Ukunakekelwa Kwe-Dementia: Ukuzulazula Ekuvakasheni Kodokotela Nothandekayo Wakho

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• Ngenkathi sifuna indawo yokupaka ngaphandle kwehhovisi le-neurologist, umalume wangibuza futhi, “Manje, ungiyiselani lapha? Angazi ukuthi kungani wonke umuntu ebonakala ecabanga ukuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle ngami. ”
• Kuvame kangakanani ukuwohloka komqondo?
• Umsiza kanjani umuntu omthandayo onesifo sokuwohloka komqondo?
• Okufanele ukwenze ngaphambi kokuvakasha kukadokotela
• Okufanele ukwenze ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kukadokotela
• Unganikeza kanjani ukunakekelwa okuhle kakhulu ngaphandle kwehhovisi likadokotela

Ngenkathi sifuna indawo yokupaka ngaphandle kwehhovisi le-neurologist, umalume wangibuza futhi, “Manje, ungiyiselani lapha? Angazi ukuthi kungani wonke umuntu ebonakala ecabanga ukuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle ngami. ”

Ngaphendula ngokwesaba, "Hhayi, angazi. Sivele sacabanga ukuthi udinga ukuvakashelwa udokotela ukuze nixoxe ngezinto ezithile. ” Ephazanyiswe yimizamo yami yokupaka, umalume wabonakala elungile ngempendulo yami engacacile.

Ukuthatha umuntu omthandayo ukuvakashela udokotela ngempilo yabo yengqondo kumane nje kungazizwa kahle. Ungakuchaza kanjani ukukhathazeka kwakho kudokotela wabo ngaphandle kokuphoxa othandekayo wakho? Ubayekela kanjani bagcine inhlonipho ethile? Wenzani uma othandekayo wakho ephika ngokuqinile ukuthi kunenkinga? Ubenza kanjani ukuthi baye kudokotela wabo kwasekuqaleni?

Kuvame kangakanani ukuwohloka komqondo?

Ngokusho kwalokhu, abantu abayizigidi ezingama-47.5 emhlabeni jikelele banenkinga yokuwohloka komqondo. Isifo i-Alzheimer yisona sizathu esivame kakhulu sokuwohloka komqondo futhi singaba nomthelela kumaphesenti angama-60 kuya kwangama-70 amacala. E-United States, i-Alzheimer's Association ibika ukuthi abantu abalinganiselwa ezigidini ezi-5.5 baphila nesifo i-Alzheimer's. Ngenxa yokwanda kwenani labantu abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-65 e-United States, inani kulindeleke ukuthi lenyuke.

Noma sibhekene nalezi zibalo, kungaba nzima ukuvuma ukuthi ukuwohloka komqondo kuyasithinta thina noma umuntu esimthandayo. Okhiye abalahlekile, amagama akhohliwe, nokudideka kungabonakala njengokuhlupheka kunenkinga. Ukuwohloka komqondo okuningi kuyathuthuka. Izimpawu ziqala kancane kancane kancane kancane, ngokusho kwe-Alzheimer's Association. Izimpawu zokuwohloka komqondo zingabonakala kakhulu kumalungu omndeni noma kubangani.

Umsiza kanjani umuntu omthandayo onesifo sokuwohloka komqondo?

Lokho kusibuyisela emuva ekutheni sithola kanjani othandekayo ukuthi abonane nodokotela mayelana nokuwohloka komqondo okungenzeka kube khona. Abanakekeli abaningi balwa nokuthi batshele othandekayo wabo ngokuvakasha kukadokotela. Ochwepheshe bathi konke kumayelana nokuthi ubalungiselela kanjani okungenza umehluko.

"Ngitshela amalungu omndeni ukuthi ayiphathe njengokunye ukuvakashelwa kwemithi yokuvikela, njenge-colonoscopy noma ukuhlolwa kwamathambo," kusho uDiana Kerwin, MD, oyinhloko yezobuchwepheshe e-Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas kanye nomqondisi we-Texas Alzheimer's and Memory Disorders. "Imindeni ingatshela abathandekayo bayo ukuthi bayohlolwa ubuchopho."

Okufanele ukwenze ngaphambi kokuvakasha kukadokotela

• Hlanganisa uhlu lwayo yonke imishanguzo, kufaka phakathi imishanguzo yokuthenga kanye nezithako. Bhala uhlu lwazo nemvamisa. Okungcono futhi, kufake konke esikhwameni, futhi ukulethe lapho kubekwa khona isikhathi.
• Qiniseka ukuthi unokuqonda okucacile ngomlando wezokwelapha nowomndeni wakho.
• Cabanga ngalokho okubonile ngememori yabo. Baqale nini ukuba nenkinga ngememori yabo? Konakalise kanjani impilo yabo? Bhala phansi ezinye izibonelo zezinguquko ozibonile.
• Letha uhlu lwemibuzo.
• Letha incwajana yokubhala.

Okufanele ukwenze ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kukadokotela

Uma usukhona, wena noma udokotela wabo ungabeka ithoni yokukhombisa inhlonipho kothandekayo wakho.

“Ngibazisa ukuthi silapha ukubona ukuthi ngingabasiza yini ukuba bakhumbule iminyaka eyishumi kuya kwengu-20 ezayo,” kusho uDkt Kerwin. Ngemuva kwalokho, ngiye ngibuze isiguli ukuthi nginayo yini imvume yokuxoxa nothandekayo waso ngalokho esikubonile. ”

Ukuba umphathi wezindaba ezimbi kungaba indima enzima kumnakekeli. Kepha ungabheka kudokotela wakho ukuthola usizo lapha. UKerwin uthi usesimweni esehlukile sokusiza imindeni ukuthi ibhekane nezingxoxo ezinzima.

UKerwin uthi: “Ngingaba ngumuntu omubi othi kungenzeka kube isikhathi sokuyeka ukushayela noma kungadingeka bathuthele kwesinye isimo sokuphila,” kusho uKerwin. "Kuyo yonke ingxoxo, ngisebenza ukugcina isiguli sihileleke ngangokunokwenzeka ukuze sisilawule."

Unganikeza kanjani ukunakekelwa okuhle kakhulu ngaphandle kwehhovisi likadokotela

Ngenkathi ezinye iziguli zihamba nemithi kadokotela, kujwayelekile ukuthi odokotela babathumele emakhaya ngemiyalo yokushintsha indlela abadla ngayo nokwandisa ukuzivocavoca umzimba kwabo ukusiza inkumbulo yabo. Njengoba nje ungakhumbuza othandekayo wakho ukuthi aphuze imishanguzo yakhe njalo, kubalulekile ngokufanayo ukuthi ubasize banamathele kule ndlela yokuphila entsha, kusho uKerwin.

Ngeshwa, ukuvakashelwa odokotela kumane kuyingxenye encane yobunzima abanakekeli abaningi ababhekana nabo. Kubalulekile ukuthi ungakhohlwa yilokhu. Ngokwe-Family Caregiver Alliance, ucwaningo luveza ukuthi abanakekeli bakhombisa amazinga aphezulu okucindezeleka, bahlushwa amazinga aphezulu okuxineka, babe nengozi eyengeziwe yesifo senhliziyo, futhi babe namazinga aphansi okuzinakekela. Ngalezi zizathu, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi abanakekeli bakhumbule ukuzinakekela nabo. Ungakhohlwa ukuthi ukuze ubasize, impilo yakho engokomzimba, engokwengqondo nengokomzwelo kufanele ize kuqala.

“Ngikhuthaza [abanakekeli] ukuba batshele udokotela wabo ukuthi banakekela othandekayo wabo, futhi ngibacela ukuba balandele inqubo efanayo yokuvivinya umzimba engiyinikeza isiguli,” kweluleka uKerwin. “Ngincoma nokuthi bachithe okungenani amahora amane kabili ngesonto bengekho kothandekayo wabo.”

Mina, ekugcineni ngathola indawo yokupaka, futhi umalume wami wanqikaza ukubona udokotela wezinzwa. Manje sesibona uchwepheshe wokuhlolwa kobuchopho izikhathi eziningana ngonyaka. Futhi yize kuhlale kuthakazelisa, sihlala sishiya sizizwa sihlonishwa futhi sizwakala. Kuyisiqalo sohambo olude. Kepha ngemuva kwalolo hambo lokuqala, ngizizwa ngilungele kakhulu ukuba ngumnakekeli omuhle wami kanye nomalume wami.

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