Ukhathazekile ngempilo yakho yocansi? Ufuna ukufunda ngokuhlolwa kwezifo ezithathelwana ngocansi?

Wake wezwa ngesifo esithathelwana ngocansi, noma i-STI? Abanye abantu basibiza nangokuthi yi-STD. Lezi yizifo ezithathelwanayo ezingasakazeka kusuka komunye umuntu kuya komunye ngokwenza ucansi. Ukuhlolwa kwe-STI ukuhlolwa okungakutshela ngokuqinisekile ukuthi unaso yini.

Kuyini ukuhlolwa kwe-STI?

Kalula nje, ukuhlolwa kwe-STI ukuhlolwa okubheka izimpawu zesifo esithathelwana ngocansi (STI) ngokuthatha isampula emzimbeni wakho (njengegazi, umchamo, noma uketshezi lwesitho sangasese sowesifazane). Lokhu akusikho ukuphela kokuhlolwa, kunezivivinyo ezahlukene zezifo ezithathelwana ngocansi ezahlukene.

Ngezinye izikhathi uma uthola i-STI, ungase ube nezimpawu ezifana nokusha nokulunywa endaweni yakho yangasese. Kodwa cabanga ngakho, ngezinye izikhathi ungaba ne-STI ngaphandle kwezimpawu! Yileyo ngxenye eyesabekayo. Ngakho-ke, ngaphandle kokuhlolwa, ungase ungabi nandlela yokwazi ukuthi une-STI yini.

Kungani ukuhlolwa kwe-STI kubalulekile?

Kubaluleke kakhulu ukwazi ukuthi unesifo socansi. Kunezizathu eziningana zalokhu:

• Thola ukwelashwa ngokushesha okukhulu: Uma usheshe uthole ukuthi unesifo, kulapho ungaqala khona ukwelashwa ngokushesha. Lokhu kwandisa amathuba akho okululama ngokushesha nokuvimbela izinkinga zesikhathi eside. Amanye ama-STI angabangela ubumpumputhe, alimaze izitho zangaphakathi, abangele ukungazali, futhi ngezinye izikhathi ngisho nokufa.
• Ungabavikela abalingani bakho bocansi: Uma usuwazi ukuthi unesifo socansi, ungathatha izinyathelo zokunciphisa ingozi yokusidlulisela kwabanye. Futhi, uma utholakala unegciwane, ungatshela abalingani bakho futhi ubasize bahlolwe futhi belashwe uma kudingeka.
• Izinyathelo ongazithatha ukuze ube nokukhulelwa okunempilo: Ukuba ne-STI engelashwanga ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa kungadala izingozi eziningi zempilo kuwe nakumntwana wakho ongakazalwa. Uma imiphumela yakho yokuhlolwa iveza ukuthi unayo, udokotela wakho uzokhuluma nawe ngezinketho zokwelapha ezinganciphisa lezi zingozi.

Ingabe ngidinga ukuhlolwa kwe-STI?

Ungadinga ukuhlolwa kwe-STI ezimweni ezilandelayo:

• Uma uhlanganyela ocansini.
• Uma unezimpawu zesifo socansi.
• Uma umlingani wakho wocansi ene-STI.
• Uma ukhulelwe (ukuvimbela izinkinga kuwe kanye nomntwana wakho).

Udokotela ungumuntu ongcono kakhulu ukukutshela ngqo ukuthi udinga ukuhlolwa kwe-STI nokuthi kufanele uhlolwe nini. Banokuqonda okuhle ngokuthi obani abasengozini enkulu yokuthola i-STI nokuthi kufanele bahlolwe nini.

Kodwa nansi into: kungadingeka ukuthi uqale leyo ngxoxo wena ngokwakho.Ukuhlolwa kwe-STI ngokuvamile akufakwa ekuhlolweni kwakho okuvamile kwezokwelapha. Ngakho-ke uma uhlanganyela ocansini, kubaluleke kakhulu ukukhuluma nodokotela wakho mayelana nokuhlolwa kwe-STI.

Khumbula, udokotela wakho uzogcina lolu lwazi luyimfihlo, futhi umgomo wakhe ukukusiza.

Udokotela uzokhuluma nawe ngalezi zinto:

• Izinhlobo zobudlelwano bocansi oke waba nabo.
• Ukuthi usebenzisa izindlela zokuzivikela (isib. amakhondomu).
• Inani lezikhathi oye walala ngazo ngokocansi.
• Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi wena noma ozakwenu nike nabe nesifo socansi ngaphambilini.
• Ziyini izimpawu zakho?

Ngemva kwale ngxoxo evulekile nethembekile, udokotela uzokweluleka ngokuhlolwa kwe-STI. Ngezinye izikhathi, bangase batuse nokuthi uhlolwe i-STI.

Ukuhlolwa kwe-STI kusebenza kanjani?

Ukuhlolwa kwe-STI kuhilela ukuthatha isampula yoketshezi lomzimba wakho ukuze ubone ukuthi kukhona yini izimpawu zokutheleleka. Ukuhlolwa kwe-STI akulona nje ukuhlolwa okukodwa. Kunalokho, kuyiqembu lokuhlolwa kwezifo ezithathelwana ngocansi ezahlukene. Udokotela wakho uzokutshela ukuthi yiziphi izivivinyo ozidingayo nokuthi kungani. Nazi ezinye zezinhlobo ezivame kakhulu zokuhlolwa kwe-STI:

• Ukuhlolwa kwegazi: Udokotela uzothatha isampula encane yegazi emthanjeni osengalweni yakho. Noma, bangase bakuhlabe umunwe ngenaliti encane bese bethatha igazi elincane.
• Ukuhlolwa komchamo: Uzonikezwa ubumfihlo bokuchamela enkomishini.
• I-swab yomlomo: Wena noma udokotela wakho nizosebenzisa i-swab (njenge-swab yekotini) ukuthatha isampula yamathe emlonyeni noma emphinjeni wakho.
• I-swib yobulili noma ye-rectal: Udokotela uzosebenzisa i-swab ukuqoqa isampula yoketshezi noma amaseli avela endaweni yakho yobulili (njengesitho sakho sobulili noma i-penis) noma i-rectum. Uma unama-blister noma izilonda, i-swab izosetshenziswa futhi ukuqoqa isampula yoketshezi oluvela lapho.
• Ukuhlolwa komzimba: Udokotela uzobheka izimpawu zesifo socansi, njengezilonda noma ukuqubuka. Nakuba kungezona zonke izifo zobulili ezinezimpawu ezibonakalayo, ukufuna lezi zimpawu kuyingxenye ebalulekile yokuxilonga isifo socansi.

Ukuhlolwa kwe-STI akufanele kube buhlungu. Ngokuvamile kuyashesha futhi akuzizwa kubuhlungu kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, kuvamile ukuzizwa ungakhululekile lapho udokotela ehlola izindawo ocabanga ukuthi ziyimfihlo. Udokotela uzocela imvume yakho yokubuka noma yokuthinta umzimba wakho, futhi uzokusiza uzizwe ukhululekile ngangokunokwenzeka.

Ngizilungiselela kanjani ukuhlolwa kwe-STI?

Udokotela wakho uzokutshela uma udinga ukwenza noma yini ukuze ulungiselele ukuhlolwa kwe-STI. Ngokuvamile, ukuhlolwa kwegazi akudingi ukulungiswa okukhethekile. Ungase ucelwe ukuthi ugweme ukusebenzisa okhilimu besitho sangasese sowesifazane noma ama-douche ngaphambi kokuhlolwa komchamo noma ukuhlolwa kwe-swab.

Khumbula, kungadingeka uzilungiselele ngokwengqondo. Ukuhlolelwa i-STI kungaba yinto ekucindezelayo nekhathazayo ngokomzwelo. Uma kungenzeka, khuluma nomngane oseduze noma ilungu lomndeni ngendlela ozizwa ngayo. Kungasiza futhi ukukhuluma nochwepheshe wezempilo yengqondo , njengomeluleki. Bangakusiza ukuthi ulungiselele ukuhlolwa futhi bakusize ubhekane nemizwa ongase ube nayo lapho uthola imiphumela yakho.

Yini ongayilindela ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwe-STI?

Okwenzekayo ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwe-STI kuncike ekutheni uhlolwa yiphi i-STI.

`I-Chlamydia`

• Isampula ye-swab evela endaweni yesitho sangasese (`i-genital swab`).
• Ukuhlolwa komchamo.
• Isampula ye-swab evela endunu kanye/noma emphinjeni (uma uke waba nocansi lwendunu noma lomlomo).

`I-Genital Herpes` (I-Genital Herpes / I-Sexual Herpes)

• Ukuhlolwa komzimba.
• Isampula ye-swab evela endaweni yesitho sangasese (`i-genital swab`).
• Ukuhlolwa kwegazi (kukhombisa ukuthi ngabe uke wavezwa yini yileli gciwane, noma ngabe awunalo igciwane elisebenzayo njengamanje).

`Izinhlungu zesitho sangasese`

• Ukuhlolwa komzimba.

I-Gonorrhea (i-Gonorrhea / Ukukhishwa okumhlophe)

• Isampula ye-swab evela endaweni yesitho sangasese (`i-genital swab`).
• Ukuhlolwa komchamo.
• Isampula ye-swab evela endunu kanye/noma emphinjeni (uma uke waba nocansi lwendunu noma lomlomo).

I-Hepatitis B kanye ne-C

• Ukuhlolwa kwegazi.

`I-HIV/AIDS`

• Ukuhlolwa kwegazi.
• Isampula ye-swab yomlomo.

`I-Human Papillomavirus (HPV)`

• I-Pap smear.
• Ezinye izivivinyo ze-HPV.

I-Syphilis

• Ukuhlolwa kwegazi.
• Isampula ye-swab evela endaweni yesitho sangasese (`i-genital swab`).

I-Trichomoniasis

• Ukuhlolwa komzimba.
• Ukuhlolwa komchamo.
• Isampula ye-swab evela endaweni yesitho sangasese (`i-genital swab`).

Yini ongayilindela ngemva kokuhlolwa kwe-STI?

Udokotela wakho uzokutshela ukuthi ungalindela nini imiphumela, futhi uma kudingeka, izinsuku zokulandela ama-aphoyintimenti.

Yini okufanele ngiyazi ngemiphumela yokuhlolwa kwe-STI?

Imiphumela yokuhlolwa kwe-STI ikutshela ukuthi unesifo esithile se-STI. Umphumela omuhle usho ukuthi unesifo se-STI. Umphumela omubi usho ukuthi awunaso isifo se-STI.

Nokho, kubalulekile ukwazi lokhu: Amanye ama-STI awabonakali ekuhlolweni kuze kube yizinsuku ezimbalwa ngemva kokuba utholakale kumuntu onesifo. Ngokuqinisekile, kungadingeka ukuthi uphinde uhlolwe emavikini noma ezinyangeni ezimbalwa. Udokotela wakho uzokuqondisa ngesikhathi esingcono kakhulu sokuhlolwa futhi.

Ukuthi kuthatha isikhathi esingakanani ukuthola imiphumela kuyahlukahluka kuye ngokuhlolwa. Ngezinye izikhathi, udokotela wakho uzokutshela ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa ngokomzimba. Ngezinye izikhathi, kungadingeka ulinde izinsuku noma amasonto ambalwa. Eminye imitholampilo inikeza "ukuhlolwa okusheshayo" kwe-HIV, okungakunikeza imiphumela cishe ngemizuzu engama-20.

Uma ungakayitholi imiphumela yakho, noma ngabe sekuphele isikhathi eside, buza udokotela wakho ngakho. Ngisho noma imiphumela yakho 'ingemihle', unelungelo lokwazi. Ungacabangi ukuthi unemiphumela 'engemihle' ngoba nje kungekho okushiwoyo.

Uma ngitholakala ngine-STI, kuzokwenzekani ngokulandelayo?

Uma kutholakala ukuthi une-STI, udokotela wakho uzokutshela ukuthi yini okufanele uyenze ngokulandelayo. Bazoncoma ukwelashwa ngokusekelwe ku-STI ethile onayo. Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuqeda ukwelashwa kwakho njengoba kunqunyiwe. Ngezinye izikhathi ukwelashwa kungayelapha ngokuphelele i-STI. Kodwa-ke, noma ngabe i-STI ingelapheki, ukwelashwa kungasiza ekulawuleni izimpawu zakho futhi kunciphise amathuba okusabalalisa ukutheleleka kwabanye.

Udokotela wakho angase futhi acele ukuhlolwa okwengeziwe ukuze ahlole ezinye izifo zocansi noma izimpawu zezinkinga. Bazokutshela ngqo ukuthi wenzeni nokuthi yiziphi izivivinyo ezidingekayo. Landela imiyalelo yabo ngokucophelela, bese ubuza ukuthi kukhona yini okungacacile.

Kufanele ngishayele nini umhlinzeki wami wezempilo?

Xhumana nodokotela wakho ngezikhathi ezinjengalezi:

• Uma unemibuzo mayelana nokuthi udinga ukuhlolwa kwe-STI.
• Uma umphumela wokuhlolwa kwe-STI ekhaya ubonisa ukuthi unegciwane.
• Uma unemibuzo mayelana nohlelo lwakho lokwelashwa.

Kungani ukuhlolwa kwe-STI kubalulekile? Ake sixoxe kabanzi.

Ukuhlolwa kwe-STI kufana nanoma yikuphi ukuhlolwa ongakuthola kudokotela noma emtholampilo. Kuyingxenye evamile yokunakekelwa kwempilo, futhi kubaluleke kakhulu empilweni yakho. Ukwazi ukuthi udinga ukuhlolwa kwe-STI kungakusiza ukuthi ucabange ngokuzikhandla ngempilo yakho. Lolu lwazi lungakusiza futhi ukuthi ukhulume nodokotela wakho ngalokho okulungele isimo sakho esithile.

Ngidinga nini ukuhlolwa kwe-STI?

Ukuhlolwa kuwukuhlolwa okutholayo kwe-STI ngisho noma ungenazo izimpawu, ngoba nje ucabanga ukuthi ungase ube nazo. Njengokuthola i-mammogram noma i-colonoscopy. Lokhu kuhlolwa okuvamile kungasiza ekutholeni izimo ezithile, noma ngabe ungenazo izimpawu.

Ngokufanayo, ukuhlolwa kwe-STI kungahlonza izifo ezithathelwana ngocansi okungenzeka ukuthi awuzazi. Kuphinde kukuvumele ukuthi uqale ukwelashwa ngokushesha okukhulu ukuze uvimbele izinkinga kanye nokudluliselwa kwabanye.

Yikuphi ukuhlolwa kwe-STI okudingayo nokuthi uzokwenziwa nini kuncike ezintweni eziningi:

• Iminyaka yakho: Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi ingxenye yazo zonke izifo ezithathelwana ngocansi zenzeka kubantu abaneminyaka ephakathi kwengu-15 no-24. Kodwa abantu abaneminyaka engaphezu kwengu-25 nabo badinga ukuhlolwa njalo.
• Ubulili bakho: Abesifazane banezingozi ezithile.
• Uhlobo lobudlelwano bakho bocansi: Uma unabalingani abaningi bocansi futhi ungasebenzisi njalo imikhuba yocansi ephephile, usengozini enkulu yokuthola ezinye izifo zocansi. Amadoda alala namadoda (MSM) asengozini enkulu kunamanye amaqembu.

Uhlu olungezansi luchaza iziqondiso zokuhlola ezinye zezifo ezithathelwana ngocansi ezivame kakhulu, ngokusho kwe-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Khumbula, lezi yiziqondiso ezijwayelekile, futhi kubalulekile ukukhuluma nodokotela wakho ukuze uthole iseluleko esifanele wena.)

Wonke umuntu ophakathi kweminyaka eyi-13 nengama-64:

• `I-HIV` (okungenani kanye).

Abesifazane abaneminyaka engaphansi kwengu-25 ubudala abahlanganyela ocansini:

• I-Gonorrhea kanye ne-Chlamydia (kanye ngonyaka).

Abesifazane abaneminyaka engu-25 nangaphezulu abanomlingani omusha wocansi, abalingani abaningi, noma umlingani one-STI:

• I-Gonorrhea kanye ne-Chlamydia (kanye ngonyaka).

Abesifazane abakhulelwe:

• I-Syphilis, i-HIV, i-Hepatitis B kanye ne-Hepatitis C (ekuqaleni kokukhulelwa, ngezinye izikhathi izikhathi eziningi).
• Uma kukhona ingozi yokutheleleka, `Chlamydia` kanye `Gonorrhea` (ekuqaleni kokukhulelwa).

Amadoda alala namadoda (`MSM`):

• I-Syphilis, i-Chlamydia kanye ne-Gonorrhea (okungenani kanye ngonyaka, noma njalo ezinyangeni ezintathu kuya kweziyisithupha uma unabalingani abaningi bocansi).
• `I-HIV` (okungenani kanye ngonyaka, mhlawumbe kaningi njalo ezinyangeni ezintathu kuya kweziyisithupha).
• Uma une-HIV, hlola i-Hepatitis C (okungenani kanye ngonyaka).

Abantu abanezici eziyingozi zokungenwa yi-HIV (isib. labo abalalana ngaphandle kokusebenzisa amakhondomu, labo ababelana ngezinaliti zokujova izidakamizwa):

• i-HIV (okungenani kanye ngonyaka).

Lezi akuzona izinhlu eziphelele. Kufanele ukhulume nodokotela wakho mayelana nokuthi yikuphi ukuhlolwa kwe-STI okudingayo. Bazokweluleka ngokuthi yini engcono kakhulu kuwe. Bazokutshela nokuthi yiziphi izici zakho eziyingozi ze-STI ezahlukene nokuthi unganciphisa kanjani ingozi yakho.

Ingabe kukhona ukuhlolwa kwe-STD okungenziwa ekhaya? (Ngingakwazi yini ukuhlolwa kwe-STD ekhaya?)

Yebo. Ungathenga amakhithi okuhlola i-STI ekhaya emitholampilo yezempilo nasemakhemisi endawo. Amanye amakhithi ahlola i-STI eyodwa kuphela, kanti amanye ahlola angaphezu kweyodwa.

Ikhithi izoza nemiyalelo yokuthi ungalwenza kanjani ukuhlolwa ekhaya. Yilandele ngokucophelela, futhi ukhulume nodokotela uma unemibuzo. Ngokuvamile kuzodingeka uqoqe isampula (isibonelo, igazi, umchamo, noma olunye uketshezi lomzimba) bese uyithumela elebhu ngokwemiyalelo esekhithini.

Ukuhlolwa kwe-STI ekhaya kulula, kuyimfihlo, futhi kuphephile. Kunganikeza imiphumela enembile. Kodwa-ke, abanye abantu bakhetha ukuya kudokotela ukuze bayohlolwa. Lokho kuyinto ongayinquma ngokusekelwe kulokho okuthandayo nokuthi yini ekulungele kakhulu.

Ngingakutholaphi ukuhlolwa kwe-STD eduze kwami?

Udokotela wakho angenza izivivinyo ze-STI ehhovisi lakhe. Kodwa uma ungenaye udokotela ojwayelekile noma ungakhululekile ukukhuluma nodokotela wakho mayelana nokuhlolwa kwe-STI, kunezinye izinketho. Ungasesha ku-inthanethi imitholampilo yezempilo yomphakathi endaweni yakini enikeza ukuhlolwa kwe-STI. Ukuhlolwa okunjalo kuyimfihlo, futhi kungaba mahhala noma kubize kancane.

Ngingayiqala kanjani ingxoxo nomlingani wami mayelana nokuhlolwa kwe-STI?

Uma usebudlelwaneni obusha, ungase uzizwe ukhathazekile futhi ukhathazekile uma kukhulunywa ngokuhlolwa kwe-STI. Ngisho noma usunesikhathi eside nothile futhi indaba ingakakhulunywa ngayo, ungase uzizwe ngale ndlela. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukuphi ebudlelwaneni, futhi ikakhulukazi uma usaqala , kungumqondo omuhle ukukhuluma ngalesi sihloko nomlingani wakho.

Ningaxoxa ngokubaluleka kokukhuluma ngokukhululekile ngezinto ezifana nalezi:

• Umlando wocansi.
• Impilo yocansi.
• Izici eziyingozi zezifo ezithathelwana ngocansi.
• Ukusebenzisa izindlela zokuphepha nokuhlala niphilile ndawonye.

Tshela umlingani wakho ukuthi ukuhlolwa kwe-STI kuyindlela yokunakekelana nokuhlonipha inhlalakahle yomunye nomunye.

Okokugcina, izinto okufanele uzikhumbule (Umyalezo Wokuya Ekhaya)

Ukuhlolwa, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwenziwa yini, kuvame ukucindezela. Uma befuna ukuthola ukuthi unesifo socansi, ungase ukhathazeke ngokuthi: Imiphumela izoba yini? Lokhu kuzosho ukuthini ebudlelwaneni bami bamanje noma besikhathi esizayo? Ngizomtshela kanjani umlingani wami uma ngitholakala nginegciwane?

Thatha izinto kancane kancane. Okokuqala, qaphela ukuthi udinga ukuhlolwa nini, futhi ungalibali ukukwenza. Abahlinzeki bezempilo bakulungele ukukunikeza ukwelashwa okudingayo. Ukuhlolwa kwe-STI kuyingxenye evamile yokunakekelwa kwempilo kwansuku zonke.

Izifo ezithathelwana ngocansi zivame kakhulu futhi, uma zitholakala kusenesikhathi, zivame ukwelashwa ngempumelelo. Kubalulekile futhi ukwabelana ngemiphumela yakho yokuhlolwa eqinisekisiwe nomlingani wakho wocansi ukuze bazi ngengozi yazo futhi bakhuthazwe ukuthi bahlolwe.

Zinike isikhathi sokufunda kabanzi ngokuhlolwa kwe-STI nokuthi kungakusiza kanjani ukuthi uhlale uphilile. Impilo yakho isezandleni zakho!

Izifo ezithathelwana ngocansi, ukuhlolwa kwe-STI, ukuhlolwa kwe-STD, impilo yocansi, ukuhlolwa kwe-HIV, i-gonorrhea, i-chlamydia