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I-Bentoquatam iyisivikeli sesikhumba esingaphandle esidala umgoqo esikhumbeni sakho ukuvimbela ukuthintana ne-poison ivy, i-poison oak, kanye ne-poison sumac. Cabanga ngayo njengendlovu engabonakali evimba amafutha avela kulezi zitshalo ukuthi angafiki esikhumbeni sakho.
Le lotion esekelwe odakeni isebenza ngendlela ehlukile kunokwelashwa ongase ukusebenzise ngemva kokuchayeka. Esikhundleni sokwelapha ukuqubuka okusuke sekwenzekile, i-bentoquatam ivimbela ukuqubuka ukuthi kungakheki nhlobo uma isetshenziswe ngaphambi kokuthi ungene ezindaweni lapho lezi zitshalo zingase zibe khona.
I-Bentoquatam isebenza ngenjongo eyodwa eyinhloko: ukuvimbela i-allergic contact dermatitis evela ku-poison ivy, i-poison oak, kanye ne-poison sumac. Lezi zitshalo ziqukethe i-resin enamafutha ebizwa nge-urushiol evusa ukuqubuka okujwayelekile okuthinta, okunamathumba kubantu abaningi.
Uzothola ukuthi lo muthi uyasiza kakhulu uma usebenza ngaphandle, ujabulela ukuhamba ngezinyawo, noma uhlala ezindaweni lapho lezi zitshalo zivamile. Abaqashi bezindawo, izisebenzi zezinsiza, abacimi bomlilo, kanye nabathandi bangaphandle bavame ukuthembela ku-bentoquatam njengomugqa wabo wokuqala wokuzivikela ekuphenduleni kwesikhumba okuhlobene nezitshalo.
Umuthi awelaphi ukuqubuka okukhona noma ezinye izimo zesikhumba. Uvimbela kuphela, okusho ukuthi udinga ukuwusebenzisa ngaphambi kokuchayeka okungenzeka ukuze usebenze.
I-Bentoquatam idala umgoqo ongokomzimba esikhumbeni sakho ovimbela amafutha e-urushiol ukuthi angene futhi abangele ukusabela komzimba. Isithako esisebenzayo yinhlabathi ecwengiwe ebizwa nge-organoclay eyakha ifilimu elivikelayo uma isetshenziswa esikhumbeni sakho.
Lo mgoqo usebenza ngokumunca nokubopha amafutha ezitshalo ngaphambi kokuthi afinyelele amaseli akho esikhumba. Uma amafutha engakwazi ukuthintana nesikhumba sakho, amasosha akho omzimba awavusi impendulo evuthayo ebangela ukuqubuka okuyisici, ukuvuvukala, kanye nokuba namathumba.
Ukuvikelwa okwesikhashana futhi kungokomshini kunokuba kube ngamakhemikhali. Ngokungafani neminye imithi eshintsha indlela umzimba wakho osabela ngayo kuma-allergen, i-bentoquatam imane ivimbele i-allergen ukuthi ingafinyeleli esikhumbeni sakho.
Faka i-bentoquatam esikhumbeni esihlanzekile, esomile okungenani imizuzu eyi-15 ngaphambi kokuba ubhekane nobuthi be-ivy, i-oki, noma i-sumac. Lesi sikhathi sokulinda sivumela i-lotion ukuthi yome ngokuphelele futhi yakhe isivikelo esisebenzayo.
Nakhu ukuthi ungalifaka kanjani kahle ukuze uthole imiphumela engcono kakhulu:
Akudingeki ukuthi uthathe lo muthi nokudla noma amanzi ngoba ufakwa ngaphandle. Kodwa-ke, gwema ukungena kwe-lotion emehlweni akho, emlonyeni, noma ekhaleni ngesikhathi sokufaka.
Udinga kuphela ukusebenzisa i-bentoquatam ezinsukwini lapho ulindele ukuthi ubhekane nobuthi be-ivy, i-oki, noma i-sumac. Lena akuyona imithi oyithatha ngokuqhubekayo njengevithamini yansuku zonke noma incwadi kadokotela yesikhathi eside.
Yifake ngaphambi komsebenzi ngamunye wangaphandle lapho ungahlangana nalezi zitshalo. Uma uchitha izinsuku eziningi ngaphandle, uzodinga ukuyifaka kabusha njengoba kuqondisiwe usuku ngalunye futhi ugeze ukufakwa kosuku olwedlule ngaphambi kokufaka i-lotion entsha.
Ukuvikelwa kuhlala cishe amahora ama-4 ngokufaka ngakunye ngaphansi kwezimo ezijwayelekile. Uzodinga ukuyifaka kabusha kaningi uma ujuluka kakhulu, ubhukuda, noma uma i-lotion isulwa izingubo noma imisebenzi.
I-Bentoquatam ivame ukubekezeleleka kahle ngemiphumela embalwa emibi ngoba isebenza njengomgoqo womzimba kunokuba imuncwe emzimbeni wakho. Abantu abaningi bangayisebenzisa ngaphandle kokuba nemiphumela emibi.
Imiphumela emibi evame kakhulu ongase uyibone ihlanganisa:
Le miphumela ivame ukuba mncane futhi yesikhashana. Ukuqubuka kwesikhumba kuvame ukunyama ngokushesha uma usigeza i-lotion.
Izimpawu ezingavamile kodwa ezingathi sína zingenzeka ngezikhathi ezithile, nakuba zingavamile ngalo muthi:
Uma uhlangabezana nanoma yiziphi izimpawu ezinzima noma eziqhubekayo, yeka ukusebenzisa umuthi futhi uthintane nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo ngokushesha.
Abantu abaningi bangasebenzisa i-bentoquatam ngokuphepha, kodwa abanye abantu kufanele bayigweme noma bayisebenzise ngokuqapha. Uma wazi ukuthi unokungezwani nezithako ezithile ekwakhekeni, akufanele usebenzise lo muthi.
Abantu abanesikhumba esizwelayo kakhulu noma umlando wokungezwani okukhulu nemikhiqizo yangaphandle kufanele baqale bahlole i-lotion endaweni encane. Faka inani elincane engalweni yakho yangaphakathi bese ulinda amahora angu-24 ukuze uhlole noma yikuphi ukusabela ngaphambi kokuyisebenzisa kabanzi.
Kufanele futhi ugweme ukusebenzisa i-bentoquatam esikhumbeni esilimele, esicasukile, noma esithelelekile. Umuthi usebenza kahle esikhumbeni esinempilo, esingashintshile futhi ungase ubangele ukucasuka okwengeziwe uma usetshenziswa ezindaweni ezilimele.
Abesifazane abakhulelwe nabancelisayo ngokuvamile bangasebenzisa i-bentoquatam ngokuphepha njengoba ingangeni egazini. Kodwa-ke, kuhlakaniphile ngaso sonke isikhathi ukuxoxa ngemithi emisha nodokotela wakho ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa noma ukuncelisa.
Igama lomkhiqizo elaziwa kakhulu le-bentoquatam yi-IvyBlock, etholakala kabanzi emakhemisi nasezitolo ezidayisa izinto zangaphandle. Lo mkhiqizo ubelokhu ungumkhiqizi oyinhloko wemikhiqizo ye-bentoquatam iminyaka eminingi.
Ungase futhi uthole izinguqulo ezivamile ze-bentoquatam noma izilinganiso zomkhiqizo wesitolo eziqukethe isithako esifanayo esisebenzayo. Le mikhiqizo isebenza ngempumelelo njengenguqulo yegama lomkhiqizo kodwa ingabiza kancane.
Lapho uthenga i-bentoquatam, funa imikhiqizo esho ngokucacile ukuthi iqukethe i-bentoquatam njengesithako esisebenzayo futhi ilebuliwe ngokuqondile ukuvimbela i-poison ivy, oak, kanye ne-sumac.
Uma i-bentoquatam ingatholakali noma ingasebenzi kahle kuwe, ezinye izindlela ezingasiza ekuvikeleni ukusabela kwe-poison ivy, oak, kanye ne-sumac. Lezi zinketho zisebenza ngezindlela ezihlukene kodwa zihlose umgomo ofanayo wokuvikela.
Okhrimu kanye nama-lotion avimbayo aqukethe izithako ezihlukene ezisebenzayo zihlanganisa:
Ezinye izindlela ezingezona zemithi zigxila ekuvikelweni komzimba kanye nemikhuba eqaphelayo. Imikhono emide, amabhulukwe, namagilavu ahlinzeka ngokuvikeleka okuhle uma usebenza ezindaweni ezinalezi zitshalo. Ukugeza isikhumba esiveziwe ngokushesha ngemva kokuthintana okungenzeka kungavimbela ukusabela uma kwenziwa kungakapheli amahora ambalwa.
Abanye abantu bathola impumelelo ngokuwasha ngaphambi kokuchayeka besebenzisa insipho yokugeza izitsha noma izihlanzi ezikhethekile ezenzelwe ukususa amafutha ezitshalo, nakuba lokhu kusebenza ngemva kokuchayeka kunokunikeza ukuvimbela.
I-Bentoquatam inikeza izinzuzo eziyingqayizivele uma iqhathaniswa nezinye izindlela zokuvimbela ngoba inikeza ukuvikelwa okusebenzayo kunokuncika kuphela ezithiyweni zomzimba noma ekwelashweni ngemva kokuchayeka. Ngokungafani nezingubo noma amagilavu, akukhawuli ukunyakaza kwakho noma kube ngaphandle kokunethezeka esimweni sezulu esishisayo.
Uma iqhathaniswa nokwelashwa ngemva kokuchayeka njenge-calamine lotion noma i-hydrocortisone cream, i-bentoquatam ivimbela ukusabela ukuthi kwenzeke kunokukwelapha ngemva kokuthi kwenzeke. Lokhu kuyenza ibaluleke ikakhulu kubantu abazwela kakhulu kulezi zitshalo noma ababhekana nokuchayeka njalo.
Umkhawulo omkhulu uma uqhathaniswa nezithiyo zomzimba njengezingubo ukuthi i-bentoquatam idinga ukusetshenziswa kabusha njalo emahoreni ambalwa futhi ingasuswa ngokujuluka noma amanzi. Izingubo ezivikelayo zinikeza ukuvikelwa okuhlala isikhathi eside kodwa kungenzeka kungasebenzi kuzo zonke izimo.
Ukukhetha kwakho okungcono kuncike ezidingweni zakho ezithile, ubude bemisebenzi yakho yangaphandle, nokuthi uzwela kangakanani kulezi zitshalo. Abantu abaningi bathola ukuthi ukuhlanganisa i-bentoquatam nezinye izindlela zokuvikela kubanika ukuvikelwa okuphelele kakhulu.
I-Bentoquatam ngokuvamile iphephile ezinganeni ezineminyaka engaphezu kwengu-6 ubudala uma isetshenziswa njengoba kuqondiswe. Umuthi awumuncwa ungene egazini, ngakho awubeki izingozi ezifanayo njengeminye imithi yomlomo.
Nokho, izingane ezincane zingase zithambekele ekutholeni i-lotion emehlweni azo noma emlonyeni ngengozi ngesikhathi sokusetshenziswa. Qaphela izingane eduze lapho usebenzisa i-bentoquatam futhi uzifundise ukuthi zingathinti ubuso bazo ngenkathi i-lotion isesikhumbeni sazo. Uma ungaqiniseki ngokuyisebenzisa enganeni yakho, xhumana nodokotela wezingane kuqala.
Ukusetshenziswa okuningi kakhulu kwe-bentoquatam ngokuvamile ngeke kubangele izinkinga ezinkulu njengoba ingangeni emzimbeni wakho. Kodwa-ke, ukusetshenziswa ngokweqile kungase kwandise ingozi yokucasuka kwesikhumba noma kushiye insali esindayo, engakhululekile esikhumbeni sakho.
Uma usebenzise okuningi kakhulu, ungasusa ngokucophelela okweqile ngendwangu emanzi ngaphambi kokuba yome ngokuphelele. Uma i-lotion isivele yome futhi ingakhululekile, ungasigeza ngensipho namanzi bese uphinda usebenzise ungqimba oluncane uma usadinga ukuvikelwa.
Njengoba i-bentoquatam isetshenziswa njengoba kudingeka ngaphambi kokuchayeka esikhundleni sokuhlelwa njalo, awukwazi ngempela "ukuphuthelwa umthamo" ngomqondo wendabuko. Uma ukhohlwe ukuyisebenzisa ngaphambi kokuya ngaphandle, yisebenzise ngokushesha nje lapho ukhumbula, uma nje ungakachayeki ku-poison ivy, oak, noma sumac okwamanje.
Uma usuvele uchayeke kulezi zitshalo, i-bentoquatam ngeke isize ekuvikeleni ukusabela okusuka ekuqaleni. Kulesi simo, gxila ekugezeni isikhumba esichayekile kahle ngensipho namanzi ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka ukuze ususe noma yimaphi amafutha ezitshalo angakangeni esikhumbeni sakho.
Ungayeka ukusebenzisa i-bentoquatam noma nini lapho ungasadingi ukuvikelwa ku-poison ivy, oak, noma sumac. Njengoba lo muthi usetshenziswa ngokwesimo kunokuba kube ukwelashwa kwesikhathi eside, abantu abaningi bawusebenzisa kuphela ngesikhathi semisebenzi ethile yangaphandle noma izinkathi lapho ukuchayeka kungenzeka.
Akunasidingo sokunciphisa kancane ukusetshenziswa kwakho noma ukukhathazeka ngokuyeka kungazelelwe. Vele ugeze noma iyiphi i-lotion esele ngensipho namanzi uma usuqedile ngemisebenzi yakho yangaphandle futhi ungasadingi ukuvikelwa.
Ngokuvamile, kufanele ugweme ukusebenzisa eminye imikhiqizo yendawo ngaphezu kwe-bentoquatam ngoba ingase iphazamise umgoqo owudalayo. Lokhu kuhlanganisa i-sunscreen, i-insect repellent, nezinye izinto zokuthambisa noma okhilimu.
Uma udinga ukusebenzisa ezinye izinto ezigcotshwayo, zisebenzise kuqala bese uziyeka zome ngokuphelele ngaphambi kokusebenzisa i-bentoquatam. Nokho, lokhu kunganciphisa ukusebenza kahle kwe-bentoquatam. Ukuze uthole ukuvikeleka okungcono kakhulu, cabangela ukusebenzisa izivikelo ezingokomzimba njengengubo kanye ne-bentoquatam kunokusebenzisa izinto eziningi ezigcotshwayo.
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