Emma Miller
Kuvela ukuthi ngaphansi kwezimo ezithile, kuyingozi ukupheka ngokhuni namalahle, ngokusho kocwaningo olusha olwenziwe ososayensi baseBrithani nabaseShayina.
Abacwaningi bathole ukuxhumana okucacile phakathi kokupheka ngezinto zokubasa eziqinile kanye nezifo zamehlo eziyingozi ezingaholela ebumpumputheni.
Abacwaningi baseNyuvesi yase-Oxford e-UK nase-Peking University e-China bahlaziye idatha yabantu abadala baseShayina abacishe babe ingxenye yesigidi abaphothule ucwaningo mayelana nemikhuba yokudla. Ongoti baphinde balandela ukulaliswa kwababambe iqhaza esibhedlela ngenxa yezifo ezinzima zamehlo.
Esikhathini esiyiminyaka eyishumi yokubhekwa, ababambiqhaza bocwaningo babe namacala angu-4877 ezifo ezihlangene, amacala angu-13408 e-cataract, amacala angu-1583 ezifo ze-sclera, i-cornea, iris, ne-ciliary body (DSCIC), kanye namacala angu-1534 e-glaucoma.
Uma kuqhathaniswa nalabo abapheka ngogesi noma igesi, abasebenzisi bamafutha aqinile (izinkuni noma amalahle) bavame ukuba ngabesifazane abadala, izakhamuzi zasemaphandleni, izisebenzi zezolimo, kanye nababhemayo.
Uma kubhekwa lezi zici, kwatholakala ukuthi ukusetshenziswa isikhathi eside kwamafutha aqinile ekuphekeni kuhlotshaniswa nengozi eyandayo ye-conjunctivitis, ulwelwesi lwamehlo, kanye ne-DSCIC ngo-32%, 17%, no-35%, ngokulandelana. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kwakungekho ukuhlangana phakathi kokusetshenziswa kwesikhathi eside kwamafutha aqinile kanye nengozi eyengeziwe ye-glaucoma.
