Konke kuNtloko yakho?

Intlungu. Sonke siyifumene. Ubhontsi oqinisiweyo. Umva oxineneyo. Idolo elikhuhliweyo. Kungayinto yokuhlaba, ukubetha, ukuhlaba, ukutshisa, okanye ukuqaqamba. Intlungu luphawu lokuba into ayilunganga. Inokuphela, okanye inokuvela kwilungu elithile lomzimba wakho.

Ubuhlungu bunokuba nzima okanye obungapheliyo. Intlungu ebuhlungu luhlobo olukuxelela into eyenzakeleyo okanye kukho ingxaki ekufuneka uyikhathalele, ukunciphisa iintlungu. Iintlungu ezingapheliyo zahlukile. Kunokubakho ingxaki ebukhali ngaxeshanye, mhlawumbi ukwenzakala okanye usulelo, kodwa iintlungu ziyaqhubeka ngaphandle kokonzakala okanye usulelo olusonjululwe. Olu hlobo lwentlungu lunokuhlala iiveki, iinyanga, okanye iminyaka. Kwaye ngamanye amaxesha, akukho sizathu sicacileyo sentlungu. Injalo.

Kuqikelelwa ukuba abantu abaninzi baneentlungu ezingapheliyo kunabo banesifo sentliziyo, isifo seswekile kunye nomhlaza zidityanisiwe. Sesinye sezizathu eziqhelekileyo zokuba abantu bafune unyango. Ngapha koko, iyaqhubeka nokudideka xa ujonga iimpendulo.

Ke ndiyaphi? NgoSeptemba yiNyanga yokuQatshelwa kweNtlungu. Injongo kukukhumbuza imibutho ukuba isebenze kunye ukuphakamisa ulwazi malunga nendlela iintlungu ezibachaphazela ngayo abantu, iintsapho, uluntu kunye nesizwe kunye nokuxhasa isenzo sikazwelonke sokulungisa iintlungu.

 

Intlungu inembali

Kuyabonakala ukuba, amaGrike amandulo ayecinga ukuba iintlungu zinomtsalane. Bakholelwa ukuba iintlungu zinokuba ngaphezulu kweemvakalelo kunokuziva. Ngexesha lamaXesha oMnyama, iintlungu zazijongwa njengesohlwayo esiza kukhululeka ngokuzisola.

Xa ndandisebenza ngexesha le-90s, iintlungu njengezinto ezibonakalayo zenyama zafikelela kubude bayo. Njengabanikezeli benkathalo sakhuthazwa ukuba sijonge iintlungu "njengophawu lwesihlanu olubalulekileyo," kunye neqondo lobushushu, ukuphefumla, ukubetha kwentliziyo, kunye noxinzelelo lwegazi. Siza kuba nezigulana ezilinganisela iintlungu zazo. Injongo yayikukuyinqanda.

"Konke entlokweni yakho" ngumyalezo ongalunganga onokuwunika umntu ophethe iintlungu ezingapheliyo. Nanku umceli mngeni nangona kunjalo, ubuchopho bethu budlala indima enkulu kwindlela esiva ngayo iintlungu. Xa umqondiso wentlungu ubetha ebuchotsheni, uye “uqhubeke” kwakhona. Umbono wentlungu uhlala ungowamava akho. Iyachaphazeleka amanqanaba oxinzelelo lwethu, okusingqongileyo, ufuzo lwethu kunye nezinye izinto.

Xa unentlungu evela kwisizathu esithile (ukwenzakala okanye inkqubo ethile yesifo njenge-arthritis), unyango kufuneka lujolise kwesona sizathu siphambili sentlungu okanye isifo. Into enokwenzeka kwabanye bethu, ngesiqhelo emva kweenyanga ezintathu kukuba iintlungu ziphinda zenziwe kwaye ngenxa yoko ziba "kwindawo enye" ​​okanye ezingapheliyo. Oku kuhlala kwenzeka emva kwayo nayiphi na ingxaki yoqobo esele idlulile, okanye iphilisiwe, kodwa kukho imbono ebambekayo yentlungu. Kulapho imfundo ibaluleke khona kwisigulana. Kuya kubakho ukugxila ekunciphiseni uloyiko ngathi "kukho into engalunganga" okanye "ukwenzakala kuthetha ukwenzakala." Ukuphila nentlungu kunokunciphisa kwaye kunciphise umgangatho wobomi. Xa abaguli beqala ukuqonda ukuba kuqhubeka ntoni ngomzimba wabo kunye nembono yabo ngentlungu, baphumelela ngakumbi ekuphuculeni.

 

Xa ubona ugqirha wakho

Le mibuzo ibuza ugqirha wakho:

• Yintoni unobangela wentlungu yam?
• Kutheni ingayi kuhamba?
• Yeyiphi indlela efanelekileyo yokunyanga kum? Ndiza kuwadinga amayeza?
• Ngaba unyango lomzimba, lomsebenzi okanye olokuziphatha luya kunceda ekudambiseni iintlungu zam?
• Kuthekani ngezinye iindlela zonyango, ezinjengeyoga, ukuthambisa okanye ukwenza iacupuncture?
• Ngaba kukhuselekile kum ukwenza umthambo? Loluphi uhlobo lomthambo ekufuneka ndilwenzile?
• Ngaba kufuneka ndenze naluphi na utshintsho kwindlela yokuphila?

Kunganyanzeleka ukuba uthomalalise iintlungu. La ngamayeza okuthomalalisa izihlunu ezibuhlungu, intloko ebuhlungu, isifo samathambo okanye ezinye iintlungu. Kukho iindlela ezininzi, kwaye nganye ineenzuzo kunye neengxaki. Umboneleli wakho ekuqaleni angacebisa iyeza le-OTC (ngaphezulu kwekhawuntari) njenge-acetaminophen okanye i-anti-inflammatories ezinje nge-ibuprofen okanye naproxen. Ezona ntlungu zinamandla zibizwa ngokuba ziiopioids. Banomngcipheko ophezulu wokuba likhoboka kwaye baqhubeke, babonakalisiwe ukuba zibuhlungu ngakumbi ukuba ubathatha ixesha elide.

Ubungqina buyaqhubeka nokunyuka malunga neendlela ezifanelekileyo zokulawula iintlungu ngaphaya kwamayeza. Ngokuxhomekeke kwimeko, ugqirha wakho unokucebisa:

• Ukwenza i-Acupuncture
• Biofeedback
• Ukuvuselelwa kombane
• Ukunyanga kwamayeza
• ukucamngca
• Ulungiso lwenyama
• Unyango lweengqondo
• Unyango lokuphumla
• Utyando ngezihlandlo ezinqabileyo

Uphando luye lwabonisa ukuba "unyango lwezonyango," njenge-CBT (unyango lokuziphatha kwengqondo), lunokunceda abantu abaninzi abaneentlungu ezingapheliyo. Kwenza ntoni oku? I-CBT ikunceda utshintshe iindlela zokucinga ezingalunganga kunye nokuziphatha. Oku kuhlala kunceda izigulana ezineentlungu ezingapheliyo zitshintshe indlela eziva ngayo ngemeko yazo. Ukunyanga kokuziphatha kwengqondo kunokunceda abantu abaneentlungu ezingapheliyo ukuba baphathe iingxaki ezinxulumene nezempilo, ezinje ngeengxaki zokulala, ukuziva udiniwe, okanye ingxaki yokujonga. Oku kunokunyusa umgangatho wobomi kubantu abaneentlungu ezingapheliyo.

 

Kukho ithemba

Ukuba ukwenzile oku ekufundeni kwakho, ngaba uyazi iindlela zokonyango iintlungu ngempumelelo zikhuphuke kakhulu kule minyaka ingama-20 idlulileyo. Into yokuqala wena okanye umntu omthandayo onokungaziphumeleli. Sukuncama. Ukusebenza nogqirha okanye ugqirha ungaqhubeka nokuphonononga iindlela ezahlukeneyo eziye zasebenza kubantu abaninzi. Oku kungokuphila ubomi ngokuzeleyo.

 

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• medlineplus.gov/nondrugpainmanagement.html
• newsinhealth.nih.gov/2018/10/managing- intlungu