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Vitamin D nami

Benginobuhlungu emuva emuva kusukela ngisakhula ibanga lesithathu. Ngiyazithanda nezincwadi. Ngabe lezi zinto ezimbili zihlobene ngani? Empeleni zihlobene kakhulu nami. Nganginethani lezincwadi eziqinile engangihlala ngizigcina esitezi eduze kombhede wami, futhi ngangivame ukuchitha amahora amaningi ubusuku ngabunye ngizifunda. Ngobunye ubusuku, ngagijimela embhedeni wami, ngawa ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngawa ngomhlane phezu kwazo zonke izincwadi zami ezinzima. Angikwazanga ukunyakaza. Ababelethi bami beza bahlolisisa ubujamo bangisiza ngangena embhedeni. Ngosuku olulandelayo ngaya kudokotela owangithola ukuthi nginethambo lomsila elihlanzekile. Yebo, bengiyileso sigaba sesithathu okwakudingeka ukuthi ngihlale ezihlalweni ezifakiwe noma sithwale udoti amasonto ambalwa.

Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ubuhlungu bomhlane buye bangihlupha lapha nalaphaya. Sengizelulile, ngithathe ikhefu ekugijimeni, ngidlulile ngenxa yobuhlungu, futhi ngishintshe nezicathulo. Zonke lezi zinto zizohlinzeka ukukhululeka kwesikhashana, kepha izinhlungu zasemhlane zazihlala zibuya njalo. Kuyo yonke le minyaka, njengoba ngiziqeqeshele ama-marathoni, ubuhlungu bami basemhlane buzokhula. Khuphuka imayela, ukhuphuke ubuhlungu. Iseluleko sezokwelapha engangisinikezwe ngudokotela wami wakudala “kwakulungile, angifuni ukukutshela ukuthi uyeke ukugijima, ngakho-ke kungenzeka nje ukuthi ujwayele ubuhlungu.” Hmm… angiqiniseki ngalokho.

Ngonyaka owedlule, ngashintshela kudokotela ohlukile futhi ngabuye ngadluliselwa kudokotela oyisazi se-endocrinologist ukuze athole ezinye izindaba zezempilo. Ngokusho kweWebMD, ama-endocrinologists abheka kakhulu izindlala nama-hormone.1 Amathambo nempilo yamathambo akuyona into yabo. Ekuhambeleni kwami ​​kokuqala, wenza ubufakazi besisekelo segazit okukhombisa ukuthi izinga lami leVitamin D lalingaphansi, phakathi kwezinye izinto. IVitamin D yayiwuhlobo lokucinga okwenziwe ngemuva, ngoba lokho kwakungeyona isizathu sokuvakasha kwami. Ungitshele ukuthi ngiphuze izithasiselo zomzimba, engaphuma kuzo. Nging uhlobo lomuntu lapho uma ungangitsheli ngqo ukuthi kufanele ngithenge ini futhi ngithathe, ngicindezelwa izinketho bese ngivele ngicimeze bese ngingenzi lutho.

Ekuhambeleni kwami ​​okulandelayo, umsebenzi wami wegazi wawubukeka umuhle, kepha izinga lami leVitamin D lalisezingeni eliphansi. Ngaleso sikhathi, ngangizilolongela umjaho futhi ngangicabanga ukuthi ukuba ngaphandle kwelanga kuzokunikeza yonke iVitamin D oyidingayo. Wabona ukuthi akukho engizokwenza ngakho, ngakho wanginikeza amandla kadokotela Vitamin D (yebo, akhona). Kusebenze nokho, ngoba konke engangifanele ngikwenze ukungena ekhemisi ngiyothatha i-oda lami, akukho ongakhetha kuzo okuhilelekile. Ngemuva kokuthatha i-Vitamin D eqinile inyanga eyodwa, ngashintshelwa engxenyeni ye-counterco ethengiswa yiCococo emabhodleleni amakhulu (wayengitshele ngqo ukuthi yini okufanele ayithole, okwenza ukuthi ngalandela amathuba aphezulu, futhi umama wakwenza lokho kulula kimi futhi ngabe yathunyelwa ngqo emnyango wami).

Lapho nje sengithathe iVitamin D cishe isonto elilodwa noma amabili, ngezwa sengishintshile. Bengingakaze ngitshele i-endocrinologist yami ngobuhlungu bami basemuva, kodwa kungazelelwe ngibe nobuhlungu obukhulu emuva. Bengiwenyusa umthamo wami wokuqeqeshwa kwami ​​komjaho, futhi namanje ngizwa kahle.

Lapho ngiphindela kudokotela wami we-endocrinologist lapho engivakashele khona ngokulandelayo, wangitshela ukuthi ukusebenza kwami ​​kwegazi kwakukhombisa ukuthi izinga lami leVitamin D licishe lifane. Kwakusele ohlangothini oluphansi, kepha alusekho endaweni eyingozi. Ngamtshela ngendlela ebuhlungu ubuhlungu beqolo lami obabuqedwe ngayo. Wabe esengitshela okuthile okungekho omunye udokotela owake wakhuluma ngakho: IVitamin D isiza impilo yamathambo.2

Ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi sonke sizwile ukukhangisa, ukumaketha, izinto zokuphrinta ezithi “ubisi, kunomzimba omuhle.” Sikhule sazi ukuthi i-calcium ivela kubisi, olusiza ekwakheni amathambo aqinile. Kepha engitshelwe yi-endocrinologist yami ukuthi kwabanye abantu, ngaphandle kweVitamin D eyanele yokuthola lelo calcium, kungaholela empilweni emathambo. Vitamin D ubaluleke nje njenge-calcium. Futhi awuyitholi nje elangeni.

Ukuthathwa kwami ​​kulokhu okuhlangenwe nakho ukuthi ungazizwa ulungile, noma ungazizwa sengathi izinto zishintsha nje lapho uguga. Angizizwanga ngampela; Bengivele ngibe nezinhlungu emuva. Kwesinye isikhathi izimpawu ziyizinkomba zezinye izinkinga, futhi ngaphandle kwesithombe esigcwele, kungaba nzima ukwazi ukuthi wenzeni. Xoxa nodokotela wakho ekuhambeleni kwakho kwezokwelapha. Lalela ukuthi baphakamisa ini, bese ukala izinketho zakho. Ngazizwa “ngilungile” ngaphambili, kepha ngemuva kokulandela indlela yokwelashwa enconywe udokotela wami we-endocrinologist, ngizizwa ngingcono kakhulu.

 

1 https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/what-is-endocrinologist#1

2 https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/staying-healthy/vitamin-d-for-good-bone-health/