Ngaba nawe unesandi sokuklikha emhlathini wakho? Ngaba uziva iintlungu? Ngaba yingxaki ye-TMJ? Makhe sithethe ngale nto!

Mhlawumbi awukaze ucinge kakhulu ngomhlathi wakho, akunjalo? Kodwa ijoyinti yomhlathi, okanye ijoyinti ye-temporomandibular, ibalulekile kuyo yonke into ukusuka ekuthetheni ukuya ekutyeni ukuya ekuncumeni. Ngamanye amaxesha, iingxaki zinokuvela ngeli joyinti. Namhlanje, siza kuthetha ngesinye sezi meko, esaziwa ngokuba ziingxaki ze-TMJ. Ungakhathazeki, le yinto eyenzeka kubantu abaninzi kwaye inokunyangeka.

Masiqale sibone ukuba yintoni iTMJ.

Ngamafutshane, ilungu apho umhlathi wakho ongezantsi udibana khona nentloko yakho libizwa ngokuba yi-TMJ (ilungu le-temporomandibular). Ungazibona ngokulula ezi lungu zimbini. Beka iminwe yakho ngqo phambi kweendlebe zakho uze uve intshukumo yezi lungu zimbini njengoko uvula kwaye uvala umlomo wakho. Uza kuziva iziphelo ezibini ezijikelezileyo zomhlathi wakho ongezantsi. Ezi zihamba ngokungathi zityibilika ecaleni kwe-socket edibeneyo entlokweni yakho. Eli lungu lethambo lexesha. Inxalenye engaphakathi kwendlebe yakho nendawo ejikeleze ibunzi lakho nayo ikweli thambo. Cinga nje ngendlela elibaluleke ngayo eli lungu lincinci! Lifana ne-hinge yomnyango.

Ngoko ke, yintoni i-TMJ disorder (TMD)?

Iingxaki zeTMJ, ngamanye amaxesha ezibizwa ngokuba yi-'TMD' (Temporomandibular Disorders), zinokubonakala ngeempawu ezahlukeneyo. Makhe sijonge ukuba zeziphi:

• Usenokuva iintlungu entlokweni yakho, entanyeni, emhlathini, okanye ebusweni . Ngamanye amaxesha le ntlungu ingasasazeka endlebeni yakho okanye esidleleni sakho.
• Usenokuba nobunzima bokutya, ingakumbi ukuhlafuna . Intlungu inokwanda naxa uhlafuna ukutya okuthile.
• Usenokuva isandi esithi "cofa" okanye "uqhuma" xa uvula okanye uvala umlomo wakho. Ngamanye amaxesha esi sandi sinokuhamba nentlungu encinci.
• Ngamanye amaxesha , umhlathi usenokuvaleka . Oku kuthetha ukuba usenokungakwazi ukuvula okanye ukuvala umlomo wakho. Oku kunokuba ngamava othusayo.

Nangona izifo zeTMJ zinokuchaphazela abantwana bayo nayiphi na iminyaka, zixhaphake kakhulu kubantu abaselula, ingakumbi amantombazana . Zininzi izizathu ezinokubakho.

Kutheni ezi ngxaki zeTMJ zenzeka? Zithini izizathu?

Kudla ngokuba nzima ukufumana unobangela ochanekileyo wesifo se-TMJ. Nangona kunjalo, kukho izinto ezininzi ezinokubangela oko.

1. Ukugaywa okanye ukuqiniswa kwamazinyo (Bruxism): Le yimbangela eqhelekileyo. Abanye abantu baginya amazinyo abo emini nasebusuku, beqiniswa amazinyo abo. Oku kubangela ukuba ilungu le-TMJ lisebenze ngokungeyomfuneko. Oku kunokubangela ukuba i-cartilage disc engaphakathi kweli lungu iguge okanye ikhululeke. Ukugaywa nokuqiniswa kwamazinyo kunokubangela ukuba amazinyo aphezulu nasezantsi ahlangane (alume). Kukwachaphazela nezihlunu ezisetyenziselwa ukuhlafuna ukutya.Into ebuhlungu kukuba, abantu abaninzi abazi nokuba bayazitshixiza amazinyo.

2. Uxinzelelo: Uxinzelelo lubangela izifo ezininzi. Lunokuchaphazela neengxaki ze-TMJ. Xa uxinzelelo lusanda, abantwana bathambekele ekuqiniseni amazinyo abo, ekuqiniseni imihlathi yabo, nasekuqiniseni izihlunu zabo zemihlathi. Cinga nje ngendlela abanye abantwana abaxinezeleka ngayo xa uviwo lusondela okanye xa benengxaki encinci nomhlobo.

3. Ezinye iingxaki zamazinyo: Ukuba kukho ingxaki ngendlela amazinyo abekwe ngayo (ukuluma kakubi), oko kunokubangela iingxaki ze-TMJ.

4. Iingxaki zamalungu: Umzekelo, abantu abaneengxaki zamalungu ezinjengokudumba kwamalungu banamathuba amaninzi okufumana iingxaki ze-TMJ.

5. Iingxaki ezinxulumene nezihlunu: Ukuba kukho ubuthathaka okanye enye ingxaki kwimisipha enxulumene nomhlathi, nayo loo nto inokuchaphazeleka.

6. Ukulimala emhlathini okanye ebusweni: Ukuba wakha waba nengozi ngaphambili okanye wabethwa kakhulu emhlathini okanye ebusweni, oku kunokubonakala njengengxaki ye-TMJ ngokuhamba kwexesha.

"Nangona unobangela ochanekileyo ungaziwa, iingxaki zeTMJ zihlala zibangelwa yenye okanye ngaphezulu kwezi zinto."

Sifanele siye nini kugqirha wamazinyo?

Ukuba ucinga ukuba umntwana wakho ubonakalisa naziphi na iimpawu zesifo se-TMJ esikhankanyiweyo apha ngasentla, qiniseka ukuba wazisa ugqirha wamazinyo . Okukhona imeko ifunyaniswa ngokukhawuleza kwaye inyangwa, kokukhona inokunyangeka ngokukhawuleza.

Ugqirha wamazinyo uza kukubuza imibuzo wena nomntwana wakho aze ahlole umntwana wakho. Ngamanye amaxesha, uvavanyo olukhethekileyo lwemifanekiso lunokwenziwa ukuqinisekisa isifo se-TMJ. Umzekelo:

• Uvavanyo lwe-X-ray
• `Iskeni ye-CT`
• Iskeni ye-MRI

Olu vavanyo lunokubona ngokucacileyo izinto ezifana nemeko engaphakathi kwelungu, uhlobo lwamathambo, kunye nendawo ye-cartilage disc.

Ukuba umntwana wakho uvaleke umhlathi ngequbuliso kwaye akakwazi ukuvula okanye ukuvala umlomo wakhe, musa ukoyika, kodwa fowunela ugqirha wamazinyo ngoko nangoko uze umbuze ukuba ngaba kufuneka abone ugqirha wotyando lomlomo okanye aye kwigumbi likaxakeka.

Zinyangwa njani ezi zifo zeTMJ?

Xa abanye abantwana befumana iingxaki ze-TMJ, unyango lunokuba lula kakhulu. Lunokuba lula njengokunika umhlathi iintsuku ezimbalwa zokuphumla .

Izinto onokuzenza ekhaya:

• Nika umntwana wakho ukutya okuthambileyo okulula ukukuhlafuna, okufana ne-porridge, isuphu, irayisi, imifuno ecoliweyo, kunye neziqhamo.
• Nceda umntwana wakho aphephe imikhwa eyingozi kwimisipha yamalungu e-TMJ kunye neyobuso. Umzekelo:
• Igum yokuhlafuna.
• Ukuqingqa okanye ukuqingqa amazinyo akho.
• Ukuvula umlomo wakho ngokubanzi xa uvula amehlo akho (ukukhafula).
• Ukuze unciphise iintlungu kwaye unike umntwana intuthuzelo, beka iipakethe zomkhenkce ecaleni kobuso, okanye uthambise ubushushu .

Unyango lwezonyango:

Kwezinye iimeko, kunokufuneka unyango olungakumbi.

• Umhlathi ovalekileyo: Ukuze kulungiswe oku, ugqirha kuya kufuneka alawule umhlathi ukuze uvuleke uphinde uvaleke. Ngamanye amaxesha, umntwana unokuthomalaliswa, oko kuthetha ukuba ukwimeko yokungazi nto, ukuze angeva ntlungu.
• Unyango lokusila okanye ukuqina kwamazinyo: Ukunceda kwiintlungu ezibangelwa kukuqina kwamazinyo, ugqirha wamazinyo anganika umntwana wakho i-splint okanye i-biteplate ukuba ayinxibe ebusuku. Oku kunokunceda ekunciphiseni ukuqina nokuqina kwamazinyo. Banokukunika amayeza okunceda ukunciphisa iintlungu kunye nokuphumza izihlunu.
• Iingxaki zokulungelelaniswa kwamazinyo: Ukuba umntwana wakho unengxaki yokuluma kwakhe ebangela ingxaki ye-TMJ, ugqirha wamazinyo unokucebisa ukuba afake iibraces okanye olunye unyango lwamazinyo ukuze ayilungise.
• Utyando: Utyando alufuneki rhoqo kule meko. Ukuba zonke ezinye iindlela zonyango azizithobeli iimpawu, umntwana wakho unokufuna utyando lokulungisa izicubu ezonakeleyo kwilungu. Nangona kunjalo, khumbula, uninzi lwabantwana aluyi kufuna utyando.

Ngaba iingxaki zeTMJ zinokuthintelwa?

Abantwana abaninzi baba neengxaki ze-TMJ okanye iintlungu zamalungu ngenxa yokutshixiza amazinyo okanye ukuqina kwemihlathi yabo. Into ebuhlungu kukuba, abazi nokuba bayayenza loo nto. Ngoko ke, abantwana kufuneka bafundiswe ukuqaphela ukuba ezi zinto zenzeka nini. Umzekelo, xa besenza uvavanyo esikolweni, xa benomsindo, xa belusizi, bona ukuba ezi zinto ziyenzeka na. Emva koko banokufunda ukuyeka lo mkhwa.

Uxinzelelo lunokuba ngunobangela omkhulu wezi mpawu. Ke ngoko:

• Qinisekisa ukuba umntwana wakho ufumana umthambo owaneleyo kwaye ulala ngokwaneleyo .
• Kuphephe ukubekela umntwana wakho ixesha elide . Mnike ixesha lokuphumla aze enze izinto azithandayo.
• Yenza umntwana wakho aphumle , njengokufunda incwadi, ukuzoba, okanye ukumamela umculo.
• Ukuzilolonga ukuphefumla yindlela entle yokunciphisa uxinzelelo. Fundisa abantwana bakho. Khawucinge nje ukuba uziva ukhululekile kangakanani xa uphefumla nzulu kwaye ukhupha umoya.

Ungacela ugqirha wamazinyo ukuba akunike iingcebiso ezingakumbi zokuthintela iingxaki zeTMJ.

Izinto ezibalulekileyo ekufuneka uzikhumbule (Umyalezo Wokuya Ekhaya)

Kulungile, mandishwankathele ezinye zezona ngongoma zibalulekileyo koko sithethe ngako ukuze ukwazi ukuzikhumbula lula:

• I-'TMJ' ibhekisa kwilungu lakho lomhlathi. Xa lineengxaki, inokubangela iimpawu ezifana nentlungu, ubunzima bokutya, kunye nesandi sokuklikha emhlathini wakho.
• Amaxesha amaninzi, izinto ezinje ngokutshixiza amazinyo kunye noxinzelelo zizinto ezibangela iingxaki ze-TMJ.
• Ukuba umntwana wakho unenye yezi mpawu, musa ukoyika uye kugqirha wamazinyo. Okukhona ibonwa ngokukhawuleza, kokukhona kulula ukuyinyanga.
• Kwiimeko ezininzi, le meko inokulawulwa ngonyango olulula kunye nezinto onokuzenza ekhaya.
• Ukulawula uxinzelelo kunye nokuchonga nokuphelisa imikhwa emibi (njengokutshixiza amazinyo) kunokunceda kakhulu ekuthinteleni iingxaki ze-TMJ.

"Ukunyamekela impilo yomntwana wakho yeyona nto ibalulekileyo. Ukuba ubona ingxaki encinci efana nale, akukaze kube kudala ukufuna ingcebiso kagqirha."

Ndiyathemba ukuba ngoku uyaqonda ngcono iingxaki ze-TMJ. Ukuba unemibuzo engaphezulu, nceda ubuze ugqirha.

I-TMJ, i-TMD, i-Temporomandibular Joint, ukuSila amazinyo, i-Bruxism, iintlungu zomhlathi, uxinzelelo, unyango lwamazinyo