Wɔatwerɛ nsɛm wei ɛwɔ Asante kasa mu

An eye with viral conjunctivitis

Apollo yɛ aniwa fitaa no akyi yaw a ɛba aniwa no mu ne ani ntɔn nwi no mu[1]. Ɛma aniwa no yɛ kɔkɔɔ. Ɛbɛtumi ayɛ yaw, ahyehye, na akeka, anaa atwetwe wo[2]. Beaɛ a yareɛ no aka no bɛtumi ama asusu pii afiri aniwa no mu anaa "ayɛ sɛ n'ani afura" anɔpa[2]. Aniwa fitaa no nso betumi ahono[2]. Ani a ɛkeka no ho nsunsuansoɔ nso taa ba[3].

Nea ɛtaa de yareɛ yi ba mpanimfoɔ mu ne yareɛ no sae, nanso mmɔfra mu no, yareɛ mmoawa na ɛtaa de ba[4][5]. Yareɛ no tumi ba ɛde nsɛnkyerɛnne afoforɔ na ɛtaa ba.[1] Nnansa yi, yareɛ mmoawa tumi trɛ ntɛmntɛm wɔ nnipa mu[1]. Mpɛn pii no, nsɛnkyerɛne no na ɛma wohunu sɛ obi anya yare no bi. Ɛtɔ mmere bi a, wɔde nsuo no bi kɔ kɔyɛ ho adwuma[1].

Nsɛnkyerɛnne

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Bloodshot eyes

Aniwa kɔkɔɔ, aniwa mu a ɛreyɛ ayɛ hyew, ne aniwa a ɛreporo nsuo yɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne a ɛtaa da adi wɔ apollo ho. Nanso, ɛsɛ sɛ ani no yɛ adwuma yie[6].

Sɛ obi nya apollo a, ɛkyerɛ sɛ n,ani ho ayɛ kɔkɔɔ. Nhwehwɛmu a wɔde kanea a wɔde (biomicroscope) yɛ no bɛtumi aboa ma wayɛ yareɛ no ho nhwehwɛmu yie. Mpɛn pii no, sɛ wɔhwehwɛ aniwa mu a, ɛma wɔhunu yareɛ no yie.

Deɛ ɛde ba

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Apollo taa firi mmoawa bi mu na ɛba[7]. Nyarewa a ɛfiri mmoawammoawa mu, nsanyare, ne nneɛma foforɔ a ɛhaw nso taa de ba. Sɛ obi nya yareɛ mmoawa no bi a, ɛtumi bɔ no, na etumi firi obi mu kɔ obi mu anaa ɛtumi firi nneɛma anaa nsuo a ɛho nte mu kɔ obi mu. Nsa a obi de ne nsa aka biribi a ɛho nte no taa ma yare a wɔfrɛ no apollo ba[8].

Nhwehwɛmu

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Mpɛn pii no, wɔmfa mmoawa nni dwuma anaasɛ wɔnhia bi ɛfirisɛ nnipa dodoɔ no ara yare no sa wɔ bere mu anaa wɔfa nnuru a wɔde sa yareɛ ano. Sɛ wosusu sɛ yareɛ mmoawa a wɔfrɛ no bacterial conjunctivitis na wɔannya nnuru a wɔde sa yareɛ no ho mmuaeɛ a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔfa samina de hwehwɛ yareɛ mmoawa a ɛwɔ hɔ no na wɔsɔ hwɛ. Ɛho bɛtumi aba sɛ yareɛ mmoawa a wɔawo wɔn wɔ baabi a ɔyaredɔm no abu so.[9]

 
The procedure of conjunctival swabs

Nsɔano

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Ɔkwan a wɔbɛfa so asi yareɛ no ano ne sɛ wobɛhwɛ wo ho so yie, ne titire no, mfa wo nsa a yareɛ no wɔ so ntwitwi w'ani. Nduro a wɔde sa yareɛ mmoawa bi te sɛ Haemophilus influenzae, pneumococcus, ne Neisseria meningitidis nso yɛ adwuma yie[10].

Wɔahu sɛ Povidone-iodine aniwa ano aduru tumi si apollo mu mmoawa no ano[11].

Beaeɛ a menyaa mmoa firiiɛ

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