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Tuzatangire ku bintu by’ibanze. Noneho, penicillin ni iki koko? Penicillin si umuti umwe gusa; ni itsinda rinini, cyangwa se urwego rw’imiti yica udukoko twitwa antibiotiki ikomoka kuri fungi (ibihumyo) yo mu bwoko bwa Penicillium. Nk’ubwoko bw’umuti wa antibiotiki wa beta-lactam, akazi kawo nyamukuru ni uguhangana no kwica udukoko bwangiza bwinjiye mu mubiri wawe.
Kimwe mu bintu by’ingenzi cyane kumenya ni uko penicillin ikora gusa ku ndwara z’ibizunguzwa. Ntabwo igira icyo ikora ku ndwara ziterwa na virusi. Ni yo mpamvu muganga wawe atazayiguha indwara ya grippe isanzwe, influenziya, cyangwa COVID-19, zose ziterwa na virusi source. Gukoresha antibiotiki mu buryo budakenewe bitera cyane ikibazo gikomeye ku rwego rw’ubuzima ku isi: kwirinda antibiotiki kwanga gukora.
Penicillin n’ibiyikomokaho bihabwa abantu mu kuvura indwara nyinshi z’ibizunguzwa, uhereye ku ndwara z’amatwi zikunze kugaragara ku bana kugeza ku ndwara zishobora guhitana. Noneho, penicillin ivura izihe ndwara?
Abakora ubuvuzi bakoresha iyi antibiotiki ikomeye mu guhashya udukoko dutera:
Ubwoko bwihariye bwa penicillin bugenewe uzahabwa bizaterwa n’ubwoko nyirizina bw’udukoko dutera indwara.
Waba wibaza, penicillin ikora gute mu guhangana n’aba batera udukoko? Ibi bikorwa ni urugamba rw’ubuganga bw’ibinyabuzima.
Ibizunguzwa byegeranijwe na strukture ikomeye, ikomeye yitwa urukuta rw’akanyamunyu. Ishobora kwitwa ko ari urutare rw’inyuma rw’ibizunguzwa, rutuma igira isura kandi ikayi umubare w’ikirere.
Ubuhanga bwa penicillin burimo bushobora guhagarika iki gikorwa.
Mu by’ukuri, penicillin ituma ibizunguzwa byisenyera byikoreye. Iki gikorwa kirakomeye kandi ni cyo gituma kumenya penicillin ikora gute bifasha gusobanukirwa ubwenge bwayo. Ibintu by’ingenzi, ingirwa ntizifite urukuta rw’akanyamunyu, ni yo mpamvu penicillin ishobora kwibanda ku bizunguzwa idafite inkomyi ku ngirwa zacu.
Iyo muganga avuze ko ari kugenewe “penicillin,” ashobora kuba avuga imwe mu miti yose ihujwe. Amoko ya penicillin yagiye akura cyane kuva ku bwikorezi bwa Fleming mu kwirinda udukoko twinshi no guhangana n’uburwayi.
Ahanini bayategura mu byiciro bikurikira:
Aya ni yo mfuruka, akomoka ku gihumye cya Penicillium. Aracyakomeye ku bice bimwe na bimwe by’ibizunguzwa nk’Streptococcus.
Iki cyiciro cyateguwe kugira ngo gikore ku bice byinshi by’ibizunguzwa kuruta penicillin kare.
Noneho, ni ikihe gikoresho gikomeye cyane hagati ya amoxicillin na penicillin (nka Penicillin V)? Ikindi gitandukanye ni “urwego rw’ibikorwa.” Amoxicillin ishobora kwica udukoko twinshi kuruta penicillin kare. Ibi bituma ihitamo ryiza ryinshi iyo muganga ashaka kwirinda ibibazo byinshi. Guhitamo hagati ya amoxicillin na penicillin bifitanye isano n’ubwoko bw’ibizunguzwa biteganyijwe gutera indwara.
Ibizunguzwa bimwe, nk’ibice bimwe bya Staphylococcus aureus, byateje imbere gutanga ikintu cyitwa penicillinase cyica penicillin kare. Iki cyiciro cyateguwe kugira ngo gikomeze kwirinda ikindi kintu. Imyanzuro ni dicloxacillin na nafcillin, bikoreshwa cyane ku ndwara za staph.
Aya ni amakuru akomeye akoreshwa mu ndwara zikomeye zitwara igihe kirekire, cyane cyane izahawe mu bitaro. Piperacillin ni imyanzuro isanzwe, ikora ku bizunguzwa bikomeye nk’Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Kugira ngo twirinde ibizunguzwa byateje imbere kwirinda, penicillin zimwe zihuzwa n’igikoresho cya beta-lactamase inhibitor. Iki gikoresho cya kabiri gihagarika ibintu by’uburwamo bw’ibizunguzwa, bituma penicillin ikora akazi kayo.
Gusobanukirwa amoko ya penicillin bifasha gusobanura impamvu muganga wawe ahitamo umuti runaka kuruta uwundi ku ndwara yawe.
Mbere na mbere, penicillin ni umufasha mukuru, nk’imiti yose, ishobora kugira ibikoresho. Benshi muri bo ni bake kandi biba byo, ariko ni ingenzi kumenya ibibazo.
Ibikoresho bisanzwe bya penicillin birimo:
Nubwo ari nke, bimwe mu bikoresho bikomeye bikenera ubutabazi bw’ubuvuzi bwihuse.
Ibyago bivugwa cyane ni kwirinda penicillin. Kwirinda nyako ni uguhana kwinshi kw’ubwoko bw’ubwigenge ku muti. Ndetse nubwo abantu benshi bavuga ko bafite kwirinda penicillin, ubushakashatsi bwagaragaje ko barenga 90% badafite kwirinda nyako iyo bakoreshejwe amahugurwa source. Ibi ni ingenzi kuko bishobora gutuma habaho gukoresha antibiotiki zidasanzwe cyangwa zidahenze cyane.
Ibimenyetso byo kwirinda penicillin ugomba kwitondera birimo:
Igikorwa gikomeye cyane cyo kwirinda ni anaphylaxis, ikibazo gikomeye cyane. Ibimenyetso birimo kugabanuka kwihuse kw’amaraso, kugorwa no guhumeka, no kubura ubwenge. Niba ufite ibimenyetso bya anaphylaxis, hamagara 911 byihuse.
Niba wemeye ko ufite kwirinda penicillin, ganira n’umuganga wawe cyangwa umuhanga mu kwirinda. Bashobora gukora ikizamini cy’uruhu kugira ngo bemeze ko byaba byiza ko ufata uru rwego rw’imiti mu gihe kizaza. Kumenya uko uhagaze mu kwirinda ni ikintu gikomeye cy’amakuru y’ubuzima bwawe.
Abaganga bagenera penicillin iyo indwara zaterwa n’ibizunguzwa bitwaza penicillin, nk’umukororwa wa streptococcus, syphilis, cyangwa indwara zimwe na zimwe z’uruhu n’amenyo. Ihitamo kubera ubushobozi bwayo, urwego rwayo rworoheje, igiciro cyacyo cyoroheje, n’ibikorwa byayo byoroheje iyo kwirinda cyangwa kwirinda bitari ikibazo.
Kimwe mu bibazo bikomeye cyane ku buzima ku isi ni kwirinda antibiotiki. Ibi bibaho iyo ibizunguzwa bikura kandi bibyara uburyo bwo kwirinda imiti igenewe kubica, bikaba bituma indwara zikomeye kurushaho kwivuza.
Buri gihe dukoresheje antibiotiki, duha ibizunguzwa amahirwe yo guhinduka. Ni yo mpamvu ari ingenzi cyane kubikoresha neza. Ushobora gufasha kwirinda kwirinda antibiotiki ukurikiza aya mategeko yoroheje ariko akomeye:
Kuva ku mukororwa wa streptococcus usanzwe kugeza ku bikomeye bya meningite, igisubizo cy’ikibazo kivuga ngo “penicillin ikoreshwa niki?” ni kinini kandi gikomeye. Uru rwego rw’imitwe bikoreshwa na antibiotiki byarakijije ubuzima bwinshi kandi bikaba bikomeje kuba ingirakamaro mu guhangana n’indwara z’ibizunguzwa.
Mu gusobanukirwa ibyo ari byo, ni izihe ndwara ikoreshwa, n’ibyakugera, ushobora kuba umpaciyenti w’umuhanga kandi ufite ubwigenge. Gusa ganira n’umuganga wawe wabigize umwuga ku mateka yawe y’ubuvuzi, cyane cyane kwirinda kwose kwaba kwiriwe, kandi ukurikize inama zabo neza. Hamwe, dushobora kwemeza ko uyu muti w’ubuhanga ukomeza gukora ibitangaza mu gihe kizaza.
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