Wake wazizwa iphunga elibonakala sengathi livela ndawo, ngisho noma kungekho mthombo obonakalayo endaweni okuyo? Ungase uzwe iphunga lerabha elishile, ukudla okubolile, noma, kwezinye izimo, ngisho nephunga elimnandi njengephunga elimnandi. Ngokwezokwelapha, lesi simo—lapho uthola khona iphunga elingekho endaweni okuyo—laziwa ngokuthi iPhantosmia . Nakuba lokhu kungazwakala kungathandeki, asikho isidingo sokwesaba; ake sibheke eNirogi Lanka sikusize uqonde ukuthi kungenzekani.
Iyini ngempela i-Phantosmia?
Kalula nje, i-phantosmia iwukuzwa kokuhogela iphunga elingekho endaweni okuyo. Ngokwezokwelapha, sibhekisela kulokhu ngokuthi “ukuphupha imibono engalungile.” Ungase uzwe la maphunga ephunga ekhaleni elilodwa, emakhaleni womabili, noma ngezinye izikhathi uzizwe sengathi avela endaweni uqobo lwayo. Le mizwa ingaba njalo noma ihlale ingavamile.
Isibonelo, ake ucabange uhleli egumbini lakho lokuphumula lapho kungekho lutho oluvuthayo futhi kungekho muntu obhemayo, kodwa ngokuzumayo ubona iphunga elihlukile likagwayi oshisiwe. Nakuba lokhu kuvame ukuba yinto engenabungozi, yesikhashana exazululeka yodwa, kungaba— ezimweni ezingavamile kakhulu —uphawu lwezimo ezingaphansi njengesifo sikaParkinson, isifo sohlangothi, noma isimila sobuchopho. KwaNirogi Lanka, sikholelwa ukuthi ukuqonda izimpawu zakho kuyisinyathelo sokuqala sokuthula kwengqondo.
Sivame kangakanani lesi simo?
I-Phantosmia ayivamile. Ibangela cishe u-10% kuya ku-20% wezinkinga ezibikiwe ezihlobene nokunuka (ezihlobene nephunga). Akuyona into evame ukuthinta wonke umuntu, kodwa uphawu lwezokwelapha oluqashelwayo oludinga ukunakwa uma luqhubeka.
Yiziphi izici zala “maphunga angavamile”?
Iphunga elitholakala ku-phantosmia liyahlukahluka kakhulu kumuntu nomuntu. Nakuba abanye bengase babone iphunga elimnandi njengezinto ezibhakiwe, iningi labantu libika iphunga elibi , okuhlanganisa:
- Irabha eshile
- Iphunga elibi noma elibolile
- Ukudla okubolile
- Isinkwa esishisiwe noma isinkwa esithosiwe
- Intuthu kagwayi
- Iphunga lamakhemikhali noma elibomvu
- Iphunga lensimbi
- Iphunga elinomswakama, elinomswakama, noma elinobuthi
Ngezinye izikhathi, ungase uhlangane nephunga elingaqondakali nelingavamile ongakaze ulizwe ngaphambili. Lawa maphunga angase ahlale njalo noma aphele ngaphakathi nangaphandle.
Kungani lokhu kwenzeka? Ziyini izimbangela?
Kunezimbangela eziningana ezingaba khona ze-phantosmia. Ake sihlole ezivame kakhulu.
Izimbangela ezivamile:
- Umkhuhlane: Ukuminyana kwamakhala nokuvuvukala ngesikhathi somkhuhlane kungathinta amangqamuzana akho okuhogela.
- Ukutheleleka kwe-Sinus: Ukutheleleka okusemathunjini e-sinus azungeze ikhala lakho.
- Izifo zokuphefumula eziphezulu: Izifo ezibangelwa amagciwane noma amabhaktheriya ezithinta ikhala nomphimbo.
- Ukungezwani komzimba: Ukusabela kokungezwani komzimba nothuli, impova, noma ezinye izinto ezicasulayo.
- Ama-polyp ekhala: Ukukhula okuncane embotsheni yekhala okungavimba ukuhamba komoya kanye nezindlela zokuzwa.
- I-Migraines: Abanye abantu bazwa imizwa yokuhogela ngaphambi noma ngesikhathi sekhanda le-migraine.
- Imithi ethile: I-Phantosmia ngezinye izikhathi ingaba umphumela ongahlosiwe wemithi ethile kadokotela.
- Ukuchayeka kumakhemikhali anobuthi: Ukuchayeka isikhathi eside ezinsimbini ezisindayo ezifana nomthofu noma i-mercury.
- Izinkinga zamazinyo nezomlomo: Isifo sezinsini noma umlomo owomile ongapheli.
- Ukubhema: Ukusebenzisa ugwayi njalo kwandisa kakhulu ingozi.
- Ukutheleleka ngemuva kwe-COVID-19: Abantu abaningi babike ukuphambuka kwephunga noma amaphunga angaqondakali ngemuva kokululama ku-COVID-19.
Izinto ezingavamile kodwa ezingathi sína okufanele uzicabangele:
Nakuba lokhu kungavamile , kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi ezimweni ezingavamile, kungase kubonise izinkinga ezinkulu zezokwelapha:
- Isifo sikaParkinson
- Izimila zobuchopho
- Isifo sohlangothi
- Ukulimala ekhanda
- Isifo Sokuxhuzula
- Isifo sika-Alzheimer
- I-Neuroblastoma (evame ukutholakala ezinganeni)
Into ebaluleke kakhulu ukuthola imbangela yezimpawu zakho. Uma ukhathazekile, sicela uhlele i-aphoyintimenti nodokotela wakho ukuze kuhlolwe uchwepheshe.
Odokotela bakuthola kanjani lokhu?
Uma uvakashela udokotela, umgomo oyinhloko ukuthola imbangela eyinhloko yezimpawu zakho, njengoba ukwelashwa okunembile kuncike ekuxilongweni okunembile.
Udokotela wakho cishe uzokwenza ukuhlolwa ngokomzimba kwekhala lakho, izindlebe, ikhanda kanye nentamo. Bazophinde babuze imibuzo ethile, efana nalokhu:
- Linuka kanjani ngempela iphunga?
- Sekuyisikhathi esingakanani ubhekene nalokhu?
- Ingabe iphunga likhona ekhaleni elilodwa noma kokubili?
Le mininingwane isiza udokotela wakho ukwakha isithombe esicacile sezokwelapha.
Yiziphi izinhlobo zokuhlolwa kokuxilonga ezingadingeka?
Ukuze athole imbangela eqondile, udokotela wakho angase ancome ukuhlolwa okwengeziwe kokuxilonga:
- I-endoscopy yekhala:Esebenzisa ithubhu elincane neliguquguqukayo (i-endoscope) elifakwe ikhamera encane nokukhanya, udokotela wakho angabona ngeso lengqondo ingaphakathi lemihubhe yakho yamakhala kanye nemigodi yama-sinus ukuze ahlole ukuvinjelwa noma ukuvuvukala.
- Ukuhlolwa kwezithombe: Ukuskena kwe-CT noma i-MRI kuvumela udokotela wakho ukuthi abone ngeso lengqondo izakhiwo zobuchopho bakho kanye nama-sinuses ukuze anqume ukukhubazeka.
- I-Electroencephalogram (EEG): Lolu uhlobo lokuhlola oluphephile nolungenabuhlungu oluqapha ukusebenza kukagesi kobuchopho bakho ukuze kutholakale izimo ezifana nesifo sokuwa noma ezinye izinkinga zezinzwa.
Yiziphi izindlela zokwelapha ezitholakalayo?
KwaNirogi Lanka, sibhekana nokwelashwa kwePhantosmia ngokubhekana nembangela eyinhloko .
- Uma iphunga lakho elibi lihlotshaniswa nomkhuhlane, ukungezwani komzimba, noma ukutheleleka kwe-sinus, izimpawu zivame ukunyamalala uma isimo esiyinhloko seselashwa futhi saqedwa.
- Kodwa-ke, uma i-Phantosmia ivela ezinkingeni zemizwa noma ezihlobene nobuchopho, indlela yokwelapha iyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu futhi ihlukile kakhulu. Isibonelo, uma kutholakala ukuthi unesifo sokuwa, udokotela wakho angase akunikeze imithi ethile noma axoxe ngezinketho zokuhlinzwa. Kuma-tumors obuchopho, ukwelashwa kungabandakanya izinqubo ezikhethekile ezifana ne-chemotherapy noma ukwelashwa ngemisebe.
Uma udokotela wakho esethole imbangela yesifo sakho, uzokwakha uhlelo lokwelashwa oluqondene nezidingo zakho zezempilo.
Ngingakwazi yini ukwenza lokhu ekhaya?
Yebo, abantu abaningi bathola impumuzo ku-Phantosmia ngokusebenzisa lezi zindlela ezilula zokunakekela ekhaya:
- Ukunisela Amakhala: Ukusebenzisa imbiza ye-neti noma isisombululo se-saline esithengiswa ngaphandle kwekhawuntara ukuze uhlanze amathumbu akho kungasiza ekususeni izinto ezicasulayo futhi kugcine izindlela zakho zokuphefumula zihlanzekile.
- Izifutho Zasekhaleni: Izifutho zokuvula umlomo, njengalezo eziqukethe i-Oxymetazoline, zingasiza ekunciphiseni ukuminyana kwamakhala. Nakuba lezi zitholakala ngaphandle kwencwadi kadokotela, ungathembeli kuzo ukuze zisetshenziswe isikhathi eside . Sicela uxhumane nodokotela wakho uma udinga impumuzo izinsuku ezingaphezu kwezimbalwa.
Ingabe lokhu kungavinjelwa?
Ngenxa yokuthi i-Phantosmia ivame ukuba uphawu lwenkinga eyisisekelo, kunzima ukuyivimbela ngokuphelele uma imbangela eyinhloko ingenakugwenywa. Kodwa-ke, uma usuqonda imbangela ethile ye-Phantosmia yakho, ungathatha izinyathelo zokunciphisa ingozi yakho.
Ngingayinciphisa kanjani ingozi?
Ukuthatha lezi zinyathelo zokuphepha eNirogi Lanka kungasiza ekunciphiseni ingozi yakho:
- Yeka ukubhema ukuze uthuthukise impilo yakho yokuphefumula.
- Uma usola ukuthi umuthi owusebenzisayo ubangela lezi zimpawu, khuluma nodokotela wakho ukuze ubone ukuthi ikhona yini enye indlela.
- Phatha ngempumelelo noma yikuphi ukungezwani komzimba ongase ube nakho.
- Funa ukwelashwa okusheshayo komkhuhlane noma ezinye izifo ze-sinus.
- Gcina inhlanzeko yomlomo enhle ukuze uxazulule izinkinga ezingaba khona zamazinyo noma izinsini.
- Hlakulela inhlanzeko yezandla njalo ukuze unciphise ingozi yokuthola izifo.
Ingabe izoziphelela?
I-Phantosmia ivame ukuba yesikhashana futhi ingaxazululeka yodwa phakathi namasonto ambalwa. Kodwa-ke, uma imbangela iwukungezwani kwezinzwa, izimpawu zingase ziqhubeke isikhathi eside. Uma uqhubeka nokuzwa la maphunga e-phantom isikhathi esingaphezu kwamasonto ambalwa, sicela uxhumane nochwepheshe wezempilo.
Ubude besikhathi buyahlukahluka kuye ngomuntu nomuntu. Uma kubangelwa umkhuhlane noma ukutheleleka, kuvame ukuphela njengoba kunjalo nangesifo. Kodwa-ke, uma kuhileleke izici zezinzwa, izimpawu zingase zihlale isikhathi eside.
Kufanele ngimbone nini udokotela?
Uma uzwa iphunga elibi isikhathi esingaphezu kwamasonto amathathu , kufanele ufune iseluleko sezokwelapha esingochwepheshe. Nakuba lesi simo sivame ukuphela njengoba ukugula okuyisisekelo kuthuthuka, izimpawu eziqhubekayo zidinga ukuhlolwa kochwepheshe ukuze kukhishwe ezinye izimbangela.
Yini okufanele ngiyibuze udokotela wami?
Uma wena noma othandekayo wakho nibhekene ne-Phantosmia, le mibuzo ingakusiza ukuqondisa ukubonisana kwakho:
- Yini engaba imbangela yalezi phunga ezingavamile?
- Kulindeleke ukuthi lokhu kuhlale isikhathi esingakanani?
- Ingabe kukhona izimo eziyisisekelo engidinga ukuzelapha?
- Yiziphi izinyathelo engingazithatha ukuze nginciphise ubukhali balezi zimpawu?
- Ingabe kufanele ngithunyelwe kudokotela we-otolaryngologist (uchwepheshe we-ENT) noma komunye uchwepheshe?
Uyini umehluko phakathi kwePhantosmia neParosmia?
Zombili ziyizinkinga zezinzwa ezihilela umuzwa wokuhogela.
- I-Phantosmia ibhekisela ekunukeni izinto ezingekho ngempela.
- I-Parosmia ibhekisela ekuhlanekezelweni kwamaphunga angempela, lapho amaphunga ajwayelekile ebonakala ngokungalungile. Isibonelo, iphunga lekhofi elisha lingase linuke njengerabha elishisiwe kuwe.
Izimbangela zalezi zimo zombili zivame ukufana, futhi njengePhantosmia, ukwelashwa kwe-Parosmia kugxile ekubhekaneni nembangela eyinhloko.
Ingabe lesi yisimo sempilo yengqondo?
Cha, i-Phantosmia akuyona inkinga yempilo yengqondo ngokuyisisekelo. Kodwa-ke, ezimweni ezingavamile, ingabonakala njengophawu lwezimo ezithile zengqondo, njenge -Schizoaffective Disorder noma i-Schizophrenia . Sicela uqaphele ukuthi lokhu akuvamile kakhulu.
Umlayezo Wokuya Nawe Ekhaya
Ngamafuphi, i-Phantosmia iwukuzwa iphunga lento engekho endaweni okuyo. Ivame ukuhlotshaniswa nezinkinga ezivamile njengomkhuhlane ovamile, ukungezwani komzimba, noma izifo ze-sinus. Kodwa-ke, ezimweni ezingavamile, kungaba uphawu lwezimo zemizwa ezingathi sína, njengesithuthwane, isifo sohlangothi, noma isifo se-Alzheimer's.
Uma ubulokhu unuka amaphunga angekho isikhathi esingaphezu kwamasonto ambalwa, ungawanaki—sicela ubone udokotela. Udokotela wakho angabona imbangela yalesi simo futhi ancome ukwelashwa okuphumelelayo kakhulu. Ungakhathazeki; ezimweni eziningi, lesi yisimo esilawulekayo noma esingelapheka eNirogi Lanka!
👩🏽⚕️ Imibuzo Evame Ukubuzwa (Imibuzo Evame Ukubuzwa)
💬 Iyini ngempela i-Phantosmia (i-Olfactory Hallucination)?
Igama elithi "Phantom" libhekisela entweni engekho ngempela. I-Phantommia yisimo sezinzwa lapho uqhubeka nokuhogela izinto ezingekho endaweni okuzungezile (isb., uma usegumbini elihlanzekile). Ungase uzwe amaphunga afana nentuthu ebukhali, irabha evuthayo, inyama ebolile, noma amanye amaphunga angajwayelekile.
💬 Kungani ngiphunga izinto uma kungekho phunga langempela?
Lokhu kuvame ukuba mayelana nobuchopho bakho obungaqondi kahle izimpawu kunenkinga eqondile ngaphakathi ekhaleni (njenge-nasal polyps noma i-Sinusitis). Kungavela ngemva kokulimala okukhulu ekhanda, ngaphambi kokuqala kwe-migraine, ngesikhathi sokuwa kwe-lobe yesikhashana, noma ngenxa yomonakalo wezinzwa ngemuva kokutheleleka ngegciwane njenge-COVID-19.
💬 Ingabe lokhu kuyisifo sengqondo? Ingabe kukhona ukwelashwa okutholakalayo?
Lokhu akulona uphawu lokugula ngengqondo noma ukuhlanya; kuyinkinga yezinzwa zomzimba. Ezimweni eziningi, izimpawu ziyaphela ngokwazo zingakapheli amasonto ambalwa. Kodwa-ke, uma kuqhubeka, ochwepheshe (i-ENT noma i-Neurologist) bangenza i-MRI scan ukuze banqume ukuthi azikho yini izinkinga zobuchopho eziyisisekelo. Ukwelashwa okufana namaconsi e-nasal steroid noma imithi yokulwa nokuquleka kuvame ukusebenza kahle ekuphatheni lesi simo.
Amagama angukhiye: I-Phantosmia, iphunga lezipoki, umuzwa wokuhogela, ukubona izinto ezingekho, ukuphazamiseka kwamakhala, ukuphazamiseka kwezinzwa
