Bobabini Zizifo Zomzimba Ngezinye Iimpawu Ezifanayo
I-Lupus kunye ne- rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ziimeko ezimbini ezahlukeneyo, nangona kunjalo, zombini izifo ezizimeleyo ezihlasela umzimba ngendlela efanayo. Izifo ezizimela ngokuzenzekelayo zenzeka xa isistim somzimba sakho sesisifo somzimba kwaye umzimba wakho awukwazi ukwahlula phakathi kweeseli kunye nezicubu kunye nemeko yangaphandle, njengamayeza. Kunokuba nje uvelise izixhobo zokulwa nama-antigen (iintsholongwane, iibhaktheriya kunye nabanye abahlaseli), isistim somzimba sakho sokuzivikela senza ama-autoantibodies ahlasela izilo kunye nezicubu zakho.
Yintoni i-Rheumatoid Arthritis?
I-rheumatoid arthritis yenzeka xa isistim somzimba sakho sokuzivikela sichasa iil linings kunye kunye, kwiimeko ezinzima, izitho zangaphakathi. I-RA inokuchaphazela umzimba ngaphaya kwamajoyina, ukuhlasela amehlo, umlomo kunye nemiphunga. Abaphandi abaqinisekanga oko kubangelwa i-RA, kodwa iizakhi zakho, indawo, kunye nama-hormone kunokubangela isifo.
Kwixesha elingaphezu kwexesha elide, ukuvuvukala okunxulumene ne-rheumatoid arthritis kunokubangela ukuba amathambo akho ahlaziye kunye namalungu ukuze ahluthe. I-RA nayo inokubangela ubuhlungu, ukuvuvukala, ukuqina, kunye nokulahleka komsebenzi kumalungu. I-RA ixhaphazela kakhulu i-arm kunye neminwe kodwa inokuchaphazela nayiphi na inxalenye. I-RA ixhaphake kakhulu kubasetyhini kunabantu kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo iqala phakathi kweminyaka eyi-25 no-55.
Akukho nonyango ye-RA kodwa unyango lunokukunceda ukulawula iimpawu nokunciphisa izifo zesifo. Amachiza asetyenziswa ku-RA aqukethe izidakamizwa ezichasene ne-rheumatic (DMARDS), izidakamizwa ezichasayo ezingabhubhisiyo, iziyobisi ezingenayo i-immunosuppressive, i-steroids, kunye nezidakamizwa ezichasayo.
I-rheumatologist yakho inokuphinda ikhuthaze unyango lomzimba njengenxalenye yesicwangciso sakho sonyango. Kwiimeko zesifo se-rheumatoid esiyingozi, ungadinga ukutshintshwa okuhlangeneyo, kuxhomekeke kwiindawo ezichaphazelekayo.
Yintoni iLupus?
I-Lupus isifo esibangeleko sokuvuvukala esiza kwiingqungquthela, kunye nesistim somzimba sakho sokuzivikela esihlasela amaxube ahlukeneyo kunye namalungu.
Kukho iintlobo ezininzi ze-lupus: i-systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), i-lupus eyenziwa ngamachiza, i-cutaneous (i-discoid lupus) kunye ne-neonatal lupus. I-Lupus inokuchaphazela nayiphi na inxalenye yomzimba, kodwa ininzi ihlasela ulusu, amalunga, intliziyo, imiphunga, igazi, izintso kunye nengqondo.
I-SLE iyona hlobo oluqhelekileyo lwe-lupus, kunye nemeko efunyenwe ngokuphindaphindiweyo kubasetyhini kunamadoda. Amanye amaqela eentlanga ezifana nabantu base-Afrika base-Afrika, ama-Asiya kunye nalabo baseMicrosoft abazalwa banakho amathuba okuphuhlisa i-lupus.
Ngaphandle kwebala kunye nobulili, izinto zokusingqongileyo, ubudala, kunye namayeza kunokuchaphazela nokuba ngaba awuyi kuphuhlisa i-lupus. Ukuba unayo i-lupus okanye i-lupus, i-sun iyakwenza i-lupus flare. I-Lupus iphinda ixilongwe ngabantu abaselula phakathi kweminyaka eyi-15 no-40. Kwezinye iimeko, i-lupus ibangelwa yimichiza, eyaziwa ngokuba yi-lupus. Kwiimeko ze-lupus ezibangelwa yiziyobisi, iziganeko zihlala zixazulula emva kokuba unyango luphelile.
Iimpawu ze lupus ziquka:
- Fever
- Ukukhathala
- Intlungu ehlangeneyo
- Ukuqhaqhazela kwamehlo ebhathane
- Iintlungu zesifuba
- Iifayili
- Amehlo aname
- Intloko
Akunakho unyango lwe-lupus, nangona kunjalo, unokunyangwa ngamachiza anjengezidakamizwa ezingabhubhisiyo (i-NSAID), i-antimalarials, i-corticosteroids, kunye ne-immunosuppressants.
Kwiimeko ezininzi, njenge-rheumatoid arthritis, unyango lwakho kunye nokunyamekela luya kulawulwa ngu-rheumatologist-ugqirha ogxininisa kwizifo ze-musculoskelet kunye nezimo ezithile ezizimeleyo.
Ukuba ucinga ukuba unakho i-lupus okanye i-rheumatoid arthritis, thetha nodokotela wakho uze ucele ukuthunyelwa ukuze ubone i-rheumatologist yokuhlola iimvavanyo.
Umthombo: I- Rheumatoid Arthritis. ILayibrari yeSizwe ka-US yamayeza. AmaZiko eZiko lezeMpilo.