Ngaba iiMammograms Zibuhlungu? Into ekufuneka uyazi

Umxholo

• Kutheni imammograms ibalulekile
• Ngaba kuya kuba buhlungu?
• Uyicwangcisa nini i-mammogram yakho
• Yintoni onokuyilindela ngexesha le-mammogram
• Ngaba ndizakuva iintlungu emva kwenkqubo yemammogram?
• Ngaba zikhona ezinye iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga?
• Uza kubona nini umboneleli wakho wezempilo

Kutheni imammograms ibalulekile

I-mammogram sesona sixhobo sokucinga sinokusetyenziswa ngabanikezeli benkxaso yezempilo ukufumana iimpawu zokuqala zomhlaza wamabele. Ukubhaqwa kwangethuba kungenza wonke umahluko kunyango oluphumelelayo lomhlaza.

Ukufumana i-mammogram okokuqala kunokubangela uxinzelelo. Kunzima ukwazi into onokuyilindela ukuba awuzange uyenze. Kodwa ukucwangcisa i-mammogram linyathelo elibalulekileyo nelisebenzayo ekunyamekeleni impilo yakho.

Ukulungiselela i-mammogram kunokunceda ukunciphisa ingqondo yakho njengoko ulungiselela uviwo lwakho. Qhubeka ufunda ukuze ufunde okungakumbi ngenkqubo kunye nokuba ulindele ntoni ngokweentlungu.

Ngaba kuya kuba buhlungu?

Wonke umntu ufumana iimammograms ngokwahlukileyo. Abanye abantu basetyhini banokuziva iintlungu ngexesha lenkqubo, kwaye abanye banokungaziva kwaphela.

Uninzi lwabasetyhini luziva lungonwabanga ngexesha lenkqubo yeX-reyi. Uxinzelelo ngokuchasene namabele akho kwizixhobo zovavanyo kunokubangela iintlungu okanye ukungonwabi, kwaye yinto eqhelekileyo leyo.

Eli candelo lenkqubo kufuneka lihlale okwemizuzu embalwa. Okwangoku, abanye abantu basetyhini baziva iintlungu ezigqithisileyo ngexesha loviwo. Inqanaba lakho leentlungu lingahluka kuyo yonke i-mammogram oyifumanayo kuxhomekeke ku:

• ubukhulu bamabele akho
• ixesha loviwo ngokunxulumene nomjikelo wakho wokuya exesheni
• iiyantlukwano ekubekweni kwemammogram

Uyicwangcisa nini i-mammogram yakho

Xa ucwangcisa i-mammogram yakho, thatha ixesha lakho lokuya esikhathini. Iveki emva kokuphela kwexesha lakho lixesha elifanelekileyo lokufumana i-mammogram. Kunqande ukucwangcisa uviwo lwakho kwiveki ephambi kwexesha lakho. Kulapho amabele akho aya kuba ethe-ethe kakhulu.

I-American College of Physicians (ACP) icebisa ukuba abasetyhini abasemngciphekweni ophakathi wokufumana umngcipheko womhlaza webele phakathi kweminyaka engama-40 ukuya kwengama-49 kufuneka bathethe nomboneleli wabo wezempilo malunga nokuba baqala ukufumana iimammograms ngaphambi kweminyaka engama-50.

Kucetyiswa ukuba abasetyhini abasemngciphekweni ophakathi wokuphuhlisa ishedyuli yomhlaza wamabele kwi-mammogram yabo yokuqala xa beneminyaka engama-45, benokhetho lokuqala beneminyaka engama-40.

Emva kweminyaka engama-45, kuya kufuneka ufumane i-mammogram ubuncinci kube kanye ngonyaka kunye nokukhetha ukutshintshela kuyo yonke eminye iminyaka kwiminyaka engama-55.

Ngelixa izindululo ze-ACP kunye ne-ACS zahluka kancinane, isigqibo sokuba uza kuzifumana nini kwaye kangaphi kufuneka zibe sisigqibo phakathi kwakho nomboneleli wakho wezempilo.

Ukuba unomngcipheko ophakathi wokukhula komhlaza webele, kuya kufuneka uqale uthethe nomboneleli wakho wezempilo malunga nemammograms eneminyaka engama-40.

Ukuba unayo imbali yosapho yomhlaza webele, ngakumbi umhlaza webele kwangoko, xelela umboneleli wakho wezempilo. Banokuncoma ii-mammograms rhoqo.

Yintoni onokuyilindela ngexesha le-mammogram

Ngaphambi kwe-mammogram yakho, unokufuna ukuthatha amayeza eentlungu, njenge-aspirin (iBayer) okanye ibuprofen (i-Advil), ukuba umboneleli wakho wezempilo ugqiba ukuba lukhetho olukhuselekileyo olusekwe kwimbali yakho yezonyango.

Oku kunokunciphisa umngcipheko wokungahambi kakuhle ngexesha le-mammogram kunye nokunciphisa ukukhathazeka emva koko.

Xa ufika kwiofisi yomboneleli wakho wezempilo, kuya kufuneka uphendule imibuzo malunga nembali yosapho lwakho kunye nazo naziphi na iimammograms zangaphambili, ukuba unayo. Oku kubaluleke kakhulu kwiqela lokucinga ukuba lazi.

Eyona nto inokwenzeka, uya kusiwa kwigumbi lokulinda elahlukileyo ngokukodwa elenzelwe abasetyhini abafumana iimammograms. Uya kulinda apho de kufike ixesha loviwo lwakho.

Kungekudala ngaphambi koviwo lwangempela, kuya kufuneka ukhulule ukusuka esinqeni ukuya phezulu. Umongikazi okanye iX-ray ingcali inokubeka izitikha ezikhethekileyo kwiindawo zamabele akho apho uneempawu zokuzalwa okanye olunye uphawu lolusu. Oku kuya kunciphisa ukudideka ukuba ezi ndawo zibonisa i-mammogram yakho.

Umongikazi okanye ugqirha weX-ray unokubeka izitikha kwiingono zakho, ke ngoko ugqirha weradiyoyazi uyazi ukuba zibekephi na xa zijonga imammogram.

Baya kuthi emva koko babeke amabele akho, elinye libe linye, kwipleyiti yokucinga yeplastiki. Enye ipleyiti iya kucinezela isifuba sakho ngelixa igcisa libamba ii-X-ray kwii-engile ezininzi.

Izicubu zamabele kufuneka zisasazwe ukuze umfanekiso oqikelelweyo ukwazi ukubona ukungangqinelani okanye amaqhuma kwizicubu zebele.

Uya kufumana iziphumo zemammogram ngaphakathi kweentsuku ezingama-30. Ukuba kukho nantoni na engaqhelekanga kwi-X-ray scan, unokuyalelwa ukuba ufumane enye i-mammogram okanye olunye uhlobo lovavanyo olongezelelweyo.

Ngaba ndizakuva iintlungu emva kwenkqubo yemammogram?

Abanye abantu basetyhini baxela ukuba baziva bebuhlungu emva kokuba befumene i-mammogram. Olu thando akufuneki lube lubi kunayo nayiphi na intlungu oyivayo ngexesha lenkqubo ye-X-ray.

Inqanaba lokubandezeleka okanye ubuntununtunu oziva kubo emva kwe-mammogram akunakwenzeka ukuba uqikelele. Inokwenza okuninzi:

• ukuma ngexesha loviwo
• ukumila kwamabele akho
• ukunyamezelana neentlungu zakho

Abanye abantu basetyhini banokude babe nokugruzuka okuncinci, ngakumbi ukuba bakumayeza okucoca igazi.

Unokufumanisa ukuba ukunxiba i-bra yemidlalo enezinto ezintle kukhululekile kunxiba i-bra ene-underwire kulo lonke usuku lwe-mammogram yakho.

Nangona kunjalo, uninzi lwabasetyhini abafumana ii-mammograms abaziva naziphi na iintlungu ezingapheliyo nakanye nje emva kokuba inkqubo iphelile.

Ngaba zikhona ezinye iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga?

I-mammogram akufuneki ibangele ukuba ibe nemiphumela eyoyikisayo okanye yexesha elide kwizicubu zakho zebele.

Njengazo zonke iimviwo ze-X-ray, i-mammography ikubhengeza kwimitha encinci yemitha. Ngenxa yale nto, kukho impikiswano eqhubekayo malunga nokuba bangaphi abafazi ekufuneka befumene ii-mammograms.

Iingcali ze-Oncologists ziyavuma ukuba isixa semitha sisincinci, kwaye izibonelelo zokuvavanywa kwangethuba kumhlaza wamabele zingaphezulu kwawo nawuphi na umngcipheko okanye iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga zemitha.

Uza kubona nini umboneleli wakho wezempilo

Ukuba uqaphela nayiphi na imivumbo ebonakalayo emabeleni akho okanye uziva ubuhlungu imini yonke emva kokuba i-mammogram yakho yenzekile, kuya kufuneka wazise umboneleli wakho wezempilo.

Ezi mpawu azibangeli alarm, kodwa akukho nto iphosakeleyo ngokuvakalisa amava okanye ukungonwabi kwakho emva kwako nakuphi na ukufundwa kokucinga.

Umboneleli wakho wezempilo uya kuthunyelwa iziphumo zokucinga kwakho kwebele. Iziko lokucinga liya kukwazisa ngeziphumo ngokunjalo. Ukuba unayo nayiphi na imibuzo, okanye awufumananga saziso ngeziphumo zophononongo lwakho, tsalela umnxeba kwi-ofisi yomboneleli wakho wezempilo.

Ukuba umongikazi okanye ugqirha weX-ray ubona nantoni na engaqhelekanga kwiziphumo zakho, banokucebisa ukuba ufumane i-mammogram yesibini.

Unyango lwesibeleko lunokucetyiswa njengendlela elandelayo yovavanyo. Kwakhona kunokwenzeka ukuba kuya kufuneka ukuba wenze i-biopsy eyenziwa ukuba izitenxo zifunyenwe kwi-mammogram yakho.

Ukuba akukho nto ifunyenwe ngokungaqhelekanga, kuya kufuneka ucwangcise ukubuyela kwi-mammogram elandelayo kwiinyanga ezili-12 ezizayo. Kwabafazi abathile abanomngcipheko ophakathi wokuba nomhlaza webele, ukubuyela kwiminyaka emi-2 kunokuba kulungile.