I-COPD: Yeyiphi iminyaka yobudala ekufuneka uyenzile ngayo?

Umxholo

• Ubudala bokuqala
• Iimpawu zeCOPD
• I-COPD kunye nokutshaya
• Eminye imingcipheko yomntu ngamnye
• Yise kude

Isiseko seCOPD

Isifo esinganyangekiyo semiphunga (COPD) sisifo semiphunga esibangela ukuvalwa kwomoya. Ezona zibonakaliso zixhaphakileyo zeCOPD zii-bronchitis ezingapheliyo kunye ne-emphysema.

I-COPD ngoyena nobangela wesithathu uqhelekileyo wokufa kwabantu eMelika.

Ngokungafani nezinye iintlobo zesifo semiphunga, i-COPD ixhaphake kakhulu kubantu abadala. Sisifo esiqhubela phambili esithatha iminyaka eliqela ukukhula.Okukhona unemingcipheko ethile ye-COPD, kokukhona kunokwenzeka ukuba ube nesi sifo njengomntu omdala.

Ubudala bokuqala

I-COPD yenzeka rhoqo kubantu abadala kwaye inokuchaphazela nabantu abakwiminyaka ephakathi. Akuqhelekanga kubantu abadala.

Xa abantu bebancinci, imiphunga yabo isekwimeko esempilweni ngokubanzi. Kuthatha iminyaka eliqela ukuphuhlisa i-COPD.

Uninzi lwabantu luneminyaka engama-40 ubudala xa kuvela iimpawu zeCOPD. Akunakwenzeka ukuphuhlisa i-COPD njengomntu osemdala, kodwa kunqabile.

Kukho iimeko ezithile zemfuza, ezinje nge-alpha-1 antitrypsin defence, enokuthi ibeke abantu abancinci phambili ekuphuhliseni i-COPD. Ukuba uhlakulela iimpawu zeCOPD esemncinci kakhulu, ngokuqhelekileyo phantsi kweminyaka engama-40 ubudala, ugqirha wakho unokukhenketha le meko.

Ukuqhubela phambili kwesi sifo kunokwahluka kancinci, ke kubaluleke ngakumbi ukuba kugxile kwiimpawu zeCOPD ezinokubakho kunokuba kuphela kubudala obunokuthi usifumane.

Iimpawu zeCOPD

Kuya kufuneka ubone ugqirha wakho ukuba ubonakalisa nayiphi na kwezi mpawu zilandelayo zeCOPD:

• ubunzima bokuphefumla
• ukuphefumla okufutshane ngexesha lemisebenzi elula
• ukungakwazi ukwenza imisebenzi esisiseko ngenxa yokuphefumla okufutshane
• Ukukhohlela rhoqo
• ukukhohlela umchamo, ngakumbi kusasa
• ukuvutha
• iintlungu esifubeni xa uzama ukuphefumla

I-COPD kunye nokutshaya

I-COPD ixhaphake kakhulu kubantu abatshayayo nabangatshayi. Ngapha koko, ukutshaya kubandakanya ii-COPD ezinxulumene nokufa, ngokutsho kwamaZiko oLawulo lweNtsholongwane kunye noThintelo (CDC).

Ukutshaya akulunganga kuwo wonke umzimba, kodwa kuyingozi ngakumbi kwimiphunga.

Ayisiyiyo kuphela enokubangela ukudumba kwemiphunga, kodwa ukutshaya kutshabalalisa nengxowa encinci yomoya emiphungeni, ebizwa ngokuba yialveoli. Ukutshaya yeyona nto iphambili emngciphekweni womhlaza wemiphunga.

Nje ukuba lo monakalo wenziwe, awunakubuyiselwa umva. Ngokuqhubeka nokutshaya, uya kwandisa umngcipheko wokuphuhlisa i-COPD. Ukuba sele unayo i-COPD, ukutshaya kwandisa umngcipheko wokufa ngaphambi kwexesha.

Eminye imingcipheko yomntu ngamnye

Nangona kunjalo, ayingabo bonke abantu abaneCOPD abadlulileyo okanye abatshayayo ngoku. Kuqikelelwa ukuba nge-COPD khange utshaye.

Kwiimeko ezinjalo, i-COPD inokubangelwa kwezinye izinto ezinobungozi, kubandakanya ukubonakaliswa kwexesha elide kwezinye izinto ezinokucaphukisa kunye nokwenzakalisa imiphunga. Oku kubandakanya:

• abantu abatshayayo
• ukumoshwa komoya
• imichiza
• uthuli

Nokuba siyintoni na esona sizathu se-COPD, ihlala ithatha isixa esikhulu sokuvezwa kwentshabalalo enkulu kwimiphunga.

Kungenxa yoko le nto usenokungawuboni umonakalo de kube lixesha. Ukuba ne-asthma kunye nokuvezwa kwezi zinto zikhankanywe apha ngasentla nako kunokunyusa umngcipheko.

Ukuba utyhileka nakweyiphi na kwezi zinto zicaphukisayo rhoqo, kungcono ukuba unciphise ukubekeka kwakho kangangoko unako.

Yise kude

I-COPD ixhaphake kakhulu kubantu abadala kunye nabadala, kodwa ayisiyiyo inxalenye eqhelekileyo yokuguga. Ukuba ucinga ukuba uneempawu zeCOPD, kuya kufuneka ufumane unyango kwangoko.

Unyango olukhawulezileyo lunokucothisa ukuqhubela phambili kwesi sifo kunye nokunceda ukuthintela iingxaki. Ukuyeka ukutshaya kunciphisa ukuqhubela phambili kwesi sifo ngokunjalo. Ukuba uyatshaya, thetha nogqirha wakho malunga nokufumana uncedo ngokuyeka.