Okufanele Ukwazi Ngokufushane Kokuphefumula Ekuzikhandleni

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• Izimbangela zokuphefumula ngokuzikhandla
• Ukuhlonza imbangela eyimbangela yokuphefumula okuncane
• Ukwelapha ukuphefumula okuncane
• Ungasibona kanjani isimo esiphuthumayo sezokwelapha

Kuyini ukuphefumula okuncane ngokuzikhandla?

“Ukuphefumula kanzima ngokuzikhandla” igama elisetshenziselwa ukuchaza ubunzima bokuphefumula lapho wenza umsebenzi olula njengokukhuphuka izitebhisi noma ukuya ebhokisini leposi.

Kuyaziwa nangokuthi:

• SOBOE
• ukuphefumula ngokuzikhandla
• i-dyspnea yokuzikhandla
• i-dyspnea ngomzamo
• ukuphefumula kanzima
• ukuphefumula okuncane ngomsebenzi
• i-dyspnea ngokuzikhandla (DOE)

Ngenkathi umuntu ngamunye ehlangabezana nalesi sibonakaliso ngokuhlukile, kuvame ukumakwa ngomuzwa wokuthi awukwazi ukuphefumula.

Ukuphefumula okujwayelekile kuhamba kancane futhi kwenzeka ngaphandle kokucabanga okuningi.

Lapho uqala ukuphefumula ngokushesha futhi uzwe ukuthi umoya awunciphile, yilokho ukuphefumula okuncane okufana nakho. Ungashintsha ekuphefumuleni ngamakhala uye emlonyeni wakho ukuze uzame ukuthola umoya omningi. Lapho lokhu kwenzeka ngaphandle kokuzikhandla kwezemidlalo, kuyakhathaza.

Abantu abaningi bazizwa bephelelwa umoya ngesikhathi somsebenzi onzima uma bengajwayele ukuzivocavoca umzimba.

Kepha uma uqala ukuphefumula kanzima ngokungazelelwe wenza imisebenzi ejwayelekile yansuku zonke, kungaba yisimo esiphuthumayo sezokwelapha.

Ukuphefumula ngokuzikhandla kuwuphawu lokuthi amaphaphu akho awatholi umoya-mpilo owenele noma awakhiphi i-carbon dioxide eyanele. Kungaba uphawu lokuxwayisa ngokuthile okubucayi.

Izimbangela zokuphefumula ngokuzikhandla

Ukuphefumula okuncane kwenzeka ngenxa yokuhlangana kwezinto eziningi zomzimba nezingokwengqondo.Ukuhlaselwa ukwethuka, ngokwesibonelo, kuyinto ebangelwa ubuchopho kepha enezimpawu zangempela, zomzimba. Kungaba ngumphumela wezimo zemvelo uma izinga lomoya liphansi endaweni yakho.

Konke okulandelayo kungaxhunyaniswa nokuphefumula okuncane ngokuzikhandla:

• isifo esingapheliyo sokuvimbela kwamaphaphu (COPD)
• ukuhluleka kwenhliziyo
• isifuba somoya
• isimo somzimba esingesihle
• ukukhulelwa sekwephuzile
• i-anemia
• inyumoniya
• embolism yamaphaphu
• isifo samaphaphu (i-fibrosis yangaphakathi)
• isimila somdlavuza
• ukukhuluphala ngokweqile
• isifo sezinso
• isifo sesibindi

Ukuhlonza imbangela eyimbangela yokuphefumula okuncane

Lapho uphefumula kanzima ngokuzikhandla, kufanele wenze i-aphoyintimenti yokubona udokotela wakho. Bazokubuza ngomlando wakho wezokwelapha futhi benze isivivinyo.

Ukuhlolwa kuzosiza ekutholeni imbangela yokuphefumula kwakho. Lezi zivivinyo zingafaka:

• X-ray esifubeni
• Isifuba CT scan
• ukuzivocavoca umzimba
• izifundo zomsebenzi wamaphaphu (spirometry)
• ukuhlolwa kwelebhu, kufaka phakathi ukuhlolwa kwegazi

Ukwelapha ukuphefumula okuncane

Ukwelashwa kwalesi simo kuzoncika ekutholeni kokuhlolwa kwezokwelapha. Abaphathi bazogxila ekwelapheni imbangela yokuphelelwa umoya.

Isibonelo, uma kubangelwa i-asthma, udokotela wakho angakutusa ukuthi usebenzise i-inhaler. Uma kuwuphawu lwesimo somzimba esingesihle, kungenzeka udokotela wakho asikisele uhlelo lokuqina.

Kungase kudingeke ukuthi ubhekane nalesi sifo kuze kube yilapho isisombululo sixazululwa. Ekukhulelweni, ngokwesibonelo, ukuphefumula kwakho kufanele kuthuthuke ngemuva kokuzalwa kwengane.

Ungasibona kanjani isimo esiphuthumayo sezokwelapha

Ukuqala okungazelelwe kokuphefumula kungaba yisimo esiphuthumayo sezokwelapha. Shayela ku-911 ngokushesha uma wena noma othile omaziyo ehlangabezana nalokhu, ikakhulukazi uma kuhambisana nalokhu okulandelayo:

• indlala yomoya (umuzwa wokuthi noma ngabe uphefumule kangakanani, awukatholi umoya owanele)
• edonsa umoya
• ukuminza
• ubuhlungu besifuba
• ukudideka
• ukudlula noma ukuquleka
• ajuluke ubala
• i-pallor (isikhumba esiphaphathekile)
• i-cyanosis (isikhumba esinombala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka)
• isiyezi
• ukukhwehlela igazi noma ukubhoboza, amafinyila abomvana