I-rheumatologist yi-MD eqinisekisiwe ebhodini ekhethekile ngezifo zamalungu - ngamanye amazwi, isifo samathambo. Nakuba ungaya ku-rheumatologist ye-osteoarthritis yomgogodla, leli gatsha lemithi liyaziwa ikakhulukazi ngokuxilongwa kwalo kanye nokwelashwa kwezinqubo zesistimu, ezizimele nezivuvu zesifo.
Ngokusho kwe-American College of Rheumatology, izazi ze-rheumatologists ziphatha izifo ezihlangene ngendlela efanayo namazinyo, kodwa azihlinzeki.
Mayelana Nezifo Ze-Rheumatic
I-National Institute of Arthritis neMisculoskeletal and Skin Skin (NIAMS) ithi izifo zesifo sofuba zithinta abantu abangaba yizigidi ezingu-46 e-United States. Izifo ze-rheumatic zishaya abantu bobabili besilisa nabo bonke izinhlanga naminyaka. I-NIAMS yanezela ukuthi izingane ezingaba ngu-300,000 zihlushwa isifo se-rheumatic.
Izifo Ze-Rheumatic and the Spine
Akuzona zonke izifo zesifo se-rheumatic ezithinta umgogodla, kodwa lezo ezenza kungaba nzima kakhulu ukuhlala nazo. Bahlanganiswe njenge (futhi baqanjwe) ngokuthi i- spondyloarthropathies futhi bafaka izimo zokuvuvukala njenge-ankylosing spondylitis ne- axial spondylitis.
Ezinye izinhlobo ze-spondyloarthropathies zithinta namanye amalunga. Isibonelo, i-ankylosing spondylitis ivame ukuthinta i-sacrum futhi iphinde iphinde ibuyele emuva, kodwa ingathinta izinkophe, amahlombe, namadolo. I-arthritis yengqondo ngezinye izikhathi ithinta umgogodla futhi ngezinye izikhathi ayifuni, kodwa cishe isithinta njalo imiphetho yeminwe nezinzwane.
( I-Psoriatic arthritis , njengoba igama likhomba, livela kwabanye abantu abane-psyoriasis yesikhumba.) Lezi zimbalwa nje zezibonelo zezinhlobo ze-spondyloarthropathy ezingalimazi kuphela umgogodla kodwa kungenzeka zithinte ezinye izindawo zomzimba, kanye .
Nini Ukubona I-Rheumatologist
Iningi lezinyosi ezivamile zomzimba, izinhlungu noma ukulimala akuzona ezimbi.
Kodwa uma amalunga akho ahlukumezekile ikakhulukazi uma izibonakaliso zokuvuvukala (ubomvu, ukuvuvukala, ubuhlungu, ukuqina, nokulahlekelwa komsebenzi ohlangene) ungaphambuki emva kosuku noma ezimbili, ungadinga ukubona udokotela.
Ngokujwayelekile, uhambo oluya ehhovisi lika-rheumatologist luqala ngokuqokwa ngodokotela wakho wokunakekela oyinhloko. Ngemuva kokukuhlola, angakutshela ku-rheumatologist uma ecabanga ukuthi kuyadingeka. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi udinga i-rheumatologist noma cha, khumbula ukuthi ekuqaleni ubona udokotela wakho wokunakekela oyinhloko, kulula ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi uphulukise noma uphathe isimo sakho.
I-American College of Rheumatology (ACR) iyaxwayisa ngokuthi izifo ezihamba nge-autoimmune nezifo ze-rheumatic zigijima emindenini. Bathi uma noma yiliphi ilungu lomndeni wakho (ngisho noma lingekho emndenini wakho) lunezifo ezizimele noma isifo se-rheumatic, noma uma izimpawu zakho ziba zimbi kakhulu esikhathini esifushane, udokotela wakho kufanele akubhekise i-rheumatologist ekuqaleni kunokuba kamuva.
I-ACR ithi futhi uma udokotela wakho wokunakekelwa oyinhloko ekunika imithi ethile, lokhu kungathuthukisa okwesikhashana izinto, kodwa uma uyeka izimpawu cishe uzobuya. Kulokhu, kungase kudingeke ubone i-rheumatologist.
Inkinga yukuthi, ukuthatha le mithi phakathi kwesikhathi lapho ubona ukunakekelwa kwakho okuyinhloko kanye nokuqokwa kwakho kokuqala ne-rheumatologist kungenza ukutholakala okunembile kunzima kakhulu.
Okunye okuphathelene nokuthatha imithi yesikhashana yilabo abanye abantu, kungenza ukulibaziseka (noma ukugwema.) Lokhu kubambezeleka kungabangela ukulimala okungenakuguqulwa kwamalungu akho. Okufanayo, i-ACR ithi, uma ungatholi ukwelashwa okufanele.
Imithombo:
I-arthritis ne-Rheumatic Diseases. I-NIH National Institute of Arthritis neMisculoskeletal kanye Nezifo Zesikhumba. Okthoba 2014.
Iyini i-Rheumatologist? Iwebhusayithi yase-American College of Rheumatology. Kugcine ukubuyekezwa ngo-Ephreli 2015.