Sonke sikhathalele kakhulu impilo yethu yomzimba. Kubaluleke kakhulu ukwazi ngenkqubo yemithambo yegazi ehambisa igazi engqondweni yethu nakwithambo lomqolo. Namhlanje siza kuthetha ngolunye uhlobo olubaluleke kakhulu lwemithambo yegazi. Olu lubizwa ngokuba yi-'(Vertebral Arteries)'. Ukuchaneka, ezi zifana negazi lobomi elondla inxalenye ephezulu yomzimba wethu.
Zithini ezi `(i-Vertebral Arteries)`? Zenza ntoni ngokwenene?
Ngamafutshane, i-'Vertebral Arteries' yimithambo yegazi emibini emikhulu ekwintamo yethu ethwala igazi liye engqondweni nakwintambo yomqolo (umthambo ophambili odlula kumqolo). Ewe, kukho emibini, omnye kwicala lasekhohlo nomnye kwicala lasekunene. Igama elithi 'Vertebral' livela kwinto yokuba le mithambo yegazi ihamba ngamathambo ethu omqolo, amathambo omqolo. Le mithambo mibini idibana ezantsi kwekhakayi ukuze yenze umthambo omkhulu obizwa ngokuba yi-'Basilar Artery'. Sikwabiza le nkqubo yonke ngokuba yi-'Vertebrobasilar system'.
Ngoko ke, umsebenzi ophambili wezi zinto kukubonelela ingqondo yethu ngeoksijini kunye nezondlo ezifunekayo . Ubusazi na ukuba i-20% yegazi lilonke eliya engqondweni yethu libonelelwa yile "Vertebral Arteries" . I-80% eseleyo ibonelelwa ngomnye umthambo oyintloko entanyeni obizwa ngokuba yi "Carotid Artery". Khawuthelekelele ke ukuba ezi zinto zibaluleke kangakanani!
Le `(i-Vertebral Arteries)` ikhupha amasebe amaninzi amancinci. Eyona inkulu ibizwa ngokuba yi`(i-Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery)`. Le yenye yemithambo emithathu ephambili enika igazi kwi`(i-Cerebellum)` yethu, oko kukuthi, inxalenye encinci yobuchopho (i-cerebellum). Le `(i-Cerebellum)` ibaluleke kakhulu. Inceda ekulawuleni izinto ezininzi emzimbeni wethu, ezifana nokulinganisela, intshukumo, intetho, kunye nokubona.
Ngoko ke, ezi "Vertebral Arteries" zifumaneka phi?
Ezi `(i-Vertebral Arteries)` zimbini ziqala kwi-`(i-Subclavian Arteries)` phantsi kwe-collarbone yethu, oko kukuthi, phantsi kwethambo le-`clavicle``. Ezi `(i-Subclavian Arteries)` ziqala kwi-`Aorta``, esona sithambo segazi sikhulu emzimbeni wethu. I-`Aorta`` yileyo ithwala igazi lisuka entliziyweni ukuya emzimbeni wonke. Ngokuchanekileyo, i-`Subclavian Artery`` ekwicala lasekunene iqala kwi-`Brachiocephalic Artery`` evela kwi-`Aorta``. I-`Subclavian Artery`` ekwicala lasekhohlo iqala ngqo kwi-`Aorta``.
Emva koko ezi `(i-Vertebral Arteries)` zimbini, ngokwahlukeneyo, zinyuka ngasekhohlo nangasekunene komqolo wethu entanyeni. Ezi mithambo zigqunywe zimisipha ebizwa ngokuba yi-`(imisipha ye-Suboccipital)` ezantsi kwekhakayi. Sikwabiza le ndawo ngokuthi yi-`(i-Suboccipital triangle)`.
Zeziphi iindawo ezikhethekileyo zeVertebral Artery endleleni yayo?
Cinga ngayo njengendlela ende. Kukho iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokuhlangana kunye neendawo ezahlukeneyo kuloo ndlela. Yiyo le ndlela le `(Vertebral Artery)` yahlulwe ngayo yangamacandelo amane (`amacandelo`) ngokwendawo ehamba kuyo. Masibone ukuba zeziphi:
- Icandelo le-V1 (ngaphambi kwe-foraminal):Le yinxalenye yokuqala eqala nge-"Subclavian Artery". Le yinxalenye emva kwe-"Carotid Artery", enye i-artery enkulu entanyeni.
- Icandelo le-V2 (i-foraminal): Eli candelo linyuka kunye nemithambo yomqolo (imithambo ethwala igazi umva) kunye nemithambo-luvo. Le ``Vertebral Artery`` ingena ngomngxuma obizwa ngokuba yi``Transverse Foramen``` kwi-C6 vertebra (oko kukuthi, i-6 vertebra entanyeni) kwaye iphuma nge-C2 vertebra (i-2 vertebra engaphantsi kwekhakayi).
- Inxalenye ye-V3 (engaphandle komqolo okanye engaphandle komqolo): Le nxalenye iyajikajika kwaye ijijeke kancinci njengoko idlula kwi-C1 vertebra (ekwabizwa ngokuba yi-"Atlas", elilona thambo liphezulu kumqolo) kwaye ingena ekhayeni.
- Inxalenye ye-V4 (yangaphakathi okanye engaphakathi kwentloko): Le yinxenye yokugqibela engena ekhakhayini. Emva koko i-`(Vertebral Arteries)` yasekunene neyasekhohlo iyadibana ukuze yenze i-`(Basilar Artery)` ekhankanyiweyo ngaphambili.
Ngaba ukhe wayibona indlela ezintsonkothe ngayo ezi veins ukubonelela ngegazi ebuchotsheni bethu?
Zeziphi izifo kunye neengxaki ezinokuchaphazela `(i-Vertebral Arteries)`?
Kulungile, ngoku masibone ukuba zeziphi iingxaki ezinokubangela ezi mithambo yegazi ixabisekileyo.
Ixesha elininzi, iingxaki zivela ngenxa yokwanda kwamafutha kunye ne-cholesterol kwezi mithambo yegazi, esiyibiza ngokuba yi-'(plaque)'. Oku kufana nokungcola kunye nenkunkuma eqokelelana kumbhobho wamanzi ngokuhamba kwexesha. Le meko siyibiza ngokuba yi -'(atherosclerosis)' . Ukuba le `(plaque)` iqokelelana kakhulu, umthambo ungavaleka ngokupheleleyo.
Xa i-`(Atherosclerosis)` ikhula kwi-`(Vertebral Artery)` ngolu hlobo, ibizwa ngokuba yi-`(Vertebral Artery Stenosis)`. Oko kuthetha ukuba i-artery iba mxinwa. Yintoni enokubangela oku?
- Amahlwili egazi angenzakala. Ukuhamba kwegazi kunokuvaleka kwezi ndawo zincinci kwaye amahlwili egazi angenzakala.
- Ukuphazamiseka okwethutyana kokunikezelwa kwegazi engqondweni kunokubangela i-"Transient Ischemic Attack - TIA". Sikwabiza oku ngokuba yi-"mini stroke".
- Istroke singenzeka. Oku kunokwenzeka ukuba ihlwili legazi liyivala ngokupheleleyo imithambo yegazi engqondweni.
- Imeko ebizwa ngokuba yi-"Vertebrobasilar insufficiency" inokwenzeka. Oku kuthetha ukuba ingqondo ayifumani gazi laneleyo.
Ukongeza koku, kukho nezinye iimeko ezichaphazela le mithambo:
- Ukuqhaqhazwa kwemithambo yomlomo wesibeleko: Oku kukukrazuka eludongeni lwemithambo yomqolo okanye yomqolo entanyeni. Oku kungenzeka ngenxa yokwenzakala, okanye kubantu abanemithambo yegazi ebuthathaka ngenxa yeengxaki ezithile zezicubu ezidityanisiweyo (ezifana neFibromuscular Dysplasia).
- `(I-Rotational Vertebral Artery Stenosis)`: Le yimeko engaqhelekanga. Idla ngokuvela xa `(I-Vertebral Artery)` icinezelwe ngenxa yokukhula okungafunekiyo kwethambo, okuthintela ukuhamba kwegazi ukuya ebuchotsheni. Oku kukwabizwa ngokuba yi-`(Bowhunter's Syndrome)` kuba olu xinzelelo ngamanye amaxesha luyanda ngexesha lokudubula.
Ngoko ke singazigcina njani ezi `(Vertebral Arteries)` zixabisekileyo ziphilile?
Le yeyona nto ibalulekileyo. Ukuba senza utshintsho oluncinci kwindlela esiphila ngayo, singayinciphisa kakhulu ingozi yokuba nezifo ezifana ne-`(Vertebral Artery Stenosis)`. Jonga ukuba ungenza ezi zinto na:
- Hlala usenza umthambo phantse yonke imihla yeveki. Oko kuthetha ukuzilolonga. Nokuba uhamba nje kancinci kulungile.
- Yitya ukutya okunempilo kwentliziyo. Ukutya okunamafutha aphantsi, i-cholesterol, kunye netyuwa zezona zilungileyo. Yitya imifuno emininzi, iziqhamo, iinkozo ezipheleleyo, kunye nokutya okunefayibha eninzi.
- Gcina ubunzima obusempilweni. Ukugcina ubunzima obufanele ubude bakho kubaluleke kakhulu.
- Ukuba unezifo ezifana nesifo seswekile, uxinzelelo lwegazi oluphezulu, okanye i-cholesterol ephezulu, zilawule kakuhle. Landela imiyalelo kagqirha wakho ngokuchanekileyo.
- Ukuba uyatshaya, yeka ngokuqinisekileyo. Ukutshaya kuyingozi kakhulu kwimithambo yegazi.
Khumbula, ezi zinto zinceda ukugcina kungekuphela nje "i-Vertebral Arteries" yakho kodwa nenkqubo yemithambo yegazi yomzimba wonke isempilweni.
Ufanele uye nini kugqirha?
Kukho iimpawu ezithile, ukuba ziyavela, ngokuqinisekileyo kufuneka ubone ugqirha ngokukhawuleza, njengoko zisenokuba ziimpawu zesifo esinzulu.
- Iimpawu zestroke: Ngokukodwa,
- I-vertigo enzima
- Ukulahlekelwa yibhalansi emzimbeni (ukungalingani)
- Ukubona kabini okanye ukulahleka kokubona
- Ukukhubazeka komzimba
- Ukuba usoloko uwa ngaphandle kwesizathu `(Ukuwa okungachazwanga)`
Ukuba wena okanye umntu omaziyo uhlangabezana nale meko, musa ukuchitha ixesha kwaye ufune ingcebiso kagqirha ngoko nangoko. Okukhona unyanga imeko efana ne-`(Stroke)` ngokukhawuleza, kokukhona iziphumo ziya kuba ngcono.
Ngoko ke, masikhumbule amanqaku abaluleke kakhulu kwinto esithethe ngayo? (Umyalezo Wokubuyela Ekhaya)
Ngoku uyazi ukuba "i-Vertebral Arteries" esithethe ngayo namhlanje yinkqubo ebaluleke kakhulu yemithambo ehambisa igazi engqondweni yethu nakwi-spinal cord. Ukuzigcina ziphilile kubalulekile ekusebenzeni kakuhle kwe-"nervous system" yethu.
I-Vertebral Artery Stenosis, okanye i-Vertebrobasilar insufficiency, ibangelwa kukwakheka kwe-plaque kwimithambo yegazi. Oku kuthintela ukuhamba kwegazi kwaye kwandisa umngcipheko we-stroke kunye ne-TIA.
Kodwa iindaba ezimnandi zezokuba singawunciphisa kakhulu lo mngcipheko ngokwenza utshintsho olusempilweni kwindlela yokuphila. Iindlela ezilungileyo zokwenza oku kukutya ukutya okunempilo, ukuzilolonga rhoqo , ukuphepha ukutshaya, kunye nokulawula iimeko zempilo ezikhoyo (ezifana nesifo seswekile kunye noxinzelelo lwegazi oluphezulu) .
Ngoko ke, khathalela impilo yakho. Kuba akukho nto ibaluleke ngaphezu kwempilo!
"umthambo womqolo, igazi eliya engqondweni, imithambo yentamo, ukukhubazeka, isifo sohlangothi, ukucutheka kwemithambo, iidiphozithi zekholesteroli











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