I-arthritis yisimo esesivame kakhulu kubantu abahlala eNyakatho Melika. Ocwaningweni lwakamuva (Izinhlobo Zobuhlungu Be-Arthritis), kukhonjiswe ukuthi abantu abayizigidi ezingama-350 emhlabeni wonke bayahlupheka futhi banesifo samathambo. Cishe abantu abayizigidi ezingu-40 bahlushwa isifo sokuqaqamba kwamalunga e-United States kuphela. Futhi izinombolo zibonakala zikhula njalo.

Isizathu esiyinhloko sokuthi kungani inani labantu abathintekayo yi-arthritis liphezulu kakhulu ukuthi ukuqonda kwesifo sokuqaqamba kwamalunga kusesebumnyameni. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi abacwaningi nodokotela namanje abazi ukuthi yini ebangela isifo sokuqaqamba kwamalunga kanye nendlela yokuselapha.

Ngakho-ke kusukela manje abantu bangathatha kuphela izinyathelo zokuvimbela ukusiza ukubambezela lesi sifo futhi basize ekwehliseni izimpawu. Kodwa-ke, uma uqonda kahle isifo samathambo amathuba okubambezela ukwenzeka azokwehla.

Kuyini Isifo Samathambo?

Abantu abaningi bayalithola leli gama sokuqaqamba kwamalunga, kodwa abayazi kahle incazelo enembile yalesi sifo.

I-arthritis ibangela izinhlungu, izinhlungu, ukuvuvukala nokuvuvukala kwamalunga. Kodwa-ke, kwezinye izimo kungase kubangele izinkinga ngesistimu yomzimba kanye nezitho ezahlukene.

Ikakhulukazi izinhlobo ezithile zesifo sokuqaqamba kwamalunga zingathinta izitho ezingase zibe nomphumela ophathelene nezimpawu kanye nezinkinga ngokusebenza kwazo.

I-arthritis ivame ukutholakala kubantu abaneminyaka engu-65 noma ngaphezulu futhi e-United States cishe amaphesenti angu-23 abantu abathintwa yilesi simo sezokwelapha.

Okuvame kakhulu kuzo zonke izinhlobo ze-arthritis osteoarthritis futhi rheumatoid arthritis.

Ngeshwa, alikho ikhambi elitholakalayo okwamanje le-arthritis. Nokho, zikhona izindlela zokwelapha eziklanyelwe isifo samathambo.

Izindlela zokwelapha kanye/noma izindlela zokuvimbela zisetshenziselwa ukunciphisa ubuhlungu, ukuqina, ukuvuvukala, ukuvuvukala nezinye izimpawu. Ukwelashwa nakho kusetshenziselwa ukwehlisa ukukhula kwesifo samathambo ukuze abantu bazame futhi baphile izindlela zabo ezivamile zansuku zonke ngaphandle kwemikhawulo.

Izinhlobo ze-Arthritis:

Isimo sezokwelapha se-arthritis sinzima kakhulu ukusiqonda ngenxa yokuthi zingaki izinhlobo ze-arthritis ezikhona nangenxa yokuthi zingaki izigaba ezingaphansi.

Kuyaziwa ukuthi kunezinhlobo ezingaba ngu-200 zesifo sokuqaqamba kwamalunga futhi zihlukaniswe izigaba ezahlukene.

I-Arthritis Evuthayo

I-arthritis evuthayo yenzeka lapho ukuvuvukala kukhula emzimbeni ngaphandle kwesizathu. Ngokuvamile, ukuvuvukala emzimbeni kukhula njengendlela yokusiza ukuvikela amathambo nezitho. Kodwa-ke, nge-arthritis evuthayo ayisizi nganoma iyiphi indlela ngokulungisa umzimba.

Kungabangela amalunga namathambo ukuba alimale okungabangela ubuhlungu, ukuqina nokuvuvukala. Ezinye izinhlobo ezahlukene ze-arthritis ezixhunywe ku-arthritis evuthayo zihlanganisa Isifo samathambo esisebenzayo (RA), i-Ankylosing arthritis, i-Ankylosing spondylitis okuyingcosana nje.

I-Degenerative Arthritis

Isifo samathambo esiwohlozayo umonakalo woqwanga ovala iziphetho zamathambo ukuze uvikeleke. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kuyasiza ekwenzeni amalunga ashibilike futhi ahambe kalula.

Kodwa-ke, uma othile enesifo samathambo esiwohlozayo umsebenzi woqwanga uyoba mncane futhi ube lukhuni. Okuzokwenza kube nzima ukunyakaza emalungeni futhi kwezinye izimo amathambo akhule ngokweqile okungashintsha ukuma kwamathambo. Lokhu kuvame ukutholakala kubantu abanayo osteoarthritis.

I-Soft Tissue Musculoskeletal Pain

Ubuhlungu bezicubu ezithambile ze-musculoskeletal bubangelwa lapho izicubu zemisipha zilinyazwa ukuguga nokudabuka komsebenzi wansuku zonke kanye/noma ukuvivinya umzimba.

Futhi kusukela ekulimaleni nasekusetshenzisweni ngokweqile, okuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi indololwane yethenisi. Akukwazi nje ukuthikameza izicubu kuphela kodwa futhi kungathinta amathambo, imisipha, imisipha, imisipha kanye nezinzwa.

Uhlobo oluvame kakhulu lwesifo samathambo ngaphansi kwalesi sambulela lubizwa fibromyalgia. Lokhu kungabangela ubuhlungu emisipha, imisipha kanye/noma imigqa.

Ukuhlungu obusemhlane

Ubuhlungu beqolo yisimo esivame kakhulu phakathi kwabantu babo bonke ubudala nobulili. Ubuhlungu beqolo buvame ukuxhunyaniswa namathambo, imisipha kanye nemigqa kanye nendlela esetshenziswa ngayo futhi isebenza ndawonye. Kwezinye izimo ubuhlungu beqolo bungabangela nokuvuvukala komgogodla. Kodwa-ke, abantu ababhekana nobuhlungu obungapheli bokubuyela emuva bavame ukuxhunyaniswa nesifo samathambo.

Uhlobo oluvame kakhulu osteoarthritis.

I-Connective Tissue Disease

I-Connective tissue disease yisifo esithinta izisekelo, ukubopha, ukuxhuma kanye/noma ukuhlukanisa izicubu nezitho zomzimba. Eziningi zalezi zifo okuhlanganisa nesifo sokuqaqamba kwamalunga zixhumene nokungajwayelekile kwamasosha omzimba okuvuvukala ezicutshini ngenxa yokuthi amasosha omzimba aphikisana nomzimba wawo.

Ingahlanganisa futhi ibe ngaphakathi kwemisipha, imigqa kanye ne-cartilage. Ukuvuvukala kungenzeka esikhumbeni, emisipha kanye/noma ezithweni. Lokhu kungaba buhlungu kakhulu emalungeni.

Izinhlobo ezivame kakhulu ze-arthritis ezihamba ngaphansi kwalesi sigaba zihlanganisa I-SLE, i-Scleroderma, ne-Dermatomyositis.

I-Arthritis Ethathelwanayo

Isifo samathambo esithathelwanayo uhlobo lokuvuvukala okubangelwa amagciwane angena emalungeni. Lolu hlobo lwesifo samathambo luvame ukwenzeka lapho umzimba usuvele uhlangabezane negciwane kwenye indawo emzimbeni. Kodwa-ke, uma igciwane libanjwa futhi lilashwe ngesikhathi icala lesifo samathambo esithathelwanayo singasuswa.

Kodwa-ke, uma iba yizifo ezingelapheki kuzoba yinto ongase ube nayo unomphela. Ngokuvamile, ilunga elilodwa kuphela elimalayo futhi lingatholakala emalungeni amakhulu njengamahlombe, ama-hips namadolo.

I-Metabolic Arthritis

I-Metabolic arthritis ivame ukuza ngendlela ye- i-gout okuwuhlobo lwesifo samathambo esinamandla esibangela ubuhlungu nokuvuvukala emalungeni. Lokhu kwenzeka ngoba abanye abantu bakhiqiza i-Uric Acid eningi kakhulu. Leli khemikhali lidalwa lapho umzimba uphula izinto ezibizwa ngokuthi ama-purines.

Uma kwakhiwa kakhulu kungabangela amakristalu akhe emalungeni. Lokhu kungaba buhlungu ngempela futhi kungabangela i-gout. Ivame ukutholakala ezinzwaneni ezinkulu, isithende, iqakala, izandla, isihlakala noma indololwane. Ingafika iphinde idlule futhi ingaba yizifo ezingelapheki.

rheumatoid arthritis

I-Rheumatoid arthritis yisifo sokuvuvukala esithinta ulwelwesi lwamalunga oludala ubuhlungu, ukuvuvukala, ukuguguleka kwamathambo kanye nokuwohloka kwamalunga. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngenxa yokuvuvukala okubangelwa yi-rheumatoid arthritis kungathinta ulwelwesi lwamalunga nezitho.

Kuphinde kuphazamise amasosha omzimba okwenza kube nzima ukulwa nawo imikhuhlane kanye/noma izifo. Odokotela nabacwaningi abakasiqondi ngokugcwele isimo sezempilo se-rheumatoid arthritis.

I-osteoarthritis

I-osteoarthritis wuhlobo oluvame kakhulu lwesifo samathambo olutholakala kubantu futhi yilo olugwemeka kakhulu futhi. Kwenzeka lapho uqwanga luqala ukuba mncane, lokhu ngokuvamile kwenzeka ngenxa yobudala nokulimala kwangaphambili.

Ukuthuthukiswa kwe-osteoarthritis inqubo ehamba kancane ephula izicubu kanye noqwanga okungaholela ekubeni ukuqina nobuhlungu emalungeni. Ngokuvamile kuthinta amalunga ezinqulwini, emadolweni, ezandleni nasemgogodleni.

Kodwa-ke, ngokuzivocavoca nokudla okunempilo abantu abaningi bangavimbela ukuba ne-osteoarthritis empilweni yabo.

I-Arthritis Yezingane

I-Childhood arthritis noma i-juvenile arthritis yigama elisetshenziswa ukubeka zonke izinhlobo zezingane ezinesifo samathambo ngaphansi kohlobo olulodwa lwesigaba.

Kuyisifo lapho kunokuvuvukala khona kanye/noma ukuvuvukala kwamalunga ezingane ezineminyaka engaphansi kweyi-16. Izingane ezinesifo samathambo ngokuvamile zihlotshaniswa nesifo sokuzivikela komzimba, lapho amasosha omzimba ehlasela umzimba kunokuba awuvikele.

Njengezinye izinhlobo eziningi ze-arthritis, odokotela nabacwaningi abazi kahle ukuthi kungani lesi sifo senzeka yingakho lingekho ikhambi. Izinhlobo ezivame kakhulu ze-arthritis yezingane zihlanganisa i-rheumatoid arthritis, isifo samathambo esingamahlalakhona, i-idiopathic arthritis, kanye ne-systemic arthritis.

Yini Ibangela Isifo Samathambo?

Izinhlobo Zobuhlungu Be-Arthritis

Asikho isizathu esiqondile sesifo sokuqaqamba kwamalunga njengoba kunezinhlobo eziningi. Kungase kube nesici esisodwa esibangela isifo samathambo noma ezingaphezu kweyodwa.

Nazi ezinye izimbangela ezingaba ukuthi kungani abanye abantu benesifo samathambo:

• Ukulimala
• Imetabolism engavamile
• Ifa
• Izifo
• Ukusebenzisa ngokweqile amasosha omzimba
• Inhlanganisela yezinto eziningi
• Okunye ukudla kungase kubangele ukuthi inqubo yokuthuthukiswa kwe-arthritis yande kodwa hhayi njalo
• Ukungabi namanani ajwayelekile oqwanga ngenxa yokuguga

Izimpawu ze-Arthritis:

Kunezimpawu ezi-5 eziyinhloko ze-arthritis zifaka:

1. Ubuhlungu
2. Ukuvuvuka
3. Ukugubha
4. Ubunzima bokuhambisa amalunga
5. ububomvu

Ukuxilongwa kwe-Arthritis:

Inqubo yokuxilongwa kwesifo sokuqaqamba kwamalunga ngokuvamile iqala ngomlando wezokwelapha wesiguli, izimpawu zokuhlolwa komzimba kanye nama-x-ray. Ukuhlolwa kwenziwa kuye ngohlobo okusolwa ukuthi umuntu unalo.

Ezinye zalezo zivivinyo zihlanganisa:

• Isici se-rheumatoid
• I-anti-CCP antibody
• Isibalo segazi esiphelele (CBC)
• Amaprotheni asebenzayo
• Izinga le-sedimentation ye-Erythrocyte (ESR)
• I-ultrasound ehlangene noma i-MRI
• I-X-ray ehlangene
• Ukuskena kweBone
• Ukuhlaziywa kwe-Synovial fluid

Ukwelashwa Nezinyathelo Zokuvimbela I-Arthritis:

Njengoba kuxoxiwe ngaphambili alikho ikhambi okwamanje kubantu abahluphekayo nabanesifo samathambo; noma kunjalo, kukhona izindlela zokwelapha kanye nezinyathelo zokuvimbela ezitholakalayo ukuze zisize ukunciphisa umonakalo, ubuhlungu nokungakhululeki.

Futhi ukusiza ukuthuthukisa izinga lempilo.

Nazi ezinye izindlela zokwelapha ezingenzeka kanye nezinyathelo zokuvimbela abantu abazisebenzisayo abane-arthritis kanye/noma abaphethwe isifo samathambo:

• Imithi
• Ukwelapha ngokomzimba
• I-non-pharmacologic therapy
• Izibuko
• Ukwehla kwesisindo
• Ukuzivocavoca (ukuhamba, ukubhukuda, nokuhamba ngebhayisikili)
• Ukuhlinzwa