Ngaba Ndiyayifuna Uvavanyo Lwempawu Zomzimba?

I-DEXA Ukujonga I-Bone Ukunyaniseka kwe-Bone Can Tell Your Risk of Osteoporosis

Uvavanyo lokuxinwa kwe-Bone linconywa ukuba luhlolisise ukulahleka kwegazi kunye ne-osteoporosis. Uvavanyo oluqhelekileyo luyi-scan-ray-radi-absorptometry (DEXA). I-osteoporosis ibangela ukuhla kwe-bone mass, edlalwa ngokuba yincinci yethambo. Xa oko kwenzeka, isigulane esinama-osteoporosis siya kuba namandla amathambo kwaye ibe nomngcipheko ophezulu wokuphulwa kwethambo .

Ngubani omele abe ne-DEXA Test Density Test?

I-National Osteoporosis Foundation inezi khokelo zeklinikhi.

Bancoma i-DEXA ukuskena kwisibonelelo esisebenzisa amanyathelo okuqinisekisa umgangatho.

Isiphakamiso samanje esivela kwi-US Preventative Task Force Force sisetyenziselwa ukuvavanywa kwamathambo ubuncinane kanye kanye kubo bonke abasetyhini abaneminyaka engama-65 nangaphezulu kunye nabasetyhini abasebancinci abanezinto ezinobungozi obuphakamisa umngcipheko wabo wokungqubuzana ulingana okanye ukhulu kunaloo-65- Umfazi omdala oneminyaka emhlophe ongenayo ingozi eyongeziweyo. Ezi zikhokelo zihlaziywa kwaye zihlaziywa.

Iingxaki zobungozi be-Osteoporosis

Ezinye zezinto eziqhelekileyo zobungozi zibandakanya:

Yiyiphi i-DEXA Scan Scan Bone Attitude?

I-DEXA imele "i-absorptiometry yamandla emibini-yamandla," kwaye ithathwa njengolu vavanyo oluchanekileyo lweethambo.

Nangona i-x-ray imilinganiselo ibonisa utshintsho kwi-bone strength emva kwe-40% yokulahlekelwa kwethambo , i-DEXA yokukhangela iyakwazi ukubona utshintsho emva kwe-1% utshintsho. I-DEXA iskena malunga nemizuzu eyi-10 kwaye iveza isigulane ukuya kumbane ongaphantsi kwe-x-ray esifubeni (malunga nomlinganiselo ofanayo wokutshatyalaliswa kwemisebe njengokuthatha i-flight-continental flight).

Ziyintoni Iingxelo Zomvavanyo Zomzimba Wamaxhala?

Iziphumo zesilinganiselo sokuxinwa kwethambo (DEXA scan) zichazwe ngeendlela ezimbini: njengezikolo ze-T kunye nezikolo ze-Z.

Umlinganiselo we- T uqhathanisa ubuxhakaxhaka bethambo lwakho kwiqondo eliphezulu leethambo lobukhulu besini sakho. Kubikwa njengenani leempazamo eziqhelekileyo ezingaphantsi komyinge.

Isikolo se- Z sisetyenziselwa ukuthelekisa iziphumo zakho kwabanye abalingani bakho, ubunzima, ubuhlanga kunye nobulili. Oku kuncedo ukunquma ukuba kukho into engavumelekanga yokufaka isandla ekulahlekeni kwethambo lakho. Umlinganiselo we-Z ongaphantsi kwe-minus-1.5 uphakamisa inkxalabo yokuba izinto ezingafani nokuguga zigalela kwi-osteoporosis. Ezi zinto zingabandakanya ukungabikho kwe-thyroid, ukungondleki, ukusetyenziswa kwamachiza, ukusetyenziswa kwecuba kunye nabanye.

Ngaba unyango luya kuhlawula i- DEXA Scans ?

I-Medicare yangoku iNgxenye B (i-Inshurensi yezoNyango) ikhupha le mvavanyo ngaphandle kweendleko rhoqo emva kweenyanga ezingama-24, okanye ngokuphindaphindiweyo ukuba kuyimfuneko yokwelapha. Uvumelekile kula maxesha alandelayo:

Iinkqubo zokufumana i-DEXA Scan

Umxholo wokufumana i-DEXA Scan

> Imithombo:

> I-National Osteoporosis Foundation. Isikhokelo seNtsholongwane kuPhephelo nokuPhathwa kwe-Osteoporosis. I-Washington, DC: Isiseko se-Osteoporosis Foundation; 2013.

> I-US Preventive Services Task Force. Ukuhlolwa kwe-Osteoporosis: INkcazo yeNkcazo. I-Phys Physician. 2011; 83: 1197-200. PMID: 21568254.