Enye ye izifo ezingamahlalakhona futhi ubuhlungu obusabalele kakhulu emhlabeni yilobo bohlobo lwamathambo, njenge-arthritis ne-osteoarthritis okunezelwa kuyo ukuwohloka kwamalunga, okubonakala ikakhulu kubantu asebekhulile, ungathola ukukhululeka izakhiwo zemvelo ezilwa nokuvuvukala zewayini elibomvu.
I-rheumatoid arthritis iyisifo samasosha omzimba, kanti i-gouty arthritis ivela ngokuhlangana ne-gout futhi isifo samathambo, kepha uma kukhulunywa ngokusungula ubudlelwano phakathi kwe- iwayini kanye nesifo samathambo, lokhu kubhekisa ngqo kwisifo samathambo.
La isifo samathambo uzibonakalisa lapho amasosha akho omzimba ehlasela ulwelwesi oluzungeze amalunga (ulwelwesi lwe-synovial), ngokuhamba kwesikhathi le ulwelwesi luyaqina, lukwazi ukuqeda uqwanga namathambo ngaphakathi kwelunga, isimo esingenzeka kakhulu kwabesifazane Iminyaka yobudala iphakathi kweminyaka engama-40 nengama-60.
Uphenyo olushicilelwe kumagazini i- «I-Rheumatology»Uthole ukuthi abantu abane-arthritis ye-rheumatoid abaphuza iwayini kungenzeka babe nokugula okumbalwa nezimpawu ezimbalwa, njengobuhlungu obuncane, uma kuqhathaniswa nalabo abangaphuzi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abantu abangaphuzi babenamathuba aphindwe kane okuba nesifo samathambo, kanti abacwaningi bathola nokuthi inani langempela lewayini elidliwayo libonakala lingabalulekile kunalapho iziguli ziliphuza njalo iwayini.
Ukugcina engqondweni; ezinye izimo zezokwelapha ezifana i-carpal tun tun syndrome, i-osteoporosis, izinkinga zenhliziyo, nesifo samaphaphu kuvame ukuvela kubantu abane-arthritis ye-rheumatoid.
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