Ngaba umntu osempilweni angafa ngumkhuhlane?

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Ngaba ngokwenene ungabulawa ngumkhuhlane ukuba usempilweni? Ngelishwa, njengoko ityala langoku elibuhlungu libonisa, impendulo nguewe.

UKyle Baughman, umakhi womzimba oneminyaka engama-21 ubudala wasePennsylvania, wayesempilweni ngenye indlela xa wayenomkhuhlane, kubika isikhululo seendaba sasekhaya iWXPI. Oko kwaqala njengempumlo engenacala, ukukhwehlela, kunye nomkhuhlane ngoDisemba 23 kwamfaka kwi-ER kwiintsuku ezine kamva-ekhohlela ngokunyuka kunye nomkhuhlane okhulayo. Emva kosuku, u-Baughman wasweleka ngenxa yokusilela kwamalungu kunye nokothuka kwe-septic okubangelwa ngumkhuhlane. (Idibeneyo: Ngaba yi-Flu, i-Cold, okanye i-Allergies ye-Winter?)

Ukusweleka ngenxa yeengxaki zomkhuhlane kwenzeka rhoqo kunokuba ucinga. Ngokutsho koqikelelo olutsha oluvela kumaZiko oLawulo noKhuseleko lweZifo, minyaka le ukuya kuthi ga kwi-650,000 yabantu kwihlabathi liphela bayasweleka ngenxa yokuphefumla komkhuhlane. Ngelixa uninzi lokufa kusenzeka phakathi kwabantu abadala okanye iintsana kunye nabantu abakumazwe ahluphekayo, ukusweleka komntu oneminyaka engama-21 ubudala osempilweni akaziwa, utshilo uDarria Long Gillespie, MD, ugqirha we-ER kunye nentloko yesicwangciso sezonyango Ukwabelana nabanye. "Kukho ukufa kwabantu abasempilweni rhoqo ngonyaka, kwaye ngumzekelo obalulekileyo wokuba intsholongwane yomkhuhlane inokuba buhlungu kwaye ibulale njani."

Okwangoku, iimeko ezinje ayisosizathu sokwethuka xa ukhohlela. "Awudingi ukukhawuleza uye kwi-ER xa usiva umqondiso wokuqala wefiva okanye umzimba," utshilo uPeter Shearer, MD, umlawuli weSebe lezongxamiseko kwiSibhedlele iMount Sinai eNew York. "Kodwa ukuba iimpawu zakho okanye umkhuhlane uya usiba mbi, kuya kufuneka uhlolwe." Ukuba uqala ukuba neempawu zentsholongwane umkhuhlane.Kubalulekile ukuba ufumane oko kwangethuba, kwiiyure zokuqala ezingama-48, utshilo uGqirha Shearer.

Into efanelekileyo ongayenza ukukhusela iingxaki ezinzulu kumkhuhlane kukufumana umkhuhlane wakho. Ewe, isitofu sokugonya siyahluka ngokusebenza unyaka nonyaka, kodwa usasayidinga. (Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uqikelelo lwe-CDC luqikelela ukuba isitofu sokugonya sika-2017 simalunga neepesenti ezingama-39 ezisebenzayo, ezingasebenzi kakuhle kunakwiminyaka edlulileyo ngenxa yentsholongwane egonyayo ejikelezayo kulo nyaka. Yenza umkhuhlane wakho udutyulwe!)

"Nangona isitofu sokugonya somkhuhlane singasebenzi ngeepesenti ezili-100, sinciphisa kakhulu amathuba okufa kunye neengxaki," utshilo uGqr Gillespie. "Uphando lubonisa ukuba phakathi kwabantu ababulawa ngumkhuhlane, naphi na ukusuka kwi-75 ukuya kwi-95 ekhulwini kubo abazange bagonywe. Isitofu sokugonya sisixhobo esibalulekileyo ekukhuseleni sonke kumkhuhlane kunye neengxaki zawo."

Oko kwathiwa, isitofu sokugonya kusenokwenzeka ukuba asikhange sikuthintele oku kufa kulusizi. "Nokuba umntu wenza yonke into ngokufanelekileyo, uhlobo lwentsholongwane yomkhuhlane kukuba inokubangela iingxaki ezinzima, ezibulalayo, ekungekho mntu unokuzibona kwangaphambili okanye azithintele," kusho uGqr Gillespie.

Ukuba uyawubamba umkhuhlane, eyona nto ibalulekileyo onokuyenza kukuphumla, utshilo uGqirha Gillespie. “Iingxaki zomkhuhlane ziqatha kakhulu kulo nyaka, kwaye umzimba wakho kufuneka uphumle, hayi irhafu ngokwawo,” utshilo. Okwesibini, hlala ekhaya. UGqr. Shearer uthi: “Uluntu lonke kufuneka lukhathalelane xa kukho uqhambuko olufana nolu. Ngamanye amagama, biza abagulayo. Nokuba ucinga wena Ungadlula kuyo, umntu oyidlulisileyo intsholongwane usenokungakwazi.

Uninzi lwabantu luya kuziva lungcono bebodwa ngokuphumla okuninzi, ulwelo kunye namayeza okukhohlela, utshilo uGqirha Gillespie. "Ukuba unezigulo ezingapheliyo ezifana nesifuba, i-COPD, okanye ezinye iimeko ezingapheliyo, unokufuna ukuthetha nogqirha wakho malunga namayeza antiviral. Ukuba ufumana ukuphefumla okufutshane, ukudideka, ukuxhuzula, okanye ukonqena okanye ukudideka, ke khangela unyango ER.

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