Oonobangela kunye neengozi zezifo zentliziyo

Umxholo

• Zithini izizathu zesifo sentliziyo?
• Zeziphi izinto ezinobungozi besifo sentliziyo?
• Ukukhetha impilo engafanelekanga
• Qhagamshela phakathi kwesifo sentliziyo kunye nohlobo lwesibini seswekile
• Uxinzelelo kunye nesifo sentliziyo
• Ukuthatha

Yintoni isifo sentliziyo?

Isifo sentliziyo ngamanye amaxesha sibizwa ngokuba sisifo sentliziyo (i-CHD). Kukufa phakathi kwabantu abadala eUnited States. Ukufunda malunga noonobangela kunye nomngcipheko wesifo kunokukunceda uphephe iingxaki zentliziyo.

Zithini izizathu zesifo sentliziyo?

Isifo sentliziyo senzeka xa i-plaque ikhula kwimithambo kunye nemithambo yegazi ekhokelela entliziyweni. Oku kuthintela izakha mzimba kunye neoksijini ekufikeleleni entliziyweni yakho.

I-Plaque yinto enetyhefu eyenziwe ngecholesterol, iimolekyuli ezinamanqatha kunye neeminerali. Iplaque iqokelela ekuhambeni kwexesha xa ulwelo lwangaphakathi lwemithambo lonakaliswe luxinzelelo lwegazi, ukutshaya icuba, okanye i-cholesterol okanye i-triglycerides.

Zeziphi izinto ezinobungozi besifo sentliziyo?

Imiba emininzi yomngcipheko idlala indima ebalulekileyo ekuqinisekiseni ukuba ngaba awunakho ukukhula isifo sentliziyo. Ezimbini zezi zinto, ubudala kunye nelifa, azikho kulawulo lwakho.

Umngcipheko wesifo sentliziyo malunga neminyaka engama-55 kwabasetyhini kunye nama-45 kumadoda. Umngcipheko wakho unokuba mkhulu ukuba unamalungu osapho asondeleyo anembali yesifo sentliziyo.

Eminye imingcipheko yesifo sentliziyo ibandakanya:

• ukutyeba kakhulu
• Ukunganyangeki kwi-insulin okanye isifo seswekile
• cholesterol ephezulu kunye noxinzelelo lwegazi
• Imbali yosapho yesifo sentliziyo
• ukungasebenzi emzimbeni
• ukutshaya
• ukutya ukutya okungenampilo
• uxinzelelo lwezonyango

Ukukhetha impilo engafanelekanga

Nangona izinto zofuzo zinokunyusa umngcipheko wokuba nesifo sentliziyo, ukhetho olungelulo kwimpilo yakho ludlala indima enkulu.

Olunye ukhetho lokuphila olungenampilo olunokuthi lube negalelo kwisifo sentliziyo lubandakanya:

• Ukuphila ubomi bokuhlala phantsi nokungafumani umthambo ngokwaneleyo
• ukutya ukutya okungenampilo okuphezulu kwiiproteni ezinamafutha, ukutya okunamafutha, ukutya okuneswekile, kunye nesodium
• ukutshaya
• ukusela kakhulu
• ukuhlala kwindawo yoxinzelelo oluphezulu ngaphandle kweendlela ezifanelekileyo zokulawula uxinzelelo
• ukungasilawuli isifo seswekile

Qhagamshela phakathi kwesifo sentliziyo kunye nohlobo lwesibini seswekile

IZiko leSizwe leSwekile kunye neDigestive kunye neZifo zeZintso liqikelela ukuba abantu abanesifo seswekile sesi-2 - ngakumbi abo bafikelele kubudala obuphakathi- banamathuba aphindwe kabini okuba babe nesifo sentliziyo okanye bafumane ukubethwa sisifo njengabantu abangenaso isifo seswekile.

Abantu abadala abanesifo seswekile bahlala behlaselwa sisifo sentliziyo besebancinci. Banethuba lokuhlaselwa ziintliziyo ezininzi ukuba banokumelana ne-insulin okanye amanqanaba aphezulu eglucose.

Isizathu soku ubudlelwane phakathi kweswekile kunye nempilo yenqanawa yegazi.

Amanqanaba aphezulu eswekile yegazi angalawulwayo anokunyusa inani lamacwecwe elenza ngaphakathi kweendonga zemithambo yegazi. Oku kuthintela okanye kumise ukuhamba kwegazi kuye entliziyweni.

Ukuba unesifo seswekile, ungawunciphisa umngcipheko wesifo sentliziyo ngokulawula iswekile yegazi ngononophelo. Landela ukutya okuhambelana neswekile okutyebileyo kwifayibha kunye neswekile ephantsi, amanqatha, kunye nee-carbohydrate ezilula. Ukulawula amanqanaba eswekile yegazi kunokunceda thintela wehlisa umngcipheko wesifo samehlo kunye neengxaki zokujikeleza.

Kuya kufuneka ugcine ubunzima obusempilweni. Kwaye ukuba uyatshaya, ngoku lixesha elifanelekileyo lokuba ucinge ngokuyeka.

Uxinzelelo kunye nesifo sentliziyo

Olunye uphononongo lubonakalisile ukuba abantu abanedepression baba nesifo sentliziyo kumazinga aphezulu kunabantu ngokubanzi.

Ukudakumba kungakhokelela kutshintsho oluninzi emzimbeni wakho olunokwandisa umngcipheko wokuba nesifo sentliziyo okanye isifo sentliziyo. Uxinzelelo oluninzi, ukuhlala uziva ulusizi, okanye zombini zinokubakhounako nyusa uxinzelelo lwegazi.

Ukongeza, uxinzelelo lonyusa amanqanaba akho ezinto ezibizwa ngokuba yi-C-reactive protein (CRP). I-CRP luphawu lokudumba emzimbeni. Amanqanaba aphezulu aphezulu e-CRP abonakalisiwe ukuqikelela isifo sentliziyo.

Uxinzelelounako kukhokelela ekwehleni komdla kwimisebenzi yemihla ngemihla. Oku kubandakanya iindlela zemihla ngemihla ezinje ngemithambo eyimfuneko ukunceda ukuthintela isifo sentliziyo. Ezinye iindlela zokuziphatha ezingenampilo zinokulandela, ezinje:

• ukutsiba amayeza
• ukungabeki mgudu ekutyeni ukutya okusempilweni
• ukusela utywala kakhulu
• ukutshaya icuba

Thetha nogqirha wakho ukuba ukrokrela ukuba unoxinzelelo. Uncedo lobuchwephesha lunokubuyisela kwindlela eya kwimpilo entle kwaye lunokunciphisa ukubakho kweengxaki eziphindaphindayo.

Ukuthatha

Isifo sentliziyo siyingozi, kodwa sinokuthintelwa kwiimeko ezininzi. Wonke umntu uya kuxhamla ngokugcina indlela yokuphila esempilweni, kodwa kubaluleke ngakumbi kwabo banomngcipheko owandileyo.

Thintela isifo sentliziyo ngokwenza oku kulandelayo:

• Zilolonge rhoqo.
• Gcina ukutya okusempilweni.
• Gcina ubunzima obusempilweni.
• Nciphisa uxinzelelo ebomini bakho.
• Yeka ukutshaya.
• Sela ngokumodareyitha.
• Fumana iimviwo zonyaka ezivela kugqirha wakho ukuze ubone ukungaqhelekanga kunye nokuvavanya imeko yomngcipheko.
• Thatha izongezo, njengoko kucetyiswa ngugqirha wakho.
• Yazi imiqondiso yesilumkiso sesifo sentliziyo, isifo sentliziyo kunye nokufa icala.

Ukuphila ngendlela esempilweni yenye yezona ndlela zisebenzayo unokuthintela isifo sentliziyo, isifo sentliziyo kunye nokubetha. Yenza isifo sentliziyo sibe yinto ephambili, nokuba ukwiminyaka yama-20 okanye engama-60.