Ukuba unesifo sokuphazamiseka kwesifo esingenasifo (pulpary disease) (COPD), mhlawumbi uvakalelwa ngesifo somzimba wamaphaphu okanye ukuqina kwesifuba ngezikhathi ezithile. Kodwa kutheni oku kwenzeka? Kwaye ingaba yinto engabonakalisa into engakumbi? Nakhu okufuneka ukwazi malunga nokuqina kwesifuba neCOPD.
Iimbangela zeXhoba lokuQinisa kwiCOPD
I-COPD inokubangela ukuba isifuba sincumo ngenxa yemali eyongeziweyo ye-mucus ehlanganiswe kwimiphunga.
Kwakhona kubangelwa ukunciphisa okanye ukucinywa kweendlela zomoya eziqhelekileyo zenzeka kubantu abaneCOPD. Ubunzima bebhokisi bunokuba nzima ukwenza umoya okanye uphume emaphaphini, okwenza kube nzima ukuphefumla.
Ukuxinwa kwesifuba kudla rhoqo kuhlobana nezifo zamaphaphu , njenge- bronchitis engapheliyo okanye i-bronchiectasis. Inokuthi inxulumene nokunciphisa i-airways eyenzeka kwisifo se- asthma .
Unyango lwe-Chest Ukuqina
Ukuxinwa kwesifuba kunokuthi kunqunyulwe ngamayeza kunye ne-aerosol yonyango, efana nokusetyenziswa kwe- albuterol inhaler. I-Albuterol yinkonzo yokunceda ngokukhawuleza esebenza njenge-bronchodilator, inceda ukuvula ii-airways. Ngokuqhelekileyo zisetyenziselwa izigulane ze-asth ngexesha lokuhlaselwa kwe-flare-ups nokuhlaselwa kwesifuba. I-inhalers ayiyi kuyiphilisa isifuba esifubeni edibene neCOPD yakho, kodwa inokukunika uncedo lwesikhashana.
I-COPD neNtliziyo yokusilela
Abanye abantu abaneCOPD banomngcipheko omkhulu wokwehluleka kwentliziyo kuba banamazinga aphantsi oksijini egazini labo.
Enye yeengxaki ezinzima kakhulu zeCOPD kukuba ukungaphumeleli kwintliziyo kuba abantu abaneCOPD banamazinga aphantsi oksijini kwigazi labo, iintliziyo zabo ziya kubandezeleka. Ukususela ngo-COPD kunye nokuhluleka kwentliziyo kubelana ezininzi iimpawu ezifanayo, kunokuba nzima kakhulu abantu abaneCOPD ukuba baqonde iimpawu zentliziyo yokuhluleka.
Nazi iimpawu zesifo senhliziyo esingazi:
- Intlungu yesifuba okanye ukuphazamiseka esiphakathi kwesifuba esivakalelwa kukuba unxinzelelo olunzima, ukucima okanye ukuzalisa. Olu hlobo lwesifo sesifuba luhlala luhlala ngaphezu kwemizuzu embalwa okanye luye kwaye lubuya.
- Ubuhlungu okanye ukungahambi kakuhle kwelinye okanye zombini kweengalo zakho, emuva, ngesisu, umhlathi okanye intamo.
- Ukuphefumla okufutshane, kunye okanye ngaphandle kwesifuba.
- Ukuqhwala, ukugquma, okanye ukukhanya.
Abantu abaninzi abaqapheli ukuba iimpawu zesifo senhliziyo ziyahlukahluka kwabasetyhini kunamadoda. Abasetyhini baninzi ngaphezu kwamadoda ukuba bafumane ukuphefumula, ukucabisa, okanye ukuhlanza nokubuhlungu okanye umva. Ngamanye amaxesha abahlali bafumana iintlungu zesifuba ezihambisana nesifo senhliziyo kwaye banokulibala ukufuna uncedo ngenxa yoko.
Funa unonophelo lwezempilo oluphuthumayo ngokukhawuleza ukuba unobunzima obungavamile kwisifuba sakho. Kungcono ukuqinisekiswa ukuba ngumqondiso weCOPD yakho kunokuba uhlaselwa yintliziyo ingaphendulwa.
Imithombo:
American Heart Association. (2015). Iimpawu zokuhlasela kweentliziyo kwiBhinqa. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartAttack/WarningSignsofaHeartAttack/Heart-Attack-Symptoms-in-Women_UCM_436448_Article.jsp#.Wb72CNN97R0.
American Heart Association. (2015). Iimpawu zokuxwayisa zentliziyo yokuhlasela. http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/HeartAttack/WarningSignsofaHeartAttack/Warning-Signs-of-Aart-Attack_UCM_002039_Article.jsp#.Wb72KtN97R0.