Ngaba ungafumana iiSlingles kwiinqe zakho?

Umxholo

• Iimpawu ze-shingles
• Ukunyanga i-shingles
• Unyango lwasekhaya lwe-shingles
• Ngubani osemngciphekweni wokufumana i-shingles?
• Ugonyo lwe-shingles
• Yise kude

Ewe unokufumana i-shingles ezinqeni zakho.

Ukukhawuleza kwe-shingles kwenzeka rhoqo kwi-torso kunye neempundu. Ingabonakala nakwamanye amalungu omzimba wakho, kubandakanya imilenze, iingalo, okanye ubuso.

I-Shingles (i-herpes zoster) ibonakaliswa kukuqhuma kwe-rash okanye i-blisters kulusu. Kungumngcipheko kuye nawuphina umntu okhe wanerhashalala.

I-varicella-zoster virus ibangela zombini i-shingles kunye ne-chickenpox. Ngokutsho kwamaZiko okuLawula nokuThintela izifo, kukho iimeko ze-shingles e-United States minyaka le.

Iimpawu ze-shingles

Enoba i-shingles iqala ukubonakala kwi-torso yakho, ezinqeni, okanye kwenye indawo, uphawu lokuqala luhlala luchazwa yimvakalelo, amaxesha amaninzi iintlungu.

Kwabanye abantu, iintlungu zinokuba nzima. Ezi mvakalelo zihlala zibonakala kwindawo apho irhashalala iya kukhula kusuku olunye ukuya kwiintsuku ezintlanu.

Iimpawu zeShingles ekuqaleni zibandakanya:

• Imvakalelo yokutswina, ukuba ndindisholo, ukurhawuzelela, ukutshisa, okanye iintlungu
• uvakalelo lokuchukumisa

Iimpawu kwiintsuku ezimbalwa emva kovakalelo kubandakanya:

• irhashalala ebomvu
• Amadyungudyungu azaliswe lulwelo oluvulekileyo luqhekeze ngaphezulu
• ukurhawuzelela

Ezinye iimpawu zingabandakanya:

• intloko ebuhlungu
• ifiva
• ukudinwa
• Ukugodola
• ubuntununtunu bokukhanya
• isisu esimoshakele

Iimpawu zangaphandle ze-shingles zihlala zichaphazela icala elinye lomzimba wakho. Ngamanye amagama, irhashalala inokuvela kwimpundu yakho yasekhohlo kodwa hayi ekunene.

Abanye abantu abane-shingles banamava kuphela ngaphandle kokukhawuleza.

I-Shingles ihlala phakathi kweeveki ezimbini ukuya kwezintandathu.

Ukunyanga i-shingles

Nangona kungekho lunyango lwe-shingles, ukuyinyanga kwangoko kunokukhawulezisa ukubuyisela kwakho kwaye kunciphise amathuba akho okuba neengxaki.

Ugqirha wakho uya kuncomela ukuba amayeza amayeza antiviral, anje ngala:

• acyclovir (iZovirax)
• famciclovir (Famvir)
• iValacyclovir (iValtrex)

Ukuba i-shingles ikubangela iintlungu ezibi, ugqirha wakho unokumisela:

• ii-anticonvulsants, ezinje ngegabapentin
• iziyobisi, ezinje ngecodeine
• iiarhente zokuqaqamba, ezinje nge-lidocaine
• tricyclic antidepressants, ezinje ngeamitriptyline

Uninzi lwabantu abafumana i-shingles, bayifumana kube kanye. Kuyenzeka, nangona kunjalo, ukuyifumana kabini okanye nangaphezulu.

Unyango lwasekhaya lwe-shingles

Kukho amanyathelo onokuwathatha ekhaya anokuthi anciphise ukurhawuzelela okanye iintlungu zesingles, kubandakanya:

• iintlungu, ezinje nge-acetaminophen (iTylenol), ukuba awuchazwanga amayeza entlungu
• I-calamine lotion
• iibhafu zeoli oatmeal
• ukuphola okupholileyo

Ngubani osemngciphekweni wokufumana i-shingles?

Umngcipheko we-shingles uyanda njengoko ukhula. Abanye abantu abanomngcipheko omkhulu kubandakanya:

• abantu abaneemeko zempilo ezenza buthathaka amajoni abo omzimba, anjenge-HIV, i-lymphoma, okanye i-leukemia
• abantu abaye bamiselwa iziyobisi ezikhuselayo, kubandakanya i-steroids kunye neziyobisi ezisetyenziselwa ukufakelwa kwamalungu

Nangona i-shingles ingaqhelekanga ebantwaneni, umntwana usengozini yokuqunjelwa ukuba:

• Umama womntwana wayenerhashalala emva kokukhulelwa
• umntwana wayenerhashalala ngaphambi konyaka omnye

Ugonyo lwe-shingles

Ekupheleni konyaka we-2017, uLawulo lwezoKutya kunye neDrug luye lwavuma iyeza elitsha le-shingles, iShingrix, ukubuyisela iyeza langaphambili, iZostavax.

Ngokutsho kweZiko leLizwe ngokuGuga, uShingrix ukhuselekile kwaye uyacetyiswa ngaphezulu kweZostavax.

Jonga ugqirha wakho ngaphambi kokufumana iyeza lokugonya. Ngokwesiqhelo baya kukucebisa ukuba ufumane iShingrix nokuba:

• Sele ndinamaqhina
• sele efumene iZostavax
• ungakhumbuli nokuba unayo okanye awunayo inkukhu

I-Shingrix ayikhuthazwa ukuba unesifo somzimba esibuthathaka, umkhuhlane, okanye ukugula.

Yise kude

Ukugqabhuka kunye namadyungube e-shingles anokuvela naphina emzimbeni wakho, kubandakanya enye okanye zombini iimpundu.

Ukuba uhlakulela i-shingles, jonga ugqirha wakho ngokukhawuleza. Unyango lwakwangoko lunokunceda ukukhawulezisa inkqubo yokuphilisa kunye nokunciphisa umngcipheko weengxaki.

Thetha nogqirha wakho malunga ne-shingles vaccine Shingrix. Ukuba isitofu sokugonya yinto efanelekileyo kuwe, unokuthintela ukufumana i-shingles ngokupheleleyo.