Isikhathi Sokubona Udokotela Ngokukhwehlela Kwakho

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• Izimbangela zokukhwehlela
• Ukukhwehlela okunamandla kungabangelwa:
• Ukukhwehlela okungapheli kungabangelwa:
• Okufanele ukwazi ngokukhwehlela ne-COVID-19
• Ukuthola nini usizo lwezokwelapha ukukhwehlela
• Amakhambi asekhaya
• Ezinye izindlela zokwelapha
• Okubalulekile

Ukukhwehlela kungukucabanga okusetshenziswa ngumzimba wakho ukusula imigwaqo yakho yomoya nokuvikela amaphaphu akho ezintweni zangaphandle nasekutheleleni.

Ungakhwehlela uphendula ukucasula okuningi okuhlukahlukene. Ezinye izibonelo ezivamile zifaka:

• impova
• intuthu
• izifo

Ngenkathi ukukhwehlela kwesinye isikhathi kuyinto ejwayelekile, kwesinye isikhathi kungabangelwa yisimo esibi kakhulu esidinga ukwelashwa. Yingakho kubalulekile ukwazi ukuthi uzobona nini udokotela ukukhwehlela.

Izimbangela zokukhwehlela

Kunezigaba ezehlukene zokukhwehlela. Lokhu kususelwa kubude besikhathi ukukhwehlela kube khona.

• Ukukhwehlela okukhulu. Ukukhwehlela okunamandla kuhlala isikhathi esingaphansi kwamasonto amathathu. Kwezinye izimo, njengangemva kokutheleleka ngokuphefumula, ukukhwehlela kungahlala phakathi kwamasonto amathathu kuya kwayisishiyagalombili. Lokhu kubizwa ngokuthi ukukhwehlela kwesibindi.
• Ukukhwehlela okungapheli. Ukukhwehlela kubhekwa njengokuhlala isikhathi eside uma kuhlala isikhathi eside kunamasonto ayi-8.

Ukukhwehlela okunamandla kungabangelwa:

• okucasula imvelo njengomusi, uthuli, noma intuthu
• izifo ezifana ne-pollen, i-pet dander, noma isikhunta
• ukutheleleka okuphezulu okuphefumulayo, njengomkhuhlane ovamile, umkhuhlane, noma ukutheleleka kwesono
• izifo eziphansi zokuphefumula njenge-bronchitis noma i-pneumonia
• ukukhuliswa kwesimo esingelapheki njengesifuba somoya
• izimo ezibucayi kakhulu, njenge-pulmonary embolism

Ukukhwehlela okungapheli kungabangelwa:

• ukubhema
• izimo zokuphefumula ezingapheli ezifana ne-bronchitis engapheli, i-asthma, nesifo esingapheliyo se-pulmonary disease (COPD)
• i-postnasal drip
• isifo se-reflux se-gastroesophageal (GERD)
• i-angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, uhlobo lwemithi yomfutho wegazi
• ukuvimbela ukuphefumula kokulala
• Isifo senhliziyo
• umdlavuza wamaphaphu

Ukukhwehlela nakho kungahlukaniswa njengokukhiqiza noma okungakhiqizi.

• Ukukhwehlela okukhiqizayo. Ebizwa nangokuthi ukukhwehlela okumanzi, kuveza amafinyila noma i-phlegm.
• Ukukhwehlela okungakhiqizi. Ebizwa nangokuthi ukukhwehlela okomile, akuvezi noma yimaphi amafinyila.

Okufanele ukwazi ngokukhwehlela ne-COVID-19

Ukukhwehlela kuwuphawu olujwayelekile lwe-COVID-19, ukugula okubangelwe yi-coronavirus entsha, i-SARS-CoV-2.

Isikhathi sokufukamela se-COVID-19 singaba phakathi kwezinsuku ezimbili kuya kwezingu-14 ngesilinganiso sezinsuku ezi-4 kuye kwezingu-5, ngokusho kweCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Ukukhwehlela okuhambisana ne-COVID-19 kuvame ukoma. Kodwa-ke, iCDC iyaqaphela ukuthi kwezinye izimo ingaba manzi.

Uma unesimo esincane se-COVID-19, ungakhetha ukusebenzisa imishanguzo yokukhwehlela noma amanye amakhambi asekhaya ukusiza ukukhwehlela ukukhwehlela kwakho.

Kanye nokukhwehlela, ezinye izimpawu ze-COVID-19 zifaka:

• imfiva
• Ukugodola
• ukukhathala
• ubuhlungu bomzimba
• Umphimbo obuhlungu
• ukuphelelwa umoya
• ikhala eligijimayo noma eligcwele
• izimpawu zokugaya ukudla njengokucanuzela kwenhliziyo, ukugabha noma isifo sohudo
• ukulahlekelwa iphunga noma ukunambitheka

Abanye abantu bangaba nezifo ezinzima ngenxa ye-COVID-19. Lokhu kwenzeka kakhulu ngemuva kokuqala kwezimpawu. Izimpawu eziyisixwayiso zokugula okungathi sína kwe-COVID-19 okufanele ufune ukunakekelwa kwazo ngokushesha zifaka:

• ukuphefumula kanzima
• ubuhlungu noma ingcindezi esifubeni sakho lokho okuqhubekayo
• izindebe noma ubuso obonakala buhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngombala
• ukudideka kwengqondo
• unenkinga yokuhlala uphapheme noma ubunzima bokuvuka

Ukuthola nini usizo lwezokwelapha ukukhwehlela

Ukukhwehlela okunamandla okubangelwa i-irritant, i-allergen, noma ukutheleleka kuzovame ukuphuma phakathi kwamasonto ambalwa.

Kepha kuwumqondo omuhle ukulandela udokotela wakho uma uhlala isikhathi eside kunamasonto ama-3 noma kwenzeka kanye nanoma yiziphi kulezi zimpawu ezilandelayo:

• imfiva
• ukuphelelwa umoya
• amafinyila awugqinsi aluhlaza noma aphuzi ngombala
• ukujuluka ebusuku
• ukuncipha kwesisindo okungaqondakali

Funa ukunakekelwa okuphuthumayo nganoma yikuphi ukukhwehlela okuhambisana nalokhu:

• ukuphefumula kanzima
• ekhwehlela igazi
• umkhuhlane omkhulu
• ubuhlungu besifuba
• ukudideka
• ukuquleka

Amakhambi asekhaya

Uma ukhwehlela kancane, kunezinto ezithile ongazenza ekhaya ukusiza ukunciphisa izimpawu zakho. Amanye amakhambi afaka okulandelayo:

• Imithi yokukhwehlela ye-Over-the-counter (OTC). Uma unesikhwehlela esimanzi, i-OTC expectorant efana neMucinex ingasiza ukukhulula amafinyila emaphashini akho. Enye indlela umuthi olwa nokulwa nomuthi onjenge-Robitussin ocindezela i-reflex yokukhwehlela. Gwema ukunikeza le mithi izingane ezineminyaka engaphansi kwengu-6.
• Amaconsi okhohlela noma ama-lozenges womphimbo. Ukumunca ukwehla kokukhwehlela noma i-lozenge yomphimbo kungasiza ekunciphiseni ukukhwehlela noma umphimbo ocasukile. Kodwa-ke, ungaziniki lezi zingane ezisencane, ngoba zingaba yingozi yokuminyaniswa.
• Iziphuzo ezifudumele. Amathi noma umhluzi unganciphisa amafinyila futhi wehlise ukucasuka. Amanzi afudumele noma itiye elinelamula noju nakho kungasiza. Uju akufanele lunikezwe izingane ezingaphansi konyaka owodwa ngenxa yobungozi be-botulism yezinsana.
• Umswakama owengeziwe. Ukwengeza umswakama owengeziwe emoyeni kungasiza ukuthambisa umphimbo ocasukile ngokukhwehlela. Zama ukusebenzisa i-humidifier noma ume eshaweni efudumele, eshunqisayo.
• Gwema ukucasulwa kwemvelo. Zama ukuziqhelelanisa nezinto ezingaholela ekucasukeni okuqhubekayo. Izibonelo zifaka intuthu kagwayi, uthuli, nentuthu yamakhemikhali.

La makhambi asekhaya kufanele asetshenziselwe ukukhwehlela okuncane. Uma ukhwehlela okuqhubekayo noma okwenzeka ngezinye eziphathelene nezimpawu, funa ukwelashwa.

Ezinye izindlela zokwelapha

Uma ufuna ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ukukhwehlela kwakho, udokotela wakho uzoyiphatha ngokuxazulula imbangela eyimbangela. Ezinye izibonelo zokwelashwa zifaka:

• ama-antihistamine noma ama-decongestants we-allergies kanye ne-postnasal drip
• ama-antibiotic wokutheleleka kwamagciwane
• ama-bronchodilator aphefumulayo noma ama-corticosteroids we-asthma noma i-COPD
• imithi efana ne-proton pump inhibitors ye-GERD
• uhlobo oluhlukile lwemithi yomfutho wegazi ukuze ithathe isikhundla se-ACE inhibitors

Eminye imithi, njenge-benzonatate, nayo ingasetshenziswa ukunciphisa i-reflex yokukhwehlela.

Okubalulekile

Ukukhwehlela kuvamile futhi kungaba nzima noma kungapheli. Ngokwengeziwe, okunye ukukhwehlela kungaveza isikhwehlela kuyilapho abanye kungenzeki.

Izici ezahlukahlukene zingadala ukukhwehlela. Ezinye izibonelo zifaka okucasulayo kwemvelo, izifo zokuphefumula, noma izimo ezingapheli ezifana ne-asthma noma i-COPD.

Ukukhwehlela kubuye kube uphawu olujwayelekile lwe-COVID-19.

Ukunakekelwa kwasekhaya kunganciphisa ukukhwehlela. Kodwa-ke, kwesinye isikhathi ukukhwehlela kudinga ukuhlolwa ngudokotela.

Shayela udokotela wakho uma ukukhwehlela kwakho kuhlala isikhathi eside kunamasonto ama-3 noma uma kuhambisana nezimpawu ezinjengalezi:

• imfiva
• amafinyila akhanyayo
• ukuphelelwa umoya

Ezinye izimpawu kungaba yizimpawu zesimo esiphuthumayo sezokwelapha. Funa ukunakekelwa ngokushesha kokukhwehlela okwenzeka eceleni kwesibonakaliso esisodwa noma eziningi ezilandelayo:

• inkinga yokuphefumula
• umkhuhlane omkhulu
• ekhwehlela igazi