Ngaphambi kokuba uye kwi-Ob-Gyn ...

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Ngaphambi kokuba uhambe

• Rekhoda imbali yakho yonyango.

UMichele Curtis, M.D., M.P.H., ugqirha wabafazi baseHouston ucebisa ngelithi: “Kuviwo lonyaka, thabatha imizuzu embalwa uhlolisise ‘ibali lakho lempilo’ kunyaka ophelileyo. "Bhala nantoni na etshintshileyo, zombini izinto eziphambili njengokuhlinzwa kunye nezinto ezincinci ezinjengeevithamini ezintsha [okanye imifuno] oyithathayo." Qaphela nokuba yeyiphi na imicimbi yezempilo ethe yavela phakathi kwabazali bakho, oomakhulu nootatomkhulu kunye nabantakwenu, ucebisa-ugqirha wakho unokucebisa amanyathelo okukunceda ukuthintela iingxaki ezifanayo.

• Fumana iirekhodi zakho.

Ukuba ukhe watyandwa izifo zesifazana okanye i-mammogram, cela ikopi yeerekhodi zenkqubo kugqirha wakho okanye ingcali ukuze uze nayo (kwaye uzigcinele ikopi).

• Dwelisa izinto ezikuxhalabisayo.

Bhala izinto ezintathu ezikuxhalabisayo ngokulandelelana kwazo. “Uphando lubonise ukuba into yesithathu izigulana ezizizisayo ngexesha lotyelelo zihlala zizingenise,” utshilo uCurtis. "Abantu baneentloni kwaye bafuna 'ukusifudumeza' kuqala, kodwa ixesha lifutshane, ke kuya kufuneka uhlale ubuza owona mbuzo ubalulekileyo kuqala."

Ngexesha lotyelelo

• Bhala phantsi "iinombolo" zakho.

Ukuba uvavanyo lwakho lwe-OB-GYN lonyaka kuphela kovavanyo olufumanayo unyaka wonke, bhala phantsi ezi zibalo zilandelayo: uxinzelelo lwegazi, inqanaba le-cholesterol, ubunzima kunye nesalathiso sobunzima bomzimba, kunye nokuphakama (ukuba unciphisile nokuba yimilimitha, inokuba uphawu lokulahleka kwethambo). Fayilisha ulwazi kude uthelekise neenombolo zonyaka olandelayo.

• Vavanywa ii-STD.

Ukuba ubukhe wabelana ngesondo ngokungakhuselekanga nokuba kukanye, cela i-chlamydia kunye ne-gonorrhea. Ezi zifo zinganeziphumo ezibi, kubandakanya ukungachumi. Ukuba ngaba uye wabelana ngesondo ngokungakhuselekanga neqabane elingenamfazi omnye, kufuneka kwakhona uhlolelwe i-HIV, i-hepatitis B kunye negcushuwa.

• Cela ukhuphelo.

Ukuba ugqirha wakho ugxothiwe ngexesha lokuqeshwa kwaye akanaxesha lokungena kwi-nitty-gritty nganye yexhala lakho, buza ukuba ukhona umncedisi kagqirha, ugqirha ongumongikazi okanye umongikazi okhoyo (okanye umbelekisi, ukuba ukhulelwe). "Bayimithombo emihle yengcebiso kwaye bahlala benexesha elingakumbi lokuhlala nezigulana," utshilo uMary Jane Minkin, MD, unjingalwazi wezonyango zokubelekisa kunye ne-gynecology kwiYale University School of Medicine eNew Haven, Conn.

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