Ubomi bokulindela Ubomi kubantu abaneCystic Fibrosis

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I-Cystic fibrosis (CF) yintlupheko eqhubekayo echaphazela umgangatho wobomi kunye nobude bobomi kulabo abaphila nesi sifo. Ngoxa i-technically isifo esingabonakaliyo (esichaphazela abantu abangama-30,000 kuphela e-US), isacinga nje enye yeengxaki zokusabalalisa ezithintekayo zobomi.

Ngoxa ixesha lokuphila kwabantu abaneCF lihlala lingaphantsi kwelo lilonke labantu, ukwandisa ulwazi malunga nesi sifo, kunye nokunyanga okunyanga , sele kuqalile ukuguqula izinto.

Ubomi obulindelekileyo Uzuze kubantu abaneCystic Fibrosis

Ngowe-1938, xa i-CF ibonwa kuqala njengesifo, ezininzi iintsana ezixilongwe ngengxaki ziyafa ngaphambi kokuzalwa kwazo kokuqala. Ngama-1950, abantu abane-CF bahlala ixesha elide kodwa bekunqabile ukuba benze ukuhamba ebuntwaneni. Nangona izinto zaqala ukuphucula ngama-1980, xa abantu ngoku bahlala phakathi kwabo ukuya kwiminyaka eyi-20, bekungekho ukufumanisa i-CFTR gene ngo-1989 ukuba saqala ukubona ukujika.

Namhlanje, zixhobile ukuqonda okungcono impawu zofuzo zeCF, sinendlela yokuphatha kakuhle isifo, ukuthintela ukusuleleka, nokuphucula umsebenzi wamaphaphu kulabo abaphila neengxaki.

Ngenxa yoko, ithuba lokuphila lobomi labantu abahlala neCF namhlanje liyiminyaka eyi-37.5. Kwilizwe elithuthukileyo, loo mfanekiso iphakamileyo kunye nokuqikelelwa okuphakathi kwimizuzu engama-42 ukuya kuma-50.

Ngokuphuculwa kwonyango kunye ne-biotechnologies, abaphandi baqikelela ukuba iintsana ezizalwe namhlanje zingakwazi ukuhlala kakuhle ngaphaya kokuzalwa kwazo ezingama-50.

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Phantse iipesenti ezingama-80 zabantu abane-cystic fibrosis baya kuba nosulelo lwe- Pseudomonas aeruginosa , iibhaktheriya eziqhelekileyo zijonga ukusabalalisa okubanzi kwiplanethi.

Abantu abaneCF banomngcipheko omkhulu kakhulu weP. aeruginosa , ukusuleleka oko kungaholela ekupheleleni ukuphefumula kwanokufa.

Enyanisweni, ama-50 ekhulwini labantu abaneCF ababhedlele kwi- P. aeruginosa baya kufa ngenxa yesifo.

Ngenhlanhla, kukho ezininzi izidakamizwa namhlanje ezinokunyanga nokukhusela i- P. aeruginosa isifo. Ezi ziquka i-antibiotics tobramycin, i-levofloxacin, i-ciprofloxacin, i-azithromycin kunye ne-spectrum cephalosporins. Ukukhethwa kwezidakamizwa kudla ngokusekelwe kwiimvavanyo ukufumanisa ukukhawuleza kwenkxalabo ye-Pseudomonas kwiinqunto ezahlukeneyo ze-antibiotics.

Ulawulo luyehluka ngohlobo kunye nesigaba sentsholongwane. I-tobramycin okanye i-levofloxacin ifakwe rhoqo ngeenyanga ngexesha lokukhusela ukukhula kwebhakteria. I-ciprofloxacin yomlomo kunye ne-azithromycin ingasetyenziselwa ukuthintela ukusuleleka okanye ukuphatha isifo sosuleleko.

I-P. aeruginosa inokuphathwa kwakhona ngefomicillin ebizwa ngokuba yi-ureidopenicillin.

Olunye Uphuhliso Lwonyango lweCystic Fibrosis

Ukongezelela kwindlela yokwelapha i-antibiotic esebenzayo, ezinye iintuthuko zenzelwe unyango lweengxaki zombini kunye ne-CF. Ziquka:

Zonke ezi zinto zigalelo ekunyuseni izinga lokusinda kubantu abakwiCF.

ILizwi

I-Cystic fibrosis isifo esihluke kakhulu kunokuba bekuyi-20 okanye engama-30 edlulileyo. Namhlanje, abantu abaneCF banokuphila ubomi obuqinileyo nofezekileyo, ukuya kwikholeji, ukufumana imisebenzi, kunye nokucwangcisa intsapho. Yonke into ithatha iminyathelo engama-6 ukuqinisekisa ubomi obude kunye nobomi:

Ekugqibeleni, i-cystic fibrosis ayikho isigwebo sokufa esasetyenziswa kuso, kwaye, ngokunyamekela nokunyangwa okufanelekileyo, akukho sizathu sokuba ungeke udlule ukulindela kumgangatho nobuninzi bobomi.

> Umthombo:

> O'Sullivan, B. kunye noFransman, S. "I-Cystic fibrosis." Lancet . 2009; 373 (9678): 1891-1904.