Isifo seCeliac 101

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Yintoni

Abantu abanesifo se-celiac (esaziwa nangokuthi yi-celiac sprue) abakwazi ukunyamezela i-gluten, iprotheyini efumaneka kwingqolowa, irye nerhasi. IGluten ikwamanye amayeza. Xa abantu abanesifo se-celiac besitya ukutya okanye basebenzise iimveliso ezine-gluten kuzo, amajoni omzimba aphendula ngokonakalisa ulusu lwamathumbu amancinci. Lo monakalo uphazamisa amandla omzimba okufunxa izondlo ekutyeni. Ngenxa yoko, umntu onesifo se-celiac ungondleki, kungakhathaliseki ukuba ukutya okungakanani.

Ngubani osemngciphekweni?

Isifo seCeliac sihamba kwiintsapho. Ngamanye amaxesha isifo siqala-okanye sisebenze okokuqala-emva kotyando, ukukhulelwa, ukuzala, usulelo lwentsholongwane, okanye uxinzelelo olunzima lweemvakalelo.

Iimpawu

Isifo seCeliac sichaphazela abantu ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo. Iimpawu zinokuthi zivele kwinkqubo yokwetyisa okanye kwamanye amalungu omzimba. Umzekelo, umntu omnye unokuba norhudo kunye neentlungu zesisu, ngelixa omnye unokucaphuka okanye adandatheke. Abanye abantu abanazimpawu.

Kuba ukungondleki kuchaphazela amalungu amaninzi omzimba, ifuthe lesifo se-celiac lihamba ngaphaya kwenkqubo yokwetyisa. Isifo seCeliac sinokukhokelela kwi-anemia okanye isifo se-bone-thinning osteoporosis. Abasetyhini abanesifo esiqhekezayo banokujamelana nokungachumi okanye ukuphuphuma kwesisu.

Unyango

Unyango kuphela lwesifo se-celiac kukulandela ukutya okungekho gluten. Ukuba unesifo se-celiac, sebenza nogqirha wakho okanye ugqirha wokutya ukuze uphuhlise isicwangciso sokutya esingenayo i-gluten. Ingcali yokutya inokukunceda ufunde uluhlu lwezithako kunye nokuchonga ukutya

equlethe i-gluten. Ezi zakhono ziya kukunceda wenze ukhetho olufanelekileyo kwivenkile yokutya naxa usitya ngaphandle.

Imithombo:Indlu yokuGcinwa kweziNgcaciso zeSifo seSwekile sikaZwelonke (NDDIC); IZiko leLizwe leNgcaciso yezeMpilo yaBasetyhini (www.womenshealth.org)

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