Isifo seArtery Carotid

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Imithambo yakho ye-carotid yimithambo yegazi emikhulu entanyeni yakho. Banikezela ngengqondo kunye nentloko yakho ngegazi. Ukuba unesifo semithambo se-carotid, imithambo iba mxinwa okanye ivaleke, ngesiqhelo kungenxa ye-atherosclerosis. I-atherosclerosis sisakhiwo esenziwe ngamanqatha, icholesterol, ikhalsiyam nezinye izinto ezifumaneka egazini.

Isifo semithambo seCarotid sinobuzaza kuba sinokuthintela ukuhamba kwegazi liye kwingqondo yakho, sibangele ukubetha. Ipleyiti eninzi kumthambo inokubangela ukuvaleka. Unako kwakhona ukuba nokuvaleka xa iqhekeza lepleyiti okanye iqokobhe legazi liqhekeka eludongeni lwemithambo. I-plaque okanye iqweqwe linokuhamba ngokuhamba kwegazi kwaye linamathele komnye wemithambo yengqondo yakho emincinci.

Isifo somthambo weCarotid kaninzi asibangeli zimpawu kude kube kuthintelwe okanye ukuncipha kube nzima. Olunye uphawu lunokuba yintsimbi (isandi esilumkileyo) esiviwa ngugqirha xa umamele umthambo wakho ngestethoscope. Olunye uphawu kukuhlaselwa kweschemic okwethutyana (TIA), "mini-stroke." I-TIA ifana nokubetha, kodwa ihlala kuphela imizuzu embalwa, kwaye iimpawu zihlala ziphela ngaphakathi kweyure. Stroke ngomnye umqondiso.

Ukuhlola iimvavanyo kunokuqinisekisa ukuba unesifo somthambo we-carotid.

Unyango lunokubandakanya

• Utshintsho kwindlela yokuphila
• Amayeza
• I-Carotid endarterectomy, utyando lokususa i-plaque
• I-Angioplasty, inkqubo yokubeka ibhaluni kunye nokuqina kumthambo ukuze uyivule kwaye uyibambe ivule

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