Umehluko Phakathi kwe-Rheumatoid Arthritis ne-Lupus

Zomibili Ziyizifo Ezizimele Ngezinye Izibonakaliso Ezifanayo

I-Lupus ne- rheumatoid arthritis (RA) yizimo ezimbili ezihlukene, noma kunjalo, zombili izifo ezizimele ezihlasela umzimba ngendlela efanayo. Izifo ezizenzakalelayo zenzeka uma amasosha omzimba wakho engasebenzi kahle futhi umzimba wakho awukwazi ukuhlukanisa phakathi kwamangqamuzana akho namathisisi nalokho okwezinye izizwe, njengama-virus. Esikhundleni sokumane ukhiqize ama-antibodies ukuhlasela ama-antigens (amagciwane, amabhaktheriya, nabanye abahlaseli), amasosha omzimba wakho enza ama-autoantibodies ahlasela izitho nezicubu zakho.

Iyini i-Rheumatoid Arthritis?

I-arthritis ye-rheumatoid iyenzeka uma isimiso sakho somzimba sokuzivikela sikhusela ama-linings ohlangene futhi, ezimweni ezinzima, izitho zangaphakathi zakho. I-RA ingathinta umzimba ngaphezu kwamalungu, ihlasela amehlo, umlomo, namaphaphu. Abacwaningi abaqiniseki ukuthi yini ebangela i-RA, kodwa izakhi zakho zegciwane, imvelo, nama-hormone kungase kube nomthelela esi sifo.

Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi eside, ukuvuvukala okuhambisana nesifo samathambo kungabangela ukuba amathambo akho aphume futhi ahlangane ukuze ahlaselwe. I-RA ingabangela ubuhlungu, ukuvuvukala, ukuqina, nokulahlekelwa umsebenzi kumalungu. I-RA ngokuvamile ithinta isandla sakho neminwe kodwa ingathinta noma yikuphi ukujoyina. I-RA ivame kakhulu kubesifazane kunabantu futhi ngokuvamile iqala phakathi kweminyaka engu-25 no-55.

Ayikho ikhambi ye-RA kodwa ukwelashwa kungasiza ekuphatheni izimpawu nokuphuza ukuqhuma kwezifo. Imithi esetshenziselwa i-RA ihlanganisa izidakamizwa zokulwa nezifo (DMARDS), izidakamizwa ezingavumeli ukuvuvukala, izidakamizwa ezingenayo imithi, i-steroids, nezidakamizwa eziphikisayo.

I-rheumatologist yakho ingase iphinde iphakamise ukwelapha ngokomzimba njengengxenye yocwaningo lwakho lwezokwelapha. Ezimweni zesifo samathambo esibi kakhulu, ungase udinga ukushintshwa okuhlangene, kuye ngokuthi yiziphi amalunga athintekayo.

Kuyini uLupus?

I-Lupus isifo esivuvukala esingapheli esiza ngama-flare, nesistimu yakho yegciwane lengculaza ihlasela izicubu ezahlukene nezitho.

Kunezinhlobo eziningana ze-lupus: i-systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), i-lupus eyenziwe ngamachiza, i-cutaneous (i-discoid lupus) ne-neonatal lupus. I-Lupus ingathinta noma yiliphi ingxenye yomzimba, kodwa ngokuvamile ihlasela isikhumba, amalunga, inhliziyo, amaphaphu, igazi, izinso, nobuchopho.

I-SLE yilona uhlobo oluvame kakhulu lwe-lupus, nesimo esitholwa ukuthi siningi kaningi kubabesifazane kunamadoda. Amanye amaqembu ezinhlanga ezifana nabase-Afrika baseMelika, ama-Asiya nalabo abaseMaspanica bangamathuba amaningi okuthuthukisa i-lupus.

Ngaphandle kohlanga nobulili, izimo zemvelo, ubudala, kanye nemithi kungathinta noma cha ukuthuthukisa i-lupus noma cha. Uma une-lupus noma i-lupus, i-sunlight ingabangela i-lupus flare. I-Lupus nayo ivame ukutholwa kubantu abasha abaphakathi kweminyaka engu-15 no-40. Kwezinye izimo, i-lupus ibangelwa imithi, eyaziwa ngokuthi i-lupus eyenziwa yizidakamizwa. Ezimweni ze-lupus ezenzelwe izidakamizwa, izimpawu zivame ukuxazulula ngemuva kwemithi eyenza inkinga ishiywe.

Izimpawu ze lupus zihlanganisa:

Ayikho ikhambi ye-lupus, kodwa-ke, ingelashwa ngemithi efana nezidakamizwa ezingezona ukuvuvukala (ama-NSAID), ama-antimalarials, ama-corticosteroids, nama-immunosuppressants.

Ezimweni eziningi, njenge-arthritis ye-rheumatoid, ukwelashwa nokunakekelwa kwakho kuzophathwa yi-rheumatologist-udokotela obhekene nezifo ze-musculoskeletal nezimo ezithile ezizimele.

Uma ucabanga ukuthi unayo i-lupus noma i-rheumatoid arthritis, khuluma nodokotela wakho bese ucela ukudluliselwa ukuze ubone i-rheumatologist yokuhlolwa kwezifo.

Umthombo: I- Rheumatoid Arthritis. Ilabhulali Kazwelonke Yezokwelapha yase-US. Izikhungo zezempilo zikazwelonke.