Uyazi ukuthi ukunciphisa ukuzwela ukuhogela (hyposmia) nokulahlekelwa ukuzwela ukuthola iphunga (i-anosmia) kungaba umphumela wesifo? Iqembu labasindile be-stroke abavivinywe ukuthola iphunga lokuzwela babengeke bakwazi ukuthola iphunga kunabantu abaneminyaka efanayo abazange babe nesifo sohlangothi. Kucatshangwa ukuthi cishe abangaba ngu-45% abasindile besifo sokushaya isifo banenkinga yokuphunga emva kokushaywa yisifo.
Kungani ukushaya isifo kuthinta iphunga?
Umqondo wokuhogela akuvamile ukukhubazeka okucatshangelwayo esikucabanga lapho sicabanga ngesifo. Ngokuvamile, abantu bavame ukubona imiphumela ephawulekayo yokulimala komqondo ngemva kokushaywa yisifo, njengokubuthakathaka kwesandla noma ubuthakathaka bomlenze noma ukulahleka kombono . Abantu abavame ukwethuka uma beqaphela ukuthi abakwazi ukuhogela kanye nabo. Kodwa izindawo zobuchopho ezisebenza ndawonye ukuhlanganisa nokuqonda umuzwa wethu wephunga zingalimazwa yi-stroke. Eqinisweni, ngezinye izikhathi, isifo esincane singathinta umuzwa wokuhogela.
Ukulahlekelwa iphunga kuthinta kanjani osindile olwa nesifo sohlangothi?
Ukulahlekelwa iphunga emva kokushaywa komzimba kungaba nomthelela omuhle kakhulu. Umqondo wethu wephunga udlala izindima ezimbalwa ezibalulekile empilweni yethu. Okubaluleke kakhulu, iphunga liyisikhathi sokusixwayisa ngezimo ezingaphephile endaweni yethu, njengokungcola kwegesi elimnandi, amakhemikhali endaweni esikuyo noma ukubhema nemililo, okusivumela ukuba siphume engozini ngisho noma singeke 'sibone' umthombo usongo.
Futhi, ukudla okuqothulayo kuphunga iphunga elimnandi elingenza ukudla kungakhulumi, okusivimbela ukuba sidle futhi sigule. Ngakho-ke, ngenkathi ukulahlekelwa iphunga lokuzwela ngemuva kokushaywa yisifo esiphuthumayo akuyona isimo esiphuthumayo esiphuthumayo noma umphumela oshukumisayo kakhulu wokushaya, kuyinto ebalulekile kokusinda komzimba kanye nabanakekeli ukuba baqaphele.
Ngenxa yokuthi iphunga libuye libe ngenye yezinsiza ezibalulekile ekuhlangenwe nakho konke ukunambitheka, umuzwa wokuhogela nakho kusisiza ukuba sijabulele ukudla kwethu. Ngakho-ke, umsindisi olwa nesifo sokushaya isifo angase athole ukwehla kwesifiso sokudla futhi angathokozi ukudla ngendlela akwenza ngayo ngaphambi kokushaywa yisifo. Kodwa-ke, kwabanye abasindile ngesifo sofuba nge-hyposmia noma i-anosmia, ukuntuleka kobunuka nokuzwa ukunzwa kungase kungaholeli ekudleni, kepha kunalokho kungaholela ekudleni okudakayo! Ukuntuleka kokuthokozela okuvame ukuphumela ekumuneni okuhlangene nokunambitheka kokudla kubangela abanye abantu ukuba badle ngokweqile emzamweni ongenamsebenzi wokuthola ukugcwala kokudla.
Umuntu ngamunye uyaphendula ngokuntuleka kokuzwa iphunga kancane kancane. Abanye abasindile isifo sikasawoti basebenzisa olunye usawoti noma izinongo ekudleni kwabo, kanti abanye nje bakhononda ukuthi ukudla kuyathandeka kabi. Eqinisweni, enye yemiphumela yokusebenza iphunga eguquguqukayo ngemuva kokushaywa yisifo kuyisifo esibizwa ngokuthi i-dysgeusia, okuyinto ukunambitheka okuphambene. I-Dysgeusia isipiliyoni esingathandeki sabasindile abathile besifo.
Ingabe ukulahlekelwa iphunga isibonakaliso sokushaywa yisifo?
Ukunciphisa noma ukulahlekelwa ukuzwa iphunga akuvamile ukubonakaliswa kwesifo sohlangothi. Uma igazi ligeleza emzimbeni wegazi liphazanyiswa, okwenza ukulimala kwengqondo okushintsha ukuzwa kwephunga, ngokuvamile kubangela ezinye izimpawu zesifo sohlangothi.
Ngakho-ke, akudingeki ukwesabeke uma wena noma othandekayo uye wabhekana nokwehla kokuzwa iphunga. Kodwa kufanele ukhulume nodokotela wakho ngakho ngoba imithi ethile kanye nezimo zezokwelapha kubangela ukuncipha komzwelo wakho futhi kuyasiza ukuba uhlole ukuhlolwa kwezempilo ukuze uthole impande yenkinga.
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