I-Scuba Diving nge-Asthma

Ingabe kuphephile ukuhamba nge-scuba diving nge-asthma?

Abantu abane-asthma bangabangela ukuphila okusebenzayo, kepha kungase kudingeke bathathe izinyathelo ezikhethekile lapho behlanganyela emisebenzini ethile-kuhlanganise nokudilika kwe-scuba. I-asthma iyisifo esingapheli sesifo se-lung. Ukuvuvukala kwe-airways kungabamba umoya ngaphakathi emaphashini, okuholela ekunwetshweni kwabo ngokweqile. Kodwa-ke, kunezidakamizwa eziningi ze- asthma ezitholakalayo zokwelapha lokhu ukuvuvukala nokukhipha umoya.

Izinhlangano eziningi zezwe nezamazwe omhlaba ezishicilela iziqondiso zokwelapha nge-asthma zicindezela ukuthi abantu abane-asthma kufanele bakwazi ukuhola impilo esebenzayo, ephilile, kubandakanya iqhaza kwimidlalo nemisebenzi ehlukahlukene.

I-Asthma neScuba Diving

Ukuhamba nge-Scuba sekuyisikhathi eside kube yinto ethandwayo yokuzijabulisa, enezigidi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-5 eziqinisekisiwe e-United States kanye namakhulu ezinkulungwane zabantu abaqala ukuqinisekiswa njalo ngonyaka. Njengoba i-asthma ibonakala ku-5 kuya kwezingu-10% yabantu, abaningi balaba abahlukumezekile bane-asthma. Esikhathini esedlule, okwamanje, abantu abane-asthma bathelwa ukuthi bangasetshenziselwa ukudonsa ngenxa yezingozi eziningi zemvelo ezikhona.

Abantu abane-asthma bangase babonakale bejwayele izingozi ezivela e-scuba diving. Ama-asthmatics amaningi afakwe emoyeni emaphashini awo, angakhula ngesikhathi sokukhuphuka phezulu, okwenza ukuba umoya ophakathi kwamaphaphu uphuke (i-barotrauma). Uma i-barotrauma yenzeka emaphashini, umoya ungangena emithanjeni yegazi, okwenza ibhola elingafake engqondweni noma kwezinye izitho.

Lokhu kubizwa ngokuthi i-air embolism.

Ukuhlaselwa yisifo sofuba ngesikhathi scuba diving kubonakala sengathi, ngenxa yokuthi abantu abaningi bebhekene nezimpawu zesifo se-asthma ngesikhathi sokuvivinya umzimba, njenge-scuba diving. Ngaphezu kwalokho, scuba abahlukahlukene umoya obandayo, owomile, ocindezelekile, ongabangela izimpawu ezibuhlungu kwi-asthmatics. I-asthmatic e-scuba diving ebunzulu obukhulu ayikwazanga ukusebenzisa i-inhaler yokuphumula isikhathi eside kuze kube yilapho kuqhuma phezulu, okwakwazi ukuthi ukuhlasela kwe-asthma kubi nakakhulu ngenxa yezizathu ezingenhla.

Ukuhlonza abahlukahlukene be-scuba badinga imvume yezokwelapha ngaphambi kokuba baqinisekiswe ukuthi bayoshukela. Odokotela abaningi, kuhlanganise nami, baye besaba ukuvumela i-asthmatics ukuba iqhube idive, ikakhulukazi isekelwe ezintweni ezikhathazayo. Kodwa-ke, ukuhlolwa kwezingozi ze-scuba diving akubonanga ukuthi i-asthmatics isengozini enkulu yokulimala. Lokhu kungaba ngoba abantu abane-asthma ebalulekile bangakhetha ukungabikho isidumbu sokuhambisa ngoba umsebenzi wenza ukwanda kwezibonakaliso ze-asthma.

Izikhombandlela zeScuba Diving Uma Une-Asthma

Naphezu kwedatha engabonisi ukuthi i-asthmatics isengozini enkulu yokulimala, izikhulu eziningi zemithi yokudilika ziyancoma ukuthi i-asthmatics ilandele iziqondiso ezikhethekile:

Ngakho-ke, kungabonakala kungenangqondo nge-asthmatic elawulwa kahle, ene-spirometry evamile futhi ngaphandle kwesidingo sokusindiswa ngokuphindaphindiwe kwe-inhaler, ukubamba iqhaza ekusongweni kwe-scuba. Kubalulekile ukuthi i-asthmatics iqaphele ukuthi ingozi eyengeziwe ingakhuphuka ngesikhathi sokulimala, okungahle kube yingozi, futhi ukuxoxisana nalezi zingozi ngodokotela wabo.

Abahlukahlukene abathintekayo be-asthmatic scuba kumele babe nokuvakashelwa okuvamile, okuvamile okudokotela nge-spirometry eyenziwe ukuqinisekisa ukuthi i-asthma yabo ilawulwa kahle ngaphambi kokudonswa.

Kungabonakala kunengqondo ukuthi i-asthmatic isebenzise inhaler yokuphumula cishe imizuzu engama-30 ngaphambi kokushayela njengesilinganiso sokuvimbela izimpawu zesifo se-asthma, njenge-asthmatics eningi ngaphambi kokuba nezinye izinhlobo zokuzivocavoca.

Imithombo enconyiwe: Inethiwekhi Yokuxwayisa I-Dive (DAN).

Imithombo:

> I- Asthma ne > Ezemidlalo > I- Scuba Diving . I-Position Paper evela eCalifornia Thoracic Society kanye ne-American Lung Association yaseCalifornia.

> Twarog F, et al. Ikomidi elincane le-SCUBA. Ingxoxo yengozi ye-Scuba Diving kubantu ngabanye abanezifo ezithathelwanayo neziphefumulayo. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1995; 96: 871-3.