Abantu abasengozini

Ngaphandle kokunye, yizingane ezincane ezingaphansi kweminyaka emibili ezisengozini enkulu. Phakathi kwalokhu, abanye nokho basengozini yokuthola lesi sifo:

• izingane ezizalwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi;
• izingane ezingaphansi kwamasonto ayisithupha ubudala;
• izingane ezinomlando womndeni we-asthma ye-bronchial;
• labo abanesifo senhliziyo abazalwa nabo;
• labo amaphaphu abo athuthuke ngendlela engavamile (bronchodysplasia);
• labo abahlushwa i-cystic fibrosis ye-pancreas (noma i-cystic fibrosis), isifo sofuzo. Lesi sifo sibangela i-viscosity ngokweqile yezimfihlo zezindlala ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene zomzimba, kuhlanganise ne-bronchi.
• Izingane zomdabu zaseMelika kanye ne-Alaskan.

Izici zengozi

• Ukuchayeka entuthuni kagwayi (ikakhulukazi uma kuziwa kumama).
• Hamba enkulisa.
• Ukuhlala endaweni ebincishwe amathuba.
• Hlala emndenini omkhulu.
• Ukushoda kwe-Vitamin D ngesikhathi sokuzalwa. Ucwaningo⁵ ibike ukuthi ukugcwala okuphansi kwevithamini D egazini lenkaba kuhlotshaniswa nengozi ephindwe kasithupha ye-bronchiolitis engenzeka.