I-Epiglottitis: Izimpawu, Izimbangela kanye Nokwelapha

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• Ziyini izimpawu nezimpawu
• Izimbangela ezingaba khona
• Ukudluliswa kwe-epiglottitis
• Yini ukuxilongwa
• Yelashwa kanjani

I-Epiglottitis ukuvuvukala okukhulu okubangelwa ukutheleleka kwe-epiglottis, okuyi-valve evimbela uketshezi ukuthi ludlule lusuka emphinjeni luye emaphashini.

I-Epiglottitis ivame ukuvela ezinganeni ezineminyaka emi-2 kuya kwengu-7 ngoba amasosha omzimba engakakhuli ngokuphelele, kepha futhi angavela nakubantu abadala abane-AIDS, ngokwesibonelo.

I-Epiglottitis yisifo esisheshayo esingadala ukuvinjelwa komoya, okuholele ezinkingeni ezinkulu kakhulu, ezifana nokuboshwa ngokuphefumula, lapho kungelashwa. Ukwelashwa kudinga ukulaliswa esibhedlela, njengoba kungadingeka ukuthola umoya-mpilo ngepayipi elibekwe emphinjeni kanye nama-antibiotic ngomthambo.

Ziyini izimpawu nezimpawu

Izimpawu ze-epiglottitis zivame ukufaka:

• Umphimbo obuhlungu;
• Kunzima ukugwinya;
• Imfiva engaphezu kuka-38ºC;
• Ukungahambi kahle;
• Amathe amaningi emlonyeni;
• Kunzima ukuphefumula;
• Ukukhathazeka;
• Uphefumula kanzima.

Ezimweni ze-epiglottitis ebucayi, umuntu uvame ukuncika phambili, ngenkathi enweba intamo emuva, emzamweni wokuphefumula.

Izimbangela ezingaba khona

Izimbangela ze-epiglottitis kungaba umkhuhlane owelapheke kabi, ukuminza entweni, izifo zokuphefumula ezifana nenyumoniya, umphimbo obuhlungu nokusha komphimbo.

Kubantu abadala, izimbangela ezivame kakhulu ze-epiglottitis ukwelashwa komdlavuza ngamakhemikhali nokwelashwa ngemisebe noma ukuhogela izidakamizwa.

Ukudluliswa kwe-epiglottitis

Ukudluliswa kwe-epiglottitis kwenzeka ngokuthintana ngqo namathe alowo othintekile, ngokuthimula, ukukhwehlela, ukuqabulana nokushintshanisa okusikiwe, isibonelo. Ngakho-ke, iziguli ezinegciwane kufanele zigqoke imaski futhi zigweme ukushintshaniswa kwezinto ezihlangana namathe.

Ukuvinjelwa kwe-epiglottitis kungenziwa ngomuthi wokugomela omelene nawo I-Haemophilus influenzae Uhlobo b (Hib), okuyi-ejenti enkulu ye-etiologic ye-epiglottitis, futhi umthamo wokuqala kufanele uthathwe unezinyanga ezimbili ubudala.

Yini ukuxilongwa

Lapho udokotela esola i-epiglottitis, umuntu kufanele aqinisekise ngokushesha ukuthi umuntu uyakwazi ukuphefumula. Uma esezinzile, umuntu angahlolwa umphimbo, i-X-ray, isampula yomphimbo ezohlaziywa nokuhlolwa kwegazi.

Yelashwa kanjani

I-Epiglottitis iyelapheka futhi ukwelashwa kuqukethe ukumfaka umuntu ngaphakathi, ukuthola i-oksijini ngephubhu ebekwe emphinjeni nokuthi ukuphefumula kwabo kulawulwe ngemishini yabo.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukwelashwa kufaka nomjovo ngomthambo wama-antibiotic, njenge-Ampicillin, i-Amoxicillin noma i-Ceftriaxone, kuze kube yilapho ukutheleleka kwehla. Ngemuva kwezinsuku ezi-3, umuntu uvamise ukubuyela ekhaya, kepha udinga ukuthatha imithi ekhonjiswe ngomlomo ngudokotela kuze kube yizinsuku eziyi-14.