Ndilukhangela njani utshintsho lwemozulu ngesifo sombefu

Umxholo

• Ukunyamekela umzimba wam
• Sebenzisa izixhobo kunye nezixhobo
• I-nebulizer ukongeza kwi-inhaler yam yokuhlangula
• Abahloli bekhwalithi yomoya
• Iimpawu zokulandelela
• Izixhobo ezinokunxitywa
• Iimaski zobuso kunye nokusula kwe-antibacterial
• Isazisi sonyango
• Ukuthetha nogqirha wam
• Ukuncamathela kwisicwangciso sam sokwenza
• Yise kude

Kutshanje, ndiye ndahamba ndisiya kwilizwe laseWashington, D.C., ndisiya eSan Diego, eCalifornia enelanga. Njengomntu ophila nesifo sombefu, ndafikelela kwinqanaba apho umzimba wam wawungasenakukwazi ukuphatha umahluko obushushu obugqithisileyo, ukufuma, okanye umgangatho womoya.

Ngoku ndihlala usingasiqithi omncinci noLwandlekazi lwePasifiki ngasentshona kunye neNorth San Diego Bay empuma. Imiphunga yam iyakhula emoyeni wolwandle omtsha, kwaye ukuhlala ngaphandle kwamaqondo obushushu angaphantsi komkhenkce kuye kwaba lutshintsho kumdlalo.

Nangona ukufuduka kwenziwe imimangaliso yesifuba sam, ayisiyiyo kuphela into encedisayo- kwaye ayisiyo wonke umntu. Ndifunde okuninzi kule minyaka idlulileyo malunga nendlela yokwenza utshintsho lwamaxesha onyaka lula kwinkqubo yam yokuphefumla.

Nantsi into esebenzayo kum kunye ne-asthma yam kumaxesha onyaka.

Ukunyamekela umzimba wam

Ndafunyaniswa ndine-asthma xa ndandineminyaka eli-15 ubudala. Ndazi ukuba ndinengxaki yokuphefumla xa ndizilolonga, kodwa ndandicinga nje ukuba andimiselanga kwaye ndonqena. Ndandinamaxesha athile okwehla komzimba kunye nokukhohlela rhoqo ngo-Okthobha ukuya ngoMeyi, kodwa andizange ndicinge ukuba kubi kangako.

Emva kokuhlaselwa sisifuba kunye nohambo lokuya kwigumbi likaxakeka, nangona kunjalo, ndafumanisa ukuba iimpawu zam zazibangelwa sisifuba. Emva kokuxilongwa kwam, ubomi baba lula kwaye baba nzima. Ukuze ndikwazi ukulawula imiphunga, kwakufuneka ndiyiqonde indlela endivakalelwa ngayo, kuquka imozulu ebandayo, ukuzilolonga kunye nokungavumi kwendalo.

Njengamaxesha onyaka atshintsha ukusuka ehlotyeni aye ebusika, ndithatha onke amanyathelo endinako ukuqinisekisa ukuba umzimba wam uqala kwindawo eqinileyo kangangoko. Amanye ala manyathelo abandakanya:

• ukufumana umkhuhlane unyaka nonyaka
• Ndiqinisekisa ukuba ndihlaziyiwe kugonyo lwam lwepneumococcal
• ukugcina intamo kunye nesifuba sifudumele kwimozulu ebandayo, okuthetha ukuba kufakwa umoya kwizikhafu kunye nejezi (ezingezizo ezoboya) ebezigcinwe
• ukwenza intwana yeti eshushu ukuba uyenze xa usiya
• Ukuhlamba izandla zam rhoqo kunokuba kuyimfuneko
• bangabelani ngokutya neziselo nomntu
• ukuhlala ngamanzi
• ukuhlala ngaphakathi ngexesha leVeki yeNzipho (kwiveki yesithathu kaSeptemba xa uhlaselo lwesifo sombefu luphezulu kakhulu)
• usebenzisa isicoci somoya

Umcoci womoya ubalulekile unyaka wonke, kodwa apha eMazantsi eCarlifonia, ukushukuma kokuwa kuthetha ukuba kufuneka ulwe nomoya owoyikekayo waseSanta Ana. Eli xesha lonyaka, ukuba nesicoci somoya kubalulekile ekuphefumlweni lula.

Sebenzisa izixhobo kunye nezixhobo

Ngamanye amaxesha, nokuba usenza yonke into onokuyenza ukuze uhlale ungaphaya kwegophe, imiphunga yakho igqiba ekubeni ungaziphathi kakuhle. Ndikufumanise kuluncedo ukuba nezi zixhobo zilandelayo zijikeleze olo tshintsho lwendlela endingenalo ulawulo kuyo, kunye nezixhobo zokundilanda xa izinto zingahambi kakuhle.

I-nebulizer ukongeza kwi-inhaler yam yokuhlangula

I-nebulizer yam isebenzisa uhlobo lolwelo lweendlela zam zokuhlangula, ke xa ndinokuqaqamba, ndingayisebenzisa njengoko kufuneka imini yonke. Ndine-bulky one plugs eludongeni, kwaye encinci, engenacingo ingena engxoweni yeetote endinokuhamba nayo naphi na.

Abahloli bekhwalithi yomoya

Ndinendawo encinci esweni esemgangathweni egumbini lam esebenzisa iBluetooth ukunxibelelana nefowuni yam. Igrafu umgangatho womoya, ubushushu kunye nokufuma. Ndikwasebenzisa iiapps ukulandela umkhondo womoya esixekweni sam, okanye naphina apho ndiceba ukuya ngaloo mini.

Iimpawu zokulandelela

Ndineapps ezininzi kwifowuni endincedayo ukuba ndilandele indlela endiziva ngayo yonke imihla. Ngeemeko ezingapheliyo, kunokuba nzima ukubona ukuba zitshintshe njani iimpawu ngokuhamba kwexesha.

Ukugcina irekhodi kundinceda ndikhangele kwindlela yam yokuphila, ukhetho, kunye nokusingqongileyo ukuze ndikwazi ukuzifanisa ngokulula nendlela endiziva ngayo. Kuyandinceda nokuthetha noogqirha bam.

Izixhobo ezinokunxitywa

Ndinxiba iwotshi ejonga ukubetha kwentliziyo yam kwaye ndingathatha ii-EKG ukuba ndiyayifuna. Zininzi izinto eziguquguqukayo ezichaphazela ukuphefumla kwam, kwaye oku kuyandivumela ukuba ndibonise ukuba intliziyo yam iyabandakanyeka kulusu okanye kuhlaselo.

Ikwabonelela ngedatha endinokwabelana ngayo nengcali yam ye-pulmonologist kunye ne-cardiologist, ukuze bakwazi ukuxoxa ngayo kunye ukuze baphucule inkathalo yam. Ndikwaphethe ikofu encinci yoxinzelelo lwegazi kunye ne-oximeter yokubetha, zombini ezifaka idatha kwifowuni yam ngeBluetooth.

Iimaski zobuso kunye nokusula kwe-antibacterial

Oku kunokuba kungabikho-brainer, kodwa ndihlala ndiqinisekisa ukuba ndiphethe iimaski zobuso ezimbalwa kunye nam naphi na apho ndiya khona. Ndikwenza oku unyaka wonke, kodwa kubaluleke kakhulu ngexesha lokubanda kunye nomkhuhlane.

Isazisi sonyango

Le inokuba yeyona ibalulekileyo. Ukubukela kwam kunye nefowuni zombini zinesazisi esifikeleleka ngokulula kwezonyango, ke oochwephesha kwezonyango baya kuyazi indlela yokundiphatha kwimeko ezingxamisekileyo.

Ukuthetha nogqirha wam

Ukufunda ukuzithethelela kwimeko yezonyango kuye kwaba sesinye sezona zifundo zinzima nezonelisayo endakha ndazifunda. Xa uthemba ukuba ugqirha wakho umamela ngokwenene, kulula kakhulu ukubaphulaphula. Ukuba uziva ngathi inxenye yesicwangciso sakho sonyango ayisebenzi, thetha.

Unokufumanisa ukuba ufuna irejimeni yolondolozo olunzulu ngakumbi njengoko imozulu itshintsha. Mhlawumbi isilawuli seempawu esongeziweyo, iarhente entsha ye-biologic, okanye i-steroid yomlomo yinto oyifunayo ukuze ufumane imiphunga yakho kwiinyanga zobusika. Ngeke wazi ukuba zeziphi iindlela ozikhethayo de ube ubuza.

Ukuncamathela kwisicwangciso sam sokwenza

Ukuba ufumene ukuba une-asthma ebukhali, kunokwenzeka ukuba sele unesicwangciso sokusebenza. Ukuba isicwangciso sakho sonyango siyatshintsha, i-ID yakho yonyango kunye nesicwangciso somsebenzi kufuneka sitshintshe.

Okwam kuyafana unyaka wonke, kodwa oogqirha bam bayazi ukuba baphaphile ukusuka ngo-Okthobha ukuya ngoMeyi. Ndinomyalelo omileyo we-corticosteroids yomlomo kwikhemesti yam endinokuyigcwalisa xa ndiyifuna. Ndingayonyusa indlela yam yolondolozo xa ndisazi ukuba ndiza kuba nobunzima bokuphefumla.

Isazisi sam sezonyango sichaza ngokucacileyo ukungavumi komzimba wam, ubume besifuba, kunye namayeza andinakuba nawo. Ndigcina ulwazi olunxulumene nokuphefumla kufutshane nomphezulu we-ID yam, njengoko yenye yezona zinto zibaluleke kakhulu ukuba wazi ngazo kwimeko engxamisekileyo. Ndihlala ndine-inhalers ezintathu zokuhlangula ezandleni zam, kwaye olo lwazi luye lwaphawulwa kwisazisi sam.

Okwangoku, ndihlala kwindawo engafumani nekhephu. Ukuba ndenzile, kuya kufuneka nditshintshe icebo lam likaxakeka. Ukuba udala isicwangciso somsebenzi kwimeko yongxamiseko, unokufuna ukuthatha ingqalelo ukuba uhlala kwindawo ethile enokufikelelwa ngokulula zizithuthi ezingxamisekileyo ngexesha leqhwa.

Eminye imibuzo ekufuneka uyiqwalasele yile: Ngaba uhlala wedwa? Ngubani onxibelelana naye ngokungxamisekileyo? Ngaba unayo inkqubo yesibhedlele oyithandayo? Kuthekani ngomyalelo wezonyango?

Yise kude

Ukuhamba ubomi kunye nesifuba esinzima kunokuba nzima. Utshintsho lwamaxesha onyaka lunokwenza izinto zibe nzima ngakumbi, kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba alunathemba. Izixhobo ezininzi zinokukunceda ukuba ulawule imiphunga yakho.

Ukuba ufunda indlela yokuzikhethela, sebenzisa itekhnoloji ukukunceda, kwaye unakekele umzimba wakho, izinto ziya kuqala ukubakho endaweni. Kwaye ukuba uthatha isigqibo awunakuthatha obunye ubusika obuhlungu, imiphunga yam kwaye siyakulungela ukukwamkela kwilanga laseMzantsi California.

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