Isifo Semithambo YeCarotid

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Isifinyezo

Imithambo yakho ye-carotid yimithambo yegazi emikhulu emikhulu entanyeni yakho. Banikezela ngengqondo yakho nekhanda lakho ngegazi. Uma une-carotid artery disease, imithambo yegazi iba mincane noma ivinjwe, imvamisa ngenxa ye-atherosclerosis. I-atherosclerosis iyinqwaba yoqwembe, olwakhiwa ngamafutha, i-cholesterol, i-calcium nezinye izinto ezitholakala egazini.

Isifo semithambo yeCarotid sibucayi ngoba singavimba ukugeleza kwegazi kuye ebuchosheni bakho, kubangele isifo sohlangothi. Uqweqwe oluningi emthanjeni lungadala ukuvaleka. Ungaba nokuvinjelwa lapho ucezu loqwembe noma iqhwa legazi liphuka odongeni lomthambo. I-plaque noma i-clot ingahamba phakathi kwegazi futhi inamathele komunye wemithambo yobuchopho bakho obuncane.

Isifo somthambo weCarotid kaningi asibangeli zimpawu kuze kube yilapho ukuvinjelwa noma ukuncipha kuba nzima. Olunye uphawu kungaba yi-bruit (umsindo oshisayo) udokotela wakho awuzwayo lapho elalele umthambo wakho nge-stethoscope. Esinye isibonakaliso ukuhlaselwa kweschemic okudlulayo (TIA), "i-mini-stroke." I-TIA ifana nokushaywa unhlangothi, kodwa ihlala kuphela imizuzu embalwa, futhi izimpawu zivame ukuphela kungakapheli ihora. Unhlangothi ngesinye isibonakaliso.

Ukuhlola ukuhlolwa kungakuqinisekisa ukuthi unaso yini isifo se-carotid artery.

Ukwelashwa kungafaka

• Izinguquko zokuphila ngendlela enempilo
• Imithi
• I-Carotid endarterectomy, ukuhlinzwa ukususa uqweqwe
• I-Angioplasty, inqubo yokubeka ibhaluni nokuqina emthanjeni ukuze uyivule futhi uyibambe ivuleke

I-NIH: I-National Heart, Lung, ne-Blood Institute