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I-Miltefosine iyimithi kadokotela elapha izifo ezingathi sína ze-parasitic, ikakhulukazi i-leishmaniasis. Le mithi edliwayo isebenza ngokuphazamisa amambrane eseli lama-parasites, ngempumelelo imise ikhono lawo lokusinda nokuzala emzimbeni wakho. Nakuba kungewona umuthi ozohlangana nawo njalo, i-miltefosine isebenza njengenketho ebalulekile yokwelapha lapho ezinye izindlela zokwelapha zingasebenzi noma zingafaneleki esimweni sakho esithile.
I-Miltefosine iyimithi elwa nama-parasitic eyingxenye yeqembu lezidakamizwa elibizwa ngokuthi ama-alkylphosphocholines. Ekuqaleni yathuthukiswa njengokwelapha umdlavuza kodwa yaba yimpumelelo enkulu ekulweni nama-parasites athile. Umuthi uza ngesimo se-capsule futhi uthathwa ngomlomo, okwenza kube lula kunezinye izindlela zokwelapha ezidinga imijovo noma ukuhlala esibhedlela.
Lo muthi uqondiswe ngqo emambraneni eseli lama-parasites, okubangela ukuthi awohloke futhi afe. Ngokungafani nama-antibiotics alwa namagciwane, i-miltefosine yakhelwe ukulwa nama-parasites ahlasele izicubu zomzimba wakho. Ithathwa njengomuthi okhethekile odinga ukuqashwa ngokucophelela ngumhlinzeki wakho wezempilo.
I-Miltefosine iphatha i-leishmaniasis, isifo se-parasitic esisabalaliswa ukulunywa yizintwala zesihlabathi. Lesi simo singathinta isikhumba sakho, ama-mucous membranes, noma izitho zangaphakathi ngokuya ngohlobo lwe-parasite olubandakanyekayo. Umuthi ubaluleke kakhulu ngoba ungaphandle izinhlobo ze-leishmaniasis ezingasabeli kahle kwezinye izindlela zokwelapha.
Udktela wakho angase akunikeze i-miltefosine uma une-visceral leishmaniasis, ethinta izitho zangaphakathi njengesibindi sakho nesinye. Iphinde isetshenziselwe i-cutaneous leishmaniasis, ebangela izilonda zesikhumba, kanye ne-mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, engathinta ikhala lakho, umlomo, nomphimbo. Umuthi ukhombise ukusebenza kahle ezinhlotsheni eziningana ezihlukene zamagciwane e-Leishmania.
Kwezinye izimo, odokotela bangase bacabange ukusebenzisa i-miltefosine kwezinye izifo ezingavamile ze-parasitic lapho ukwelashwa okujwayelekile kungasebenzi. Kodwa-ke, lokhu kusetshenziswa akuvamile futhi kungacutshungulwa kuphela ngemva kokuhlolwa ngokucophelela kwesimo sakho esithile kanye nomlando wezokwelapha.
I-Miltefosine isebenza ngokugxila emembaneni wamaseli wama-parasites, empeleni ibenze bawohloke. Umuthi uphazamisa izinqubo ezibalulekile zamaseli ama-parasites adinga ukuze asinde futhi azale. Lokhu kuyenza ibe umuthi oqinile olinganiselwe we-antiparasitic ongawahlambulula ngempumelelo ukutheleleka uma isetshenziswa ngendlela efanele.
Umithi uthatha isikhathi ukwakheka emzimbeni wakho futhi ufinyelele emazingeni asebenzayo ngokumelene nama-parasites. Uma isifinyelela emazingeni okwelapha, iyaqhubeka nokusebenza ngisho nangemva kokuthi uqede ukuyithatha, njengoba umuthi uhlala emzimbeni wakho amasonto amaningana. Lokhu kuba khona okweluliwe kusiza ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi ama-parasites aqedwa ngokuphelele emzimbeni wakho.
Ngokungafani nokwelashwa okuthile okunciphisa kuphela ukukhula kwama-parasite, i-miltefosine empeleni ibulala ama-parasites. Lokhu kuyenza isebenze ikakhulukazi ekwelapheni izifo ezisunguliwe esezivele zibangele izimpawu noma ukubandakanyeka kwezitho.
Thatha i-miltefosine ngendlela eqondile udokotela wakho ayiyalayo, ngokuvamile ngokudla ukusiza ukunciphisa isisu esibuhlungu. Umuthi ngokuvamile uthathwa kabili ngosuku, futhi ukudla ngaphambi kokuthatha umthamo wakho kusiza umzimba wakho ukuba umunce umuthi ngempumelelo. Zama ukuthatha imithamo yakho ngezikhathi ezifanayo nsuku zonke ukuze ugcine amazinga aqhubekayo emzimbeni wakho.
Ukuphuza i-miltefosine ngokudla okuqukethe amafutha kungathuthukisa ukumuncwa. Lokhu akusho ukuthi udinga ukudla okukhulu noma okunamafutha, kodwa ukuyithatha ngesidlo sasekuseni noma isidlo sakusihlwa kunokuba esiswini esingenalutho kusebenza kangcono. Uma uhlangabezana nesicanucanu, ukuthatha umuthi ngama-crackers noma isinkwa esosiwe kungasiza ukuzinzisa isisu sakho.
Gwinya amaphilisi wonke ngengilazi yamanzi egcwele. Ungagxobi, uhlafune, noma uvule amaphilisi, ngoba lokhu kungathinta indlela umuthi okhululwa ngayo emzimbeni wakho. Uma unenkinga yokugwinya amaphilisi, khuluma nodokotela wakho mayelana namaqhinga angasiza, kodwa ungalishintshi amaphilisi ngokwawo.
Kubalulekile ukuqeda lonke uhlelo lwakho lokwelashwa, ngisho noma uqala ukuzizwa ungcono. Ukuyeka ngaphambi kwesikhathi kungavumela izinambuzane ukuthi zisinde futhi zikwazi ukumelana nomuthi. Udokotela wakho uzoqoka isikhathi esiqondile esisekelwe ekuthelelekeni kwakho okuthile kanye nokuphendula ekwelashweni.
Uhlelo olujwayelekile lokwelashwa nge-miltefosine luthatha izinsuku ezingama-28, nakuba udokotela wakho angalilungisa lokhu ngokusekelwe ekuthelelekeni kwakho okuthile nokuphendula. Lesi sikhathi siqinisekisa ukuthi izinambuzane ziqedwa ngokuphelele ohlelweni lwakho, kuhlanganisa nanoma yiziphi ezingase zicashe ezicutshini lapho kunzima khona ukuzifinyelela.
Udokotela wakho uzoqapha ukuqhubeka kwakho ngesikhathi sokwelashwa futhi angase ayale ukuhlolwa kwegazi ukuze ahlolisise ukuthi umuthi usebenza kahle kangakanani. Kwezinye izimo, ukwelashwa kungase kwelulwe uma ukutheleleka kunenkani ikakhulukazi noma uma ungenamandla omzimba. Ungayeki ukuthatha i-miltefosine ngaphambi kwesikhathi, ngisho noma izimpawu zakho zithuthuka, ngoba lokhu kungaholela ekwehlulekeni kokwelashwa.
Ngemva kokuqeda ukwelashwa, udokotela wakho cishe uzohlela ama-aphoyintimenti okulandelayo ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi ukutheleleka kuqediwe ngokuphelele. Abanye abantu badinga ukuqapha okwengeziwe izinyanga eziningana ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi izinambuzane azibuyi.
Abantu abaningi abathatha i-miltefosine bahlangabezana nemiphumela emibi ethile, kodwa lezi zivame ukulawuleka futhi zithambekele ekuthuthukiseni njengoba ukwelashwa kuqhubeka. Ukuqonda ukuthi okulindelekile kungakusiza ukuthi uzizwe ulungiseleleke kakhulu futhi wazi ukuthi ungaxhumana nini nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo.
Imiphumela emibi ejwayelekile abantu abaningi abahlangabezana nayo ihlanganisa isicanucanu, ukuhlanza, kanye nohudo. Lezi zinkinga zokugaya ngokuvamile zenzeka ezinsukwini zokuqala zokwelashwa futhi zivame ukuthuthuka njengoba umzimba wakho ujwayela umuthi. Ukuthatha i-miltefosine nokudla kungasiza ukunciphisa lezi zimpawu kakhulu.
Nawa amiphumela emibi ebikwa kaningi ongase uyithole:
Lezi zimpawu zivame ukuba buthaka kuya phakathi nendawo futhi azidingi ukuyeka ukwelashwa. Kodwa-ke, ukuhlala unamanzi futhi udla ukudla okuncane, njalo kungakusiza ukuthi uzizwe ukhululekile.
Imiphumela emibi engathi sína ayivamile kodwa idinga ukunakekelwa kwezempilo ngokushesha. Lokhu kufaka phakathi izinkinga ezinzima zesibindi, ezingabangela ukuphuzi kwesikhumba sakho noma amehlo, umchamo omnyama, noma ubuhlungu obukhulu besisu. Izinkinga zezinso zingase zibangele izinguquko ekuchameni, ukuvuvukala ezinyaweni zakho noma emaqakaleni, noma ukukhathala okungavamile.
Imiphumela emibi engavamile kodwa engathi sína edinga ukunakekelwa kwezempilo ngokushesha ihlanganisa:
Uma uhlangabezana nanoma yiziphi zalezi zimpawu ezinzima, xhumana nodokotela wakho ngokushesha noma funa ukunakekelwa kwezimo eziphuthumayo. Abantu abaningi baqeda ukwelashwa ngempumelelo, kodwa ukuqapha lezi zinkinga ezingavamile kubalulekile ekuphepheni kwakho.
I-Miltefosine ayiphephile kuwo wonke umuntu, futhi izimo ezithile zezokwelapha noma izimo ziyenza ingafaneleki njengenketho yokwelashwa. Udokotela wakho uzobukeza ngokucophelela umlando wakho wezokwelapha ngaphambi kokukuyalela lo muthi ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi yikho okulungile kuwe.
Abesifazane abakhulelwe akufanele neze bathathe i-milte fosine ngoba ingabangela ukukhubazeka okukhulu kokuzalwa noma ukulahlekelwa ukukhulelwa. Uma ungumuntu wesifazane oseminyakeni yokuzala, udokotela wakho uzodinga ukuhlolwa kokukhulelwa okungalungile ngaphambi kokuqala ukwelashwa kanye nokuvimbela ukukhulelwa okuthembekile ngesikhathi sokwelashwa kanye nezinyanga eziningana ngemva kwalokho.
Abantu abanezimo ezithile zezokwelapha badinga ukucatshangelwa okukhethekile noma ukwelashwa okuhlukile. Isifo sesibindi esibi singenza i-miltefosine ibe yingozi ngoba umzimba wakho ungase ungakwazi ukucubungula umuthi kahle. Ngokufanayo, izinkinga ezinkulu zezinso zingathinta indlela umuthi okhishwa ngayo emzimbeni wakho.
Izimo ezingenza i-miltefosine ingafaneleki zihlanganisa:
Udokotela wakho uzocabangela iminyaka yakho, impilo yonke, neminye imithi oyithathayo. Abantu abadala bangase badinge ukulungiswa komthamo noma ukuqapha njalo ngenxa yezinguquko ezihlobene nobudala endleleni umzimba ocubungula ngayo imithi.
I-Miltefosine iyatholakala ngaphansi kwegama lomkhiqizo elithi Impavido e-United States. Le yindlela evame kakhulu ukunqunywa ngayo imithi futhi iza ngamandla ama-capsule ajwayelekile. Igama elivamile elithi miltefosine libhekisela esithakweni esisebenzayo esifanayo kungakhathaliseki igama lomkhiqizo.
Emazweni angaphandle, ungahlangabezana ne-miltefosine ngaphansi kwamagama omkhiqizo ahlukene, kodwa isithako esisebenzayo kanye nokulinganisa okujwayelekile kuhlala kufana. Njalo qiniseka ukuthi uthola imithi ekhemisi elinodumo, njengoba ikhwalithi nokuphepha kwemithi kuncike ekukhiqizweni nasekutheni okufanele.
Kukhona ezinye izindlela zokwelapha izifo ezibangelwa amagciwane, nakuba ukukhetha okungcono kuncike ohlotsheni lwakho oluthile lokutheleleka kanye nezimo zakho zezokwelapha. Udokotela wakho angase acabange lezi zinketho uma i-miltefosine ingakulungele noma uma ukutheleleka kwakho kungasabeli ekwelashweni.
Ukuze uthole i-leishmaniasis, ukwelashwa kwendabuko kufaka phakathi izinhlanganisela ze-antimony ezinikezwa ngomjovo, nakuba lokhu kuvame ukudinga ukulaliswa esibhedlela futhi kungaba nemiphumela emibi. I-Amphotericin B enye inketho, ikakhulukazi ezimweni ezinzima, kodwa futhi idinga ukuphathwa ngomthambo futhi iqashwe ngokucophelela.
Ezinye izindlela udokotela wakho angazicabangela zihlanganisa:
Ukukhetha ukwelashwa okunye kuncike ezintweni ezinjengamagciwane athintekayo, ubunzima bokutheleleka kwakho, impilo yakho yonke, nokuthi ngabe uzame ezinye izindlela zokwelapha ngaphambili. Udokotela wakho uzosebenza nawe ukuthola inketho efanele kakhulu isimo sakho.
I-Miltefosine ne-amphotericin B ngamunye unamathuba ahlukene, okwenza ukukhetha "okungcono" kuncike esimweni sakho esithile nezidingo zezokwelapha. I-Miltefosine inikeza inzuzo enkulu yokuthathwa ngomlomo ekhaya, kuyilapho i-amphotericin B idinga ukufakwa ngomthambo esibhedlela.
Kubantu abaningi, ukulula kwe-miltefosine nokuphathwa ngomlomo kuyenza ibe yindlela ekhangayo yomugqa wokuqala. Ungaqhubeka nemisebenzi yakho yansuku zonke ngenkathi uthatha ukwelashwa, futhi imiphumela emibi, ngenkathi ingakhululekile, ivamise ukulawuleka. Umuthi ukhombise ukusebenza kahle kakhulu ezinhlotsheni eziningi ze-leishmaniasis.
I-Amphotericin B, nokho, ingase idingeke ezifweni ezinzima noma lapho i-miltefosine ingasebenzi. Ibaluleke kakhulu ku-leishmaniasis ye-visceral esongela impilo lapho ukwelashwa okusheshayo kubalulekile. Umuthi udinga ukulaliswa esibhedlela kodwa uvumela ukuqapha ngokushesha nokungenelela uma kuvela izinkinga.
Udokotela wakho uzocabangela izinto ezinjengobunzima besifo sakho, impilo yakho yonke, kanye nekhono lakho lokubekezelela imithi yomlomo lapho ukhetha phakathi kwalezi zinketho. Abanye abantu bangase bathole ngisho nokwelashwa kokubili ngokulandelana uma isifo sabo sinzima kakhulu ukusilapha.
I-Miltefosine idinga ukucatshangelwa ngokucophelela kubantu abanokugula kwezinso, njengoba umuthi ungase ukwazi ukuthinta ukusebenza kwezinso. Uma unezinkinga eziphansi zezinso, udokotela wakho angase akwazi ukukuyala i-miltefosine kodwa uzoqapha ukusebenza kwezinso zakho eduze ngesikhathi sokwelashwa.
Abantu abanokugula kwezinso okunzima noma ukwehluleka kwezinso ngokuvamile abakwazi ukuthatha i-miltefosine ngokuphepha. Umuthi nemikhiqizo yawo emibi ikhishwa ngezinso, futhi ukusebenza kwezinso okungahambisani kahle kungaholela ekwakhekeni okuyingozi komuthi ohlelweni lwakho. Udokotela wakho uzohlola ukusebenza kwezinso zakho ngezivivinyo zegazi ngaphambi kokuqala ukwelashwa.
Uma unezinkinga zezinso, xoxa ngazo zonke izinketho zakho nodokotela wakho. Ukwelashwa okuhlukile kungase kuphephe futhi kufaneleke kakhulu esimweni sakho, kuqinisekisa ukuthi uthola ukwelashwa okuphumelelayo ngaphandle kokubeka engozini ukulimala okwengeziwe kwezinso.
Uma ngengozi uthatha i-miltefosine eningi kunaleyo ebekiwe, xhumana nodokotela wakho noma isikhungo sokulawula ubuthi ngokushesha, ngisho noma uzizwa ulungile. Ukuthatha okuningi kungandisa ingozi yakho yemiphumela emibi, ikakhulukazi ethinta isibindi sakho, izinso, noma uhlelo lokugaya ukudla.
Ungalindi ukuthi izimpawu zivele ngaphambi kokufuna usizo. Ukweqisa kwe-Miltefosine kungabangela isicanucanu esibi, ukuhlanza, isifo sohudo, nemiphumela engaba yingozi emithanjeni yakho. Ukungenelela kwasekuqaleni kungavimbela noma kunciphise lezi zinkinga.
Uma ushayela ucingo ukuze uthole usizo, yiba nebhodlela lakho lemithi elitholakalayo ukuze ukwazi ukunikeza imininingwane eqondile mayelana nokuthi uthathe malini nokuthi nini. Lokhu kusiza abahlinzeki bezempilo ukuthi banqume inkambo engcono kakhulu yesenzo esimweni sakho esithile.
Uma uphuthelwa umthamo we-miltefosine, yithathe ngokushesha lapho ukhumbula, ngaphandle uma sekuyisikhathi somthamo wakho olandelayo ohleliwe. Kulokho, weqa umthamo ophuthelwe bese uqhubeka neshejuli yakho ejwayelekile. Ungalokothi uthathe imithamo emibili ngesikhathi esisodwa ukuze ulungise umthamo ophuthelwe.
Zama ukugcina isikhathi esiqhubekayo ngemithamo yakho ukuze ugcine amazinga aqhubekayo emithi ohlelweni lwakho. Ukusetha izikhumbuzi zocingo noma ukusebenzisa umhleli wamaphilisi kungakusiza ukuthi ukhumbule imithamo yakho. Uma uvame ukukhohlwa imithamo, khuluma nodokotela wakho ngamasu okuthuthukisa ukunamathela kwakho emithini.
Ukuphuthelwa imithamo ngezikhathi ezithile ngokuvamile akuyona ingozi, kodwa ukuphuthelwa imithamo eminingi kunganciphisa ukusebenza kokwelashwa kwakho. Uma uphuthelwe imithamo eminingana, xhumana nodokotela wakho ukuze uxoxe ukuthi ngabe kukhona yini ukulungiswa okudingekayo ohlelweni lwakho lokwelashwa.
Misa ukuthatha i-miltefosine kuphela uma udokotela wakho ekutshela ukuthi wenze njalo, ngisho noma uzizwa ungcono ngokuphelele. Ukwelashwa okuphelele kuyadingeka ukuqinisekisa ukuthi zonke izilwanyana ezincane ziqediwe emzimbeni wakho. Ukuyeka ngaphambi kwesikhathi kungavumela izilwanyana ezincane ezisindile ukuthi ziphindaphinde, okungenzeka kubangele ukuthi ukutheleleka kwakho kubuye.
Udokotela wakho uzoqaphela ukuthi kuliphi ithuba eliphephile lokuyeka ngokusekelwe ekuphenduleni kwakho ekwelashweni kanye nokuhlolwa okulandelayo. Abanye abantu badinga ukuhlolwa kwegazi noma okunye ukuqapha ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukutheleleka kuqediwe ngokuphelele ngaphambi kokuyeka imithi.
Uma uhlangabezana nemiphumela emibi kakhulu okwenza kube nzima ukuqhubeka nokwelashwa, khuluma nodokotela wakho mayelana namasu okuphatha kunokuyeka ngokwakho. Ngezinye izikhathi ukulungisa isikhathi semithamo noma ukwengeza imithi esekelayo kungakusiza ukuthi uqedele inkambo yakho yokwelashwa ngempumelelo.
Kungcono ukugwema utshwala ngenkathi uthatha i-miltefosine, njengoba womabili umuthi notshwala kungathinta isibindi sakho. Ukuhlanganisa kungase kwandise ingozi yakho yezinkinga zesibindi futhi kungase kubhebhethekise imiphumela emibi efana nesicanucanu nokungahambi kahle kwesisu.
Utshwala bungaphazamisa ikhono lomzimba wakho lokulwa nokutheleleka kwe-parasitic futhi kunganciphisa ukusebenza kokwelashwa kwakho. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuphuza utshwala uma usuvele uzizwa ungaphilile ngenxa yemiphumela emibi yemithi kungakwenza uzizwe ubi kakhulu.
Uma unemibuzo mayelana nokusetshenziswa kotshwala ngesikhathi sokwelashwa, xoxa ngalokhu nodokotela wakho. Bangakunikeza iseluleko esiqondene nawe ngokusekelwe empilweni yakho yonke, ubukhulu bokutheleleka kwakho, nokuthi ukuyeka kahle kangakanani imithi.
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