Cellulitis

I-Cellulitis (sel-u-LIE-tis) luyifo yokungalungi komlomo oluqhelekileyo, olunokuba yingozi. Olunye ulusu oluthintekayo luqengqelekile futhi luqholiwe futhi ngokuvamile lubuhlungu futhi lufudumele uma luthintwa.

I-cellulitis ivame ukubhebha ohlangothini olulodwa lomzimba. Izimpawu zayo kanye nezimpawu zingafaka:

• Indawo ecasulayo yesikhumba eqhubeka ikhula
• Ukukhula
• Ubuhlungu
• Ubuhlungu
• Ukushisa
• Ukuvuvukala
• Ukuthandaza
• Amabala
• Amabhabha
• Ukugoba kwesikhumba

Kubalulekile ukuqaphela nokwelapha isifo se-cellulitis ngokushesha ngoba leli gciwane lingahlala ngokushesha emzimbeni wakho.

Funani ukunakekelwa okuphaphandwe uma:

• Une-rash ebukhulu, ebuhlungu noma i-rash eshintsha ngokushesha
• Une-fever

Bona udokotela wakho, kakhulu ngosuku olufanayo, uma:

• Une-rash ebukhulu, ebuhlungu futhi efudumele—futhi ikhula—kodwa awunayo i-fever

I-cellulitis ibangelwa yi-bacteria, ikakhulukazi i-streptococcus ne-staphylococcus, ezingena ngesigamu noma ngokuqhekeka kwesikhumba. Inani le-staphylococcus eyingozi kakhulu ebizwa nge-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) liyakhula.

I-cellulitis ingahlasela noma yikuphi ingxenye yomzimba, kodwa indawo evame kakhulu yi-leg ephansi. I-bacteria inamathuba amaningi okutholakala esikhumbeni esiqaqambile, esomile, esiqhekekile noma esihlungulu, njengoba kungenzeka ngesayithi lokuhlinzwa, iziqongo, amanxeba okuthungwa, amanxeba, ubuhlungu be-athlete noma i-dermatitis.

Izimbangela eziningi zanda ingozi ye-cellulitis:

• Ukulimala. Noma iyiphi inxeba, ukwephulwa, ukushisa noma ukukhahlela kunika ibhaktheriya ithuba lokungena.
• Isimumo esibuthakathaka somzimba. Izimo ezibuthakathaka isimiso somzimba—njengoshukela, i-leukemia ne-HIV/AIDS—zandisa ingozi yokutheleleka. Imithi ethile nayo ingabuqeda amandla omzimba.
• Izimo zesikhumba. Izimo ezinjenge-atopic dermatitis (eczema), ukubekezeleleka kwezinyawo kanye ne-shingles zingabangela ukuphazamiseka kwesikhumba, okunika ibhaktheriya ithuba lokungena.
• Ukukhula okuqhubekayo (okungapheli) kwezandla noma imilenze (lymphedema). Leli simo ngezinye izikhathi kwenzeka ngemva kokuthi kwenziwe ubuyekezo.
• Umlando we-cellulitis. Ukuba uke waba ne-cellulitis ngaphambili kukwandisa ingozi yokuthi uyithole futhi.
• Ukuba ngumuntu onesisindo esingaphezulu. Isisindo esingaphezulu sikwandisa ingozi yokuthuthukisa i-cellulitis.

I-cellulitis engalulwanga ingabangela i-bacteremia, i-endocarditis, i-osteomyelitis, i-toxic shock syndrome noma i-sepsis. Ngokwahlukileyo, ukutheleleka kungasakazeka ebukhulu obukhulu bethishu elibizwa ngokuthi yi-fascial lining. I-Necrotizing fasciitis yisibonelo sokutheleleka okujulile. Kuyisimo esiphuthumayo kakhulu.

Izigameko ezivamile ze-cellulitis zingalimaza uhlelo lokukhipha i-lymphatic futhi zibangele ukukhula okuqhubekayo kwelungu lomzimba elithintekile.

Uma isifo sakho se-cellulitis siphinde siqale, umhlinzeki wakho wezinsizakalo zezempilo angase akukhuthaze ukusebenzisa ama-antibiotics okuvimbela. Ukuze usize ukuvimbela i-cellulitis nezinye izifo, thatha lezi zindlela zokuphepha uma uneqatha lesikhumba:

• Hlambulula icala nsuku zonke ngensipho namanzi. Yenza lokhu ngobumnene njengengxenye yokugeza kwakho okuvamile.
• Buza umhlinzeki wakho wezinsizakalo zezempilo ukuthi ngabe kuzosiza yini ukufaka ikhilimu noma i-ointment evikela. Ezinzwaneni eziningi ezingaphezulu, i-ointment engekho ngaphansi komthetho (i-Vaseline, i-Polysporin, nezinye) inikeza isivikelo esanele.
• Umbobo ngebhandeji. Shintsha amabhandeji okungenani nsuku zonke.
• Qaphela izimpawu zokutheleleka. Ukucaphuna, ubuhlungu no-pus konke kubonisa ukutheleleka okungenzeka nesidingo sokukhathalelwa kwezokwelapha. Abantu abane-diabetes noma ukugijima okubi kwegazi kudingeka bathathe izinyathelo ezengeziwe zokuvimbela ukulimala kwesikhumba. Ukukhathalela okuhle kwesikhumba kufaka okulandelayo:
• Hlola izinyawo zakho nsuku zonke. Hlola njalo izinyawo zakho ukuze ubone izimpawu zokulimala ukuze ukwazi ukubamba izifo ngokushesha.
• Gcoba isikhumba sakho njalo. Ukugcoba isikhumba kusiza ukuvimbela ukubhebhetheka nokuqhekeka. Ungafaki i-moisturizer ezilwelweni ezivaliwe.
• Sika iinzipho zakho nezinzipho zezinyawo ngokucophelela. Qaphela ukungalimazi isikhumba esizungezile.
• Vikela izandla zakho nezinyawo. Gqoka izicathulo nama-gloves afanelekile emisebenzini yakho.
• Phatha ngokushesha izifo ezingaphezulu kwesikhumba, njenge-athlete's foot. Izifo ezincane zesikhumba zingasakazeka kalula kumuntu omunye. Phatha izifo ze-fungal ngokushesha nje lapho zivela.

Umhlinzeki wakho wezinsizakalo zempilo cishe uzokwazi ukuxilonga i-cellulitis ngokubuka isikhumba sakho. Kungase kudingeke wenze ivivi logazi noma ezinye izivivinyo ukuze usize ukukhipha ezinye izimo.

Ukuphathwa kwe-cellulitis kuvame ukufaka i-antibiotic yomlomo e-prescription. Phakathi nezinsuku ezintathu zokuqala i-antibiotic, yenza umhlinzeki wakho wezempilo azi ukuthi ukutheleleka kuphendula yini ekwelapheni. Kuzodingeka uthathe i-antibiotic yonke inkambo, ngokuvamile izinsuku eziyi-5 kuya kweziyi-10, ngisho noma uqala ukuzizwa kangcono.

Amaphawu avame ukunyamalala ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuba uqale ukwelashwa. Ungase udinge ukungena esibhedlela futhi uthole ama-antibiotic ngezinsimbi (ngokuthombisa) uma:

• Izimpawu nezimpawu zingaphenduli kuma-antibiotic omhlathi
• Izimpawu nezimpawu zibanzi
• Une-fever ephezulu