Ubuhlungu bemiphunga ngasemva: Ngaba ngumhlaza wemiphunga?

Umxholo

• Umqolo obuhlungu kunye nomhlaza wemiphunga
• Iimpawu eziqhelekileyo zomhlaza wemiphunga
• Imingcipheko yomhlaza wemiphunga
• Ngaba uyatshaya iimveliso zecuba?
• Ngaba uphefumla umsi wecuba?
• Ngaba ukhe wafunyanwa kwi-radon?
• Ngaba ukhe wavezwa kwii-carcinogens ezaziwayo?
• Uza kubona nini ugqirha wakho
• Ukuthintela umhlaza wemiphunga ekusasazeni
• Yise kude

Umqolo obuhlungu kunye nomhlaza wemiphunga

Zininzi izizathu ezibangela iintlungu zangasemva ezingahambelani nomhlaza. Kodwa iintlungu zangasemva zinokuhamba neentlobo ezithile zomhlaza kubandakanya nomhlaza wemiphunga.

Ngokwe-Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, malunga neepesenti ezingama-25 zabantu abanomdlavuza wamaphaphu bafumana iintlungu. Ngapha koko, iintlungu zangasemva zihlala ziimpawu zokuqala zomhlaza wemiphunga abantu abazibonayo ngaphambi kokuxilongwa.

Intlungu emqolo wakho inokuba luphawu lomhlaza wemiphunga okanye ukusasazeka kwesi sifo.

Intlungu ebuyela emva inokuvela njengempembelelo yecala kunyango lomhlaza.

Iimpawu eziqhelekileyo zomhlaza wemiphunga

Ukuba unenkxalabo yokuba intlungu yakho yangemva ingaba uphawu lomhlaza wemiphunga, qwa lasela ukuba unazo ezinye iimpawu eziqhelekileyo zomhlaza wemiphunga ezifana:

• ukukhwehlela okungapheliyo okuqhubeka kusiba mandundu
• iintlungu rhoqo esifubeni
• ukhohlela igazi
• ukuqhawukelwa ngumphefumlo
• ukuvutha
• ukudinwa
• ukudinwa
• intloko ebuhlungu
• inyumoniya engapheliyo okanye ibronchitis
• ukudumba kwentamo nobuso
• Ukuphelelwa ngumdla wokutya
• ukuhla ukusinda

Imingcipheko yomhlaza wemiphunga

Ukuqonda umngcipheko womhlaza wemiphunga kunokunceda ekuboneni ukuba iintlungu ezisemqolo wakho zingangumqondiso womhlaza wemiphunga. Amathuba akho okufumana umhlaza wemiphunga ukwanda ngeendlela ezithile zokuziphatha kunye nokuveza:

Ngaba uyatshaya iimveliso zecuba?

Ichonga ukutshaya njengeyona nto iphambili emngciphekweni. Ukutshaya kunxulunyaniswa nama-80 ukuya kuma-90 eepesenti zomhlaza wemiphunga.

Ngaba uphefumla umsi wecuba?

Ngokwe-CDC minyaka le umsi ophefumlelweyo ophumela kwisifo esingaphezulu kwama-7,300 sokufa komhlaza wamaphaphu wabantu abangatshayiyo e-U.S.

Ngaba ukhe wafunyanwa kwi-radon?

I-Arhente yokuKhuselwa kokusiNgqongileyo yaseMelika (i-EPA) ichonga i-radon njengoyena nobangela wesibini womhlaza wemiphunga. Kubangela iimeko ezingama-21,000 zomhlaza wemiphunga unyaka nonyaka.

Ngaba ukhe wavezwa kwii-carcinogens ezaziwayo?

Ukubonakaliswa kwezinto ezifana ne-asbestos, i-arsenic, i-chromium, kunye ne-diesel exhaust kunokubangela umdlavuza wamaphaphu.

Uza kubona nini ugqirha wakho

Ukuba unempawu ezingapheliyo, kubandakanya neentlungu ezisemqolo ezikukhathazayo, yenza idinga nogqirha wakho.

Ukuba ugqirha wakho ucinga ukuba umhlaza wemiphunga unokuba ngunobangela weempawu zakho, baya kuthi baxilonge kusetyenziswa uvavanyo lomzimba, imaging, kunye novavanyo lwelebhu.

Ukuba bafumanisa umhlaza wemiphunga, unyango luya kuxhomekeka kuhlobo, kwinqanaba, nokuba kude kangakanani. Izinketho zonyango zibandakanya:

• utyando
• ichemotherapy
• unyango lwemitha
• i-radiotherapy yomzimba we-stereotactic (i-radiosurgery)
• Unyango lokuzikhusela
• unyango ekujoliswe kulo

Ukuthintela umhlaza wemiphunga ekusasazeni

Kuwo nawuphi na umhlaza, ukufunyanwa kwangoko kunye noxilongo kuphucula amathuba onyango. Umhlaza wemiphunga, nangona kunjalo, uhlala uneempawu ezimbalwa ezaziwayo ngexesha lokuqala kwawo.

Inqanaba lokuqala lomhlaza wemiphunga uhlala uchongwa ngelixa ugqirha ejonga enye into, njengokulawula isifuba i-X-ray yokuphuka kwembambo.

Enye yeendlela zokubamba umhlaza wamaphaphu kwinqanaba lokuqala kukuhlola okusebenzayo ukuba ukwiqela lomngcipheko omkhulu wokufumana esi sifo.

Umzekelo, i-US Preventive Services Task Force icebisa ukuba abantu abaneminyaka engama-55 ukuya kuma-80 abanembali yokutshaya- babe nembali yokutshaya ngonyaka engama-30 kwaye ngoku batshaye okanye bayeke kule minyaka ili-15 idlulileyo- bavavanywe minyaka le idosi esezantsi yecomputer tomography (LDCT).

Amanyathelo athile onokuwathatha ukunciphisa umngcipheko wokufumana umhlaza wemiphunga ubandakanya:

• ungatshayi okanye uyeke ukutshaya
• kuphephe ukutshaya
• vavanya ikhaya lakho leradon (lungisa kwakhona ukuba ifumanekile)
• thintela ii-carcinogens emsebenzini (nxiba imaski yobuso ukukhusela)
• yitya ukutya okunezakha-mzimba okubandakanya iziqhamo kunye nemifuno
• umthambo rhoqo

Yise kude

Yenza idinga nogqirha wakho ukuba unentlungu emva ebonakala ngathi ziintlungu ezinxulumene nomhlaza wemiphunga. Ukufunyanwa kwangoko kunye nokuxilongwa komhlaza wemiphunga kuya kuphucula amathuba okuba uphinde uchache.