Ulwazi o lufuna Ukwazi
I-arthritis ngokwezwi nezwi ithetha ukutshaya okuhlangeneyo. "I-Arth" ibhekisela kumalungu, kwaye "itis" ibhekisela ekuvukeleni. Nangona abantu abaninzi becinga, i-arthritis ayisinye isifo. Kukho iintlobo ezahlukeneyo ze-arthritis ezichaphazela abantu beeminyaka yonke, kuquka nabantwana abangaba ngu-300 000.
Izimpawu kunye nezibonakaliso zeArthritis
Iimpawu ezilumkiso ze-arthritis ziquka:
- Intlungu ehlangeneyo
- Ukuvuvukala okuhlangeneyo
- Ubunzima obuhlangeneyo
- Unzima ukuhambisa elinye okanye amaninzi amaninzi (ulwahlulo olukhawulelweyo)
Ukuba iimpawu okanye iimpawu ziyaqhubeka, kufuneka uqhagamshelane nodokotela.
- Iimpawu kunye neempawu zeArthritis
- Imibuzo: Ngaba Unayo I-Arthritis?
Ininzi yeFomathi yeArthritis
Uhlobo oluqhelekileyo lwe-arthritis yi- osteoarthritis , ngamanye amaxesha kuthiwa yi-arthritis okanye isifo esihlangeneyo. I-Osteoarthritis ithinta abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-27 e-United States. Ifom eyintloko ye-osteoarthritis isoloko ihambelana nokuguga, kodwa i-osteoarthritis yesibini inokuphuhliswa ngenxa yokulimala kunye okanye ukukhuluphala.
I-Rheumatoid Arthritis Ngaba i-Autoimmune Disease
I-rheumatoid arthritis yinye indlela eqhelekileyo ye-arthritis. Isifo esizimele kwaye sithintela abantu abadala abayi-1.5 eMelika. Kwi-rheumatoid arthritis, isistim somzimba somntu sihlasela iiseli ngaphakathi kwesikhuntshana sayo sendibano.
Ukuvuvukala okungapheliyo okunxulumene ne-rheumatoid arthritis kubhubhisa i-cartilage, ithambo, kunye ne-ligaments, ezikhokelela ekukhubazekeni nokukhubazeka. Kukho nakhona imiphumo yeenkqubo ezihambelana neziganeko ezinzima zesifo se-rheumatoid arthritis.
Akukho Philisi yeArthritis
Ngelishwa, akukho nonyango ye-arthritis.
Kukho iindlela ezahlukeneyo zonyango ezinokukunceda ekulawuleni intlungu kunye nokunciphisa umngcipheko wokukhubazeka ngokusisigxina kunye nokukhubazeka. Ukuxilongwa kwangaphambili kunye nesicwangciso sonyango olukhuselekileyo kubonwa njengemibandela ebalulekileyo kakhulu ekufumaneni i-arthritis phantsi kolawulo.
Isicwangciso seNyango yokuThatyathwa - Yintoni leyo?
Ngokuxhomekeke kwiimpawu zakho kunye noviwo lwakho, ugqirha unokugqiba ukuphatha kakubi kwaye ungayigcini. Ukunyanga ngokuzimeleyo kubandakanya ukuchaza kuphela i- aspirin , i-Tylenol, okanye enye ye-NSAIDS yendala yemveli (engeyi-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs).
Ukuba unesifo sokuvuvukala kwesifo se-arthritis kwaye ukuba ugqirha unqwenela kukuphatha kakubi, unokufaka i-methotrexate okanye i- Arava (i-leflunomide) kwi-regimen yakho. I-Methotrexate ne-Arava ziphakathi kweklasi yeziyobisi ezibizwa ngokuba yi- DMARDS (isifo sokuguqula izidakamizwa ezichasene ne-rheumatic). Ngaphandle koko, kukho iklasi yeziyobisi ezibizwa ngokuba yi-biologics.
I-Prednisone ikwaqwalaselwa kwakhona xa izama ukuyeka i-arthritic flare. Ezinye iziyobisi zisekuphuhlisweni. Kukho uninzi lwezibonelelo zonyama ukuzama. Iiprogram zokuzilolonga, unyango lomzimba, utyando kunye nezinye izibonelelo zonyango zingaba yinxalenye yonyango lwenyango.
Indlela iArthritis ichongwa ngayo
Ukuba uyakrokraza ukuba une-arthritis , okanye ukuba iimpawu zesifo samathambo ziqhubeka zingaphezu kweeveki ezimbini, kufuneka ubone ugqirha. Uviwo luya kwenziwa kwiofisi yegqirha, kwaye imbali yakho yonyango iya kuthathwa. Emva kokubonisana kwakho, ugqirha uya kuyala iimvavanyo zelabhoratri ezifanelekileyo kunye ne-x-ray ukuqinisekisa ukuxilongwa kwe-arthritis. Iimvavanyo ezisisiseko ziya ku-oya kuqala, kwaye kunokubakho iimvavanyo ezinzima eziyalelwe emva kamva. Iimvavanyo zichonga ukuba unemiqondiso engavumelekanga yokuvuvukala, umonakalo odibeneyo okanye u-erosions.
Fumana iRheumatologist
I-Rheumatologists ngugqirha oogqirha abanobuchule be-arthritis kunye nezifo ezinxulumene ne-arthritis.
I-Rheumatologists baxhomekeke kakhulu kwiingcali zeengcali kunye neengcali malunga neendlela zokonyango zesifo se-arthritis. Ngaba umqeqeshi we-internist okanye ugqirha oyintloko ugxile kwi-rheumatologist.
- Indlela yokufumana iRheumatologist enkulu
- Ukutyelela kuqala kwiRheumatologist
- Izizathu ezi-10 zokutshisa ugqirha wakho
Izibalo ezikhawulezayo malunga neArthritis
- Abantu abayizigidi ezingama-52.50 baye bazichazela ngokugqithisa ugqirha.
- Abantu abayizigidi ezingama-67 (25%), abaneminyaka eyi-18 okanye ngaphezulu, baya kuba ne-arthritis ye-arthritis ngo-2030.
- I-arthritis kunye nezinye izimo ze-rheumatic yizona zizathu eziqhelekileyo zokukhubazeka phakathi kwabantu abadala base-US kwaye sele ziyiminyaka eyi-15 edluleyo.
Umthombo:
Idatha yeArthritis kunye nezibalo. Amacandelo okuLawula nokuKhuselwa kwezifo. Agasti 1, 2011. (Ukuhlaziywa nge-17 kuMatshi 2014)
http://www.cdc.gov/arthritis/data_statistics.htm