Abezempilakahle bathi umkhuhlane wofuba olweAsthma ohlasela amaphaphu ayiwo njalo ahlaselwa ligcikwane le Covid-19, ngakhoke bakhuthaza abaphila lalolufuba ukuba balandele iziqondiso zokuzivikela ukubanjwa yileligcikwane njalo balandele ukuthatha imithi yeAsthma ngoba besengozini enkulu uma bengatholakala beleCovid-19.
Ingcwethi kwezempilakahle zithi ukuqala kwesikhathi somqando kubuya leminye imikhuhlane yofuba, egoqela i-Asthma. Kungakho ngesikhathi lesi sobhubhane lwe Covid-19 abezempilakahle bakhuthaza uzulu ukuba alandelele izixwayiso abaziphiwayo ukuze behlise amathuba okubanjwa yimikhuhlane yesifuba.
Udokotela Mthabisi Anele Bhebhe ukhuluma ngomkhuhlane weAsthma.
"IAsthma ngumkhuhlane wamaphapho, utholakala ebantwini abalama allergies ezikhathini ezinengi. Abantu laba bengahlangana lalokhu esikuthi yi allergen kuyabayenza ukuthi umphimbo wabo usuke uvaleka so lapho umphimbo ungavaleka lezinye inyawo ezingena umoya zibe zincane kusuka kube nzima ukuthi baphefumule kuhle. Kulezinti ezithize ezibenza ukuthi bangene ku attack ezigoqela umqando, ukuhlala labo mangoye, ukupheka ngomlilo, intuthu iyabangenisa kuma attacts. Okunye njalo kundala yikuba umuntu uyabe engekho ku proper medication.”
Uqhubekela phambili uBhebhe elimukisa abantu abaphila leAsthma ukuba baqinise ukuzivikela ukwedlula abanye bonke abantu ukuba bengabanjwa yiCovid-19.
“Ebantwini abale Covid, i asthma isuka ibe worse njengoba i-covid layo i-affecter amaphapho njenge Asthma. Lokhu kutsho ukuthi bengathwala nzima ukuthi baphefumule kuhle ngakho ke sebelakho ukuthi bafe. Ngalokhu kuqakathekile ukuthi benanzelelwe, bekhangelwe kuhle ngudokotela njalo bebe ku-medication yabo ukuze nxa bele attack beyelwatshwe ngokuphangisa. ”
Umnumzana Ferdinand Dlodlo isakhamuzi sakoBulawayo, uthi laba abalomkhuhlane wofuba kabangatholakali lapho okubuthene abantu abanengi ngoba kulula kibo ukuthola iCovid-19.
“Kunzima kakhulu ebantwini abale Asthma ukuthi bezivikele ngesikhathi lesi se Covid-19 ngoba nxa sisithi siyakhangela umuthi omkhulu kuCovid-19 yikugqoka ama face mask ngakho ke ebantwini abale asthma kunzima ukuthi bawagqoke isikhathi eside ngoba abanye bekhala ngokuvaleke bengasaphefumuli kuhle bona bevele bengaphefumuli kuhle ngengela ma mask. Ngakho ke ngalesi isikhathi akumelanga babe sendaweni eziminyeneyo okubuthene khona abantu ngoba kuba lula kibo nxa bengaqgokanga ama-mask ukuthi babambe ubhubhane lwe Covid-19.”
Unkosikazi Ruth Sibanda ophila lofuba lweAsthma uchasisa ukuba yena uziphatha njani ekuphileni layo.
“I-Asthma ayifuni uzonde, ayifuni uthabe kakhulu, ayifuni lapho okule dust khona, ayifuni ukuthi uyethuke. Mina ngisebenzisa imedication okuthiwa yi Salbutamol. Okunye njalo okungathandwa yi Asthma yindawo lapho okule smell khona okunjengama perfumes lawa a-strong kumbe lapho okungcolileyo khona. Nxa ungaba sendaweni ezinjalo usulakho ukuthi ube le attack.”
Umkhuhlane wofuba lweAsthma ngeminye yemikhuhlane engelaphekiyo ihle iphele kodwa kuyisimo esingaba lomuntu okwempilo kumbe siphele sodwa ikakhulu ebantwaneni nxa lapho bekhula. Lesi sifo sidala ukuba umuntu aphefumule nzima, abe lenhlungu zesifuba lomphimbo loba ukukhwehlela okwesikhathi eside.
Kodwa ingcwethi zezempilakahle zithi lokhu kungenqabelwa uma umuntu elandela ukuthatha imithi ayiphiwa ngodokotela. Umuntu ongathathi imithi ayiphiweyo ubikwa ezifaka engozini enkulu ngoba iAsthma, kungumkhuhlane ohlasela amaphaphu ayiwo njalo ahlaselwa yiCovid-19.
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