Imizwa embalwa ebangela ukwesaba njengokungakwazi ukuthola umoya owanele. Ukuphefumula buhlungu — okwaziwa ngokuthi yi-dyspnea ngokonyango — kuvame ukuchazwa njengokuqinile okukhulu esifubeni, indlala yomoya, ubunzima bokuqeda, ukuphefumula kancane noma imizwa yokunqanyulwa. Ukuzivocavoca okunzima kakhulu, izimo zezulu eziphambili, ukukhuluphala nobude obukhulu konke kungabangela ukuphefumula buhlungu kumuntu ophilile. Ngaphandle kwalezi zibonelo, ukuphefumula buhlungu kungenzeka kube uphawu lwenkinga yezokwelapha. Uma une-shortness of breath engachazwanga, ikakhulukazi uma iqala ngokuzumayo futhi ibe nzima, bona udokotela wakho ngokushesha okukhulu.
Iningi lamacala okungaphefumuli kahle kubangelwa izimo zenhliziyo noma zamathumbu. Inhliziyo yakho namathumbu ahilelekile ekudluliseni i-oksijini ezihlangwini zakho nokukhipha i-carbon dioxide, futhi izinkinga kunoma yiluphi lolu lwengezo luthinta ukuphefumula kwakho. Ukungaphefumuli kahle okuqala ngokuzumayo (okubizwa ngokuthi yi-acute) kunenani elincane lezimo eziyimbangela, okuhlanganisa: I-Anaphylaxis I-Asthma Ukuphuza i-carbon monoxide I-Cardiac tamponade (ukugcwala okukhulu kwamanzi eduze kwenhliziyo) I-COPD I-Coronavirus disease 2019 (i-COVID-19) Ukuhluleka kwenhliziyo I-Pneumonia (nezinye izifo ze-pulmonary) I-Pneumothorax - uphuphu oluwa. I-Pulmonary embolism Ukwehluleka kwegazi ngokuzumayo Ukuvinjelwa kwe-airway eliphezulu (ukuvimba endleleni yokuphefumula) Uma kwenzeka ukungaphefumuli kahle okuphile amasonto noma isikhathi eside (okubizwa ngokuthi yi-chronic), isimo sivame ukubangelwa yi: I-Asthma I-COPD Ukungasebenzi kahle kwenhliziyo I-Interstitial lung disease - igama elihlanganisa iqembu elikhulu lezimimo ezibangela amabala emathumbini. Ukukhuluphala I-Pleural effusion (ukugcwala kwamanzi eduze kwamathumbu) Inani lezinye izimo zempilo zingenza kube nzima ukuthola umoya owanele. Lezi zihlanganisa: Izinkinga zamathumbu I-Croup (ikakhulu kubantwana abancane) Umdlavuza wamaphunga I-Pleurisy (ukuvuvukala kwe-membrane ezungezile amathumbu) I-Pulmonary edema - ukugcwala kwamanzi emathumbini. I-Pulmonary fibrosis - isifo esenzeka lapho i-lung tissue yonakele futhi ibe namabala. I-Pulmonary hypertension I-Sarcoidosis (isimo lapho amaqoqo amancane amaseli avuvukayo angakha khona kunoma iyiphi ingxenye yomzimba) I-Tuberculosis Izinkinga zenhliziyo I-Cardiomyopathy (inkinga yemisipha yenhliziyo) Ukuhluleka kwenhliziyo I-Pericarditis (ukuvuvukala kwe-tissue ezungezile inhliziyo) Ezinye izinkinga I-Anemia Izifo zokukhathazeka Ama-ribs aphukile Ukuminca: Usizo lokuqala I-Epiglottitis Into yangaphandle ephuzwe: Usizo lokuqala I-Guillain-Barre syndrome I-Kyphoscoliosis (ukungaqondakali kwesifuba) I-Myasthenia gravis (isimo esibangela ubuthakathaka bemisipha) Incazelo Nini ukubona udokotela
Funani usizo lwezokwelapha oluphuthumayo Shayela u-911 noma inombolo yakho yokuphuthumayo yendawo noma uthumele umuntu ukuba akuqhubele ekamelweni lokuphuthumayo uma ubhekene nokuntuleka okukhulu komoya okuqala ngokuzumayo futhi kuchaphazele ikhono lakho lokusebenza. Funani usizo lwezokwelapha oluphuthumayo uma ukushoda komoya kuhambisana nobuhlungu besifuba, ukuphelelwa amandla, isicanucanu, umbala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka emlonyeni noma ezinzipeni, noma ukuguquka ekuqapheleni kwengqondo—njengoba lokhu kungaba izimpawu zokuhlushwa yinhliziyo noma i-pulmonary embolism. Yenza i-aphoyintimenti nodokotela Yenza i-aphoyintimenti nodokotela wakho uma ukushoda komoya kuhambisana noku: Ukukhula ezinyaweni nasezinzwini Ubunzima bokuqeda umoya uma ulele phansi Ukuvuvukala okukhulu, ukuthandaza nokukhokha Ukukhwehlela Ukubiwa kokushoda komoya okungaphambili Ukunakekela kwakho Ukuze uvikele ukushoda komoya okungaphelili ekubeni kubi: Yeka ukubhema. Yeka ukubhema, noma ungaqali. Ukubhema yisizathu esiyinhloko se-COPD. Uma une-COPD, ukuyeka kunganciphisa intuthuko yesifo nokuvimbela izinkinga. Gwema ukubhekana nezinto ezingcolisayo. Ngendlela eningi ngangokunokwenzeka, gwema ukuphefumula izinto ezingcolisayo nezinye izinto ezingcolisayo, njengomusi wezinto ezikhiqizwayo noma umusi wokubhema. Gwema ukushisa okukhulu. Ukuhamba ezimweni ezishisayo kakhulu nezimanzi noma ezibandayo kakhulu kungakhulisa ukuphelelwa komoya okubangelwa yizifo zephunga ezingapheli. Yiba necebo lokusebenza. Uma unezimo zezokwelapha ezibangela ukushoda komoya, xoxa nodokotela wakho ukuthi yini okufanele uyenze uma izimpawu zakho zibe zimbi. Gcina ukuphakama engqondweni. Uma uhamba ezindaweni eziphakeme, thatha isikhathi sokujwayela futhi ugweme ukukhathala kuze kube yilapho. Zivocavoca njalo. Ukuzivocavoca kungasiza ekuthuthukiseni impilo yomzimba nekhono lokubekezelela umsebenzi. Ukuzivocavoca—kanye nokunciphisa isisindo uma unesisindo esiningi—kungasiza ekuthuthukiseni noma yikuphi ukusebenza kokushoda komoya okuvela ekungasebenzi kahle. Xoxa nodokotela wakho ngaphambi kokuthi uqale uhlelo lokuzivocavoca. Thatha imithi yakho. Ukweqa imithi yezimo zephunga nezehliziyo ezingapheli kungadala ukulawulwa okubi kokuphelelwa komoya. Hlola imishini yakho njalo. Uma ucindezelwa yi-oksijini engeziwe, qiniseka ukuthi isikhathi sakho sanelisekile futhi imishini isebenza kahle. Izimbangela