U-Ian Paul, uprofesa wezifo zezingane ePennsylvania State College of Medicine, uthi kuphoxa abazali ukubheka izingane zabo lapho zikhwehlela, zithimula, futhi zingalali ebusuku, ngakho bazinika imithi emihle yakudala yamakhaza. Futhi ngokuvamile lo muthi "uhlolwe" ngabazali ngokwabo, bona ngokwabo bathatha le mithi, futhi bayaqiniseka ukuthi kuzosiza ingane ukuba inqobe lesi sifo.
Abacwaningi babheke idatha yokuthi ingabe imithi ehlukahlukene yokukhwehlela, egijimayo neyamakhaza iyasebenza yini, nokuthi ingaba yingozi yini.
“Abazali bahlale bekhathazekile ngokuthi kukhona okubi okwenzekayo futhi kudingeka benze okuthile,” kusho uDkt. Mieke van Driel, onguprofesa wezokuzivocavoca kanye nenhloko yethimba lomtholampilo wokunakekelwa kwezempilo eNyuvesi yaseQueensland e-Australia.
Ukuqonda kahle ukuphuthuma abazali abanakho ukuze bathole okuthile okuzodambisa ukuhlupheka kwezingane zabo. Kodwa, ngeshwa, kunobufakazi obuncane kakhulu bokuthi izidakamizwa ziyasebenza ngempela. Futhi ucwaningo luyakuqinisekisa lokhu.
UDkt van Driel uthe abazali kufanele baqaphele ukuthi bukhulu ubungozi bezingane ekusebenziseni le mishanguzo. I-Food and Drug Administration ekuqaleni yayiphikisa noma yimiphi imithi enjalo ethengiswa ezitolo zezingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-6 ubudala. Ngemva kokuba abakhiqizi bekhumbula ngokuzithandela imikhiqizo edayiselwa izinsana futhi bashintsha amalebula ayeluleka ngokunikezwa kwezidakamizwa ezinganeni ezincane, abacwaningi bathola ukwehla kwenani lezingane ezifika ezindlini zezimo eziphuthumayo ngemva kwezinkinga ngale mithi. Izinkinga kwakuwukubona izinto ezingekho, i-arrhythmia kanye nezinga lokucindezeleka lokuqaphela.
Uma kukhulunywa ngekhala eligijimayo noma ukukhwehlela okuhambisana nomkhuhlane, ngokusho kwePediatrics and Community Health Doctor Shonna Yin, “lezi zimpawu ziyazibekela yona.” Abazali bangasiza izingane zabo hhayi ngokuzinikeza imithi, kodwa ngokunikeza uketshezi oluningi noju ezinganeni ezindala. Ezinye izinyathelo zingabandakanya i-ibuprofen yomkhuhlane kanye namaconsi ekhala ngosawoti.
“Ucwaningo lwethu lwango-2007 lubonise okokuqala ukuthi uju lusebenza kangcono kune-dextromethorphan,” kusho uDkt.
I-Dextromethorphan iyi-antitussive etholakala emithini efana ne-Paracetamol DM ne-Fervex. Okubalulekile ukuthi abukho ubufakazi bokuthi le mithi iyasebenza ekwelapheni noma yiziphi izimpawu zomkhuhlane.
Kusukela lapho, olunye ucwaningo luye lwabonisa ukuthi uju lukhulula ukukhwehlela kanye nokuphazamiseka kokulala okuhlobene. Kodwa i-organic agave nectar, ngokuphambene nalokho, inomphumela we-placebo kuphela.
Ucwaningo aluzange lubonise ukuthi izidakamizwa zokukhwehlela zisiza izingane ukuthi zikhwehlele kancane noma ama-antihistamine nama-decongestants azisiza ukuthi zilale kangcono. Imithi engasiza ingane enekhala eligijimayo ngenxa yokungezwani komzimba nenkathi ethile ethile ngeke isize ingane efanayo uma kubanda. Izindlela eziyisisekelo zihlukile.
UDkt. Paul uthi ngisho nakubantwana abadala kanye nentsha, ubufakazi bokusebenza abunamandla emithini eminingi ebandayo, ikakhulukazi uma iphuzwa ngemithamo ephezulu kakhulu.
UDkt. Yin usebenza kuphrojekthi exhaswe yi-FDA yokuthuthukisa ukulebula nemiyalelo yomthamo wemithi yokukhwehlela yezingane neyomkhuhlane. Abazali basadidekile mayelana nezigaba zeminyaka yobudala zomuthi, izithako ezisebenzayo, nemithamo. Eminingi yale mithi iqukethe imishanguzo eminingi ehlukene, okuhlanganisa izidambisa-zinhlungu, ama-antihistamine, nezidambisa-zinhlungu.
“Ngiqinisekisa abazali ukuthi umkhuhlane lo, umkhuhlane yisifo esidlulayo, sinamasosha omzimba anekhono azowunakekela. Futhi kuzothatha cishe isonto lonke,” kusho uDkt. van Driel.
Laba dokotela bahlale betshela abazali ukuthi yiziphi izinyathelo okufanele bazithathe, bekhuluma ngezimpawu ezibonisa ukuthi kukhona okuyingozi kakhulu kunomkhuhlane ojwayelekile. Noma ibuphi ubunzima bokuphefumula enganeni kufanele buthathwe ngokungathi sína, ngakho ingane ephefumula ngokushesha noma kanzima kunokuvamile kufanele ihlolwe. Kufanele futhi uye kudokotela uma unomkhuhlane nanoma yiziphi izimpawu zomkhuhlane, njengokugodola nobuhlungu bomzimba.
Izingane ezinemikhuhlane engazitholi lezi zimpawu, ngokuphambene nalokho, zidinga ukudla nokuphuza, zingase zigxile futhi zikwazi ukuphazamiseka, njengokudlala.
Kuze kube manje, asinawo ama-ejenti amahle okwelapha umkhuhlane, futhi ukwelapha ingane ngento engathengwa ngokukhululekile ekhemisi kuyingozi kakhulu.
“Uma unikeza abantu ukwaziswa futhi ubatshele ukuthi yini okufanele bayilindele, ngokuvamile bayavuma ukuthi abayidingi imithi,” kuphetha uDkt. van Driel.
Ngakho-ke, uma ingane yakho ikhwehlela futhi ithimula kuphela, akudingekile ukuba uyinikeze imithi. Mnikeze uketshezi olwanele, uju nokudla okunempilo. Uma unezimpawu eziningi kunokukhwehlela nekhala eligelezayo, bonana nodokotela wakho.