I-Sepsis

-Delile

• Isifinyezo
• Yini i-sepsis?
• Yini ebangela i-sepsis?
• Ngubani osengozini ye-sepsis?
• Ziyini izimpawu ze-sepsis?
• Yiziphi ezinye izinkinga ezingabangela i-sepsis?
• I-sepsis itholakala kanjani?
• Yiziphi izindlela zokwelashwa kwe-sepsis?
• Ngabe i-sepsis ingavinjelwa?

Isifinyezo

Yini i-sepsis?

I-Sepsis yimpendulo yomzimba wakho eyeqile neqisayo ekuthelelekeni. I-Sepsis yisimo esiphuthumayo esisongela impilo. Ngaphandle kokwelashwa okusheshayo, kungaholela ekulimaleni kwezicubu, ukwehluleka kwesitho, ngisho nokufa.

Yini ebangela i-sepsis?

I-Sepsis yenzeka lapho ukutheleleka osuvele unakho okubangela ukusabela kwamaketanga emzimbeni wakho wonke. Ukutheleleka kwamagciwane kuyimbangela evame kakhulu, kepha ezinye izinhlobo zokutheleleka nazo zingakubangela.

Ukutheleleka kuvame ukuba semaphashini, esiswini, ezinso, noma esinyeni. Kungenzeka ukuthi i-sepsis iqale ngokusika okuncane okutheleleka noma ngokutheleleka okuba khona ngemuva kokuhlinzwa. Kwesinye isikhathi, i-sepsis ingenzeka kubantu ababengazi nokuthi banegciwane.

Ngubani osengozini ye-sepsis?

Noma ngubani onesifo angathola i-sepsis. Kepha abantu abathile basengozini enkulu:

• Abantu abadala 65 noma ngaphezulu
• Abantu abanezimo ezingalapheki, njengesifo sikashukela, isifo samaphaphu, umdlavuza kanye nesifo sezinso
• Abantu abanamasosha omzimba abuthakathaka
• Abesifazane abakhulelwe
• Izingane ezingaphansi koyedwa

Ziyini izimpawu ze-sepsis?

I-Sepsis ingadala eyodwa noma ngaphezulu yalezi zimpawu:

• Ukuphefumula okusheshayo nokushaya kwenhliziyo
• Ukuphelelwa umoya
• Ukudideka noma ukudideka
• Ubuhlungu obukhulu noma ukungakhululeki
• Imfiva, ukuqhaqhazela, noma ukuzwa amakhaza kakhulu
• Isikhumba sikaClammy noma esijulukile

Kubalulekile ukuthola ukunakekelwa kwezokwelashwa khona manje uma ucabanga ukuthi ungahle ube ne-sepsis noma uma ukutheleleka kwakho kungangcoli noma kuya ngokuya kuba kubi.

Yiziphi ezinye izinkinga ezingabangela i-sepsis?

Amacala abucayi we-sepsis angaholela ekuthukeni okukhulu, lapho umfutho wegazi lakho wehlela ezingeni eliyingozi futhi izitho eziningi zingahluleka.

I-sepsis itholakala kanjani?

Ukwenza ukuxilongwa, umhlinzeki wakho wokunakekelwa kwezempilo

• Sizobuza ngomlando wakho wezokwelapha nezimpawu
• Sizokwenza ukuhlolwa komzimba, kufaka phakathi ukuhlola izimpawu ezibalulekile (izinga lokushisa kwakho, umfutho wegazi, ukushaya kwenhliziyo nokuphefumula)
• Kungenzeka wenze izivivinyo zebhu ezihlola izimpawu zokutheleleka noma ukulimala komzimba
• Kungadingeka ukuthi wenze ukuhlolwa kwe-imaging njenge-x-ray noma i-CT scan ukuthola indawo yokutheleleka

Izimpawu nezimpawu eziningi ze-sepsis nazo zingabangelwa ezinye izimo zezokwelapha. Lokhu kungenza kube nzima ukuthola i-sepsis kusaqala.

Yiziphi izindlela zokwelashwa kwe-sepsis?

Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthola ukwelashwa ngokushesha. Ukwelashwa kuvame ukufaka

• Imithi elwa namagciwane
• Ukugcina ukugeleza kwegazi kuya ezithweni. Lokhu kungabandakanya ukuthola oksijini noketshezi olufakwa emithanjeni (IV).
• Ukwelapha umthombo wokutheleleka
• Uma kudingeka, imithi yokwandisa umfutho wegazi

Ezimweni ezimbi kakhulu, ungadinga i-dialysis yezinso noma ishubhu lokuphefumula. Abanye abantu badinga ukuhlinzwa ukuze kususwe izicubu ezilimalelwe yilesi sifo.

Ngabe i-sepsis ingavinjelwa?

Ukuvimbela i-sepsis, kufanele uzame ukuvimbela ukuthola ukutheleleka:

• Nakekela kahle noma yiziphi izimo zempilo ezingamahlalakhona onazo
• Thola imithi yokugoma enconyiwe
• Zijwayeze ukuhlanzeka, njengokugeza izandla
• Gcina ukusikeka kuhlanzekile futhi kumboziwe kuze kube yilapho selulama

I-NIH: Isikhungo Sikazwelonke Sezikhungo Ezijwayelekile Zezokwelapha Kwezokulawulwa Nokuvimbelwa Kwezifo