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Ukuqunjelwa kwezinyawo zomdlali kuyisifo esivamile sokubola okubangelwa amagciwane esihlasela isikhumba sezinyawo zakho, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwamazinyo akho. Naphezu kwegama lalo, awudingi ukuba ngumdlali ukuze uthole lona. Lesi simo esibi sihlala ezindaweni ezifudumele, ezimanzi futhi singahlasela noma ubani ohamba ngezinyawo ezingagqokile ezindaweni zomphakathi noma ohlala enezinyawo ezimanzi isikhathi eside kakhulu.
Ukuqunjelwa kwezinyawo zomdlali kuyisifo sesikhumba esibangelwa amagciwane afana nawo abangela iringworm ne-jock itch. Igama lezokwelapha yi-tinea pedis, kodwa awusoze uzwe odokotela besebenzisa leli gama ezingxoxweni zansuku zonke. Lolu hlobo lokubola luhlasela ikakhulukazi isikhumba sezinyawo zakho, ludala indawo lapho amagciwane angakhula khona futhi abangele ukuvuvukala.
Lesi simo sifumana igama lawo ngoba abagijimi bavame ukuthola lona ngokuhamba ngezinyawo ezingagqokile emakamelweni okuhlanza, amashawa, nendawo yokubhukuda. Noma kunjalo, noma ubani angathola ukuqunjelwa kwezinyawo zomdlali uma izinyawo zawo zihlala zimanzi futhi zifudumele isikhathi eside. Lokhu kubola kuyatheleleka kakhulu futhi kusakazeka kalula ngokuxhumana ngqo nezindawo ezithintekile.
Isici esivamile kakhulu ozoqaphela yisicanucanu phakathi kwamazinyo akho, ikakhulukazi phakathi komunye nomunye umazinyo wakho wesine nowesihlanu. Leli canucanu livame ukuba libi kakhulu uma ususe izicathulo nezingubo zakho ekupheleni kosuku.
Nawa ama-symptom ongase uwabone, kusukela kwabancane kuya kwababonakalayo kakhulu:
Abantu abaningi baqala ngokukhahlela okumnene nokuqhekeka, okungaba kubi uma kungaphathwa. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi ukuyibamba ngokushesha kwenza ukwelashwa kube lula futhi kube nemiphumela emihle.
I-Athlete's foot ivela ngezindlela ezintathu eziyinhloko, ngayinye ithonya izindawo ezahlukene zezinyawo zakho. Ukuqonda ukuthi yiluphi uhlobo olulokhu kunakusiza wena nodokotela wakho ukukhetha indlela yokwelapha enhle kakhulu.
Uhlobo lwe-interdigital yilona elivamile kakhulu ozohlangana nalo. Leli banga lithuthukela phakathi kwamazinyo akho, lenze ukwehla kwesikhumba kube mhlophe, kube manzi, futhi kube lula ukuqhekeka. Ungase ubone iphunga elibi futhi uzizwe ukukhahlela okukhulu kulezi zindawo.
I-Athlete's foot yohlobo lwe-Moccasin ithonya ingxenye engezansi nezinhlangothi zezinyawo zakho. Leli banga liqala ngokukhathazeka okuncane kodwa lingathuthuka libe yisikhumba esiqinile, esiqhekekile esifana neziqephu ezomile, ezinamaqatha. Lihlala lihlala isikhathi eside futhi lingadinga ukwelashwa isikhathi eside.
I-Athlete's foot yohlobo lwe-Vesicular yilona eliyingcosana kodwa elibonakala kakhulu. Lolo hlobo lwenza amabhabhu agcwele amanzi, ngokuvamile ngaphansi kwenyawo noma phakathi kwamazinyo akho. La mabhabhu angaba buhlungu kakhulu futhi angatheleleka uma uwakhubaza.
I-Athlete's foot ithuthukela lapho ama-fungi athile abizwa ngokuthi yi-dermatophytes ethola izimo ezifanele zokukhula ezinyaweni zakho. Lezi zidalwa ezincane zihlala ezindaweni ezifudumele, ezimanzi futhi zidla amaseli esikhumba asefile alahlakalayo ngokwemvelo ezinyaweni zakho.
Izici eziningi zenza indawo efanelekile yalawa ma-fungi ukwanda:
Amagciwane abangela isifo sezinyawo se-athlete asezindaweni zonke emvelweni yethu, kodwa aba yinkinga kuphela lapho izimo zivumela khona ukukhula kwawo. Ukuvikela kwemvelo komzimba wakho kuvame ukugcina lezi zidalwa zilawulwa ngaphansi kwezimo ezivamile.
Kufanele uxhumane nodokotela wakho uma ukwelashwa okuthengwa ngaphandle kokubonisana nodokotela kungazange kuthuthukise izimpawu zakho ngemuva kwamasonto amabili okusetshenziswa okuqhubekayo. Izigameko eziningi ezilula ziphendula kahle ekwelashweni ngamafutha nama-powder angama-antifungal atholakala ku-pharmacy yakho yendawo.
Kodwa-ke, izimo ezithile zidinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha kunangaphambili. Lokhu kufaka izimpawu zokuthi ukutheleleka kuyahlala noma kuba sibi kakhulu kunesigameko esivamile sesifo sezinyawo se-athlete.
Funani ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha uma uqaphela:
Abantu abane-diabetes, izinkinga zokujikeleza kwegazi, noma abanasistimu yokuvikela umzimba ebuthakathaka kufanele babone udokotela lapho beqala ukubonisa izimpawu ze-athlete’s foot. Lezi zimo zingenza ngisho nokutheleleka okuncane ezinyaweni kube nzima kakhulu futhi kube nzima ukuwelapha.
Ukuqonda izingozi zakho kungakusiza ukuthi uthathe izinyathelo zokuvikela futhi uqaphele ukuthi nini ungase ube sengozini enkulu yokuthola i-athlete’s foot. Ezinye izinto ungazilawula, kanti ezinye ziyinxalenye nje yesimo sakho sempilo.
Izimo zokuphila nezimo ezingakwandisa ingozi yakho zihlanganisa:
Ezinye izimo zezempilo nezici zomuntu siqu nazo zidlala indima. Amadoda avame ukuthola i-athlete’s foot kuneabesifazane, yize izizathu zingacaci ngokuphelele. Iminyaka ibalulekile, ngoba intsha nabantu abadala bayathinteka kakhulu kunabantwana abancinyane.
Izimo zezempilo ezingakwandisa ingozi yakho zihlanganisa i-diabetes, izinkinga zokujikeleza kwegazi, Isistimu yokuvikela umzimba ebuthakathaka, noma ukutheleleka kwangaphambili kwe-fungal. Ukuba nalezi zimo akusho ukuthi uzothola i-athlete’s foot, kodwa kusho ukuthi kufanele uqaphele kakhulu ngokuhlanzeka kwenyawo nokukhathalela.
Izigameko eziningi ze-athlete’s foot ziyaphela ngokuphelele ngokwelashwa okuqondile futhi azibangeli izinkinga ezihlala njalo. Noma kunjalo, ukushiya ukutheleleka kungelaphiwe noma ukungalandi ukwelashwa kungabangela izinkinga ezinzima kakhulu futhi ezinzima ukuzisombulula.
Inkinga evamile kunazo zonke ukusabalala kokutheleleka kwamanye amalunga omzimba wakho. Lokhu kungenzeka uma uthinta indawo etheleleke bese uthinta amanye amalunga olukhuni ngaphandle kokugeza izandla zakho kahle.
Izinkinga ezingase zenzeke zihlanganisa:
Abantu abane-diabetes babhekene nezingozi ezengeziwe ngoba ukutheleleka kungaphazamisa ukululama okuqondile kwezindawo eziqhekekile futhi kungenzeka kube yimbangela yezinkinga ezinkulu zezinyawo. Uma une-diabetes futhi uthola i-athlete's foot, kubalulekile ukulandelela indawo ngokucophelela bese ufuna ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha uma ubona noma yikuphi ukwanda.
Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi lezi zinkinga zingavikeleka ngokwelashwa okuqondile nokuhlanzeka okuhle kwezinyawo. Abantu abaningi abalandela uhlelo lwabo lokwelashwa bagwema ngokuphelele noma yiziphi izinkinga ezinkulu.
Ukugwema i-athlete's foot kuvame ukuba lula kunokuyilwa, futhi amasu yiqembu lemithetho elula ongayakha ekuphileni kwakho kwansuku zonke. Ikhona ekudaleni indawo lapho ama-fungi angakhuli khona ezinyaweni zakho.
Ukukhathalela izinyawo kwansuku zonke kwenza umehluko omkhulu ekugwemeni. Gcina izinyawo zakho zihlanzekile futhi zomile, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwezinhlweni zakho lapho umswakama uhlala uqoqana khona. Ngemva kokugeza noma ukugeza, omisa izinyawo zakho kahle ngitawuli ehlanzekile, uqaphele ngokukhethekile izikhala phakathi kwezinhlweni zakho.
Nazi izindlela zokuvimbela ezisebenzayo:
Uma uke waba ne-athlete’s foot ngaphambili, ungase ufune ukuqhubeka usebenzisa uthuli olumelene ne-fungus ngezinye izikhathi ngisho noma ukutheleleka kuphelile. Lokhu kungasiza ukuvimbela ukubuyela, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sezulu esishisayo noma uma uhlala njalo ezindaweni eziyingozi.
Odokotela abaningi bangayibona i-athlete’s foot ngokuhlola izinyawo zakho nokuxoxa ngezimpawu zakho. Ukubonakala okuvamile kokutheleleka, kanye nencwadi yakho yokukhahlela nokusha, ngokuvamile kunikeza ulwazi olwanele lokuxilonga okuchaneka.
Udokotela wakho uzobheka izindawo ezihlaselekile, ahlole izimpawu ezivamile ezifana nokukala, ubomvu, nokushintsha kwesikhumba phakathi kwezinzwane zakho noma ezansi kwezinyawo zakho. Bayobuza futhi ngezinto zakho zakamuva, njengokuthi uke waba eziqungwini zomphakathi noma emajimini, nokuthi uke waba nezimpawu isikhathi esingakanani.
Kwezinye izimo, udokotela wakho angase afune ukuqinisekisa ukuxilonga ngezivivinyo ezengeziwe. Bangathatha ukukrola okuncane kwesikhumba endaweni ehlaselekile ukuze bahlole ngaphansi komkhiqizo noma ukuthumela elabhorethri ukuze kwenziwe ukukhula kwe-fungus. Lokhu kungenzeka kakhulu uma izimpawu zakho zingavamile, uma ungaphenduli ekwelapheni, noma uma befuna ukukhipha ezinye izimo zesikhumba.
Ngesinye isikhathi, izimo ezinjenge-eczema noma ukutheleleka ngamabhaktheriya zingabonakala zifana ne-athlete’s foot, ngakho ukuhlolwa kusiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uthola ukwelashwa okulungile. Inkqubo yokukracula isikhumba ishesha futhi ayibuhlungu kakhulu, ifana nokukracula okuthambile.
Ukuphathwa kwe-athlete’s foot kuvame ukuqala ngemithi yokulwa ne-fungus etholakala ngaphandle kwesikripthi, ephumelela ekususeni ukutheleleka okuningi phakathi kwamasonto amabili kuya kwane. Le mithi iza ngezindlela ezahlukene, kufaka phakathi ama-creams, ama-sprays, nama-powders ongawathola kunoma iyiphi i-pharmacy.
Izithako ezivamile ze-antifungal ezitholakala ngaphandle kwesikripthi zihlanganisa i-terbinafine, i-miconazole, i-clotrimazole, ne-tolnaftate. Sebenzisa le mithi ngokuqondile njengoba kuqondiswe ephaketheni, ngokuvamile kabili ngosuku ezinyaweni ezihlanzekile, ezomile. Qhubeka nokwelashwa okungenani isonto elilodwa ngemuva kokuba izimpawu zakho zinyamalale ukuvimbela ukutheleleka ukuba kubuyele.
Ngokutheleleka okuqhubekayo noma okukhulu, udokotela wakho angase anikeze imithi enamandla kakhulu:
Udokotela wakho uzokhetha ukwelashwa okuhle kakhulu ngokuya ngokukhulu kokutheleleka kwakho, uhlobo luni lwe-athlete’s foot olukhona, nempilo yakho yonke. Imithi yokudla ngokuvamile igcinelwe izimo ezingaphenduli ekwelashweni kwangaphandle noma lapho ukutheleleka kukhulu.
Ubude bokuwelashwa buyahluka, kepha abantu abaningi babona ukuthuthuka phakathi kwezinsuku ezimbalwa kuya kwesonto. Ukululama okuphelele kuvame ukuthatha amasonto amabili kuya kwane ngokwelashwa kwangaphandle futhi kungathatha isikhathi eside ngemithi yokudla ukuze kususe ngokuphelele ukutheleleka.
Ukuphatha isifo sezinyawo somdlali ngekhaya kuhilela okungaphezu nje kokusebenzisa imithi. Ukudala indawo efanele yokwelapha ngesikhathi uvimbela ukusabalala kokutheleleka kudinga ukunakekelwa kwemikhuba yansuku zonke nezinqubo zokunakekelwa.
Qala ngokumisa inqubo yokunakekelwa kwezinyawo ehlala njalo esekela ukusebenza kahle kwemithi yakho. Geza izinyawo zakho kabili ngosuku ngesepu lokulwa nezifo, uzomise kahle, bese usebenzisa ukwelapha kwakho okulwa nezifo eziyisihlwathi njengoba kuqondiswe. Le nqubo iba yisisekelo sokululama okuphumelelayo.
Nazi izinyathelo ezibalulekile zokunakekelwa ekhaya:
Nakana intuthuko yakho futhi uqaphele noma yiziphi izinguquko ezimpahleni. Abantu abaningi baphawula ukuncipha kokukracula nokuthuthuka kokubonakala kwesikhumba ngaphakathi kweviki lokuqala lokwelashwa. Uma izimpawu zakho ziyanda noma azithuthuki ngemva kwamasonto amabili okwelashwa ekhaya okuhlala njalo, sekufanele ubone udokotela wakho.
Khumbula ukuthi ukwelashwa ekhaya kusebenza kangcono uma kuhlanganiswa neqhinga lokuvimbela. Qhubeka nemikhuba emihle yokunakekelwa kwezinyawo ngisho noma izimpawu zakho zithuthuke ukuze ugweme ukutheleleka kabusha.
Ukulungiselela ukuya kudoctor kungakusiza uthole ukwelashwa okuphumelelayo futhi kuqinisekise ukuthi awukhohlwa imininingwane ebalulekile mayelana nezimpawu zakho. Ukulungiselela kancane ngaphambili kwenza ukuvakasha kube nomphumela omuhle kuwe nodokotela wakho.
Ngaphambi kokubonisana kwakho, qaphela ukuthi izimpawu zakho zaqala nini nokuthi zishintshe kanjani ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Bhala phansi ukwelashwa okuye kwazama, kufaka phakathi imithi yokuthengwa ngaphandle komthetho, izindlela zokwelapha zasekhaya, nokuthi usebenzise isikhathi esingakanani ngendlela ngayinye. Ulwazi olufana nalolu lusiza udokotela wakho ukuthi aqonde ukuthi yini esebenzayo nokuthi yini engekho.
Butha lolu lwazi ngaphambi kokuvakashela kwakho:
Ngosuku lokubonisana kwakho, gqoka izokisi ezihlanzekile nezicathulo ezilula ukuzisusa ukuze udokotela wakho akwazi ukuhlola izinyawo zakho ngokunethezeka. Ungafaki amafutha noma imithi ezinyaweni zakho ekuseni kokuvakashela kwakho, njengoba lokhu kungase kuphazamise ukuxilongwa noma ukuhlolwa.
Lungela ukuxoxa ngendlela yakho yokuphila nemikhuba yansuku zonke, ikakhulukazi imisebenzi ehilela izinyawo zakho. Lokhu kungafaka imikhuba yakho yokuzivocavoca, indawo yokusebenza, noma ukuthi uvakashela kaningi kangakanani ama-pool omphakathi noma ama-gym. Lo mqondo usiza udokotela wakho ukunikeza iseluleko sokuvimbela esilungisiwe.
Ukulimala kwezinyawo kuyisimo esivamile, esingelashwa esiphendula kahle ekunakekelweni okulungile kanye nemithi. Nakuba kungase kube buhlungu futhi kudidanise, izimo eziningi ziyaphulukiswa ngokuphelele phakathi kwamasonto ambalwa uma ulandela uhlelo lokwelapha oluzinzile futhi ugcine ukuhlanzeka okuhle kwezinyawo.
Okubaluleke kakhulu ukukhumbula ukuthi ukwelashwa kwasekuqaleni kuholela ekuphulukiseni okusheshayo futhi kuvimba izinkinga. Ukwelashwa kwe-antifungal okuthengiswa ngaphandle kokubonisana nodokotela kusebenza kahle kubantu abaningi, kodwa ungangabazi ukubona udokotela wakho uma izimpawu ziqhubeka noma zibe zimbi ngemuva kwamasonto amabili ekwelashwa ekhaya.
Ukuvimbela ngempela iyimithi engcono uma kukhulunywa nge-athlete's foot. Imikhuba yansuku zonke elula njengokugcina izinyawo zakho zicocekile futhi zomile, ukugqoka izicathulo eziphefumula, nokusebenzisa isivikelo ezindaweni zomphakathi inganciphisa kakhulu ingozi yokutheleleka. Lezi zindlela ezifanayo ziyasiza ekuvinjeni ukubuyela kwesifo uma usuvele uphulukisile ukutheleleka.
Khumbula ukuthi ukuba ne-athlete's foot akubonisi ukuhlanzeka kwakho komuntu siqu noma ukuhlanzeka. Lokhu kutheleleka kungenzeka kunoma ubani, futhi ukufuna ukwelashwa kuyisinyathelo esinengqondo sokunakekela impilo yakho nokuvimbela ukusabalala kwesifo kwabanye.
I-Athlete's foot ayipheli ngokuphelele ngaphandle kokwelashwa, futhi ukuyishiya ingalashwanga kuvame ukwenza ukutheleleka kube kubi noma kusabalale kwamanye amazwekazi. Nakuba izimpawu zingase zibe ngcono okwesikhashana ngesikhathi sezulu esomile noma ngokuhlanzeka okuhle kwezinyawo, ukutheleleka okubangelwa yisigcikwane kuvame ukuqhubeka futhi kubuyele uma izimo ziphinde zivumele ukukhula kwesigcikwane.
I-Athlete's foot ihlala inokuqubuka uma ukutheleleka okubangelwa yisigcikwane kusasebenza, okusho ukuthi ungasabalalisa kwabanye kuze kube yilapho ukutheleleka kuphelile ngokuphelele ngokwelashwa. Abantu abaningi bayeka ukuba nokuqubuka ezinsukwini ezimbalwa nje ngemuva kokuqala ukwelashwa okuphumelelayo kwe-antifungal, kodwa kungcono ukuqhubeka nokuqapha kuze kube yilapho zonke izimpawu ziphelile futhi ukwelashwa kuphelile.
Ungaqhubeka nokwenza umsebenzi womzimba ngisho noma une-athlete’s foot, kodwa kufanele uthathe izinyathelo ezengeziwe zokugwema ukusabalala kokutheleleka nokugwema ukwenza isimo sakho sibe sibi. Gqoka njalo izokisi ezihlanzekile, ezomile nama-athletic shoes aphefumula, shawala ngokushesha ngemva kokwenza umsebenzi womzimba, bese uomisa ngokuphelele izinyawo zakho. Sebenzisa izicathulo zokushawa emakamelweni okuhlanza futhi ugweme ukuhamba ungagqoki lutho ezindaweni zomphakathi.
I-athlete’s foot ihlala ibuya ngoba ama-spores e-fungus angaphila ezicathulweni zakho, ezokisini, nasemzungwini ngisho nangemva kokwelashwa. Ukwelashwa okungaphelele, ukungasinaki izicathulo ezingcolile, noma ukubuyela ezimweni ezifanayo ezabangela ukutheleleka kokuqala kungabangela ukubuyela kwesifo. Abanye abantu nabo banesihlobo esikhulu ngenxa yezinto ezinjengokukhishwa okukhulu kwezinyawo noma ukukhishwa njalo ezindaweni ezingozi.
Nakuba abanye abantu bethola impumuzo ngezindlela zokwelapha zasekhaya ezinjenge-tea tree oil noma ukunisela ngeviniga, lezi zindlela azizange zibonakale zisebenza njengezidakamizwa ze-antifungal ezamukelwe yi-FDA. I-tea tree oil ingakucasula isikhumba esibuhlungu, futhi iviniga ingabangela ukushisa kwezinto ezikhiqizwayo uma isetshenziswa ngamanani aphezulu. Kuphephile futhi kusebenza kakhulu ukuqala ngezindlela zokwelapha ze-antifungal ezitholakala ngaphandle kokubonisana nodokotela uma ukhetha ezinye izindlela zemvelo.
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