Ukufaneleka Q kunye no-A: Ukuzivocavoca kunye nokutshaya

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Q. Ndayeka ukutshaya emva kweminyaka emithandathu. Ngoku ndiyaqala ukuzilolonga kwaye ndizibona ndiphelelwa ngumoya. Andiqinisekanga ukuba oku kuvela kukutshaya okanye ukungasebenzi. Ngaba ukutshaya kundithintele ekubalekeni?

A. Ukuphefumla kwakho kunokwenzeka ngenxa yokungabikho komzimba kunokuba utshaye, utshilo ugqirha wosapho uDonald Brideau, MD, uprofesa wezonyango kwiYunivesithi yaseGeorgetown eWashington, D.C., kunye nesithethi seAmerican Heart Association. "Kwiintsuku ezintathu ukuya kwezintlanu, ukuba awuzange ube necuba elinye, amandla eeseli zakho zegazi ukuthwala ioksijini entliziyweni yakho kunye nezihlunu ziya kubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo."

Ukutshaya kubangela umonakalo emiphungeni onokuthi wehlise umthamo wentshayi wemithambo yentliziyo; Nangona kunjalo, u-Brideau uthi, "umonakalo wemiphunga emva kweminyaka emithandathu yokutshaya uya kuba mncinci." (Kodwa kuthatha iminyaka eli-10 okanye ngaphezulu emva kokuba uyekile ngaphambi kokuba umngcipheko womhlaza wemiphunga ufane nokuba ubungatshayi.)

Icarbon monoxide esecigarette ithatha indawo yeoksijini kwiiseli ezibomvu zegazi, ucacisa uBridide. Ke, umntu otshayayo uneoksijini encinci eya entliziyweni nakwizihlunu, emnika amandla amancinci okuba enze imithambo. Okukhona utshaya, kokukhona uneoksijini encinci. Nokuba kungakanani umdiza ngemini kunciphisa amandla egazi lakho ekuthwaleni ioksijini.

Kuba khange uzilolonge iminyaka eliqela, kuyindalo ukuba uzifumane uphefumla ngokukhawuleza. Intliziyo nemiphunga yakho yomelele njengokuba kunjalo ngomntu ofanelekileyo (okanye yomelele njengokuba engekatshayi). Ke ngekhe ukwazi ukupompa igazi elininzi ngentliziyo nganye okanye uthathe umoya omninzi ngokuphefumla.

Endaweni yokuqalisa ngenkqubo yokubaleka, zama ukuhamba, okunganyanzelekanga nje kuphela kwintliziyo nakwimiphunga yakho kodwa kungabi noxinzelelo kumalungu akho. Emva kweeveki ezininzi, okanye mhlawumbi nokuba ziinyanga ezimbalwa, unokufuna ukusebenza ngokuthe ngcembe ekubalekeni. Umzekelo, emva kokuhamba kangangemizuzu eli-10, zama enye indlela yokubaleka nemizuzu emibini yokuhamba. Ekugqibeleni, uya kufumanisa ukuba ungenza usebenze ngokulula okuye kukushiya uphefumla nzima.

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