Ukuphila Ngezifo Zomzimba
Ukukhula ndinengxaki yokugula, ndandisoloko ndiziva ngathi "ndiyintombazana leyo." Laa ntombazana yayingenakuba namaqebengwana okuzalwa; loo ntombazana yayingenayo ibha yetshokholethi eyithandayo; loo ntombazana ibingatyi isilayi-pizza kwiklasi yepitsa. Xa ndandisemncinci, ndaziva ingathi ndim ndedwa emhlabeni onengxaki yokusongela ubomi. Ndiyazi ngoku ukuba ayinyani. Ngokwe-Allergy Research noPhando lwezeMfundo (i-FARE), malunga ne-1 kwabantwana abali-13 banoluhlobo oluthile lokutya okwaliwa kukutya Kwaye iipesenti ezingama-40 zalabo bantwana abanokutya komzimba baye bafumana impendulo enzulu njenge-anaphylaxis1. I-Anaphylaxis “sisenzo esibi nesinokubeka ubomi esichengeni sokuphikiswa… [oko] kubangela amajoni akho omzimba ukuba akhuphe ikhemikhali yezikhukula enokubangela ukuba wothuke.2 Ngelishwa, ndingomnye waba bantwana. Khumbula, kukho umahluko phakathi “kokungezwani nezinto ezithile” nokunganyamezeli. Andidibani kwaphela nazo zonke iimveliso zobisi. Ewe ufundile ngokuchanekileyo. Zobisi. Njengebhotolo, itshizi, kunye nobisi. Ezo zezona zicacileyo. Kodwa ungalibali nge-lotion ene-enzyme zobisi, iivenkile zokutyela ezipheka iihambhega zazo kunye ne-cheeseburger kwi-grill efanayo, oh kunye namaqhekeza obisi aphekiweyo ajikeleza emoyeni e-Starbucks. Onke lamatyala afihliweyo andifikele kwigumbi likaxakeka. Ngaphezulu kwexesha lobomi bam, ndiye ndaphela kwigumbi likaxakeka ubuncinci amaxesha ali-XNUMX ngenxa yeemveliso zobisi ezingachazwanga. Nangona, ukuba ndinyanisekile, amanye ala maxesha ayekhe ngenxa yokungahoywa kwam. Kunzima kwaye kudla ixesha ukuba wazi zonke izithako ezikulo lonke ukutya okukodwa endikutyayo. Ngamanye amaxesha bendisonqena nje kwaye ndingaphindi ndijonge.
Ukuba "yile ntombazana" xa ndandisemncinci kwakunzima. Kwakungekho nyango malunga nokwaliwa. Ngokuqinisekileyo, abantu bayazi malunga ne-peanut kunye ne-shellfish, kodwa ubisi? Ngubani onganayo ubisi?! Ndaxelelwa yi-allergist yam xa ndandisengumntwana ukuba "ngokuqinisekileyo" ndiza kuyishiya le ngxaki xa ndandineminyaka eyi-14. Yaqala ngoko ke ukubala ukuya kumhla wam wokuzalwa weshumi elinesine. Ilishumi elinesine leza laza lahamba, njengoko kwenza i-15, i-16, nayo yonke imihla yokuzalwa emva koko. Kwaye ndihleli apha, kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo i-14, ndisela ikofu yam kunye nobisi lwe-almond, ndisitya i-toast yam ene-vegan "isasazeka ngebhotolo." Kuyadanisa njengokuba ekugqibeleni kuvunywa ukuba mhlawumbi i-allergist yam inokuba iphosakele, ukutya kwam kwahluke kakhulu ngoku kunokuba kwakunjalo xa ndandimncinci ngenxa
inkqubela phambili eyenziwe lishishini lokutya. Ngethamsanqa kwaye ngelishwa, okuninzi oku kubangelwa yinto yokuba abantwana abaninzi bafunyaniswe benokutya komzimba. Ukwazisa kuye kwanda, ukutya okutshintshileyo kwaya kukhetho olungena-bisi, kwaye ke, ndiyazuza. Ukusuka kukhetho lweshizi olungena bisi, ukuya kubisi, kwi-khrimu emuncu kunye neelekese, ndinokutya ngokufanayo nabanye abahlobo bam kunye nosapho.
Ngelixa ndichulumancile kuyo yonke inkqubela esele yenziwe ekwaziseni nasekuphandeni ukutya komzimba, kuye kwakho ukuwa phantsi. Ukuba inye into endinqwenela ukuba ndinokwabelana ngayo nehlabathi malunga nokwaliwa komzimba kukuba kukho umahluko omkhulu phakathi kokungezwani komzimba nokunganyamezelani. Ngapha koko, xa ndisithi ndinengxaki yokungavumi komzimba, nceda undithathe ngokungathí sina. Andizami ukwenza ubomi bokulinda bube nzima ngakumbi kwindawo yokutyela. Ayisiyiyo kwaphela into yokuba ndikhetha isandwich yam ngaphandle kwesonka samasi, okanye iya kundenza i-gassy. Kuya kundibeka esibhedlele kunye neendlela zam zokuvala umoya, ukuvala uxinzelelo lwegazi, kunye nomzimba wam ukuya kuzo zonke iindlela zokulwa okanye zokubhabha. Ndiyazi ukuba andidibani nobisi ubomi bam bonke. Ndaye ndagula ndisitya i-cream eqhuqhiweyo ndisengumntwana kwaye iimvavanyo ze-allergy zaqinisekisa ukusola. Ndiqhele ukufunda izithako kwaye ndiyazi ukuba kukhuseleke ntoni ukutya kwaye yintoni engekhoyo. Ngamanye amaxesha ndiziva ngathi "ndiyintombazana leyo," kodwa ndiye ndafunda ukuba ukwaliwa kwam akunyanzelekanga ukuba kubulawule ubomi bam. Ngoku, bayanda abantu abafunda malunga nokwaliwa kwabo kamva ebomini. Ukuba ucinga ukuba unokutya kokutya, thetha nogqirha wakho kwangoko. Banokukunceda ubone ukuba ngawaphi amanyathelo onokuwathatha ukuze ufumanise.
Imithombo:
1https://www.foodallergy.org/life-with-food-allergies/food-allergy-101/facts-and-statistics
2 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/anaphylaxis/symptoms-causes/syc-20351468