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Indwara zandurira mu mibonano mpuzabitsina (IST) ni ubwandu buva ku muntu umwe bugakwirakwira ku wundi binyuze mu mibonano mpuzabitsina. Ubwo bwandu bushobora kwibasira umuntu wese ukora imibonano mpuzabitsina, kandi abantu benshi bafite IST ntabwo bagaragaza ibimenyetso byihuse. Inkuru nziza ni uko izi ndwara zivurwa neza, kandi zose zirakomeza kuvurwa neza hakoreshejwe ubuvuzi bukwiye.
IST ni ubwandu buterwa na bagiteri, virusi, cyangwa udukoko tw’imitego dutwara abantu mu gihe cy’imibonano mpuzabitsina y’igitsina, inyuma, cyangwa mu kanwa. Ushobora kandi kubyita indwara zandurira mu mibonano mpuzabitsina (STI), ibyo bikaba ari ijambo ricukumbuye kurushaho kuko ushobora kugira ubwandu udatangiye kwerekana ibimenyetso by’indwara.
Ubwo bwandu ntibukemura abantu bitewe n’imyaka, igitsina, cyangwa inkomoko. Ni ubwandu busanzwe cyane, aho miliyoni z’ubwandu bushya buva buri mwaka. Icy’ingenzi ni ukumva ko kugira IST bidatuma uba umuntu mubi cyangwa udafite agaciro.
Zimwe mu ndwara zandurira mu mibonano mpuzabitsina zishobora kandi gukwirakwira binyuze mu buryo butari ubw’imibonano mpuzabitsina, nko gusangira ibyuma byo guterwa inshinge cyangwa kuva ku mubyeyi ku mwana mu gihe cyo gutwita cyangwa kubyara. Ariko kandi, imibonano mpuzabitsina igumana uburyo busanzwe bw’ubwo bwandu bukwirakwira.
Indwara nyinshi zandurira mu mibonano mpuzabitsina zishobora kuba mu mubiri wawe zitagaragaza ibimenyetso bigaragara, niyo mpamvu gupimwa buri gihe ari ingenzi cyane. Iyo ibimenyetso bigaragara, bishobora gutandukana cyane bitewe n’ubwandu bw’umwihariko.
Dore ibimenyetso bisanzwe ushobora kugira:
Zimwe mu ndwara zandurira mu mibonano mpuzabitsina zishobora gutera ibimenyetso bigira ingaruka ku mubiri wawe wose, nko guhindagurika, umunaniro, kubyimba kw’imikaya, cyangwa ibibyimba by’uruhu. Ibyo bimenyetso by’umubiri wose bikunze kugaragara mu ndwara nka syphilis cyangwa HIV.
Wibuke ko ibimenyetso bishobora kuza no kugenda, kandi kuba bidahari ntibisobanura ko ubwandu bwarangiye. Niyo mpamvu gupimwa buri gihe ari bwo buryo bwizewe bwo kumenya uko uhagaze.
IST zigabanywamo ibice bitatu by’ingenzi hashingiwe ku cyaziteye: ubwandu bwa bagiteri, virusi, n’ubwandu bw’udukoko tw’imitego. Kumva ibyo bice bishobora kugufasha gusobanukirwa uko IST zitandukanye zikora n’impamvu uburyo bwazo bwo kuvurwa butandukanye.
IST ziterwa na bagiteri ziterwa na bagiteri kandi zishobora kuvurwa neza hakoreshejwe imiti ya antibiyotike. IST zisanzwe ziterwa na bagiteri zirimo:
IST ziterwa na virusi ziterwa na virusi kandi ntizivurwa, ariko zishobora guhangana neza hakoreshejwe imiti. IST zisanzwe ziterwa na virusi zirimo:
IST ziterwa n’udukoko tw’imitego ziterwa n’udukoko duto kandi zishobora kuvurwa hakoreshejwe imiti yihariye. Izo ndwara zirimo trichomoniasis, utudodo tw’igitsina, na scabies.
IST ziterwa na bagiteri, virusi, cyangwa udukoko tw’imitego twinjira mu mubiri wawe mu gihe cy’imibonano mpuzabitsina n’umufatanyabikorwa wanduye. Ibyo binyabuzima bibona inzira binyuze mu mpuzandengo z’igitsina, mu kanwa, cyangwa inyuma.
Uburyo nyamukuru bw’ubwo bwandu bukwirakwira burimo imibonano mpuzabitsina y’igitsina, inyuma, n’imibonano mpuzabitsina mu kanwa. Zimwe mu ndwara zishobora kandi gukwirakwira binyuze mu mubiri uhuza uruhu, nubwo hatabayeho kwinjira. Ibyo bivuze ko IST zishobora kwanduza nubwo hakoreshejwe uburyo bwo kwirinda nka kondomu, nubwo ibyo bintu bigabanya cyane ibyago.
Hari ibikorwa bimwe na bimwe byongera ibyago byo kwandura. Kugira abafatanyabikorwa benshi mu mibonano mpuzabitsina, kudakoresha uburyo bwo kwirinda buri gihe, cyangwa gukora imibonano mpuzabitsina n’umuntu ufite abafatanyabikorwa benshi byose byongera ibyago. Byongeye kandi, kugira IST imwe bishobora kukugiraho ingaruka kurusha izindi.
Zimwe mu ndwara zandurira mu mibonano mpuzabitsina zishobora kandi gukwirakwira mu buryo butari ubw’imibonano mpuzabitsina. Gusangira ibyuma byo guterwa inshinge, gukora tatouage hifashishijwe ibikoresho bidahumurijwe, cyangwa guhabwa amaraso yanduye bishobora kwanduza indwara zimwe na zimwe nka HIV na hepatitis B.
Ugomba kubona umuganga kugira ngo upimwe IST niba ukora imibonano mpuzabitsina, nubwo wumva umeze neza. Abaganga benshi batanga inama yo gupimwa IST buri mwaka ku bantu bakora imibonano mpuzabitsina, no gupimwa kenshi niba ufite abafatanyabikorwa benshi.
Shaka ubuvuzi vuba niba ubona ibimenyetso bidasanzwe hafi y’igitsina cyawe, ukababara mu gihe cyo kwinjira, cyangwa ugatera ibibyimba cyangwa ibisebe bitasobanuwe. Ntugatege amatsiko cyangwa wihebe ko bizagenda ubwabyo.
Ugomba kandi gupimwa nyuma yo gukora imibonano mpuzabitsina idakingiye n’umufatanyabikorwa mushya, niba umufatanyabikorwa wawe mu mibonano mpuzabitsina akubwiye ko afite IST, cyangwa niba uteganya guhagarika gukoresha uburyo bwo kwirinda n’umufatanyabikorwa wawe. Gupimwa hamwe bishobora kuba intambwe ishingiye ku nshingano kuri mwebwe bombi.
Niba utwite cyangwa uteganya gutwita, gupimwa IST bihinduka ingenzi kurushaho kuko zimwe mu ndwara zishobora kugira ingaruka ku buzima bw’umwana wawe. Umuganga wawe ashobora kukuyobora mu bipimo bikwiye n’uburyo bwo kuvura.
Umuntu wese ukora imibonano mpuzabitsina afite ibyago byo kwandura IST, ariko ibintu bimwe na bimwe bishobora kongera ibyago byo kwandura. Kumva ibyo byago ntibijyanye no gucira urubanza ahubwo ni ukugira ibyemezo by’ubuzima bw’imibonano mpuzabitsina.
Ibyago by’ingenzi birimo:
Ibintu bimwe na bimwe by’umubiri bishobora kandi kongera ibyago. Abagore bafite ibyago byinshi byo kwandura zimwe mu ndwara zandurira mu mibonano mpuzabitsina bitewe n’imiterere y’umubiri wabo, kandi abantu bafite ubudahangarwa bw’umubiri buke barashobora kwandura indwara cyane no kugira ingaruka.
Kugira ibindi bikorwa by’ubuvuzi nko gukaraba kenshi bishobora guhungabanya uburyo bw’umubiri bwo kwirinda, mu gihe imiti imwe cyangwa ubuzima bw’umuntu bishobora kugabanya ubushobozi bw’umubiri wawe bwo kurwanya ubwandu.
Iyo zitavuwe, IST zishobora gutera ibibazo bikomeye by’ubuzima birenga ubwandu bwambere. Inkuru nziza ni uko ingaruka nyinshi zirindwa neza hakoreshejwe ubuvuzi bukwiye.
Ingaruka ku buzima bw’imyororokere ni zimwe mu ngaruka zikomeye. IST zitavuwe zishobora gutera:
Zimwe mu ndwara zandurira mu mibonano mpuzabitsina zishobora kugira ingaruka ku bindi bice by’umubiri wawe iyo zikwirakwira uretse imyororokere. Syphilis, urugero, ishobora gukomeretsa umutima, ubwonko, n’ibindi bice by’umubiri niba idavuwe imyaka myinshi.
Kugira IST imwe byongera ibyago byo kwandura izindi, cyane cyane HIV. Uburibwe n’ibisebe biterwa na zimwe mu ndwara zandurira mu mibonano mpuzabitsina bituma byoroshye ko izindi ndwara zinjira.
Zimwe mu ndwara zandurira mu mibonano mpuzabitsina ziterwa na virusi zigira ingaruka z’igihe kirekire ziterwa n’igihe. Zimwe mu bwoko bwa HPV zishobora gutera kanseri y’inkondo y’umura, inyuma, cyangwa umunwa nyuma y’imyaka myinshi wanduye, mu gihe hepatitis B igihe kirekire ishobora gukomeretsa umwijima.
Kwiringira IST bisaba gufata ibyemezo by’ubuzima bw’imibonano mpuzabitsina no gufata ingamba zo kugabanya ibyago byo kwandura. Uburyo bwiza bwo kwirinda buhuza uburyo bwo kwirinda, gupimwa buri gihe, no kuganira neza n’abafatanyabikorwa.
Koresha kondomu neza kandi buri gihe mu gihe cy’imibonano mpuzabitsina y’igitsina, inyuma, n’imibonano mpuzabitsina mu kanwa bigabanya cyane ibyago byo kwandura IST nyinshi. Nubwo bitazira ijana ku ijana ku bwandu bwose, kondomu itanga uburinzi bwiza iyo ikoreshejwe neza buri gihe ukora imibonano mpuzabitsina.
Kugabanya umubare w’abafatanyabikorwa bawe mu mibonano mpuzabitsina no guhitamo abafatanyabikorwa bapimwe vuba bishobora kandi kugabanya ibyago. Kugira ibiganiro by’ukuri ku mateka y’imibonano mpuzabitsina n’ubuzima bw’IST n’abafatanyabikorwa bashoboka, nubwo rimwe na rimwe bidakomeye, ni igice cy’ingenzi cy’ubuzima bw’imibonano mpuzabitsina.
Gupimwa IST buri gihe bigufasha gufata no kuvura ubwandu hakiri kare, bikarinda ingaruka no kugabanya ubwandu ku bandi. Abaganga benshi batanga inama yo gupimwa buri mwaka, no gupimwa kenshi niba ufite abafatanyabikorwa benshi.
Inkingo zishobora kwirinda zimwe mu ndwara zandurira mu mibonano mpuzabitsina burundu. Urukingo rwa HPV ruringaniza ubwoko bukomeye bwa human papillomavirus, mu gihe urukingo rwa hepatitis B ruringaniza ubwo bwandu bw’umwijima bushobora kuba bukomeye.
Ibisubizo bya IST bikunze kuba ibikorwa byoroshye, byoroshye umuganga wawe ashobora gukora mu gihe cyo gusura bisanzwe. Ibisubizo ukeneye biterwa n’ibimenyetso byawe, amateka y’imibonano mpuzabitsina, n’ubwandu muganga wawe ashaka gupima.
Ibisubizo byinshi bya IST bikubiyemo igipimo cy’inkari, amaraso, cyangwa igipimo cyakuwe mu gice cyanduye. Ibisubizo by’inkari bishobora kumenya chlamydia, gonorrhea, na trichomoniasis, mu gihe ibisubizo by’amaraso bimenya indwara nka HIV, syphilis, na hepatitis B.
Ku bwandu butera ibimenyetso bigaragara, muganga wawe ashobora gufata igipimo cyakuwe mu bibyimba, ibisohora, cyangwa ibindi bice byanduye. Icyo gipimo cyoherezwa muri laboratwari aho abakozi bashobora kumenya udukoko tw’umwihariko dutera ibimenyetso byawe.
Uburyo bushya bwo gupima bituma ibisubizo byihuse. Ibisubizo byihuse bya HIV bishobora gutanga ibisubizo mu minota 20, mu gihe ibigo bimwe bitanga ibisubizo by’umunsi umwe ku bwandu bumwe na bumwe bwa bagiteri.
Umuganga wawe azakugira inama y’ibipimo ukeneye hashingiwe ku mimerere yawe. Bashobora kugusaba gupimwa byuzuye cyangwa kwibanda ku bwandu bw’umwihariko hashingiwe ku bimenyetso byawe cyangwa ibyago.
Ubuvuzi bwa IST butandukana cyane bitewe n’uko ubwandu bwawe buterwa na bagiteri, virusi, cyangwa udukoko tw’imitego. Inkuru nziza ni uko IST ziterwa na bagiteri n’udukoko tw’imitego zishobora kuvurwa neza, mu gihe IST ziterwa na virusi zishobora guhangana neza.
IST ziterwa na bagiteri nka chlamydia, gonorrhea, na syphilis zisanzwe zivurwa neza hakoreshejwe antibiyotike. Muganga wawe azakwandikira imiti yihariye hashingiwe ku bwoko bw’ubwandu n’amabwiriza yo kuvura ubu. Ni ngombwa gufata imiti yose yanditswe neza nk’uko byategetswe, nubwo ibimenyetso byashize.
IST ziterwa na virusi ntizivurwa, ariko imiti yo kurwanya virusi ishobora kugabanya cyane ibimenyetso n’ibyago byo kwanduza. Abantu bafite herpes bashobora gufata imiti ya buri munsi kugira ngo birinde ibibyimba, mu gihe ubuvuzi bwa HIV bushobora kugabanya urwego rwa virusi kugeza ku rugero rudashobora kuboneka.
IST ziterwa n’udukoko tw’imitego nka trichomoniasis zisanzwe zikira vuba hakoreshejwe imiti ikwiye yo kurwanya udukoko tw’imitego. Ibyo buvuzi bisanzwe bifite akamaro iyo bifashwe nk’uko byategetswe.
Mu gihe cyo kuvurwa, ugomba kwirinda imibonano mpuzabitsina kugeza igihe wowe n’umufatanyabikorwa wawe murangije kuvurwa kandi mukaba mwahawe uruhushya n’umuganga wawe. Ibyo birinda kwandura ukundi no kurinda ubuzima bw’umufatanyabikorwa wawe.
Nubwo ubuvuzi bw’abaganga buvuza ubwandu, ushobora gufata ingamba mu rugo kugira ngo uhangane n’ibimenyetso kandi ushyigikire gukira kwawe. Ibyo bintu bikorana, bitasimbuye, imiti yanditswe n’umuganga wawe.
Kubabara no gucika intege, imiti yo kugabanya ububabare nka ibuprofen cyangwa acetaminophen ishobora kugufasha guhangana n’ibimenyetso. Ibisate by’ubukonje byashyizwe ku bibyimba byo hanze cyangwa mu bice byanduye bishobora gufasha guhangana n’ubukonje cyangwa kuribwa.
Kugumisha ahantu handuye hakeye kandi humye bifasha kwirinda indwara zindi kandi bigatera gukira. Koresha isabune yoroheje, idafite impumuro, kandi wirinda ibintu bikomeye cyangwa ibintu bifite impumuro bishobora gutera ibindi bibazo.
Kwambara imyenda y’imbere yoroshye, y’ipamba igabanya ubushuhe n’ubushyuhe bishobora kongera ibimenyetso. Wirinda imyenda y’umubiri ihambiriye ishobora gufata ubushyuhe n’ubushuhe hafi y’igitsina.
Kuryama bihagije no kugira imirire myiza bishyigikira ubudahangarwa bw’umubiri wawe bwo kurwanya ubwandu. Kunywa amazi ahagije no kwirinda inzoga bishobora kandi gufasha umubiri wawe gutunganya imiti neza.
Kwitegura inama yawe y’ubuvuzi ku bijyanye na IST bishobora kugufasha kubona ubuvuzi bukwiye. Guta ingamba mbere bizatuma muganga wawe agira amakuru yose akenewe kugira ngo akwiteho neza.
Andika ibimenyetso byawe byose, harimo igihe byatangiye, uko byahindutse, n’icyo bikora kugira ngo bigabanuke cyangwa bikomeze. Harimo amakuru yerekeye ububabare, ibisohora, cyangwa ibindi bihinduka wabonye mu mubiri wawe.
Tegura inkuru y’ukuri y’amateka yawe y’imibonano mpuzabitsina, harimo umubare w’abafatanyabikorwa ba vuba, ubwoko bw’imibonano mpuzabitsina, n’uburyo bwo kwirinda wakoresheje. Ibyo bintu biguma ari ibanga kandi bifasha muganga wawe kumenya ibisubizo ukeneye.
Andika urutonde rw’imiti yose, ibintu byongera imbaraga, na vitamine ufashe ubu. Imiti imwe ishobora kubangamira ubuvuzi bwa IST cyangwa guhisha ibimenyetso, bityo gutanga amakuru arambuye bifasha guha ubuvuzi buzewe kandi bufite akamaro.
Zana ikarita yawe y’ubwisungane n’icyemezo cy’ubwiru.
Icy’ingenzi cyane cyo kumva ku bijyanye na IST ni uko ari indwara zisanzwe, zivurwa, kandi zitagufata nk’umuntu mubi. Gupimwa buri gihe no gushaka ubuvuzi vuba iyo bikenewe ni ibintu bisanzwe byo kwita ku buzima bw’imibonano mpuzabitsina.
IST nyinshi ntizitera ibimenyetso byihuse, bituma gupimwa buri gihe ari bwo buryo bwizewe bwo kumenya uko uhagaze. Ibyo bipimo birinda ubuzima bwawe n’ubw’abafatanyabikorwa bawe, bigatuma ubuvuzi bwa hakiri kare bukarinda ingaruka.
Ukoresheje ubuvuzi bukwiye, abantu bafite IST bashobora kubona ubuzima bwiza, buhamye. IST ziterwa na bagiteri zishobora kuvurwa neza, mu gihe IST ziterwa na virusi zishobora guhangana neza hakoreshejwe imiti igezweho. Icy’ingenzi ni ukubona ubuvuzi bukwiye no gukurikiza amabwiriza yo kuvura.
Kuganira neza n’abafatanyabikorwa mu mibonano mpuzabitsina, gukoresha uburyo bwo kwirinda buri gihe, no gukora isuzuma ry’ubuzima buri gihe bigira uruhare mu buzima bwiza bw’imibonano mpuzabitsina. Ibyo bintu biguha ububasha bwo gufata ibyemezo by’ubwenge no kubungabunga ubuzima bwawe ubuzima bwawe bwose.
Yego, ushobora kwandura no kwanduza IST mu gihe cy’imibonano mpuzabitsina mu kanwa, harimo gutanga cyangwa kwakira imibonano mpuzabitsina mu kanwa ku gitsina, mu gitsina gore, cyangwa inyuma. Abantu benshi ntibabizi ko imibonano mpuzabitsina mu kanwa itera ibyago byo kwanduza IST, ariko indwara nka herpes, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis, na HPV zishobora kwanduza muri ubwo buryo. Koresha kondomu, dental dams, cyangwa ubundi buryo bwo kwirinda mu gihe cy’imibonano mpuzabitsina mu kanwa bigabanya cyane ibyo byago.
Igihe cyo gupimwa IST gituruka ku bwandu bw’umwihariko n’ubudahangarwa bw’umubiri wawe. IST nyinshi ziterwa na bagiteri nka chlamydia na gonorrhea zishobora kumenyekana mu cyumweru kimwe cyangwa bibiri nyuma yo kwandura. Ibisubizo bya HIV birakwiye nyuma y’amezi atatu nyuma yo kwandura, nubwo ibisubizo bishya bishobora kumenya ubwandu hakiri kare. Umuganga wawe ashobora kugira inama y’igihe cyiza cyo gupimwa hashingiwe ku mimerere yawe n’ubwoko bw’ubwandu uhangayikishijwe.
IST nyinshi ntizikira ubwazo kandi zisaba ubuvuzi kugira ngo zikire cyangwa zihangane neza. Nubwo ibimenyetso bishobora guhita bikira, ubwandu busanzwe buguma mu mubiri wawe kandi bushobora gutera ibibazo bikomeye niba bitavuwe. Zimwe mu ndwara ziterwa na virusi nka HPV zishobora gukira ubwazo uko igihe gihita, ariko ntushobora kwiringira ko bizaba. Buri gihe shaka ubuvuzi n’ubuvuzi ku ndwara zishidikanywaho za IST.
Yego, ushobora kugira IST nyinshi icyarimwe, kandi kugira ubwandu bumwe bishobora kongera ibyago byo kwandura ibindi. Uburibwe n’impinduka z’ubudahangarwa bw’umubiri biterwa na IST imwe bishobora korohereza izindi ndwara kwinjira. Niyo mpamvu gupimwa byuzuye kwa IST akenshi bipima ubwandu nyinshi icyarimwe, kandi niyo mpamvu kuvura ubwandu bwose bwakuruwe ari ingenzi.
IST nyinshi ntizitera ibimenyetso bigaragara, cyane cyane mu ntangiriro y’ubwandu. Ibyo ni ikintu gisanzwe kuri chlamydia, gonorrhea, na HIV mu ntangiriro. Abantu bamwe bashobora kwanduza no kwanduza ubwandu igihe kirekire batabizi. Niyo mpamvu gupimwa IST buri gihe bigirwa inama ku bantu bakora imibonano mpuzabitsina, hatitawe ku kuba bumva bameze neza cyangwa bafite ibimenyetso.
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