Ukuyeka ukutshaya njengonyango lweCOPD

Umxholo

• Kutheni uyekile?
• Ungayeka njani ukutshaya
• Ungenelelo ngoncedo lwezempilo
• Iingcebiso ngamaqela
• Amayeza
• Ingqele turkey
• Ungayeka ulunge

Unxibelelwano phakathi kokutshaya kunye neCOPD

Asinguye wonke umntu otshayayo oba nesifo esinganyangekiyo semiphunga (COPD), kwaye ayinguye wonke umntu oneCOPD otshaya.

Nangona kunjalo, abantu abaninzi abaneCOPD banembali yokutshaya. Ngapha koko, iAmerican Lung Association inika ingxelo yokuba ama-85 ukuya kuma-90 eepesenti amatyala eCOPD abangelwa kukutshaya.

Ngokuka, ukutshaya kukwafikelela kwi-8 kwaba-10 yokufa okuhambelana neCOPD.

Ukuba unayo i-COPD kwaye uyatshaya, lixesha lokuba uyeke. Ukufumana ulwazi kugqirha wakho, ukuya kwiiseshoni zokucebisa, kunye nokuthatha amayeza kunokunceda.

Kutheni uyekile?

Ukuba uyatshaya ofunyaniswe ukuba une-COPD, kungokwemvelo ukuziva uthotho lweemvakalelo ezingalunganga, kubandakanya ukudimazeka, umsindo, okanye uxinzelelo. Kuba umonakalo kwimiphunga yakho sele wenziwe, unokucinga ukuba ungaqhubeka nokonwabela icuba lakho. Usenokucinga ukuba ukutshaya akuyi kwenza mahluko ngoku.

Nangona iqondakala, le ndlela yokuqiqa ayiyonyani. Nokuba sele unayo i-COPD, usenokuxhamla ngokuyeka. Ngapha koko, ukuyeka ukutshaya kuphela kwonyango oluthembekileyo lokunciphisa inkqubela phambili yeCOPD yakho kunye nokukunceda ugcine umsebenzi wemiphunga owushiyileyo.

Ukuyeka ukutshaya kunokukunceda uphephe ukuvela okukhulu kwimeko yakho.

I-COPD flare-ups iyoyikisa kwaye iyingozi. Zingakhokelela kwiziphumo ezibi, njengokulaliswa esibhedlele, ukusilela kunyango, kunye nokufa. Kubalulekile ukwenza yonke into esemandleni akho ukubaphepha. Oko kubandakanya ukuphosa iisigarethi zakho, imibhobho kunye neecuba.

Ukuba uyatshaya ngeCOPD, unokuyiphucula impilo yakho ngokubeka icuba lakho kude.

Ungayeka njani ukutshaya

Ngokwezibalo ezichazwe yi-2015, phantse i-7 kwabali-10 abantu abadala abatshayayo eMelika bafuna ukuyeka. Abaninzi banobunzima bokukhaba umkhwa. Nangona kunjalo, kukho iindlela ezininzi ezikhoyo zokukunceda uyeke ukulunga.

Ungenelelo ngoncedo lwezempilo

Olu ayilulo udidi longenelelo, apho abantu obathandayo bebongoza ukuba uyeke. Ungenelelo lononophelo lwempilo yingxoxo emfutshane, engaqhelekanga kunye nomongikazi okanye ugqirha. Bacacisa ngokuzolileyo indlela ukutshaya okunxibelelana ngayo neengxaki zakho zempilo ukuthoba umgangatho wobomi bakho. Bacacisa kananjalo ukuba ukutshaya kukubeka njani emngciphekweni wobungozi obusongela ubomi.

Abantu abanolu hlobo lokunxibelelana banesibonelelo esincinci kodwa esibalulekileyo xa kufikwa ekuyekeni ukutshaya. Ukuba ufuna ukuyeka, cela ugqirha wakho malunga nezibonelelo zokuyeka ukutshaya kunye neengozi zokuqhubeka. Ukufunda iinyani kunokukunika amandla okukunceda ungatshayi.

Iingcebiso ngamaqela

Iingcebiso zeqela zikunika okona kulungileyo kuwo omabini la mazwe. Ungamamela izithethi ezinamava ezibonelela ngengcebiso kunye nobuchule bokuyeka nokulawula ukubuyela umva. Unokuthatha ithuba lokuseta iqela ukunika kunye nokufumana inkxaso kwabanye abasezihlangwini zakho. Ukubona abanye kwiqela lakho beyeka ukutshaya ngempumelelo kunokunceda ukomeleza isigqibo sakho.

Ukuba ukululekwa kweqela akubheneli kuwe, buza ugqirha wakho malunga neendlela zokucebisa umntu ngamnye. I-CDC ibonelela ngoncedo lwasimahla ngohlobo lomnxeba woncedo (800-QUIT-NOW, okanye 800-784-8669) kunye.

Amayeza

Olona hlobo luthandwayo lwamayeza abantu abafuna ukuyeka ukutshaya ziindlela zonyango ezingena endaweni ye-nicotine. Unyango olutshintsho lweNicotine lunokukunceda ulawule iimpawu zakho zokurhoxa kwaye ulawule iminqweno yakho. Unokufumana ukutshintshwa kwenicotine kwitshungama ehlafunwayo, iipatches ezihambelana nolusu lwakho, i-lozenges, kunye nokufafaza.

Ukuba unyango olungatshintshiyo alunakunceda kangangoko ufuna, unokufuna ukuthetha nodokotela wakho malunga nokongeza i-anti-depressant. Olu hlobo lonyango oludibeneyo lubonakalisiwe ukunceda abanye abantu bayeke.

Ingqele turkey

Abanye abantu bayakwazi ukubeka iigarethi phantsi kwaye bahambe ngaphandle kwamayeza okanye amaqela enkxaso. Oku kuphakamisa indlela ebandayo ye-turkey enokusebenza, kodwa unethuba elingcono lokuphumelela ukuba uyazi ukuba uzifaka entwenini.

Nokuba usebenzisa ingcebiso okanye amayeza okanye uzama ukuyeka ukubanda, ezi ngcebiso zinokunceda:

• Beka “umhla wokuyeka” uze unamathele kuwo.
• Thintela iimeko zoxinzelelo okanye iimeko ezikhokelela kwiminqweno.
• Lindela iimpawu zokurhoxa, ezinje ngoxinzelelo, ukuba nochuku, uxinzelelo, kunye nokunqwenela ukutya. Cwangcisa kwangaphambili indlela oza kuziphatha ngayo iimpawu, kwaye khumbula ukuba aziyi kuhlala ngonaphakade.
• Yenza uluhlu lwezinto ozifunayo ebomini. Akwanelanga ukumisa nje isimilo. Ukuze kwenzeke utshintsho oluhlala luhleli, kubalulekile ukuba ubeke endaweni esempilweni isimilo esibi.
• Funa inkxaso kubahlobo nakusapho. Buyela kubo xa uziva usondele ekubuyeleni kwakhona.
• Zijikeleze nabantu obathembayo nabaya kukuxhasa. Xhasa abanye abazama ukuyeka.

Ungayeka ulunge

Ukunikezela umkhwa wexesha elide njengokutshaya icuba akukho mnandi okanye kulula, kodwa kunokucothisa ngokudluleleyo ukuqhubela phambili kweCOPD yakho kwaye kuphucule umgangatho wobomi bakho.

Cwangcisa ixesha lokuqeshwa ukuze uthethe nogqirha wakho malunga nokuyeka. Babuze malunga nezibonelelo zokuyeka ukutshaya kunye nemingcipheko yokuqhubeka. Banokukunika ulwazi malunga nokuyeka ukutshaya inkxaso, ezinje ngeenkonzo zokucebisa kunye namayeza. Gaya abahlobo bakho kunye namalungu osapho ukuba akuxhase. Kwaye khumbula: Ukuphepha icuba kuya kuba lula ngokuhamba kwexesha.