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ngabe ukusebenzisa i-amoxicillin ku-UTI ukwelashwa kuyinto enhle?
Impendulo emfushane ithi: ngezinye izikhathi, kodwa ayivamisile ukuba yikho okungcono noma okokuqala okukhethiwe.
Ngenkathi i-amoxicillin yayiyikhemisi elisetshenziswa kabanzi eliqeda izifo zama-UTI, izinto eziningi sezishintshile. Ukwanda kwezinga lokungasebenzi kahle kwamachiza okuqeda izifo esikhathini esidlule sekubeke phansi ohlwini lwezindlela zokwelapha ezithandwayo.
Ngaphambi kokuba sikhulume ngemithi, asibuyekeze ngokushesha ukuthi yini i-urinary tract infection. I-UTI iyisifo kunoma iyiphi ingxenye yesistimu yakho yokuchama, ehlanganisa izinso zakho, imisele yokuchama (ureters), isinye (bladder), nombhobho wokuchama (urethra) source. Izifo eziningi zithinta ingxenye engezansi yesistimu yokuchama—isinye nombhobho wokuchama.
Uma isifo sise sinyeni, sibizwa nge-cystitis, okuyisifo esivamile kakhulu se-UTI. Lokhu kuvame ukuba yilokho abantu abacabanga ngakho lapho bekhuluma nge-amoxicillin yokuqubuka esinyeni.
Izimpawu nezikubangela i-UTI ngokuvamile kucacile kakhulu. Ungase ube nazimpawu eyodwa noma ngaphezulu kwalokhu okulandelayo:
Iningi elikhulu lama-UTI libangelwa amagciwane, i-Escherichia coli (E. coli) ibe yisona esicashe ezingeni elingafika ku-90% wezigameko source. Lawa magciwane avame ukuhlala emathunjini kodwa angafika ohlelweni lokuchama futhi abangele isifo.
I-Amoxicillin iyi-antibiotic ebanzi esukela emndenini we-penicillin. Isebenza ngokuvimbela amagciwane ukuthi akhe izindonga zamangqamuzana abo, okubuye kubabulale. Imikhawulo yeminyaka, ibiyisilwengwa esinokwethenjwa ngokumelene nezinhlobo eziningi zezifo zamagciwane, kuhlanganise nama-UTI.
Ngakho, ngabe i-amoxicillin iyikhemisi elihle le-UTI namuhla? Impendulo isiba nzima kakhulu. Inkinga enkulu ukungasebenzi kahle kwe-antibiotic. Ngeminyaka yokusebenzisa nokungasebenzisi kahle, izinhlobo eziningi ze-E. coli zithuthuke zabavaleleka ku-amoxicillin. Lokhu kusho ukuthi i-antibiotic ayisababulali ngempumelelo amagciwane abangela isifo source.
Ngenxa yokungasebenzi kahle okubanzi, imihlahlandlela eminingi yezokwelapha ayisaphakamisi i-amoxicillin njengomuthi okuqala we-UTI kubantu abadala abaningi abanesifo esilula, esingenamuntu esinyeni.
Ungase uzwe ngomuthi ofanayo obizwa nge-amoxicillin-clavulanate (igama lenkampani: Augmentin). Lokhu kuyisidakamizwa esihlanganisiwe. Si-qukethe i-amoxicillin kanye ne-clavulanate potassium. I-Clavulanate ayiyona i-antibiotic ngokwayo; esikhundleni salokho, iyi-beta-lactamase inhibitor.
Ngamazwi alula, amanye amagciwane angasebenzi akhiqiza i-enzyme (beta-lactamase) eyonakalisa i-amoxicillin ngaphambi kokuba isebenze. I-Clavulanate ivimbela leyo enzyme, ivumela i-amoxicillin ukuba yenze umsebenzi wayo. Ngalesi sizathu, i-amoxicillin clavulanate ye-UTI ngokuvamile iyasebenza kakhulu kunokusebenza kwe-amoxicillin yodwa futhi ingase iqiniswe lapho amanye amakhemisi okuqala angasetshenziswa.
Uma ingeyona inketho ephezulu, kungani i-amoxicillin ye-UTI isakhulunywa?
Uma udokotela wakho enquma ukuthi i-amoxicillin iyiyo efanele kuwe, kubalulekile ukulandela imiyalelo yakhe ngokunembayo. Idosi evamile le-amoxicillin ye-UTI kubantu abadala kuvame ukuba ngu-500 mg njalo emaholaayi angu-8 noma angu-12, noma 875 mg njalo emaholaayi angu-12. Ezinganeni, idosi lisekelwe esisindweni sazo.
Ngakho, kuthatha isikhathi esingakanani i-amoxicillin ukuba isebenze ku-UTI? Abantu abaningi baqala ukuzwa impumuzo ezimpawini zabo phakathi kwezinsuku ezingu-1 kuya kwezingu-3 zokuqala ukuthatha i-antibiotic. Ubuhlungu bakho bungase bunciphe, futhi isidingo esiphuthumayo sokuchama singase sinciphe.
Kodwa-ke—futhi lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu—kumele ugcwalise lonke uhlelo lwemithi ye-antibiotic udokotela wakho ayinikeze, noma ngabe uzizwa ungcono ngokuphelele. Uhlelo oluvamile lungahluka phakathi kwezinsuku ezingu-3 kuya kwezingu-14. Ukuyeka kusenesikhathi kungavumela amagciwane angenamandla, angenamandla kakhulu ukuthi aphile futhi ande, kuholele ekubuyeleni kwesifo esinzima kakhulu ukwelashwa.
Njenganoma yimuphi umuthi, i-amoxicillin iza nemiphumela engaba khona. Iningi lilula futhi lingaphethwe, kodwa kubalulekile ukwazi ukuthi ubheke ini.
Imiphumela emibi ejwayelekile ye-amoxicillin ye-UTI ihlanganisa:
Imiphumela emibi kakhulu ayivamile kodwa idinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha. Yeka ukuthatha umuthi bese uthintana nodokotela wakho noma ufune usizo oluphuthumayo uma uhlangabezana nalezi:
Ngokwemvelo, uma unozinsizwa eziqashelwa ku-penicillin, akumele neze uthathe i-amoxicillin.
Uma i-amoxicillin ingeyona inketho ephezulu, yini? Umphathi wokuqala we-UTI uvame ukuncika ezindaweni zokumelana nendawo, umlando wakho wezokwelapha, nezinsizwa. Amakhemisi avame kakhulu anconyiwe odokotela ngama-UTI angacacile ahlanganisa source:
Le mithi ngokuvamile iyasebenza kakhulu ku-E. coli futhi inezinga eliphansi lokumelana nayo.
Ngenkathi amakhemisi edingekayo ukuze kulashwe i-UTI, ungathatha izinyathelo ekhaya ukunciphisa ubuhlungu bakho futhi usize ukuvimbela izifo ezizayo:
Ake siphumelele ezinye zemibuzo ejwayelekile abantu abanayo.
Uma izimpawu zakho zingathuthukanga ngemuva kwezinsuku ezingu-2-3 usebenzisa i-antibiotic, udinga ukuthinta udokotela wakho. Lokhu kuwuphawu olucacile lokuthi amagciwane abangela isifo sakho angase angasebenzi kuwo umuthi. Lesi siyisizathu esibalulekile sokubuza udokotela wakho, “yini okufanele uyenze uma i-amoxicillin ingaqedi i-uti?” Cishe bazofuna ukwenza ukuhlolwa komchamo ukuze bathole amagciwane futhi bangase bakushintshele kwenye i-antibiotic esebenza kakhulu.
Yebo, impela. Leli elinye lamanga amakhulu kakhulu okuphuthelwa ukwelashwa kwe-UTI ngendlela efanele. Uma amagciwane esuka esinye sakho aya ezinso zakho, kungabangela isifo esibucayi kakhulu esibizwa nge-pyelonephritis. Ngakho, ngabe i-uti ingaba isifo sezinso? Impendulo iyinyewe. Izimpawu zesifo sezinso zibucayi kakhulu futhi zingahlanganisa umkhuhlane omkhulu, ukubanda, ubuhlungu emhlane noma ohlangothini, ukugabha, nokuhlanza source. Isifo sezinso sifuna ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha.
Njengoba kushiwo, yebo. Kuyi-antibiotic eyodwa evame ukusetshenziswa ngokuphepha ye-amoxicillin ye-UTI lapho ukhulelwe. Udokotela wakho uzokulinganisa izinzuzo futhi akhethe inketho engcono futhi ephephe kunazo zonke kuwe nengane yakho.
Kungaze kube njalo. Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu. Akumele neze uzihlolisise futhi uthathe amakhemisi esephuma. Kunezizathu ezimbalwa zalokhu: 1. Ungase ungabi ne-UTI; izimpawu zakho zingase zibe yinto enye. 2. Amaphilisi esephuma angase angabi yidonsi elilungile noma uhlelo oluphelele lokwelashwa. 3. I-Amoxicillin ingase ingasebenzi kumagciwane athize abangela isifo sakho samanje. Ukuthatha amakhemisi angenasidingo kunomthelela enkingeni yomhlaba wonke yokumelana namakhemisi.
Ngakho, ngabe i-amoxicillin iyasebenza ekwelapheni i-UTI? Yebo, ingasebenza, kodwa kuphela ezimeni ezithile, ezinganconywa ngudokotela. Futhi ngabe i-amoxicillin iyikhemisi elihle le-UTI ngokuvamile? Ezimweni eziningi zabantu abadala ezingacacile, kunezindlela ezingcono nezethembekayo ezitholakalayo.
Ngenkathi ukusebenzisa i-amoxicillin ye-UTI kungavamile kakhulu kunokuba kwakunjalo, kusenezindawo emithi, ikakhulukazi kubantu abakhulelwe, ezinganeni, noma lapho izivivinyo zamalabhorethri ziqinisekisa ukuthi iyosebenza. Ukushintshela kwayo kude njengomuthi wokuqala kungenxa yokumelana nokwanda kwe-E. coli kuyo.
Isizathu esibaluleke kakhulu ukuthi: i-urinary tract infection idinga ukutholakala ngokwezokwelapha. Ukuzelapha ngamakhemisi esephuma kuyingozi futhi kungaholela ekwelashweni okungafanele kwezifo, ezinkingeni ezibucayi ezifana nesifo sezinso, kanye nokukhula kokumelana namakhemisi.
Uma usola ukuthi une-UTI, isinyathelo esihle nesiphephe kunazo zonke ukukhuluma nomhlinzeki wezempilo. Bangathola isifo sakho ngokunembayo futhi banikeze i-antibiotic esebenza kakhulu kuwe, baqinisekise ukuthi uthola impumuzo ngokushesha nangokuphepha.
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