Ama-Keloids

I-keloid ukukhula kwezicubu zesibazi esengeziwe. Kwenzeka lapho isikhumba sipholile ngemuva kokulimala.

Ama-Keloids angakha ngemuva kokulimala kwesikhumba kusuka ku:

• Izinduna
• Kushe
• Inqubulunjwana
• Ukubhoboza indlebe noma umzimba
• Ukuklwebheka okuncane
• Ukusikeka ekuhlinzweni noma ekulimaleni
• Izindawo zokugoma

Ama-keloid avame kakhulu kubantu abangaphansi kweminyaka engama-30. Abantu abaNsundu, ama-Asiya, namaHispanic bathambekele kakhulu ekuthuthukiseni ama-keloid. AmaKeloid avame ukugijima emindenini. Kwesinye isikhathi, umuntu angahle angakhumbuli ukuthi yikuphi ukulimala okwenze ukuthi i-keloid yakheke.

I-keloid ingaba:

• Umbala wenyama, obomvu, noma obomvana
• Kutholakala ngaphezulu kwesiza sesilonda noma sokulimala
• Lumpy noma ridged
• Ithenda futhi ziyaluma
• Ukucasulwa ukungqubuzana njengokuhlikihla ezingutsheni

I-keloid izosuka ibe mnyama kunesikhumba esisizungezile uma ivezwe elangeni ngonyaka wokuqala ngemuva kokuba yakhiwe. Umbala omnyama kungenzeka ungahambi.

Udokotela wakho uzobheka isikhumba sakho ukuze abone ukuthi unayo yini i-keloid. I-biopsy yesikhumba ingenziwa ukukhipha ezinye izinhlobo zokukhula kwesikhumba (izicubu).

AmaKeloid kaningi awadingi ukwelashwa. Uma i-keloid ikukhathaza, xoxa ngokukhathazeka kwakho nodokotela wesikhumba (dermatologist). Udokotela angancoma lezi zindlela zokwelashwa ukunciphisa usayizi we-keloid:

• Imijovo ye-Corticosteroid
• Ukubanda (cryotherapy)
• Ukwelashwa kwe-Laser
• Imisebe
• Ukususwa kokuhlinzwa
• Ijeli le-Silicone noma amabala

Lezi zindlela zokwelapha, ikakhulukazi ukuhlinzwa, kwesinye isikhathi zenza ukuthi isibazi se-keloid sikhule.

Ama-Keloids ngokuvamile awabi yingozi empilweni yakho, kodwa angathinta indlela obukeka ngayo.

Shayela umhlinzeki wakho wezempilo uma:

• Uthuthukisa ama-keloids futhi ufuna ukuthi asuswe noma ancishiswe
• Uba nezimpawu ezintsha

Lapho uselangeni:

• Mboza i-keloid eyakha nge-patch noma i-adhesive bandage.
• Sebenzisa ukuvimbela ilanga.

Qhubeka nokulandela lezi zinyathelo okungenani izinyanga eziyisithupha ngemuva kokulimala noma ukuhlinzwa kwabantu abadala. Izingane zingadinga izinyanga eziyi-18 zokuzivikela.

Ukhilimu we-Imiquimod ungasiza ekuvikeleni ama-keloids ekwakhiweni ngemuva kokuhlinzwa. Ukhilimu ungavimbela futhi ama-keloid ukuthi angabuyi ngemuva kokuthi esusiwe.

Isibanda se-Keloid; I-Scar - keloid

• Keloid ngenhla kwendlebe
• I-Keloid - i-pigmented
• I-Keloid - ngonyawo

I-Dinulos JGH. Izimila zesikhumba seBenign. Ku: I-Dinulos JGH, ed. IHabif's Clinical Dermatology. Umhla wesi-7. IPhiladelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2021: isahluko 20.

IPatterson JW. Ukuphazamiseka kwe-collagen. Ku: Patterson JW, ed. I-Weedon's Skin Pathology. Umhlaka 5. IPhiladelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2021: isahluko 12.