Ngaba wakha waziva intlungu engaqhelekanga okanye iintlungu ezivela nzulu emzimbeni wakho? Ivakala ngathi ivela nzulu emathanjeni akho. Oku sikubiza ngokuba yintlungu yamathambo kunyango. Oku akusiyo intlungu nje elula. Ke ngoko, kubaluleke kakhulu ukukwazi oku.

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Yintoni kanye kanye intlungu yamathambo?

Ngamafutshane, iintlungu zamathambo yiyo nayiphi na uhlobo lwentlungu okanye ukungakhululeki okuzivayo emathanjeni okanye emalungwini akho. Zinokubangelwa kukwenzakala okwahlukeneyo kunye neemeko zempilo.

Khawuthelekelele ukuba ubukwingozi yemoto okanye uwile ndaweni ithile. Emva koko, ukuba waphuka ithambo engalweni okanye emlenzeni wakho (ukuqhekeka), siyazi kakuhle isizathu sokuba loo ntlungu ivele. Kodwa unobangela awusoloko ucacile. Umzekelo, ezinye iintlobo zomhlaza ziqala emathanjeni okanye zisasazeke emathanjeni. Olu hlobo lwentlungu lunokubakho nakwiimeko ezinjalo. Ngoko ke ukuba uqala ukuziva iintlungu ezintsha emathanjeni, ukuba azipheli kwiintsuku ezimbalwa, okanye ukuba ziya zisiba mandundu, ngokuqinisekileyo kungcono ukubona ugqirha ukuze ufumane unobangela.

Injani intlungu yethambo?

Iintlungu zamathambo zihlala zivakala njengentlungu ebuhlungu nengathandekiyo evela nzulu emzimbeni. Indawo inokuba buhlungu xa uyichukumisa. Isenokuba buhlungu xa ushukuma okanye usebenzisa indawo echaphazelekayo. Kwiimeko ezininzi, uya kukwazi ukubona indawo echanekileyo yentlungu. Intlungu isenokuvakala ngathi iyasasazeka, kodwa ihlala ikwindawo enye.

Kodwa ukuba kukho ingozi kwaye kwenzeka into efana nethambo elaphukileyo, intlungu inokuba bukhali kakhulu kwaye ibe qatha .

Asinguye wonke umntu ova iintlungu ngendlela efanayo. Ngoko ke xa ubona ugqirha wakho, cacisa ngezi zinto zilandelayo:

Kuphi apho kubuhlungu khona kakhulu?
Ingaba intlungu ihlala ihleli, okanye iyafika ihambe?
Ngowuphi umhla intlungu iba mandundu ngawo, okanye xa ushukumisa umzimba wakho?
Injani intlungu? (Ingaba ibukhali, ayicacanga, ayiguquguquki, okanye iyabetha?)

Kutheni amathambo ethu ebuhlungu? Zithini izizathu eziphambili?

Le ntlungu inokubangelwa yinto eyonakalisa amathambo akho okanye izicwili ezingqongileyo. Makhe sijonge iindidi eziphambili zezizathu.

Udidi lwezizathu	Imizekelo
Ukonzakala kunye nokwenzakala	Iingozi zezithuthi Iingozi xa udlala imidlalo Ukuwa Ukuqhekeka kwamathambo
Iimeko zeMpilo Ezenza Amathambo Abuthathaka	I-Osteoporosis - amathambo abhityileyo nabuthathaka I-Osteoarthritis - ukudumba kwamalungu I-Avascular Necrosis - ukulahleka kwegazi emathanjeni I-Osteomyelitis - usulelo lwamathambo Ukunqongophala kweVithamin D kunye nezifo ezinxulumene noko Isifo sePaget sethambo I-Osteopenia - ukuncipha koxinano lwamathambo
Iithumba zeThambo eziNgenabungozi	Ii-cysts zethambo le-Aneurysmal Ii-Osteoblastomas
Iintlobo zoMhlaza	Umhlaza wamathambo I-Osteosarcoma I-Leukemia Umhlaza osasazeke emathanjeni usuka kwenye indawo (umhlaza we-Metastatic)

Ugqirha ufumana njani unobangela wale ntlungu?

Ugqirha wakho uza kuqala akubuze umbuzo oneenkcukacha malunga nentlungu yakho aze akuhlole. Emva koko, banokwenza uvavanyo oluthile ukuze bafumane unobangela ochanekileyo, onje ngala:

I-X-reyi: Ukujonga ukuba amathambo aqhekekile na okanye aphumile.
I-MRI scan: Jonga ngokusondeleyo izicubu ezithambileyo ezijikeleze amathambo, izihlunu kunye namalungu.
I-CT scan: Fumana imifanekiso eneenkcukacha ze-3D yamathambo.
I-ultrasound scan: Kwezinye iimeko, jonga izicubu.

Ukongeza, usenokuba novavanyo olukhethekileyo olulinganisa uxinano lwamathambo akho. Oku kubizwa ngokuba yi-DEXA scan .Ibizwa ngokuba yinye. Iimeko ezifana ne-osteoporosis zinokubangela ukuba amathambo abe mancinci kwaye angabi namandla. I-DEXA scan inokulinganisa ukuba amathambo akho aqine kangakanani.

Yintoni umahluko phakathi kwentlungu yamathambo kunye nentlungu yemisipha?

Kulula ukubhidanisa ezi ntlungu zimbini kuba zombini zivela ngaphakathi emzimbeni. Kodwa kukho umahluko ocacileyo phakathi kwazo zombini.

Iintlungu zemisipha zixhaphake kakhulu kuneentlungu zamathambo. Khawuthelekelele ukuba ukhe waqeqesha kakuhle okanye wasusa izinto zasekhaya. Iintlungu zemisipha bubuhlungu obubuvayo ngosuku olulandelayo.

Uhlobo lwentlungu: Intlungu yamathambo idla ngokuba nzulu kwaye ibukhali . Intlungu yemisipha ayibalulekanga kangako kwaye isasazeka ngokwemvelo.
Indawo ekuyo intlungu: Intlungu yamathambo idla ngokuvakala kwindawo ethile . Ungayikhomba ngomnwe wakho. Intlungu yemisipha idla ngokuphuma ecaleni kwemisipha echaphazelekayo.
Ixesha: Iintlungu zemisipha zihlala ziphela kwiintsuku ezimbalwa, kodwa iintlungu zethambo zinokuhlala ixesha elide .

Ukuba intlungu yakho ayipheli kwiintsuku ezimbalwa, kwaye awukwazi ukuqonda ukuba yintoni, eyona nto ingcono kukubona ugqirha.

Ngaba 'Iintlungu Zokukhula' ziyafana nale?

Ewe, le yingxaki ebachaphazela abazali abaninzi. Abantwana abancinci, ingakumbi abo bangaphantsi kweminyaka eli-12 ubudala, baziva iintlungu emilenzeni ngasemva kwamadolo abo. Oku sikubiza ngokuba yi-'Growing Pains'. Nangona eli gama linjalo, akukaqinisekiswa ngokwesayensi ukuba le ntlungu ibangelwa kukukhula komntwana. Asazi nokuba yintoni ebangela loo nto.

Kodwa eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuba, ukuba umntwana wakho unentlungu entsha, ingakumbi ukuba imvusa ebusuku , musa ukucinga nje ukuba ziintlungu zokukhula, kodwa bonana nogqirha ngoko nangoko. Kuba abantwana banokuba nezinye iingxaki ezinxulumene namathambo.

Sifanele siye nini kugqirha ngokuqinisekileyo?

Ukuba ufumana iintlungu ezintsha zamathambo, kulungile ukubona ugqirha ngokukhawuleza. Abafazi basengozini enkulu ye-osteoporosis kunye ne-osteopenia. Ukuba kukho nabani na kusapho lwakho onale ngxaki, xelela ugqirha wakho ngayo.

Ukuba unezi mpawu zilandelayo okanye ube sengozini enkulu, yiya kwiYunithi yoNyango oluNgxamisekileyo (ETU) yesibhedlele ngoko nangoko.

Ukuba awukwazi ukushukumisa inxalenye yomzimba wakho.
Ukuba ulusu luyoluliwe kwaye amathambo ayabonakala.
Ukuba unentlungu enzima nenganyamezelekiyo.

Umyalezo Wokuya Ekhaya

Ungaze uyityeshele intlungu yamathambo okanye ulindele ukuba iziphelele yodwa.
Unobangela wale ntlungu unokuba yiyo nantoni na ukususela kwingozi nje ukuya kwisifo esibi njengomhlaza, ngoko ke funa ingcebiso kagqirha ngokukhawuleza.
Iintlungu zamathambo zihlala zinzulu, zibukhali, kwaye zivakala kwindawo ethile, ngelixa iintlungu zemisipha zingaphezulu kwaye ziyasasazeka.
Ukuba umntwana uvuka ebusuku ngenxa yentlungu, musa ukucinga ukuba 'ziintlungu zokukhula' uze umse kugqirha ngoko nangoko.
Emva kwengozi enkulu, ukuba awukwazi ukuhambisa inxalenye yomzimba, ukuba amathambo ayabonakala, okanye ukuba unentlungu enganyamezelekiyo, yiya kwiSebe leNgxamiseko (ETU) ngokukhawuleza.