Uma uzibuza ukuthi ungabe uzizwa ukuthi i- cholesterol yakho iphakeme kakhulu noma cha, impendulo ingase isimangaze: kaningi awukwazi ukuzwa ukuthi amazinga akho e-cholesterol aphakanyisiwe. Kodwa uma ungayinaki i-cholesterol yakho ephakeme, ingakubeka engozini yokuhlaselwa yinhliziyo noma isifo sokushaya isisu.
Isifo senhliziyo yisinye sezimbangela ezivame kakhulu zokufa e-United States, ngokusho kwamaCentral for Disease Control and Prevention.
I-cholesterol ephezulu ingenye yezici eziyinhloko ezingozini zokuthuthukisa isifo senhliziyo ngaphandle kokuba nomfutho wegazi ophakeme noma ukhuluphele. Ngeshwa, azikho izimpawu ze-cholesterol ephezulu ezimweni eziningi. Ngakho-ke, naphezu kokuzizwa uphilile, ungase ube namazinga aphezulu we-cholesterol futhi ungawazi ngisho nakanjani.
Indlela Yokutshela Uma Unayo I-Cholesterol Ephezulu
Indlela kuphela yokuthola ukuthi unayo i-cholesterol ephezulu isebenzisa iphaneli ye-lipid, okuyinto yokuhlolwa kwegazi okuzobuka i-lipids, noma amafutha, asegazini, njenge:
- I- cholesterol ye- LDL
- I-cholesterol ye-HDL
- Triglycerides
- Ingqikithi ye-cholesterol
Uma i-cholesterol yakho yonke, i-LDL, noma i-triglycerides iphakeme noma i-HDL yakho iphansi kakhulu umnikezeli wakho wezempilo angase ancoma ukuthatha imithi, ukwenza izinguquko endleleni yakho yokuphila, noma ukuhlanganiswa kwalokhu ukusiza ukuletha i-lipids yakho ububanzi obuhle. Iziqondiso zamanje ezivela ku-American Heart Association zincoma ukuthi wonke umuntu oneminyaka engama-20 kufanele athole i-cholesterol yakhe ngesikhathi esisodwa njalo okungenani njalo eminyakeni emine kuya kweyisithupha.
Kodwa-ke, uma unomlando womndeni we-cholesterol ephakeme, noma uthola ukuthi unesifo esingapheli, njengesifo sikashukela, kungase kudingeke ukuthi uhlolwe i-lipid yakho njalo. Ezimweni eziningi, i-cholesterol ephezulu itholakala ngengozi ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwesimiso - futhi abantu abaningi bayamangala lapho betholakala benesifo se-cholesterol ephezulu uma bezwa sengathi kulungile.
Ezinye Izindlela Zokutshela Uma Usengozini
Ukwazi ingozi yakho yokuthuthukisa i-cholesterol ephezulu nayo ibalulekile. Ngisho noma ngokuvamile ungazi ukuthi une-cholesterol ephezulu, ukwazi ukuthi izingozi zakho zokuba ne-cholesterol ephezulu zingakusiza uqaphele ukuthi ungathola lesi simo ngaphansi komgwaqo. Ezinye izinto eziyingozi zokuba ne-cholesterol ephezulu yizinto esingashintsha, njengokushintsha ukudla kwethu nokuzivocavoca okwengeziwe. Kodwa-ke, kunezinye izici esingeke sishintshe, ezifana nobulili bethu, ubudala bethu, noma izakhi zofuzo. Uma unezimo ezibalulwe ngezansi, usengozini yokuba ne-cholesterol ephezulu futhi kufanele uhlolwe uma ungakaze wenze lokhu:
- Ukungasebenzi (ukungabi nokuzivocavoca )
- Ukudla okubi
- Ukubhema
- Imithi ethile
- Ubudala (osekhulile, uma usengozini enkulu)
- Umlando womndeni we-cholesterol ephezulu
- Izimo ezithile zezokwelapha (ezifana nesifo sikashukela , izimo ezithile ze- thyroid )
Kwenzekani Uma Ungenayo I-Cholesterol Yakho Ihloliwe
Abanye abantu bayalingeka ukuba banganaki i-cholesterol yabo ephakeme, ikakhulukazi ngoba bazizwa behle naphezu kwamazinga aphezulu e-cholesterol. Noma kunjalo, lokhu akusona isinqumo esihlakaniphile, ngoba amazinga aphezulu e-lipid angaholela ezinkingeni eziyingozi. Uma unquma ukungayinaki amazinga akho e-cholesterol ngokungawutholi uketshezi wakho we-cholesterol noma ungayinaki i-cholesterol yakho ephezulu, ungathuthukisa isifo senhliziyo.
Lapho amazinga e-cholesterol ephakeme, angakwazi ukufaka ezitheni ezivuthayo bese enza i-plaque yaxy. Le nqubo, ebizwa ngokuthi i- atherosclerosis , ingakwazi ukwakha ezitsheni futhi ibangele imikhumbi ivinjelwe kancane. Ngenxa yalokho, ukuhlaselwa yinhliziyo noma ukushaya isifo kungenzeka ngenxa yokuthi umkhumbi uvinjelwe ngokuphelele noma i-plaque iyaqeda futhi ihambele kwenye indawo yomzimba.
Kwezinye izimo, abantu bangase bangatholi ukuthi banamazinga aphezulu e-cholesterol baze baqale ukuhlaselwa yinhliziyo noma isifo sohlangothi . Ukuze uvimbele lokhu, kufanele uhlolwe amazinga akho e-cholesterol - futhi uma ephezulu, qiniseka ukuthi ulandela ukwelashwa umhlinzeki wakho wezempilo osikisela.
Imithombo:
I-Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Iphaneli Yomhloli Ekutholeni, Ukuhlola Nokuphathwa Kwegazi Eliphezulu le-Cholesterol ku-Adult (PDF) , July 2004, I-National Institutes of Heath: I-National Heart, Lung, ne-Blood Institute.
I-CDC. Ukufa: Izimbangela Eziyinhloko Zonyaka ka-2002. Imibiko Yezibalo Zikazwelonke Zika-Vital 2005; 53 (17).