Ukucela Umngane: Ingabe Ukuthwebula Kubi Ngempela?

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Kunezikhathi ezimbili lapho ungasusa khona ukuhona njengokuthi akunankinga: lapho uphethwe umkhuhlane noma isizini ethile futhi ngemva kokuphuza ubusuku bonke, kusho uKathleen Bennett, D.D.S., umongameli we-American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine. Zombili lezi zinto zingakwenza ujwayele ukuhona-uma ugula yingoba uminyana (okunciphisa amakhala), uma uphuzile, yingoba utshwala buyadambisa. Izindlela zakho zomoya zigoqeka kalula. (Buza Udokotela Wokudla: Utshwala Nokuzivikela.)

Ngaphandle kwalokho, siyakuzonda ukukutshela, kepha ukuhogela kuyinto enkulu, kusho uShalalini Paruthi, MD, ongusihlalo weKomidi lezeMfundo e-American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Ngokuvamile kuyisibonakaliso sokuxwayisa ukuthi okungenani unezinga elithile lokuvimbela ukuphefumula kokulala, isimo esenzeka lapho uyeka ukuphefumula isikhathi esifushane ubusuku bonke. (Uhlale Ukhathele? I-Apnea Yokulala Ingaba Icala.) Lokhu kukugcina ungaweli ebuthongweni obupholile, obujulile. Ngenxa yalokhu, i-apnea yokulala ingadala ukukhathala okukhulu emini, futhi yande ingozi yakho yokuthola isisindo, umfutho wegazi ophakeme, isifo sikashukela, nohlangothi, kusho uParuthi. Ucwaningo olusha kujenali Neurology ngathola nokuthi ukuhogela nokulala ubuthongo kungalimaza ubuchopho bakho, kusheshise ukuqhubeka kokulahleka kwememori njengoba ukhula.

Ngamafuphi, imvamisa akuyona into enhle. Uma uhogela ubusuku obuthathu noma ngaphezulu ngesonto, uBennett uphakamisa ukuvakashela udokotela wamazinyo wokulala ukuze athole ukwelashwa. (Thola eyodwa ku-locals sleepdentist.com.) Kunezindlela eziningi zokwelapha ezingenzeka: Njengoba ukuthwebula kuvame ukuba kubi kakhulu lapho ulele ngomhlane, abantu abaningi bakuthola kuwusizo ukuthola okuthile okufana neBack Off Anti-Snoring Belt ($ 30; amazon.com), okukukhuthaza ukuthi ulale ngohlangothi, kusho uParuthi. (Ungaphuthelwa yilezi zinganekwane ezi-12 zokulala okuvamile, ezikhethiwe.)

Udokotela wakho wokulala angase futhi atuse ukwelapha ngezinto ezisetshenziswa ngomlomo—uhlobo lonogada bomlomo oludonsa imihlathi yakho phambili kancane ukuze ugcine imigudu yakho yokuphefumula ivulekile ubusuku bonke, kunezela u-Bennett. Ukuthwebula kungalungiswa futhi ngemishini nokuhlinzwa okuqhubekayo kwe-Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) -kodwa lezi yizinketho ezihlasela kakhulu ezigcinelwe izimo ezimbi kakhulu zokuphefumula kokulala.

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