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Umxholo

• Yintoni uhlaselo lwesifuba?
• 1. Hlala nkqo nkqo
• 2. Hlala uzolile
• 3. Qiniseka ukuphefumla kwakho
• 4. Shenxela kude kwizinto ezibangela
• 5. Tsalela umnxeba ku-911
• Iimpawu zokuhlaselwa sisifo sombefu
• Uthintelo
• Umgca wezantsi

Yintoni uhlaselo lwesifuba?

Isifo sombefu sisifo esinganyangekiyo esichaphazela imiphunga. Ngexesha lokuhlaselwa sisifo sombefu, iindlela zomoya ziyancipha kunesiqhelo kwaye kunokubangela ubunzima bokuphefumla.

Ubungqongqo bokuhlaselwa sisifo sombefu bunokuthamba ukusuka kubumnene ukuya kokubi kakhulu. Olunye uhlaselo lwesifo sombefu lunokufuna unyango olukhawulezileyo.

Indlela ekhethiweyo yokunyanga ukuhlaselwa yi-asthma kukusebenzisa i-inhaler yokuhlangula, equlathe amayeza andisa iindlela zakho zomoya.

Kodwa kuthekani ukuba uhlaselwa sisifuba kwaye awunayo i-inhaler yakho yokuhlangula? Zininzi izinto onokuzenza ngelixa ulinde ukuba iimpawu zakho zithothe okanye ziye kunyango. Funda ukuze ufunde ngakumbi.

1. Hlala nkqo nkqo

Ukuhlala nkqo kunokunceda ukugcina umoya wakho uvulekile. Qiniseka ukuthintela ukulala phantsi ngelixa uhlaselwa sisifo sombefu, njengoko oku kunokwenza iimpawu zibe mandundu.

2. Hlala uzolile

Zama ukuhlala uzolile kangangoko unako ngelixa uhlaselwa sisifuba. Uloyiko kunye noxinzelelo kunokwenza mandundu iimpawu zakho.

Ngelixa ulinde ukuba iimpawu zakho zinciphe okanye kufike unyango, kunokuba luncedo ukuvula iTV okanye ukudlala umculo ukukunceda uhlale uzolile.

3. Qiniseka ukuphefumla kwakho

Zama ukuthatha kancinci, kunye nokuphefumla ngexesha lokuhlaselwa kwakho.

Ukongeza, ezinye iindlela zokuphefumla zinokunceda ekunciphiseni iimpawu zesifuba. Eminye imizekelo ibandakanya:

• indlela yokuphefumla kaButeyko, ebandakanya ukuphefumla kancinci ngeempumlo ngokuchasene nomlomo wakho
• indlela yePapworth, equka ukusebenzisa uvalo kunye nempumlo ukuphefumla ngendlela ethile
• iindlela zokuphefumla zeyoga, ezinokubandakanya ukuphefumla okunzulu okanye ulawulo lokuma komzimba

Uphengululo luka-2013 lwezifundo lufumanise ukuba kwezinye iimeko, iindlela zokuphefumla zinxulunyaniswa nokuphuculwa kweempawu zesifuba.

4. Shenxela kude kwizinto ezibangela

Ubukho besifo se-asthma abuzukubangela uhlaselo kuphela, banokwenza ukuba iimpawu zakho zibe mandundu. Qiniseka ukuba uzama ukubaleka kwizinto ezinokubangela uhlaselo lwakho lwesifuba.

Umzekelo, ukuba ukwindawo apho abantu batshaya imidiza, kuya kufuneka uhambe ngokukhawuleza.

Kukwabalulekile ukwazi oonobangela bakho. Iziphumo eziqhelekileyo zibandakanya:

• i-allergener, enje ngesilwanyana sasekhaya, umungu, okanye ukutya okuthile
• umthambo
• Izicaphukisi, ezinje ngomsi wecuba okanye ungcoliseko
• uxinzelelo okanye uxinzelelo
• amanye amayeza, anje nge-aspirin, ibuprofen, okanye i-beta-blockers
• izifo zokuphefumula, ezinjengokubanda okuqhelekileyo, umkhuhlane, okanye i-mycoplasma
• ukuphefumla umoya obandayo, owomileyo

5. Tsalela umnxeba ku-911

Kufuneka uhlale uqinisekile ngokufuna unyango olukhawulezileyo ukuba ufumana ezinye zeempawu zilandelayo ngexesha lokuhlaselwa sisifo sombefu:

• iimpawu zakho ziyaqhubeka zisiba mbi nasemva konyango
• awukwazi ukuthetha ngaphandle kwamagama amafutshane okanye amabinzana
• uxinisa izihlunu zesifuba kumzamo wokuphefumla
• ukuphefumla okufutshane okanye ukuvuthisa ngamandla, ingakumbi kusasa okanye ebusuku
• uqala ukuziva ukozela okanye ukudinwa
• imilebe okanye ubuso bakho bubonakala buhlaza okwesibhakabhaka xa ungakhohleli

Iimpawu zokuhlaselwa sisifo sombefu

Iimpawu ezibonisa ukuba unokufumana uhlaselo lwesifuba kubandakanya:

• ukuphefumla kakhulu
• ukuqina okanye iintlungu esifubeni sakho
• ukukhohlela okanye ukuvuthisa
• ukukhawuleza kwentliziyo
• asezantsi kunenqaku eliqhelekileyo lokuhamba kwenqanaba, ukuba usebenzisa imitha yokuhamba okuphezulu

Uthintelo

Eyona ndlela yokuthintela uhlaselo lwesifuba kukuqinisekisa ukuba isifo sakho sombefu siphantsi kolawulo. Abantu abane-asthma basebenzisa iintlobo ezimbini zonyango:

• Ixesha elide. Oku kubandakanya amayeza owathathayo yonke imihla ukulawula ukukrala komoya kunye nokuthintela uhlaselo lwesifuba. La mayeza angabandakanya i-corticosteroids kunye ne-leukotriene modifiers.
• Uncedo olukhawulezileyo. Olu lonyango lokuhlangula oluthathayo ukukhulula ixeshana elifutshane lweempawu zesifuba. La mayeza abhekiswa kuwo njengebronchodilators kwaye asebenze ukuvula iindlela zakho zomoya.

Kuya kufuneka uphinde usebenze nogqirha wakho ukwenza isicwangciso somntu esinesifo sombefu. Oku kunokukunceda ukuba uqonde ngcono kwaye ulawule i-asthma yakho. Isicwangciso sokusebenza sesifuba sibandakanya:

• isifo sakho se-asthma kunye nendlela yokuziphepha
• njani kwaye nini ukuthatha amayeza akho, zombini kulawulo lweempawu kunye nokukhululeka ngokukhawuleza
• izikhombisi zexesha apho ulawula khona i-asthma yakho kakuhle kwaye xa ufuna uncedo lwengxamiseko

Usapho lwakho kunye nabo basondeleyo kuwe kufuneka babe nekopi yesicwangciso somsebenzi wakho wesifuba ukuze bazi ukuba mabenze ntoni xa uhlaselwa sisifuba. Ukongeza, kunokuba luncedo ukuyigcina kwifowuni yakho nokuba kunokwenzeka ukuba ubhekise kuyo ngokukhawuleza.

Umgca wezantsi

Ukuba uhlaselwa sisifuba kwaye awunayo i-inhaler yakho yokuhlangula, kukho izinto ezininzi onokuzenza, ezinje ngokuhlala nkqo, ukuhlala uzolile, kunye nokuphefumla kwakho.

Kubalulekile ukuba ukhumbule ukuba uhlaselo lwesifo sombefu lunokuba lukhulu kakhulu kwaye lufuna unyango olukhawulezileyo. Ukuba ufumana iimpawu zokuhlaselwa sisifuba esibi, njengokuphefumla ngamandla, ukuvutha ngamandla, okanye ukuthetha nzima, kuya kufuneka ubize i-911.