Ngabe Ungathola Ama-Shingles Ezinqeni Zakho?

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• Izimpawu zamashingles
• Ukwelapha ama-shingles
• Amakhambi asekhaya ama-shingles
• Ubani osengozini yokuthola ama-shingles?
• Umuthi wokugomela amashoba
• Ukudla okudlela endlini

Yebo, ungathola ama-shingles ezinqeni zakho.

Ukuqhuma kwama-shingles kuvame ukwenzeka esifubeni nasezinqeni. Kungabonakala nakwezinye izingxenye zomzimba wakho, kufaka phakathi imilenze, izingalo, noma ubuso.

Ama-shingles (i-herpes zoster) abonakala ngokuqubuka kokuqubuka noma amabhamuza esikhunjeni. Kuyingozi kunoma ngubani oye waba nenkukhu.

Igciwane le-varicella-zoster lidala zombili izingcucu nezinkukhu. Ngokusho kweCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, kunezigameko zamashingles e-United States minyaka yonke.

Izimpawu zamashingles

Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ama-shingles avela kuqala esifubeni sakho, ezinqeni, noma kwenye indawo, uphawu lokuqala imizwa engachazeki ngokomzimba, imvamisa ubuhlungu.

Kwabanye abantu, ubuhlungu bungaba bukhulu. Le mizwa ivame ukuvela endaweni lapho ukuqubuka kuzokhula khona ngosuku olulodwa kuya kweziyisihlanu.

Izimpawu ze-Shingles ekuqaleni zifaka:

• ukuzwa kokushoshozela, ukuba ndikindiki, ukulunywa, ukushiswa, noma ubuhlungu
• ukuzwela kokuthinta

Izimpawu ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuzwa zifaka:

• ukuqubuka okubomvu
• amabhamuza agcwele uketshezi oluvuleka luqhume ngaphezulu
• ukulunywa

Ezinye izimpawu zingafaka:

• ikhanda
• imfiva
• ukukhathala
• Ukugodola
• ukuzwela ukukhanya
• isisu esibuhlungu

Izimpawu zangaphandle ze-shingles zivame ukuthinta uhlangothi olulodwa lomzimba wakho. Ngamanye amagama, ukuqubuka kungavela ezinqeni zakho zesobunxele kepha hhayi kwesokudla.

Abanye abantu abane-shingles babona kuphela ubuhlungu ngaphandle kokuthuthukisa ukuqubuka.

AmaShingles ahlala phakathi kwamasonto amabili kuya kwayisithupha.

Ukwelapha ama-shingles

Yize lungekho ikhambi lama-shingles, ukuselapha ngokushesha okukhulu kungasheshisa ukutakula kwakho futhi kwehlise namathuba akho ezinkinga.

Udokotela wakho cishe uzoncoma imishanguzo kadokotela yokulwa namagciwane, njenge:

• i-acyclovir (Zovirax)
• i-famciclovir (i-Famvir)
• i-valacyclovir (Valtrex)

Uma ama-shingles ekubangela ubuhlungu obukhulu, udokotela wakho angaphinde anikeze:

• ama-anticonvulsants, afana ne-gabapentin
• izidakamizwa, njenge-codeine
• ama-numbing agents, njenge-lidocaine
• ama-tricyclic antidepressants, njenge-amitriptyline

Kubantu abaningi abathola ama-shingles, bathola kanye kuphela. Kodwa-ke, kungenzeka ukuyithola izikhathi ezimbili noma ngaphezulu.

Amakhambi asekhaya ama-shingles

Kunezinyathelo ongazithatha ekhaya ezinganciphisa okunye kokulunywa noma ubuhlungu be-shingles, kufaka phakathi:

• ama-analgesics, afana ne-acetaminophen (Tylenol), uma ungazange unikezwe imithi yezinhlungu
• i-calamine lotion
• ama-colloidal oatmeal baths
• ukucindezela okupholile

Ubani osengozini yokuthola ama-shingles?

Ingozi yakho yama-shingles iyanda njengoba ukhula. Abanye abantu abanobungozi obukhulu bafaka:

• abantu abanezimo zezempilo ezenza buthaka amasosha abo omzimba, njenge-HIV, i-lymphoma, noma i-leukemia
• abantu abanikezwe izidakamizwa zokuzivikela, kufaka phakathi i-steroids nezidakamizwa ezisetshenziswa nabamukeli bokufakelwa komzimba

Yize ama-shingles engajwayelekile ezinganeni, ingane isengozini yokushaywa uma:

• umama wengane ubenepopox ngasekupheleni kokukhulelwa
• ingane ibinengxibongo ngaphambi kweminyaka engu-1 ubudala

Umuthi wokugomela amashoba

Ngasekupheleni kuka-2017, i-Food and Drug Administration yavuma umuthi wokugomela i-shingles omusha, uShingrix, ukufaka esikhundleni somuthi wokugoma owedlule, iZostavax.

Ngokusho kweNational Institute on Aging, iShingrix iphephile futhi inconyiwe ngeZostavax.

Buza udokotela wakho ngaphambi kokuthola umuthi wokugoma. Ngokuvamile bazokuncoma ukuthi uthole iShingrix noma ngabe:

• sengivele ngine-shingles
• sebethole iZostavax
• ungakhumbuli ukuthi ubunayo yini inkukhu noma cha

I-Shingrix ayinconywa uma unesifo somzimba esibuthakathaka, umkhuhlane, noma ukugula.

Ukudla okudlela endlini

Ukuqhuma namabhamuza ama-shingles angavela noma kuphi emzimbeni wakho, kufaka phakathi eyodwa noma zombili izinqe.

Uma uhlakulela ama-shingles, bheka udokotela wakho ngokushesha okukhulu. Ukwelashwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi kungasiza ukusheshisa inqubo yokuphulukisa futhi kwehlise ubungozi bezinkinga.

Khuluma nodokotela wakho ngomuthi wokugomela i-shingles. Uma umuthi wokugoma uyindlela esebenzisekayo kuwe, ungakugwema ukubhekana nama-shingles ngokuphelele.