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I-sodium chloride ngomlomo imane nje iyisawoti ngesimo samaphilisi noma isixazululo osithatha ngomlomo. Umzimba wakho udinga le mineral ebalulekile ukuze ugcine ukulinganisela okufanele kwamanzi, usekele ukusebenza kwemizwa, futhi ugcine imisipha yakho isebenza kahle.
Ungase uzibuze ukuthi kungani uzodinga ukuthatha usawoti njengomuthi uma usuvele ukudla kwakho. Ngezikhathi ezithile umzimba wakho ulahlekelwa usawoti omningi kunokujwayelekile ngokujuluka, ukugula, noma imithi ethile, okudala ukungalingani okudinga ukulungiswa.
I-Sodium chloride yigama lezokwelapha likasawoti ovamile wethebula. Uma ithathwa ngomlomo njengesithasiselo, isiza ukubuyisela amazinga kasawoti emvelo emzimbeni wakho lapho eba phansi kakhulu.
Lo muthi uza ngezindlela ezahlukene okuhlanganisa amaphilisi, amaphilisi, nezixazululo eziwuketshezi. Ifomu ngalinye linikeza isithako esifanayo esiyisisekelo kodwa lingase libhalwe ngendlela ehlukile ngokusekelwe ezidingweni zakho ezithile.
Udokotela wakho angase ancome i-sodium chloride ngomlomo lapho amazinga e-sodium egazi lakho ehlile ngaphansi kwamazinga avamile. Lesi simo, esibizwa ngokuthi i-hyponatremia, singenzeka kaningi kunokuba ungacabanga.
I-sodium chloride ngomlomo iphatha amazinga aphansi e-sodium egazini lakho. Lokhu kwenzeka uma ulahlekelwa usawoti omningi ngokujuluka ngokweqile, ukuhlanza, isifo sohudo, noma izimo ezithile zezokwelapha.
Abasubathi kanye nabantu abasebenza ezindaweni ezishisayo bavame ukudinga ukufakwa kwe-sodium ngemva kokulahlekelwa amanani amakhulu ngokujuluka. Izinso zakho, inhliziyo, kanye nobuchopho konke kuncike emazingeni afanele e-sodium ukuze kusebenze ngendlela evamile.
Nawa amakhondishini amakhulu lapho udokotela wakho angase akubhalele khona i-sodium chloride ngomlomo:
Ngokuvamile, i-sodium chloride ingase idingeke ezimweni ezingavamile zofuzo ezithinta indlela umzimba wakho oqhubula ngayo usawoti. Umhlinzeki wakho wezempilo uzonquma ukuthi le ndlela yokwelapha ilingana nesimo sakho esithile.
I-Sodium chloride isebenza ngokufaka usawoti ngqo umzimba wakho owulahlekile. Uma uyithatha ngomlomo, uhlelo lwakho lokugaya ukudla lumunca ama-ion e-sodium ne-chloride angene egazini lakho.
Cabanga nge-sodium njengokhiye ovula ukusebenza okufanele kwamaseli emzimbeni wakho wonke. Isiza ukugcina inani elifanele loketshezi ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwamaseli akho, okugcina konke kusebenza kahle.
Lokhu kuthathwa njengendlela yokwelapha ethambile, yemvelo kunokuba kube umuthi oqinile. Umzimba wakho uyayibona futhi uyisebenzise i-sodium chloride ngendlela efanayo ncamashi nendlela ongasebenzisa ngayo usawoti ovela ekudleni kwakho okuvamile.
Umuthi uvame ukuqala ukusebenza phakathi nemizuzu engama-30 kuya emahoreni amabili ngemuva kokuwuthatha. Izinso zakho zisiza ukulawula ukuthi mangaki ama-sodium umzimba wakho owagcinayo nokuthi mangaki owawalahlayo.
Thatha i-sodium chloride ngqo njengoba udokotela wakho ekunqumela yona. Isikhathi nendlela kungathinta ukuthi umzimba wakho umunca futhi usebenzise kahle kangakanani umuthi.
Abantu abaningi kufanele bathathe amaphilisi e-sodium chloride ngengilazi yamanzi egcwele. Lokhu kusiza isisu sakho ukuthi siqhubule usawoti ngendlela enethezekile futhi kuvimbela ukucasuka.
Nansi indlela yokuthatha i-sodium chloride ngokuphepha nangempumelelo:
Uma uthatha i-sodium chloride ewuketshezi, ilinganise ngokucophelela ngedivayisi yokulinganisa enikeziwe. Izipuni ezivamile zasendlini azinembile ngokwanele emithamini yemithi.
Ungathatha i-sodium chloride nokudla noma ngaphandle kokudla, kodwa ukuyithatha nokudla kungasiza ekuvikeleni isisu esicasukile. Abanye abantu bathola ukuthi ukudla ukudla okulula ngaphambi kwesikhathi kwenza imithi ikhululeke kakhulu.
Ubude bokwelashwa buxhomeke kulokho okubangele amazinga akho aphansi e-sodium ekuqaleni. Abanye abantu bayayidinga izinsuku ezimbalwa nje, kanti abanye bangase badinge ukwelashwa isikhathi eside.
Uma uthatha i-sodium chloride ngenxa yesimo sesikhashana esifana nokuphelelwa amanzi emzimbeni ngenxa yokugula, ungase uyidinge kuphela kuze kube yilapho umzimba wakho ululama. Lokhu kuvame ukuthatha noma yikuphi kusukela ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kuya evikini.
Ngezimo zezokwelapha eziqhubekayo ezithinta ukulinganisela usawoti emzimbeni wakho, ungase udinge ukuthatha i-sodium chloride amasonto noma izinyanga. Udokotela wakho uzoqapha amazinga egazi lakho njalo ukuze anqume ukuthi ukwelashwa kufanele kuqhubeke isikhathi esingakanani.
Ungayeki ukuthatha i-sodium chloride ngokuzumayo ngaphandle kokukhuluma nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo kuqala. Bangase bafune ukunciphisa kancane kancane umthamo wakho noma bahlole amazinga egazi lakho ngaphambi kokuthi uyeke imithi.
Abantu abaningi bayayibekezelela i-sodium chloride kahle njengoba iyinto yemvelo edingwa umzimba wakho. Kodwa-ke, ukuthatha okuningi kungadala izinkinga, ikakhulukazi uma unezimo ezithile zempilo.
Imiphumela emibi evame kakhulu ivamise ukuba mncane futhi ihlobene nokuthatha usawoti omningi kunalokho umzimba wakho okudingayo okwamanje. Lokhu kuvame ukuthuthuka njengoba umzimba wakho uzivumelanisa noma umthamo wakho ulungiswa.
Nawa amanye emiphumela emibi ongase uyithole:
Imiphumela emibi ebucayi ingenzeka uma uthatha i-sodium chloride eningi kakhulu noma uma unezimo zempilo ezingaphansi. Lokhu kudinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha futhi kufaka phakathi ukuvuvukala okukhulu, ubunzima bokuphefumula, noma ubuhlungu besifuba.
Ukuphendula okungavamile kodwa okubucayi kungabandakanya izimpawu ze-sodium overload njengokudideka, ukuquleka, noma umfutho wegazi ophezulu kakhulu. Uma uhlangabezana nanoma yiziphi zalezi zimpawu, xhumana nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo ngokushesha.
I-Sodium chloride ayiphephile kuwo wonke umuntu, ikakhulukazi abantu abanezimo ezithile zenhliziyo noma izinso. Udokotela wakho uzobuyekeza umlando wakho wezokwelapha ngokucophelela ngaphambi kokukuyalela lo muthi.
Abantu abanomfutho wegazi ophezulu badinga ukucatshangelwa okukhethekile ngoba usawoti owengeziwe ungenza isimo sabo sibe sibi. Kodwa-ke, lokhu akusho ngokuzenzakalela ukuthi akufanele ukwelashwa nge-sodium chloride uma ngempela ukudinga.
Kufanele ukugweme noma usebenzise i-sodium chloride ngokucophelela kakhulu uma une:
Izimo ezingavamile ezingadinga ukuqapha okwengeziwe zifaka phakathi izinhlobo ezithile zesifo samaphaphu esinokugcinwa kwamanzi noma ukungalingani okukhulu kwamahomoni. Umhlinzeki wakho wezempilo uzokala izinzuzo ngokumelene nezingozi zesimo sakho esithile.
Abesifazane abakhulelwe nabancelisayo ngokuvamile bangathatha i-sodium chloride ngokuphepha, kodwa kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi baxoxe ngayo nodokotela wabo kuqala. Umuthi ngokuvamile awubangeli izinkinga ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa uma usetshenziswa ngendlela efanele.
Izithasiselo zomlomo ze-sodium chloride zitholakala ngaphansi kwamagama amaningi omkhiqizo, nakuba eziningi zithengiswa njengemithi ejwayelekile. Ungase ukubone kubhalwe kalula njenge "sodium chloride" noma "amathebulethi kasawoti."
Amanye amagama omkhiqizo ajwayelekile afaka i-Slo-Salt, i-Thermotabs, kanye nemikhiqizo ehlukahlukene yesitolo. Isithako esisebenzayo siyafana kungakhathaliseki igama lomkhiqizo olikhethayo.
Usokhemisi wakho angakusiza ukuthi uthole ukwakheka namandla afanele odokotela abakuqokele. Izinhlobo ezijwayelekile zisebenza kahle njengemikhiqizo yegama lomkhiqizo futhi zivame ukubiza kancane.
Kunezindlela eziningana ongazikhetha uma amathebulethi e-sodium chloride engakulungele. Ukukhetha okungcono kuncike ezidingweni zakho ezithile zezokwelapha nokuthi yini ebangela ukungalingani kwakho kwe-electrolyte.
Izixazululo zokuphinda amanzi ngomlomo zihlanganisa i-sodium nama-electrolyte amanye afana ne-potassium ne-glucose. Lokhu kusebenza kahle ekuphelelwe amanzi emzimbeni okubangelwa ukugula noma ukujuluka ngokweqile.
Ezinye izindlela udokotela wakho angazicabangela zihlanganisa:
Kwezinye izimo, ukubhekana nesizathu esiyinhloko sokulahlekelwa yi-sodium kusebenza kangcono kunokuthatha izithasiselo. Umhlinzeki wakho wezempilo uzosiza ekunqumeni indlela efanele kakhulu yesimo sakho.
I-Sodium chloride ne-potassium chloride zisebenzela izinjongo ezihlukene emzimbeni wakho, ngakho okukodwa akudingeki ukuthi kungcono kunokunye. Umzimba wakho udinga womabili amaminerali, kodwa ezimweni ezihlukene.
I-sodium chloride ithatha indawo ye-sodium ngokuqondile lapho amazinga akho ephansi. I-Potassium chloride ithatha indawo ye-potassium, okuyiminerali ehlukile kodwa ebaluleke ngokulinganayo emsebenzini wenhliziyo nemisipha.
Ngezinye izikhathi abantu badinga zombili izithasiselo uma belahlekelwe izinhlobo eziningi zama-electrolyte. Udokotela wakho uzohlola amazinga egazi lakho ukuze anqume ukuthi yimaphi amaminerali adinga ukushintshwa.
Ukukhetha phakathi kwazo kuncike ngokuphelele emiphumeleni yokuhlolwa kwegazi lakho nezimpawu. Ukuthatha okungalungile kungase kubhebhethekise ukungalingani kwama-electrolyte akho, ngakho-ke isiqondiso esifanele sezokwelapha sibalulekile.
I-Sodium chloride idinga ukuqapha okwengeziwe uma unomfutho wegazi ophezulu, kodwa akusho ukuthi ayivunyelwe ngokuzenzakalelayo. Udokotela wakho uzohlola ngokucophelela ukuthi ngabe ngempela uyayidinga yini i-sodium esikhundleni semiphumela engaba khona.
Uma amazinga akho e-sodium ephansi ngendlela eyingozi, izinzuzo zokwelashwa zingase zidlule izingozi zomfutho wegazi ophakeme okwesikhashana. Umhlinzeki wakho wezempilo uzokuqapha ngokucophelela futhi angase alungise imithi yakho yomfutho wegazi ngokufanele.
Uma ngengozi uthatha i-sodium chloride eningi kunaleyo ebekiwe, phuza amanzi amaningi bese uthintana nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo noma isikhungo sokulawula ubuthi ngokushesha. Ungalindi ukubona ukuthi ngabe izimpawu ziyavela yini.
Izimpawu zokuthatha okuningi zihlanganisa ukoma okukhulu, ukuvuvukala, ikhanda, noma ukuzizwa udidekile. Funani ukunakekelwa kwezimo eziphuthumayo uma uhlangabezana nobunzima bokuphefumula, ubuhlungu besifuba, noma ukuvuvukala okukhulu.
Thatha umthamo ophuthelwe ngokushesha lapho ukhumbula, ngaphandle kokuthi sekuseduze isikhathi somthamo wakho olandelayo ohleliwe. Kulokho, weqa umthamo ophuthelwe bese uqhubeka nohlelo lwakho olujwayelekile.
Ungalokothi uthathe imithamo emibili ngesikhathi esisodwa ukuze ulungise umthamo ongekho. Lokhu kungaholela ekutheni uthathe i-sodium eningi ngesikhathi esisodwa, okungabangela imiphumela engathandeki.
Ungayeka ukuthatha i-sodium chloride lapho udokotela wakho enquma ukuthi amazinga akho e-sodium abuyele kwajwayelekile futhi azinzile. Lesi sinqumo kufanele senziwe ngaso sonke isikhathi ngesiqondiso sezokwelapha.
Umhlinzeki wakho wezempilo cishe uzo-oda ukuhlolwa kwegazi ukuze ahlolisise amazinga akho e-sodium ngaphambi kokuyeka umuthi. Abanye abantu badinga ukuyeka kancane kancane, kanti abanye bangayeka ngokushesha.
I-Sodium chloride ingasebenzisana neminye imithi ethile, ikakhulukazi leyo ethinta ukulinganisela kwamanzi noma umfutho wegazi. Hlala utshela udokotela wakho ngayo yonke imithi nezithasiselo ozithathayo.
Imithi engasebenzisana ihlanganisa imithi ethile yomfutho wegazi, ama-diuretics, ne-lithium. Udokotela wakho angase adinge ukulungisa imithamo noma akuqaphele eduze uma uthatha imithi eminingi.
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