Ukuhlasela Kwe-Asthma: Yazi Ingozi Yakho

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• Ungafa ngokuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya?
• Ziyini izimpawu zokuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya?
• Zazi izimpawu eziyisixwayiso
• Ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uthola usizo oludingayo
• Izici ezinobungozi bokuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya
• Izinkinga ezivela ku-asthma
• Ukuvimbela isifo se-asthma
• Ukunamathela kuhlelo lwakho lwesenzo se-asthma
• Ukugwema izimbangela zakho
• Ukuqapha isimo sakho
• Umbono
• Okubalulekile

Ungafa ngokuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya?

Abantu abane-asthma kwesinye isikhathi bangahlaselwa yisifuba somoya. Uma lokhu kwenzeka, izindlela zabo zomoya ziyavuvukala futhi zinciphise, okwenza kube nzima ukuphefumula.

Ukuhlaselwa yi-asthma kungaba kubi futhi kungabulala. Ngesikhathi sokuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya kungenzeka ungatholi i-oxygen eyanele emaphashini akho futhi ungayeka nokuphefumula.

Ukuthola ukwelashwa okufanele ngokuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya kubalulekile. Yingakho kubaluleke kakhulu ukulandela uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-asthma olwenzile nodokotela wakho futhi ufune ukwelashwa okuphuthumayo lapho kudingeka.

Funda ukuze ufunde kabanzi ngokuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya, ukuthi ufune nini ukunakekelwa okuphuthumayo, nezici eziyingozi ezihambisana nokufa kwesifuba somoya.

Ziyini izimpawu zokuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya?

Izimpawu zokuhlaselwa yi-asthma zingabandakanya:

• ukukhwehlela noma ukuphefumula
• ukuphelelwa umoya
• unenkinga yokuphefumula
• ukuzwa okuqinile esifubeni sakho

Ukuhlasela kwesifuba somoya okuncane kungahlala imizuzu embalwa nje bese kuphendula umuthi wokuhlenga. Kodwa-ke, ukuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya okulingene noma okunzima kungahlala isikhathi eside futhi, kwezinye izimo, kungaphenduli imithi yokutakula.

Kufanele ufune usizo ngokushesha uma uhlangabezana nenye yalezi zimpawu:

• ukuphefumula noma ukuvunguzela okunzima noma okuba kubi ngokushesha
• ukuphefumula okuncane kakhulu ukuthi ungakhuluma kuphela ngamagama amafushane
• ukuhlunga kanzima ukuze uphefumule
• izindebe noma izinzipho eziphendule umbala ompunga noma oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka
• akukho ukukhululeka kwezimpawu ngemuva kokusebenzisa i-inhaler yakho yokutakula

Zazi izimpawu eziyisixwayiso

Ukubona izimpawu eziyisixwayiso zokuthi kungenzeka kuhlaselwe isifuba somoya kungakusiza ukuba ubize usizo ngokushesha uma kwenzeka. Ezinye izimpawu eziyisixwayiso okufanele uziqaphele zifaka:

• izimpawu ze-asthma eziye zavela kaningi noma ziphazamisa imisebenzi yakho yansuku zonke
• udinga ukusebenzisa i-inhaler yakho yokutakula kaningi
• ukuba nezimpawu ezikugcina ebusuku

Ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uthola usizo oludingayo

Qiniseka ukuthi umndeni wakho, abangane, nalabo osondelene nabo bayazi ukuthi benzeni uma uhlaselwa. Gcina ikhophi yemithi yakho noxhumana nabo bezimo eziphuthumayo, kufaka phakathi udokotela wakho, ocingweni lwakho ukuze ukwazi ukuyikhombisa abanye abangakusiza ngesikhathi sokuhlaselwa.

Uma i-asthma yakho inzima kakhulu, ungacabanga ukuthola isongo le-ID yezokwelapha elingaxwayisa abaphenduli bokuqala ngesimo sakho. Ngokwengeziwe, kukhona nezinhlelo zokusebenza zefoni ezitholakalayo ezingakusiza wena nodokotela wakho ukuqapha izimpawu zakho.

Izici ezinobungozi bokuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya

Ezinye zezinto eziyingozi zokubulawa yisifuba somoya zibandakanya:

• i-asthma engalawulwa noma ukungathobeli uhlelo lokwelashwa kwesifuba somoya
• ukuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya okwedlule noma ukulaliswa esibhedlela ngenxa yesifuba somoya
• ukungasebenzi kahle kwamaphaphu, njengoba kulinganiswa ukugeleza okuphezulu kokuphefumula (PEF) noma ivolumu yokuphefumula ephoqelelwe (FEV1)
• ukufakwa emshinini wokuphefumula i-asthma phambilini

Amanye amaqembu asengozini yokufa ngenxa yesifuba somoya:

• Ngokwe-World Health Organisation (), iningi lokufa okuhlobene nesifuba somoya kwenzeka emazweni aphansi noma aphansi aphakathi nendawo.
• Abesifazane abaningi kunabesilisa babulawa yisifuba somoya, ngokusho kweCenters for Disease Control and Prevention ().
• Ukushona kwesifuba somoya kukhula ngokukhula, ngokusho kwedatha evela ku-American Lung Association.
• Abantu base-Afrika baseMelika banamathuba aphindwe kabili kuya kathathu okufa ngenxa yesifuba somoya kunamanye amaqembu ezinhlanga noma izinhlanga, ngokusho kwe.

Izinkinga ezivela ku-asthma

Ngaphandle kwamandla okubulala, kunezinye izinkinga eziningi ezingenzeka ngenxa yesifuba somoya. Lokhu kungafaka:

• izimpawu eziphazamisa imisebenzi yakho yansuku zonke noma okokuzilibazisa
• ukwanda kokungabikho esikoleni noma emsebenzini
• ukuncipha unomphela kwemigwaqo yakho yomoya, engathinta indlela ophefumula ngayo
• imiphumela emibi evela emithini obukade uyisebenzisa ukulawula i-asthma yakho
• ukuvakashela udokotela wakho kaninginingi noma egumbini lezimo eziphuthumayo
• imiphumela emibi ngokwengqondo, njengokucindezeleka

Ukuvimbela isifo se-asthma

Izindlela zokuvimbela zingakusiza ukuthi ugweme ukuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya okukhulu. Ezinye izibonelo zezenzo zokuvimbela ongazithatha zifaka:

Ukunamathela kuhlelo lwakho lwesenzo se-asthma

Sebenza nodokotela wakho ukuthuthukisa uhlelo lwesenzo olwenzelwe wena ukusiza ukugcina i-asthma yakho ilawulwa. Uhlelo lwakho luzobandakanya izinto ezifana nokuthi uyiphuza kaningi kangakanani imishanguzo yakho yesifuba somoya, isikhathi sokunyusa imishanguzo yakho, nini ukubona udokotela wakho, nokuthi yini okufanele uyenze uma uhlaselwa yisifuba somoya.

Yenza amakhophi ohlelo lwakho lokusebenza lwesifuba somoya ukuze uthole inkomba ngalo. Ungagcina futhi isithombe sohlelo lwakho efonini yakho. Kungumqondo omuhle ukwaba lolu lwazi nomndeni nabathandekayo ukuze bazi ukuthi benzeni uma uhlaselwa. Uma ugula kakhulu ukuthi ungazithathela izinqumo ngezokwelapha, kufanele bazi ukuthi bakulethele usizo lwezokwelapha ngokushesha okukhulu.

Ukugwema izimbangela zakho

Ukuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya kungadalwa yizinto eziningi. Izimbangela ze-asthma zingahluka kumuntu nomuntu, ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukwazi ukuthi yini eyakho. Ezinye izimbangela ezivamile zifaka:

• ama-allergener, njenge-pollen, isikhunta noma i-pet dander
• ukungcoliswa komoya
• intuthu kagwayi
• isimo sezulu esibandayo
• ukuzivocavoca umzimba
• izinto ezicasulayo, njengothuli, amakha, noma intuthu yamakhemikhali
• izifo zokuphefumula, njengomkhuhlane noma umkhuhlane

Ukuqapha isimo sakho

Qiniseka ukuthi uthola ama-aphoyintimenti ajwayelekile nodokotela wakho ukuze ubuyekeze isimo sakho. Uma ubona ushintsho kwizimpawu zakho eziphathelene, qiniseka ukuthi ukhuluma nodokotela wakho ngakho. Kwezinye izimo, uhlelo lwakho lokwelashwa noma lwe-asthma lungadinga ukuvuselelwa.

Umbono

Abantu abalinganiselwa ukuthi bafa ngaphambi kwesikhathi ngenxa yesifuba somoya emhlabeni jikelele unyaka ngamunye. Ngokwengeziwe, i-CDC ilinganisela ukuthi cishe e-United States babulawa yisifuba somoya usuku ngalunye.

Idatha ikhombisa nokuthi ukufa kwesifo se-asthma kungakhuphuka ezinyangeni ezibandayo zonyaka. Lokhu kukholakala ukuthi kungenxa yomoya obandayo noma izifo zokuphefumula zonyaka ezibangela ukuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya.

Ukufa okuningi okubangelwa yisifuba somoya kungagwenywa ngezindlela zokwelashwa nokuvikela okufanele. Ngokwengeziwe, ukuqinisekisa ukuthi abantu abane-asthma bayakwazi ukubona izimpawu zokuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya okuzayo, baphuze imishanguzo yabo ngokufanele, futhi bafune ukwelashwa okuphuthumayo lapho kunesidingo kungasiza kakhulu ekuvimbeleni ukufa kwabantu ngenxa yesifuba somoya.

Okubalulekile

Ukuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya kungaba yingozi. Ukuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya okungathi sína kungakuvimbela ekutholeni umoya-mpilo owenele emaphashini akho futhi kungavimbela nokuphefumula kwakho. Uma uhlangabezana nezimpawu zokuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya okunzima, kufanele ufune usizo oluphuthumayo lwezokwelapha.

Ukusebenza ngokubambisana nodokotela wakho, ungaqhamuka necebo lesenzo se-asthma. Ngokulandela ngokucophelela lolu hlelo, ukuqapha izimpawu zakho, nokugwema izimbangela zakho ze-asthma, ungasiza ekwehliseni amathuba akho okuhlaselwa yisifuba somoya.