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Ukuqhuma kwezulu okuningi (PLE) kuyisimo esivamile sesikhumba esenzeka lapho isikhumba sakho sidwetshwe ukukhanya kwelanga ngemva kwesikhathi eside singadwetshwanga. Cabanga ngakho njengendlela yesikhumba sakho yokusho ukuthi sidinga isikhathi sokujwayela kabusha imisebe yelanga.
Lesi simo sihlupha abantu abangaba ngu-10-20% emhlabeni jikelele, okwenza kube omunye wemisebenzi evamile yesikhumba ehlobene nelanga. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi nakuba i-PLE ingase ibe buhlungu futhi ikhathaze lapho ivela okokuqala, ayilimazi futhi ingaphathwa kahle ngendlela efanele.
Ukuqhuma kwezulu okuningi kuyisimo sesikhumba sakho esibuye sivela ekukhanyeni okungabonakali (UV) kwelanga. Igama elithi "polymorphous" lisho ukuthi "izinhlobo eziningi" ngoba isikhumba singase sibukeke ngezindlela ezahlukene kumuntu ngamunye futhi sihluke ngisho nakumuntu oyedwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
I-immune system yakho iba nomona ngokweqile ekukhanyeni kwelanga, ikakhulukazi ngemva kwezinyanga zasebusika noma izikhathi lapho ungazange ubonakale elangeni. Uma ukhulisa isikhathi sakho elangeni ngokuzumayo, isikhumba sakho singase siphendule ngesikhumba esivame ukuvela ngamahora kuya ezinsukwini ngemva kokudwetshwa.
Lokhu akuyona into efana nokushisa kwelanga, okwenzeka ngokushesha ngenxa yokudwetshwa okukhulu kwe-UV. Kunalokho, i-PLE iyisisombululo se-immune system esithuthuka kancane kancane, ngokuvamile sibonakala ngamahora angu-6-24 ngemva kokuba ubelangeni.
Izimpawu ze-PLE zingase zihluke kakhulu kumuntu ngamunye, kodwa ngokuvamile zivela ezindaweni zesikhumba ezidwetshwe ilanga. Uzovame ukubona isikhumba sivela ngamahora kuya ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemva kokudwetshwa ilanga, ikakhulukazi ngezikhathi zakho zokuqala elangeni elikhulu unyaka ngamunye.
Izimpawu ezivamile zihlanganisa:
Isikumba sivame ukuvela esifubeni, ezingalweni, emilenzeni, ngezinye izikhathi ebusweni. Ngokuthakazelisayo, izindawo ezithola ukukhanya kwelanga njalo, njengezandla nobuso, ngokuvamile azithinteki kakhulu ngoba seziqine "elangeni."
Ezimeni ezingavamile, abanye abantu bangase babe nezimpawu ezinzima njenge-blisters ezinkulu, ukukhula okukhulu, noma ukufiphaza. Lezi zimpawu zidinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha njengoba zingase zibonise ukusabela okunzima.
Abahlinzeki bezempilo bahlukanisa i-PLE ngokuthi isikhumba sibonakala kanjani esikhumbeni sakho. Ukuqonda lezi zibonakaliso ezahlukene kungakusiza ukuthi uqonde iphethini yakho ethile futhi uxhumane kangcono nodokotela wakho.
Izinhlobo eziyinhloko zihlanganisa:
Abantu abaningi bavame ukuthuthukisa uhlobo olufanayo lwesikhumba njalo lapho behlangana ne-PLE. Noma kunjalo, kungenzeka ukuthi iphethini yakho yesikhumba ishintshe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi noma ube nezinhlobo eziningi ngesikhathi esisodwa.
Ezimeni ezingavamile kakhulu, abanye abantu bathuthukisa uhlobo olukhulu oluthi "actinic prurigo," olungase lube nezinguquko ezijulile zesikhumba nokwenzakala. Leli banga livame kakhulu kubantu abathile futhi lingadinga ukwelashwa okukhethekile.
Imbangela eqondile ye-PLE ayiqondakali ngokuphelele, kodwa abacwaningi bakholelwa ukuthi ihilela ukusabela kwe-immune system yakho ezinguqukweni zesikhumba sakho ezingcoliswe ukukhanya kwe-UV. Uma imisebe ye-UV ishaya isikhumba sakho, ingase ishintshe amaprotheni athile, okwenza i-immune system yakho ibona njengabaphangi.
Izici eziningi zifaka isandla ekuthuthukiseni i-PLE:
Ngokuthakazelisayo, abantu abaningi abane-PLE bathola ukuthi isikhumba sabo sijwayela ukudwetshwa kwelanga ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ehlobo. Le nqubo, ebizwa ngokuthi "ukuqina," kusho ukuthi izimpawu zakho zivame ukuthuthuka noma ziyaphela njengoba isizini yelanga iqhubeka.
Ezimeni ezingavamile, imithi ethile ingakwenza ube sengozini yokuthuthukisa i-PLE. Lokhu kuhlanganisa amanye ama-antibiotics, ama-diuretics, kanye nemithi yokulwa nokuvuvukala ekhulisa ukuqina kwesikhumba sakho ekukhanyeni kwelanga.
Nakuba i-PLE ingalimi mali, kunezimo ezithile lapho kufanele ufuna ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha. Izimo eziningi zingaphathwa ekhaya, kodwa isiqondiso sobungcweti sisiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukuxilongwa nokwelashwa kufanele.
Kufanele uxhumane nodokotela wakho uma:
Funani ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha uma uthuthukisa izimpawu zokutheleleka, njengokwanda kobomvu, ukushisa, i-pus, noma ukusakazeka okubomvu esikhumbeni. Lezi zimpawu zingase zibonise ukutheleleka kwe-bacteria okudinga ukwelashwa ngama-antibiotics.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uma uhlushwa ubunzima bokuqeda, ukukhula okukhulu kobuso noma umlomo, noma uzizwa ukhulu noma uthambile, lezi zingase zibe izimpawu zokuvuvukala okunzima okudingayo ukunakekelwa okusheshayo.
Ukuqonda izinto ezikwenza ube sengozini ye-PLE kungakusiza ukuthi uthathe izinyathelo zokuvikela futhi uqonde ukuthi nini lapho ungase ube sengozini yokuthuthukisa lesi simo. Ezinye izinto ungazilawula, kanti ezinye ziyizici zakho zemvelo.
Izinto eziyinhloko ezikwenza ube sengozini zihlanganisa:
Izici zokuphila zingase futhi zithinte ingozi yakho. Uma uchitha isikhathi sakho esiningi ngaphakathi ngezinyanga zasebusika bese ukhulisa ukudwetshwa kwelanga entwasahlobo noma ehlobo, kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi uthuthukise i-PLE.
Ezimeni ezingavamile, ukuba nezimo ze-autoimmune noma ukuthatha imithi ethile ekhulisa i-photosensitivity kungakwenza ube sengozini yokuthuthukisa i-PLE noma izimpendulo ezifanayo ezinzima ekukhanyeni.
Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi i-PLE ayivami ukubangela ubunzima obukhulu. Abantu abaningi bahlushwa ukungakhululeki okwesikhashana okuzihlanzayo uma ukudwetshwa kwelanga kuncipha futhi isikhumba siyaphilisa.
Kodwa-ke, ezinye izingozi ezingase zenzeke zihlanganisa:
Eziningi zalezi zingozi zingavinjelwa ngokunakekelwa okuhle nokugwema ukukroba okukhulu. Ukushintsha kombala wesikhumba ngokuvamile kuya kuphela emavikini ambalwa kuya ezinyangeni.
Ezimeni ezingavamile kakhulu, abantu abane-PLE enzima, ephindaphindayo bangase bathuthukise izinguquko zesikhumba ezingapheli noma ukwanda kokuzwa ekukhanyeni kwangaphakathi. Leli banga lobunzima aluvamile futhi lidinga ukunakekelwa okukhethekile kwe-dermatological.
Ukuvimbela ngokuvamile kuyindlela ephumelela kakhulu yokuphatha i-PLE. Ikhona ukwakha kancane kancane ukubekezelela kwesikhumba sakho ekukhanyeni kwelanga ngenkathi uzivimbela ekukhanyeni okukhulu kwe-UV.
Nawa amasu okuvimbela aphethayo kakhulu:
Indlela yokudwetshwa kancane kancane isebenza kahle ngoba ivumela isikhumba sakho ukuthi sithuthukise ukuvikelwa kwemvelo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Cabanga ngakho njengokuqeqesha isikhumba sakho ukuba siphathe ukukhanya kwelanga okukhulu.
Kubantu abane-PLE enzima, odokotela ngezinye izikhathi bancoma ukwelashwa kwe-phototherapy okuvimbelayo ekupheleni kwebusika noma ekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo. Lokhu kudwetshwa okulawulwayo kusiza isikhumba sakho ukuba sakhe ukubekezelela ngaphambi kokuba ukudwetshwa kwelanga kwemvelo kukhule.
Ukuxilonga i-PLE ngokuvamile kuhilela udokotela wakho ohlola isikhumba sakho futhi afunde ngezimpawu zakho nomlando wokudwetshwa kwelanga. Ayikho i-test eyodwa ebonisa ngokuqondile i-PLE, ngakho-ke umhlinzeki wakho wezokunakekelwa kwezempilo uzohlanganisa izinkomba eziningi.
Udokotela wakho cishe uyokubuza ngalokhu:
Ezimweni ezithile, udokotela wakho angase enze inqubo ye-phototesting. Lokhu kuhilela ukudwetshwa kwezindawo ezincane zesikhumba sakho ngezilinganiso ezilawulwayo ze-UV light ukubona ukuthi kuphinda yini izimpawu zakho.
Ngokungavamile, i-biopsy yesikhumba ingase idingeke uma udokotela wakho efuna ukukhipha ezinye izimo ezingase zibukeke njenge-PLE. I-blood tests ngokuvamile ayidingeki ngaphandle uma kukhona ukukhathazeka ngezimo ze-autoimmune.
Ukuphatha i-PLE kugxile ekulawuleni izimpawu nokuvimbela ukuphakama kwesikhathi esizayo. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi izimo eziningi ziphendula kahle ekuwelashweni okulula, futhi abantu abaningi bathola ukuthi izimpawu zabo ziyaphila ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Amathuba okuwelashwa avamile ahlanganisa:
Udokotela wakho ngokuvamile uzoqala ngokwelashwa okulula kuqala. Ama-corticosteroids athinta isikhumba ngokuvamile ukwelashwa kokugcina ngoba anganciphisa ukuvuvukala ngaphandle kokuthinteka okukhulu uma esetshenziswa kahle.
Kubantu abane-PLE ephindaphindayo, enzima, ukwelashwa okuvimbelayo kungase kunconywe. Lokhu kungase kuhlanganise imithi ye-antimalarial njenge-hydroxychloroquine noma izikhathi zokuvikela i-phototherapy ngaphambi kwezinkathi zelanga.
Ezimeni ezingavamile lapho i-PLE ithinta kakhulu ikhwalithi yempilo, imithi yokucindezela i-immune system ingase icatshangelwe, nakuba lokhu kungavamile futhi kudinga ukulandelelwa ngokucophelela.
Ukuphatha i-PLE ekhaya kungase kube yindlela ephumelela kakhulu ezimweni ezincane kuya ezimaphakathi. Ikhona ukuthula isikhumba sakho ngenkathi siyaphilisa futhi ugweme ukudwetshwa kwelanga okwengeziwe kuze kube yilapho isikhumba siyaphela.
Nawa ongayenza ekhaya:
I-Aloe vera gel inganikeza ukukhululeka okubandayo, kodwa qiniseka ukuthi ukhetha imikhiqizo engenayo i-fragrances noma i-alcohol, engase iqhubeke nokukhathaza isikhumba esibuhlungu.
Uma ukukroba kunzima, ukugeza ngamanzi abandayo kunokugeza ngamanzi ashisayo kungasiza. Amanzi ashisayo angenza ukuvuvukala kube kubi futhi kukhulise ukukroba. Shaya isikhumba sakho ngobumnene kunokukukroba ngetawuli.
Ukuba ulungile ngokuya kwakho kuzokusiza udokotela wakho ukuthi axilonge kahle isimo sakho futhi ancome ukwelashwa okuhle kakhulu. Ukulungiselela okuhle kungenza umehluko phakathi kokuxilongwa okusheshayo nokuvakasha okuningi.
Ngaphambi kokuvakasha kwakho:
Cabanga ukugcina "idayari yelanga" elandelela ukudwetshwa kwelanga lakho nanoma yiziphi izimpendulo zesikhumba. Lolu lwazi lungaba lubalulekile ekuqondeni izibonakaliso nokuqinisekisa ukuxilongwa kwe-PLE.
Ungasebenzisi ubuqili obukhulu noma ama-lotions ezindaweni ezihlobene ngaphambi kokuvakasha kwakho, njengoba lokhu kungenza kube nzima ku-doctor wakho ukubheka isikhumba sakho ngokufanele.
Into ebaluleke kakhulu okumele uyikhumbule nge-PLE ukuthi kuyisimo esivamile, esilawuleka esingabangeli ubungozi obukhulu empilweni. Nakuba kungase kube buhlungu futhi kukhathaze lapho kuvela okokuqala, ukuqonda ukuthi yini nokuthi ungayiphatha kanjani kungakunika ukuzethemba ekulawuleni izigameko zesikhathi esizayo.
Abantu abaningi bathola ukuthi izimpawu ze-PLE zithuthuka ngokuhamba kwesikhathi njengoba isikhumba sabo siqala ukubekezelela ekukhanyeni kwelanga. Ukuhlanganiswa kokudwetshwa kwelanga kancane kancane, ukuvikelwa kwelanga okufanele, nokuphathwa okufanele uma kudingeka kuvumela abantu abaningi ukuthi bajabulele imisebenzi yangaphandle ngaphandle kokulinganiselwa okukhulu.
Khumbula ukuthi i-PLE iyindlela yesikhumba sakho yokujwayela ukudwetshwa kwelanga okukhulu, ikakhulukazi ngemva kwezikhathi zokukhanya kwelanga okuncane. Ngokubekezela nokunakekelwa okufanele, ungasebenza ngenqubo yokujwayela kwemvelo yesikhumba sakho kunokuba uyilwe.
Yebo, i-PLE ngokuvamile iyaphela yodwa phakathi kwezinsuku ezimbalwa kuya emavikini uma ugwema ukudwetshwa kwelanga. Abantu abaningi bathola futhi ukuthi izimpawu zabo ziyancipha noma ziyaphela ngokuphelele njengoba isikhumba sabo siqala ukubekezelela ngesizini yelanga. Noma kunjalo, ngaphandle kwezinyathelo zokuvikela, kungenzeka ukuthi ibuye ibuyele ngokudwetshwa kwelanga kwesikhathi esizayo.
Ungaphuma ngaphandle, kodwa kuzodingeka uthathe izinyathelo ezengeziwe zokuvikela isikhumba sakho. Sebenzisa i-sunscreen ebanzi ene-SPF 30 noma ngaphezulu, gqoka izingubo zokuvikela, futhi ukhulisa isikhathi sakho sokudwetshwa kwelanga kancane kancane. Abantu abaningi abane-PLE bangajabulela imisebenzi yangaphandle ngokuvikelwa okufanele nohlelo.
Cha, i-PLE nokushisa kwelanga kuyizimo ezahlukene. Ukushisa kwelanga kuyisimo esibi sokushisa kwelanga okwenzeka ngokushesha ngenxa yokudwetshwa okukhulu kwe-UV. I-PLE iyisimo esibuye sivela se-immune system esithuthuka ngamahora kuya ezinsukwini ngemva kokudwetshwa kwelanga, ngisho nangamanani alula ekukhanyeni kwelanga.
Yebo, abantwana bangathola i-PLE, nakuba ivame kakhulu kubantu abadala. Uma i-PLE ivela kubantwana, ngokuvamile ivela njenge-bumps ezincane, ezishisayo ezindaweni ezidwetshwe ilanga. Izimiso ezifanayo zokuvikela nokuphatha zisebenza, kodwa abazali kufanele babuze udokotela wezingane ngokuphatha okufanele.
Abantu abaningi bathola ukuthi i-PLE iyancipha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Abanye abantu bayikhula ngokuphelele, kanti abanye bafunda ukuyiphatha kahle ngokuvikelwa kwelanga nokudwetshwa kancane kancane. Isimo ngokuvamile siyancipha futhi sibe lula njengoba uqonda izinto ezikubangela futhi uthuthukise amasu okuvikela aphethayo.
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