I-osteoarthritis, eyaziwayo njenge-spervylosis yomlomo wesibeleko, isifo sokuguqulwa okungapheliyo kwe-vertebrae kwingingqi yomlomo wesihlwele , kunye neediski phakathi kwe-vertebrae. I-oeck osteoarthritis ixhaphaza kakhulu amadoda kunye nabasetyhini ngaphezu kwe-40 kwaye iqhubeka ikhula ngakumbi ngokukhula. Ukusabalalisa kwentamo ye-osteoarthritis kuyafana kubantu kunye nabasetyhini, kodwa amadoda athambekele ekuphuhliseni imeko engaphantsi kwabesetyhini.
Isizathu seNeck Osteoarthritis
Utshintsho olubangelwa ukuguqulwa kommandla wesibeleko somlomo wesibeleko lunokuqinelela enye okanye ingcambu yeengcambu. Ukunyanzelwa kweentlungu akukwazi nje ukubangela intlungu entanyeni, kodwa ubuhlungu, ubuthathaka, ukugubungela, kunye nokugubungela ingalo.
Nangona ukulimala kwentamo eyadlulayo kunokukhokelela entanyeni ye-osteoarthritis kwiminyaka kamva, ukuguga yinto ebalulekileyo yengozi okanye imbangela yentamo ye-osteoarthritis. Amaphesenti angama-70 amabhinqa namadoda angama-85% anesibonakaliso se- x-ray yentamo ye-osteoarthritis engama-60 ubudala.
Ukuxilongwa kweNeck Osteoarthritis
Ukuxilongwa kwentamo ye-osteoarthritis kusekelwe kwisigulane:
- Imbali yonyango
- Ukuhlolwa ngokwenyama (qaphela intlungu, intlobo yeshukumiso entanyeni, ukuxubusha, inzwa, kunye nemisipha kwimisebenzi kunye nemilenze
- Ucwaningo lokuphonononga kunye nezinye iimvavanyo zokuxilonga (zingabandakanya intamo x ray, i-CT scan, i-MRI, i-myelogram, i-EMG)
Iimpawu zeNeck Osteoarthritis
Ubuhlungu obungapheliyo kunye nozinzima ziimpawu eziphambili ezinxulumene nentamo ye-osteoarthritis.
Ezinye iimpawu ezinxulumene nentamo ye-osteoarthritis ziquka:
- Ubuhlungu beentlungu bubi kakhulu ngomsebenzi owenziwe xa isigulane sithe tye
- Intlungu ebuhlungu emzimbeni ogqithiseleyo kwingalo okanye ehlombe
- Ubungqina nobuthathaka kwizandla, izandla, iminwe
- Ubuthathaka kwimilenze, ukuhamba ingxaki, ukulahleka kwemali
- Ukutshaya isandi entanyeni xa kuhamba
- Intloko
I-oeck osteoarthritis inokuchaphazela nokulala, amandla okusebenza, kunye nokukwazi ukwenza imisebenzi yemihla ngemihla.
Unyango lwe-Neck Osteoarthritis
Ukuba iimpawu zentanyeni ye-osteoarthritis zincinci, unyango olungabonwayo lunokucetyiswa. Injongo yonyango kukunciphisa intlungu kwaye inqande ukunyanzeliswa kweentambo. Ukuphumla nokukhupha intamo ngentamo yomlomo wesibeleko kunokuba luncedo.
Amachiza anjengezidakamizwa ezichasene nezidakamizwa ( anti-inflammatory drugs) (i-NSAID) kunye nee-analgesics ezingekho ze-narcotic okanye ii- corticosteroid injections zingasetyenziselwa ukunyanga i-osteoarthritis yentamo. Ngenxa yesifo somzimba se-osteoarthritis, i-muscle relaxants inokumiselwa kunye ne-narcotic analgesics.
Ulwaphulo oluthile oluquka ukulandelwa komlomo, unyango olushushu okanye olubandayo, kunye nenkqubo yokuzilolonga ukunweba nokuqinisa intamo kunye namagxa angasetyenziswa. Ukuphulukiswa kwamathambo nakho kunokunciphisa intlungu yesifo se-osteoarthritis.
Ingenelelo yokuphanda ingatyelelwa kwiimeko ezinzima zentamo ye-osteoarthritis. Iinkqubo zibandakanya ukususwa kwethambo, i- osteophytes (i-bone spurs), okanye iisisiti ze-disc ezixinzezelayo iintsholongwane zentambo yomthambo. I-fusion yomlomo wesibeleko , okanye ukufakela iidiski kwingingqi yomlomo wesiqulatho, kunokunceda ukuzinzisa intamo.
Kubalulekile ukubona ugqirha wakho xa uqala ukufumana iimpawu. Ukuxilongwa kwangaphambili kuya kunceda unyango olusenokwenzeka ukuba lunokuphucula inkqubo yokuguba okanye ubuncinci ukuphucula iimpawu nokuphucula umsebenzi.
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