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Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Decongestant kanye ne-analgesic kuyimithi ehlanganisa izinhlobo ezimbili zokusiza ngomuthi owodwa noma uketshezi. Le mithi ihlanganisa i-decongestant (esiza ukususa amakhala avalekile) ne-analgesic (enciphisa ubuhlungu nomkhuhlane). Uzovame ukuthola lezi zinhlanganisela emithini yomkhuhlane nomkhuhlane ekhemisi lakho, eklanyelwe ukubhekana nezimpawu eziningi ngesikhathi esisodwa uma uzizwa ungaphilile.
Le mithi ehlanganisiwe iqukethe izithako ezimbili ezisebenzayo ezisebenza ndawonye ukukusiza ukuthi uzizwe ungcono. Ingxenye ye-decongestant inciphisa imithambo yegazi evuvukele emakhaleni akho, okwenza kube lula ukuphefumula ngamakhala akho. Ingxenye ye-analgesic inciphisa ubuhlungu, ikhanda, nomkhuhlane ovame ukuhambisana nomkhuhlane noma izifo ze-sinus.
Izinhlanganisela ezivamile zihlanganisa i-pseudoephedrine noma i-phenylephrine (decongestants) ehlanganiswe ne-acetaminophen, i-ibuprofen, noma i-aspirin (analgesics). Cabanga ngakho njengokuthola imithi emibili ngomthamo owodwa, okungaba lula kakhulu kunokuthatha amaphilisi ahlukene ngezimpawu ngazinye.
Le mithi isiza ukwelapha izimpawu ezingakhululeki ezihambisana nezimo zokuphefumula ezivamile. Umzimba wakho uvame ukuzwa izimpawu eziningi ngesikhathi esisodwa ngesikhathi sokugula, futhi lezi zinhlanganisela zibhekana nezinkinga eziningana ngasikhathi sinye.
Nakhu okwelashwa yilezi zinhlanganisela:
Le mithi isebenza kahle ekudambiseni okwesikhashana kwezimpawu kunokwelapha ukutheleleka okuyisisekelo. Zikusiza ukuthi uzizwe ukhululekile ngenkathi umzimba wakho ulwa nanoma yini ebangela ukugula kwakho.
Lezi zinhlanganisela zisebenza ngezindlela ezimbili ezihlukene emzimbeni wakho. Ingxenye yokuvimbela ukuminyana isebenza emithanjeni yegazi emakhaleni akho, kanti ingxenye yokudambisa ubuhlungu iqondiswe ezindleleni zobuhlungu nokuvuvukala.
Into yokuvimbela ukuminyana inciphisa imithambo yegazi evuvukele ngaphakathi emakhaleni akho nasemigodini. Lapho le mithambo yegazi ivuvukala ngenxa yokugula noma ukungezwani komzimba, ivimba ukugeleza komoya futhi idale lowo muzwa wokuminyana. Ngokunciphisa lokhu kuvuvukala, umoya ungafika ngokukhululeka emakhaleni akho.
Into yokudambisa ubuhlungu isebenza ngendlela ehlukile kuye ngohlobo. I-Acetaminophen ithinta indlela ubuchopho bakho obuqhuba ngayo izimpawu zobuhlungu futhi isiza ukulawula izinga lokushisa lomzimba. I-Ibuprofen ne-aspirin zinciphisa ukuvuvukala futhi zivimbele izimpawu zobuhlungu emthonjeni wazo.
Lezi zithathwa njengemithi enamandla aphakathi nendawo. Zinamandla kunezindlela zokugeza ngamanzi anosawoti noma ukwelashwa ngomusi, kodwa zithambile kunezinto zokuvimbela ukuminyana ezinamandla kadokotela noma izinto zokudambisa ubuhlungu. Abantu abaningi bazithola zisebenza kahle ezimpawini ezivamile zomkhuhlane nomkhuhlane.
Ukuthatha le mithi ngendlela efanele kusiza ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi isebenza ngempumelelo nangokuphepha. Ngokuvamile ungazithatha ngokudla noma ngaphandle kokudla, nakuba ukuzithatha ngokudla kunganciphisa ukuphathwa yisisu uma uzwela emithini.
Imithi eminingi ehlanganisiwe isebenza kahle uma ithathwa nengilazi yamanzi egcwele. Lokhu kusiza umzimba wakho ukuba umunce imithi ngendlela efanele futhi kungasiza futhi ekunikezeni amanzi, okubalulekile uma ulwa nokugula.
Uma uthatha izinhlobo eziwuketshezi, linganisa imithamo ngokucophelela usebenzisa idivayisi yokulinganisa ehambisana nemithi. Ungasebenzisi izipuni zasendlini, njengoba zingahluka ngosayizi futhi ziholele ekulinganiseni okungalungile.
Thatha le mithi ngesikhathi esinqunyiwe emini njengoba kuqondiswe ephasheni. Lokhu kusiza ukugcina amazinga aqhubekayo ezithako ezisebenzayo ohlelweni lwakho ukuze kutholakale ukukhululeka kwezimpawu okuqhubekayo.
Le mithi yenzelwe ukusetshenziswa ngesikhathi esifushane ngesikhathi sokugula okukhulu. Abantu abaningi bayayisebenzisa izinsuku ezi-3 kuya kweziyi-7 ngenkathi izimpawu zabo zomkhuhlane noma umkhuhlane zikhathaza kakhulu.
Akufanele usebenzise izinto ezivimbela ukuminyana isikhathi esingaphezu kwezinsuku ezi-3 ngaphandle kokukhuluma nomhlinzeki wezempilo. Ukusetshenziswa isikhathi eside kungenza ukuminyana kube kubi ngokusebenzisa umphumela wokubuyela emuva, lapho izindima zakho zamakhala zivuvukala kakhulu lapho umuthi usuphelelwa amandla.
Ingxenye yokudambisa ubuhlungu ngokuvamile ingasetshenziswa izinsuku eziyi-10 ukuze kudambise ubuhlungu, kodwa kuhle ukusebenzisa isikhathi esifushane esinikeza ukulawulwa okwanele kwezimpawu. Uma udinga ukudambisa ubuhlungu ngaphandle kwalesi sikhathi, kufanelekile ukuxoxa nodokotela wakho.
Uma izimpawu zakho ziqhubeka ngaphezu kwesonto noma ziba zimbi ngenkathi uthatha le mithi, xhumana nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo. Lokhu kungase kubonise isimo esingathi sína esidinga ukwelashwa okuhlukile.
Njengayo yonke imithi, lezi zinhlanganisela zingabangela imiphumela emibi, nakuba abantu abaningi beyibekezelela kahle. Ukuqonda imiphumela emibi engase ibe khona kukusiza ukuthi wazi ukuthi yini ongayilindela nokuthi nini okufanele ufune usizo.
Imiphumela emibi ejwayelekile ngokuvamile imnene futhi yesikhashana. Le miphumela ivame ukuthuthuka njengoba umzimba wakho ujwayela umuthi:
Imiphumela emibi engathi sína ayivamile kodwa idinga ukunakwa ngokushesha. Le miphumela iphakamisa ukuthi umzimba wakho kungenzeka ukuthi unokuphendula okunamandla emuthini:
Uma uhlangabezana nanoma yimaphi imiphumela emibi engathi sína, yeka ukuthatha umuthi bese uthintana nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo ngokushesha. Lezi zimpawu zingase zikhombe ukungezwani komzimba noma ezinye izinkinga ezingathi sína.
Abantu abathile kufanele bagweme lezi zinhlanganisela noma bazisebenzise ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kwezokwelapha kuphela. Izimo zakho zempilo neminye imithi kungathinta ukuthi ungazisebenzisa kanjani ngokuphepha le mikhiqizo.
Abantu abanezimo ezinje kufanele baxhumane nomhlinzeki wabo wezempilo ngaphambi kokusebenzisa le mithi:
Abesifazane abakhulelwe nabancelisa izingane kufanele futhi bahlole nomhlinzeki wabo wezempilo ngaphambi kokusebenzisa lezi zinhlanganisela. Ezinye izithako zingase zingaphephile ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa noma zingadlulela ebanjini.
Izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka ethile akufanele zisebenzise le mithi. Njalo hlola ukulebula kwephakheji ukuze uthole imikhawulo yobudala kanye nemihlahlandlela yokulinganisa ethile ezinganeni.
Uzothola lezi zinhlanganisela zidayiswa ngaphansi kwamagama amaningi ajwayelekile emakhemisi nasezitolo zokudla. Umkhiqizo ngamunye ungase ube nokwakheka okuhlukile kancane noma amandla ezithako ezisebenzayo.
Amagama ajwayelekile omkhiqizo afaka i-Sudafed Sinus, i-Tylenol Sinus, i-Advil Cold & Sinus, ne-Aleve-D. Izitolo eziningi zithwala nezinhlobo ezivamile eziqulathe izithako ezifanayo ezisebenzayo ngamanani aphansi.
Uma imithi ehlanganisiwe ingakulungele, ezinye izindlela ezingase zikunikeze ukukhululeka okufanayo. Ukuthatha imithi ehlukene kukunika ukulawula okwengeziwe ngomthamo nesikhathi sezimpawu ngazinye.
Ungase ucabange ukuthatha into yokuvimbela ukuminyana yodwa (njenge-pseudoephedrine noma i-phenylephrine) uma ukuminyana kuyinkinga yakho enkulu. Ukuze uthole ukukhululeka ezinhlungwini nomkhuhlane, ungafaka i-acetaminophen noma i-ibuprofen ngokuhlukana.
Ezinye izindlela ezingezona zemithi nazo zingasiza ngezimpawu. Ukugeza ngamanzi anosawoti emakhaleni, ukuhogela umusi, ama-humidifier, nokuhlala unamanzi kahle kungahlinzeka ngokuqeda ukuminyana kwemvelo ngaphandle kwemiphumela emibi yemithi.
Abanye abantu bathola ukuthi ukushintshana phakathi kwemithi ehlukene enezithako ezilodwa kusebenza kangcono kunemikhiqizo ehlanganisiwe. Le ndlela ikuvumela ukuthi ulungise imithamo ngokusekelwe ekutheni yiziphi izimpawu ezikhathaza kakhulu ngezikhathi ezahlukene.
Imithi ehlanganisiwe kanye ne-Sudafed (pseudoephedrine) elula isebenza ngezinjongo ezahlukene kuye ngezimpawu zakho. Uma unokuminyana emakhaleni kuphela, i-Sudafed elula ingase ibe yikho konke okudingayo futhi ingase ibangele imiphumela emibi embalwa.
Nokho, uma ubhekene nokuminyana nobuhlungu noma umkhuhlane, imikhiqizo ehlanganisiwe ingaba lula kunokuthatha imithi eminingi ehlukene. Lokhu kungasiza ikakhulukazi uma uzizwa ungaphilile futhi ufuna ukwenza lula inqubo yakho yemithi.
I-Sudafed elula ingase ibe namandla ekukhululeni ukuminyana yodwa, ngoba imikhiqizo ehlanganisiwe ngezinye izikhathi iqukethe imithamo ephansi yento ngayinye ukuze ilinganisele ukusebenza kahle nokubekezeleleka. Ukukhetha kwakho kuncike ekutheni yiziphi izimpawu ezikhathaza kakhulu.
Cabanga ngezimpawu zakho ezithile nokuthi uvame ukusabela kanjani emithini lapho wenza lesi sinqumo. Abanye abantu bakhetha indlela eqondiswe ngqo yemithi enesithako esisodwa, kanti abanye bayayithanda indlela elula yokuhlanganisa.
Abantu abanomfutho wegazi ophezulu kufanele baqaphele ngalezi zinhlanganisela, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yengxenye ye-decongestant. Ama-Decongestant angakhuphula umfutho wegazi ngokuqinisa imithambo yegazi emzimbeni wakho wonke, hhayi nje emakhaleni akho.
Uma unomfutho wegazi ophezulu olawulwa kahle, udokotela wakho angase avumele ukusetshenziswa kwale mithi isikhashana. Kodwa-ke, kufanele uqaphele umfutho wegazi lakho eduze ngenkathi uzithatha futhi ubheke izimpawu ezinjengobuhlungu bekhanda noma isiyezi.
Cabangela ezinye izindlela ezinjenge-acetaminophen yodwa ukuze uthole ukukhululeka kobuhlungu, noma buza usokhemisi wakho mayelana nezinketho ezingenayo i-decongestant. Ukugeza ngamanzi olwandle emakhaleni kanye nokuhogela umusi nakho kungasiza ngokuqina ngaphandle kokuthinta umfutho wegazi.
Ukuthatha imithi eminingi kakhulu kungaba yingozi, ikakhulukazi uma udlule umthamo onconyiwe wengxenye ye-analgesic. Ukweqisa kwe-Acetaminophen kungabangela ukulimala kwesibindi, kuyilapho i-decongestant eningi kakhulu ingathinta inhliziyo yakho nomfutho wegazi.
Uma uthathe ngaphezu komthamo onconyiwe, xhumana nokulawulwa kwe-poison noma umhlinzeki wakho wezempilo ngokushesha. Ungalindi ukuthi izimpawu zivele, njengoba eminye imiphumela yokweqisa ingalibazeka kodwa ibe yingozi.
Gcina iphakethe lemithi nawe lapho ufuna usizo, njengoba lolu lwazi luzosiza abahlinzeki bezempilo ukuthi banqume indlela engcono yokwelapha. Isikhathi sibalulekile ekwelapheni ukweqisa kwemithi ngempumelelo.
Uma uphuthelwa umthamo, yithathe ngokushesha lapho ukhumbula, ngaphandle kokuthi sekuseduze isikhathi somthamo wakho olandelayo. Ungaphindi imithamo ukuze ulungise lowo ophuthelwe, ngoba lokhu kwandisa ingozi yakho yemiphumela emibi.
Njengoba le mithi iphatha izimpawu kunokwelapha izimo eziyisisekelo, ukuphuthelwa umthamo ngezikhathi ezithile ngeke kulimaze ukululama kwakho. Ungase nje uzwe ukubuyela okwesikhashana kwezimpawu kuze kube umthamo wakho olandelayo.
Uma uvame ukukhohlwa imithamo, cabangela ukusetha izikhumbuzi zocingo noma ukuthatha imithi yakho ngezikhathi ezifanayo nsuku zonke. Ukuqina kusiza ukugcina ukukhululeka kwezimpawu okuqhubekayo ngesikhathi sokugula kwakho.
Ungayeka ukuthatha le mithi lapho izimpawu zakho zithuthuka noma ngemva kwesikhathi esinconyiwe sokusetshenziswa esiphezulu. Ngokungafani nemithi ethile kadokotela, akudingeki ukuthi unciphise kancane umthamo ngaphambi kokuyeka.
Abantu abaningi bayayeka ukuthatha lezi zinhlanganisela lapho izimpawu zabo zomkhuhlane noma umkhuhlane zixazululeka, ngokuvamile phakathi kwezinsuku ezi-3 kuya kweziyi-7. Uma uzisebenzisela ukungezwani komzimba okwesizini, ungangayeka lapho ukuchayeka kwakho kuma-allergen kwehla.
Uma izimpawu zibuyela ngemva kokuyeka, ungaqhubeka nokuthatha imithi uma nje ungadluli esikhathini esiphezulu esinconyiwe. Kodwa-ke, izimpawu eziqhubekayo noma eziqhubekayo zidinga ingxoxo nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo.
Lezi zinhlanganisela zingasebenzisana neminye imithi, ngakho kubalulekile ukuxhumana nomkhemisi wakho noma umhlinzeki wezempilo ngaphambi kokuzihlanganisa neminye imithi. Ukusebenzisana kungathinta ukuthi imithi isebenza kahle kangakanani noma ukwandisa izingozi zemiphumela emibi.
Qaphela kakhulu uma usebenzisa imithi yokwehlisa umfutho wegazi, imithi yokucindezela, noma ezinye izidambisi zinhlungu. Ukuthatha imithi eminingi equkethe izithako ezifanayo eziqabulayo kungaholela ekweqiseni ngengozi.
Njalo funda amalebula ngokucophelela futhi wazise abahlinzeki bakho bezempilo ngayo yonke imithi oyithathayo, okuhlanganisa nemikhiqizo engathengiswa ngaphandle kwemvume kadokotela kanye nezithasiselo. Lokhu kusiza ekuvikeleni ukuxhumana okungaba yingozi.
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