhetha amandla afanele ngokuya ngezidingo zakho ezithile nobukhulu benkinga yakho yokucindezela kwamehlo.
Amanye amakhemisi angase abe nezinhlobo ze-apraclonidine ezivamile, eziqulathe isithako esifanayo esisebenzayo kodwa zingase zibe ngabiza kancane. Lezi zinto ezivamile zisebenza ngempumelelo njengenguqulo yegama lomkhiqizo.
Uma i-apraclonidine ingasebenzi kahle kuwe noma idala imiphumela engathandeki, udokotela wakho unezinye izinketho eziningana zokukusiza ukulawula ingcindezi yamehlo akho. Inketho ngayinye isebenza ngendlela ehlukile, ngakho-ke ukuthola eyodwa efanele ngokuvamile kuhilela ukuzama nokulungisa okuthile.
Ezinye izinhlobo ze-alpha-2 adrenergic agonists zihlanganisa i-brimonidine, esebenza ngendlela efana ne-apraclonidine kodwa ngokuvamile ithandwa kangcono ekusetshenzisweni kwesikhathi eside. Ngokuvamile yiyo ekhethwa kuqala uma udinga ukulawulwa okuqhubekayo kwengcindezi yamehlo.
Izinhlobo ezihlukene zemithi ye-glaucoma udokotela wakho angase azicabangele zihlanganisa:
Udokotela wakho uzokhetha ezinye izindlela ngokusekelwe ekufundweni kwengcindezi yamehlo akho, ezinye izimo zempilo, nokuthi uyithatha kahle kangakanani imithi ehlukene. Ngezinye izikhathi ukuhlanganisa izinhlobo ezimbili ezihlukene zamaconsi kusebenza kangcono kunokusebenzisa elilodwa kuphela.
Kokubili i-apraclonidine ne-brimonidine bangabomndeni ofanayo wemithi futhi basebenza ngezindlela ezifanayo zokwehlisa ingcindezi yamehlo. Nokho, banezinto ezibalulekile ezibahlukanisayo ezingenza enye ifaneleke kakhulu kuwe kunenye.
I-Apraclonidine ngokuvamile isetshenziselwa izikhathi ezimfushane, ngokuvamile izinsuku ezimbalwa kuya emavikini ambalwa. Isebenza kahle ikakhulukazi ekuphatheni ukwanda kwengcindezi okwesikhashana ngemva kwezinqubo zamehlo noma uma udinga ukuncishiswa kwengcindezi ngokushesha.
I-Brimonidine, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngokuvamile ithandwa kangcono ekusetshenzisweni kwesikhathi eside. Idala imiphumela emincane engemihle efana nomlomo owomile nokukhathala, okuyenza ibe yindlela ekhethwayo yokwelashwa kwe-glaucoma okuqhubekayo.
Ngokuqondene nokusebenza, womabili amakhambi asebenza kahle ekwehliseni ingcindezi yamehlo. Ukukhetha phakathi kwawo kuvame ukuncika ekutheni ngabe udinga ukwelashwa kwesikhashana noma isikhathi eside, ukubekezelelana kwakho nemiphumela emibi, kanye nolwazi lwezokwelapha lukadokotela wakho.
Udokotela wakho uzocabangela isimo sakho esithile, okuhlanganisa neminye imithi oyithathayo nanoma yiziphi izimo zezempilo onazo, ukuze anqume ukuthi iyiphi inketho engcono kuwe.
Yebo, i-apraclonidine ngokuvamile iphephile kubantu abanesifo sikashukela, kodwa udokotela wakho uzokuhlola eduze. Umuthi ngezinye izikhathi ungathinta amazinga kashukela egazini, nakuba lokhu kungavamile ngamaconsi amehlo.
Uma unesifo samehlo esithinta isifo sikashukela, udokotela wakho uzolinganisela ngokucophelela izinzuzo zokulawula ingcindezi ngokumelene nanoma yiziphi izingozi ezingaba khona. Bangase balungise imithi yakho yesifo sikashukela noma baqaphe ushukela wakho wegazi kaningi uma uqala i-apraclonidine.
Njalo yazisa udokotela wakho wamehlo ngesifo sakho sikashukela nanoma yimiphi imithi oyithathayo ukuze ukulawule. Lokhu kubasiza ukuthi benze izinqumo zokwelashwa eziphephe kakhulu empilweni yakho yonke.
Uma ngengozi ufaka amaconsi amaningi kakhulu esweni lakho, ungangeni ekuqeqeshweni. Geza iso lakho ngobumnene ngamanzi ahlanzekile noma isixazululo se-saline ukuze ususe noma yimuphi umuthi owedlulele.
Qaphela izimpawu zokumuncwa komuthi omningi kakhulu, njengokozela okukhulu, isiyezi, ukushaya kwenhliziyo okuhamba kancane, noma ubunzima bokuphefumula. Uma uhlangabezana nanoma yiziphi zalezi zimpawu, funa ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha.
Ukuze uthole izicelo zesikhathi esizayo, khumbula ukuthi ithonsi elilodwa ngokuvamile lanele. Amaconsi engeziwe ngeke asebenze kangcono futhi angase andise ingozi yakho yemiphumela emibi. Uma ungaqiniseki ukuthi ulitholile yini ithonsi esweni lakho, ngokuvamile kuphephile ukufaka elinye ithonsi.
Uma uphuthelwa umthamo, uwusebenzise ngokushesha nje lapho ukhumbula, ngaphandle uma sekuseduze isikhathi somthamo wakho olandelayo ohleliwe. Esimeni esinjalo, weqa umthamo ophuthelwe bese uqhubeka neshejuli yakho ejwayelekile.
Ungalokothi usebenzise imithamo emibili ngesikhathi esisodwa ukuze ulungise umthamo ophuthelwe. Lokhu kungakhuphula ingozi yakho yemiphumela engemihle ngaphandle kokuhlinzeka ngezinzuzo ezengeziwe ngengcindezi yamehlo akho.
Uma uvame ukukhohlwa imithamo, zama ukusetha izikhumbuzi zocingo noma ukugcina umuthi wakho endaweni ebonakalayo. Ukusetshenziswa okuqhubekayo kubalulekile ekugcineni ukulawulwa kwengcindezi yamehlo okuzinzile.
Kufanele uyeke kuphela ukuthatha i-apraclonidine lapho udokotela wakho ekutshela ukuthi kuphephile ukwenza kanjalo. Ukuyeka kungazelelwe kungabangela ingcindezi yamehlo akho ukuthi ikhuphuke, okungenzeka ilimaze umbono wakho.
Udokotela wakho ngokuvamile uzohlela ukuhlolwa okuvamile ukuze aqaphe ingcindezi yamehlo akho futhi anqume ukuthi ungasayeka nini ukuthatha umuthi ngokuphepha. Bangase banciphise kancane umthamo wakho noma bakushintshele kwenye indlela yokwelapha.
Uma uhlangabezana nemiphumela engemihle, ungawuyeki umuthi ngokwakho. Kunalokho, xhumana nodokotela wakho ukuze uxoxe ngokulungisa uhlelo lwakho lokwelapha noma ukushintshela komunye umuthi.
I-Apraclonidine ingabangela ukozela, isiyezi, noma umbono ongaboni kahle okwesikhashana, ikakhulukazi uma uqala ukuyisebenzisa. Le miphumela ingaphazamisa ikhono lakho lokushayela ngokuphepha.
Linda uze wazi ukuthi umuthi ukuthinta kanjani ngaphambi kokushayela noma ukusebenzisa imishini. Uma uhlangabezana nokozela okuqhubekayo noma izinguquko zombono, gwema ukushayela kuze kube yilapho le miphumela iphela.
Sebenzisa amaconsi akho amehlo ngezikhathi lapho ungasadingi ukushayela ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, njengaphambi kokulala noma uma uzohlala ekhaya isikhashana. Lokhu kunika imiphumela yokuqala isikhathi sokuthi iphele ngaphambi kokuthi udinga ukuqaphela futhi ugxile.
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