Wazi njani ukuba ungaya nini kwi-ER xa ubethe intloko yakho?

NgoMatshi yiNyanga yokuQatshelwa kokulimala kwengqondo kwaye ngelixa ezinye iingozi zentloko zingabonakala zincinci ekuqaleni, ukuqonda iimpawu zokulimala kwengqondo, kunye nokwazi ixesha lokuya kwisebe eliphuthumayo, kunokusindisa ubomi, ngokutsho kwe-American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) ). 

"Ingqondo liziko lomyalelo womzimba," watsho uGillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP, umongameli we-ACEP. "Enye yeendlela ezilumkileyo zokukhusela kukwazi ukubona iimpawu zokulimala kwengqondo kunye nokuya kwisebe elikufutshane likaxakeka xa ufuna unyango."

Ukulimala kwengqondo kuchaphazela abantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ze-2.8 ngonyaka ngamnye, ngokutsho kwe-Brain Injury Association yaseMelika, kwaye yiyona nto ibangela ukufa okuhlobene nokulimala. Ukwenzakala kwengqondo okubuhlungu (TBI) kukwenzakala kwengqondo okuphazamisa ukusebenza kwengqondo kwaye eyona ndlela ixhaphakileyo ye-TBI kukuxhuzula. 

Ukungqubuzana kunokubangela ukuwa, ukwenzakala kokuzonwabisa, ingozi yemoto, okanye isiganeko ekhaya. Iingxoxo zinokuxhaphaka ngakumbi kulutsha oluthatha inxaxheba kwezemidlalo, kodwa olu monzakalo aluphelelanga nje kwiimbaleki okanye kwiintshatsheli. Iqhuma, ukuvuthuza, okanye ukushukuma entloko kunokwenzeka naphi na kwaye kuchaphazele nabani na nakweyiphi na iminyaka. Funa ukhathalelo olungxamisekileyo ukuba ubona nayiphi na kwezi mpawu zokwenzakala kakhulu entloko:

• Intloko ezibuhlungu eziya ziba mandundu nangona kusetyenziswe amayeza athengwayo

• Ubuthathaka, ukuba ndindisholo, okanye ukuncipha kolungelelwaniso

• Intetho engacacanga, okanye ingxaki yokuhamba

• Ukwanda kokubhideka okanye ukuphazamiseka

• Ukugabha okuphindaphindiweyo

• Ukulahlekelwa zingqondo ngaphezu komzuzu omnye

• Ukungalingani kweesayizi zabafundi

• Ukuxhuzula okanye ukuxhuzula

• Ukutshintsha okungaqhelekanga kwindlela yokulala okanye imo

Nangona ezinye iimpawu ze-concussion zingalibaziseka iiyure okanye iintsuku, ukungazihoyi iimpawu zokulimala kwengqondo kunokubeka nabani na engozini yeengxaki. Iimpawu zokudideka okanye ukuphazamiseka zizibonakaliso ezinokuthi zenzekele entloko, kwaye nabani na obonakala engazinzanga ufuna unyango olukhawulezileyo. Nosana okanye umntwana omncinci, funa ukhathalelo olungxamisekileyo ukuba umntwana: 

• Ubonisa naluphi na uphawu lwengozi oludweliswe kubantu abadala

• Akayi kuyeka ukukhala, ukwala ukutya okanye ukongikazi, okanye akakwazi kuthuthuzelwa

• Ubonisa ukudumba kwindawo ethambileyo kumphambili wentloko (kumntwana)

• Ibonisa naluphi na uphawu lokwenzakala okanye okungaqhelekanga, njengokugruzuka entloko okanye indawo edakumbileyo apho ukwenzakala khona.

Abanonopheli kufuneka baqaphele ukuba ukugabha kuxhaphakile kubantwana abancinci. Ingqwalasela yezonyango yokwenzakala entloko okukrokrelekayo kunokuba yimfuneko kuphela ukuba umntwana uhlanza ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngexesha elifutshane (ngaphezu kwesinye okanye kabini kwiyure).

Ebudeni botyelelo olungxamisekileyo, ugqirha unokuvavanya ukuze ahlole ukucinga, inkumbulo nokunikela ingqalelo. Ukucinga ngengqondo kunokucetyiswa ukujonga ukopha okanye ukudumba kukakayi. Nje ukuba isigulana sikulungele ukubuyela ekhaya, ugqirha uya kuchaza isicwangciso sokubuyisela esibandakanya ukuphumla ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo ngaphambi kokuba abuyele kwimisebenzi yemihla ngemihla. Amanye amayeza okunciphisa igazi anxulunyaniswa nomngcipheko wokopha kwengqondo emva kokwenzakala entloko.

"Ezona ndlela zimbini zilula ukuba nabani na aphephe ingxabano kukugqoka izixhobo zokukhusela ngexesha lokuzonwabisa kunye nokuphelisa iingozi ezinokubangela ukuwa ekhaya," kusho uDkt Schmitz. "Ukulimala kwentloko kunokubonakala koyikisa, kodwa uninzi lulula-unyango olukhawulezayo oluvela kugqirha ongxamisekileyo lungenza umehluko."