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I-Aspergillosis iwukutheleleka okubangelwa uhlobo oluvamile lwesibungu esibizwa ngokuthi yi-Aspergillus olutholakala kuyo yonke indawo emkhathini wethu. Abantu abaningi baphefumula lezi spores zesibunu nsuku zonke ngaphandle kwezinkinga, kodwa ngezinye izikhathi zingabangela ukutheleleka okuqala kusuka ekuphenduleni okuncane okungokwe-allergic kuya ezimweni ezinkulu zephunga.
Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi i-aspergillosis iyaphatheka, futhi ukuqonda izinhlobo ezahlukene kungakusiza ukwazi ukuthi yini okufanele uyilinde. Isistimu yakho yokuzikhusela ngokuvamile yenza umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu wokukuvimbela kulezi zinto ezivamile zokubekwa kwesibungu.
I-Aspergillosis ithuthukiswa lapho ama-spores esibunu se-Aspergillus ehlela emaphaphweni akho noma e-sinuses futhi umzimba wakho ungakwazi ukuwasusa ngokuphumelelayo. Cabanga ngakho njengabavakashi abangafunwa abenze isinqumo sokuzenzela ikhaya ohlelweni lwakho lokuphefumula.
Lesi simo sithinta abantu ngezindlela ezahlukene kuye ngamandla esistimu yabo yokuzikhusela nempilo yabo yonke. Abanye abantu bathuthukisa izimpawu ezincane ze-allergic, kanti abanye bangabhekana nokutheleleka okukhulu okudinga ukwelashwa kwezokwelapha.
Isibungu esibangela i-aspergillosis sihlala ngokwemvelo emhlabathini, e-compost, nasezitshalini ezibola. Uhlangana nalezi spores njalo uma ungaphandle, kodwa ngokuvamile azibangeli izinkinga kubantu abaphilile.
I-Aspergillosis iza ngezindlela eziningi, ngayinye ithonya umzimba wakho ngokuhlukile. Uhlobo olungase uthuthukise luya ngesimo samanje sesistimu yakho yokuzikhusela nanoma yiziphi izimo zephunga ezingase ube nazo.
I-Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) iwuhlobo oluthambile kunazo zonke, lapho isistimu yakho yokuzikhusela iphendula kakhulu kuma-spores esibunu. Lokhu ngokuvamile kwenzeka kubantu abasenesifo se-asthma noma i-cystic fibrosis, okubangela ukuba izinkinga zabo zokuphefumula ezikhona zibe zimbi kakhulu.
I-Aspergilloma, ebizwa nangokuthi “ibhola yesibunu,” iyenzeka lapho isibungu sikhulayo emaphaphweni asele ekhona noma ama-scars avela ezifweni zangaphambili njenge-tuberculosis. Isibungu sakha ibhola elifana nebhola elingabangela ukukhokha futhi ngezinye izikhathi igazi.
I-Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis ithuthukiswa kancane ezinyangeni noma eminyakeni eminingi kubantu abanezinkinga zephunga ezivela kwezinye izimo. Lolu hlobo kancane kancane lubhubhisa inyama yephunga futhi lenza ama-cavities lapho ukutheleleka kuqhubeka khona.
I-Invasive aspergillosis iwuhlobo olukhulu kunazo zonke, oluthinta abantu abanesistimu yokuzikhusela ebuthakathaka kakhulu. Ukutheleleka kungasakazeka kusuka emaphaphweni kuya kwamanye amalungu, kudingeka ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha.
Izimpawu ozibonayo ziya ngohlobo lwe-aspergillosis oluthuthukiswayo emzimbeni wakho. Abantu abaningi baphawula izinkinga zokuphefumula kuqala, njengoba amaphaphu ngokuvamile yi-site yokuqala yokutheleleka.
Nazi izimpawu ezivamile ongazihlangabezana nazo ngezinhlobo ezahlukene:
Abanye abantu bahlangabezana nezimpawu ezingavamile ezingase zihlanganise izinhlungu ezinzima zekhanda, izinguquko esimweni sengqondo, noma izilonda zesikhumba uma ukutheleleka kusakazeka ngaphezu kwamaphaphu. Lezi zimpawu ngokuvamile zenzeka kuphela ngezinhlobo ezinkulu kakhulu ze-aspergillosis.
Khumbula ukuthi lezi zimpawu zingafana nezinye izimo eziningi zokuphefumula, ngakho-ke ukuzihlangabezana nazo akusho ukuthi une-aspergillosis. Udokotela wakho angakusiza ukuthola ukuthi yini ebangela izimpawu zakho.
I-Aspergillosis ithuthukiswa lapho uphefumula ama-spores esibunu se-Aspergillus futhi umzimba wakho ungakwazi ukuwasusa ngokuphumelelayo. Lezi spores ezincane zihamba emoyeni kokubili ngaphakathi nangaphandle, okwenza ukubhekana nazo kungakugwemeki ekuphileni kwansuku zonke.
Isistimu yakho yokuzikhusela ngokuvamile isusa lezi spores ngaphambi kokuba zibangele izinkinga. Noma kunjalo, izimo ezithile zingenza kube nzima emzimbeni wakho ukulwa nesibungu, okwenza kube lula ukutheleleka.
Izici eziningi zingandisa amathuba okuthi ama-spores aphefumulelwe abangele i-aspergillosis:
Ukubhekana okukhulu kungase kwenzeke ezindaweni ezithile njengezindawo zokwakha, izindawo ze-compost, noma izindawo ezinamanzi. Noma kunjalo, izimo eziningi zithuthukiswa emazingeni avamile okubhekana nawo kubantu abanezimo zempilo ezikhona.
Ukuqonda izici zakho ezingozi kungakusiza ukuba uthathe izinyathelo ezifanele futhi ufuna ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha uma kudingeka. Ezinye izici ezingozi zingezesikhashana futhi zishintsha, kanti ezinye zidinga ukuphathwa okuqhubekayo.
Izici ezingozi ezibaluleke kakhulu zihlanganisa izimo ezithinta ikhono lesistimu yakho yokuzikhusela lokulwa nokutheleleka:
Izimo ezithile zephunga zikhuphula nezingozi zakho ngokunikeza izindawo lapho isibungu singase siqale khona kalula:
Ubudala bungase futhi bube nomthelela, ngabantwana abancinyane kakhulu nabantu abadala abanezingozi eziphezulu ngenxa yokuthuthukiswa noma ukwehla komsebenzi wokuzikhusela. Noma kunjalo, i-aspergillosis ingathinta abantu banoma yiliphi iminyaka uma izimo ezifanele zikhona.
Kufanele uxhumane nodokotela wakho uma uthuthukisa izimpawu zokuphefumula eziqhubekayo, ikakhulukazi uma unezici ezingozi ze-aspergillosis. Ukubheka kwangaphambi kwesikhathi kungasiza ukuvimbela izinkinga futhi kuqinisekise ukuthi uthola ukwelashwa okufanele.
Funani ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha uma uhlangabezana nokukhokha igazi, ngisho nezingxenye ezincane. Lesi simpawu siyakufaneleka ukubhekwa kungakhathaliseki ezinye izimpawu ongazihlangabezana nazo noma ungazihlabezana nazo.
Xhumana nodokotela wakho ngokushesha uma unesimiso sokuzivikela esibuthakathaka futhi uthuthukisa noma yiziphi izimpawu:
Kubantu abane-asthma noma i-cystic fibrosis, izimpawu ezimbi kakhulu ezingaphenduli ekwelapheni okuvamile zingase zibonise i-aspergillosis. Ochwepheshe bakho kufanele bahlole noma yiziphi izinguquko ezingachazwanga esimweni sakho.
Abantu abaningi abane-aspergillosis bayaphendula kahle ekwelapheni, kodwa izinkinga zingase zithuthukiswe uma ukutheleleka kungalawulwa kahle. Ukuqonda izinkinga ezingase zenzeke kuqinisisa ukubaluleka kokulandela uhlelo lwakho lokwelapha.
Izinkinga ezivamile zihlanganisa ukonakala kwamaphaphu okuqhubekayo nezinkinga zokuphefumula:
Nge-invasive aspergillosis, ukutheleleka kungasakazeka ngaphezu kwamaphaphu kuya kwamanye amalungu. Lokhu kungenzeka kakhulu kubantu abanesimiso sokuzivikela esibuthakathaka kakhulu futhi kungathinta ubuchopho, inhliziyo, izinso, noma isikhumba.
Abanye abantu bathuthukisa ukumelana nemithi ye-antifungal, okwenza ukwelapha kube nzima kakhulu. Kungakho kubalulekile ukuphelelisa ikhosi yakho yonke yemithi eyalwe, ngisho noma uzizwa kangcono.
Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi ngokunakekelwa kwezokwelapha okufanele nokubambelela ekwelapheni, izinkinga eziningi zingavikeleka noma ziphathwe ngempumelelo. Iqembu lakho lezempilo lizokulandela eduze ukuze libambe noma yiziphi izinkinga ngokushesha.
Ukuhlonishwa kwe-aspergillosis kuhlanganisa izinyathelo eziningi njengoba izimpawu zingafana nezinye izimo zokuphefumula. Udokotela wakho uzoqala ngokubukeza umlando wakho wezokwelapha nezici ezingozi, bese enza ukuhlolwa komzimba.
Izivivinyo zegazi zingasiza ekutholeni izimpendulo ze-immune ku-Aspergillus noma ukuthola isibungu ngokwalo. Lezi zivivinyo zibheka ama-antibodies athile umzimba wakho owenza njengomphendulo esibunwini noma ama-antigens akhishwa yisibunu.
Izifundo ze-imaging zinikeza ulwazi olubalulekile mayelana nalokho okwenzekayo emaphaphweni akho:
Udokotela wakho angase aqoqe amasampula okhulu okukhokhayo noma enze i-bronchoscopy ukubuka ngqo emizileni yakho yokuphefumula. Lezi zinqubo zingakuqinisekisa ukuba khona kwe-Aspergillus futhi zithole ukuthi yimiphi imithi ezosebenza kangcono.
Kwezinye izimo, ikakhulukazi nge-invasive aspergillosis, isampula encane yenyama (biopsy) ingase idingeke ngokuhlola okuqinisekile. Udokotela wakho uzobe echaza ukuthi yiziphi izivivinyo ezifanele kakhulu esimweni sakho esithile.
Ukwelashwa kwe-aspergillosis kuya ngohlobo olukhona nempilo yakho yonke. Umgomo ukususa ukutheleleka, ulawule izimpawu, futhi uvikele izinkinga ngenkathi usekela izinqubo zokwelapha zemvelo zomzimba wakho.
Imithi ye-antifungal iwukwelashwa okuyinhloko kwezinhlobo eziningi ze-aspergillosis. Le mithi isebenza ngokuphazamisa ikhono lesibunu lokukhula nokwenza izinto eziningi emzimbeni wakho.
Ukwelashwa okuvamile kwe-antifungal kuhlanganisa:
Ngezinhlobo ze-allergic (ABPA), ukwelashwa ngokuvamile kuhlanganisa i-corticosteroids ukunciphisa ukuvuvukala nokuvimbela ukonakala kwamaphaphu. Udokotela wakho uzoqondanisa ngokucophelela izinzuzo zokunciphisa ukuvuvukala ngengozi yokucindezela isistimu yakho yokuzikhusela nakakhulu.
Abanye abantu abane-aspergilloma bangase badinge ukususwa ngokusebenza uma ibhola lesibunu libangela ukuphuma kwegazi okukhulu noma izimpawu. Lokhu ngokuvamile kubhekwa lapho ukwelashwa kwezokwelapha kuphela kunganelisi.
Isikhathi sokwelashwa sihluka kakhulu, kusuka ezinyangeni eziningi ngezinhlobo eziqhubekayo kuya emakhulwini amaningi ngezinhlobo ezithathelwanayo. Udokotela wakho uzoqapha intuthuko yakho futhi alungise ukwelashwa uma kudingeka kuye ngendlela obuyisayo.
Ukukhathalela wena ekhaya kudlala indima ebalulekile ekuphileni kwakho futhi kusiza ukuvimbela ukutheleleka ukuba kube zimbi. Imikhuba yansuku zonke elula ingasekela ukwelashwa kwakho futhi ithuthukise indlela ozizwa ngayo.
Thatha imithi yakho ngqo njengoba iyalwe, ngisho noma uqala ukuzizwa kangcono. Ukumisa imithi ye-antifungal ngokushesha kakhulu kungavumela ukutheleleka ukuba kubuyele noma kube nokumelana ekwelapheni.
Gxila ekusekeleni isistimu yakho yokuzikhusela ngokudla okuhle nokuphumula okwanele:
Nciphise ukubhekana kwakho nama-spores esibunu ngokugcina indawo yakho yokuhlala ihlanzekile futhi yomile. Sebenzisa abahlanzi bomoya uma kunconywa udokotela wakho, futhi ulungise noma yiziphi izinkinga zokunambitheka ekhaya lakho ngokushesha.
Qapha izimpawu zakho futhi ugcine umbhalo wanoma yiziphi izinguquko. Bika izimpawu ezintsha noma ezimbi kakhulu kunodokotela wakho, ikakhulukazi ukuqandisa, ukukhokha okwandayo, noma ukuphefumula okunzima.
Ukuzivocavoca okulula, njengoba kukhuthazwa, kungasiza ekuqondeni umsebenzi wephunga namandla akho onke. Qala kancane futhi ulalele umzimba wakho, uyeke uma uhlangabezana nokuphefumula okufushane noma ukukhathala.
Ngenkathi ungakwazi ukugwema ngokuphelele ukubhekana nama-spores e-Aspergillus, ungathatha izinyathelo zokunciphisa ingozi yakho yokuthuthukisa i-aspergillosis, ikakhulukazi uma unezici ezingozi.
Uma unesimiso sokuzivikela esibuthakathaka, ukunciphisa ukubhekana nezingxube eziphezulu zesibunu kuba kubaluleke kakhulu. Lokhu akusho ukuthi udinga ukuhlala uwedwa, kodwa ezinye izinyathelo zingasiza.
Cabanga ngalezi zindlela zokuvimbela:
Kubantu abane-asthma noma i-cystic fibrosis, ukugcina ukulawula okuhle kwesimo sakho esikhona kubalulekile. Landela uhlelo lwakho lokwelapha ngokuqhubekayo futhi usebenze neqembu lakho lezempilo ukuthuthukisa impilo yakho yephunga.
Uma uthatha imithi yokucindezela isistimu yokuzikhusela, xoxa ngezindlela zokuvimbela nodokotela wakho. Bangase bancome izinyathelo ezengeziwe kuye ngesimo sakho esithile kanye nesilinganiso sokuvinjelwa kwesistimu yokuzikhusela.
Ukulungiselela i-appointment yakho kusiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uthola okuningi ngesikhathi sakho kunodokotela wakho. Ukuletha ulwazi olufanele kungasiza udokotela wakho ukwenza ukuxilongwa okuchane kanye nokuthuthukisa uhlelo lokwelapha oluphumelelayo.
Bhala izimpawu zakho, kufaka phakathi ukuthi zaqala nini nokuthi zishintshe kanjani ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Yiba ocacile ngezinto ezifana nezici zokukhokha, izinkinga zokuphefumula, nanoma yiliphi igazi elikhulu lakho.
Lungiselela ulwazi mayelana nomlando wakho wezokwelapha nesimo sakho samanje sempilo:
Bhala imibuzo ofuna ukuyibuza udokotela wakho. Ungakhathazeki ngokubuza imibuzo eminingi kakhulu – umhlinzeki wakho wezokwelapha ufuna ukukusiza ukuqonda isimo sakho kanye nezinketho zokwelapha.
Cabanga ngokuletha ilungu lomndeni noma umngani e-appointment. Bangakusiza ukukhumbula ulwazi olubalulekile futhi banikeze ukwesekwa ngokomzwelo ngesikhathi esingase sizizwe sengathi yingxoxo enkulu.
I-Aspergillosis isimo esiphatheka esithinta abantu ngezindlela ezahlukene kuye ngesistimu yabo yokuzikhusela nempilo yonke. Ngenkathi kungase kuzwakale kuyesabekayo, abantu abaningi bayaphendula kahle ekwelapheni kwezokwelapha okufanele nokukhathalela okusekela.
Into ebaluleke kakhulu okumele uyikhumbule ukuthi ukuxilongwa kwangaphambi kwesikhathi nokwelashwa kuholela emiphumeleni emihle. Uma unezici ezingozi futhi uthuthukisa izimpawu zokuphefumula eziqhubekayo, ungangabazi ukufuna ukubheka kwezokwelapha.
Ngokwelashwa okufanele nokunakekelwa kwakho, abantu abaningi abane-aspergillosis bangaphatha isimo sabo ngempumelelo futhi bagcine ikhwalithi enhle yokuphila. Iqembu lakho lezempilo lilapho ukukusekela ngenqubo futhi likukusiza ukuqonda ukuthi yini okufanele uyilinde.
Cha, i-aspergillosis ayithukutheli phakathi kwabantu. Awukwazi ukuyithola kumuntu onokutheleleka noma uyisakaze kwabanye ngokukhokha, ukukhipha, noma ukuxhumana eduze.
Ukutheleleka kuthuthukiswa lapho uphefumula ama-spores esibunu emkhathini, hhayi kusuka ekudluliseni komuntu kuya komunye. Noma kunjalo, abantu abahlala endaweni efanayo bangase babekeke ezintweni ezifanayo zesibunu.
Isikhathi sokwelashwa sihluka kakhulu kuye ngohlobo lwe-aspergillosis nendlela yakho yokuphendula emithi. Izinhlobo ze-allergic zingase zidinga izinyanga eziningi zokwelashwa, kanti izinhlobo ezithathelwanayo ngokuvamile zidinga amasonto amaningi kuya ezinyangeni zokwelashwa okunzima.
Udokotela wakho uzoqapha intuthuko yakho njalo futhi alungise uhlelo lokwelapha uma kudingeka. Abanye abantu badinga ukwelashwa okuqhubekayo okuvinelayo ukuvimbela ukubuyela, ikakhulukazi uma banezinkinga eziqhubekayo zesimiso sokuzivikela.
Yebo, i-aspergillosis ingabuya, ikakhulukazi kubantu abanezici eziqhubekayo ezingozi njengokuvinjelwa kwesistimu yokuzikhusela noma isifo sephunga esiqhubekayo. Kungakho kubalulekile ukuphelelisa ikhosi yakho yonke yokwelashwa nokulandelwa udokotela wakho.
Abanye abantu bangase badinge ukwelashwa kwe-antifungal isikhathi eside ukuvimbela ukubuyela. Umhlinzeki wakho wezokwelapha uzothuthukisa uhlelo lokuqapha ukuze abambe noma yiziphi izimpawu zokutheleleka okubuyayo ngokushesha.
I-Aspergillosis engalashwa ingabangela izinkinga ezinkulu, kufaka phakathi ukonakala kwamaphaphu okuqhubekayo, ukuphuma kwegazi okukhulu, futhi ezimweni zezinhlobo ezithathelwanayo, ukusakazeka kwamanye amalungu. Ukutheleleka ngokuvamile akupheli ngokwalo futhi ngokuvamile kubi kakhulu ngaphandle kokwelashwa kwezokwelapha okufanele.
Ukwelashwa kwangaphambi kwesikhathi kuvimbela lezi zinkinga futhi ngokuvamile kuholela emiphumeleni emihle kakhulu. Kungakho kubalulekile ukufuna ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngezimpawu zokuphefumula eziqhubekayo, ikakhulukazi uma unezici ezingozi.
Abantu abaningi abadingi ukunciphisa ukudla okuthile ngenkathi belapha i-aspergillosis, kodwa ukugcina ukudla okuhle kusekela ukuphulukiswa kwakho. Ezinye imithi ye-antifungal ingase ihlangane nokudla okuthile noma idinge ukudliwa ngokudla ukuze kube lula ukumunca.
Udokotela wakho noma u-pharmacist uyonikeza imiyalo ekhethekile mayelana nokuthatha imithi yakho ngokudla. Gxila ekudleni ukudla okulinganiselayo okunama-nutrients ukusekela isistimu yakho yokuzikhusela ngesikhathi sokwelapha.
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