Ngaba uxinizelelo lwamathambo luya kunceda ukunyanga iOsteoporosis yam?

Umxholo

• Yintoni uvavanyo lokuxinana kwethambo?
• Ukuqonda iziphumo zokuvavanywa koxinano lweethambo
• Umngcipheko wokuvavanywa koxinano lweethambo
• Izibonelelo zokufumana ukuskena kobuninzi bethambo
• Imibuzo yokubuza ugqirha wakho malunga nokuvavanywa koxinano lweethambo

Njengomntu ophila ne-osteoporosis, kusenokwenzeka ukuba ubunokuvavanywa ngokuxinana kwethambo ukunceda ugqirha wakho ukuba afumane imeko. Nangona kunjalo, ugqirha wakho unokucebisa iskena sokulandela ukuvavanya uxinano lwamathambo akho ngokuhamba kwexesha.

Ngelixa ii-scan azinjalo unyango lwe-osteoporosis, abanye oogqirha bayazisebenzisa ukubeka esweni indlela amayeza kunye nolunye unyango lwe-osteoporosis olusebenzayo.

Yintoni uvavanyo lokuxinana kwethambo?

Uvavanyo lokuxinana kwethambo luvavanyo olungenabuhlungu, olungenakuhlasela olusebenzisa ii-X-ray ukufumanisa indlela amathambo axinene ngayo kwiindawo eziphambili. Oku kunokubandakanya umqolo wakho, isinqe, izihlahla, iminwe, amadolo, kunye nezithende. Nangona kunjalo, ngamanye amaxesha oogqirha baskena kuphela iindawo ezithile, ezinjengezinqe zakho.

Ukuvavanywa kokuxinana kwethambo kunokugqitywa kusetyenziswa iskena se-CT, esibonelela ngakumbi ngemifanekiso enemibala emithathu.

Iindidi ezahlukeneyo zeskena sokuxinana kwethambo sikhona:

• Izixhobo eziphakathi zinokulinganisa uxinano lwamathambo esinqeni sakho, emqolo, nakumzimba opheleleyo.
• Izixhobo zokujikeleza umlinganiso wamathambo kwiminwe yakho, izihlahla, amadolo, izithende, okanye amathambo. Ngamanye amaxesha iikhemesti kunye neevenkile zempilo zibonelela ngezixhobo zokuskena kwendlela.

Izibhedlele zihlala zinezikena ezinkulu, eziphambili. Ukuvavanywa koxinano lweethambo kunye nezixhobo ezisembindini kunokuxabisa ngaphezulu koogxa babo bomda. Olunye uvavanyo lunokuthatha naphi na ukusuka kwimizuzu eli-10 ukuya kwengama-30.

Uvavanyo lokulinganisa ukuba zingaphi iigram zekhalsiyam kunye nezinye izitshixo zamaminerali eziphambili kwizabelo zethambo lakho. Ukuvavanywa koxinano lwamathambo akufani nokuhlolwa kwethambo, abathi oogqirha basebenzise ukubona ukuqhekeka kwethambo, usulelo kunye nomhlaza.

Ngokwe-US Preventive Services Task Force, onke amabhinqa amadala kuneminyaka engama-65 kufuneka abe novavanyo lokuxinana kwamathambo. Abasetyhini abangaphantsi kweminyaka yobudala engama-65 abanomngcipheko we-osteoporosis (njengembali yosapho ye-osteoporosis) kufuneka babe novavanyo lokuqina kwethambo.

Ukuqonda iziphumo zokuvavanywa koxinano lweethambo

Ugqirha uya kujonga iziphumo zovavanyo lwakho lokuxinana kwamathambo kunye nawe. Ngokwesiqhelo, kukho amanani amabini aphambili oxinano lwethambo: amanqaku e-T kunye nenqaku le-Z.

Amanqaku e-T ngumlinganiso wobuninzi bethambo lakho xa kuthelekiswa nenani eliqhelekileyo lomntu ophilileyo oneminyaka engama-30. Amanqaku e-T kukuphambuka okuqhelekileyo, okuthetha ukuba zingaphi iiyunithi ezixineneyo zethambo lomntu ngaphezulu okanye ngaphantsi komndilili. Ngelixa iziphumo zakho zamanqaku e-T zinokwahluka, oku kulandelayo ngamaxabiso asemgangathweni amaNqaku e-T:

• –1 nangaphezulu: Ukuxinana kwamathambo kuyinto eqhelekileyo kubudala nakwisini.
• Phakathi kwe -1 kunye -2.5: Ukubala koxinano lwamathambo kubonisa i-osteopenia, okuthetha ukuba ubungakanani bethambo bungaphantsi kwesiqhelo.
• –2.5 nangaphantsi: Ukuxinana kwethambo kubonisa i-osteoporosis.

Amanqaku e-Z ngumlinganiso wenani lokutenxa okusemgangathweni xa kuthelekiswa nomntu oneminyaka yakho, isini, ubunzima, kunye nemvelaphi yobuhlanga okanye yobuhlanga. Amanqaku e-Z angaphantsi kwe-2 angabonisa ukuba umntu ufumana ukulahleka kwethambo okungalindelekanga ngokuguga.

Umngcipheko wokuvavanywa koxinano lweethambo

Ngenxa yokuba ukuskena kwamathambo kubandakanya ii-X-ray, ubhencwa kwinqanaba elithile lemitha. Nangona kunjalo, isixa semitha sithathwa njengesincinci. Ukuba ubunezinto ezininzi ze-X-ray okanye ezinye iindlela ezichazwe kwimitha ngexesha lobomi bakho, unokuba unqwenela ukuthetha nogqirha wakho malunga neenkxalabo ezinokubakho zokuphinda-phinda ukuskena kwamathambo.

Enye into ebangela umngcipheko: Ukuvavanywa koxinano lwamathambo kusenokungachazi ngokuchanekileyo ubungozi bokwaphuka. Akukho vavanyo luhlala luchanekile ngeepesenti ezili-100.

Ukuba ugqirha ukuxelela ukuba unobungozi obuninzi bokuqhekeka, unokufumana uxinzelelo okanye uxinzelelo ngenxa yoko. Kungenxa yoko le nto kubalulekile ukuba wazi ukuba wena kunye nogqirha wakho niya kwenza ntoni ngolwazi olunikiweyo lokuvavanywa koxinano lwamathambo.

Kwakhona, ukuvavanywa koxinano lwamathambo akuchazi ukuba kutheni une-osteoporosis. Ukwaluphala inokuba sesinye sezizathu ezininzi. Ugqirha kufuneka asebenze nawe ukumisela ukuba unazo ezinye izinto ezinegalelo onokuzitshintsha ukuphucula uxinano lweethambo.

Izibonelelo zokufumana ukuskena kobuninzi bethambo

Ngelixa ukuskena kwamathambo kusetyenziselwa ukuxilonga i-osteoporosis kunye nokuxela kwangaphambili umngcipheko womntu wokufumana ukwaphuka kwamathambo, zikwanalo nexabiso kwabo sele befumene imeko.

Ugqirha unokucebisa ukuskena ubuninzi beethambo njengendlela yokulinganisa ukuba unyango lwe-osteoporosis luyasebenza. Ugqirha wakho unokuthelekisa iziphumo zakho nakweyiphi na isikali sokuqala sokuxinana kwethambo ukumisela ukuba ubungakanani beethambo lakho buya bulunga okanye buba mandundu. Ngokwe-National Osteoporosis Foundation, ababoneleli ngezempilo baya kuhlala bencoma ukuphindaphinda ukuskena kwamathambo kunyaka omnye emva konyango kwaye emva kweminyaka emibini emva koko.

Nangona kunjalo, izimvo zeengcali zixutywe malunga noncedo lokujonga rhoqo uxinano lweethambo emva kokuba kufunyenwe isifo kwaye kwaqala unyango. Omnye uvavanye phantse i-1,800 yabasetyhini ephathwa ngokuxinana kwamaminerali amathambo. Iziphumo zabaphandi zafumanisa ukuba oogqirha kunqabile ukuba benze utshintsho kwisicwangciso sonyango lokuxinana kwamathambo, nkqu nakwabo bancipha ithambo emva konyango.

Imibuzo yokubuza ugqirha wakho malunga nokuvavanywa koxinano lweethambo

Ukuba uthatha amayeza e-osteoporosis okanye wenze utshintsho kwindlela yokuphila ukuze uqinise amathambo akho, ugqirha wakho unokucebisa ukuphindaphinda ukuskena kwamathambo. Ngaphambi kokuphinda-phinda ukuskena, ungabuza ugqirha wakho le mibuzo ilandelayo ukuze ubone ukuba ngaba ukuskena okuphindaphindwayo lolona khetho lulungileyo kuwe:

• Ngaba imbali yam yokuvezwa yimitha indibeka emngciphekweni wokuqhubeka neziphumo ebezingalindelekanga?
• Usebenzisa njani ulwazi olufumana kwiskena sokuxinana kwethambo?
• Ucebisa kangaphi kwizikhuselo zokulandelela?
• Ngaba zikhona ezinye iimvavanyo okanye amanyathelo endinokuwathatha onokuthi ucebise?

Emva kokuxoxa ngokuskena okunokubakho ekulandeleleni, wena kunye nogqirha wakho ninokuthi nigqibe ukuba ngaba ukuvavanywa kwamathambo okungaphezulu kunokuphucula amanyathelo onyango.