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Isixazululo se-epinephrine ophthalmic yimithi oyisebenzisa ngqo emehlweni akho ukusiza ukuphatha izimo ezithile zamehlo nezinqubo. Lolu hlobo lwe-epinephrine lusebenza endaweni emehlweni akho ukunciphisa ukopha, ukulawula ingcindezi, nokusiza udokotela ohlinza iso lakho ukuthi abone kahle ngesikhathi sokuhlinzwa.
Ngenkathi ungase wazi i-epinephrine njenge-hormone eqala ngezimo eziphuthumayo, inguqulo yamaconsi esweni isebenza ngendlela ehluke kakhulu. Yenzelwe ngqo ukusiza ngokuhlinzwa kwamehlo kanye nezimo ezithile zamehlo ezidinga ukwelashwa okunembile, okuhloswe ngakho.
Isixazululo se-epinephrine ophthalmic yimithi yamehlo ekhethekile equkethe inguqulo yokwenziwa ye-epinephrine, i-hormone umzimba wakho oyikhiqiza ngokwemvelo. Uma isetshenziswa njengamaconsi esweni, isebenza ngqo emithanjeni yegazi nezicubu emehlweni akho.
Le mithi ingeyeqembu lemithi ebizwa ngokuthi i-sympathomimetics, okusho ukuthi ilingisa izimpendulo ezithile zomzimba wemvelo. Ngokungafani nemijovo ye-epinephrine esetshenziselwa ukusabela okukhulu komzimba, ifomu le-ophthalmic lithambile kakhulu futhi lenzelwe ngqo ukunakekelwa kwamehlo.
Ukugxila okusetshenziswa emaconsini esweni kulinganiswa ngokucophelela ukuze kusebenze kodwa kuphephe ezicutshini ezibucayi zamehlo akho. Izixazululo eziningi ze-epinephrine ophthalmic ziqukethe phakathi kuka-0.1% kuya ku-2% yesithako esisebenzayo, kuye ngezidingo zakho ezithile.
Amaconsi esweni e-Epinephrine asetshenziswa ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sokuhlinzwa kwamehlo ukusiza odokotela abahlinzayo ukuthi basebenze ngokuphepha nangempumelelo. Umuthi usiza ukulawula ukopha futhi unikeze ukubonakala okungcono ngesikhathi sezinqubo ezibucayi.
Udokotela wakho wamehlo angase asebenzise lo muthi ngesikhathi sokuhlinzwa kwe-cataract, enye yezinqubo ezivamile zamehlo. Kusiza ukunciphisa ukopha okuvela emithanjeni emincane yegazi, okwenza kube lula kudokotela ohlinzayo ukubona nokusebenza ngokunembile.
Ngesikhathi sokuhlinzwa kwe-glaucoma, i-epinephrine ingasiza ekuphatheni izinguquko zengcindezi nokopha. Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu ngoba izinqubo ze-glaucoma zivame ukubandakanya ukusebenza ngesistimu yokukhipha amanzi yeso, lapho ukulawula okunembile kubalulekile.
Ezinye izinyanga zamehlo nazo zisebenzisa i-epinephrine ngesikhathi sezinqubo ze-retinal. Uma usebenza ngemuva kweso lakho, ukubonakala okucacile kubalulekile, futhi lo muthi usiza ukufeza lokho ngokuphatha izimpendulo zemithambo yegazi.
Ezimweni ezingavamile, isixazululo se-epinephrine ophthalmic singasetshenziswa ukusiza ukuxilonga izimo ezithile zamehlo. Udokotela wakho angabona ukuthi iso lakho lisabela kanjani emuthini ukuze aqonde kangcono ukuthi yini engase ibangele izimpawu zakho.
Amathonsi e-Epinephrine emehlweni asebenza ngokubopha kuma-receptors athile ezicutshini zamehlo akho, okubangela imithambo yegazi ukuthi inciphe futhi kunciphise ukopha. Lesi senzo sibizwa ngokuthi i-vasoconstriction, futhi senzeka ngemizuzu embalwa ngemva kokusebenzisa amathonsi.
Umuthi futhi uthinta imisipha ezungeze imithambo yakho yegazi, ubasiza ukuthi banciphise futhi bahlale bevaliwe ngesikhathi sezinqubo zokuhlinzwa. Lokhu kudala inkundla yokubona ecacile kudokotela wakho ohlinzayo futhi kunciphisa ingozi yezinkinga ezivela ekopheni.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-epinephrine ingasiza ukunciphisa ukuvuvukala ezicutshini zamehlo ngokunciphisa inani lamanzi elivuzayo emithanjeni yegazi. Lo mphumela olwa nokuvuvukala ungaba usizo ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi nangemva kwezinqubo ezithile zamehlo.
Njengomuthi, isixazululo se-epinephrine ophthalmic sithathwa njengesiqine ngokulinganisela. Inamandla ngokwanele ukudala imiphumela efiselekayo ngesikhathi sokuhlinzwa kodwa ithambile ngokwanele ukuthi isetshenziswe ngokuphepha endaweni yamehlo ebucayi uma iphathwa ngendlela efanele.
Isixazululo se-epinephrine ophthalmic sivame ukuphathwa udokotela wakho wamehlo noma abasebenzi bezokwelapha abaqeqeshiwe ngesikhathi sezinqubo. Ngokuvamile ngeke usebenzise lawa mathonsi wena ekhaya.
Uma udokotela wakho ekunikeza amaconsi e-epinephrine okumele uwasebenzise ekhaya, bazokunika imiyalelo ethile. Ngokuvamile, uzothambisa ikhanda lakho emuva, udonse phansi isiciko samehlo esingezansi, bese ufaka inani lamaconsi elinikezwe ngaphakathi ephaketheni elakhiwe yisiciko samehlo sakho.
Ngaphambi kokufaka noma yimaphi amaconsi esweni, qiniseka ukuthi izandla zakho zihlanzekile futhi zomisiwe. Ungathinti ithiphu le-dropper esweni lakho noma kunoma iyiphi enye indawo ukuvimbela ukungcola.
Ngemuva kokufaka amaconsi, ungase ucelwe ukuvala amehlo akho ngobumnene noma ucindezele kancane ekhoneni langaphakathi leso lakho iminithi elilodwa. Lokhu kusiza umuthi ukuthi uhlale esweni lakho isikhathi eside futhi kuvimbela ukuthi ungaphumi ngokushesha kakhulu.
Ngokungafani neminye imithi, amaconsi e-epinephrine esweni ngokuvamile awadingi ukuthi uwathathe nokudla noma ugweme ukudla okuthile. Kodwa-ke, ngaso sonke isikhathi landela imiyalelo ethile kadokotela wakho, njengoba izimo zomuntu ngamunye zingahluka.
Ubude bokwelashwa kwe-epinephrine ophthalmic buqondene ngokuphelele nokuthi kungani uyithola. Ngezindlela zokuhlinzwa, ngokuvamile isetshenziswa ngesikhathi sokuhlinzwa uqobo.
Uma inikezwe ukusetshenziswa ekhaya, udokotela wakho uzocacisa kahle ukuthi kufanele uqhubeke isikhathi esingakanani nokwelashwa. Lokhu kungahluka kusuka ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kuya emavikini amaningana, kuye ngesimo sakho esithile nokuthi iso lakho lisabela kanjani.
Ukusetshenziswa okuningi kwe-epinephrine eye drops ngemuva kokuhlinzwa kuthatha isikhathi esifushane, kusuka ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kuya emavikini amabili. Udokotela wakho uzoqapha inqubekela phambili yakho futhi alungise ubude bokwelashwa njengoba kudingeka.
Ungalokothi uyeke ukusebenzisa amaconsi esweni anikeziwe ngokuphazima ngaphandle kokubonisana nodokotela wakho, noma ngabe uzizwa ungcono. Ezinye izimo zamehlo zidinga inkambo ephelele yokwelashwa ukuvimbela izinkinga noma ukuvela kabusha.
Abantu abaningi bayakwazi ukumelana kahle namaconsi eso e-epinephrine, kodwa njengayo yonke imithi, ingabangela imiphumela emibi. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi imiphumela emibi engathi sína ayivamile uma imithi isetshenziswa ngendlela efanele.
Imiphumela emibi evamile ongase uyithole ihlanganisa ukushisa okwesikhashana noma ukusha uma amaconsi eqala ukusetshenziswa. Lokhu kuvame ukuthatha imizuzwana embalwa kuphela futhi kuyindlela yamehlo akho yemvelo yokuphendula emuthini.
Nansi imiphumela emibi ebikwa kaningi evame ukuba mnene futhi yesikhashana:
Le miphumela evamile ivame ukuzixazulula yona lapho iso lakho lijwayela imithi. Uma ziqhubeka noma ziba yinkinga, yazisa udokotela wakho ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwakho okulandelayo.
Imiphumela emibi engavamile kodwa ebonakalayo ingenzeka, ikakhulukazi uma uzwela ku-epinephrine noma uma imithi ingena egazini lakho. Le miphumela idinga ukunaka okwengeziwe okuvela eqenjini lakho lezempilo.
Nansi imiphumela emibi eyenzeka kaningi kodwa ingadinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha:
Uma uthola noma iyiphi yale miphumela, xhumana nodokotela wakho ngokushesha. Bangasiza ekutholeni ukuthi imithi idinga ukulungiswa noma ukuthi kufanele kucatshangelwe ezinye izindlela zokwelapha.
Imiphumela emibi engavamile kodwa engathi sína ingenzeka, nakuba ingavamile uma isetshenziswa ngendlela efanele. Lokhu kungabandakanya ukusabela okukhulu komzimba, izinguquko ezinkulu ekushayeni kwenhliziyo, noma ukwanda okukhulu kwengcindezi yegazi.
Izimpawu zokungezwani komzimba okukhulu zihlanganisa ubunzima bokuphefumula, ukuvuvukala kobuso bakho noma umphimbo, noma ukusabela okukhulu kwesikhumba. Uma uhlangabezana nanoma yiziphi zalezi zimpawu, funa usizo oluphuthumayo lwezokwelapha ngokushesha.
Abantu abathile kufanele bagweme amaconsi e-epinephrine emehlweni noma bawasebenzise ngaphansi kokugadwa kwezokwelapha okucophelelayo. Udokotela wakho uzobuyekeza umlando wakho wezokwelapha ngaphambi kokukuyalela lo muthi.
Uma wazi ukuthi unokungezwani komzimba ne-epinephrine noma yiziphi izithako ezisecansini lamehlo, akufanele usebenzise lo muthi. Ngisho nenani elincane lingabangela ukusabela komzimba kubantu abazwelayo.
Abantu abanezimo ezithile zenhliziyo badinga ukucatshangelwa okukhethekile ngaphambi kokusebenzisa amaconsi e-epinephrine emehlweni. Umuthi ungangena egazini lakho futhi ungase uthinte isigqi senhliziyo yakho noma umfutho wegazi.
Nazi izimo ezidinga ukuhlolwa ngokucophelela ngaphambi kokusebenzisa isixazululo se-epinephrine ophthalmic:
Uma unezinye zalezi zimo, udokotela wakho uzokala izinzuzo ngokumelene nezingozi ezingaba khona. Bangase bakhethe imithi ehlukile noma bathathe izinyathelo ezengeziwe zokukuqapha eduze.
Abesifazane abakhulelwe nabancelisayo kufanele futhi baxoxe ngamaconsi e-epinephrine emehlweni nodokotela wabo. Ngenkathi ingozi ivamise ukuba phansi ngamaconsi emehlweni, kubalulekile ukuqinisekisa izinketho eziphephe kakhulu kumama nomntwana.
Iziguli ezigugile zingase zizwele kakhulu imiphumela ye-epinephrine, ikakhulukazi esigqi senhliziyo nomfutho wegazi. Udokotela wakho angase ancome imithamo ephansi noma ukuqapha kaningi uma uneminyaka engaphezu kwengama-65.
Isixazululo se-epinephrine ophthalmic sitholakala ngaphansi kwamagama amaningi emikhiqizo, nakuba amaningi esetshenziswa ikakhulukazi ezindaweni zomtholampilo. Udokotela wakho noma usokhemisi uzocacisa ukuthi yiluphi uhlobo olufanele kakhulu isimo sakho.
Amanye amagama ajwayelekile emikhiqizo afaka i-EpiPen (nakuba lokhu kwaziwa kakhulu ngemijovo), kanye namafomula ahlukahlukene athile esibhedlela. Izixazululo eziningi ze-epinephrine ophthalmic zilungiswa ngamakhambi akhethekile ezinqubo ezithile zokuhlinzwa.
Udkt. wakho wokuhlinzwa iso angase asebenzise isixazululo esenziwe ngokwezifiso esixutshwe ngqo ngenqubo yakho. Lezi zivame ukulungiswa zintsha ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukusebenza kahle nokuphepha.
Izinhlobo ezijwayelekile zesixazululo se-epinephrine ophthalmic nazo ziyatholakala futhi zisebenza ngempumelelo njengezinhlobo zegama lomkhiqizo. Udokotela wakho uzokhetha inketho efanele kakhulu ngokusekelwe ezidingweni zakho ezithile kanye nenqubo eyenziwayo.
Imithi eminingi ehlukile inganikeza izinzuzo ezifanayo namaconsi e-epinephrine eye, kuye ngesimo sakho esithile nezidingo zezokwelapha. Udokotela wakho uzokhetha inketho engcono kakhulu ngokusekelwe esimweni sakho somuntu ngamunye.
Amaconsi e-Phenylephrine eye enye indlela ejwayelekile esebenza ngendlela efana ne-epinephrine. Nabo babangela ukuthi imithambo yegazi inciphe kodwa ingase ibe nemiphumela emincane yohlelo kwabanye abantu.
Ngezinqubo ezithile zokuhlinzwa, udokotela wakho angase asebenzise i-lidocaine ene-epinephrine, ehlanganisa i-anesthetic yendawo nemiphumela yemithambo yegazi. Le nhlanganisela inganikeza kokubili ukukhululeka kobuhlungu nokulawula ukopha.
Kwezinye izimo, ezinye izindlela ezingezona imithi zingase zisetshenziswe esikhundleni salokho. Lokhu kungabandakanya izindlela ezikhethekile zokuhlinzwa, izinqubo ze-laser, noma ezinye izindlela ezingadingi imithi ekhawulezisa imithambo yegazi.
Udktela wakho uzocabangela izinto ezinjengomlando wakho wezokwelapha, inqubo ethile, kanye nokuphendula kwakho ngamunye emithini lapho ekhetha ezinye izindlela. Ungalokothi ushintshe imithi ngaphandle kokuxoxa ngayo nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo kuqala.
Zombili izidakamizwa zamehlo ze-epinephrine ne-phenylephrine zisebenzela izinjongo ezifanayo, kodwa ngasinye sinamathuba ahlukile ngokuya ngesimo sakho esithile. Ukukhetha phakathi kwazo kuvame ukwehla ezintweni zomuntu ngamunye kanye nenqubo ethile eyenziwayo.
I-Epinephrine ivame ukuba namandla futhi ihlale isikhathi eside kune-phenylephrine. Lokhu kuyenza ibe wusizo ikakhulukazi ezinqubweni zokuhlinzwa ezinde noma lapho ukulawulwa kwemithambo yegazi okuqhubekayo kudingeka.
Kodwa-ke, i-phenylephrine ingase ibangele imiphumela emincane yohlelo, ikakhulukazi kubantu abanezifo zenhliziyo noma umfutho wegazi ophezulu. Ivame ukukhethwa lapho imiphumela yemithi idinga ukuba yendawo emehlweni.
Ubude besikhathi sokusebenza buhlukile futhi phakathi kwemithi emibili. Imiphumela ye-Epinephrine ivame ukuhlala isikhathi eside, okungaba usizo ezinqubweni ezithile kodwa kungenzeka kungadingeki kwezinye.
Udktela wakho ohlinza iso uzokhetha umuthi ofanele kakhulu ngokusekelwe emlandweni wakho wezokwelapha, inqubo ethile, kanye nokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo ngenketho ngayinye. Zombili ziphephile futhi ziyasebenza uma zisetshenziswa ngendlela efanele ezimweni ezifanele.
Amathonsi amehlo e-Epinephrine angasetshenziswa ngokuphepha kubantu abanezifo zenhliziyo, kodwa izinyathelo zokuphepha ezengeziwe ziyadingeka. Udktela wakho uzohlola ngokucophelela isimo sakho senhliziyo esithile kanye nempilo yonke ngaphambi kokuncoma lo muthi.
Inani lomuthi ongcoliswa egazini lakho emaconsini esweni ngokuvamile liphansi kakhulu kunelemithombo yokujova, okunciphisa ingozi yokuthinta inhliziyo yakho. Kodwa-ke, ukungcoliswa okuthile kungenzeka, ikakhulukazi uma uzwela kakhulu ku-epinephrine.
Ithimba lakho lezokwelapha cishe lizobheka izinga lokushaya kwenhliziyo yakho nomfutho wegazi uma unesifo senhliziyo. Bangase futhi bakhethe ukugxila okuphansi komuthi noma bacabange ezinye izinketho ezingaba nengozi encane ohlelweni lwakho lwe-cardiovascular.
Uma ngengozi ufaka amaconsi amaningi kakhulu noma usebenzisa umuthi kaningi kunokuba ubekiwe, geza iso lakho ngobumnene ngamanzi ahlanzekile bese uthintana nodokotela wakho noma umhlinzeki wokunakekelwa kwamehlo ngokushesha.
Izimpawu ze-epinephrine eningi kakhulu zingabandakanya ukucasuka kwamehlo okukhulu, ukushaya kwenhliziyo okusheshayo, ukukhathazeka, noma ukuthuthumela. Ngenkathi ukweqisa okukhulu emaconsini esweni kungavamile, kubalulekile ukuthola isiqondiso esichwepheshile ngokushesha.
Ungesabi, kodwa yithathe ngokungathi sína le ndaba. Udokotela wakho angahlola ukuthi ngabe udinga ukuqapha noma ukwelashwa futhi angakunikeza imiyalelo ethile ngokususelwa enanini lomuthi owengeziwe owusebenzisile nokuthi nini.
Uma uphuthelwa umthamo wamaconsi esweni e-epinephrine abekiwe, wawusebenzise ngokushesha lapho ukhumbula, ngaphandle kokuthi sekuseduze isikhathi somthamo wakho olandelayo ohleliwe. Kulokho, weqa umthamo ophuthelwe bese uqhubeka nohlelo lwakho olujwayelekile.
Ungalokothi uphinde umthamo ukuze ulungise lowo ophuthelwe, ngoba lokhu kungakhuphula ingozi yakho yemiphumela emibi. Uma ungaqiniseki ngesikhathi, xhumana nodokotela wakho noma usokhemisi ukuze uthole isiqondiso.
Ukunakekelwa ngemuva kokuhlinzwa, ukuqina kubalulekile ukuze ukwelashwa okuhle. Uma uvame ukukhohlwa imithamo, cabanga ukusetha izikhumbuzi zocingo noma ukugcina umuthi wakho endaweni ebonakalayo.
Kufanele uyeke kuphela ukuthatha amaconsi eso e-epinephrine uma udokotela wakho ekutshela ngqo ukuthi wenze njalo. Noma ngabe iso lakho lizizwa lingcono, inkambo ephelele yokwelashwa ivame ukubaluleka ukuze ululame ngokuphelele.
Ukunakekelwa ngemuva kokuhlinzwa, udokotela wakho uzohlela ama-aphoyintimenti okulandelayo ukuze aqaphe inqubekela phambili yakho futhi anqume ukuthi kuphephile nini ukuyeka umuthi. Lesi sikhathi sihluka ngokuya ngenqubo yakho yokuphola kanye nenqubo ethile obuyenzile.
Uma uhlangabezana nemiphumela emibi ekhathazayo, xhumana nodokotela wakho kunokuyeka umuthi ngokwakho. Bavame ukukwazi ukulungisa uhlelo lwakho lokwelashwa noma banikeze ezinye izindlela ngenkathi beqinisekisa ukuthi iso lakho liyaphola kahle.
Ngokuvamile akufanele ugqoke amalensi okuxhumana ngenkathi usebenzisa amaconsi eso e-epinephrine, ikakhulukazi uma ululama emsebenzini wokuhlinzwa kwamehlo. Umuthi ungasebenzisana nezinto zokwakha amalensi okuxhumana futhi ubangele ukucasuka.
Uma uvame ukugqoka oxhumana nabo, udokotela wakho uzokweluleka ukuthi kuphephile nini ukuqala ukuzigqoka ngemuva kokuthi ukwelashwa kwakho kuqediwe. Lokhu kuvame ukuba ngemuva kokuthi iso lakho seliphile ngokugcwele futhi uyekile ukusebenzisa umuthi.
Ukunakekelwa kwamehlo okuvamile, ngaso sonke isikhathi susa oxhumana nabo ngaphambi kokusebenzisa noma yimaphi amaconsi esweni bese ulinda okungenani imizuzu eyi-15 ngaphambi kokuwabuyisela. Kodwa-ke, ngamaconsi e-epinephrine, kuvame ukuba ngcono ukugwema oxhumana nabo ngokuphelele ngesikhathi sokwelashwa.
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