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I-Caffeine iyisikhuthazi esingokwemvelo esithinta isimiso sakho sezinzwa esimaphakathi, sikusize uzizwe uqaphile futhi uvukile. Uzoyithola ekhofini, itiye, ushokoledi, kanye nemithi eminingi eyenzelwe ukulwa nokukhathala noma ukuthuthukisa ukugxila.
Ngenkathi abantu abaningi beyazi i-caffeine evela enkomishini yabo yekhofi yasekuseni, iyatholakala futhi njengomuthi omlomo. Lawa maphilisi noma amaphilisi e-caffeine asebenzela izinjongo ezithile zezokwelapha ngaphezu nje kokukugcina uvukile ngosuku olude.
I-Caffeine iyinhlanganisela eyenzeka ngokwemvelo engaphansi kweqembu lezinto ezibizwa ngokuthi ama-methylxanthines. Isebenza ngokuvimba izamukeli ezithile ebuchosheni bakho ezenza ukuthi uzizwe ulele, yingakho ikusiza ukuthi uhlale uqaphile.
Ngefomu layo lezokwelapha, i-caffeine iza ngamaphilisi, amaphilisi, noma amalungiselelo oketshezi. Lokhu kuqukethe amanani aqondile e-caffeine, ngokungafani namanani aguquguqukayo ongawathola ekhofini noma etiyeni. Ifomu lomuthi livumela ukulinganisa okuningi okulawulwayo lapho i-caffeine idingeka ezimweni ezithile zempilo.
Odokotela banquma imithi ye-caffeine ikakhulukazi ukwelapha izinkinga zokuphefumula ezinganeni ezisanda kuzalwa, isimo esibizwa ngokuthi i-apnea of prematurity. Kungasiza futhi ngezinhlobo ezithile zekhanda futhi ngezinye izikhathi kusetshenziselwa ukulwa nokozela okubangelwa eminye imithi.
Nawa amasu okusetshenziswa kwezokwelapha kwe-caffeine:
Umthamo nokusetshenziswa okuthile kuncike ngokuphelele esimweni sakho somuntu ngamunye nokuhlolwa kukadokotela wakho. Ungalokothi ucabange ukuthi umuthi we-caffeine ukulungele ngaphandle kwesiqondiso esichwepheshile.
I-Caffeine ivimba izamukeli ze-adenosine ebuchosheni bakho, ezinomthwalo wokukwenza uzizwe ukhathele. Cabanga nge-adenosine njengoba 'isignali yokulala' yemvelo yomzimba wakho - i-caffeine empeleni ibeka umgwaqo ukuze le signali ingangeni.
Njengento ekhuthazayo, i-caffeine ithathwa njengeqinile ngokulinganisela. Ayinamandla njengezinto ezikhuthazayo eziqeshwe ngudokotela njenge-amphetamines, kodwa inamandla kakhulu kunoshukela olula noma izithuthukisi zamandla ezilula. Lawa mandla aphakathi enza kube usizo ngezinhloso zezokwelapha ngenkathi ihlala iphephile uma isetshenziswa ngendlela efanele.
Imiphumela ivamise ukuqala phakathi kwemizuzu eyi-15 kuya kwengama-45 ngemva kokuyithatha ngomlomo. Umzimba wakho ucubungula i-caffeine ngesibindi sakho, futhi abantu abaningi baqeda ingxenye ye-caffeine ohlelweni lwabo phakathi kwamahora ama-4 kuya kwayi-6.
Thatha imithi ye-caffeine ngendlela eqondile udokotela wakho ayikuyala ngayo, ngokuvamile ngengilazi yamanzi egcwele. Ungayithatha ngokudla noma ngaphandle kokudla, nakuba ukuyithatha ngokudla kungasiza ukunciphisa ukuphazamiseka kwesisu uma uzwela.
Nakhu okufanele ukwazi mayelana nesikhathi nokudla:
Udokotela wakho uzonquma umthamo ofanele ngokusekelwe eminyakeni yakho, isisindo, isimo sezokwelapha, nokuthi usabela kanjani ekwelashweni. Ungalungisi umthamo ngokwakho, ngisho noma uzizwa sengathi udinga okuningi noma okuncane.
Ubude besikhathi buxhomeke ngokuphelele ekutheni kungani uyithatha nokuthi umzimba wakho usabela kanjani. Ezinsaneni ezingakazalwa ezinzima zokuphefumula, ukwelashwa kungase kuhlale amasonto amaningana kuya ezinyangeni. Ngezinhlungu zekhanda noma ukozela okwesikhashana, ungase ukudinga izinsuku ezimbalwa kuphela.
Udktela wakho uzoqapha intuthuko yakho futhi alungise uhlelo lokwelapha njengoba kudingeka. Abanye abantu badinga imithi ye-caffeine ngezimo ezingamahlalakhona, kanti abanye bayisebenzisa okwesikhashana nje. Ukuhlolwa njalo nodokotela wakho kuzosiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi uthola inani elifanele ngesikhathi esifanele.
Ungayeki ukuthatha imithi ye-caffeine echazwe ngaphandle kokukhuluma nodokotela wakho kuqala. Kuye ngokuthi uthathe isikhathi esingakanani, kungase kudingeke ukuthi unciphise kancane umthamo ukuze ugweme izimpawu zokuhoxiswa.
Abantu abaningi bayayibekezelela kahle imithi ye-caffeine, kodwa njenganoma imuphi umuthi, ingabangela imiphumela emibi. Ezivamile zihlobene nemiphumela yayo yokuvuselela futhi ngokuvamile imnene.
Nawa amanye amiphumela emibi ongase uyithole:
Le miphumela emibi ivame ukuthuthuka njengoba umzimba wakho ujwayela umuthi. Nokho, xhumana nodokotela wakho uma ziqhubeka noma ziba yinkinga.
Imiphumela emibi engavamile kodwa engathi sína ihlanganisa:
Funani ukwelashwa ngokushesha uma uhlangabezana nanoma iyiphi yale miphumela emibi engathi sína. Nakuba kungavamile, zidinga ukwelashwa ngokushesha.
Abantu abathile kufanele bagweme imithi ye-caffeine noma bayisebenzise ngaphansi kokuqondiswa okuseduze kwezokwelapha. Udokotela wakho uzocabangela ngokucophelela umlando wakho wezokwelapha ngaphambi kokuyichaza.
Akufanele uthathe imithi ye-caffeine uma une:
Sebenzisa ukuqapha okwengeziwe futhi uxoxe nodokotela wakho uma une:
Abesifazane abakhulelwe nabancelisayo kufanele basebenzise imithi ye-caffeine kuphela uma idingeka ngokusobala futhi ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kwezokwelapha. Umuthi ungangena enganeni futhi ungase ubangele imiphumela efana nokucasuka noma izinkinga zokulala.
Imithi ye-Caffeine iyatholakala ngaphansi kwamagama amaningi ebhrendi, nakuba amaningi atholakala njengezinhlobo ezivamile. Amanye amagama ajwayelekile ebhrendi afaka i-NoDoz, i-Vivarin, ne-Cafcit (ngokuqondile ezinganeni ezizalwe ngaphambi kwesikhathi).
Ikhemisi lakho lingase lithwale amabhrendi ahlukene, kodwa wonke aqukethe isithako esifanayo esisebenzayo. Izinhlobo ezivamile zisebenza kahle njengemithi yegama lebhrendi futhi zivame ukushibhile. Udokotela wakho noma usokhemisi angakusiza ukhethe inketho engcono kakhulu yezidingo zakho nesabelomali sakho.
Eminye imithi ye-caffeine ihlanganiswe nezinye izithako, njengezinhlungu zokwelapha ikhanda. Njalo funda ilebula ngokucophelela ukuze wazi kahle ukuthi uthathani.
Uma i-caffeine ingakulungele, ezinye izindlela zingasiza ngezinkinga ezifanayo. Enye indlela engcono kakhulu incike ekutheni kungani udinga umuthi ekuqaleni.
Ukuze uqaphele nokukhathala, ezinye izindlela zifaka:
Ngezinhlungu zekhanda, ezinye izindlela zihlanganisa:
Sebenzisana nodokotela wakho ukuze uthole indlela engcono kakhulu yesimo sakho esithile. Ngezinye izikhathi inhlanganisela yokwelashwa isebenza kangcono kunanoma yimuphi umuthi owodwa.
I-Caffeine inezinzuzo ezithile ngaphezu kwezinye izithuthukisi, kodwa "ngcono" kuncike ezidingweni zakho ezithile nesimo sezempilo. Ngokuvamile ithambile futhi inemiphumela emibi emincane kakhulu kunezithuthukisi ezinjenge-amphetamines.
Izinzuzo ze-caffeine zihlanganisa:
Nokho, izithuthukisi eziqinile zingase zisebenze kahle ezimweni ezithile njenge-ADHD noma i-narcolepsy. Udokotela wakho ucabangela ukuxilongwa kwakho okuthile, eminye imithi, nezinto zomuntu siqu lapho ekhetha ukwelashwa okulungile.
Umuthi "ongcono kakhulu" yilowo owelapha ngempumelelo isimo sakho ngemiphumela emibi embalwa kuwe uqobo. Okusebenza kahle kumuntu oyedwa kungase kungabi kuhle komunye.
Abantu abanezifo zenhliziyo kufanele basebenzise imithi ye-caffeine ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kwezokwelapha kuphela. I-Caffeine ingakhuphula izinga lokushaya kwenhliziyo nomfutho wegazi, okungase kube yinkinga ezimweni ezithile zenhliziyo.
Udktela wakho uzocabangela uhlobo lwakho oluthile lwesifo senhliziyo, imithi yakho yamanje, nempilo yakho yonke ngaphambi kokunquma ukuthi i-caffeine iphephile yini kuwe. Abanye abantu abanezimo zenhliziyo ezilula bangayisebenzisa ngokuphepha, kanti abanye kufanele bayigweme ngokuphelele.
Uma uthathe i-caffeine eningi kunaleyo ebekiwe, xhumana nodokotela wakho noma ukulawulwa ushevu ngokushesha. Izimpawu zokweqisa zihlanganisa ukuthuthumela okukhulu, ukushaya kwenhliziyo okusheshayo, isicanucanu, ukuhlanza, futhi ezimweni ezinzima, ukuquleka.
Ungalindi ukubona ukuthi izimpawu ziyavela yini - thola iseluleko sezokwelapha ngokushesha. Ukwelashwa kungase kuhlanganise ukuqapha ukushaya kwenhliziyo yakho, ukuhlinzeka ngokunakekelwa okusekelayo, noma ezimweni ezinzima, imithi yokulwa nemiphumela.
Thatha umthamo ophuthelwe ngokushesha lapho ukhumbula, ngaphandle kwalapho sekuseduze nesikhathi somthamo wakho olandelayo. Ungalokothi uthathe imithamo emibili ngesikhathi esisodwa ukuze ulungise okungaphuthelwanga.
Uma sekuhlwile, ungase ufune ukweqa umthamo ophuthelwe ukuze ugweme ukuphazamisa ukulala kwakho. Uma ungabaza, xhumana nodokotela wakho noma usokhemisi ukuze uthole isiqondiso ngesimo sakho esithile.
Yeka kuphela ukuthatha imithi ye-caffeine lapho udokotela wakho ekutshela ukuthi kuphephile ukwenza kanjalo. Ukuyeka kungazelelwe kungabangela izimpawu zokuhoxiswa njengezinhlungu zekhanda, ukukhathala, nokucasuka.
Udktela wakho uzokusiza ukuthi udale uhlelo lokunciphisa kancane umthamo uma ubuthatha isikhathi eside. Le ndlela inciphisa izimpawu zokuhoxiswa futhi iqinisekisa ukuthi isimo sakho esingaphansi siqhubeka silawulwa kahle.
Khawulela noma gwema eminye imithombo ye-caffeine ngenkathi uthatha imithi ye-caffeine ukuze uvimbele ukuthola i-caffeine eningi. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ikhofi, itiye, ushokoledi, iziphuzo zamandla, neminye imithi etholakala ngaphandle kwekhawunta.
Xoxa nodokotela wakho mayelana nokuthi ingakanani i-caffeine evela kweminye imithombo ephephile kuwe. Bangakusiza ukulinganisela izidingo zakho zemithi nemikhuba yakho yansuku zonke ye-caffeine.
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