Epiglottitis: Iimpawu, oonobangela kunye nonyango

Umxholo

• Zithini iimpawu?
• Izizathu ezinokubangela
• Ukuhanjiswa kwepiglottitis
• Yintoni isifo
• Unyango lwenziwa njani

I-Epiglottitis kukudumba okukhulu okubangelwa sisifo se-epiglottis, esisivalve esithintela ukuba ulwelo lungadluli ukusuka emqaleni luye emiphungeni.

I-Epiglottitis ihlala ibonakala kubantwana abaneminyaka emi-2 ukuya kweli-7 ngenxa yokuba amajoni omzimba engakhuli ngokupheleleyo, kodwa inokubonakala nakubantu abadala abane-AIDS, umzekelo.

I-Epiglottitis sisifo esikhawulezayo esinokubangela ukuphazamiseka kwomoya, okukhokelela kwiingxaki ezinzima kakhulu, ezinje ngokubanjwa ngokuphefumla, xa kunganyangwa. Unyango ludinga ukulaliswa esibhedlele, njengoko kunokuba yimfuneko ukufumana ioksijini ngombhobho obekwe emqaleni kunye namayeza okubulala iintsholongwane emthanjeni.

Zithini iimpawu?

Iimpawu ze-epiglottitis zihlala zibandakanya:

• Umqala obuhkungu;
• Kunzima ukugwinya;
• Umkhuhlane ongaphezu kwama-38ºC;
• Ukudakumba;
• Amathe agqithisileyo emlonyeni;
• Ubunzima bokuphefumla;
• Ixhala;
• Ukuphefumla umoya.

Kwiimeko ze-epiglottitis ebukhali, umntu uhlala ethambekele phambili, ngelixa esolula intamo ngasemva, ukuzama ukuhambisa ukuphefumla.

Izizathu ezinokubangela

Unobangela we-epiglottitis unokuba ngumkhuhlane onyangeke kakubi, ukukrwitsha kwinto, izifo zokuphefumla ezinje nge-pneumonia, umqala obuhlungu kunye nokutsha komqala.

Kubantu abadala, oonobangela abaqhelekileyo be-epiglottitisunyango lonyango ngomhlaza kunye nonyango lwemitha okanye inhalation yeziyobisi.

Ukuhanjiswa kwepiglottitis

Ukuhanjiswa kwe-epiglottitis kwenzeka ngokunxibelelana ngokuthe ngqo namathe omntu ochaphazelekayo, ngokuthimla, ukukhohlela, ukwanga kunye nokutshintshiselana ngokusika, umzekelo. Ke ngoko, abaguli abanesifo kufuneka banxibe imaski kwaye bakuphephe ukutshintshiselana ngezinto ezinxibelelana namathe.

Uthintelo lwe-epiglottitis lunokwenziwa ngokugonya ngokuchasene Haemophilus influenzae uhlobo b (Hib), eyona nto iphambili ye-epiglottitis, kunye nedosi yokuqala kufuneka ithathwe kwiinyanga ezi-2 ubudala.

Yintoni isifo

Xa ugqirha ekrokrela i-epiglottitis, umntu kufuneka aqinisekise kwangoko ukuba umntu uyakwazi ukuphefumla. Nje ukuba uzinze, umntu unokufumana uhlalutyo lomqala, iX-reyi, isampulu yomqala oza kuhlaziywa kunye novavanyo lwegazi.

Unyango lwenziwa njani

I-Epiglottitis iyanyangeka kwaye unyango lubandakanya ukugqobhoza umntu, ukufumana ioksijini ngombhobho obekwe emqaleni kunye nokuphefumla kwabo kulawulwe ngoomatshini babo.

Ukongeza, unyango lukwabandakanya inaliti ngomthambo weyeza lokubulala iintsholongwane, ezinje nge-Ampicillin, Amoxicillin okanye iCeftriaxone, lude ludambe usulelo. Emva kweentsuku ezi-3, umntu lowo unokubuyela ekhaya, kodwa kufuneka athathe amayeza ngomlomo aboniswe ngugqirha kangangeentsuku ezili-14.