Okuqukethwe
I-Whooping isifo esiyingozi, esithatha isikhathi eside futhi esiyingozi, ikakhulukazi ezinganeni. I-agent causative yalesi sifo yi-bacterium Bordetella pertusis. Ibhaktheriya ikhiqiza ubuthi obuhamba egazini ukuya ebuchosheni futhi bubangele ukuhlaselwa ukukhwehlela. Izimpawu ezijwayelekile zalesi sifo zingabonwa ezinganeni ezineminyaka engaphansi kwenkulisa: ukukhwehlela okunamandla okugcina ngokushaya. Ezinsaneni, ukukhwehlela okubuhlungu kubonakala ngendlela ehlukile; esikhundleni sokukhwehlela, odokotela babheka ukuphefumula okusongela ukuphila. Ngakho-ke, izinsana ezingaphansi kwezinyanga eziyisi-6 kufanele zigadwe esibhedlela.
Inkambo yesifo
Izingane ezindala ziba nekhala eligijimayo, ukukhwehlela okungajwayelekile kanye nomkhuhlane omncane. Lezi zimpawu zingase zithathe isonto elilodwa kuya kwamabili. Bese, izimpawu ezithambile zithathelwa indawo ukuhlasela kwasebusuku kokukhwehlela okushubile nokuphelelwa umoya futhi, kwezinye izimo, nesikhumba esiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Ukukhwehlela kugcina ngokugobhoza komoya. Ukuhlanza kungase kwenzeke lapho ukhwehlela amafinyila. Izinsana ziba nokukhwehlela okungajwayelekile kanye nezinkinga zokuphefumula, ikakhulukazi ukubamba umoya wazo.
Ungabiza nini udokotela
Ngosuku olulandelayo, uma umkhuhlane ocatshangelwayo ungazange uphele phakathi nesonto, futhi ukuhlaselwa kokukhwehlela kuye kwaba kubi kakhulu. Emini, uma ingane ingaphezu konyaka owodwa ubudala futhi izimpawu zesifo zifana nokukhwehlela. Shayela udokotela ngokushesha uma usola ukukhwehlela enganeni noma uma ingane endala inokuphefumula kanzima nesikhumba esiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka.
Usizo lukaDokotela
Udokotela uzohlola igazi kanye ne-swab yomphimbo enganeni. Ukuxilongwa kungenziwa kube lula ngokurekhoda ukukhwehlela kwakho kwasebusuku kumakhalekhukhwini wakho. Uma ukukhwehlela kusheshe kwatholakala, udokotela wakho uzokunikeza ukwelashwa ngama-antibiotic. Ekupheleni kwalesi sifo, ama-antibiotics anganciphisa kuphela ukutheleleka kwamanye amalungu omndeni. Zonke izinhlobo zemithi yokukhwehlela azikwazi ukusebenza kahle.
Usizo lwakho enganeni
Ngesikhathi sokuhlaselwa ukukhwehlela, qiniseka ukuthi ingane isesimweni esiqondile. Ukuphelelwa umoya okungenzeka kwenze ingane yakho yesabe, ngakho hlala useduze nayo ngaso sonke isikhathi. Zama ukunciphisa ukuhlasela kokukhwehlela nge-compress efudumele yejusi kalamula (ijusi lengxenye kalamula ku-¾ ilitha lamanzi) noma itiye le-thyme. Landela uhlelo lokuphuza. Kungcono ukuba segumbini elinomswakama ophezulu. Ungathatha uhambo ngaphandle uma kungabandi kakhulu ngaphandle.