I-osteoporosis ingenxa yokulahleka okukhulu kwabantu emathanjeni. Ingozi yakho enkulu ukuphuka. Cishe uhhafu wabesifazane abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-50 bazohlukunyezwa ngamathambo ahlobene nokwelashwa kwamathambo esikhathini sabo sokuphila.
Yiziphi izimpawu?
Abantu bavame ukungazi ukuthi bane-osteoporosis kuze kube yilapho bephuka noma ushintsho olubonakalayo ekumeni. Ubuhlungu beqolo, obudalwa izinguquko kuma-vertebrae, kungaba yisibonakaliso sokuqala sokuthi kukhona okungahambi kahle.
Yini Ebangela Ukwelashwa Kwamathambo?
Amathambo ethu ahlala akha kabusha ezimpilweni zethu zonke. Ziqukethe i-collagen ne-calcium phosphate. Njengoba ukhula, kulahleka ithambo eliningi kunokushintshwa.
Ingabe wonke umuntu une-osteoporosis?
Yize ukulahleka kwamathambo kuyingxenye yemvelo yokuguga, akubona bonke abantu abalahlekelwa kakhulu kangangokuba baba ne-osteoporosis. Kodwa-ke, uma ukhulile, maningi amathuba okuba ube njalo.
Ingabe abesilisa baba ne-osteoporosis?
I-osteoporosis ivame kakhulu kubantu besifazane, ngoba amathambo abo ajwayele ukuba mancane kunawabesilisa futhi amathambo abo ehla ngokushesha isikhashana ngemuva kokunqamuka kokuya esikhathini. Kodwa-ke, nabesilisa basengozini. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi cishe amadoda angama-25% angaphezu kweminyaka engama-50 azobhekana nokuqhekeka okuhlobene namathambo esikhathini sabo sokuphila.
Ingabe ukwelashwa kwamathambo kungalapheka?
Imithi eminingi yokwelashwa kwamathambo inciphisa noma inyusa kancane ukulahleka kwethambo. I-Forteo iyasiza ekwakheni ithambo elisha, kodwa idinga imijovo yansuku zonke futhi ingasetshenziswa iminyaka emibili kuphela ngenxa yemiphumela emibi engaba khona. Kodwa-ke, ucwaningo olusha lunikeza isizathu sethemba. Kunomuthi wokuhlola ongakha empeleni ithambo elisha futhi uguqule ukulahleka kwethambo.
Yimiphi imikhuba yokuphila enconywayo?
Ukudla ukudla okune-calcium eningi, inhlanzi equkethe uvithamini D, nemifino eluhlaza kungasiza ekuvikeleni amathambo akho. Ngakolunye uhlangothi kukhona ukudla okusetshenzwe, i-caffeine, notshwala. Ukuqeqeshwa kwamandla kungadlala indima enkulu ekusizeni ugcine ukuqina kwamathambo. Ukuhamba, ukugijima, nokunye ukuvivinya umzimba okuhambisa isisindo sakho somzimba nakho kungasiza. Ngokusho kocwaningo, abesifazane abahamba amakhilomitha ayi-1,5 kuphela ngosuku banenqwaba yemithambo yeminyaka emine kuya kweyisikhombisa.