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Ubuthakathaka be-mitral valve buvela lapho i-valve ephakathi kwamagumbi ohlangothi lwesobunxele lenhliziyo yakho ingasebenzi kahle khona. Le valve encane kodwa ebalulekile ilawula ukugeleza kwegazi kusuka e-atrium yakho yasesobunxele ukuya e-ventricle yakho yasesobunxele, futhi uma ingasebenzi kahle, ingathinta ukuthi inhliziyo yakho iphompa igazi kangakanani emzimbeni wakho.
Cabanga nge-mitral valve yakho njengomnyango ohamba ngendlela eyodwa ovula futhi uvale cishe izikhathi eziyi-100,000 ngosuku ngalunye. Uma lomnyango uba mncane kakhulu, ukhulu kakhulu, noma ungavalwa kahle, inhliziyo yakho kumele isebenze nzima ukuze yenze umsebenzi wayo. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi abantu abaningi baphila impilo egcwele, esebenzayo nge-mitral valve disease, ikakhulukazi uma itholakala ngokushesha futhi ilawulwe kahle.
I-mitral valve disease yisimo lapho i-mitral valve yakho ingavuli khona ngokwanele noma ingavalwa ngokuphelele. I-mitral valve yakho ihlala phakathi kwe-atrium yasesobunxele ne-ventricle yasesobunxele, amagumbi abalulekile ohlangothi lwesobunxele lenhliziyo yakho.
Kunezinhlobo ezimbili eziyinhloko zezinkinga ze-mitral valve. I-mitral stenosis ivela lapho i-valve iba ngeyomfutho futhi iqine, okwenza kube nzima ukuthi igazi ligeleze. I-mitral regurgitation ivela lapho i-valve ingavalwa khona ngokuphelele, ivumela igazi ukuthi ligeleze emuva.
Inhliziyo yakho ixhomeke kule valve esebenza ngokubushelelezi ukuze igcine ukugeleza kwegazi okufanele. Uma i-valve ingasebenzi kahle, inhliziyo yakho ingase idinge ukupompa nzima ukuze isuse igazi ngokuphumelelayo, okungabangela izimpawu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Abantu abaningi abane-mitral valve disease ephansi abanawo noma yiziphi izimpawu ekuqaleni. Umuthi wakho ukhulu kakhulu ekulungiseni izinguquko ezihamba kancane, ngakho izimpawu zivame ukuvela kancane kancane ezinyangeni noma eminyakeni eminingi.
Uma izimpawu zivele, ungase uqaphele:
Lezi zimpawu zingase zihluke kakhulu kumuntu nomuntu. Abanye abantu baphefumula ngokushesha ngemuva kokukhuphuka izitebhisi, kanti abanye bangase baqaphele izimpawu kuphela ngesikhathi semisebenzi eqinile. Okubalulekile ukunaka izinguquko endleleni ozizwa ngayo ngesikhathi semisebenzi yakho yansuku zonke.
I-mitral valve disease iza ngezindlela ezimbili eziyinhloko, ngayinye ithonya inhliziyo yakho ngokuhlukile. Ukuqonda ukuthi yiluphi uhlobo olukhona kuwe kusiza udokotela wakho ukuba enze uhlelo lokwelapha oluphumelelayo esimweni sakho esithile.
I-mitral stenosis ivela lapho i-valve yakho iba ngeyomfutho futhi iqine. Ukuvulwa kwe-valve kuba mncinci kunokujwayelekile, okwenza kube nzima ukuthi igazi ligeleze kusuka e-atrium yakho yasesobunxele liye e-ventricle yakho yasesobunxele. Lokhu kuvame ukuvela kancane kancane eminyakeni eminingi.
I-mitral regurgitation ivela lapho i-valve yakho ingavalwa khona ngokuphelele lapho ivala. Igazi ligeleza emuva kusuka e-ventricle yakho yasesobunxele liye e-atrium yakho yasesobunxele, liqobela inhliziyo yakho ukuba isebenze nzima ukuze iphompe igazi phambili emzimbeni wakho.
Abanye abantu bangaba nazombili izimo ngesikhathi esifanayo, nakuba lokhu kungavamile. Udokotela wakho uzobona ukuthi yiluphi uhlobo olukhona kuwe ngokuhlolwa okuhlukahlukene nokucubungula.
I-mitral valve disease ingathuthukiswa izimbangela eziningi ezahlukene, kusukela ezimweni ozalwa nazo kuya kwezifo ezitholakala kamuva ekuphileni. Ukuqonda ukuthi yini engase ibingela inkinga yakho ye-valve kungasiza ukuqondisa indlela yakho yokwelapha.
Izimbangela ezivame kakhulu zihlanganisa:
Ngezinye izikhathi, imbangela eqondile ihlala ingacaci, okungase kube nzima. Noma kunjalo, ukwazi imbangela ethile akuyona njalo into edingekayo ekwelapheni okuphumelelayo. Udokotela wakho uzogxila ekuphatheni isimo sakho samanje kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yini eyabangela ekuqaleni.
Ezimeni ezingavamile, izifo ze-autoimmune, ezinye izifo zekhanda, noma izimo ze-genetic zingathinta i-mitral valve. Lezi zimo zidinga ukunakekelwa okukhethekile nokulandelelwa.
Kufanele uxhumane nodokotela wakho uma uhlangabezana nezimpawu ezintsha noma ezibi kakhulu eziphazamisa imisebenzi yakho yansuku zonke. Ukuhlolwa kwangaphambi kwesikhathi kungasiza ukuvimbela izinkinga futhi kuqinisekise ukuthi uthola ukunakekelwa okufanele lapho ukudingayo kakhulu.
Funani ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha uma uqaphela ukuphefumula okufushane okuya kubi, ikakhulukazi uma kwenzeka lapho ukhulu noma ulele. Ubuhlungu esifubeni, ukushaya kwenhliziyo okungajwayelekile, noma ukukhula okungazelelwe ezinyaweni noma ezinyaweni nakho kudinga ukuhlolwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha.
Uma unayo i-mitral valve disease eyaziwayo, qaphela izinguquko ezimpawu zakho. Ngisho noma ubelawula kahle, izimpawu ezintsha noma ukubi kwezimpawu ezikhona kungase kubonise ukuthi isimo sakho siqhubeka futhi sidinga ukunakekelwa.
Ungalindi uma uhlangabezana nobuhlungu obukhulu esifubeni, ukuphefumula okufushane okukhulu okungazelelwe, noma ukuqhekeka. Lezi zimpawu zingase zibonise inkinga enzima kakhulu edinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha.
Izinto eziningi zingandisa amathuba akho okukhula kwe-mitral valve disease, nakuba ukuba nezimbangela zengozi akusho ukuthi uzokhula ngokuqinisekile isimo. Ukuba nomqondo walo mkhuba kungakusiza wena nodokotela wakho ukuba nilandelele impilo yakho yenhliziyo eduze.
Izimbangela zengozi ezivamile zihlanganisa:
Ezinye izimbangela zengozi, njengobudala nomlando womndeni, azikwazi ukushintshwa. Noma kunjalo, ungasebenza nodokotela wakho ukuze ulawule izinto ezilawuleka njengoxinzelelo lwegazi nempilo yonke yenhliziyo. Ukuhlolwa okujwayelekile kuba kubaluleke kakhulu uma unezinto eziningi zengozi.
Izimbangela zengozi ezingavamile zihlanganisa izifo ezithile ze-genetic, imithi ethile, nokutheleleka okungavamile. Udokotela wakho uzohlola iphrofayili yakho yengozi yomuntu siqu futhi ancome ukulandelelwa okufanele.
Uma i-mitral valve disease ingaphathwa noma iba nzima, ingabangela izinkinga eziningi ezithinta inhliziyo yakho nempilo yonke. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi ngokulandelelwa okufanele nokwelashwa, izinkinga eziningi zingavikeleka noma ziphathwe ngokuphumelelayo.
Izinkinga ezingase zenzeke zihlanganisa:
Lezi zinkinga zivame ukuvela kancane kancane ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, zinike wena nodokotela wakho amathuba okungenela ngaphambi kokuba zibe nzima. Ukulandelelwa okujwayelekile kusiza ukubamba izinguquko ekuqaleni lapho ukwelashwa kuphumelela kakhulu.
Ezimeni ezingavamile, i-mitral valve disease enzima ingabangela izehlakalo ezingalindelekile zenhliziyo noma ukwehluleka kwenhliziyo okukhulu. Kungakho ukulandela uhlelo lwakho lokwelapha nokugcina ukuqokwa okujwayelekile nodokotela wakho kubaluleke kangaka.
Nakuba ungakwazi ukuvimbela zonke izinhlobo ze-mitral valve disease, ikakhulukazi lezo ezihlobene nobudala noma i-genetics, ungathatha izinyathelo zokuvikela impilo yakho yenhliziyo nokunciphisa ingozi yakho yokukhula kwezinkinga ze-valve. Ukuvimbela kugxila ekugcineni impilo yonke yemisipha yomzimba.
Amasu abalulekile okuvimbela ahlanganisa ukwelapha ukutheleleka kwe-strep throat ngokushesha ukuvimbela umatasa we-rheumatic. Lokhu kubaluleke kakhulu kubantwana nabantu abadala abasebancane, njengoba umatasa we-rheumatic ungalimaza ama-valve enhliziyo eminyakeni eminingi kamuva.
Ukugcina ukuhlanzeka okuhle kwamehlo kusiza ukuvimbela ukutheleleka okungase kusabalale kuma-valve enhliziyo yakho. Ukuhlanza kwamanye amazinyo okujwayelekile nokuphathwa ngokushesha kwezinkinga zamahlo kunciphisa ingozi yakho ye-infective endocarditis.
Ukulawula ezinye izimo zenhliziyo njengoxinzelelo lwegazi oluphezulu, i-cholesterol ephakeme, noshukela kubasiza ukuvikela zonke izingxenye zomzimba wakho wemisipha, kufaka phakathi ama-valve enhliziyo yakho. Ukuzivocavoca okujwayelekile, ukudla okunempilo, nokungaqoki zonke zinikeza impilo enhle yenhliziyo.
Uma unezinkinga ze-valve yenhliziyo ezikhona, ukuthatha ama-antibiotics ngaphambi kwezinye izinqubo zamahlo noma zezokwelapha kungase kunconywe ukuvimbela ukutheleleka. Udokotela wakho uzokwazisa uma lokhu kuhambelana nawe.
Ukuhlolwa kwe-mitral valve disease kuvame ukuqala ngodokotela wakho olalela inhliziyo yakho nge-stethoscope. Izinkinga eziningi ze-valve zenza imisindo ehlukile ebizwa ngokuthi yi-heart murmurs abachwepheshe bezokwelapha abaqeqeshwe abangayithola ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa okujwayelekile.
I-echocardiogram ngokuvamile iyona iviki elibaluleke kakhulu lokuhlola i-mitral valve disease. Le ultrasound engenazinkinga yenhliziyo yakho yenza izithombe eziningi ezibonisa ukuthi i-valve yakho isebenza kanjani nokuthi igazi ligeleza kahle ngayo.
Udokotela wakho angase futhi ancome ukuhlolwa okwengeziwe kuye ngezimpawu zakho nemiphumela yokuqala. I-electrocardiogram (ECG) ihlola umsebenzi womgogodla wenhliziyo yakho, kanti i-chest X-ray ingabonisa ukuthi inhliziyo yakho ikhulu noma uma kukhona uketshezi emaphashini akho.
Ezimweni ezithile, ukuhlolwa okukhethekile njenge-cardiac catheterization noma izivivinyo zoxinzelelo kungase kudingeke. Lokhu kusiza udokotela wakho ukuthi aqonde ukuthi inhliziyo yakho isebenza kangcono kanjani ngaphansi kwezimo ezahlukene futhi ahlele indlela yokwelapha engcono kakhulu.
Inqubo yokuhlola ngokuvamile ilula futhi ipholile. Ukuhlolwa okuningi akukho luvalo, futhi iqembu lakho lezokwelapha lizokucacisela yonke inyathelo ukuze ukhululeke kulo lonke inqubo.
Ukwelashwa kwe-mitral valve disease kuncike ezintweni eziningi, kufaka phakathi ukubaluleka kwesimo sakho, izimpawu zakho, nempilo yakho yonke. Abantu abaningi abane-valve disease ephansi badinga ukulandelelwa okujwayelekile kuphela, kanti abanye bazuza emithi noma ezinqubweni zokwelapha.
Ezimeni ezilula ngaphandle kwezimpawu, udokotela wakho angase ancome indlela "yokulinda nokulinda" ngokuhlolwa okujwayelekile. Lokhu kuvumela ukulandelelwa kwesimo sakho ngenkathi ugwema ukwelashwa okungadingekile lapho i-valve yakho isasebenza kahle.
Imithi ingasiza ekulawuleni izimpawu nokukhuthaza inhliziyo yakho lapho ukwelashwa kungadingeki ngokushesha. Lokhu kungase kuhlanganise ama-blood thinners ukuvimbela ama-clots, imithi yokulawula ukushaya kwenhliziyo, noma imithi yokunciphisa umsebenzi wenhliziyo yakho.
Uma i-valve disease iba nzima kakhulu, izinketho zokwelapha ziyizinto ezibalulekile okumele zicatshangelwe. Ukulungiswa kwe-valve kuvame ukukhethwa uma kungenzeka, njengoba kulondoloza izicubu zakho ze-valve zemvelo. Ukufakwa kwe-valve kungase kudingeke uma ukulungiswa kungasebenzi.
Izinqubo ezincane zokungenela zitholakala ngokwanda kubantu abaningi. Lezi zindlela ngokuvamile zihlanganisa ukunqunywa okuncane nokubuyela emuva okusheshayo uma kuqhathaniswa nokwelashwa kwenhliziyo evulekile okujwayelekile. Udokotela wakho uzoxoxa ngendlela engcono kakhulu yesimo sakho esithile.
Ukulawula i-mitral valve disease ekhaya kuhlanganisa ukwenza izinqumo zokuphila ezisekela impilo yakho yenhliziyo nokulandela izincomo zedokotela wakho. Izinguquko ezincane, eziqhubekayo zingenza umehluko obalulekile endleleni ozizwa ngayo futhi usebenze nsuku zonke.
Ukusebenza ngaphakathi kwemingcele yakho kusiza ekugcineni ukufaneleka kwemisipha yomzimba nokuphumula okuhle. Sebenzani nodokotela wakho ukuze unqume amazinga okuzivocavoca afanele isimo sakho. Abantu abaningi bangqhubeka bejabulela imisebenzi efana nokuhamba, ukubhukuda, noma i-yoga ebushelelezi.
Ukulandela ukudla okunempilo kwenhliziyo kusekela umzimba wakho wonke wemisipha yomzimba. Lokhu ngokuvamile kusho ukudla izithelo eziningi, imifino, ama-grains aphelele, namaprotheni alula ngenkathi ugcina usawoti, amafutha agcwele, nokudla okucutshunguliwe.
Ukuthatha imithi ngokuqondile njengoba kunqunyiwe kubalulekile ekulawuleni isimo sakho ngokuphumelelayo. Yenza uhlelo olukusiza ukuba ukhumbule ukuthatha imithi ngokuqhubekayo, futhi ungalokothi uyeke noma ushintshe imithamo ngaphandle kokuxoxa nodokotela wakho kuqala.
Ukulandelela izimpawu zakho kusiza wena nodokotela wakho ukuba nilandelele izinguquko esimweni sakho. Gcina umbhalo wemisebenzi ekwenza ube nokuphefumula okufushane, noma yiluphi ubuhlungu esifubeni, noma izinguquko emazingeni akho amandla.
Ukulawula ukucindezeleka ngezindlela zokupumula, ukulala okwanele, nemisebenzi ejabulisayo kungazuza impilo yakho yenhliziyo. Cabanga ngemisebenzi efana nokuzindla, ukwelula okuhle, noma imisebenzi ekwenza uzizwe uzolile futhi ukhulu.
Ukulungiselela ukuqokwa kwakho kusiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uthola okuningi ngesikhathi sakho nodokotela wakho. Ukufika uhleli ngemibuzo nolwazi kwenza ukuvakasha kube nomphumela futhi kusiza udokotela wakho ukuba anikeze ukunakekelwa okungcono kakhulu.
Bhala izimpawu zakho ngaphambi kokuqokwa, kufaka phakathi lapho zenzeka khona, yini eyenza zibe ngcono noma zibe zimbi, nokuthi zithinta kanjani imisebenzi yakho yansuku zonke. Yiba uchwepheshe ngezinto ezifana nokuthi ungakhuphuka zingaki izitebhisi ngaphambi kokuba uzizwe uphefumula ngokushesha.
Letha uhlu oluphelele lwemithi yonke oyithathayo, kufaka phakathi imithi yokwelapha, imithi yokuthengwa ngaphandle kwesikripthi, kanye nezinye izinto. Faka imithamo nokuthi uyithatha kangaki ngayinye.
Lungiselela uhlu lwemibuzo ofuna ukuyibuza udokotela wakho. Lokhu kungase kuhlanganise imibuzo mayelana ne-prognosis yakho, izinketho zokwelapha, ukuguqulwa kokuphila, noma nini okufanele ufunani ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha.
Cabanga ngokuletha ilungu lomndeni noma umngani ekuqokweni. Bangakusiza ukuba ukhumbule ulwazi olukhulu futhi banikeze ukwesekwa ngesikhathi soxoxa ngesimo sakho nezinketho zokwelapha.
Butha noma yimaphi amarekhodi ezokwelapha afanele, imiphumela yokuhlolwa, noma imibiko evela kwabanye odokotela. Lolu lwazi lusiza udokotela wakho wamanje ukuthi aqonde isithombe sakho sezokwelapha esiphelele futhi enze izinqumo ezilwemi mayelana nokukhathalelwa kwakho.
I-mitral valve disease yisimo esilawuleka esithinta abantu abaningi, futhi ngokunakekelwa okufanele, abantu abaningi bangqhubeka bephila impilo egcwele, esebenzayo. Okubalulekile ukusebenzisana eduze neqembu lakho lezokunakekelwa kwezempilo ukuze uqaphele isimo sakho futhi ulandele izincomo zokwelapha ezifanele.
Ukutholakala kwangaphambi kwesikhathi nokulandelelwa okujwayelekile kwenza umehluko omkhulu emiphumeleni. Abantu abaningi abane-mitral valve disease bayenza kahle iminyaka eminingi ngokulawulwa okucophelelayo, futhi izinketho zokwelapha ziqhubeka zithuthuka ngokuthuthuka kwezobuchwepheshe bezokwelapha.
Khumbula ukuthi ukuba ne-mitral valve disease akuchazi impilo yakho noma ukulinganiselwe amandla akho okujabula nokufezeka. Ngokunakekelwa okufanele, ukulungiswa kokuphila, nesistimu yokusekela, ungagcina ikhwalithi yakho yokuphila ngenkathi ulawula le simo ngokuphumelelayo.
Hlala uhileleke ekunakekelweni kwakho ngokubuza imibuzo, ukulandela uhlelo lwakho lokwelapha, nokugcina ukuxhumana okuvulekile nodokotela wakho. Ukuhlanganyela kwakho okusebenzayo ekulawuleni impilo yakho ingenye yezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu ekufezeni imiphumela engcono kakhulu.
Yebo, abantu abaningi abane-mitral valve disease baphila impilo evamile ngokuphelele, ikakhulukazi lapho isimo silula noma silawulwa kahle. Okubalulekile ukulandela izincomo zedokotela wakho, ukuthatha imithi enqunyiwe, nokwenza izinqumo zokuphila ezine-heart-healthy. Abanye abantu bangase badinge ukuguqula imisebenzi ethile, kodwa abaningi bangqhubeka besebenza, beqeqesha, futhi bajabulela imisebenzi yabo evamile ngezinye izinyathelo.
I-mitral valve disease ingaba ukusuka okulula kuya kokunzima, futhi ukubaluleka kwayo kuncike ezintweni eziningi kufaka phakathi ukwanda kokonakala kwe-valve nezimpawu zakho. Izimo ezilula ngokuvamile zidinga ukulandelelwa kuphela, kanti izimo ezinzima zingase zidinga ukungenelela kokwelapha. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi ngokunakekelwa okufanele kwezokwelapha, ngisho nezimimo ezinzima zingaphathwa ngokuphumelelayo. Ukutholakala kwangaphambi kwesikhathi nokwelashwa kuphumelela kakhulu imiphumela.
Gxilisa ukulinganisela ukudla okuphezulu ku-sodium, njengoba usawoti owengeziwe ungase ube nomthelela ekugcineni kwamanzi futhi ucindezele inhliziyo yakho. Nciphisa ukudla okucutshunguliwe, usoso olupakishiwe, inyama yase-deli, nokudla kwendawo yokudlela okuvame ukuba nophezulu ku-sodium. Futhi linganisela amafutha agcwele, amafutha e-trans, notshwala olukhulu. Esikhundleni salokho, khetha izithelo ezintsha, imifino, ama-grains aphelele, amaprotheni alula, nokudla okulungiswe ngosawoti oluthile.
I-mitral valve disease ingaqhubeka ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kodwa izinga liyahluka kakhulu phakathi kwabantu. Abanye abantu bahlala beqinile iminyaka eminingi, kanti abanye bangase bahlangabezane nokuwohloka kancane kancane. Ukulandelelwa okujwayelekile nodokotela wakho kusiza ukulandelela noma yiziphi izinguquko futhi ulungise ukwelashwa njengoba kudingeka. Ukulandela uhlelo lwakho lokwelapha, ukugcina imikhuba enempilo yenhliziyo, nokulawula ezinye izimo zezempilo kungasiza ekuthambiseni ukuqhubeka.
Ukwelashwa akudingeki kubo bonke abane-mitral valve disease. Isinqumo sincike ezintweni ezifana nokubaluleka kwenkinga yakho ye-valve, izimpawu zakho, ukusebenza kwenhliziyo yakho, nempilo yakho yonke. Abantu abaningi balawula kahle ngemithi nokuguqulwa kokuphila. Uma ukwelashwa kunconywa, ngokuvamile kungoba izinzuzo zidlula kakhulu izingozi, futhi iqembu lakho lokwelapha lizokuxoxela ngokuphelele zonke izinketho.
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