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Uma uke wazibona izindololwane ezingajwayelekile emhlathini wakho futhi uzibuza ukuthi ngabe i-chlamydia ingaba yimbangela yazo, awuwedwa lapho ubuza lo mbuzo. I-Chlamydia iwuhlobo oluvamile lwesifo esidluliselwa ngocansi oluvame kakhulu ezindaweni zobulili, kodwa futhi lungavela emqaleni nasemlonyeni ngaphansi kwezimo ezithile. Noma izindololwane emhlathini wakho zingavamile ukubangelwa yi-chlamydia, kuyinto eqondakalayo ukukhathazeka lapho kukhona okubukeka kungajwayelekile emlonyeni wakho.
I-Chlamydia yisifo samagciwane esibangelwa igciwane elibizwa nge-Chlamydia trachomatis. Sidluliselwa ngokuxhumana ngokocansi, kufaka phakathi ukuxhumana komthondo nowesifazane, i-anal, nokuxhumana ngomlomo. Abantu abaningi bazi i-chlamydia njengesifo sezitho zangasese, kodwa amagciwane angahlala kwezinye izindawo.
Lapho i-chlamydia isifoza umgudu womoya, kubizwa nge-pharyngeal chlamydia. Lokhu kwenzeka lapho amagciwane engena emlonyeni wakho noma emgudu womoya ngesikhathi sokuxhumana ngokocansi ngomlomo. Isifo singahlala ngokuthula emgudwini wakho womoya ngaphandle kokudala izimpawu ezicacile, yingakho abantu abaningi bengazi ukuthi bayaso.
Umzimba wakho awuhlali ukuthumela izimpawu ezicacile nge-chlamydia. Eqinisweni, izifo eziningi zomgudu womoya ezivela ku-chlamydia azidali zimpawu ezicacile. Lapho izimpawu zivela, zivame ukuba mnene futhi kulula ukuzishaya indiva noma ukuzihlupha ngokunye.
Nansi impendulo eqondile: i-chlamydia ayivamile ukubangela izindololwane ngqo emhlathini wakho. Lesi sifo sivame ukuthinta umgudu womoya nasemuva emlonyeni wakho, hhayi ingaphezulu lomhlathi. Uma ubona izindololwane emhlathini wakho, i-chlamydia cishe ayiyona imbangela.
Noma kunjalo, i-pharyngeal chlamydia ingadala ukucasuka komgudu womoya nokuvuvukala. Lokhu kungakwenza umgudu wakho womoya ube buhlungu noma ubukeke ubomvu, futhi ungabona ukuvuvukala ngemuva kwakho.
Ngezinye izikhathi abantu bayadida izinkinga ezahlukene zomlomo. Umhlathi wakho unemihlahlandlela yemvelo ebizwa nge-papillae, okuyizithuthuthu ezincane ezisiza ukunambitha nokuthungwa. Lapho lezi zivuvukala noma zicasuka, zingabukeka zibaluleke kakhulu kunokujwayelekile, futhi lokho kungaba yikho okubangela ukunakwa kwakho.
Lapho i-chlamydia isifoza umgudu womoya wakho, izimpawu zingaba mnene kakhulu. Abantu abaningi abanawo izimpawu nhlobo, okwenza kube nzima ukuthola ngaphandle kokuhlolwa. Lapho izimpawu zivela, zivame ukufana nomkhuhlane ojwayelekile noma umkhuhlane omnene.
Ake sibheke ukuthi yini ongayibona ngempela uma unama-pharyngeal chlamydia. Lezi zimpawu zingakusiza uqonde ukuthi kwenzakalani emzimbeni wakho:
• Umgudu womoya ongadlula ngokushesha ovame ukuba buhlungu.
• Ukubomvu ngemuva komgudu wakho womoya lapho uzibuka esibukweni.
• Ukungakhululeki okuncane noma umuzwa wokuguga lapho ugwinya.
• Amadlala akhuphukile emgodleni wakho womlomo anomuzwa wokubuhlungu lapho uwathinta.
• Umlomo owomile noma ukunambitha okungajwayelekile okuhlala usuku lonke.
• Izindawo ezimhlophe noma izici emingqophwini yakho noma emgudu womoya.
Lezi zimpawu zivame ukuba mnene futhi azibonakali kakhulu kunezinye izifo zomgudu womoya. Kungakho ukuhlolwa kubaluleke kakhulu uma ubuhlobo ngokocansi bomlomo nomuntu ongase abe ne-chlamydia.
Uma i-chlamydia ingesiyo imbangela yazo izindololwane zemihlathi, yini enye engaba khona? Iqiniso ukuthi umhlathi wakho ungathuthukisa izindololwane ngezizathu eziningi ezahlukene, futhi eziningi zazo azilimazi futhi azihlali isikhathi eside.
Umhlathi wakho uvumelana nezinto eziningi futhi uphendula kuzo zonke izinhlobo zokucasuka kwansuku zonke. Ngezinye izikhathi lokho okubonakala kukhathaza empeleni ukuphendula komzimba wakho ekucindezelekeni okuncane noma ukulimala. Ake sihlolisise izizathu ezivamile ongabona ngazo izindololwane zivela.
Izindololwane eziningi zomhlathi zingena esigabeni sezinkinga ezincane, ezizicishayo. Lezi yizinhlobo zezinto ezivela, zikudicile, bese zinyamalala ngaphandle kokwelashwa okhethekile okudingekayo.
Nansi imbangela ejwayelekile kakhulu ezindololwaneni zemihlathi ongase uyizwe:
• Izindololwane ezikhuphukayo, ezibizwa nangokuthi i-transient lingual papillitis, ezingizindololwane ezincane ezimhlophe noma ezibomvu ezivela lapho izindimbane zakho zokunambitha zivuvuka ngenxa yokudla okubabayo, ukucindezeleka, noma ukulimala okuncane.
• Izilonda zomlomo, eziyizinqamu ezincane ezibuhlungu ezingathuthukisa emhlathini wakho ngemuva kokuba ulugeze ngengozi noma kwejikeleza kwamahomoni.
• Ukucasuka okuvela ekudleni naseziphuzweni ezibabayo noma ezishisayo ezivuvukala isikhashana ingaphezulu lomhlathi wakho.
• Ukungezwani nomzimba kwezinto ezithile zokudla, ophathini, noma ophathini zomlomo okubangela ukuvuvukala nokuthungwa kwezindololwane.
• Izifo zamagciwane njenge-oral thrush, ezidala izindawo ezimhlophe ezindololwane ezingasuswa.
• I-papillae eyandisiwe ngenxa yokoma, ukuntuleka kwamavithamini, noma ukubhema.
Lezi zimo zivame ukuthuthuka zodwa zingakapheli isonto elilodwa noma amabili. Zingase zizizwe zingakhululekile, kodwa azilimazi futhi azidingi ukwelashwa okuphuthumayo.
Ngezinye izikhathi izindololwane zemihlathi zingabonisa okuthile okudinga ukunakwa kancane. Noma lezi zizathu zingajwayelekile, kuyasiza ukuzazi ukuze ukwazi ukubona lapho kudingeka ukuhlolwa kodokotela.
Nansi eminye imbangela engajwayelekile yezindololwane zemihlathi engadinga ukunakekelwa nguchwepheshe:
• I-herpes yomlomo, ebangela izilonda ezibuhlungu ezinamanzi emhlathini wakho, ezindebeni, emifuleni, noma ngaphakathi ezindaweni zakho zomlomo bese ivela egciwaneni le-herpes simplex.
• I-human papillomavirus, noma i-HPV, engadala izindimbane ezincane ezifana nezimbali zemikhiykhi emoyeni ngokuxhumana ngokocansi ngomlomo.
• Ulimi lwe-geographic, isimo esingenamdlavuza lapho izindawo emhlathini wakho zilahlekelwa yi-papillae yazo bese zakha ukubukeka okufana nemephu ngezingqimba ezikhokhelwayo.
• I-scarlet fever, isifo samagciwane esenza umhlathi wakho ube nokubukeka okufana noshukela obomvu obomvu kanye nomkhuhlane nesinye.
• I-Kawasaki disease, isimo esingajwayelekile esithinta kakhulu izingane esenza umhlathi obomvu kakhulu oxhantuliwe kanye nomkhuhlane omkhulu nezinye izimpawu.
• Umdlavuza womlomo, ongajwayelekile kodwa ungavela njengezikhukhula noma izilonda ezingadluli zingakapheli amasonto amabili.
Lezi zimo zidinga ukuxilongwa nokwelashwa okufanele okuvela kumhlinzeki wezempilo. Uma izindololwane zakho zihlala ngaphezu kwamasonto amabili noma ziza nezinye izimpawu ezikhathazayo, sekuyisikhathi sokuba zihlolwe.
Noma i-chlamydia ingavamile ukubangela izindololwane zemihlathi, amanye ama-STI adluliselwa ngocansi angathinta kakhulu umlomo nempahlathi yakho. Kuyasiza ukuqonda ukuthi yimaphi ama-STI angadala izimpawu zomlomo ukuze wazi ukuthi yini okufanele uxoxe ngayo nodokotela wakho.
I-herpes simplex virus cishe iyona i-STI evame kakhulu ebangela izimpawu zomlomo ezicacile. Idala izilonda ezibuhlungu noma izilonda ezingavela emhlathini wakho, ezindebeni, emifuleni, noma ngaphakathi ezindaweni zakho zomlomo. Lezi zilonda ngokuvamile ziqala njengezindololwane ezincane ezibomvu ezingathuthukela ezilondeni ezinamanzi ngaphambi kokuvuleka nokwenza umqeqeshi.
I-syphilis futhi yisifo esingathinta umlomo wakho, nakuba ingavamile kune-herpes. Esigabeni sayo sokuqala, i-syphilis ingadala isilonda esingadluli izinsizwa ezingavela emhlathini wakho noma ezindebeni. Izikhathi ezilandelayo zingakha izindawo ezimhlophe noma izilonda kuwo wonke umlomo wakho.
I-human papillomavirus nayo ingathinta izindawo zomlomo. Ezinye izinhlobo zidala izindimbane ezincane, ezinombala wesikhumba ezibukeka njengezimbali zemikhiykhi ezincane. Lezi zindimbane ngokuvamile azibuhlungu kodwa zingaba yinkinga kuye ngosayizi wazo nendawo yazo.
I-gonorrhea ingasakaza umgudu womoya njenge-chlamydia. Ngokuvamile idala izimpawu zomgudu womoya esikhundleni sezindololwane zemihlathi ngqo, kodwa kuyasiza ukuyisho ngoba idluliselwa ngendlela efanayo ne-chlamydia yomlomo.
Uma ukuhlolwa kwakho kubonisa ukuthi unama-pharyngeal chlamydia, zama ukungalokothi ukhathazeke. Lesi sifo singapheliswa ngokuphelele ngama-antibiotics, futhi abantu abaningi bayasiphelisa ngaphandle kwezinkinga ezihlala njalo. Udokotela wakho uzokunikeza umuthi okhethe ukukhipha amagciwane.
Ukwelephilisa okuvamile kwelashwa ngama-antibiotics, avame ukuba yi-azithromycin noma i-doxycycline. Ungathola isilinganiso esisodwa esikhulu ozosisebenzisa sonke ngasikhathi, noma ungathatha amaphilisi kabili ngosuku isonto lonke. Zombili lezi zindlela zisebenza kahle lapho ulandela imiyalelo ngokucophelela.
Kubalulekile ukuthatha yonke imithi yakho njengoba kunqunywe, ngisho noma uqala ukuzizwa ungcono ngokushesha. Ukuyeka ama-antibiotics kusenesikhathi kungavumela amagciwane ambalwa ukuba asinde, okungadala ukuba isifo sibuye noma sibe nzima ukwelashwa.
Uzodinga ukugwema ukuxhumana ngokocansi, kufaka phakathi ucansi lomlomo, kuze kube yilapho uqeda ukwelashwa kwakho futhi udokotela wakho eqinisekisa ukuthi isifo sesiphelile. Lokhu kuvame ukusho ukulinda cishe izinsuku eziyisikhombisa ngemuva kokuqeda ama-antibiotics akho. Lesi sikhathi sokulinda sivikela ozakwenu ekutheleneni.
Ozakhwethu ngokocansi kusukela ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule kufanele futhi bahlolwe futhi balashwe. I-Chlamydia ingadluliselwa phakathi kozakwethu, ngakho wonke umuntu udinga ukwelashwa ngasikhathi sinye ukuze kuvinjelwe ukuphinda uthelelane. Le nkhulumo ingase izizwe ingakhululekile, kodwa iyona ingxenye edingekayo yokunakekelana impilo yabo.
Ngenkathi usalokhu utholakala ukuthi yini ebangele izindololwane zakho zemihlathi, kunezindlela ezicokisekile zokunakekela umlomo wakho ekhaya. Lezi zinyathelo ezilula zingadambisa ukungakhululeki futhi zisekele inqubo yokwelashwa yomzimba wakho.
Okokuqala, yiba nomusa emlonyeni wakho ngokugwema ukudla neziphuzo ezicubungula kakhulu. Ukudla okubabayo, izithelo ezibabayo, iziphuzo ezishisayo kakhulu, kanye nezigameko ezimanzisa noma ezingase zibhobhwe zingakwenza izindololwane zemihlathi zizizwe zibi kakhulu. Khawulela ekudleni okuthambile, okungeziwe, okufudumele kuze kube yilapho izinto zizolile.
Ukugeza umlomo wakho ngamanzi anosawoti afudumele izikhathi eziningana ngosuku kungasiza ekwehliseni ukuvuvukala nasekwenzeni indawo ihlanzekile. Hlanganisa cishe isipuni sohhafu usawoti kuwo wonke amanzi afudumele, uwuphume kancane emlonyeni wakho imizuzwana engu-30, bese uwukhafulela. Le ndlela elula kuye yelapha ukucasuka komlomo iminyaka eminingi.
Hlala unobhizwe ngokunyakaza amanzi amaningi usuku lonke. Umlomo owomile ungakwenza izindololwane zemihlathi zibonakale kakhulu futhi zingakhululeki. Amanzi futhi asiza ukugeza amagciwane nezingcezwana zokudla ezingacasula izindawo ezibucayi.
Gcina i-hygiene yomlomo enhle, kodwa yiba nesiqendo. Hlanza amazinyo akho kabili ngosuku ngebhulashi elimanzi elithambile, bese uhlanza umhlathi wakho ngokuqaphela ngaphandle kokuhlikihla kakhulu. Uma uphathi wakho ojwayelekile ubonakala ulimaza, zama ukuyishintshela komunye ongenazo izinto ezintsha noma i-sodium lauryl sulfate.
Ake sihlobanise konke ukuze ukwazi ukuqhubeka nokucaca nokuzethemba. I-Chlamydia ayivamile ukubangela izindololwane ngqo emhlathini wakho, ngakho-ke uma lokho kuyikho okubonayo, kungenzeka kunye okunye okubangelayo. Izindololwane eziningi zemihlathi zivela ezintweni zansuku zonke njengeziphuzo ezincane, ukudla okungajwayelekile, noma ukuvuvukala okwesikhashana.
Noma kunjalo, uma ubuhlobo ngokocansi komlomo ongavikelekile, ukuhlolwa kwe-STI okubandakanya i-chlamydia kuyisinyathelo esihlakaniphile kungakhathaliseki izimpawu zakho. Izifo eziningi zomgudu womoya ezivela ku-chlamydia azidali zimpawu ezicacile, ngakho-ke ungaba nesifo noma umhlathi wakho ubukeka kahle.
Themba imizwa yakho mayelana nomzimba wakho. Uma kukhona okuzizwa kukubi noma uma izindololwane emhlathini wakho zihlala ngaphezu kwamasonto amabili, fika kumhlinzeki wezempilo ukuze uhlolwe. Izizathu eziningi zezindololwane zemihlathi azilimazi futhi azihlali isikhathi eside, kodwa ezinye izimo zithola izinzuzo ekuxilongweni nasekwelashweni okufanele.
Ukuzinakekela impilo yakho yezocansi kufaka phakathi ukuvikela zonke izingxenye zomzimba wakho, hhayi izindawo zakho zocansi kuphela. Ukusebenzisa ukuvikelwa komgomo ngesikhathi socansi lomlomo kunciphisa kakhulu ingozi yezifo zomgudu womoya nomlomo. Ukuhlolwa kwe-STI okujwayelekile kukunikeza ukuthula kwengqondo futhi kusiza ukuthola izifo kusenesikhathi lapho zilula kakhulu ukwelashwa.
Ufanele izimpendulo ezicacile mayelana nalokho okwenzekayo emzimbeni wakho, futhi ukubuza imibuzo njalo kuyisinqumo esifanele. Umhlinzeki wakho wezempilo angahlola umhlathi wakho, axoxe ngomlando wakho wokuxhumana ngokocansi, futhi ancome ukuhlolwa noma ukwelashwa okufanele kususelwe esimweni sakho esithile. Akunasidingo sokukhathazeka wedwa lapho usizo nolwazi oluqondile lutholakala.
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