Ingabe Ukwelashwa Kusiza Ukwelapha I-Rheumatoid Arthritis?

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• Ziyini izinzuzo?
• Ziyini izingozi?
• Yiziphi ezinye izindlela zokwelapha zemvelo?
• Ukuthatha

Ukubuka konke

I-Acupuncture wuhlobo lomuthi wendabuko waseChina owabuyela emuva ezinkulungwaneni zeminyaka edlule. Ama-acupuncturist asebenzisa izinaliti ezinhle ezindaweni zokucindezela ezingxenyeni ezahlukahlukene zomzimba. Le ndlela yokwelashwa kuthiwa:

• ukunciphisa ukuvuvukala
• phumuza umzimba
• ukwandisa ukugeleza kwegazi

Kukholelwa futhi ukuthi kukhulula ama-endorphin. Lawa ngamahomoni emvelo anciphisa umuzwa wezinhlungu.

Ngokwesiko lamaShayina, amandla amahle ageleza nge- “qi” (ebizwa ngokuthi “chee”). Kungavinjelwa izithiyo ezibizwa nge- “bi.” Izinaliti zivula i-qi futhi zisuse i-bi.

Iningi labantu noma lingazizwa izinaliti, noma lizwa isigaxa esincane kakhulu lapho kufakwa izinaliti. Izinaliti kuthiwa zizacile kunomucu wezinwele.

Abanye abantu basebenzisa i-acupuncture ukwelapha ubuhlungu obuhlangene, kanye nokuphathwa yikhanda, ubuhlungu beqolo nokukhathazeka.

Njengoba i-rheumatoid arthritis (RA) ingadala ukuvuvukala emalungeni noma entanyeni ephezulu - futhi njengoba ukuvuvukala okuhlangene kungaholela ebuhlungwini - abantu abanalesi simo bangafuna ukuzama ukuthena ukuze bathole ukukhululeka.

Ziyini izinzuzo?

Ngenkathi i-acupuncture inabagxeki bayo, kunobunye ubufakazi besayensi bokuthi ingasiza ekunciphiseni ubuhlungu kubantu abane-RA.

Ocwaningweni olwenziwe eNyuvesi yase-Ottawa, ababambiqhaza abanezinhlungu zamadolo ngenxa ye-RA bathola ukuphumula nge-electroacupuncture. Lolu hlobo lokugcaba lusebenzisa amandla kagesi adonsa ngezinaliti. Abahlanganyeli babone ukuncipha kobuhlungu kokubili amahora angama-24 ngemuva kokwelashwa nezinyanga ezine kamuva. Kodwa-ke, ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi usayizi wesampula ubumncane kakhulu ukuthi ungancoma i-eletroacupuncture njengokwelashwa.

IPacific College of Oriental Medicine ibalula ngezifundo ezimbili ezibonisa izinzuzo zokutholwa kwesikhumba kanye ne-eletroacupuncture:

• Esokuqala isifundo esivela eRussia esinabantu abangu-16 ababene-RA. I-Auriculo-electropuncture, ebeka izinaliti ezingxenyeni ezikhethekile zendlebe, ikhonjiswe ukuthuthukisa isimo sayo ngamasampula egazi.
• Ocwaningweni lwesibili, ababambiqhaza abangama-54 abane-RA bathole “abaswele abadinga usizo.” Lokhu kwelashwa ngokukhishwa kwesikhumba usebenzisa uZhuifengsu, umuthi waseChina.Ucwaningo kuthiwa luzosebenza ngamaphesenti ayi-100, yize kungekho mininingwane ethize efakwe ohlwini mayelana nenqubo.

Izinaliti zokuthambisa zingabekwa emzimbeni wonke. Amaphoyinti okuthambisa akudingeki abekwe ngqo lapho uzwa khona ubuhlungu, kodwa kunalokho ezindaweni zokucindezela ezikhonjwa yi-acupuncturist yakho.

I-acupuncturist ingafaka izinaliti emilenzeni yakho, emadolweni, ezingalweni, emahlombe, nakwezinye izindawo. Ukugxila kula maphuzu kunganciphisa ukuvuvukala, kwandise ama-endorphin, futhi kudale ukuphumula. Eqinisweni, abantu abaningi balale phakathi nezikhathi zabo.

Ziyini izingozi?

Kunezingozi ezimbalwa ezihilelekile ekuthonyeni, nakuba iningi labaphenyi linomuzwa wokuthi izinzuzo ezingaba khona zidlula lezi zingozi. Ngokwengeziwe, abaningi babona izingozi njengezimbi kangako njengalezo ezihlobene nemithi. Ungahle uzwe:

• ukukhathazeka okuncane lapho kufakwa khona izinaliti
• ukucasuka kwesisu
• ukukhathala
• ukulinyazwa okuncane
• ubumhlophe
• ukudikiza kwemisipha
• imizwelo ephakeme

Olunye ucwaningo luye lwabonisa ukuthi ukutshopa i-RA noma akusizi noma akunikezi ubufakazi obanele bokukhombisa noma iyiphi indlela. Ukubuyekezwa kwezifundo ezishicilelwe ezivela eTufts Medical Center naseTufts University School of Medicine kuphethe ngokuthi yize kunemiphumela ethile emihle, kudingeka olunye ucwaningo.

I-athikili ephephabhukwini iRheumatology iphawula ukuthi izivivinyo eziningi ezinhle zivela eChina, futhi izifundo ezingezinhle ezenziwa eChina azivamile. Ababhali bakholelwa ukuthi abukho ubufakazi obanele bokusekela umbono wokuthi i-acupuncture iphatha i-RA, ngoba izifundo zincane kakhulu futhi azisezingeni eliphakeme.

Abanye abantu kufanele bagweme ukutshopa, kufaka phakathi:

• Abantu abane ukuphazamiseka kwegazi. Ungaba nenkinga yokuphulukisa lapho kubekwe khona inaliti.
• Abantu abakhulelwe. Ezinye izindlela zokwelapha ngokukhanda umzimba ziholela emsebenzini wokuqala.
• Abantu abanezinkinga zenhliziyo. Uma une-pacemaker, ukusebenzisa i-acupuncture ngokushisa noma ngemizwa kagesi kungadala inkinga ngedivayisi yakho.

Lapho ufuna i-acupuncturist, kunezinto ezimbalwa ezibalulekile okufanele uzikhumbule. Thola umuntu onelayisense, ngoba bazoba nokuqeqeshwa okuphelele.

Ama-acupuncturist anelayisense azophinda asebenzise kuphela izinaliti eziyinyumba. Izinaliti ezingadaleki zingadala ukutheleleka, ngoba amabhaktheriya namagciwane angangena egazini lakho. Izinaliti kufanele zifike kuqala.

Kubalulekile futhi ukuthi ungashintshi i-acupuncture nganoma yikuphi ukwelashwa okunqunyiwe okuvela kudokotela wakho. I-acupuncture ikhombisile ukuthi isebenza kahle kakhulu uma ihambisana nemithi.

Yiziphi ezinye izindlela zokwelapha zemvelo?

I-acupuncture akuyona ukuphela kwendlela yokwelashwa engasiza ekunciphiseni ubuhlungu be-RA.

Ukushisa okuhlukile nokubanda nakho kunganciphisa ukuvuvukala, futhi ngaleyo ndlela kunciphise ubuhlungu. Sebenzisa amaphakethe e-ice imizuzu eyi-15 ngesikhathi, kulandele ithawula elifudumele nelimanzi noma iphedi yokufudumeza.

I-Tai chi nayo ingazuzisa. Ukuhamba kancane kobuciko bempi kungangenisa igazi futhi kwandise ukuguquguquka. Ukuzivocavoca okungeziwe kungasiza futhi, ikakhulukazi ukuvivinya amanzi.

Izengezo ezinjengamafutha wezinhlanzi usizo lwami ngeRA, ngokwezifundo ezithile. Kungasiza ikakhulukazi ekunciphiseni ukuqina kwasekuseni.

Ezinye izindlela zokwelapha zemvelo zifaka:

• biofeedback
• ubucwebe bukazibuthe
• Ukwelashwa komzimba womqondo njengokuphefumula okujulile

Qaphela ukuthi akuzona zonke izindlela zokwelapha ezifakazelwa ukuthi ziyasebenza. Xoxa nodokotela wakho ngemithi engcono kakhulu ongayisebenzisa kanye nokwelashwa kwakho okunqunyiwe.

Ukuthatha

Uma unentshisekelo yokuzama ukutshopa ukuze ukhulule izimpawu zakho ze-RA, khuluma nodokotela wakho ukuthola izeluleko nezincomo. Ezinye izinhlelo zomshuwalense zimboza ukukhishwa kwesikhumba, ikakhulukazi ezimweni ezithile zezokwelapha. Ukufuna i-acupuncture ngaphansi kohlelo lwakho kungasiza futhi ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi uthola umuntu onedumela elihle.

Uma ungaqiniseki ukuthi yini ebangela ubuhlungu bakho, qiniseka ukuthi uthola ukuxilongwa okucacile kudokotela wakho ngaphambi kokufuna noma yikuphi ukwelashwa.