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Into yokuqala okufanele uyazi ukuthi inani elincane lentshungu emchameni wakho livamise ukuba yinto evamile. Umgudu wakho womchamo ugoqwe izicubu ezikhiqiza intshungu ukuze zikhiphe izintwala futhi zivikele izicubu. Kuyingxenye yesistimu yokuzivikela yomzimba wakho.
Ngaphambi kokuba singene ezimbangweni, ake sicacise ukuthi sikhuluma ngani. Intshungu iwuketshezi olujiyile, olushelelayo olukhiqizwa izicubu kuyo yonke ingxenye yomzimba wakho, okubandakanya nomgudu wakho womchamo kanye nesinye. Umsebenzi wayo oyinhloko ukuhlinzeka ngokushelela futhi ubambe iziphetshisi ezifana namagciwane namagciwane ngaphambi kokuba zibange ukutheleleka.
Ngakho, intshungu emchameni ibukeka kanjani uma nje kuyingxenye evamile yokugcinwa kwemvelo komzimba wakho?
Uma ubona intshungu engaphezu kwalokho okuvamile, enye yezimo ezimbalwa ingaba yimbangela. Nasi ezinye zezizathu ezivamile.
Isifo somgudu womchamo siyimbangela ejwayelekile kakhulu yentshungu eningi emchameni. Lapho amagciwane engena emgudu womchamo, umzimba ukhiqiza ngokushesha intshungu njengomzamo wokubamba nokukhipha abangenile. Lokhu kuvuvukala kuphinde kubangele ukuqhekeka kwezicubu zamambrane, ezingahlanganiswa nentshungu.
Ezinye izimpawu ezivamile zesifo somgudu womchamo (UTI) zihlanganisa: * Isidingo esinamandla, esiqhubekayo sokuchama * Ukuzwa ukusha noma ubuhlungu ngesikhathi sokuchama * Ukuchama njalo, ngamanani amancane omchamo * Umchamo owehlisiwe noma onukayo kakhulu * Ubuhlungu besisu kwabesifazane noma ubuhlungu bomgudu wobulili kwabamadoda * Igazi emchameni (opinki, obomvu, noma onsundu) umthombo.
Ukuhlolwa komchamo kuvame ukuthola kokubili ama-leukocytes nentshungu emchameni, okuyizibonakaliso eziqinile ze-UTI.
Ezinye izifo ezidluliselwa ngocansi zingabangela ukuvuvukala kanye nokukhipha uketshezi okungena emanzini omchamo noma okudideka njengentshungu evela emgudu womchamo. Izizathu ezimbili ezivamile kakhulu yilezi:
Uma intshungu ihlobene ne-STI, ungase futhi uzizwe ubuhlungu ngesikhathi sokuchama kanye nobuhlungu besisu.
Amatshe ezinso yizinhlamvu ezilukhuni zamaminerali namasawoti akhiwa ngaphakathi ezinso zakho. Njengoba umzimba uzama ukukhipha itshe, ungadala ukucasuka nokuvimba umgudu womchamo. Lokhu kucasuka kuqala ukusabela okubangela ukuvuvukala, okuholela ekukhiqizweni kwentshungu okwengeziwe.
Izimpawu ezibalulekile zamatshe ezinso okufanele uzibheke zihlanganisa: * Ubuhlungu obubukhali, obunamandla ohlangothini nasesiswini, ngaphansi kwezimbambo * Ubuhlungu obuqhubeka uye esiswini esingezansi nasesingezansi * Ubuhlungu obuza njengamaza futhi buhluka ngamandla * Ubuhlungu noma ukuzwa ukusha lapho uchama * Umchamo opinki, obomvu, noma onsundu (i-hematuria) umthombo.
Lapho ungaphuzi amanzi anele, umchamo wakho uba ngamatshubana kakhulu. Lochamo olumatshubana kakhulu lungacaphukisa umugqa wesinye sakho nomgudu wakho womchamo, lubangele ukuba ukhiqize intshungu eyengeziwe. Ukungabi namanzi emzimbeni kungaphinde kwenze inani elincane, elivamile lentshungu esivele likhona libe sengathi lingabonakala kakhulu. Hlola umbala womchamo wakho—uma umnyama ophuzi noma ukhanyisa okotshani, kusho ukuthi udinga ukwengeza ukudla kwakho uketshezi.
Lokhu kunye kuhluke kancane. Izimo ezifana ne-IBS ne-UC zibangela ukuba amathumbu amakhulu akhiqize intshungu eyengeziwe. Ngesikhathi sokudlula esitokisini, le nentshungu yamathumbu ingaphuma emzimbeni futhi ingahlanganiswa nomchamo esitokisini. Lokhu kungabangela ukubukeka kokuba nentshungu emchameni, lapho empeleni, intshungu ivela emgudwini wokugaya ukudla, hhayi emgudwini womchamo umthombo.
Kubalulekile ukukhuluma ngalokhu, kodwa kubaluleke ngokulinganayo ukugcizelela ukuthi iyimbangela engavamile kakhulu yentshungu emchameni. Kwezinye izimo zomdlavuza wesinye, umdlavuza ungabangela ukuphazamiseka, ukuphuma kwegazi, nokukhiqizwa kwentshungu. Kodwa-ke, intshungu ayivamile ukuba yisibonakaliso sokuqala noma esisodwa. Izimpawu ezivamile zihlanganisa igazi emchameni, ubuhlungu bokuchama, nobuhlungu besisu umthombo.
Umthombo wentshungu ngezinye izikhathi ungaba ngezibonakaliso ezithile zobulili bakho, yingakho ubulili bakho bungadlala indima.
Kubantu besifazane, kungaba nzima ukutshela ukuthi intshungu ivela kumgudu womchamo noma emgudwini wobulili. Ukukhipha uketshezi okujwayelekile okungokobulili kuyashintsha phakathi nomjikelezo wenyanga futhi kungaba njengentshungu kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sokuvundisa nokukhulelwa. Lokhu kukhipha uketshezi kungahlanganiswa kalula nomchamo, okuholela ekukhathazekeni mayelana nentshungu emchameni kwabesifazane abangase bayibone. Ama-UTI aphinde abe ajwayelekile kakhulu kwabesifazane ngenxa yomgudu womchamo omfushane, okwenza kube yisicelo sokuqala.
Nakuba kungavamile, kunezizathu ezithile zesilisa zokubona intshungu. I-Prostatitis, okuyisifo sokuvuvukala kwendlala ye-prostate, singabangela izimpawu zomchamo, okubandakanya ukukhipha uketshezi okuxubana nomchamo. Ngezinye izikhathi, inani elincane le-semen lingahlala emgudwini womchamo ngemuva kokujama futhi likhishwe nokuchama okulandelayo, okungabukeka njengezintshungu emchameni. Izinkathazo mayelana nentshungu emchameni kwamadoda ngokuvamile zibuyela emuva kuma-UTI noma ama-STI.
Nakuba inani elincane leziyalezo ezimhlophe ezilokozayo emchameni wakho lingase lingabi yimbangela yokukhathazeka, izimpawu ezithile "ezibomvu" kufanele zikubangele ukuba uhlele ukuvakashela kumhlinzeki wakho wezempilo.
Bonisana nodokotela uma uzizwa:
Uma uvakashela udokotela ngezinkathazo mayelana nentshungu emchameni wakho, cishe uzobuya ngenye yezivivinyo ezilula kodwa ezinamandla.
Kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi ukwelashwa kuhloswe ekuhluphekeni okuyimbangela, hhayi entshungu ngokwayo. Intshungu nje yisibonakaliso.
Ukubona intshungu emchameni kungaba yinto eyethusayo, kodwa kuvame ukuba yisibonakaliso sokusebenza okujwayelekile komzimba wakho. Inani elincane lezinto ezingafani noma ezimhlophe, ezilokozayo akufanele ngempela libe yinto yokukhathazeka.
Kodwa-ke, umzimba wakho ugcwele ukuthumela izimpawu lapho kukhona okungalungile. Ukwanda kwenani lentshungu, ukushintsha kombala wayo, noma ubukhona bezinye izimpawu njengezobuhlungu, umkhuhlane, noma igazi kuyisibonakaliso esicacile sokufuna iseluleko sezokwelapha esingochwepheshe. Ungazami ukuzilolonga noma ukulinda ukuba kuhambe. Ukubonana nomhlinzeki wezempilo kuyindlela engcono yokuthola ukukloloka okunembayo, ukuthola ukwelashwa okufanele, nokuzinika ukuthula okukhulu kwengqondo.
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