Ukuhlaselwa sisifo sombefu: Wazi umngcipheko wakho

Umxholo

• Ngaba unokufa ngenxa yokuhlaselwa sisifo sombefu?
• Zithini iimpawu zokuhlaselwa sisifuba?
• Yazi imiqondiso elumkisayo
• Ukuqinisekisa ukuba ufumana uncedo olufunayo
• Imiba yomngcipheko wokuhlaselwa sisifo sombefu
• Iingxaki ezivela kwi-asthma
• Uthintelo lokuhlaselwa sisifuba
• Ukuncamathela kwisicwangciso sakho sentshukumo sombefu
• Ukuphepha izinto zakho ezibangela
• Ukubeka iliso kwimeko yakho
• Imbonakalo
• Umgca wezantsi

Ngaba unokufa ngenxa yokuhlaselwa sisifo sombefu?

Abantu abane-asthma ngamanye amaxesha banokuhlaselwa sisifuba. Xa oku kusenzeka, iindlela zabo zomoya ziyavutha kwaye zinciphise, zisenza kube nzima ukuphefumla.

Uhlaselo lwesifo sombefu lunokuba nobuzaza kwaye lunokubulala. Ngexesha lokuhlaselwa sisifo sombefu akunakufumana oksijini yaneleyo kwimiphunga yakho kwaye unokuyeka nokuphefumla.

Ukufumana unyango olufanelekileyo lokuhlaselwa sisifuba kubalulekile. Kungenxa yoko le nto kubaluleke kakhulu ukulandela isicwangciso somsebenzi se-asthma osenze kunye nogqirha wakho kunye nokufuna unyango olungxamisekileyo xa kukho imfuneko.

Funda ukuze ufunde ngakumbi malunga nokuhlaselwa sisifo sombefu, ukuba ufune nini ukhathalelo olungxamisekileyo, kunye nemingcipheko enxulumene nokufa kwesifuba.

Zithini iimpawu zokuhlaselwa sisifuba?

Iimpawu zokuhlaselwa sisifo sombefu zinokubandakanya:

• ukukhohlela okanye ukuvuthisa
• ukuqhawukelwa ngumphefumlo
• unengxaki yokuphefumla
• uvakalelo oluqinileyo esifubeni sakho

Ukuhlaselwa sisifo sombefu kunokuhlala nje imizuzwana embalwa kwaye kuphendulwe amayeza okuhlangula. Nangona kunjalo, ukuhlaselwa yi-asthma okuphakathi okanye okunzima kunokuhlala ixesha elide kwaye, kwezinye iimeko, ungaphenduli kumayeza okuhlangula.

Kuya kufuneka ufune uncedo kwangoko ukuba unazo naziphi na kwezi mpawu:

• ukuphefumla okanye ukuphefumla okunzima okanye okuba mandundu ngokukhawuleza
• ukuphefumla kancinci kubi kakhulu unokuthetha ngamagama amafutshane
• ukuxina nzima ukuze uphefumle
• imilebe okanye iinzipho ezijika umbala ongwevu okanye luhlaza
• akukho mpawu emva kokusebenzisa i-inhaler yakho yokuhlangula

Yazi imiqondiso elumkisayo

Ukuqonda iimpawu zokulumkisa ukuba isifo sombefu sinokuza kunokukunceda ukuba ubize uncedo ngokukhawuleza ukuba luyenzeka. Ezinye zeempawu zokulumkisa ekufuneka uzijongile zibandakanya:

• Iimpawu zesifo sombefu eziye zenzeka rhoqo okanye eziphazamisa imisebenzi yakho yemihla ngemihla
• Ukufuna ukusebenzisa i-inhaler yakho yokuhlangula rhoqo
• ukuba neempawu ezikugcina ebusuku

Ukuqinisekisa ukuba ufumana uncedo olufunayo

Qinisekisa ukuba usapho lwakho, abahlobo, kunye nabo basondeleyo kuwe bayazi ukuba mabenze ntoni xa uhlaselwa. Gcina ikopi yamayeza kunye noqhagamshelwano olungxamisekileyo, kubandakanya nogqirha wakho, kwifowuni yakho ukuze ukwazi ukuyibonisa abanye abanokukunceda ngexesha uhlaselwa.

Ukuba isifo sakho sombefu siqatha, unokucinga ngokufumana isongo se-ID yonyango esinokwazisa abaphenduli bokuqala kwimeko yakho. Ukongeza, kukho iifowuni zokusebenza ezikhoyo ezinokukunceda kunye nogqirha wakho ujonge iimpawu zakho.

Imiba yomngcipheko wokuhlaselwa sisifo sombefu

Eminye yemingcipheko yokufa ngenxa yesifo sombefu ibandakanya:

• Isifuba esingalawulekiyo okanye ukungathobeli isicwangciso sonyango sombefu
• ukuhlaselwa sisifuba kwangaphambili okanye ukulaliswa esibhedlele ngenxa yesifuba
• ukusebenza kakubi kwemiphunga, njengoko kulinganiswa kukuhamba okuphezulu kokuphuma (PEF) okanye ivolumu yokuphefumla enyanzelekileyo (FEV1)
• ukufakwa kumatshini wokuphefumla wesifuba ngaphambili

Amanye amaqela anobungozi bokufa ngenxa yesifuba:

• Ngokwe-World Health Organisation (), uninzi lokufa okunxulumene nesifo sombefu lwenzeka kumazwe anengeniso esezantsi okanye esezantsi.
• Baninzi abantu ababhinqileyo ababulawa sisifo sombefu, ngokweZiko loLawulo lweZifo noThintelo ().
• Ukusweleka kwesifo sombefu kunyuka ngokuya kukhula, ngokweedatha ezivela kuMbutho weLung Lung American.
• Abantu base-Afrika baseMelika banamathuba amabini okanye amathathu okusweleka okubangelwa sisifo sombefu kunolunye uhlanga okanye amaqela ezizwe, ngokutsho kwe.

Iingxaki ezivela kwi-asthma

Ngaphandle kokubulala, kukho ezinye iingxaki ezinokubakho ngenxa yesifuba. Oku kunokubandakanya:

• Iimpawu eziphazamisa imisebenzi yakho yemihla ngemihla okanye izinto ozithandayo
• ukwanda kokungabikho esikolweni okanye emsebenzini
• Ukunciphisa ngokusisigxina iindlela zakho zomoya, ezinokuchaphazela indlela ophefumla ngayo
• iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga ezivela kumayeza obuwasebenzisa ukulawula isifuba sakho
• ukutyelela ngokuphindaphindiweyo ugqirha wakho okanye kwigumbi likaxakeka
• iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga, ezinje ngoxinzelelo

Uthintelo lokuhlaselwa sisifuba

Amanyathelo othintelo anokukunceda uphephe uhlaselo lwesifuba. Eminye yemizekelo yezenzo zokuthintela onokuzithatha zibandakanya:

Ukuncamathela kwisicwangciso sakho sentshukumo sombefu

Sebenza nogqirha wakho ukuphuhlisa isicwangciso somsebenzi esenzelwe wena ukunceda ukugcina isifuba sakho siphantsi kolawulo. Isicwangciso sakho siza kubandakanya izinto ezinje ngokuthatha amayeza akho e-asthma, nini ukunyusa unyango lwakho, nini ukubona ugqirha wakho, kunye nokuba wenzeni ukuba unesifo se-asthma.

Yenza ikopi yesicwangciso somsebenzi wakho sombefu ukuze siqwalaselwe. Unokugcina ifoto yesicwangciso sakho kwifowuni. Ngumbono olungileyo ukwabelana ngolu lwazi nosapho kunye nabantu obathandayo ukuze bazi ukuba mabenze ntoni xa uhlaselwa. Ukuba ugula kakhulu ukuba ungazenzela izigqibo zonyango, kufuneka bazi ukuba bakunike uncedo lwezonyango ngokukhawuleza.

Ukuphepha izinto zakho ezibangela

Ukuhlaselwa sisifo sombefu kunokubangelwa zizinto ezininzi. Izinto ezibangela isifuba ziyahluka ngomntu kumntu, ke kubalulekile ukuba wazi ukuba yeyiphi eyakho. Ezinye izinto eziqhelekileyo zibandakanya:

• i-allergener, njenge-pollen, i-mold okanye i-pet dander
• ukumoshwa komoya
• abantu abatshayayo
• imozulu ebandayo
• umthambo
• Izicaphukisi, ezinjengothuli, iziqholo, okanye umsi wemichiza
• izifo zokuphefumla, ezinjengomkhuhlane okanye umkhuhlane

Ukubeka iliso kwimeko yakho

Qiniseka ukuba unamaxesha aqhelekileyo okuqeshwa nogqirha wakho ukuphonononga imeko yakho. Ukuba uqaphela utshintsho kwiimpawu zakho ezimalunga noko, qiniseka ukuba uthethe nogqirha wakho ngako. Ngamanye amaxesha, unyango lwakho okanye isicwangciso sokusebenza se-asthma sinokufuna ukuhlaziywa.

Imbonakalo

Kuqikelelwa ukuba abantu basweleka ngaphambi kwexesha ngenxa yesifuba emhlabeni wonke unyaka nonyaka. Ukongeza, i-CDC iqikelela ukuba malunga nase-United States babulawa sisifuba mihla le.

Idatha ikwabonisa ukuba ukubulawa sisifo sombefu kunokuphakama kwiinyanga ezibandayo zonyaka. Oku kukholelwa ukuba kungenxa yomoya obandayo okanye izifo zokuphefumla zamaxesha athile ezibangela uhlaselo lwesifuba.

Uninzi lokusweleka kwisifo sombefu lunokuphetshwa ngonyango olululo kunye namanyathelo othintelo. Ukongeza, ukuqinisekisa ukuba abantu abane-asthma bayakwazi ukuqaphela iimpawu zesifo se-asthma, ukuthatha amayeza abo ngokufanelekileyo, kwaye bafune unyango olungxamisekileyo xa kukho imfuneko banokuhamba indlela ende ekuthinteleni ukusweleka kwisifuba.

Umgca wezantsi

Uhlaselo lwesifo sombefu lunokubulala. Uhlaselo olubi lwe-asthma lunokuthintela ekufumaneni ioksijini eyaneleyo kwimiphunga yakho kwaye lunokuyekisa nokuphefumla kwakho. Ukuba ufumana iimpawu zokuhlaselwa sisifuba, kufuneka ufune unyango olukhawulezileyo.

Ukusebenza kunye nogqirha wakho, unokuza nesicwangciso sokusebenza se-asthma. Ngokulandela ngononophelo esi sicwangciso, ukubeka esweni iimpawu zakho, kunye nokuthintela isifo sakho se-asthma, unokunceda ukunciphisa amathuba akho okuhlaselwa sisifo sombefu.