I-Bronchiolitis isifo esiyingozi esibangelwa amagciwane emaphashini esihlasela izingane ezingaphansi kweminyaka emibili ubudala. Kubonakala ngokuvuvukala kwama-bronchioles, le migudu emincane elandela i-bronchi eholela emoyeni ku-alveoli yamaphaphu. Izingane ezinaso zinenkinga yokuphefumula nokuphefumula.

Lesi sifo singesinye sezimbangela ezivame kakhulu zokulaliswa esibhedlela ezinganeni ezingaphansi kweminyaka emibili ubudala. Izinkinga, ezingavamile, zingaba zimbi.

Ikwindla nobusika yizinkathi ezivame kakhulu ze-bronchiolitis.

Izimbangela

• Ukutheleleka nge i-Respiratory syncytial virus noma i-VRS, ezikhathini eziningi. Nokho, akuzona zonke izingane ezingenwe yileli gciwane eziba ne-bronchiolitis. Ngempela, iningi labo linezivikelo eziqondile zokuzivikela kulo, ngisho nangaphambi kweminyaka emibili.
• Ukutheleleka ngelinye igciwane: i-parainfluenza (5 kuya ku-20% wamacala), ithonya, i-rhinovirus noma i-adenovirus.
• Ukuphazamiseka kwemvelaphi yofuzo: izifo ezithile zofuzo ziphazamisa ukusebenza kahle kwe-bronchi futhi zingacatshangelwa. Bheka isigaba sabantu abasengozini.

Ukutheleleka kanye nokungcoliswa

• Igciwane elithintekayo lisakazwa ngemigudu yokuphefumula, futhi lingathwalwa izinto ezingcolile, izandla, ukuthimula kanye nokuphuma kwamakhala.

Evolution

Izimpawu ze-bronchiolitis zihlala amasonto amabili kuya kwangu-2, ​​ubude besikhathi esiyizinsuku eziyi-3.

Iziguli ezine-bronchiolitis zizovame ukuba nesifuba somoya eminyakeni ezayo.

Izinkinga

Ngokuvamile, i-bronchiolitis ingase ibangele izinkinga ezimbi kakhulu noma ezincane, njengoba kungase kube:

• i-bacterial superinfection, njenge-otitis media noma i-pneumonia yebhaktheriya;
• ukuqunjelwa kanye nezinye izifo zezinzwa;
• ukuphefumula kokuphefumula;
• i-apnea ephakathi;
• isifuba somoya, esingavela futhi siphikelele iminyaka eminingana ngemva kwalokho;
• ukuhluleka kwenhliziyo kanye ne-arrhythmias;
• ukufa (okungavamile kakhulu ezinganeni ezingenaso esinye isifo).