Abantu abane- arthritis okanye ezinye iimeko ze-rheumatic ngamanye amaxesha badidekile malunga nokuba ngaba kufuneka bafumane ukugonya komkhuhlane wabo wonyaka. Ziziphi izikhokelo ezimele zilandelwe ngokubhekiselele kumkhuhlane wezahlulo zeso sigalo sezigulane? Ingaba kukho na ukuchaseneka kokufumana umkhuhlane?
Yintoni i-Flu?
I-Flu, ebizwa ngokuba yi-influenza, isifo esiyintsholongwane esichaphazela iphepheni yokuphefumula.
Iimpawu ziquka:
- umkhuhlane (uvame ukuphakama)
- intloko
- ukukhathala
- ukukhwehlela
- umqala obuhkungu
- impumlo ye-runny (ukukhutshwa kwamanzi) okanye impumlo ephihliweyo (ukudibanisa kwamanzi)
- iimpawu zesisu kunye neempawu zesisu (umzekelo, isicupunu kunye nokuhlanza kunye / okanye urhudo)
Ngokuqhelekileyo, ukuya kuma-20 ekhulwini labantu base-US banokuchaphazeleka ngumkhuhlane kunye nabangaphezu kwama-200,000 esibhedlele ngenxa yeengxaki ezinjenge-pneumonia. Kuqikelelwa ukuba iipesenti ezili-15 zezigulane ziza kufa ngenxa yokugula.
I-Vaccine ye-Flu: Iintlobo ezimbini
Indlela efanelekileyo yokukhusela umkhuhlane kukuba ugonywe ngonyaka. Kukho ezimbini iindidi zentsholongwane. Umkhuhlane wesifo uqulethe igciwane elibuleweyo elithetha ukuba linikezelwa kubantu abanezifo ezingapheliyo ezifana ne-lupus ne- rheumatoid arthritis. Utshutshiso lomkhuhlane luyi-vaccine ekhuthazwayo.
Esinye isitofu esinganyanzelwanga sisifo sokugonywa komkhuhlane. Ngenxa yokuba i-virus ephilayo, inokuba yingozi kubantu abanezifo zonyango ezingapheliyo kwaye ayivunyelwe nakubantu abanempilo abangaphantsi kwe-5 okanye ngaphezulu kwe-49.
Kwakhona, isitofu sokugonywa sisisidumbu akufanele sinikezelwe kwabasetyhini abakhulelweyo.
Xa Ufanele Ufumane Uluhlu Lwemvula?
Oktobha noNovemba lixesha elifanelekileyo lokugonya kodwa lingaba luncedo kwiinyanga ezizayo. I-CDC (iZiko loLawulo lweZifo kunye nokuThinjwa) licebisa izigulane ezisengozini enkulu yokukhupha izifo zentsholongwane.
Ezinye zala maqela zibandakanya kodwa azithethi:
- abantu abangaphezulu kwama-65
- abahlali bezindlu zokunyamekela okanye amaziko okunyamekela ixesha elide
- abadala kunye nabantwana abangeenyanga ezili-6 nangaphezulu abafuna unyango lwangonyango rhoqo ngenxa yesistim somzimba sokusilela - kuquka nezigulane ezithatha imishanguzo enjengale:
- i-corticosteroids (i-prednisone, i-medrol, i-hydrocortisone)
- azathioprin (Imuran)
- methotrexate (iRheumatrex, Trexall)
- Arava (i-leflunomide)
- I-Cytoxan (cyclophosphamide)
- Enbrel (etanercept)
- Humira (adalimumab)
- Remicade (infliximab)
Zonke ezi zonyango zinganyusa umngcipheko wosulelo.
Yintoni Ongayenzayo Ukukhusela I-Flu?
Ukongezelela kokugonya, ezinye iingcebiso zokunceda ukukhusela usuleleko ukusasazeka ziquka:
- kuhlala ekhaya xa ugula
- ukugubungela umlomo wakho kunye neempumlo (ngokufanelekileyo kunye nezicubu) xa ukhwehlela okanye udibanisa
- hlamba izandla
- ukuphepha ukuchukumisa amehlo akho, impumlo okanye umlomo
Ekugqibeleni, iziyobisi ezinjenge-antiviral ezifana neTamiflu (oseltamivir) zingasetyenziselwa ukuthintela okanye ukunciphisa imiphumo yomkhuhlane. Ukufumana ulwazi oluthe vetshe nceda uvakashele iwebhusayithi ye-CDC (amaZiko okuLawulwa kweNtsholongwane kunye nokuKhusela).
- 2017-2018 Ixesha leFlu
Impendulo eyanikwe nguScott J. Zashin, MD, uprofesa oncedisayo wezonyango kwiYunivesithi yaseTexas Southwestern Medical School, iCandelo leRheumatology, eDallas, eTexas. UDkt. Zashin naye uhamba noogqirha kwii-Hospital zasePresbyterian zaseDallas nasePlano. Ungumntu we-American College of Physicians kunye ne-American College of Rheumatology kunye nelungu le-American Medical Association.