Ukuqonda umngcipheko womhlaza wakho

Izinto ezinobungozi bomhlaza obucocekileyo zizinto ezonyusa ithuba lokuba ufumane umhlaza wolusu. Eminye yemingcipheko onokuyilawula, njengokuselwa kotywala, ukutya, kunye nokutyeba kakhulu. Ezinye, ezinje ngembali yosapho, awukwazi ukuzilawula.

Eyona miba mngcipheko onayo, kokukhona umngcipheko uyanda. Kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba uyakufumana umhlaza. Abantu abaninzi abanomngcipheko abaze bafumane umhlaza. Abanye abantu bafumana umhlaza ongathandabuzekiyo kodwa abanazo naziphi na izinto eziyingozi.

Funda ngomngcipheko wakho kwaye ngawaphi amanyathelo onokuwathatha ukuthintela umhlaza wecolorectal cancer.

Asazi ukuba yintoni ebangela umhlaza ongathandabuzekiyo, kodwa siyazazi ezinye zezinto ezinokunyusa umngcipheko wokuwufumana, njenge:

• Ubudala. Umngcipheko wakho ukwanda emva kweminyaka engama-50
• Unayo i-colon polyps okanye i-colorectal cancer
• Unesifo sesibindi sokuvuvukala (IBD), njenge-ulcerative colitis okanye isifo se-Crohn
• Imbali yosapho yomhlaza obomvu okanye iipolyps kubazali, ootatomkhulu, abantakwabo, okanye abantwana
• Utshintsho lweGene (utshintsho) kuhlobo oluthile (kunqabile)
• Ama-Afrika aseMelika okanye ama-Ashkenazi amaYuda (abantu abavela kwimvelaphi yamaJuda aseMpuma Yurophu)
• Uhlobo lwe-2 yeswekile
• Ukutya okuphezulu kubomvu kunye nenyama egqityiweyo
• Ukungasebenzi komzimba
• Ukutyeba kakhulu
• Ukutshaya
• Ukusetyenziswa kotywala kakhulu

Ezinye izinto ezinobungozi kulawulo lwakho, kwaye ezinye azikho. Uninzi lwezinto ezinobungozi apha ngasentla, ezinje ngobudala kunye nembali yosapho, azinakutshintshwa. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba unemingcipheko ongakwaziyo ukuyilawula akuthethi ukuba awukwazi ukuthatha amanyathelo okunciphisa umngcipheko.

Qala ngokufumana uhlalutyo lomhlaza ocacileyo (colonoscopy) kubudala beminyaka engama-40 ukuya kwengama-50 kuxhomekeke kubungozi. Unokufuna ukuqala ukukhangela ngaphambili ukuba unembali yosapho. Uvavanyo lunokunceda ukuthintela umhlaza wecolorectal cancer, kwaye yenye yezona zinto zibalaseleyo onokuzenza ukunciphisa umngcipheko.

Iindlela ezithile zokuphila zinokunceda ukunciphisa umngcipheko:

• Gcina ubunzima obusempilweni
• Yitya ukutya okunamafutha asezantsi kunye nemifuno kunye neziqhamo
• Nciphisa inyama ebomvu kunye nenyama esele yenziwe
• Yenza umthambo rhoqo
• Nciphisa utywala ungagqithi kwisiselo esinye ngemini kubafazi kunye neziselo ezi-2 ngosuku ngamadoda
• Musa ukutshaya
• Ukongezwa ngevithamini D (thetha nomboneleli wakho wokuqala wezempilo)

Unako kwakhona ukuvavanywa kofuzo olwenziwe ukuvavanya umngcipheko wakho womhlaza. Ukuba unembali yosapho eyomeleleyo yesi sifo, thetha nomboneleli wakho malunga nokuvavanywa.

I-aspirin yedosi ephantsi inokucetyiswa kwabanye abantu abasemngciphekweni omkhulu wokuba nomhlaza obomvu ofumaneka kuvavanyo lwemfuzo. Akucetyiswa kubantu abaninzi ngenxa yeziphumo ebezingalindelekanga.

Fowunela umnikezeli wakho ukuba:

• Unemibuzo okanye inkxalabo malunga nomngcipheko wakho womhlaza
• Ngaba banomdla kuvavanyo lwemfuza kumngcipheko womhlaza
• Ifanelekile kuvavanyo lokujonga

Umhlaza wekolon - uthintelo; Ukuvavanywa komhlaza wamathumbu

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Kwiwebhusayithi yeZiko loMhlaza weSizwe. Uthintelo lomhlaza ongalunganga (PDQ) -uhlobo lobungcali kwezempilo. www.cancer.gov/types/colorectal/hp/colorectal- uthintelo-pdq. Ukuhlaziywa ngoFebruwari 28, 2020. Ifikeleleke ngo-Okthobha 6, 2020.

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