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Ukuqunjelwa komlomo kuyisifo esibangelwa yisigci, esenza amabala amhlophe noma aphuzi ngaphakathi emlonyeni wakho. Kwenzeka lapho isitshalo esibizwa ngokuthi i-Candida albicans sikhuphuka kakhulu emlonyeni wakho, siphazamisa ukulingana kwemvelo kwezibhaktheriya nama-fungi avamile ukuhlala khona ngokuthula.
Lesi simo sivame kakhulu futhi ngokuvamile asibi, nakuba kungase kube buhlungu. Ungase uqaphele ukuthi kubukeka njengochisi noma ubisi olungasuli kalula olulimi lwakho, emagxalabeni angaphakathi, noma emazinyweni. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi ukuqunjelwa komlomo kuphendula kahle ekwelapheni futhi kancane kakhulu kubangela izinkinga ezingathi sína.
Isici esiqondakala kakhulu yizimpawu ezimhlophe noma eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka olulimi lwakho, emagxalabeni angaphakathi, noma emazinyweni. Lezi zimpawu zingase zibukeke njengobisi noma ochisi, kodwa ngokungafani nezinsalela zokudla, azisuli kalula futhi zingase zisale izindawo ezibomvu, ezibuhlungu ngaphansi uma uzama ukuzisusa.
Ake sihambe ngezimpawu ongazihlangabezana nazo, sikhumbula ukuthi akuwona wonke umuntu onazo zonke lezi zimpawu:
Ezinganeni, ungase futhi uqaphele ukukhathazeka okungavamile ngesikhathi sokudla noma amabala amhlophe angasuli kalula. Lezi zimpawu zingase zibe zingekho lutho kuya ezingathí sína, kodwa yindlela yomzimba wakho yokukutshela ukuthi ukulingana kwemvelo emlonyeni wakho kudinga ukunakekelwa.
Ukuqunjelwa komlomo kuthuthukiswa lapho isitshalo seCandida, esivame ukuhlala ngamanani amancane emlonyeni wakho, sikhuphuka. Cabanga ngakho njengensimu lapho ukhula olukhulu luthatha khona lapho izimo zingalungile ezihlahleni zokukhula.
Izici eziningi zingaphambanisa lokhu kulungana okuhle futhi kuvumele isitshalo ukuba siphindaphindeke:
Ezinganeni, ukuqunjelwa komlomo kuvame ukwenzeka ngoba izinhlelo zabo zokukhulula zisathuthuka. Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi abanye abantu banamandla okukhula okukhulu kwe-yeast, futhi lokho kuyinto evamile.
Kufanele uxhumane nodokotela wakho uma uqaphela amabala amhlophe emlonyeni wakho angasuli kalula, ikakhulukazi uma ehambisana nobuhlungu noma ubunzima bokuginya. Nakuba ukuqunjelwa komlomo kuvame ukuba buthambile, ukuthola ukuxilongwa okuqondile kusiza uqinisekise ukuthi uthola ukwelashwa okulungile.
Kubalulekile ukufuna ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha uma une-diabetes, uthatha imithi ecindezela ukukhulula, noma unesimo esithinta isimiso sakho sokuvikela. Kulezi zimo, udokotela wakho angasiza ukuvimbela ukutheleleka ukusabalala noma ukuba sibi kakhulu.
Ezinganeni, shayela udokotela wakho wezingane uma uqaphela amabala amhlophe angasuli kalula, ikakhulukazi uma ingane yakho ibonakala ingakhululekile ngesikhathi sokudla noma ikhathazekile kakhulu kunokujwayelekile. Ukwelashwa kwasekuqaleni kungasiza ingane yakho ukuba izizwe ikhululekile ngokushesha.
Izimo ezithile zenza kube lula ukuba uthuthukise ukuqunjelwa komlomo, nakuba ukuba nalezi zici ezingaholela ekusondeleni akusho ukuthi uzokuthola ngokuqinisekile. Ukuqonda ingozi yakho kungakusiza ukuba uthathe izinyathelo zokuvikela uma kungenzeka.
Nawa amaphuzu aphambili angandisa amathuba akho okuthuthukisa ukuqunjelwa komlomo:
Khumbula ukuthi abantu abaningi abanamazinga okutholakala okukhulu abathuthuki ukuqunjelwa komlomo. Umuthi wakho uyakwazi ukugcina ukulingana, futhi ngokuvamile lezi zici kudingeka zihlangane noma zibe khona ngezikhathi zokucindezeleka noma ukugula ukuze ukuqunjelwa kuthuthuke.
Kubantu abaningi, ukuqunjelwa komlomo kuhlala kugxile emlonyeni futhi kuyahlanzwa ngokwelashwa ngaphandle kokubangela noma yiziphi izinkinga ezihlala njalo. Noma kunjalo, kuwusizo ukwazi ukuthi yini okufanele uyilinde, ikakhulukazi uma unezimo ezithile zempilo.
Nawa amahlanganisela angaba khona, nakuba engajwayelekile kubantu abaphilile:
Lezi zinhlelo zokusebenza zivame kakhulu ukwenzeka kubantu abanesimiso sokuvikela esibuthakathaka, i-diabetes engalawulwa, noma ezinye izimo ezinzima zempilo. Uma uwa kulezi zigaba, umhlinzeki wakho wezokunakekelwa kwezempilo uzokulandela eduze futhi angase akukhuthaze ukwelashwa okunamandla ukuvimbela izinhlanganisela.
Nakuba ungakwazi ukugwema ukuqunjelwa komlomo njalo, kunezinyathelo eziningi ezipraktikal ongazithatha ukunciphisa ingozi yakho. Lezi zindlela zigxile ekugcineni ukulingana okuhle kwezibhaktheriya nama-fungi emlonyeni wakho.
Ukuhlanzeka komlomo okuhle kuyisisekelo sokuvimbela. Geza amazinyo kabili ngosuku ngebhulashi elithambile ne-toothpaste ye-fluoride. Ungakhohlwa ukugcoba ulimi lwakho ngobumnene, njengoba lokhu kusiza ukususa izibhaktheriya nama-fungi angaqoqa khona.
Uma usebenzisa i-corticosteroid ethathelwa emoyeni nge-asthma, geza umlomo wakho ngamanzi ngemuva kokusebenzisa ngakunye bese ulikhipha. Lesi sinyathelo esilula sisusa izinsalela zemithi ezingakhuthaza ukukhula kwe-fungal. Ngokufanayo, uma ugqoka ama-dentures, uwasuse ebusuku bese uwahlanza kahle ngokuvumelana nemiyalo yodokotela wakho wamazinyo.
Ukuphatha izimo zempilo eziyisisekelo futhi kudlala indima ebalulekile. Uma une-diabetes, sebenzisana neqembu lakho lezempilo ukugcina amazinga akho okusanhlamvu egazi elawulwa kahle. Uma uthatha ama-antibiotic, cabanga ngokudla i-yogurt enezitshalo eziphilayo noma ukuthatha ama-probiotics ukusiza ukugcina izibhaktheriya eziphilile emzimbeni wakho.
Umhlinzeki wakho wezokunakekelwa kwezempilo ngokuvamile angakwazi ukuxilonga ukuqunjelwa komlomo ngokuhlola umlomo wakho nokubuza ngezimpawu zakho. Amabala amhlophe noma aphuzi ahlala njalo angavamile ngokwanele ukwenza ukuxilongwa kucace.
Ngesikhathi sokuhlola, umhlinzeki wakho uzobheka ulimi lwakho, amagxalabeni angaphakathi, amazinyo, nophahla lomlomo wakho. Bangase bazame ukusula ezinye zezimpawu ezimhlophe ngobumnene ukuze babone ukuthi bashiya izindawo ezibomvu, ezibuhlungu ngaphansi, okuvamile ekuqunjelweni.
Kwezinye izimo, umhlinzeki wakho angase athathe isampula encane yendawo ethintekile ukuze ayihlole. Lokhu kuhilela ukugcoba kancane kancane into emhlophe ukuze ayihlole ngaphansi komkhiqizo noma uyithumele elabhoratri. Lesi sinyathelo sivame kakhulu uma ukuxilongwa kungacaci noma uma unezinhlungu eziphindaphindayo ezidinga ukuhlolwa okwengeziwe.
Ukwelashwa kokuqunjelwa komlomo ngokuvamile kuhilela imithi ye-antifungal ehlose ngokuqondile isitshalo seCandida. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi izimo eziningi ziphendula kahle ekwelapheni, futhi kufanele uqale ukuzizwa ukhululekile ezinsukwini ezimbalwa zokuqala ukwelashwa.
Umhlinzeki wakho wezokunakekelwa kwezempilo cishe uzokuncoma ukwelashwa kwe-antifungal okulandelayo:
Ezinganeni, ukwelashwa kuvame ukubandakanya ama-drops noma ama-gels e-antifungal afakwa ngokuqondile ezindaweni ezithintekile emlonyeni. Uma uncelisa, umhlinzeki wakho wezokunakekelwa kwezempilo angase futhi akukhuthaze ukwelashwa ukuze uvikele ukudlulisela ukutheleleka.
Abantu abaningi baqaphela ukuthuthuka phakathi kwezinsuku eziyi-3-5 zokuqala ukwelashwa, nakuba kubalulekile ukuqedela ikhosi ephelele yemithi ngisho noma izimpawu zinyamalala. Lokhu kusiza uqinisekise ukuthi ukutheleleka kuhlanzekile ngokuphelele futhi kunciphisa amathuba okuthi kubuyele.
Nakuba imithi ye-antifungal iyindlela ephambili yokwelapha ukuqunjelwa komlomo, kunezinto eziningi ongazenza ekhaya ukusiza ukuphatha izimpawu nokusekela ukubuyisela kwakho. Lezi zindlela zisebenza kangcono kanye, hhayi esikhundleni, ukwelashwa okunconywe.
Ukugcina ukuhlanzeka komlomo okuhle kuba kubaluleke nakakhulu lapho unekuqunjelwa. Geza amazinyo ngobumnene ngebhulashi elithambile bese ulibambe ngemuva kokuthi ukutheleleka kwakho kuhlanzeke ukuze ugweme ukutheleleka kabusha. Hlanza umlomo wakho ngamanzi ashisayo ane-salt izikhathi eziningi ngosuku, okuyisiza ukunciphisa ukuvuvukala nokwenza indawo engathandeki ekukhuleni kwe-fungal.
Qaphela lokho okudlayo nokuphuzayo ngesikhathi sokwelashwa. Ukudla okubandayo njenge-ice cream noma ama-popsicles kungasiza ukunciphisa ubuhlungu. Gwema ukudla okumnandi neziphuzo, njengoba ushukela ukudla isitshalo seCandida. Uma ugqoka ama-dentures, uwasuse ngangokunokwenzeka ukunika umlomo wakho ithuba lokuphulukisa, bese uwahlanza kahle nsuku zonke.
Hlala uthola amanzi amaningi ngokupha amanzi amaningi usuku lonke. Lokhu kusiza ukuvimbela umlomo owomile, ongenza ukuqunjelwa kube sibi kakhulu. Uma ubhema, lesi yisikhathi esihle sokuyeka noma okungenani ukunciphisa ukubhema, njengoba utshwala lungaphambanisa ukuphulukisa futhi lenze ukuqunjelwa kube lula ukubuyela.
Ukulungiselela i-aphoyintimenti yakho kungasiza uqinisekise ukuthi uthola ukuxilongwa okuqondile kakhulu nelenani lokwelashwa eliphumelelayo. Qala ngokubhala phansi lapho uqale khona ukuqaphela izimpawu nokuthi zishintshile kanjani ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Yenza uhlu lwemithi yonke oyithathayo njengamanje, kufaka phakathi imithi yokwelapha, imithi engaphezu kokuthengiswa, amavithamini, kanye nezinye izinto. Lolu lwazi lusiza umhlinzeki wakho wezokunakekelwa kwezempilo ukuqonda izimbangela ezingaba khona nokukhetha izinketho zokwelapha eziphephile kuwe.
Bhala phansi noma yimiphi imibuzo onayo ngesimo sakho, izinketho zokwelapha, noma amasu okuvimbela. Ungakhathazeki ngokubuza imibuzo eminingi kakhulu - umhlinzeki wakho wezokunakekelwa kwezempilo ufuna ukukusiza uqonde isimo sakho ngokuphelele. Cabanga ngokubuza ukuthi ukwelashwa kuvame ukuthatha isikhathi esingakanani, ukuthi yini okufanele uyenze uma izimpawu zingathuthuki, nokuthi ungavimbela kanjani ukutheleleka kwesikhathi esizayo.
Uma ugqoka ama-dentures, uwalethe e-aphoyintimenti yakho ukuze umhlinzeki wakho akwazi ukuhlola ukuhambisana nawo nesimo sawo. Futhi, lungela ukuxoxa ngomlando wakho wezokwelapha, kufaka phakathi noma yiziphi izifo zakamuva, ukusetshenziswa kwama-antibiotic, noma izinguquko empilweni yakho ezingase zihambisane nezimpawu zakho.
Ukuqunjelwa komlomo kuyisimo esivamile, esingelashwa esiqala lapho isitshalo sikhuphuka kakhulu emlonyeni wakho. Nakuba kungase kube buhlungu, ngokuvamile akuyona into ebi kakhulu futhi kuphendula kahle ekwelapheni kwe-antifungal ezimweni eziningi.
Into ebaluleke kakhulu okumele uyikhumbule ukuthi ukufuna ukwelashwa kwasekuqaleni kungakusiza uzizwe ukhululekile ngokushesha futhi uvikele izinhlanganisela. Uma uqaphela amabala amhlophe noma aphuzi emlonyeni wakho angasuli kalula, ikakhulukazi uma ehambisana nobuhlungu, xhumana nomhlinzeki wakho wezokunakekelwa kwezempilo ukuze uthole ukuxilongwa okuqondile nokwelashwa.
Ngokwelashwa okuqondile nokuhlanzeka komlomo okuhle, abantu abaningi bayaphulile ngokuphelele ekuqunjelweni komlomo ngaphakathi kweviki noma ezimbili. Ukuqonda izici zakho ezingaholela ekusondeleni nokuthatha izinyathelo zokuvikela kungasiza ukunciphisa amathuba akho okuthuthukisa ukuqunjelwa kwesikhathi esizayo, kukunikeze ukuzethemba ekugcineni impilo enhle yomlomo.
Ukuqunjelwa komlomo kungasabalala ezimweni ezithile, kodwa akucabangi ukuthi kuyatheleleka kakhulu. Kungadluliselwa phakathi kwabamama nezingane ngesikhathi sokuncelisa noma ngokuthumba, ikakhulukazi uma omunye umuntu enesimiso sokuvikela esibuthakathaka. Noma kunjalo, abantu abaningi abaphilile ngeke bathuthukise ukuqunjelwa ngisho noma bekhombiswe.
Izimo ezithambile zokuqunjelwa komlomo zingase ziphulukise zodwa phakathi kwamasonto ambalwa, kodwa lokhu akusikhuthazwa. Ngaphandle kokwelashwa, ukuqunjelwa kungase kuqhubeke izinyanga, kube buhlungu kakhulu, noma kungenzeka ukusabalala kwezinye izindawo. Kungcono kakhulu ukwelapha ngokushesha ngemithi ye-antifungal.
Nakuba abanye abantu bazama izindlela zemvelo njengokudonsa amafutha noma ama-probiotics, lezi akumelwe zithathe indawo yokwelashwa okuqinisekisiwe kwe-antifungal. Ezinye izindlela zemvelo zingasiza ukunciphisa izimpawu, kodwa azikho ngokuqinisekile ekuhlanzeni ukutheleleka. Hlala uxoxa nganoma yiziphi izindlela zemvelo nodokotela wakho.
Kubantu abaningi, ukuqunjelwa komlomo kuyisifo esincane nje esingabonisi izinkinga ezinkulu zempilo. Noma kunjalo, ukuqunjelwa okuphindaphindayo noma ukuqunjelwa okungaphenduli ekwelapheni kungase kubonise isimo esiyisisekelo njenge-diabetes noma izinkinga zesimiso sokuvikela okumelwe kuhlolwe umhlinzeki wakho wezokunakekelwa kwezempilo.
Yebo, ukuqunjelwa komlomo kungabuya, ikakhulukazi uma izici ezingaholela ekusondeleni zihlala zikhona. Abantu abane-diabetes, labo abathatha imithi ethile, noma abantu abanesimiso sokuvikela esibuthakathaka banamandla okutheleleka okuphindaphindayo. Ukulandela amasu okuvimbela nokuphatha izimo eziyisisekelo kungasiza ukunciphisa amathuba okuphindaphinda.
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