Oko Okumele Ukwazi Ngobunzima be-G6PD

Inkcazo

I-glucose 6 I-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6PD) isweleko yintlupheko ye-enzyme ekhoyo kwihlabathi. Phantse abantu abayizigidi ezingama-400 abachaphazelekayo emhlabeni jikelele. Kukho ukuhluka okukhulu kwinqanaba elisekelwe ekuguqulweni kwelifa.

I-G6PD iyi-enzyme efunyenwe kwiseli elibomvu legazi elifunekayo ukunika amandla kwiseli. Ngaphandle kwalo mandla, iseli elibomvu legazi libhujiswa ngumzimba (i-hemolysis) ekhokelela ekubeni ne- anemia kunye ne-jaundice (ukuphuzila kwesikhumba).

Ngubani Osemngciphekweni we-G6PD?

Imfuza ye-G6PD ifumaneka kwi-X ye-chromosome eyenza abesilisa banokungabikho kwintlupheko ye-G6PD (i-X-linked disorder). Ukusilela kwe-G6PD kukhusela abantu ekusulelekeni kwi-malariya ngoko kubonakala ngokuqhelekileyo kwiindawo ezinokutheleleka kwezinga le-malariya ephezulu njenge-Afrika, ummandla waseMeditera kunye ne-Asia. EUnited States, i-10% yabantu base-Afrika baseMelika banesifo se-G6PD.

Ziziphi Iimpawu?

Iimpawu zixhomekeke kuloluphi utshintsho oluthatha ilifa. Abanye abantu abanakuze bafumaneke ukuba akukho mpawu ekhoyo. Ezinye izigulane ezinokukhubazeka kwe-G6PD zinempawu kuphela xa zichazwe kumayeza athile okanye ukutya (jonga uluhlu olungezantsi). Abanye abantu banokuthi bafunyanwe njengeintsana emva kokufumana i-jaundice enzima (ebizwa ngokuba yi-hyperbilirubinemia). Kuzo zi gulane kunye nalabo abaneendlela ezinzima kakhulu ze-G6PD ezingenayo i-hemolysis engapheliyo, iimpawu ziquka:

Ulwaphulo lwe-G6PD lubonwa njani?

Ukufumanisa ukusilela kwe-G6PD kunokukhohlisa. Okokuqala, ugqirha kufuneka ugculele ukuba unesifo se-hemolytic anemia (ukuchithwa kwamaseli obomvu). Oku kuvame ukuqinisekiswa ngokubala okupheleleyo kwegazi kunye nombolo ye-reticulocyte.

I-Reticulocyte iisetyini zegazi ezibomvu ezithunyelwe kwi-bone lomnxeba ekuphenduleni i-anemia. Inemia ye-anemia ene-high reticulocyte count ihambelana ne-hemolytic anemia. Ezinye iilabhu zingabandakanya ukubala kwe-bilirubin okuza kuphakanyiswa. I-Bilirubiin ikhutshwa kwi-cell ebomvu yegazi xa idilizwe kwaye ibangela i-jaundice ngexesha leengxaki ze-hemolytic.

Kwinkqubo yokumisela ukuxilongwa, ugqirha wakho uya kufuna ukulawula i- hemolytic anemia (AIHA). Uvavanyo oluchasene ne-globulin test (olubizwa ngokuba luvavanyo lweCoombs ngqo) luvavanya ukuba kukho iindiza eziza kubomvu iiseli ezibomvu ezibangela ukuba zihlaselwe ngumzimba wakho wokuzivikela. Njengamaxesha amaninzi e-anemia ye-hemolytic, i-blood smear ye-peripheral (i-microscope slide yegazi) inceda gqitha. Kwi-G6PD ukusilela, iiseli zokuluma kunye neeseli ze-blister ziqhelekile. Ezi zibangelwa yiinguqu ezenzeka kwi-cell cell ebomvu njengoko libhujiswa.

Ukuba ukulahleka kwe-G6PD kukhunjulwa, inqanaba le-G6PD lingasuswa. Iqondo eliphantsi leG6PD lihambelana nokusilela kwe-G6PD. Ngelishwa, phakathi kwenkathazo enkulu ye-hemolytic inqanaba eliqhelekileyo le-G6PD aliyikulawula ukusilela. I-reticulocytes ezininzi ezikhoyo ngexesha lobunzima be-hemolytic zinamanqanaba aqhelekileyo e-G6PD obangela ukungalunganga.

Ukuba u krokrelwa kakhulu, uvavanyo kufuneka luphindwe xa isigulane sisesimo esisezantsi.

G6PD ithathwa njani?

Gwema amayeza okanye ukutya okubangela i-hemolytic (i-red red cells). Ezinye zezi zidweliswe ngezantsi.

Ukuxilongwa kwegazi kusetyenziswa xa i-anemia iyingozi kwaye isigulane sisifo. Ngethamsanqa, ezininzi izigulane azifuneki ukuxilongwa.