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I-Peramivir iyikhambi elilwa namagciwane elinikezwa ngomugqa we-IV (intravenous) ukwelapha izifo ezinzima zomkhuhlane. Ingaphansi kohlu lwemithi ebizwa ngokuthi ama-neuraminidase inhibitors asebenza ngokuvimbela igciwane lomkhuhlane ukuthi lingasakazeki emzimbeni wakho.
Lo muthi onamandla ngokuvamile ugcinelwa iziguli ezibhedlela ezinokuhlushwa okukhulu komkhuhlane noma labo abangakwazi ukuthatha imithi elwa namagciwane ngomlomo. Udokotela wakho angase ancome i-peramivir uma udinga ukwelashwa okusheshayo ukusiza umzimba wakho ukuthi ulwe nokutheleleka komkhuhlane okubambekayo.
I-Peramivir iphatha umkhuhlane ongenakubangelwa ezinganeni nakubantu abadala abaneminyaka engu-2 nangaphezulu. Yenzelwe ngqo iziguli ebezinezimpawu zomkhuhlane zingaphezu kwamahora angama-48, ngoba yilapho ukwelashwa ngama-antiviral kusebenza kahle khona.
Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizocabangela i-peramivir uma ubhekene nezimpawu ezinzima zomkhuhlane ezidinga ukulaliswa esibhedlela. Lokhu kungabandakanya umkhuhlane omkhulu, ubunzima bokuphefumula, ukushoda kwamanzi emzimbeni okukhulu, noma izinkinga ezenza kube nzima ukuthi uthathe imithi ngomlomo.
Lo muthi usetshenziselwa neziguli ezingakwazi ukuthatha eminye imithi yomkhuhlane ngomlomo ngenxa yokuhlanza noma izinkinga zokugaya ukudla. Kwezinye izimo, odokotela bangase bayinikeze iziguli eziyingozi enkulu ezingase zithuthukise izinkinga ezinzima zomkhuhlane.
I-Peramivir isebenza ngokugxila ku-enzyme ethile ebizwa ngokuthi i-neuraminidase edingwa yigciwane lomkhuhlane ukuthi lisakazeke emzimbeni wakho wonke. Cabanga ngayo njengokuvimbela ikhono legciwane lokusuka kweseli elilodwa liye kwelinye, ngokuyisisekelo ukulibamba endaweni.
Lokhu kuthathwa njengomuthi onamandla olwa namagciwane ngoba ulethwa ngqo emsingeni wakho nge-IV. Le ndlela ivumela umuthi ukuthi ufinyelele amazinga okuphulukisa ngokushesha futhi udlule noma yiziphi izinkinga zokumuncwa ezingase zenzeke ngemithi yomlomo.
Umuthi awuwelaphi umkhuhlane ngokushesha, kodwa ungasiza ukunciphisa ubukhulu nobude bezimpawu zakho. Uma unikezwe emahoreni okuqala angama-48 ngemuva kokuqala kwezimpawu, i-peramivir ingasiza amasosha akho omzimba ukuthi anqobe igciwane ngempumelelo.
I-Peramivir inikezwa kuphela esibhedlela noma endaweni yezokwelapha ngabasebenzi bezempilo abaqeqeshiwe ngomugqa we-IV. Ngeke uthathe lo muthi ekhaya, njengoba udinga ukuqashwa ngokucophelela nokuqondiswa okufanele kwezokwelapha.
Umthamo ovamile unikezwa njengokufakwa okukodwa ngemizuzu eyi-15 kuya kwengama-30. Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizobala inani eliqondile ngokususelwa esisindweni sakho, ubudala, kanye nokusebenza kwezinso. Iziguli eziningi zithola umthamo owodwa nje, yize ezinye zingadinga ukwelashwa okwengeziwe ngokuya ngesimo sazo.
Akudingeki ukhathazeke ngokuthatha lo muthi nokudla ngoba ungena ngqo emgudwini wakho wegazi. Kodwa-ke, ukuhlala unamanzi ngaphambi nangemuva kokwelashwa kungasiza umzimba wakho ukuthi usebenzise umuthi ngempumelelo.
Ngesikhathi sokufakwa, abasebenzi bezokwelapha bazokuqapha nganoma yiziphi izindlela eziphendulayo ngokushesha. Indawo ye-IV izobhekwa njalo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umuthi ugeleza kahle futhi akukho ukucasuka endaweni yokujova.
Iziguli eziningi zithola i-peramivir njengokwelashwa komthamo owodwa. Ngokungafani nemithi yomlomo yomkhuhlane ongase uyithathe izinsuku eziningana, lo muthi we-IV uvame ukunikezwa kanye ngesikhathi sokuhlala kwakho esibhedlela.
Udokotela wakho uzoqaphela ukuthi ngabe udinga imithamo eyengeziwe ngokuya ngendlela osabela ngayo ekwelashweni kokuqala. Ezinye iziguli ezinokutheleleka okukhulu noma amasosha omzimba abuthaka zingathola umthamo wesibili, kodwa lokhu kuhlaziywa ngesisekelo ngasinye.
Ngemuva kokuthola i-peramivir, uzoqhubeka nokubhekwa ukuze kubonakale ukuthi ngabe izimpawu zakho zomkhuhlane ziyathuthuka yini. Umuthi uqala ukusebenza ngokushesha, kodwa ungase ungazizwa ungcono kakhulu amahora angama-24 kuya kwangama-48 njengoba umzimba wakho uqala ukunqoba lesi sifo.
Njengayo yonke imithi, i-peramivir ingabangela imiphumela emibi, nakuba abantu abaningi bengatholi zinkinga eziningi noma bengatholi lutho. Imiphumela emibi evame kakhulu ngokuvamile imnene futhi ingalawuleka ngokunakekelwa kahle kwezokwelapha.
Nansi imiphumela emibi ongase uyithole, futhi kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi ithimba lakho lezokwelapha likubhekisisa:
Le miphumela emibi ejwayelekile ngokuvamile iyazixazulula yona njengoba umuthi usuka emzimbeni wakho. Ithimba lakho lezempilo linganikeza izindlela zokunethezeka uma ngabe yiziphi lezi zimpawu ziba yizithiyo.
Imiphumela emibi engathi sína ayivamile kodwa idinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha. Lezi zimphendulo ezingavamile zihlanganisa izimpendulo ezinzima zokungezwani komzimba, izinguquko ezinkulu ekusebenzeni kwezinso, noma izimpawu ezingavamile ze-neurological njengokudideka noma ukucabanga.
Ezinye iziguli zingase zibe nemiphumela emibi yesikhumba, nakuba lokhu kungavamile kakhulu. Ithimba lakho lezokwelapha lizobheka noma yiziphi izimpawu zokuxebuka kwesikhumba okukhulu, ukuvuvukala, noma ukuqubuka okubanzi okungase kubonise ukusabela okukhulu komzimba.
I-Peramivir ayifanele wonke umuntu, futhi udokotela wakho uzobuyekeza ngokucophelela umlando wakho wezokwelapha ngaphambi kokuncoma lokhu kwelashwa. Okukhathaza kakhulu abantu abake baba nokusabela komzimba ku-peramivir noma imithi efanayo yokulwa namagciwane esikhathini esidlule.
Iziguli ezinokugula okukhulu kwezinso zingase zidinge ukulungiswa komthamo noma zingase zingafaneleki kule mithi. Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizohlola ukusebenza kwezinso zakho ngokuhlola igazi ngaphambi kokunikeza i-peramivir.
Izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka emi-2 ubudala akufanele zithole i-peramivir, njengoba ukuphepha nokusebenza kahle kungakahlolwa kuleli qembu leminyaka. Kwabesifazane abakhulelwe noma abancelisa, isinqumo sidinga ukucatshangelwa ngokucophelela kwezinzuzo uma kuqhathaniswa nezingozi ezingaba khona.
Abantu abanezifo ezithile zesimiso somzimba sokuzivikela noma labo abathatha imithi ethile bangase badinge ukuqashwa okukhethekile noma ukwelashwa okuhlukile. Udokotela wakho uzoxoxa ngalezi zinto nawe ngokusekelwe emlandweni wakho wezempilo.
I-Peramivir itholakala ngaphansi kwegama lomkhiqizo elithi Rapivab e-United States. Leli igama lomkhiqizo elaziwa kakhulu ozohlangana nalo ezindaweni zasezibhedlela.
Emazweni angaphandle, i-peramivir ingase itholakale ngaphansi kwamagama ahlukene omkhiqizo, kodwa isithako esisebenzayo nokusebenza kahle kuhlala kufana. Ithimba lakho lezempilo lizoqinisekisa ukuthi uthola ifomula efanele ngaphandle kokuthi igama lomkhiqizo elisetshenziswayo.
Eminye imithi eminingi yokulwa namagciwane ingelapha umkhuhlane, yize isebenza ngendlela ehlukile kune-peramivir. Ezinye izindlela ezivamile zihlanganisa i-oseltamivir (Tamiflu), ethathwa ngomlomo, ne-zanamivir (Relenza), ekhuthazwayo.
I-Baloxavir marboxil (Xofluza) enye inketho yomlomo esebenza ngendlela ehlukile kune-peramivir. Udokotela wakho angase akhethe enye yalezi ezinye izindlela uma ungathatha imithi yomlomo noma uma isimo sakho singadingi ukwelashwa nge-IV.
Ukukhetha phakathi kwale mithi kuncike ezintweni ezifana nekhono lakho lokugwinya amaphilisi, ubukhulu bezimpawu zakho, nesimo sakho sempilo esiphelele. Ngamunye unokuzuzisa kwawo nokucatshangelwa okuzoxoxwa ngakho nethimba lakho lezempilo.
I-Peramivir ne-Tamiflu (oseltamivir) zombili ziyizindlela zokwelapha umkhuhlane ezisebenzayo, kodwa zisetshenziswa ezimweni ezingafani kunokuthi enye ibe ngcono kunenye. Ukukhetha kuncike ezidingweni zakho zezokwelapha kanye nezimo.
I-Peramivir inikeza inzuzo yokuthi inikezwa nge-IV, okusho ukuthi isebenza ngokushesha futhi ilungele iziguli ezingakwazi ukugcina imithi yomlomo ngenxa yesicanucanu esibi noma ukuhlanza. Iphinde ithandwe ezigulini ezibhedlela ezidinga ukulethwa kwemithi ngokushesha, okuthembekile.
I-Tamiflu, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ingathathwa ekhaya futhi ilungele iziguli ezinemikhuhlane emincane noma ephakathi nendawo. Iphinde yahlolwa kabanzi ezigulini ezithile, okuhlanganisa abesifazane abakhulelwe kanye nezingane ezincane.
Udokotela wakho uzokhetha umuthi ofanele kakhulu isimo sakho, ecabangela izinto ezinjengobunzima bezimpawu, ikhono lakho lokuthatha imithi yomlomo, nokuthi ngabe udinga ukulaliswa esibhedlela.
I-Peramivir ngokuvamile iphephile kubantu abanesifo sikashukela, kodwa ithimba lakho lezempilo lizokuqapha eduze ngesikhathi sokwelashwa. Umkhuhlane ngokwawo ungenza ukulawula ushukela wegazi kube yinselelo enkulu, ngakho-ke ukuphatha isifo sikashukela sakho ngenkathi ulwa nokutheleleka kudinga ukunaka okucophelelayo.
Ithimba lakho lezokwelapha lizohlola amazinga akho kashukela wegazi njalo ngesikhathi sokuhlala kwakho esibhedlela futhi lilungise imithi yakho yesifo sikashukela uma kudingeka. Ukucindezeleka kokugula kanye neminye imithi kungathinta ushukela wegazi, ngakho-ke lokhu kuqapha kuyingxenye ejwayelekile yokunakekelwa kwakho.
Njengoba i-peramivir inikezwa endaweni yesibhedlela, abasebenzi bezokwelapha bazotholakala ngokushesha uma une-allergic reaction. Izimpawu zokusabela komzimba zihlanganisa ubunzima bokuphefumula, ukuvuvukala kobuso bakho noma umphimbo, ukuqubuka okukhulu, noma ukuqina kwesifuba.
Ithimba lakho lezempilo liqeqeshwe ukubona nokwelapha ngokushesha ukusabela komzimba okungalungile. Bazoyeka ukufakwa ngokushesha futhi banikeze ukwelashwa okufanele, okungase kuhlanganise ama-antihistamines, ama-steroids, noma eminye imithi yokulwa nokusabela.
Njengoba i-peramivir ivamise ukunikezwa njengomthamo owodwa endaweni yasesibhedlela, ukuqa umthamo akuyona into okufanele ikukhathaze. Ithimba lakho lezempilo lilawula isikhathi nokuphathwa kwalo muthi njengengxenye yokunakekelwa kwakho esibhedlela.
Uma ngasizathu simbe umthamo wakho ohleliwe ulibala, ithimba lakho lezokwelapha lizothola isikhathi esingcono kakhulu sokuphatha ngokusekelwe ekutheni izimpawu zakho zomkhuhlane zaqala nini kanye nesimo sakho samanje.
Iziguli eziningi zithola i-peramivir njengokwelashwa okukodwa, ngakho-ke akukho imithi eqhubekayo okufanele iyeke. Umthamo owodwa uqhubeka usebenza ohlelweni lwakho izinsuku eziningana ngemuva kokuphathwa.
Udokotela wakho uzoqapha ukululama kwakho futhi anqume ukuthi ngabe kudingeka yini okunye ukwelashwa kwe-antiviral. Uma ukhishwe esibhedlela, ngokuvamile ngeke udinge ukuqhubeka nanoma yimiphi imithi ethile ye-antiviral ngaphandle kokuthi udokotela wakho enze okunye.
Yebo, ngokuvamile ungaqhubeka nokuthatha eminye imithi edingekayo ngenkathi uthola i-peramivir, kodwa ithimba lakho lezempilo lizobuyekeza yonke imithi yakho ukuze liqinisekise ukuthi akukho ukusebenzisana okuyinkinga. Lokhu kufaka phakathi imithi kadokotela, imithi etholakala ngaphandle kwe-oda, kanye nezithasiselo.
Ithimba lakho lezokwelapha lizoxhumanisa yonke imithi yakho ukuze liqinisekise ukuthi isebenza kahle ndawonye futhi ayiphazamisi ukululama kwakho. Bazophinda baqinisekise ukuthi noma yimaphi ama-pain relievers noma eminye imithi yokunethezeka iphephile ukuyisebenzisa kanye ne-peramivir.
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