Inkangeleko inokukhohlisa

Nanini na xa ndixelela abantu, ngakumbi abaqeqeshi bezempilo, ukuba ndine-PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome), bahlala bemangalisiwe. I-PCOS yimeko enokuchaphazela amanqanaba akho e-hormone, ixesha lokuya esikhathini, kunye nama-ovari.¹ Iimpawu kunye neempawu zahlukile kuye wonke umntu, kwaye zisusela kwintlungu ye-pelvic kunye nokudinwa² ukugqithisa kobuso kunye neenwele zomzimba kunye namaqhakuva aqatha okanye ibala lempahla yamadoda.³ Kuqikelelwa ukuba uninzi lwabafazi abane kwabahlanu abane-PCOS batyebile ⁴ kwaye ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha sabo bonke abantu basetyhini abane-PCOS baya kuphuhlisa uhlobo lweswekile yesi-2 xa beneminyaka engama-40.⁵ Ndinethamsanqa kakhulu ngokungabinabo ubuso obugqithisileyo kunye neenwele zomzimba, amaqhakuva abukhali, okanye ubume benkqayi obuyindoda. Ndinobunzima obusempilweni kwaye andinasifo seswekile. Kodwa oku kuthetha ukuba andijongi njengowesifazane oqhelekileyo one-PCOS.

Ayifanelanga ukuba yinto endifuna ukuyibonisa; ngenxa yokuba ndikhangeleka ngokwahlukileyo kunokuba ubungalindelanga oko akuthethi ukuba akunakwenzeka ukuba ndibene-PCOS. Ngenxa yokuba iimpawu zam zingabonakali kwakhona akuthethi ukuba andinayo i-PCOS. Kodwa bendikhe ndacinga ukuba oogqirha bacinge ukuba babambe ifayile yesigulana esingalunganga xa bendibona, kwaye ndiye ndothuka xa oogqirha besiva ukuba ndixilongiwe. Ingakhathaza, kodwa ndiyazi ukuba ndinethamsanqa kakhulu xa kuthelekiswa noninzi; Ndafunyaniswa ndineminyaka eyi-16, kwaye kwathatha oogqirha bam kuphela iinyanga ezimbalwa ukufumanisa izinto. Ngethamsanqa ugqirha wam wezilwanyana wayesazi okuninzi malunga ne-PCOS kwaye wayecinga ukuba ezinye zeempawu zam zinokukhomba kuyo, ke wandithumela kugqirha wababhinqileyo.

Ukusuka kwinto endiyivileyo, yile kakhulu engaqhelekanga. Abasetyhini abaninzi abafumani ukuba bane-PCOS de bazama ukukhulelwa, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha olo lwazi luza kuphela emva kweminyaka yokufumanisa isifo ngendlela engalunganga kunye nokusokola ngamayeza kunye nokuzala. Ngelishwa, i-PCOS ayaziwa njengokuba kufanelekile, kwaye akukho vavanyo luchanekileyo lokuyixilonga, ngoko kuyinto eqhelekileyo ukuba ukuxilongwa kuthathe ixesha elide. Ndibe nethamsanqa lokuba ukuxilongwa kwam kuthathe iinyanga ezimbalwa kwaye kwathatha iminyaka embalwa ukusombulula uninzi lweempawu zam kwangoko, kodwa akukho ndlela yokwazi ukuba ingaba ndiza kuba nemicimbi enxulumene ne-PCOS kwixesha elizayo , Ithemba eliyothusayo. I-PCOS sisifo esintsonkothileyo esineengxaki ezininzi ezinokubakho.

Ukubiza nje ezimbalwa: Abasetyhini abane-PCOS banomngcipheko ophezulu wokufumana ukunganyangeki kwe-insulin, isifo seswekile, icholesterol ephezulu, isifo sentliziyo, kunye nokubetha ebomini bethu bonke. Kukwanokwenzeka ukuba sisemngciphekweni omkhulu wokukhula komhlaza we-endometrium.⁶ Ukuba ne-PCOS kunokwenza ukuba kube nzima ukukhulelwa, kwaye kunokubangela iingxaki zokukhulelwa njenge-preeclampsia, ukukhulelwa kwe-hypertension, ukukhulelwa kweswekile, ukuzalwa kwangaphambi kwexesha, okanye ukuphuma kwesisu.⁷ Njengokuba ezi mpawu zomzimba azonelanga, sikwanamathuba okuba noxinzelelo kunye noxinzelelo. Amashumi amahlanu eepesenti yabasetyhini abaneengxelo ze-PCOS zokudakumba, xa kuthelekiswa ne-50% yabasetyhini ngaphandle kwePCOS.⁸ Isizathu esichanekileyo asaziwa, kodwa i-PCOS inokubangela uxinzelelo kunye nokudumba, zombini ezihambelana namanqanaba aphezulu e-cortisol, ihormone yoxinzelelo.⁹

Owu ewe, kwaye akukho lunyango lwe-PCOS, eyenza yonke into ibe nzima nangakumbi. Kukho unyango olunokunceda abantu abaninzi ukulawula iimpawu zabo, kodwa akukho nonyango. Izinto ezahlukeneyo zisebenza kubantu abohlukeneyo, kodwa oogqirha bam kunye nam ndiyifumene into esebenzayo kum, kwaye ngethamsanqa, ilula kakhulu. Ndibona ugqirha wam wamabhinqa rhoqo, kwaye oku, kunye nokukhetha indlela yokuphila njengokutya (ikakhulu) ukutya okusempilweni, ukuzilolonga rhoqo, kunye nokugcina ubunzima obusempilweni, kundinceda ndibeke iliso kwimpilo yam ukuze ndikwazi ngokulula ukuba kukho into engalunganga. Akukho ndlela yokwazi ukuba ndiza kuba nayo nayiphi na imicimbi kwixesha elizayo, kodwa ndiyazi ukuba ndenza konke okusemandleni am ngoku, kwaye oko kundilungele.

Ukuba ufunda oku kwaye ucinga ukuba wena okanye umntu omaziyo unokuba nePCOS, thetha nogqirha wakho. Ayisaziwa njengesifo njengoko kufanele ukuba sinjalo, kwaye ineempawu ezininzi ezingacacanga, kunganzima ke ukuba usichaze. Ukuba wena, njengabantu abaninzi endibaziyo, sele ufikile kugqirha wakho uneempawu ze-PCOS kwaye uye wagxothwa, ungaziva ungonwabanga ngokuzimela ngokwakho kwaye ufumane uluvo lwesibini kugqirha owahlukileyo. Uyazi kakuhle umzimba wakho, kwaye ukuba uziva into ethile ikhutshwe, mhlawumbi ulungile.

1. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pcos/symptoms-causes/syc-20353439#:~:text=Polycystic%20ovary%20syndrome%20(PCOS)%20is,fail%20to%20regularly%20release%20eggs.
2. https://www.pcosaa.org/pcos-symptoms
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5. https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/basics/pcos.html
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