I-FAQs Abathandekayo Abathandekayo Nge-Hep C Ukuxilongwa

Izimpendulo Zemibuzo Lapho Othandekayo Ethi "Nginomsizi C"

Labo abasondelene nathi bavame ukusebenzisa okuningi kunalokho esikuziyo. Kubantu abayizigidi ezingu-3.2 baseMelika kanye nabantu abayizigidi ezingu-150 emhlabeni wonke, lokhu kungasho ukubhekana nokuxilongwa kwesifo sofuba esibambile C. Abaningi bethu bayazi ukuthi kukhona umuntu oseduze nathi nesifo sofuba esibhedlela, kodwa abazi ukuthi baxilongwa kanjani. Ezimweni eziningi, abantu abazi ukuthi baxilongwa yini.

Njengoba sihlola abantu abaningi ukuthola labo abangatholakali, abaningi bethu bayoba nabathandekayo abasanda kutholakala ukuthi bane-hepatitis C.

Bangase babelane ngalezi zindaba nawe, futhi uqinisekile ukuthi unemibuzo. Nazi ezimbalwa kulabo ababuzwa kakhulu.

1. Uyini uHep C futhi Ingabe Othandekayo Ngami Uzothola Ngcono Kwabo?

I-Hepatitis C igciwane elidala ukulimala kwesibindi. Ngencazelo, ukushisa kwesibindi kubangela ukuvuvukala kwe-hepatic, okusho ukuthi kungaphazamisa nokulimaza isibindi. Imiphumela ingahluka. Lesi sifo singaba mnene futhi singabonakali. Kungabuye ibe yingozi futhi isongela ukuphila.

I-Hepatitis C ibizwa ngokuthi "i-acute" uma ibangela ukugula ngokushesha ngemva kokutheleleka. I-hepatitis C enamandla ingahlala amasonto ambalwa ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezinyangeni eziyisithupha zokuqala ngemuva kokutheleleka. Kuvame ukuqala amasonto angama-10 kuya kwangu-14 emva kokuvezwa kokuqala nokutheleleka. Abantu abaningi abazi ukuthi banegciwane noma abagulayo, ekuqaleni, futhi abanakho noma abatholi izimpawu.

Iningi labantu abane-Acute Hepatitis C eliyingozi lizoqhubeka nokugula isikhathi eside, kufaka nalabo ababengagula.

Abanye abantu basula igciwane ngokuphelele. Kuzo zonke abantu abangu-10 abanesandulela ngculazi, 1 noma 2 kuzosusa igciwane. Labo abavame ukwesula igciwane bancane (abangaphansi kuka-40), besifazane, abanesandulela-ngculaza, futhi ngezinye izikhathi babe nesimiso esihle sokuzivikela. Labo abagulayo esigabeni esicacile futhi bahlakulele i-jaundice (amehlo aphuzi, isikhumba esiphuzi, noma ophuzi ngaphansi kolimi) banamathuba amaningi okususa igciwane.

Ukugula kugxila empilweni yomzimba yokulwa negciwane.

2. Ngingayithola I-Hep C Too?

Awudingi ukukhathazeka ngokuthola igciwane kumuntu othandekayo. Kunezinamba ezimbalwa kuphela zokuthi i-hepatitis C ingasakazeka. Ukulahlwa okuphephile kwezinaliti kubalulekile. Uma othandekayo ethatha i-insulin yesifo sikashukela noma enye imithi ejojowe, kubalulekile ukulahla ngokuphepha izinaliti. Amacala amaningi avela:

Amacala ajwayelekile ajwayelekile avela ku:

Uma umlingani wakho ene-hepatitis C, ungase ukhathazeke ngengozi ekudluliseni ngokocansi. Ngenhlanhla, i-hepatitis C ayidluliselwa ngokobulili ngokungajwayelekile . Uma wena noma umlingani wakho une-hepatitis C kufanele ukhulume nodokotela wakho ngengozi.

Uma unezakwethu eziningi, kufanele uthembele ocansini ephephile ukuze uzivikele e-HIV nakweminye i-STD. Ngenhlanhla, abalingani abaningi besikhathi eside abahlala nabo abanesifo sofuba nesifo se-hepatitis C abakaze bahlaselwe. Lapho omunye noma abalingani abaningi bane-HIV, kunengozi enkulu yokudlulisa i-hepatitis C kanye namakhondomu asadingeka ngisho noma bobabili abalingani bane-HIV.

3. Yiziphi Izinketho Zokwelashwa Ezitholakalayo?

Esikhathini esidlule, ukwelashwa kwakuvame ukude futhi kubuhlungu ngaphandle kokuphumelela okuqinisekisiwe. Ukwelashwa okusetshenziselwa ukufuna izijovo futhi ngokuvamile kwenza iziguli zikhale izinyembezi, zicindezeleke, noma zithukuthele njengemiphumela emibi yomunye wemithi.

Ukwelashwa manje sekufikile indlela ende. Kukhona amaphilisi angathathwa cishe amasonto angu-12 angenza i-hepatitis C ihambe futhi angabuyi.

Ithuba lokuphathwa ngokuphumelelayo lithembele kakhulu kulokho uhlobo (genotype) lwe-hepatitis C othandekayo wakho. Manje kukhona izinketho zokunakekelwa kwezinkinga ezingu-6 esizibonayo.

Lezi zinhlawulo zingaba mfushane njengamaviki angu-12, kuye ngokuthi unempilo kangakanani nokuthi unjani uhlobo lwe-hepatitis C onalo. Lezi zinhlawulo zingafaka amaphilisi omlomo kuphela futhi akudingeki ukuba ufake izidakamizwa ezingabangela ukushintsha kwemizwelo.

Emva kwalokho, iziguli eziningi zihlanza igciwane. Kuthiwa babe ne-SVR (Impendulo ye-Virologic eqinisekisiwe). Lokhu kusho amasonto angu-12 kuya kwangu-24 ngemuva kokwelashwa, labo abaphathwayo abanalo igciwane egazini labo. Ukuphindaphinda kuyinto engavamile (ngaphansi kwamaphesenti angu-1 kuya kwezingu-2), nakuba abanye abantu besenwe igciwane futhi.

4. Ingabe Kukhona Ithuba Lothandekayo Lami Eliyodlula?

Akuzona zonke izinkinga eziphathekayo. Ukwengeza, njengoba isibindi C esithuthuka, ukulimala okubangela kungenakuguqulwa kwesibindi, njenge- cirrhosis . Kungabangela futhi umdlavuza esibindi. Ukulimala kwesibindi kungalimaza isifo sezinso, okuholela ezinkingeni eziqhubekayo zezinso (njengokudinga i-dialysis) kwabanye. Konke, kungcono ukukhuluma nodokotela wezokwelapha mayelana nokubikezela, ngoba kuhlukahluka uma kwenzeka.

5. Ngabe Umthandekayo Wami Ungabe Esenempilo Nge-Hep C?

Yebo. Kubalulekile ukuthi bathole ukunakekelwa okudingekayo ukuqinisekisa ukuthi igciwane aliqhubeki. Kumele babone udokotela noma omunye ochwepheshe bezokwelapha ngisho noma bezwa kahle. Bangase bakwazi ukuqala imithi futhi akudingeki bakhathazeke ngokuthi bayagula.

6. Ingabe i-Hepatitis B ne-C zihlobene?

I-Hepatitis C ne-hepatitis B ziyi-virus ehluke ngokuphelele. Awuhlobene. Zombili zibangelwa ukuvuvukala kwesibindi nokulimala, kodwa ama-virus ahluke kakhulu (futhi asakazeka ngokuhlukile, njengoba isifo sofuba B singase sisakazeke ngokocansi).

Kubalulekile nanyana ukugonywa nge-hepatitis B. Lokhu kuqakatheke khulu nangabe umthandi wakho usuvele une-hepatitis C njengoba engafuni ukubeka engozini yokuba nomonakalo okwenziwe esibindi sakho.

7. Ingabe i-Hepatitis B ne-C zihlobene?

I-Hepatitis A nayo ibangele ukuvuvukala kwesibindi nokulimala kodwa igciwane lihluke kakhulu nesifo sofuba. I-spread specal-oral, ngokuvamile ngokudla, amanzi, futhi uma izandla zingagciniwe, ikakhulukazi ngabaphethe ukudla.

Wena nomthandi wakho kufanele nitholele igciwane lesifo sofuba. Kungcono ukugwema noma yimuphi umonakalo ongase ubonakale esibindi sakho.

8. Uthando Lwami Lube Luthinta Kanjani C?

Abantu abaningi emhlabeni jikelele bathola isifo sofuba C esivela izinaliti ezisetshenziswa kabusha. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi baya esibhedlela esasisebenzisa kabusha iziringaniso. Kungenzeka ukuthi amashumi eminyaka adlule ajobe i-heroin.

Esikhathini esidlule, igazi alizange lihlolwe i-hepatitis C. I-virus ayitholakalanga kuze kube ngu-1989. (Yayijwayele ukubizwa ngokuthi yi-Non-A, Non-B isifo sofuba). E-US, igazi lihlolwe i-hepatitis C kusukela ngo-1992, kodwa noma yikuphi ukumpontshelwa ngaphambi kwalokho kungahle kube yingozi yokuba nesifo sofuba C.

Ezinye izikhungo zezempilo emazweni angaphandle azitholanga kahle izinaliti nama-syringes emva kokusetshenziswa ngalunye. Ngezinye izikhathi amadivaysi ezempilo asetshenziselwa ngaphandle kokuhlanzwa kahle futhi enziwe inzalo. Ngenxa yalokho, kwamanye amazwe, izinga le-hepatitis C liphakeme futhi igciwane litholakala kabanzi.

Ezinye zezinga eliphezulu lokubhebhetheka kwesibindi se-hepatitis C liye labonakala eMiddle East, ikakhulu eGibhithe (cishe amaphesenti angu-15 anesifo). Amanani asezingeni eliphezulu ePakistan. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amanye amazwe kwezinye izifunda atholakale enamazinga aphezulu, afana ne-Italy ne-Indonesia.

Abantu bavame ukufuna ukwazi ukuthi kungani umuntu egula noma kanjani. Into ewukuthi, ngokuvamile akunandaba nalokho esicabanga ngakho. Ngezinye izikhathi sigxila kakhulu ekutheni umuntu unesifo kanjani kunomuntu ongaphambi kwethu nokuthi yini ayidingayo manje.

9. Ngingamsiza Kanjani Umthandwa Wami?

Ukuzihlambalaza nokuphika lesi sifo kuvame ukuvimbela abantu ukuba baxoxisane nokuxilongwa kwabo. Kubalulekile ukuthi othandekayo wakho uzizwe ekhululekile ukukhuluma nawe ngalesi sifo. Uma kungenxa yokukhishwa kwezidakamizwa eziqhubekayo, kungase kube kubalulekile ukubhekana nayo. Uma kungenxa yemitholampilo yokusebenzisa izinaliti, kubalulekile futhi ukwazi. Kodwa-ke, sebenzisa ndawonye ukuze uthuthukise izinga lokuphila ngangokunokwenzeka.

> Imithombo:

> I-World Health Organization. I-hepatitis C.