Lupus Late-Onset

Funda Ngokuhlola Nokuphatha I-Lupus Ekudala

Nakuba ubudala bokuqala kwe-lupus ngokuvamile phakathi kweminyaka engu-15 no-40 ubudala, amaphesenti angaba ngu-25 abantu abathintekayo abane-systic lupus erythematosus (SLE) baye baqala ukuphazamisa i-lupus.

I-Lupus ivame ukutholakala ngaphambi kweminyaka engu-40, futhi ivame kakhulu kwabesifazane nase-Afrika-American, i-Hispanics, ne-Asiya. Kodwa-ke, i-lupus ingathatha abesifazane nabesilisa bazo zonke izinhlanga nezinhlanga.

Ngisho noma usukhulile, usengakwazi ukuthuthukisa i-lupus .

Ubani othola i-Lupus Yokuqalisa?

Nakuba imbangela yokuphela kwesikhathi-i-lupus ingaziwa, kungenzeka ukuthi izinguquko esimisweni somzimba sokuzivikela ezenzeka ngokuguga kubangela abanye abantu asebekhulile kulokhu kanye nezinye izifo ezizimele.

Ucwaningo oluningi luchaza ukuphela kwe-lupus lupus njengoba kuqale eminyakeni engama-50, kodwa akukho ukuvumelana ngalokhu. Abanye odokotela bacabanga ukuthi leli gama kufanele lisetshenziswe kuphela uma lupus iqala kubantu abangaphezu kweminyaka engu-65 noma ngaphezulu.

Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi noma kuphi phakathi kwamaphesenti angu-4 namaphesenti angu-25 e-lupus iziguli ziye zaphela-lupt lupus. Ukungabi nesivumelwane ngesikhathi sokunqunywa kweminyaka kungasiza ekuchazeni ukuthi kungani lolu hlu lukhulu kakhulu. Isigameko se-late-lupt lupus singahle sithathwe njengabanye.

Bobabili abesifazane nabesilisa bangathola i-lupus ekupheleni kwesikhathi. Uma ungowesifazane, ungase ube nethuba eliphindwe kabili lokuthola ukuthi une-lupus kunomuntu oneminyaka efanayo. Futhi, ngenkathi amadoda engatholakali ukuthola lesi sifo, kungenzeka ukuthi angathola uma esekhulile.

AmaCaucasus angase abe nemiphumela engcono yokuthola i-lupus ekupheleni kwesikhathi kunabase-Afrika baseMelika nama-Hispanics.

Ukuthola i-Lupus Ekudala

Abaningi abadala abadala abanempilo bangaphazamisa i-lupus kwezinye izimo ezitholakala kubantu asebekhulile, njenge-arthritis, pleurisy, pericarditis, ama-accle aches, amehlo anomlomo nomlomo owomile.

Lokhu - kanye nokuthi kunzima kanjani ukuthola ukuhlonza i-lupus - kungasho ukuthi i-lupus yokuphumula-ayitholakali ngokushesha.

Kuvame ukungaqondakali kahle njenge-SLE eyenziwa izidakamizwa noma isifo esihlukile se-rheumatic.

Kunokubambezeleka okuphakathi kweminyaka emithathu phakathi kokuqala lapho izimpawu ziqala futhi lapho umuntu ekugcineni ebonwa ukuthi une-lupus esebenzayo. Ngokwesilinganiso, izimpawu ze-lupus kubantu asebekhulile ziqala cishe eminyakeni engama-59 ubudala, kepha ukuxilongwa akuvamile ukwenza kuze kube ngu-62 ubudala.

Ukwelapha i-Lupus Uma Ukhulile

Izinketho zemithi yakho ye-lupus zifanayo naphezu kokuqala kwakho. Kodwa-ke, uma une-lupus iqala-ngasekuqaleni, ungadinga imithi ehlukile kuneziguli ezincane ze-lupus. Lokhu kuzoxhomeka eminye imithi yakho kanye nesimo sakho sempilo, kubandakanya nezinye izimo zezempilo ongase ube nazo.

Abantu abadala abakhulile i-lupus bavame ukuba nezibonakaliso ezinamandla ngokubandakanyeka kancane kwezitho ezinkulu kanye nezifo ezingasebenzi. Nakuba zonke izigameko ezihlukile zihlukile, ngokuvamile abadala asebekhulile abanesifo bangajabulela ukwelashwa okulula kanye nemithi ephansi yemithi.

Kodwa-ke, ngoba abadala asebekhulile kaningi banezinye izifo nezinkinga zempilo, imiphumela ye-lupus yokuqala-ngasekugcineni ayikho kangcono kunaleyo yabantu abaxilongwe nge-lupus esemncane.

Njengoba iziguli eziningi, odokotela kanye nabacwaningi baqonda ukuthi i-lupus ingashaya uma umuntu esekhulile, ukuxilongwa kwangaphambili kanye nokwelashwa okuphumelelayo nakakhulu kungenzeka.

Imithombo:

I-Lupus yokuqalisa-ukuhamba kwesikhathi: Amaqiniso neFiction. I-Rheumatology ezayo. 2008.

Itheksthi ye-Lupus yasekuqaleni eqalisiwe. Lupus Foundation of America. NgoJanuwari 31, 2009.