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Amaqhubu namacarbuncles yizimpukutshana ezibuhlungu, ezigcwele ipus, ezakha phansi kwesikhumba sakho lapho ibhaktheriya iphethe izikhumba zezinwele. Iqhubu liyimpukutshana eyodwa eyenziwe yi-infection, kuyilapho icarbuncle iyingxube yamaqhubu ahlangene ndawonye, edala i-infection enkulu, ejulile.
Lezi zifo zesikhumba ziyavame kakhulu kunalokho obungacabanga, futhi ngenkathi zingadabukisa futhi zikhathaze, izincazelo eziningi zilapha kahle ngokunakekelwa okuhle. Ukuqonda ukuthi yini ezihambisana nazo nokuthi ungaziphatha kanjani kungakusiza uzizwe ukhululekile ngokuphatha lezi zifo uma zivele.
Iqhubu liqala njengompukutshana obomvu, oluthambile olugcwala kancane kancane ngepus njengoba umzimba wakho ulwa ne-infection yebhaktheriya. Impukutshana ivame ukukhula ngosuku olulodwa, ibe buhlungu kakhulu futhi ithuthukise isikhungo esimhlophe noma esiphuzi lapho ipus iqoqwa khona.
AmaCarbuncles ngokuyisisekelo amaqhubu amaningi ahlangene ndawonye phansi kwesikhumba. Adala indawo enkulu eyenziwe yi-infection evame ukuba juqu futhi ibe nzima kuneqhubu elilodwa. AmaCarbuncles avame ukuba nemiphumela eminingi lapho ipus ingaphuma khona, okwenza ibukeke njengengxube yamaqhubu ahlangene.
Zoma zombili izimo zibangelwa uhlobo olufanayo lwebhaktheriya, ngokuvamile iStaphylococcus aureus, evame ukuhlala ngokungenabungozi esikhumbeni sakho kodwa ingabangela izinkinga lapho ingena ekujuleni kwezinwele ngezinsiza ezincane noma izikrathi.
Ukuqaphela izimpawu ngokushesha kungakusiza uthole ukwelashwa okufanele futhi uvikele i-infection ekuwohlokeni. Izimpawu zivame ukuthuthuka kancane kancane izinsuku ezimbalwa.
Izimpawu ezivamile zamaqhubu zihlanganisa:
Ama-carbuncles avame ukubangela izimpawu ezinzima kakhulu ngoba ahilela indawo enkulu yokutheleleka:
Lezi zimpawu zivame ukuvela ezinsukwini eziyi-4 kuya kwezi-7, ubuhlungu buvame ukuba bubi kakhulu ngaphambi kokuba isibobo noma i-carbuncle ikhiphe ngokwemvelo. Uma ukukhishwa kuqala, uzoqaphela ukunciphisa ubuhlungu obukhulu.
Imbangela eyinhloko ukutheleleka ngama-bacteria, ikakhulukazi i-Staphylococcus aureus e-bacteria e-ngena ngokuqhekeka okuncane esikhumbeni sakho. Lezi bacteria ngokujwayelekile zihlala ebusweni besikhumba sakho ngaphandle kokubangela izinkinga, kodwa zingadala ukutheleleka lapho zithinta izikhumba zezinwele ezijulile.
Izici eziningi zingenza kube lula kuma-bacteria ukubangela le mitheleleko:
Kwezinye izimo, amabhaktheriya ahilelekile angaba yizinhlobo ezinamandla kakhulu. I-MRSA (i-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) ngezinye izikhathi ibangela amafutha nama-carbuncles, nakuba lokhu kungavamile. Lezi zifo zingase zibe nzima ukwelapha futhi zidinga ama-antibiotic athile.
Ama-carbuncles ngokukhethekile avela lapho ukutheleleka kukhula kusuka kwesinye isikhumba sezinwele kuya kwizikhumba ezihambisanayo, kudala lelo phethini leqembu eliqondakalayo. Lokhu ngokuvamile kwenzeka lapho ukutheleleka kokuqala kungelaphi kahle noma uma isimo sakho sokuvikela umzimba sinenkinga yokulawula ukusabalala kwamabhaktheriya.
Nakuba noma ubani angaba nalezi zifo, izinto ezithile zingandisa amathuba akho okuthola. Ukuqonda izinto ezikuyingozi kungakusiza ukuthi uthathe izinyathelo zokuvikela.
Isimo sempilo esithinta isimo sakho sokuvikela umzimba sikwenza ube sengozini enkulu:
Izinto zokuphila nezimo ezingqongile nazo zidlalela indima:
Ubudala bungaba yinto ebalulekile. Iintsha nabantu abadala bavame ukuthola amafutha amaningi ngenxa yenguquko yamahomoni ethinta ukukhiqizwa kwamafutha esikhumba. Abantu abadala bangase babe sengozini enkulu ngenxa yokunciphisa amandla okuvikela umzimba nezinye izimo zempilo.
Izibilo eziningi ezincane ziyaphola zodwa ngokunakekelwa kwasekhaya, kodwa izimo ezithile zidinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha. Ukubona ukuthi nini kufanele ufuna usizo kungavimbela izinkinga futhi kuqinisekise ukwelashwa okufanele.
Kufanele ubone udokotela ngokushesha uma ubhekana nalokhu:
Funani ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha ngalezi zimpawu ezixwayisayo ezinkulu:
Ungalindi ukufuna ukunakekelwa uma ukhathazekile ngobunzima noma ukusabalala kokutheleleka. Ukwelashwa kwasekuqaleni kuvame ukubangela imiphumela emihle futhi kungavimbela izinkinga ezinkulu.
Nakuba izibilo nama-carbuncle amaningi ephila ngaphandle kwezinkinga, izinkinga zingase zenzeke, ikakhulukazi uma ukutheleleka kusabalala noma kungelashwa kahle. Ukuba nomqondo wezinkinga ezingase zenzeke kukusiza ukubona ukuthi nini kufanele ufuna ukunakekelwa ngokushesha.
Izinkinga ezivamile zihlanganisa:
Izinkinga ezingavamile kodwa ezingathi sína zingase zivele uma ukutheleleka kukhula kakhulu:
Abantu abanesistimu yokuvikela umzimba ebuthakathaka babhekene nezingozi eziphezulu zokuthola izinkinga, kungakho ukunakekelwa kwesikhathi esifanele kokubaluleke kakhulu kulabo abane-diabetes, umdlavuza, noma ezinye izimo ezingapheli. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi ngokwelashwa okufanele, izinhlupheko eziningi zingavikeleka noma ziphathwe kahle.
Imikhuba emihle yokuhlanzeka nokukhathalela kwesikhumba inganciphisa kakhulu ingozi yakho yokuthola lezi zifo. Ukuvimbela kugxile ekugcineni amabhaktheriya angangeni ezinwele nasekugcineni isikhumba esinempilo.
Imikhuba yansuku zonke yokuhlanzeka esiza ukuvimbela ukutheleleka ihlanganisa:
Izinyathelo ezengeziwe zokuvimbela zingasiza kakhulu uma uke waba namabholi ngaphambili:
Uma ungumthwali we-staph noma unezifo ezivamile, udokotela wakho angakuncoma ukugeza okukhethekile okulwa nezifo eziyimpepo noma amafutha ezimpumputhe ukuze unciphise amabhaktheriya olukwesikhumba nakwimifantu yakho.
Odokotela bangakwazi ukuqagela ama-boils nama-carbuncles ngokuhlola indawo elimazeke kanye nokuxoxa ngezimpawu zakho. Ukubonakala okuqondile nendawo yalezi zifo kuvame ukwenza ukuxilongwa kube lula.
Ngesikhathi sokubonisana nawe, udokotela wakho uzobheka izici ezibalulekile njengobukhulu, indawo, nokuvela kwendawo elimazeke. Bazophinde bahlole izimpawu zokutheleleka okusakazwayo, njengokubopha okubomvu noma ama-lymph nodes avuvukile.
Kungenzeka ukuthi kudingeka ukuhlolwa okuengeziwe ezimweni ezithile:
Ukuhlolwa kokukhiqiza kubaluleke kakhulu uma ungaphenduli ekwelapheni kokuqala noma uma kukhona ukutheleleka kwe-MRSA. Lokhu kusiza ukuqondisa ukwelashwa kwe-antibiotic okuqondiswe ngokunembile futhi kuqinisekise ukuthi uthola ukwelashwa okuphumelela kakhulu.
Udokotela wakho uzophinde ahlole impilo yakho yonke kanye nanoma yiziphi izinto ezingase zithinte izinqumo zokwelapha noma zikhulise amathuba okulimala.
Ukwelashwa kuncike ebukhulu nasekubalulekeni kokutheleleka, kusukela ekunakekelweni okulula ekhaya kwama-boils amancane kuya ezindleleni zokwelapha ze-carbuncles ezinkulu. Umgomo ukusisiza ukutheleleka kuphele ngaphandle kokusakaza.
Kwama-boils amancane, asezimweni zokuqala, ukwelashwa kuvame ukufaka:
Ukwelashwa ngokwedokotela kuyaqala uma kukhona ukutheleleka okukhulu noma uma kuvela izinkinga:
Izifo ezinkulu cishe zihlale zidinga ukwelashwa ngokwedokotela ngoba zinkulu futhi zinzima kunezifo ezincane. Udokotela wakho angase adinge ukwenza ukusoka okuncane okuningi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ihlwempu iphumile ngokuphelele, futhi cishe uzodinga ama-antibiotics amomotheka ukuze ususe ukutheleleka ngokuphelele.
Inkqubo yokususa ihlwempu ngokwayo ngokuvamile inikeza ukukhululeka ebuhlungwini ngokushesha, yize indawo ingase ihlale ibuhlungu izinsuku ezimbalwa njengoba iphulukana. Ukutheleleka okuningi kuqala ukuthuthuka phakathi kwamahora angu-48-72 ngemva kokwelashwa okufanele.
Ukukhathalela ekhaya okuhle kungasiza kakhulu ekuphulukiseni futhi kuvimbele ukutheleleka ukuba kube sibi. Okubalulekile ukugcina ucocekile ngenkathi ukhumbuza ukuphuma kwemvelo uma ukutheleleka kulungile.
Ukwelashwa ngezindwangu ezifudumele yindlela yakho ephumelela kakhulu yokwelapha ekhaya:
Uma ukuqothuka kuqale, ukunakekelwa okuhle kwesilonda kuba kubalulekile:
Izinto ezibalulekile okufanele uzigweme ngesikhathi sokwelashwa ekhaya zihlanganisa ukucindezela noma ukuzama ukuqhuma i-boil, lokhu kungasusa izifo eziyimikrofoni ejulile futhi kwenze ukutheleleka kube sibi. Gwema futhi ukwabelana ngamathawula, izingubo, noma ezinye izinto zomuntu siqu ezingasabalalisa izifo eziyimikrofoni kwabanye.
Qapha izimpawu zakho eduze ngesikhathi sokwelashwa ekhaya, futhi ungangabazi ukuthintana nodokotela wakho uma ukutheleleka kubonakala kusabalala noma uma uthola ubushushu noma ezinye izimpawu ezikhathazayo.
Ukuba ulungile nge-aphoyintimenti yakho kusiza udokotela wakho ukuba anikeze ukunakekelwa okuhle futhi kuqinisekisa ukuthi uthola yonke imibuzo yakho iphendulwe. Ukuqoqa ulwazi olufanele kusengaphambili kungenza ukuvakasha kube lolukhulu.
Ngaphambi kwe-aphoyintimenti yakho, bhala imininingwane ebalulekile mayelana nezimpawu zakho:
Lungisa uhlu lwemithi yakho yamanje nezimo zempilo:
Woza ulungele imibuzo mayelana nezinketho zakho zokwelashwa, isikhathi sokuphulukisa okulindelekile, kanye nezibonakaliso okufanele uzibheke ezingase zibonise ubunzima. Unganqikazi ukubuza ngezindlela zokuvikela uma ukhathazekile ngezifo zesikhathi esizayo.
Gqoka izingubo eziphumulele, eziyathuthumela eziyivumela ukufinyelela kalula endaweni ethintekayo ukuze kuhlolwe. Uma ukutheleleka kusethiyoni elibucayi, buza ngenqubo yokuhlola uma uhlela i-aphoyintimenti yakho.
Ama-boils nama-carbuncles yizifo zesikhumba eziqhelekile ezibangelwa yibhaktheriya, nakuba engafani kahle futhi ekhathazayo, ngokuvamile aphulukisa kahle ngokunakekelwa okufanele. Abantu abaningi bangaphatha ama-boils amancane ekhaya ngokusebenzisa ama-compress afudumele kanye nokuhlanzeka okuhle, kodwa unganqikazi ukufuna ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngezifo ezinkulu noma uma uthola izibonakaliso zezexwayiso ezifana nokuqina noma ukubomvu okusakazayo.
Ukuvimbela ngezindlela zokuhlanzeka okuhle yindlela yakho engcono kakhulu yokuzivimbela kulezi zifo. Gcina isikhumba sakho sihlanzekile, welapha ngokushesha izikhala ezincane, futhi gwema ukwabelana ngezinto zomuntu siqu ezingase zibe nebhaktheriya.
Khumbula ukuthi ukuba ne-boil noma i-carbuncle akubonisi kabi ukuhlanzeka kwakho noma impilo yakho. Lezi zifo zingaba kubantu bonke, futhi ngokwelashwa okufanele, ngokuvamile ziyaphela ngokuphelele ngaphandle kwezinkinga zesikhathi eside. Into ebaluleke kakhulu ukuqaphela ukuthi nini ukunakekelwa ekhaya kwanele futhi nini ukwelashwa kwezokwelapha kuyadingeka.
Yebo, amabhaktheriya abangela lezi zifo angathelela ngokuthinta ngokuqondile indawo elimele noma izinto ezingcolile njengezithekwana noma izingubo. Noma kunjalo, ukudlulisela akuyona into eyenzeka ngokuzenzakalelayo futhi ukuhlanzeka okuhle kunciphisa kakhulu ingozi. Gcina indawo elimele ihlanganisiwe, geza izandla zakho njalo, futhi gwema ukwabelana ngezinto zomuntu siqu kuze kube yilapho ukutheleleka kuphela ngokuphelele.
Amabholi amancane avame ukuphulukana phakathi neviki eli-1-2 ngenxa yokunakekelwa okuhle, kuyilapho ama-carbuncles amakhulu angathatha amaviki angu-2-3 noma ngaphezulu. Isikhathi sokuphulukana siyacishe sibe ngokulingana nobukhulu bokutheleleka, impilo yakho yonke, nokuthi uqala nini ukwelashwa okufanele. Abantu abaningi baphawula ukuthuthuka okukhulu ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ukutheleleka kuphela ngokwemvelo noma kupheliswe ngokwelapha.
Amabholi amancane avame ukuphulukana ngaphandle kokushiya amabala, ikakhulukazi uma engaqinjiwanga noma angagcinwanga. Ama-carbuncles amakhulu noma ukutheleleka okuba buhlungu kakhulu kungashiya amabala athile, kodwa lokhu kuvame ukuwohloka ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Ukunakekelwa okuhle kwesilonda ngemuva kokupheliswa nokugwema ukukhahlela indawo ephulukayo kunganciphisa ingozi yamabala.
Amabholi abuphindaphindiwe angenzeka ngezizathu eziningi, kufaka phakathi ukuba ngumthwali wamabhaktheriya e-staph, ukuba nezimo zempilo ezingaphansi njengoshukela, noma izici zokuphila ezithuthukisa ukukhula kwamabhaktheriya. Abanye abantu banemfuyo eyenza babe sengozini yokutheleleka. Udokotela wakho angakusiza ukubona izimbangela ezingaba khona futhi enze isu lokuvimbela uma uhlushwa ukutheleleka okuvamile.
Ukuzivocavoca okulula kuvame ukuba kuhle, kodwa gwema imisebenzi edala ukusabela noma ukucindezela endaweni eqaqambile. Ukubhukuda emachibini kufanele kugwenywe kwaze kwaphela ukutheleleka ukuze kuvinjelwe ukusabalalisa amabhaktheriya kwabanye. Njalo vala ukutheleleka ngesikhathi sokuzivocavoca, geza ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, bese uguqula ube ngezingubo ezihlanzekile, ezomile. Lalela umzimba wakho bese ukhululeka uma uzizwa ungaphili kahle noma une-fever.
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