Ubuhlungu bezintambo buvame kakhulu. Kungaba ngumphumela wesimo esilula esibi esabanjwa isikhathi eside (phambi kwekhompyutha), sobudala noma sesifo esiyihlazo. Ukuphathwa kwayo ngudokotela kuzokwenza ukuthi ikwazi ukuyinqoba.

Ukuba nobuhlungu bentamo (siphinde sikhulume ngobuhlungu bentamo noma ngaphezulu kokumane kube buhlungu bentamo) kuvamile. Kuyisibonakaliso okungenzeka sithinte wonke amaqembu eminyaka yobudala. Kumele kuqashelwe, noma kunjalo, ukuthi abantu abachitha amahora amaningi phambi kwesikrini sekhompyutha noma abantu abachitha usuku ngemuva kwesondo basengozini enkulu yokuthola ubuhlungu bentamo.

Ezimweni eziningi, abantu abanezinhlungu zentamo bayibona iphela kungakapheli amasonto e-1 noma ama-2, futhi cishe bonke abantu abasenabo ubuhlungu ngemuva kwamasonto ayi-8.

Ubuhlungu bezintambo bungahambisana nezinye izimpawu, okuthiwa zihambisana nazo:

• ukuqina kwemisipha, ikakhulukazi ukuqina entanyeni (ingxenye engemuva entanyeni eyenziwe ngamathambo omlomo wesibeletho nemisipha);
• ama-spasms;
• ubunzima bokuhambisa ikhanda;
• noma ngisho ikhanda.

Uma ubuhlungu buqhubeka, bukhulu, busabalala kwenye indawo (ezingalweni noma emilenzeni) noma buhambisana nezinye izimpawu ezimbalwa, kuyalulekwa ukuthi ubonane nodokotela.

Kunezimbangela eziningi zobuhlungu bentamo. Iningi lazo lihlobene nokuwohloka kwezakhiwo zomshini entanyeni (ngobudala noma kubantu abasebenzisa intamo noma ingalo yabo ngokweqile). Lokhu kufaka phakathi:

• ukukhathala kwemisipha (yemisipha yentamo);
• i-osteoarthritis;
• ukulimala kwe-cartilage noma i-vertebrae;
• ukuminyanisa kwemizwa.

Ngokuvamile, ubuhlungu bentamo bungabangelwa:

• isifo samathambo;
• i-meningitis;
• izifo;
• noma umdlavuza.

Ubuhlungu bezintambo bungakhubazeka uma bunganakekelwa, noma busakazekele nakwezinye izindawo zomzimba.

Ukufika ekuxilongweni okuthembekile, udokotela uzobuza imibuzo ethile ukuthola kangcono izimo zokuvela kobuhlungu bentamo. Isibonelo, uzofuna ukwazi ukuthi ngabe nobuhlungu buphuma buye engalweni, uma bukhuliswa ukukhathala noma ngabe ezinye izimpawu zihambisana nobuhlungu obusentanyeni.

Udokotela ube esenza ukuhlolwa okunzima komtholampilo futhi anga-oda ukuhlolwa kwe-imaging yezokwelapha (i-CT noma i-MRI), i-electromyography noma ukuhlolwa kwegazi.

Ukwelashwa okunikezwa ngudokotela ukuzama ukunqoba ubuhlungu bentamo ngokusobala kuzoxhomeka ezimbangela zayo. Kungaba:

• imithi yezinhlungu;
• imijovo ye-corticosteroid;
• ukuhlinzwa;
• izikhathi nge-physiotherapist, ongafundisa ukuzivocavoca komzimba nokuqinisa intamo;
• transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (inqubo ehlose ukuqeda ubuhlungu ngokusakazeka kwamandla kagesi abuthakathaka);
• iseshini ne-physiotherapist;
• noma ukufaka ukushisa noma ukubanda endaweni yentamo.

Ukuzama ukuvimbela ubuhlungu bentamo, kukhona amathiphu ambalwa ongawalandela. Ake sicaphune ngokwesibonelo:

• sukuma uqonde;
• thatha amakhefu phakathi nezinsuku phambi kwekhompyutha;
• lungisa ideski nekhompyutha yabo ngokufanele;
• noma ugweme nokuthwala izinto ezisindayo.