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Ukutheleleka kwempumputhe yiluhlobo olukhulu lokutholakala kokutholakala kwesistimu yomchamo (UTI) okuvela lapho iintsholongwane zihamba zivela esibindini sakho ziye kwenye noma zombili izimpumputhe. Lesi simo, esibizwa ngokuthi yi-pyelonephritis, sikubi kakhulu kunokutheleleka okulula kwesibindini futhi sidinga ukunakekelwa ngokushesha kwezokwelapha.
Izimpumputhe zakho yizitho ezibalulekile ezihlanza udoti egazini lakho futhi zenze umchamo. Lapho iintsholongwane zingena kulezi zitho, zingabangela ukuvuvukala futhi zivimbele umsebenzi ojwayelekile wempumputhe. Ukutheleleka kuvame ukuqala esistimu yakho ephansi yomchamo bese kuya phezulu, kungakho kuvame ukulandelwa yizimpawu zokutheleleka kwesibindini.
Nakuba ukutheleleka kwempumputhe kungakhathaza, kuphendula kahle ekwelapheni uma kubanjwe ngokushesha. Abantu abaningi bayaphila ngokuphelele ngokwelashwa okuqondile kwe-antibiotic kanye nokukhathalela okusekela.
Izimpawu zokutheleleka kwempumputhe zivame ukuvela ngokushesha futhi zingakwenza uzizwe ungaphili kahle. Izimpawu zivame ukuba nzima kakhulu kunalezo zokutheleleka okulula kwesibindini, okusiza odokotela ukuhlukanisa phakathi kwalezi zimo ezimbili.
Izimpawu ezivamile ongazihlangabezana nazo zihlanganisa:
Ubuhlungu emhlane obuhambisana nokutheleleka kwempumputhe bubaluleke kakhulu. Ngokuvamile kwenzeka endaweni yakho yase-flank, okuyindawo phakathi kwamaphaphu akho nezinyawo ngecala ngalinye lomgogodla wakho. Lobu buhlungu ngokuvamile buzwakala bujulile futhi buhlala njalo, obuhlukile ezinhlungwini zamasculoskeletal.
Abanye abantu nabo bahlangabezana nezimpawu zesigaba esisezantsi somchamo njengokuthi ukuphikelela (ukuziva sengathi udinga ukuya ejimini ngokushesha) nokuvamile (ukudinga ukuya ejimini njalo). Lezi zimpawu zingaba khona izinsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba ukutheleleka kwempumputhe kuqale.
Ukutheleleka kwempumputhe cishe kubangelwa yintsholongwane ezingena esistimu yakho yomchamo nge-urethra bese ziya phezulu. Isibangelwa esivamile yi-E. coli, intsholongwane evame ukufumaneka esistimu yakho yokugaya ukudla.
Ukutheleleka ngokuvamile kulandela le ndlela: iintsholongwane ziqala ziningi esibindini sakho, zibangela ukutheleleka kwesibindini. Uma zingalashwa noma uma umzimba wakho ungakwazi ukulwa nokutheleleka ngokuphumelelayo, lezi ntsholongwane zingaya ngaphezulu ngemiyenge (ureters) ehlanganisa isibindini sakho nezimpumputhe zakho.
Izinto eziningi zingandisa ingozi yakho yentsholongwane efika ezimpumputheni zakho:
Ngokungavamile, ukutheleleka kwempumputhe kungabangelwa yintsholongwane esakazekayo egazini lakho ekutholakaleni kwenye indawo emzimbeni wakho. Lokhu kungenzeka kakhulu kubantu abanesistimu yokuvikela emzimbeni ebuthakathaka noma izimo zempilo ezingaphansi.
Kufanele ufunuke ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha uma ucindezela ukutheleleka kwempumputhe. Lesi simo sidinga ukwelashwa ngokushesha kwe-antibiotic ukuvimbela izinkinga ezinkulu nokwenzakala okungapheli kwempumputhe.
Xhumana nodokotela wakho ngokushesha uma uhlangabezana nokuqina kanye nobuhlungu emhlane kanye nezimpawu zomchamo. Ukuhlanganiswa kwalezi zihlobo ezintathu zezimpawu kusikisela kakhulu ukutheleleka kwempumputhe kunokutheleleka okulula kwesibindini.
Funuka ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha okuphaphandayo uma uthola:
Ungalindi ukubona uma izimpawu ziphulukana zodwa. Ukutheleleka kwempumputhe kungaba kubi ngokushesha futhi kube nezinkinga ezingaba yingozi uma kungelashwa ngokushesha nge-antibiotic efanele.
Ukuqonda izinto ezingandisa ingozi yakho kungakusiza uthathe izinyathelo zokuvikela futhi uqaphele uma ungase ube sengozini yokutheleleka kwempumputhe. Abanye abantu bavame ukuba nalezi zifo ngenxa yezinto zesakhiwo noma ze-physiological.
Ukuba owesifazane kukwandisa kakhulu ingozi yakho ngoba abesifazane bane-urethras emfushane, okwenza kube lula kubakhulu ukufinyelela esibindini futhi mhlawumbe bahambe baye ezimpumputheni. Ukuya ocansini kungafaka intsholongwane esistimu yomchamo.
Ezinye izinto ezibalulekile ezingandisa ingozi zihlanganisa:
Ubudala buphinde bube nomthelela, ngabantwana abancinyane kakhulu nabantu abadala abasezingozini eziphezulu. Kubantwana, lokhu kungaba ngenxa yezinkinga zesakhiwo, kuyilapho kubantu abadala, ngokuvamile kuhlobene nokuqeda okuphelele kwesibindini noma izistimu zokulwa nezifo ezibuthakathaka.
Ukuba nezinto eziningi ezingandisa ingozi akusho ukuthi uzokuthola ukutheleleka kwempumputhe, kodwa kusho ukuthi kufanele uqaphele ngokwengeziwe ngezimpawu zomchamo futhi ufunuke ukwelashwa ngokushesha nganoma yiziphi izimpawu ze-UTI.
Nakuba ukutheleleka kwempumputhe okuningi kuphela ngokwelashwa okuqondile, ukutheleleka okungalashwa noma okukhulu kungabangela izinkinga ezinkulu. Ukuqonda lezi zinkinga ezingase zenzeke kugcizelela ukuthi kungani ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha okusheshayo kubaluleke kangaka.
Inkinga ephambili ephambili yi-sepsis, isimo esingaba yingozi impilo lapho ukutheleleka kusakazeka kulo lonke igazi lakho. Lokhu kungabangela ukwehluleka kwezitho futhi kudinga ukwelashwa okuphaphandayo esibhedlela.
Ezinye izinkinga ezingase zenzeke zihlanganisa:
Abesifazane abakhulelweyo bahlangabezana nezingozi ezengeziwe, njengoba ukutheleleka kwempumputhe kungabangela umsebenzi wokubeletha ngaphambi kwesikhathi futhi kuthonye intuthuko yomntwana. Kungakho abesifazane abakhulelwe abanezibonakaliso ze-UTI bedinga ukuhlolwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha.
Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi lezi zinkinga zivimbeka kakhulu ngokubona ngokushesha nokwelashwa okuqondile kwe-antibiotic. Abantu abaningi abamukela ukunakekelwa okusheshayo bayaphila ngokuphelele ngaphandle kokulimalala okungapheli kwempumputhe.
Ukuvimbela ukutheleleka kwempumputhe kugxile kakhulu ekuvimbeleni ukutheleleka kwesistimu yomchamo ephansi ukuthi kuqale noma kuye ezimpumputheni. Imikhuba eminingi yempilo elula inganciphisa kakhulu ingozi yakho.
Iqhinga elibaluleke kakhulu lokuvimbela ukugcina umzimba uqinisile ngokuphuza amanzi amaningi usuku lonke. Lokhu kusiza ekuhlanzweni kwentsholongwane esistimu yakho yomchamo ngaphambi kokuba ziningi futhi zibangele ukutheleleka.
Amasu abalulekile okuvimbela ahlanganisa:
Kubantu abane-UTIs eziphindaphindayo, udokotela wakho angakuncoma izinyathelo ezengeziwe zokuvikela. Lokhu kungafaka i-antibiotics ephansi ethathiwe njalo noma ngemuva kokutholakala, kuye ngesimo sakho esithile nezinto ezingandisa ingozi.
Uma unezimo ezingaphansi njenge-diabetes, ukuzigcina ziqinisile kuphinde kunciphisa ingozi yakho yokutheleleka. Ukuhlolwa okuvamile kwezokwelapha kungasiza ekutholeni nasekulungiseni noma yiziphi izinkinga zesakhiwo ezingase zikwenze ube sengozini yokutheleleka.
Ukuxilonga ukutheleleka kwempumputhe kuhilela ukuhlanganiswa kokuhlola izimpawu zakho, ukuhlolwa komzimba, kanye nezivivinyo zelebhu. Udokotela wakho uzofuna ukuhlukanisa phakathi kokutheleleka okulula kwesibindini nokutheleleka okukhulu kwempumputhe.
Umhlinzeki wakho wezokunakekelwa kwezempilo uzoqala ngokubuza ngezimpawu zakho, ikakhulukazi ukuba khona kokushisa, ubuhlungu emhlane, kanye nezimpawu zomchamo. Bazophinde benze ukuhlolwa komzimba, bahlole ukuthambile emhlane naseceleni lapho izimpumputhe zakho zikhona.
Izivivinyo ezibalulekile zokuxilonga ngokuvamile zihlanganisa:
Ezimweni ezithile, ikakhulukazi uma unezifo eziphindaphindayo noma awuphenduli ekwelapheni kokuqala, udokotela wakho angase a-ode izifundo zokubonisa izithombe. Lokhu kungafaka i-ultrasound, i-CT scans, noma i-X-rays ekhethekile ukubuka izinkinga zesakhiwo noma izinkinga.
Ukukhiqizwa komchamo kubaluleke kakhulu ngoba akuqinisekisi nje ukuxilongwa kodwa futhi kuthola i-antibiotic ezosebenza kakhulu ngentsholongwane ethile ebangela ukutheleleka kwakho. Imiphumela ngokuvamile ithatha amahora angu-24-48.
Ukwelashwa kokutheleleka kwempumputhe kugxile ekwelapheni kwe-antibiotic ukuqeda ukutheleleka kwentsholongwane. I-antibiotic ethile nesikhathi sokwelashwa kuya ngokukhulu kokutheleleka kwakho nohlobo lwentsholongwane ehilelekile.
Ukutheleleka kwempumputhe okungapheli kuyelashwa nge-antibiotics yomlomo ethathwe ekhaya. Udokotela wakho ngokuvamile uzokuncoma ikhosi yezinsuku eziyi-7-14 ze-antibiotics, ngezinketho ezisetshenziswayo ezivame ukusetshenziswa ezihlanganisa i-fluoroquinolones, i-trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, noma i-beta-lactam antibiotics.
Ngokutheleleka okukhulu, ukwelashwa kungafaka:
Kufanele uqale uzizwe ukhulu ngaphakathi kwamahora angu-48-72 ngemuva kokuqala ukwelashwa kwe-antibiotic. Noma kunjalo, kubalulekile ukuqeda ikhosi yonke ye-antibiotics ngisho noma uzizwa ukhulu, njengoba ukuyeka ngokushesha kungabangela ukungaphili kahle kwe-antibiotic noma ukubuyela kokutheleleka.
Udokotela wakho uzofuna ukukubona ngokulandela ngaphakathi kwezinsuku ezimbalwa ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uphendula ekwelapheni. Bangase futhi ba-ode ukuhlolwa komchamo kabusha ngemuva kokuphela kwe-antibiotics ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukutheleleka kuqediwe.
Nakuba i-antibiotics iyindlela ephambili yokwelapha ukutheleleka kwempumputhe, izindlela eziningi zokunakekelwa ekhaya zingakusiza uzizwe ukhulu futhi zisekele ukululama kwakho. Lezi zindlela zisebenza kanye, hhayi esikhundleni, sokwelashwa kwezokwelapha okunconywe.
Ukuphumula kubalulekile ngesikhathi sokutheleleka kwempumputhe, njengoba umzimba wakho udinga amandla ukulwa nokutheleleka. Thatha isikhathi emsebenzini noma esikoleni uma kungenzeka, futhi gwema imisebenzi enzima kuze kube yilapho uzizwa ukhulu.
Izindlela zokunakekelwa ekhaya ezisekelayo zihlanganisa:
Qapha izimpawu zakho ngokucophelela ngenkathi ululama ekhaya. Kufanele uqaphele ukuthuthuka ngaphakathi kwezinsuku eziyi-2-3 zokuqala i-antibiotics. Xhumana nodokotela wakho uma ukuqina kwakho kuqhubeka, ubuhlungu bube kubi, noma uthola izimpawu ezintsha.
Ungalokothi uzame ukwelapha ukutheleleka kwempumputhe ngezindlela zokwelapha zasekhaya zodwa. Nakuba ijusi le-cranberry nezinye izindlela zokwelapha zemvelo zingasiza ekuvimbeleni i-UTIs, azanele ekwelapheni ukutheleleka kwempumputhe okusebenzayo, okudingayo i-antibiotics eyenziwe ngomthetho.
Ukulungiselela i-aphoyintimenti yakho yodokotela kungasiza ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi uthola ukunakekelwa okufanele kokutheleleka kwempumputhe. Ukuba nolwazi oluyisisekelo okulungile kuzosiza umhlinzeki wakho wezokunakekelwa kwezempilo ukwenza ukuxilongwa okuqondile nelenkaneli yokwelapha.
Ngaphambi kwe-aphoyintimenti yakho, bhala zonke izimpawu zakho, kufaka phakathi ukuthi zaqala nini nokuthi ziye zathuthuka kanjani. Yiba uchwepheshe ngendawo nohlobo lobuhlungu obuhlangabezana nabo.
Ulwazi oluyisisekelo okufanele ulethe luhlanganisa:
Uma kungenzeka, letha isampula yomchamo esitsheni esicocekile, njengoba udokotela wakho ngokuvamile uzofuna ukuyivivinya ngokushesha. Noma kunjalo, shayela phambili ukuqinisekisa ukuthi lokhu kuyadingeka noma uma bakhetha ukuqoqa isampula ehhovisi.
Unganqikazi ukubuza imibuzo ngesikhathi se-aphoyintimenti yakho. Ukuqonda isimo sakho nelenkaneli yokwelapha kuzokusiza uphulukise ngokuphumelelayo futhi uqaphele noma yiziphi izimpawu zezexwayiso ezingase zidinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha okwengeziwe.
Ukutheleleka kwempumputhe kuyizimo ezinkulu kodwa ezilashwa kakhulu ezidinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha okusheshayo. Ukuphulukisa ngokuphelele ukubona izimpawu ngokushesha nokufuna ukwelashwa okuqondile kwe-antibiotic ngaphandle kokubambezeleka.
Khumbula ukuthi ukutheleleka kwempumputhe ngokuvamile kubangela i-trio yokushisa, ubuhlungu emhlane, kanye nezimpawu zomchamo. Uma uhlangabezana nalezi zinto ndawonye, xhumana nodokotela wakho ngokushesha kunokulinda ukubona uma izimpawu ziphulukana zodwa.
Ngokwelashwa okuqondile, abantu abaningi bayaphila ngokuphelele ekutholakaleni kwempumputhe ngaphandle kwezinkinga ezingapheli. I-antibiotics eyenziwe ngumthetho udokotela wakho inamandla kakhulu uma ithathwe njengoba iyalelwe, futhi abantu abaningi baqala ukuzizwa bekhulu ngaphakathi kwezinsuku ezimbalwa zokuqala ukwelashwa.
Ukuvikela kuhlala kuyindlela yakho engcono kakhulu yokulwa nokutheleleka kwempumputhe kwesikhathi esizayo. Hlala uqinisile, sebenzisa ukuhlanzeka okuhle, futhi ufunuke ukwelashwa okusheshayo nganoma yiziphi izimpawu zokutheleleka kwesibindini ukuvimbela ukuthi ziye ezimpumputheni zakho.
Abantu abaningi baqala ukuzizwa bekhulu ngaphakathi kwamahora angu-48-72 ngemuva kokuqala ukwelashwa kwe-antibiotic, ngokuthuthuka okukhulu ngosuku lwe-3-5. Ukululama okuphelele ngokuvamile kuthatha amasonto angu-1-2, nakuba kufanele uqede ikhosi yakho yonke ye-antibiotics ngisho noma uzizwa ukhulu ngokushesha. Ukuqina kungase kuqhubeke izinsuku ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuba ezinye izimpawu ziphulukane.
Ukutheleleka kwempumputhe ngokwalo akukwazi ukutheleleka futhi akukwazi ukudluliselwa komunye umuntu. Noma kunjalo, iintsholongwane ezibangela i-UTIs ngezinye izikhathi zingadluliselwa ngesikhathi sokuya ocansini, kungakho kunconywa ukuya ejimini ngemuva kokutholakala njengendlela yokuvikela. Ukutheleleka kuvela lapho iintsholongwane ezisekhona emzimbeni wakho ziya ezimpumputheni zakho.
Kufanele ugweme umsebenzi nemisebenzi enzima yomzimba ngesikhathi unekutheleleka kwempumputhe okusebenzayo. Umzimba wakho udinga ukuhlala unamandla ukulwa nokutheleleka, futhi umsebenzi ungenza izimpawu njengokushisa nobuhlungu emhlane zibe kubi. Linda kuze kube yilapho uqede ikhosi yakho ye-antibiotic futhi uzizwe ukhulu ngokuphelele ngaphambi kokubuyela emisebenzini yakho evamile yomzimba.
Uma kuphathwa ngokushesha nangokufanele, ukutheleleka kwempumputhe akunakulimaza okungapheli. Noma kunjalo, ukutheleleka okungalashwa noma okukhulu kungabangela ukulimala kwempumputhe, isifo esingapheli sempumputhe, noma ezinye izinkinga. Kungakho ukwelashwa kwezokwelapha okusheshayo kubaluleke kangaka - kuvimbela ukutheleleka ukuthi kuqhubeke kufike endaweni lapho ukulimala okungapheli kungase kwenzeke.
Ngenkathi ululama ekutholakaleni kwempumputhe, kungcono ukugwema i-alcohol, i-caffeine, ukudla okunoshukela, nanoma yini engase icasule isibindini sakho noma isistimu yakho yokugaya ukudla. Gxila ekuhlaleni uqinisile ngamanzi futhi udle ukudla okulula, okulula ukukugaya uma uhlangabezana nokugabha. Uma uzizwa ukhulu, ungabuyela kancane kancane ekudleni kwakho okuvamile.
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