Ngaba i-Cold Sore iyeka nini ukusasazeka?

Umxholo

• Zisasazeka njani?
• Ziqheleke kangakanani?
• Ndazi njani ukuba ndinentsholongwane?
• Baphathwa njani?
• Ndingakuphepha njani ukusasaza?
• Ukuthatha

Sibandakanya iimveliso esicinga ukuba ziluncedo kubafundi bethu. Ukuba uthenga amakhonkco kweli phepha, sinokufumana ikhomishini encinci. Nantsi inkqubo yethu.

Ushwankathelo

Izilonda ezibandayo zincinci, zigcwele ulusu olunamadyungudyane ahlala evela emlonyeni okanye emlonyeni. Banokuvela ngokwabo okanye ngokwamaqela amancinci.

Kwiimeko ezininzi, i-blisters iya kuphuka, idale ukhwekhwe oluya kuthi ekugqibeleni luwe. Izilonda ezibandayo zibangelwa luhlobo lwentsholongwane ye-herpes simplex yohlobo 1 (HSV-1).

I-HSV-1 iyosulela kakhulu. Unokusasaza intsholongwane naxa ungenazo iimpawu zesifo esibandayo, nangona uhlala usasazeka xa unazo. Nangona kunjalo, oku kuncinci kunokubakho koqhakamshelwano lwenzekile xa kukho ukubanda okubandayo.

Izilonda ezibandayo ziyosulela de ziphele nya, zihlala zithatha malunga neeveki ezimbini. Oku kuthetha inkolelo exhaphakileyo yokuba izilonda ezibandayo azosuleli xa sele zikrwrile ziyinyani.

Qhubeka ufunda ukuze ufunde okungakumbi malunga nokusasazeka kwezilonda kunye nendlela onokubakhusela ngayo abo bakungqongileyo xa unayo.

Zisasazeka njani?

I-HSV-1 isasazeka ngokusondela kufutshane nolusu okanye amathe, njengokuncamisa, isini somlomo, okanye nokwabelana ngezinto zokutya okanye iitawuli. Intsholongwane ingena emzimbeni ngekhefu eluswini, njengokusikwa okuncinci.

Nje ukuba ungene kwisivumelwano se-HSV-1, unayo ubomi bakho bonke.

Nangona kunjalo, abanye abantu abane-HSV-1 abaze babe nazimpawu. Kungenxa yokuba intsholongwane inokulala ngaphakathi kwiiseli zakho zemithambo-luvo de kubekho into ebangela ukuba iphinde isebenze. Usenokudlulisela intsholongwane kwabanye abantu ngelixa lilele.

Izinto ezinokuvuselela i-HSV-1 zibandakanya:

• uxinzelelo
• ukudinwa
• usulelo okanye umkhuhlane
• utshintsho lwehomoni
• Ukukhanya kwelanga
• utyando okanye ukwenzakala emzimbeni

Ziqheleke kangakanani?

I-HSV-1 ixhaphake kakhulu. Ngokuka-Johns Hopkins Medicine, malunga neepesenti ezingama-50 ukuya kuma-80 eepesenti yabantu eMelika baphila ne-HSV-1. Ukongeza, uninzi lwabantu abadala luchanabeke kwintsholongwane xa beneminyaka engama-50.

Nangona kunjalo, ukuvuselelwa kwentsholongwane kuye kunciphise kubantu abangaphezulu kweminyaka engama-35.

Ndazi njani ukuba ndinentsholongwane?

Ukuba ukhathazekile umntu osenokuba uyisasazekile intsholongwane kuwe, gcina iliso kwezi mpawu zakuqala nakweyiphi na indawo ekufuphi okanye ecaleni komlomo wakho:

• ukurhawuzelela
• ukudumba
• Ukukhathazeka

Ukuba awuzange ubenesifo esibandayo ngaphambili, unokuqaphela:

• ifiva
• izilonda zomlomo ezibuhlungu kulwimi lwakho okanye kwiintsini
• umqala obuhlungu okanye iintlungu xa uginya
• i-lymph nodes ezivuvukileyo entanyeni yakho
• intloko ebuhlungu
• iintlungu kunye neentlungu

Baphathwa njani?

Akukho ndlela yakulahla i-HSV-1 xa sele unayo. Nangona kunjalo, zininzi izinto onokuzenza ukunceda ukulawula iimpawu zakho.

Amayeza amiselweyo amayeza antiviral anokunceda ukukhawulezisa inkqubo yokunyanga kwezilonda ezibandayo. Oku kuhlala kuza nokuba ziipilisi okanye iikhrimu.

Kusulelo olubi, unokufuna inaliti yamayeza antiviral. Amayeza aqhelekileyo e-antiviral kwizilonda ezibandayo abandakanya i-valacyclovir (Valtrex) kunye ne-acyclovir (Zovirax).

Ungasebenzisa kwakhona unyango olubandayo lwe-counter-the-counter, njenge-docosanol (Abreva), ukunceda ukuphilisa izilonda ezibandayo.

Thenga kwi-Intanethi ngokunyanga okubandayo.

Ukunciphisa ubomvu kunye nokudumba, zama ukufaka icompress ebandayo okanye ityhubhu yomkhenkce kuloo ndawo. Unokuthatha neziyobisi ezichasayo ezingasebenziyo, ezinje nge-ibuprofen (Advil) ukunciphisa ukudumba.

Ndingakuphepha njani ukusasaza?

Ukuba unezilonda ezibandayo, unokunceda ukukhusela ukuhanjiswa kwe-HSV-1 ngo:

• ukunqanda ukudibana okukuko emzimbeni, njengokuncamisa okanye ukwabelana ngesondo ngomlomo, de kube isilonda siphile ngokupheleleyo
• ungasichukumisi isilonda sakho esibandayo ngaphandle kokuba usebenzisa iyeza lonyango
• ungabelani ngezinto ezinokudibana nomlomo wakho, njengezitya zokutya okanye izinto zokuthambisa
• ukuba nononophelo olongezelelekileyo malunga nokuphepha ukudibana ngokusondeleyo neentsana kunye nabantu abanamajoni omzimba abuthathaka, bobabini abasesichengeni sokosuleleka

Ukuthatha

Izilonda ezibandayo ngamadyungudyungu amancinci avela kwimilomo nasemlonyeni wakho. Zibangelwa yintsholongwane ebizwa ngokuba yi-HSV-1. Nje ukuba ufumane i-HSV-1, unayo intsholongwane ubomi. Ngelixa uya kuhlala ukwazi ukusasaza intsholongwane, usasazeka kakhulu xa unesifo esibandayo esibandayo.