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Ukutheleleka kwezinso (UTI) kwenzeka lapho ibhaktheriya ingena ohlelweni lwakho lokukhishwa kwamalengwe futhi izale, ibangele ukuvuvukala nobuhlungu. Uhlelo lwakho lokukhishwa kwamalengwe luhlanganisa izinso zakho, ibhlada, i-ureters (izikhwephu ezihlanganisa izinso nebhedi), ne-urethra (ithebhu ethatha umchamo emzimbeni wakho).
I-UTIs ivame kakhulu, ikakhulukazi kubesifazane, futhi ngenkathi zingase zizwe zingezinhle noma zibuhlungu, ngokuvamile kulula ukuzilwa ngokunakekelwa okulungile. I-UTIs eningi ithonya ingxenye engezansi yokukhishwa kwamalengwe, okuhlanganisa ibhlada yakho ne-urethra, futhi iphendula kahle kuma-antibiotics uma itholakala ngokushesha.
Izimpawu ze-UTI zingase zibe zingezinhle noma zibuhlungu kakhulu, kodwa ukuzazi ngokushesha kuzokusiza uthole ukwelashwa ngokushesha. Izimpawu ezivamile zihlanganisa ukuguquka kokukhishwa kwamalengwe nokuthi kubukeka kanjani.
Nazi izimpawu ongazihlangabezana nazo ngokutheleleka kwengxenye engezansi yokukhishwa kwamalengwe:
Uma ukutheleleka kufinyelela izinso zakho, ungase ubone izimpawu ezinzima kakhulu ezidinga ukunakekelwa ngokushesha. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ukushisa, ukuthandaza, ukuphefumula, ukugabha, nobuhlungu emhlane wakho noma eceleni kwemikhono yakho.
Ngezinye izikhathi izimpawu ze-UTI zingase zibe zingezinhle noma zifane nezinye izimo. Kubantu abadala, i-UTIs ingase ibe yimbangela yokudideka, ukukhathazeka, noma ukuguquka okungazelelwe kokuziphatha kunokuba izimpawu eziqhelekile zokukhishwa kwamalengwe.
I-UTIs ngokuvamile ihlukaniswa ngokusekelwe engxenyeni yohlelo lwakho lokukhishwa kwamalengwe ethintekile. Ukuqonda izinhlobo ezahlukene kusiza ekuchazeni ukuthi izimpawu nokwelashwa kungase kuhluke kanjani.
Izinhlobo eziyinhloko zihlanganisa:
I-UTIs eningi iqala njenge-cystitis noma i-urethritis futhi ihlale engxenyeni engezansi yokukhishwa kwamalengwe. Noma kunjalo, uma ingalashwa, ibhaktheriya ngezinye izikhathi ingase ihambe phezulu futhi ifinyelele izinso, okudinga ukwelashwa okunzima kakhulu.
I-UTIs yenzeka lapho ibhaktheriya ingena ohlelweni lwakho lokukhishwa kwamalengwe nge-urethra bese iqala ukwanda. Umthombo ovamile kakhulu yi-E. coli ibhaktheriya, evame ukuhlala ohlelweni lwakho lwezisu kodwa ingabangela izinkinga uma ihamba iye ohlelweni lwakho lokukhishwa kwamalengwe.
Izici eziningi zingenza kube lula ngebhaktheriya ukubangela ukutheleleka:
Ngezinye izikhathi, ezinye izinhlobo zebhaktheriya, ama-viruses, noma ama-fungi angabangela i-UTIs, nakuba lokhu kungavamile kakhulu. Izimo zezokwelapha noma ukwelashwa kungase kukwenze ube sengozini yalezi zifo.
Kufanele uxhumane nodokotela wakho uma uhlangabezana nezimpawu ze-UTI, ikakhulukazi uma lokhu kuyikutheleleka kwakho kokuqala noma uma izimpawu zinzima. Ukwelashwa okusheshayo kuvimbela ukuphazamiseka futhi kukwenze uzizwe ukhulu ngokushesha.
Funani ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha uma una:
Thola ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha uma uthola izimpawu zokutheleleka kwezinso. Lezi zimpawu ezinzima kakhulu zihlanganisa ukushisa okungaphezu kuka-101°F (38.3°C), ukuthandaza, ubuhlungu obukhulu emhlane noma eceleni, ukuphefumula, noma ukugabha.
Uma una-UTIs ephindaphindayo (ezintathu noma ngaphezulu ngonyaka), udokotela wakho angase akukhuthaze ukuhlolwa okwengeziwe ukuze ubone izimbangela eziyinhloko futhi uthuthukise isu lokuvimbela elihambisana nesimo sakho.
Izici ezithile zingandisa amathuba akho okuba ne-UTIs, nakuba ukuba nezinto ezikwenza ube sengozini akusho ukuthi uzoba nokutheleleka. Ukuqonda lezi zici kungakusiza uthathe izinyathelo zokunciphisa ingozi yakho.
Izinto ezivamile ezikwenza ube sengozini zihlanganisa:
Izinto ezingavamile kodwa eziyinhloko ezikwenza ube sengozini zihlanganisa ukungapheleli kohlelo lokukhishwa kwamalengwe, amatshe ezinso, i-prostate enkulu kumadoda, nezimo ezihlukanisa ukusebenza komzimba. Ukusetshenziswa kwe-catheter futhi kukhuphula kakhulu ingozi ye-UTI.
Ukuba nezinto eziningi ezikwenza ube sengozini akusho ukuthi i-UTIs ayikwazi ukugwenywa. Abantu abaningi abanezinto ezikwenza ube sengozini abazitholi lezi zifo, kanti abanye abanezinto ezimbalwa ezikwenza ube sengozini bangase bahlangabezane ne-UTIs ephindaphindayo.
I-UTIs eningi iyaphela ngokushesha ngokwelashwa okulungile futhi ayibangeli izinkinga ezihlala njalo. Noma kunjalo, ukutheleleka okungalashwa noma okuphindaphindayo ngezinye izikhathi kungabangela izinkinga ezinzima kakhulu.
Izinkinga ezingase zenzeke zihlanganisa:
Kumadoda, i-UTIs ngezinye izikhathi ingase ibonise izinkinga ze-prostate noma ukungapheleli kohlelo lokukhishwa kwamalengwe okudinga ukuhlolwa. I-UTIs ehlala njalo noma ephindaphindayo ingase futhi ibonise izinkinga zokwakheka okudingayo ukwelashwa okukhethekile.
Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi izinkinga zingavimbeka ngokwelashwa okusheshayo. Abantu abaningi bayaphila ngokuphelele e-UTIs ngaphandle kwemiphumela yexesha elide uma bethola ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha okufanele.
Nakuba ungakwazi ukuvimbela yonke i-UTI, amasu alula ambalwa anganciphisa kakhulu ingozi yakho. Lezi zindlela zokuvimbela zigxile ekugcineni ibhaktheriya ingangeni futhi ingakhula ohlelweni lwakho lokukhishwa kwamalengwe.
Amasu okuvimbela asebenza kahle ahlanganisa:
Kwabesifazane abathinteka kakhulu yi-UTIs, odokotela bangase bakhuthaze izithasiselo ze-cranberry, ama-probiotics, noma ama-antibiotics amancane njengezinyathelo ezengeziwe zokuvimbela. Ukuphumelela kwalezi zindlela kuyahlukahluka kumuntu ngamunye.
Abanye abantu bathola ukuthi ukudla noma iziphuzo ezithile kubangela i-UTIs yabo, ngakho ukugcina idayari yezimpawu kungakusiza ubone futhi ugweme izinto ezibangela izinkinga zakho.
Ukuxilonga i-UTI ngokuvamile kuqala ngokuxoxa ngezimpawu zakho nembali yakho yezokwelapha nodokotela wakho. Bazofuna ukwazi ngezimpawu zakho, ukuthi zaqala nini, nanoma yiziphi izipili ze-UTI ezidlule.
Ivivinyo eliyinhloko lokuxilonga yi-urine sample analysis. Udokotela wakho uzokucela ukuba unikeze i-clean-catch midstream urine sample, okusho ukuhlanza indawo yomchamo kuqala bese uqoqa umchamo ophakathi komfula wakho.
Ilebhu izohlola umchamo wakho ama-white blood cells, ama-red blood cells, nebhaktheriya. Bangase futhi benze i-urine culture, okuhlanganisa ukukhulisa noma iyiphi ibhaktheriya ekhona ukuze ubone uhlobo oluthile futhi ubone ukuthi yimaphi ama-antibiotics azokusebenza kangcono.
Ngezinye izikhathi, ikakhulukazi uma una-UTIs ephindaphindayo noma izinkinga, udokotela wakho angase akukhuthaze ukuhlolwa okwengeziwe. Lokhu kungase kuhlanganise izifundo zezithombe ezifana ne-ultrasound noma i-CT scans ukuze uhlole ukungapheleli kohlelo noma izinkinga zezinso.
Ngokutheleleka kwe-UTIs okulula kwabesifazane abaphilile, odokotela ngezinye izikhathi baqala ukwelashwa ngokusekelwe ezimpawini kuphela, ikakhulukazi uma izimpawu ziqhelekile futhi umuntu eke waba ne-UTIs ngaphambili.
Ukwelashwa okuqhelekile kwe-UTIs ye-bacterial yi-antibiotics, ephumelela kakhulu ekuhlanzeni ukutheleleka. Udokotela wakho uzokhetha i-antibiotic ethile ngokusekelwe ohlotsheni lwebhaktheriya ebangela ukutheleleka kwakho nembali yakho yezokwelapha.
Ukwelashwa kwe-antibiotic okuvamile kuhlanganisa:
I-UTIs elula eningi iphulukana phakathi kwamahora angu-24 kuya kwangu-48 ngemuva kokuqala ama-antibiotics, nakuba kufanele uqedele lonke uhlelo ngisho noma uzizwa ukhulu. Ukutheleleka kwezinso ngokuvamile kudinga izikhathi ezinde zokwelashwa futhi ngezinye izikhathi ukungena esibhedlela.
Udokotela wakho angase futhi akubhale imithi yokuhlanza ubuhlungu ukuze akusize ngokungakhululeki lapho uya esikhungweni. I-Phenazopyridine iyinketho evamile engakunika impumuzo ngenkathi ama-antibiotics esebenza ekuhlanzeni ukutheleleka.
Ngokutheleleka kwe-UTIs ephindaphindayo, udokotela wakho angase akukhuthaze izikhathi ezinde ze-antibiotics, ama-antibiotics amancane okuvimbela, noma ama-antibiotics ngemuva kobudlelwane bobulili ngokusekelwe esimweni sakho esithile.
Nakuba ama-antibiotics adingeka ekuphulukiseni i-UTI, izindlela zokwelapha zasekhaya eziningi zingakusiza uzizwe ukhululekile ngenkathi imithi isebenza. Lezi zinyathelo zokusekela zinganciphisa izimpawu futhi zikusekele ekuphulukiseni kwakho.
Amasu okunakekelwa ekhaya awusizo ahlanganisa:
Imithi yokuhlanza ubuhlungu ethengekayo njenge-ibuprofen noma i-acetaminophen ingakusiza unciphise ukungakhululeki nokuvuvukala. Abanye abantu bathola ukuthi ukuphuza ijusi le-cranberry elingenashukela kunikeza impumuzo encane, nakuba kungafanele lithathe indawo yokwelashwa kwezokwelapha.
Khumbula ukuthi izindlela zokwelapha zasekhaya ziyizinyathelo zokusekela, hhayi ukwelashwa. Uma izimpawu zakho ziyanda noma azithuthuki ngaphakathi kosuku olulodwa noma amabili ngemuva kokuqala ama-antibiotics, xhumana nodokotela wakho.
Ukulungiselela i-aphoyintimenti yakho kusiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uthola ukunakekelwa okuphumelelayo futhi ungakhohlwa ulwazi oluqakathekile. Ukulungiselela kancane kungenza ukuvakasha kwakho kube lula futhi kube nomphumela.
Ngaphambi kwe-aphoyintimenti yakho:
Ngesikhathi se-aphoyintimenti, qinisani ngazo zonke izimpawu zakho, ngisho noma zibonakala zihlazisayo. Udokotela wakho uke wezwa konke lokhu futhi udinga ulwazi oluphelele ukuze anikeze ukunakekelwa okuhle kakhulu.
Ungangabazi ukubuza imibuzo ngohlelo lwakho lokwelashwa, isikhathi esilindelekile sokuphulukisa, noma amasu okuvimbela. Ukuqonda isimo sakho kukusiza unakekele kangcono futhi kuvimbele ukutheleleka kwesikhathi esizayo.
I-UTIs ivame kakhulu, ukutheleleka okwelashwa okuthonya izigidi zabantu minyaka yonke. Nakuba zingabangela izimpawu ezingakhululeki, ukwelashwa kwezokwelapha okusheshayo ngama-antibiotics ngokuvamile kuyakuhlanza ngokushesha nangokuphelele.
Into ebaluleke kakhulu okumele uyikhumbule ukuthi ukwelashwa okusheshayo kuvimbela izinkinga futhi kukwenze uzizwe ukhulu ngokushesha. Musa ukuzama ukumelana noma uthemba ukuthi ukutheleleka kuzophela ngokwalo.
Ngokwelashwa okulungile, abantu abaningi bayaphila e-UTIs ngaphakathi kwezinsuku ezimbalwa ngaphandle kwemiphumela yexesha elide. Amasu alula okuvimbela njengokuhlala unamanzi, ukuqeqesha ukuhlanzeka okuhle, nokuya esikhungweni njalo angakusiza unciphise ingozi yokutheleleka kwesikhathi esizayo.
Uma uhlangabezana ne-UTIs ephindaphindayo, sebenzisana nodokotela wakho ukuze ubone izimbangela eziyinhloko futhi uthuthukise uhlelo oluphumelelayo lokuvimbela. Isimo sabo bonke sihlukile, futhi izindlela ezihambisana nomuntu ngamunye ngokuvamile zisebenza kangcono ekuvimbeleni i-UTI isikhathi eside.
Yebo, ukubamba umchamo isikhathi eside njalo kungase kukhuphule ingozi yakho ye-UTI. Uma umchamo uhlala ebhadini lakho isikhathi eside kakhulu, unikeza isikhathi esiningi sebhaktheriya ukwanda nokubangela ukutheleleka.
Ibhada lakho liklanyelwe ukukhishwa njalo, futhi ukwenza kanjalo kusiza ekuhlanzeni ibhaktheriya ngaphambi kokuba ibe yinkinga. Zama ukuya esikhungweni njalo ngamahora angu-3-4 ngosuku futhi noma nini lapho uzizwa unesifiso.
Ezinye izifundo ziqikelela ukuthi imikhiqizo ye-cranberry ingase isize ekuvimbeleni i-UTIs kubantu abathile, ikakhulukazi abesifazane abane-infections ephindaphindayo. Ama-cranberries anezinto ezingase zivimbele ibhaktheriya ukunamathela odongeni lokukhishwa kwamalengwe.
Noma kunjalo, imikhiqizo ye-cranberry ayisiwona isithathu sokwelashwa kwezokwelapha uma usuvele une-UTI. Uma unesithakazelo sokuzama izithasiselo ze-cranberry zokuvimbela, xoxa nodokotela wakho kuqala.
Yebo, amadoda angathola i-UTIs, nakuba kungavamile kakhulu kunabesifazane. I-urethras eyade umadoda yenza kube nzima ngebhaktheriya ukufinyelela esibhladini, kodwa i-UTIs isingase yenzeke.
I-UTIs kumadoda inezinga elikhulu lokubonisa izimo eziyinhloko ezifana nezinkinga ze-prostate noma ukungapheleli kohlelo lokukhishwa kwamalengwe, ngakho odokotela ngokuvamile bahlola ngokucophelela lapho amadoda ethola lezi zifo.
Abantu abaningi baqala ukuzizwa bekhulu ngaphakathi kwamahora angu-24 kuya kwangu-48 ngemuva kokuqala ama-antibiotics. Noma kunjalo, kufanele uqedele lonke uhlelo lwakho lwe-antibiotic ngisho noma izimpawu ziyaphela ukuze uqinisekise ukuthi ukutheleleka kuhlanzekile ngokuphelele.
Uma ungaboni ukuthuthuka ngaphakathi kwamahora angu-48, noma uma izimpawu ziyanda, xhumana nodokotela wakho. Ungase udinga i-antibiotic ehlukile noma ukuhlolwa okwengeziwe.
Ngokuvamile kungcono ukugwema ubuhlobo bobulili ngenkathi une-UTI esebenzayo. Ubuhlobo bobulili bungase bube buhlungu uma unezimpawu ze-UTI, futhi kungase kusabalalise ibhaktheriya noma kwenze ukutheleleka kube sibi.
Linda kuze uqedele ukwelashwa kwakho kwe-antibiotic futhi izimpawu ziphele ngaphambi kokubuyela ebuhlotsheni bobulili. Khumbula ukuya esikhungweni ngemuva kobudlelwane bobulili ukuze usize ukuvimbela i-UTIs yesikhathi esizayo.
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