I-Tachypnea wukwanda kwezinga lokuphefumula. Kungabangelwa ukwanda kwezidingo zomoya-mpilo, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi sokuzikhandla komzimba, kepha kwesinye isikhathi kungaba umphumela wenyumoniya, isifo samaphaphu.

I-Tachypnea yigama lezokwelapha lokwanda kwezinga lokuphefumula. Kubangela ukuphefumula okusheshayo ngokunyuka kwenani lemijikelezo yokuphefumula (ugqozi nokuphelelwa yisikhathi) ngomzuzu.

Kubantu abadala, ukwanda kwezinga lokuphefumula akujwayelekile uma kudlula imijikelezo engama-20 ngomzuzu.

Ezinganeni ezincane, izinga lokuphefumula liphakeme kunabantu abadala. Ukwanda okungajwayelekile kwezinga lokuphefumula kubonakala lapho kuba:

• imijikelezo engaphezu kwengu-60 ngomzuzu, ezinganeni ezingaphansi kwezinyanga ezimbili;
• imijikelezo engaphezu kwama-50 ngomzuzu, ezinganeni eziphakathi kwezinyanga ezimbili nezingu-2;
• imijikelezo engaphezu kwengu-40 ngomzuzu, ezinganeni ezineminyaka ephakathi kwengu-1 nengu-3 ubudala;
• imijikelezo engaphezu kwengu-30 ngomzuzu, ezinganeni ezineminyaka ephakathi kwengu-3 nengu-5 ubudala;
• imijikelezo engaphezu kwengu-20 ngomzuzu, ezinganeni ezineminyaka engu-5 ubudala.

I-Tachypnea, ukuphefumula okusheshayo, okujulile

I-Tachypnea kwesinye isikhathi ihlotshaniswa ne- ukuphefumula okusheshayo nokujulile ukuyihlukanisa ne-polypnea, echazwa njengokuphefumula okusheshayo nokungajulile. Ngesikhathi se-tachypnea, izinga lokuphefumula liyakhula, okuholela ekwandeni komoya ophefumulayo (inani lomoya ongena emaphashini ngomzuzu). Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-polypnea ibonakala nge-alveolar hypoventilation ngenxa yokwehla kwevolumu yamaza (ivolumu yomoya ophefumulelwe nophelelwe yisikhathi).

I-Tachypnea ingaba nezincazelo eziningana. Izinga lokuphefumula lingakhuphuka ngokuphendula:

• isidingo esengeziwe se-oxygen, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi somzamo womzimba;
• izifo ezithile, ezinye zazo inyumoniya, izifo zamaphaphu ezingaba nemisuka eminingana.

Amacala we-pneumopathies

I-Tachypnea ingaba yimiphumela ye-pneumopathies ethile:

• the inyumoniya, ukutheleleka okunamandla kokuphefumula kwamaphaphu okuvame ukubangelwa yizinto ezithathelwanayo zemvelaphi yegciwane noma yegciwane;
• the ama-laryngites, ukuvuvukala komphimbo (isitho esisemphinjeni, ngemuva kwepharynx nangaphambi koqhoqhoqho) okunezinhlobo eziningi ezifana ne-subglottic laryngitis engadala i-tachypnea;
• the i-bronchitis, ukuvuvukala kwe-bronchi (izakhiwo zohlelo lokuphefumula) okungabangelwa ukucasuka kwamaphaphu, noma ukutheleleka ngegciwane noma igciwane;
• the ama-bronchiolites, uhlobo lokutheleleka ngegciwane komgudu wokuphefumula ongezansi ongabonakalisa njengezinga lokukhuphuka lokuphefumula;
• theufuba, isifo esingelapheki somgudu wokuphefumula okuhlasela kwaso kuvame ukuhambisana ne-tachypnea.

I-Tachypnea ivame ukuba yesikhashana. Kodwa-ke, kwezinye izimo, lesi sifo sokuphefumula singaqhubeka futhi sibeke umzimba engcupheni yezinkinga.

Uma iqhubeka, i-tachypnea ingadinga ukuphathwa okufanele kwezokwelapha. Lokhu kuya ngemvelaphi yesifo sokuphefumula. Isungulwe ngudokotela ojwayelekile noma i-pulmonologist, ukuxilongwa kwenza kube nokwenzeka ukuqondisa ukunakekelwa ku:

• ukwelashwa ngezidakamizwa, ikakhulukazi endabeni yokutheleleka nokuvuvukala kwendlela yokuphefumula;
• umoya omncane wokufakelwa, ezimweni ezinzima kakhulu lapho i-tachnypnea iqhubeka.

Lapho kucatshangelwa umoya omncane wokufakelwa, kungasetshenziswa izixazululo ezimbili:

• ukupholisa kwemishini okungeyona eyokuhlasela, okuqukethe ukufaka isigqoko sokuzivikela noma isifihla-buso sobuso, amakhala noma umlomo womlomo, ukubuyisela ukuphefumula okujwayelekile ezigulini ezine-tachypnea elinganiselayo;
• umoya ongenayo wokufakelwa, equkethe ukwethula ithubhu ye-tracheal intubation, kungaba ngamakhala, ngomlomo, noma ngokuhlinzwa ku-trachea (tracheostomy), ukuze kubuyiswe ukuphefumula okujwayelekile ezigulini ezine-tachypnea enamandla futhi ephikelelayo.