Uyenza njani into ebilayo: Ngaba kufuneka uyenze ngokwakho?

Umxholo

• Ngaba ndifanele ndipheke ithumba lam?
• Yintoni ithumba?
• Ukuzikhathalela ngamathumba
• Unyango ngamathumba
• Nini ukubiza ugqirha
• Imbonakalo

Ngaba ndifanele ndipheke ithumba lam?

Ukuba uhlakulela ithumba, unokuhendeka ukuba ulipopote okanye ulikhabe (livuliwe ngesixhobo esibukhali) ekhaya. Sukwenza oku. Ingasasaza intsholongwane kwaye yenze ithumba libe mandundu.

Ithumba lakho linokuba neebhaktiriya ezinokuba yingozi xa zinganyangwa kakuhle. Ukuba ukubila kwakho kubuhlungu okanye akuphilisi, yihlole kugqirha wakho. Banokufuna ukuba bavule ngotyando kwaye bahlambe ithumba kwaye banike ii-antibiotics.

Yintoni ithumba?

Amathumba abangelwa kukudumba kwenwele okanye ukubila. Ngokuqhelekileyo, ibhaktiriya IStaphylococcus aureus ibangela oku kudumba.

Ithumba lidla ngokubonakala njengeqhuma elilukhuni phantsi kolusu. Ithi ke ikhule ibe yibhaloni eqinileyo engathi ikhule phantsi kolusu njengoko izalisa ubofu. Ithumba livela kwimingxunya okanye kwiindawo ezinokubila kunye neoyile, ezinje:

• phantsi kweengalo
• indawo esinqeni
• iimpundu
• phantsi kwamabele
• indawo ye-groin

Ithumba lidla ngokuba neziko elimhlophe okanye elimthubi, elibangelwa bubofu obungaphakathi kulo. Ithumba linokusasazeka nakwezinye iindawo zolusu. Iqoqo lamathumba adityaniswe komnye phantsi kolusu kuthiwa yi-carbuncle.

Ukuzikhathalela ngamathumba

Ithumba linokuziphilisa ngokwalo. Nangona kunjalo, kunokuba buhlungu ngakumbi njengoko ubofu buqhubeka nokwanda kwisilonda. Endaweni yokuphuma okanye ukukhetha amathumba, anokukhokelela kusulelo, yiphathe kakuhle ithumba. Landela la manyathelo:

1. Sebenzisa ilaphu elicocekileyo nelifudumeleyo ukufaka icompress emathunjini. Unokuyiphinda le nto amatyeli amaninzi ngemini ukuze ukhuthaze ukubilisa ukuba kufike entloko kwaye kukhuphe amanzi.
2. Gcina indawo icocekile. Hlamba izandla zakho emva kokuchukumisa indawo echaphazelekayo.
3. Ukuba ithumba libuhlungu, thabatha i-counter-the-counter reliever pain, efana ne-ibuprofen (Advil) okanye i-acetaminophen (iTylenol).
4. Xa ivuliwe, ithumba linokulila okanye likhuphe ulwelo. Emva kokuba ithumba livulekile, ligqume ukukhusela usulelo kwilonda elivulekileyo. Sebenzisa i-gauze okanye iphedi yokufunxa ukuthintela ubomvu ekusasazeni. Guqula i-gauze okanye iphedi rhoqo.

Unyango ngamathumba

Ukuba ithumba lakho alipheli ngonyango lwasekhaya, kungafuneka ubone ugqirha wakho. Unyango lunokubandakanya:

• mlonyeni okanye umlomo antibiotics
• ukusikwa kotyando
• iimvavanyo zokufumanisa unobangela wethumba

Unyango lotyando kuhlala kubandakanya ukukhupha ithumba. Ugqirha wakho uya kwenza incision encinci ebusweni bethumba. Baza kusebenzisa into yokufunxa efana ne-gauze yokufunxa ubofu ngaphakathi kwethumba.

Ungazami oku ekhaya. Ikhaya lakho aliyiyo indawo engenazintsholongwane njengesiqhelo sesibhedlele. Usemngciphekweni wokufumana usulelo olubi kakhulu okanye ulusu.

Nini ukubiza ugqirha

Jonga ugqirha wakho ukuba ubilise:

• iba mandundu ngokukhawuleza
• ikhatshwa ngumkhuhlane
• khange iphuculwe kwiiveki ezimbini nangaphezulu
• inkulu kunee-intshi ezimbini ukunqumla
• Ikhatshwa ziimpawu zosulelo

Imbonakalo

Melana nomnqweno wokukhetha kunye nokuvula ukubila kwakho. Endaweni yoko, sebenzisa uxinzelelo olufudumeleyo kwaye ugcine indawo icocekile.

Ukuba ithumba lakho aliphucuki kwisithuba seeveki ezimbini okanye libonisa uphawu losulelo olubi, qhagamshelana nogqirha wakho. Banokuncoma ukuntywila kunye nokufunxa ithumba kwaye banokuyalela amayeza okubulala iintsholongwane.