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Ukujova kwe-diphtheria antitoxin kuyimithi esindisa impilo enqanda ubuthi obuyingozi obukhiqizwa amagciwane e-diphtheria. Lokhu kwelashwa okukhethekile kusebenza ngokunikeza umzimba wakho ama-antibody enziwe ngomumo angalwa ngokushesha nobuthi obudalwa yi-diphtheria emzimbeni wakho.
Cabanga ngakho njengokusiza okuphuthumayo ohlelweni lwakho lomzimba uma isikhathi sibaluleke kakhulu. Ngenkathi i-diphtheria ingavamile emazweni amaningi namuhla ngenxa yokugonywa okubanzi, le antitoxin isahlala iyindlela ebalulekile yokwelapha lapho lesi sifo senzeka.
I-Diphtheria antitoxin iyimithi eyenziwe ngama-antibody aqondise ngqo futhi anqande ubuthi be-diphtheria. Lawa ma-antibody avela emahhashini agonywe ngokumelene ne-diphtheria, okwenza lokhu okuthiwa odokotela ukwelashwa okuthiwa
Nazi izimo eziyinhloko odokotela abasebenzisa ngazo i-diphtheria antitoxin:
Udkt wakho angase futhi acabangele lokhu kwelashwa uma unezici eziyingozi ezibalulekile nokusolwa okuqinile komtholampilo, ngisho nangaphambi kokuqinisekiswa kwelebhu. Isikhathi sivame ukubaluleka kakhulu kunokulinda imiphumela yokuhlolwa.
I-Diphtheria antitoxin isebenza ngokubopha ngokuqondile kuma-molecule e-diphtheria toxin egazini lakho nasezicutshini. Uma i-antitoxin inamathisela ku-toxin, ivimbela ubuthi ekulimaleni amaseli akho.
Lokhu kuthathwa njengemithi eqinile nesebenza ngokushesha ngoba inikeza ukuvikelwa ngokushesha. Ngokungafani nokuphendula komzimba wakho wemvelo, okuthatha izinsuku kuya emavikini ukuthi kuthuthuke, i-antitoxin iqala ukusebenza emahoreni ambalwa ngemva kokuphathwa.
Ukwelashwa kusebenza kahle kakhulu ngokumelene ne-toxin esahamba ngokukhululeka egazini lakho. Nokho, ayikwazi ukuguqula umonakalo osuvele wenzeke ezicutshini zakho. Yingakho ukwelashwa kwasekuqaleni kubaluleke kakhulu emiphumeleni engcono kakhulu.
Cabanga ngayo njengeqembu elikhethekile lokuhlanza elingakwazi ukungathathi hlangothi ngokushesha ukuchitheka kwamakhemikhali ayingozi, kodwa alikwazi ukulungisa umonakalo osuvele wenziwe endaweni ezungezile.
I-Diphtheria antitoxin ngaso sonke isikhathi inikezwa njengomjovo ochwepheshe bezempilo esibhedlela noma endaweni yomtholampilo. Awukwazi ukuthatha lo muthi ekhaya noma ngomlomo.
Umjovo ngokuvamile unikezwa emsipheni (intramuscular) noma ngqo emthanjeni (intravenous), kuye ngobunzima besimo sakho. Ezimweni ezinzima, odokotela bavame ukukhetha indlela ye-intravenous ngoba isebenza ngokushesha.
Ngaphambi kokuthola umjovo, ithimba lakho lezempilo cishe lizokwenza ukuhlolwa kwesikhumba ukuze lihlole ukusabela komzimba. Lokhu kuhilela ukukunika inani elincane le-antitoxin ngaphansi kwesikhumba sakho futhi ubuke noma yikuphi ukusabela ngaphezu kwemizuzu engu-15-20.
Akudingeki ukuthi ulungiselele ngokuzila ukudla noma ukugwema ukudla okuthile ngaphambi kokuthola lokhu kwelashwa. Kodwa-ke, kufanele wazise ithimba lakho lezokwelapha ngemithi oyithathayo kanye nanoma yimuphi umlando wokungezwani komzimba, ikakhulukazi emikhiqizweni yamahhashi noma ukwelashwa kwangaphambilini kwe-antitoxin.
I-Diphtheria antitoxin ngokuvamile inikezwa njengomthamo owodwa noma uchungechunge lwemithamo esikhathini esifushane, ngokuvamile ezinsukwini zokuqala zokwelashwa. Ngokungafani nama-antibiotics, lena akuyona imithi oyithatha amasonto.
Isikhathi esiqondile sincike ekuqineni kokutheleleka kwakho nokuthi usabela kanjani ekwelashweni kokuqala. Abantu abaningi bathola i-antitoxin kanye, nakuba abanye bengase badinge imithamo eyengeziwe uma isimo sabo sinzima kakhulu.
Udokotela wakho uzoqapha ukusabela kwakho ngokucophelela futhi anqume ukuthi udinga imithamo eyengeziwe. Bazophinde baqhubeke nokwelashwa ngama-antibiotic kanye ne-antitoxin ukuze baqede amagciwane abangela ukutheleleka.
Imiphumela evikelayo ye-antitoxin ingahlala amasonto amaningana, inike umzimba wakho isikhathi sokululama kanye nesistimu yakho yokuzivikela isikhathi sokuthatha ukulwa nokutheleleka.
Njenganoma imuphi umuthi, i-diphtheria antitoxin ingabangela imiphumela emibi, nakuba ukusabela okungathi sína kungavamile uma kunikezwe kahle. Ingozi ekhathazayo kakhulu ukusabela komzimba ngoba i-antitoxin itholakala emahhashini.
Imiphumela eminingi emibi imnene futhi yesikhashana, kodwa eminye ingaba yingozi enkulu. Nawa amaphendulo avamile ongase uwahlangabezane nawo:
Imiphumela emibi engathi sína kodwa engavamile ihlanganisa ukusabela komzimba, okungahluka kusukela ekuqhumeni kwesikhumba okuncane kuya ebunzimeni bokuphefumula obukhulu. Yingakho ukuhlolwa kwesikhumba kubaluleke kakhulu ngaphambi kokwelashwa.
Abanye abantu bangase bathuthukise okuthiwa "ukugula kwe-serum" cishe ngesonto elilodwa kuya kwamabili ngemva kokwelashwa. Lokhu kuhilela ubuhlungu emalungeni, umkhuhlane, nokuqubuka, kodwa ngokuvamile kuyisikhashana futhi kulashwa ngeminye imithi.
Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizokuqapha eduze ngesikhathi nangemva kokwelashwa ukuze libheke noma yikuphi ukusabela okukhathazayo futhi liphendule ngokushesha uma kudingeka.
Bambalwa kakhulu abantu okufanele bagweme i-diphtheria antitoxin uma benesifo se-diphtheria esiqinisekisiwe, ngoba lesi sifo ngokwaso sivame ukuba yingozi enkulu kunezinhlaka zokwelashwa. Kodwa-ke, ezinye izimo zidinga ukuqapha okwengeziwe.
Abantu abanokungezwani komzimba okukhulu okwaziwayo emaphrotheni emahhashi noma ukusabela okukhulu kwangaphambilini emikhiqizweni ethathwe emahhashini badinga ukuhlolwa ngokucophelela. Noma ezimweni ezinjalo, odokotela bangase basancoma ukwelashwa uma i-diphtheria isongela ukuphila.
Nawa amazwi lapho udokotela wakho ezohlola izingozi ngokucophelela kakhulu:
Udktela wakho uzobuye acabangele isimo sakho sempilo esiphelele kanye nobukhulu bokutheleleka kwakho nge-diphtheria lapho enza izinqumo zokwelapha. Ngezikhathi ezithile izinzuzo zikhuphuka ngokusobala kunobungozi, ngisho nakubantu abasengozini enkulu.
I-Diphtheria antitoxin itholakala ngaphansi kwamagama amaningi omkhiqizo, nakuba ukutholakala kuhluka ngamazwe. Ukulungiswa okuvame ukusetshenziswa kubizwa nje ngokuthi
I-diphtheria antitoxin kanye nama-antibiotics asebenza ndawonye kunokuthi bancintisane. Umuthi ngamunye uqondise esicini esihlukile sokutheleleka kwe-diphtheria, okwenza kube yizindlela zokwelapha ezihambisanayo.
Ama-antibiotics abulala amagciwane e-diphtheria futhi awavimbele ukuthi angakhiqizi okunye ubuthi, kodwa awukwazi ukungathathi hlangothi ubuthi obusevele bujikeleza emzimbeni wakho. I-antitoxin iqondise ngqo lobu buthi obukhona.
Ucwaningo lubonise ukuthi abantu abathola kokubili i-antitoxin kanye nama-antibiotics ngokuvamile baba nemiphumela engcono kunalabo abathola ama-antibiotics kuphela. Indlela yokuhlanganisa ibhekana nokutheleleka kwamagciwane kanye nemiphumela yawo enobuthi.
Cabanga ngakho njengokuhlasela okunamacala amabili: ama-antibiotics amisa umthombo wenkinga, kuyilapho i-antitoxin ihlanza umonakalo osuvele wenziwe. Le ndlela ephindwe kabili ikunikeza ithuba elingcono kakhulu lokululama.
I-diphtheria antitoxin ngokuvamile ithathwa njengephephile ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa lapho umama enokutheleleka kwe-diphtheria okuqinisekisiwe. Izingozi ze-diphtheria engelashwanga kumama nengane ngokuvamile zidlula izingozi ezingaba khona ze-antitoxin.
Ukukhulelwa akushintshi indlela i-antitoxin esebenza ngayo, futhi abukho ubufakazi bokuthi kubangela ukulimala ezinganeni ezisakhula. Kodwa-ke, abesifazane abakhulelwe bangase baqashwe eduze ukuze babone noma yiziphi izindlela zokuphendula.
Udokotela wakho uzohlola ngokucophelela isimo sakho ngasinye, kodwa ezimweni eziningi, i-antitoxin incomendwa kwabesifazane abakhulelwe abane-diphtheria. Ukutheleleka ngokwako kubeka izingozi ezinkulu kuwe nakubantwana bakho uma kungelashwa.
Ukweqisa ngengozi kwe-diphtheria antitoxin akunakwenzeka ngoba ochwepheshe bezempilo babala ngokucophelela futhi banikeze umthamo. Kodwa-ke, uma ukhathazekile ngomthamo owutholile, xhumana nethimba lakho lezokwelapha ngokushesha.
Ukuthola i-antitoxin eningi kunaleyo edingekayo ngokuvamile akubangeli ubuthi obengeziwe ngaphandle kwemiphumela emibi ejwayelekile. Okukhathaza kakhulu kungaba ingozi eyengeziwe yokungezwani komzimba nezinto ezithile.
Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizokuqapha eduze uma kukhona ukukhathazeka ngomthamo. Bangakunikeza ukunakekelwa okusekelayo futhi belaphe noma yiziphi izindlela ezingase zenzeke.
Into ebaluleke kakhulu ukuxhumana nganoma yikuphi ukukhathazeka nethimba lakho lezokwelapha ukuze bakwazi ukuhlola isimo sakho futhi banikeze ukunakekelwa okufanele.
Njengoba i-diphtheria antitoxin inikezwa endaweni yasesibhedlela ngabasebenzi bezempilo, awukwazi ngempela
Isinqumo sokuthi ukwelashwa kuqeda nini sincike ekuthuthukisweni kwakho komtholampilo, imiphumela yokuhlolwa kwelabhorethri, kanye nentuthuko yakho yokululama iyonke. Ithimba lakho lokunakekelwa kwezempilo lizokwenza lesi sinqumo ngokusekelwe esimweni sakho.
Uma usuwamukele i-antitoxin, imiphumela yayo iyaqhubeka amasonto amaningana, ngakho-ke asikho isidingo sokuqhubeka nokuphathwa ezimweni eziningi.
Ukuthola i-diphtheria antitoxin akunikezi ukuzivikela isikhathi eside ngokumelene ne-diphtheria. I-antitoxin ikunikeza isivikelo sesikhashana, esingaqondile ngokuhlinzeka ngama-antibody enziwe ngomumo, kodwa lawa anyamalala kancane kancane ohlelweni lwakho.
Ukuze uthuthukise ukuzivikela okuhlala njalo, uzodinga ukuthola umgomo we-diphtheria ngemva kokuthi ululame kulolu bhubhane. Lo mgomo usiza amasosha akho omzimba ukuthi akhe ama-antibody awo angakuvikela esikhathini esizayo.
Udkt wakho cishe uzoncoma ukuqeda noma ukuvuselela uchungechunge lwakho lokugoma i-diphtheria uma usululame kulolu bhubhane oluqinile. Lokhu kuqinisekisa ukuthi unokuvikeleka isikhathi eside ngokumelene nokuchayeka kwe-diphtheria esikhathini esizayo.
I-antitoxin iyindlela yokwelapha yokutheleleka okusebenzayo, kuyilapho ukugoma kuyindlela yokuvimbela ukutheleleka okuzayo. Zombili zidlala indima ebalulekile kodwa ehlukene ekuvikeleni impilo yakho.
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