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Ukuzizwa ubuhlungu esifubeni ngemuva kokuhlanza kungase kube yingozi, kodwa ezimweni eziningi, kwenzeka ngezizathu ezilula ezihlobene nomzamo omphysical wokuhlanza okubeka emzimbeni wakho. Uma uhlanza, imisipha yesifuba sakho, amathambo ezimbambo, umgudu wokudla, nesimiso sokuphefumula sisebenza kakhulu, futhi lo mfutho ongazelelwe ungashiya ubuhlungu noma ukungakhululeki. Noma ubuhlungu besifuba obuningi ngemuva kokuhlanza buyimpahla yesikhashana futhi bungavamile, ukuqonda ukuthi kungani kwenzeka nokwazi ukuthi nini ukufuna usizo kungakunika ukuthula kwengqondo futhi kukusize uphendule ngokufanele.
Ukuhlanza akuyona inqubo enomusa. Umzimba wakho uvula uchungechunge oluyinkimbinkimbi lokuncipha kwemisipha ukukhipha okuqukethwe esiswini ngamandla. Lokhu kuhlanganisa imisipha yesisu sakho, isimiso sakho sokuphefumula sikhuphukela phezulu, futhi udonga lwesifuba sakho luvuleka futhi lunciphe ngokushesha.
Konke lokhu kusebenza kakhulu kudala ingcindezi kuyo yonke ingxenye ephezulu yomzimba wakho. Umgudu wakho wokudla, umhubhe oxhumanisa umphimbo wakho nesisu sakho, ubuye ubhekane nomzamo omkhulu njengoba okuqukethwe esiswini okune-asidi kudlula kuwo ngendlela engekhona. Lokhu kudlula ngobuyela emuva kungacaphukisa izicubu ezithambile futhi kubangele imizwa ongase uyichaze njengobuhlungu besifuba.
Ngemuva kokuhlanza okuphindaphindiwe noma okunamandla, indawo yesifuba sakho ingase izizwe ibuhlungu, ivutha, noma ivalelwe. Cabanga ngayo njengobuhlungu bemisipha ongase uzizwe ngemuva kokuzivocavoca okunamandla, kodwa kugxilwe esifubeni sakho nasesifubeni sakho. Lolu hlobo lokungakhululeki ngokuvamile luyathuthuka ngosuku olulodwa noma ezimbili njengoba umzimba wakho ululama.
Izinye izinto zingachaza ukuthi kungani isifuba sakho sizizwa singakhululekile ngemuva kokuhlanza. Izizathu eziningi azilimazi futhi ziyazixazulula zodwa, kodwa ukuziqonda kukusiza ukwazi ukuthi umzimba wakho ubhekene nani.
Umzamo omphysical nokucasuka kwamakhemikhali okuhlanza kuthinta izingxenye ezahlukene zesifuba sakho ngezindlela ezahlukene. Ngizokuhambisa ngezinye zezizathu eziningi ezaziwayo, ziqala ngalezo ongase uzizwe kakhulu.
Imisipha esemiphakathini yakho, ebizwa ngokuthi imisipha ye-intercostal, isebenza kanzima ngesikhathi sokuhlanza. Le misipha isiza isifuba sakho sivuleke futhi sinciphe, futhi lapho kwenzeka ukuhlanza, iyancipha kakhulu futhi iphindelela. Lokhu kungabashiya bezizwa bebuhlungu, beqine, noma beba buhlungu ukuthinta.
Imisipha yesisu sakho nayo ikhuphuka ngesikhathi sokuhlanza, kudala ingcindezi ephuma esifubeni sakho esingezansi. Lolu hlobo lobuhlungu ngokuvamile luzizwa luhluphile noma luvutha, luba lubi kakhulu lapho uhamba, ukukhwehlela, noma uphefumula kakhulu, futhi luyathuthuka ngokuphumula. Kubuhlungu bemekhenikhi, kusho ukuthi buvela ekusebenzeni okunamandla kunokulimala kwangaphakathi.
Uma uhlanze izikhathi eziningi, umzamo owandisiwe kule misipha uyanda. Ungase uqaphele ukuthi ngisho nemigodla elula njengokujikisa noma ukufinyelela izinto izizwa ingakhululeki usuku olulodwa noma ngaphezudlwana.
Umgudu wakho wokudla wenziwe ukuhambisa ukudla ngaphansi, hhayi phezulu. Lapho kwenzeka ukuhlanza, i-asidi yesisu idlula emgudwini wokudla, iyicaphukise ukhwezulo wayo oluthambile. Lokhu kucasuka ngokuvamile kudala umuzwa wokuvutha noma wokuvutha maphakathi nesifuba sakho.
Ubuhlungu bokucasuka komgudu wokudla bungaziva njenge-heartburn. Kungase kubonakale kakhulu ngemuva kwesifuba sakho futhi kungase kube kubi lapho ugwinya noma ulala phansi. Ngoba umgudu wakho wokudla udlula esifubeni sakho, ukuvuvukala lapha kungalinganisa ezinye izinhlobo zobuhlungu besifuba.
Ezimweni eziningi, lokhu kucasuka kululama ngokwemvelo phakathi kwamahora angu-24 kuye ku-48 njengoba umgudu wakho wokudla uzilungisa. Ukuphuza amanzi apholile nokugwema ukudla okune-asidi noma okunezinongo kungasiza ukudambisa ukungakhululeki ngesikhathi sokululama.
Ukuncipha kakhulu ngesikhathi sokuhlanza kubeka umzamo emibambeni yakho yezimbambo. Izimbambo zakho zixhunywe ngamathambo futhi zizungezwe imisipha, futhi zonke lezi zakhiwo zingavuvukala noma zikhathale lapho zikwazi ukuba nomfutho omkhulu.
Lolu hlobo lobuhlungu ngokuvamile luba lubukhali futhi lugxile ezindaweni ezithile emgqeni wezimbambo zakho. Ungase uzizwe kakhulu lapho ucindezela indawo, uphefumula kakhulu, noma uhambisa ingxenye ephezulu yomzimba wakho. Kubizwa ngokuthi i-costochondritis lapho ithambo elixhumanisa izimbambo zakho esifubeni sakho livuvukala.
Nakuba kungakhululeki, lolu hlobo lobuhlungu besifuba alulona oluyingozi. Ngokuvamile luyathuthuka ngokuphumula, ukuhamba okuthambile, kanye nama-pain relievers angathengiswa ngaphandle uma kudingeka.
Isimiso sakho sokuphefumula, imisipha enkulu ehlukanisa isifuba sakho esiswini, idlala indima ebalulekile ekuhlanzeni. Iyancipha kakhulu ukusiza ukukhipha okuqukethwe esiswini ngobuyela phezulu. Ngemuva kokuhlanza okunamandla noma okuphindaphindiwe, isimiso sakho sokuphefumula singase sizizwe sikhathale noma sibuhlungu.
Lokhu kukhathala kungadala umuzwa omude, obuhlungu engxenyeni engezansi yesifuba sakho noma esiswini esiphezulu. Ungase futhi uqaphele ukuthi kunzima ukuphefumula kakhulu, ngokujula imigodla isikhashana. Lokhu kuyimpahla futhi kuyathuthuka njengoba imisipha yakho yokuphefumula ilulama, njenganoma iyiphi enye imisipha ngemuva kokusebenza.
Noma ubuhlungu besifuba ngemuva kokuhlanza buvela ekukhathaleni kwemisipha noma ukucasuka, kunezinye izimo ezingavamile kodwa eziyingozi kakhulu. Lezi zidinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha, ngakho-ke ukuqonda izimpawu zabo zokuxwayisa kubalulekile empilweni yakho.
Lezi zigcwele azivamile, kodwa ukuzazi kukusiza ukuthi wenze izinqumo ezinolwazi mayelana nokufuna ukunakekelwa. Ngizokuchazela ukuthi ziyini nokuthi zihlukile kanjani ebuhlungwini obujwayelekile ngemuva kokuhlanza.
I-Mallory Weiss tear yisikhuphukisi esincane esikhwezini somgudu wakho wokudla, ngokuvamile eduze lapho uhlangana khona nesisu sakho. Lokhu kungenzeka ngemuva kokuhlanza okunamandla noma okude lapho ingcindezi iba nkulu kakhulu ezicubu ezithambile ukuyiphatha.
Isibonakaliso esiyinhloko salokhu kudabuka ukuhlanza igazi, elingase libonakale libomvu noma libukeka njengezinhlamvu zekhofi. Ungase futhi uzizwe ubuhlungu obukhali, obuqinile obungathuthuki ngokushesha. Noma kunjalo, amabutho amaningi e-Mallory Weiss alulama ngokwawo ngokunakekelwa okusekelayo, kodwa ayadingeka ukuhlolwa kwezokwelapha ukuze kuqashwe izinkinga.
Uma uqaphela igazi ekuhlanzeni kwakho kanye nobuhlungu besifuba, kufanele ufune ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha. Odokotela bangahlola ubukhulu futhi banqume ukuthi udinga ukwelashwa ngaphandle kokuphumula nokubuka.
Lokhu kuyisimo esingavamile kakhulu kodwa esibi lapho umgudu wokudla udabuka ngokuphelele odongeni lwawo. Ngokuvamile kwenzeka ngemuva kokuhlanza okunamandla, okunamandla futhi kudala ubuhlungu obungazelelwe, obuqinile obuzizwa bungabekezeleki.
Abantu abane-esophageal rupture ngokuvamile bachaza ubuhlungu njengobukhali futhi obunamandla, futhi bungasakazeka emhlane noma emahlombe. Ungase futhi uthuthukise ukudla kalula, umkhuhlane, inhliziyo esheshayo, kanye nomuzwa ojwayelekile wokuthi kukhona okungalungile ngempela. Lesi simo sidinga ukuhlinzwa okuphuthumayo.
I-Boerhaave syndrome ayivamile ngempela futhi ngokuvamile yenzeka kuphela ngemuva kwezikhathi zokuhlanza ezinamandla, ngokuvamile ezihlobene nokusetshenziswa kotshwala noma izinkinga zokudla. Uma ubuhlungu besifuba sakho ngemuva kokuhlanza bubuqinile futhi buhambisana nalezi zimpawu ezixakile, shayela izinsizakalo eziphuthumayo ngokushesha.
Ngezinye izikhathi ukuhlanza nobuhlungu besifuba kungavela ndawonye ngenxa yezinkinga zenhliziyo, nakuba ukuhlanza ngokwako kungadali ubuhlungu besifuba kulezi zimo. Izimo ezifana nenhliziyo eyake yashaya noma i-angina zingabanga isicanucanu nokuhlanza kanye nokungakhululeki kwesifuba.
Ubuhlungu besifuba obuhlobene nenhliziyo ngokuvamile buzizwa njengengcindezi, ukuqina, noma ukucindezela esifubeni sakho esiphakathi noma ngakwesokunxele. Kungasakazeka emhlathini, entanyeni, emahlombe, noma ezingalweni. Ungase futhi uzizwe uphefumula kalula, ukhanyiselwe ikhanda, ujuluke, noma ukhathale ngokungajwayelekile.
Uma ubuhlungu besifuba sakho bungathuthuki ngokuphumula, bungaziva kuhluke kunobuhlungu bemisipha, noma buhambisana nalezi zimpawu ezingeziwe, funa ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha okuphuthumayo. Izinkinga zenhliziyo zidinga ukunakekelwa ngokushesha, futhi ukwelashwa okusheshayo kungasindisa impilo yakho.
Ukwazi ukuthi ubuhlungu besifuba bunjani nje obungakhululeki ngokumelene nokuphazamisa ngempela kungazizwa kudidayeka. Iningi lesikhathi, ubuhlungu besifuba ngemuva kokuhlanza buyimpahla futhi abalulimazi, kodwa izimpawu ezithile zokuxwayisa zibonisa ukuthi kufanele ufune ukuhlolwa kwezokwelapha.
Umzimba wakho ngokuvamile unikeza izimpawu ezicacile lapho kukhona okungathi sinesizathu esingeziwe esenzeka. Ukunakekela ikhwalithi, ukuqina, kanye nezimpawu ezihambisana nobuhlungu bakho besifuba kukusiza ukuthi wenze isinqumo esilungile mayelana nokuthola usizo.
Kufanele ufune ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha uma uzizwa yinoma yini yalezi zinto ezilandelayo:
• Ubuhlungu besifuba obuqinile, obucindezelayo, noma obungabekezeleki obungathuthuki ngokuphumula
• Ubuhlungu besifuba obusakazeka emhlathini, entanyeni, emahlombe, noma ezingalweni
• Ukuhlanza igazi noma izinto ezibukeka njengezinhlamvu zekhofi
• Ukudla kalula noma umuzwa wokuthi awukwazi ukuphefumula
• Inhliziyo esheshayo noma engalingani
• Isiyezi, ukudideka, noma umuzwa wokuthi uzobhadlala
• Umkhuhlane kanye nobuhlungu besifuba
• Ukujuluka kakhulu ngaphandle kokusebenza
• Umuzi wokuphela komhlaba noma ukuthi kukhona okungalungile ngempela
Lezi zimpawu zibonisa ukuthi ubuhlungu besifuba sakho bungase buvela kokuthile okungathi sinesizathu esingeziwe kunokukhathala kwemisipha. Uma ungabaza, kuhlale kuphephile ukuthi umhlinzeki wezempilo ahlolisise izimpawu zakho kunokulinda nokuzibuza.
Uma ubuhlungu besifuba sakho ngemuva kokuhlanza buzizwa njengobuhlungu bemisipha noma ukucasuka okuncane, izindlela eziningana ezithambile zingakusiza ukuthi uzizwe ukhululekile njengoba umzimba wakho ululama. Lezi zindlela zisekela ukululama kwakho kwemvelo ngaphandle kokungenisa omunye umzamo.
Ukuzinakekela ngemuva kokuhlanza kusho ukubhekana nokungakhululeki okungcono nokusiza umzimba wakho ubuyele esimweni sawo esijwayelekile. Nansi eminye imigudu engokoqobo ongayithatha.
Imisipha yesifuba sakho nomgudu wokudla zidinga isikhathi sokululama ngemuva komzamo wokuhlanza. Gwema ukuthwala okunzima, ukuzivocavoca okunamandla, noma imisebenzi edinga ukujikisa noma ukugoba isikhathi esingehlukile kosuku olulodwa noma ezimbili. Ukuhamba okuthambile kulungile, kodwa vumela umzimba wakho uphumule lapho ubukhomba ukuthi uyidinga.
Ukulala endaweni ezizwa ikhulekile kungase kube usizo. Abanye abantu bathola ukuthi ukuzimisa ngezinye izisekelo kunciphisa ukungakhululeki esifubeni, ikakhulukazi uma ukucasuka komgudu wokudla kubanga ubuhlungu.
Ukuhlanza kubanga ukulahlekelwa uketshezi, futhi ukuhlala ugcwele amanzi kusiza umzimba wakho ululame ngokushesha. Phuza amanzi apholile kancane kunokuphuza ngamandla izindawo ezinkulu ngesikhathi esisodwa. Le ndlela ingcono kakhulu kumgudu wakho wokudla ocashile futhi ayinakwenzeka ukubanga isicanucanu esengeziwe.
Uma amanzi avamile ezizwa engathandeki, ungazama ama-ice chips, isobho elicacile, noma iziphuzo ze-electrolyte. Gwema utshwala, i-caffeine, neziphuzo ezi-carbonated, njengoba lezi zingacaphukisa umgudu wakho wokudla nesisu sakho.
Uma uzizwa ulungele ukudla, qala ngokudla okubuthakathaka, okulula ukukugaywa. Ama-crackers, isinkwa, irayisi, obhanana, kanye ne-applesauce yizinketho ezithambile ezingenakwenzeka ukudida isisu sakho noma ukucaphukisa umgudu wakho wokudla kakhulu.
Gwema ukudla okunezinongo, okune-asidi, noma okunezinga elifanayo isikhathi esingehlukile ema-24 emva kokuhlanza. Lokhu kudla kungadala ukucasuka komgudu wokudla futhi kungandisa ukungakhululeki kwakho. Umzimba wakho uzokwazisa lapho ulungele izinhlobonhlobo eziningi zezidlo futhi.
Uma ubuhlungu bemisipha bukuphazamisa, ama-pain relievers angathengiswa ngaphandle njenge-acetaminophen noma i-ibuprofen angasiza. Landela imiyalelo yokujulisa ekupakishini futhi ugweme ukuphuza lezi ngokudla okungenalutho uma kungenzeka.
Khumbula ukuthi le mithi ihambisa ukungakhululeki kodwa ayisheshisi ukululama. Ivula nje ukuthi ukhululeke kakhulu njengoba umzimba wakho uzilungisa ngokwemvelo.
Ukufaka ingubo efudumele esifubeni sakho kungasiza ukukhipha imisipha ebuhlungu nokudambisa ingcindezi. Sebenzisa i-heating pad kwisikhundla esiphansi noma ithawula elifudumele, bese uyifaka imizuzu engu-15 kuye ku-20 ngesikhathi.
Lokhu ukufudumala okuthambile kwandisa ukuhamba kwegazi endaweni futhi kungabonelela ngokusiza okujabulisayo kusuka ebuhlungwini bemisipha. Vele uqaphele ukuthi ungasebenzisi ukushisa okunamandla kakhulu, njengoba lokhu kungacaphukisa isikhumba sakho.
Nakuba ungakwazi ukugwema ukuhlanza ngaso sonke isikhathi, ukuqonda ukuthi kubangela ini nokuthi kungaphathwa kanjani kancane kunganciphisa amathuba obuhlungu besifuba kamuva. Ukuvimbela kugxile ekunciphiseni ukuqina nokuvama kokuhlanza lapho kungenzeka.
Uma unayo imeko ebanga ukuhlanza okuphindaphindiwe, ukusebenza nomhlinzeki wezempilo ukulawula leyo nkinga eyisisekelo kuyindlela yokuvimbela ephumelele kakhulu. Ukubhekana nesizathu esiyinhloko kuvikela umzimba wakho kumzamo ophindaphindiwe.
Eminye imigomo engokoqobo ihlanganisa ukuhlala ugcwele amanzi uma uzizwa unesicanucanu, ukuhlala uvundlile ngemuva kokudla, nokugwema ukudla okubangela isisu sakho. Uma wazi ukuthi uyathinteka ukuhlanza ngenxa yemigraini, isicanucanu ngenxa yokuhamba, noma enye imeko, imithi noma izindlela zokuvimbela noma ukunciphisa ukuhlanza kungasiza ukuvikela umgudu wakho wokudla nemisipha yesifuba.
Uma uvakashela umhlinzeki wezempilo wobuhlungu besifuba ngemuva kokuhlanza, uzoqala ngokubuza ngezimpawu zakho, umlando wakho wezokwelapha, nokuthi kwenzeke ngani ngaphambi kokuba ubuhlungu buqale. Le ngxoxo iyamsiza ukuthi aqonde ukuthi ubuhlungu bakho bungase buvele emizimbeni yemisipha noma okunye okungathi sinesizathu.
Udokotela wakho uzolalela inhliziyo yakho namaphaphu futhi angacindezela kancane esifubeni sakho ukuze ahlolisise ubuhlungu. Uma esola okuthile ngaphandle kokukhathala kwemisipha, angase ayalele izivivinyo njenge-electrocardiogram ukuhlola inhliziyo yakho, izivivinyo zegazi ukubheka izimpawu zokuvuvukala noma ukulimala, noma izifundo zezithombe njenge-chest X ray noma i-CT scan.
Ezimweni eziningi, ukuhlolwa kuqinisekisa ukuthi ubuhlungu besifuba sakho buvela ekukhathaleni kwemisipha noma ukucasuka komgudu wokudla, futhi uzobuyiselwa ngezincwadi uphinde uthunyelwe ekhaya ngeseluleko sokubhekana nezimpawu zakho. Uma kutholakala okungathi sinesizathu esingeziwe, ukutholwa kusenesikhathi kuvumela ukwelashwa ngokushesha, yingakho ukufuna usizo lapho ukhathazekile kungasoze kwaba yisinqumo esilungile.
Ubuhlungu besifuba ngemuva kokuhlanza ngokuvamile buyimpahla, ibenini imiphumela yomzamo omphysical wokuhlanza okubeka emzimbeni wakho. Imisipha yakho, izimbambo, nomgudu wokudla bavimba isikhathi sokululama. Ezingxenyeni eziningi zezimo, le nkinga iyaphela phakathi kosuku olulodwa noma ezimbili ngaphandle kweziphumo ezihlala njalo.
Nokho, ukuhlala uqaphela izimpawu zokuxwayisa ezibonisa ukuthi kukhona okungathi sinesizathu esingeziwe esenzeka kukuvumela ukuthi usebenze ngokushesha lapho kudingeka. Thembela ezingqondweni zakho. Uma kukhona okuzwayo kungalungile noma izimpawu zakho zingafani nobuhlungu bemisipha obujwayelekile, ukufuna ukuhlolwa kwezokwelapha kungasoze kwaba yikho.
Umzimba wakho uyakwazi ukumelana kakhulu, futhi ukulimala okuncane okuningi kuyalulama ngokwako ngokuphumula nokunakekelwa okuthambile. Ngokuqonda ukuthi kwenzekani ngaphakathi esifubeni sakho ngemuva kokuhlanza, ungakwazi ukuphendula ngomoya ophansi, uzinakekele kahle, futhi wazi ukuthi nini usizo oluchwepheshile lungcono isinyathelo esilandelayo.
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