Za mu yi magana game da 'Circumflex Artery', wanda yake da matuƙar muhimmanci ga lafiyar zuciya?

Zuciya kamar injin jikinmu take. Don haka, don ci gaba da aiki da wannan injin, tana buƙatar samun jini akai-akai, wato iskar oxygen da abubuwan gina jiki. Domin zuciya ta tura jini ga dukkan jiki, akwai wani tsari daban na ƙananan jijiyoyin jini waɗanda ke samar da jini ga zuciya. Muna kiran waɗannan jijiyoyin zuciya. Wani muhimmin memba na wannan tsarin shine 'Circumflex Artery'. A yau, bari mu yi magana game da wanene wannan, abin da yake yi, da abin da zai faru idan tana da matsala.

A taƙaice dai, menene Circumflex Artery?

To, ka yi tunanin haka. Muna da manyan jijiyoyin zuciya guda biyu waɗanda ke ɗauke da jini zuwa zuciyarmu. Dama da hagu. Wannan babban jijiyoyin zuciya na hagu yana raba zuwa wasu manyan rassan guda biyu. Ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan rassan shine 'Circumflex Artery' (ɗayan kuma ana kiransa 'Left Anterior Descending (LAD) artery'). Wani lokaci likitoci suna kiran wannan 'LCx artery' a takaice.

Babban aikin wannan jijiyar shine samar da jini mai tsafta da iskar oxygen zuwa ɗakunan famfo da ke gefen hagu na zuciyarmu. Wato:

• Atrium na hagu - Inda jinin da ke ɗauke da iskar oxygen daga huhu ya fara taruwa.
• Hagu ventricle - Babban kuma mafi ƙarfi na zuciya wanda ke tura jini zuwa ga dukkan jiki.
• Tsokokin papillary a cikin ventricle na hagu.

Ina wannan jijiyar take? Shin tana da rassanta?

Jijiyar circumflex tana cikin epicardium, wato wani yanki mai kariya daga waje na zuciya. Tana gudana ne ta hanyar wani sashe mai kama da tsagi tsakanin ɗakunan sama da na ƙasa (atrium da ventricle) a gefen hagu na zuciya.

Haka ne, kamar rassan itace, wannan jijiyar ma tana rassa zuwa ƙananan rassan. Adadin waɗannan rassan na iya bambanta. Yawanci akwai kusan rassan guda uku, waɗanda ake kira 'rassa masu karkata.' Waɗannan ƙananan rassan suna tafiya ta wajen ventricle na hagu na zuciya.

Menene 'Dominance' a cikin jinin da ke kwarara zuwa zuciya?

Wannan magani ne kaɗan, amma yana da sauƙin fahimta. Akwai wani muhimmin jijiyar da ake kira 'jijiya mai saukowa daga baya (PDA)' wanda ke ba da jini zuwa bayan zuciyarmu. Don haka, 'jijiya mai tasowa' naka ana tantance shi ta hanyar ko wannan jijiyar 'PDA' da ke jikinka tana karɓar jini daga jijiyar zuciya ta dama ko kuma reshe a gefen hagu (watau 'Circumflex' ko 'LAD').

Wannan wani abu ne da ya bambanta daga mutum zuwa mutum.

Wadanne cututtuka ne ke shafar Circumflex Artery?

Kamar sauran jijiyoyin zuciya, babban kuma mafi hatsarin da ke shafar 'Circumflex Artery' shine cutar jijiyoyin zuciya (CAD) . A taƙaice dai, toshewar jijiyoyin jini ne ta hanyar kitse da kuma cholesterol da ke taruwa.

Kamar yadda datti da tsatsa ke taruwa a cikin bututun ruwa a tsawon lokaci, abubuwa kamar kitse da cholesterol suna taruwa a cikin waɗannan jijiyoyin jini, suna samar da wani Layer da ake kira ''plaque''. Muna kiran wannan ''atherosclerosis''. Yayin da wannan Layer na ''plaque'' ke girma a hankali, kwararar jini a cikin jijiyoyin yana raguwa. Daga ƙarshe, kwararar jini tana toshewa.

Ta yaya za a san ko jijiyar ta toshe? Menene alamun cutar?

Angina tana faruwa ne lokacin da jijiyar jini ta yi ƙunci kuma zuciya ba ta samun isasshen jini ba.Za ka iya fuskantar ciwon ƙirji ko matsewar ƙirji, wanda aka sani da angina. Wannan na iya zama alamar bugun zuciya, don haka ya kamata ka yi taka-tsantsan game da waɗannan alamun.

Idan kana da ɗaya ko fiye daga cikin waɗannan alamun, to gaggawa ce ta lafiya . Ya kamata ka je Sashen Gaggawa na asibiti (ETU) nan da nan.

Ta yaya likitoci ke duba yanayin jijiyoyin jini?

Likitoci suna amfani da gwaje-gwaje na musamman da dama don duba lafiyar jijiyoyin zuciya, waɗanda aka fi sani da jijiyoyin 'circumflex'.

• Ka'idar Ka'idar Zuciya (Angiogram): Wannan ita ce gwaji mafi mahimmanci. Ana saka ƙaramin bututu ta cikin jijiyar hannu ko ƙafa, a zare shi zuwa jijiyoyin zuciya na zuciya, a yi masa allurar ruwa ta musamman, sannan a ɗauki hoton X-ray don ganin ko akwai toshewar jijiyoyin.
• Tsarin Tomography na Zuciya (Centry Computed Tomography Angiogram) (CCTA): Wannan hoton CT ne na musamman wanda zai iya samar da hotuna masu girma uku (3D) na yadda jini ke gudana a cikin zuciya.
• Duban dan tayi a cikin jijiyoyin jini (IVUS): Wannan ya ƙunshi saka ƙaramin na'urar duban dan tayi a cikin jijiya, wanda hakan zai ba da damar ganin girman da yanayin layin plaque da aka haɗa a bangon jijiya sosai.
• Rage Guduwar Jini (FFR): Gwaji ne da ke auna hawan jini kafin da kuma bayan toshewar jijiya don tantance ainihin yadda toshewar ke shafar aikin zuciya.

Yaya ake magance toshewar jijiyar jini?

Babban maganin da ake amfani da shi don sake buɗe jijiyar circumflex da ta toshe ko wani jijiyar zuciya shine angioplasty da stenting .

A cikin wannan, ana wuce ƙaramin bututu mai bakin balan-balan ta cikin jijiyar zuwa yankin da aka toshe, kamar angiogram. Sannan ana hura balan-balan don tura plaque ɗin a kan bangon jijiyar, yana faɗaɗa kwararar jini. Sannan, ana sanya ƙaramin bututun raga da ake kira stent a yankin don hana yankin da ya kumbura ya sake yin ƙunci. Wannan yana taimakawa wajen kiyaye kwararar jini mai kyau a cikin dogon lokaci.

Me zan iya yi don kiyaye lafiyar zuciyata?

Akwai abubuwa da yawa da za ku iya yi don kiyaye lafiyar zuciyarku da tsarin jijiyoyinku gaba ɗaya, ba kawai jijiyoyinku na circumflex ba. Abu mafi kyau da za ku yi shi ne ku haɗa su cikin salon rayuwarku.

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Ta hanyar bin waɗannan abubuwan, za ku iya rayuwa mai tsawo da lafiyayyen zuciya. Idan kuna da wasu tambayoyi game da lafiyarku, tuntuɓi likitan iyali don neman shawara.