Ukudumba kwiRheumatoid Arthritis

Umxholo

• Yintoni ebangela ukudumba?
• Zeziphi iindlela zonyango ezikhoyo?
• Ndingakuthintela njani ukuqhuma nokudumba?
• Loluphi utshintsho endinokulwenza ukukhupha iimpawu?
• Ndingazilolonga ukuba ndineRA?
• Yise kude

Ushwankathelo

I-rheumatoid arthritis (RA) yonakalisa umgca kunye ne-cartilage yamalungu. Oku kukhokelela kukudumba okubuhlungu, uphawu oluqhelekileyo lokuphazamiseka. I-RA inokubangela umonakalo osisigxina, ngenxa yoko unyango kwangoko lubalulekile.

Qhubeka ufunda ukuze ufunde ukuba yintoni ebangela ukudumba kunye nento onokuyenza ngayo.

Yintoni ebangela ukudumba?

I-RA yenzeka xa amajoni omzimba ehlasela ulungelelwaniso lwamalungu. Ulwelo lwakha emva koko lujikeleze amalungu. Oku kubangela ukudumba okubuhlungu, oku kunokukhokelela kumonakalo osisigxina odibeneyo.

I-RA ihlala ichaphazela omabini amacala omzimba ngokulinganayo. Ukudumba nako kunokwenzeka emzimbeni wonke kwaye hayi kumalungu kuphela.

Abantu abaneRA banokufumana inani leempawu, ezinje:

• ukudinwa
• umkhuhlane ophantsi
• ianemia
• iingxaki zamehlo

Zeziphi iindlela zonyango ezikhoyo?

Amayeza anokunceda ukunciphisa iintlungu kunye nokuqina kweRA. La mayeza aquka:

• iziyobisi ezingasebenziyo ezichasayo (ii-NSAID)
• icorticosteroids
• Iziyobisi ezichaphazela isifo se-rheumatic (i-DMARD)

Unyango ngokwasemzimbeni okanye emsebenzini lunokunceda ukuphucula ukuhamba. Amacwecwe anokunceda ukuxhasa amalungu.

Ndingakuthintela njani ukuqhuma nokudumba?

Iindlela zokukhusela ngokudibeneyo zinokunceda ukuthintela ukudumba kunye nentlungu. Sebenzisa amalungu amakhulu kumaqela amancinci sesinye sezo zicwangciso. Umzekelo, kuya kufuneka uphephe ukuphakamisa izinto ezinzima. Endaweni yoko, khetha ukuzityibilika kwiindawo zomsebenzi xa kunokwenzeka. Oku kuya kunceda ukugcina ingalo ebuthathaka kunye namalungu omnwe engenzakali. Ukuhamba komzimba kufuneka kusetyenziswe naphina apho kunokwenzeka.

Izixhobo eziyilwe ngokukodwa zinokukunceda ulawule imisebenzi efana nokupheka nokucoca.

Loluphi utshintsho endinokulwenza ukukhupha iimpawu?

Utshintsho kwindlela yokuphila oluninzi lunokunceda ukunciphisa iimpawu zakho:

• Yeka ukutshaya: Ukutshaya buthathaka amathambo kunye namalungu. Ukuyeka ukutshaya kunokunceda ukugcina amathambo akho omelele kwaye kuphucule ukuhamba.
• Sebenzisa ukuma kakuhle: Ukuba nenkxaso elungileyo ngasemva nangonyawo kubalulekile xa uhleli. Ukufumana isitulo esingaphezulu komndilili nako kunokwenza ukuba kube lula ukufikelela kwiinyawo zakho. Kuphephe ukugoba ukuthintela uxinzelelo kumalungu akho. Qinisekisa ukuba izinto ozifuna ukuzisebenzisa rhoqo zikwi-countertop level ukufezekisa ukuma okuhle.
• Yitya impilo: Ukutya okunokulinganisela okuqukethe i-vitamin D eninzi kubalulekile. I-Vitamin D inceda ukugcina impilo entle yethambo.
• Lawula ubunzima bakho: Ukutyeba kakhulu kubeka uxinzelelo ngakumbi kumalungu. Ukunciphisa ubunzima bomzimba kwinqanaba elisempilweni kuphucula intshukumo kwaye kunokunciphisa iimpawu zeRA.

Ndingazilolonga ukuba ndineRA?

Ukuhambisa amalungu adumbayo kunokuba buhlungu. Okwangoku, ukwenza umthambo rhoqo kunokunceda ukuthintela ukudumba kunye nentlungu.

Ukuzilolonga kunokukunceda ngo:

• ukomeleza izihlunu ezijikeleze amalungu
• ukugcina amathambo omelele
• ukuphucula amandla ngokubanzi, iipateni zokulala, kunye nempilo ngokubanzi

Kuya kufuneka usoloko uqhagamshelana nogqirha wakho ngaphambi kokuba uqalise nayiphi na inkqubo yokwenza umthambo. Olunye uqeqesho olulinganiselweyo olunokuthi luchazwe ngugqirha wakho lubandakanya:

• ukuhamba
• ukuqubha
• ukuqhuba ibhayisekile
• iyoga
• tai chi

Unokufumanisa ukuba ukuphakamisa iintsimbi (ubunzima obufanelekileyo besandla sakho kunye nokuzibandakanya esihlahleni) kunokuba luncedo. Ukuphakamisa iintsimbi komeleza amathambo nezihlunu. Amathambo omeleleyo anokukunceda ekulweni ukulimala ngokudibeneyo.

Ukolula kunokuthintela ukuqina ngokudibeneyo. Sebenzisa inkqubo yolule imini yonke kunokwenza ukuba amalungu adibane kwaye agcine uluhlu oluhle lokuhamba.

Yise kude

Zininzi iindlela zokwenza ukuba iimpawu zeRA zilawuleke ngakumbi. Unokuwuthintela umonakalo odibeneyo kunye nokukhubazeka ngeendlela zokukhusela ngokudibeneyo. Ukuthatha amanyathelo alula njengokuzilolonga kunye nokutya usempilweni kunokukunceda uthathe ulawulo lweempawu zakho zeRA. Ewe kunjalo, kufuneka ubekele bucala ixesha lokuphumla imini yonke. Ngexesha elibi le-RA flare-ups, ukuphumla kwebhedi kuhlala kucetyiswa ukunciphisa iintlungu kunye nokunceda ukuthintela ukwenzakala.