"Ukubaluleka kweNgcali ye-ENT: Yintoni ekufuneka uyazi"

Xa kuziwa kwimpilo yethu iyonke, sihlala sicinga ngokundwendwela ugqirha wethu wokhathalelo oluphambili ukuze ahlolwe rhoqo kunye nokujongana nayo nayiphi na inkxalabo yezempilo ngokubanzi. Nangona kunjalo, kukho amaxesha apho sinokuhlangabezana nemiba ethile enxulumene nendlebe, impumlo, okanye umqala wethu ofuna ubuchule bengcali eyaziwa ngokuba yi-Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) ugqirha.

Iingcali ze-ENT, ezikwabizwa ngokuba yi-otolaryngologists, ngabasebenzi bezonyango abaqeqeshelwe ukuxilonga kunye nokunyanga iimeko ezininzi ezinxulumene nendlebe, impumlo kunye nomqala. Ukusuka kwimiba eqhelekileyo efana ne-allergies kunye nosulelo lwe-sinus ukuya kwiimeko ezinzima ngakumbi njengokungeva kunye nomhlaza womqala, ingcali ye-ENT idlala indima ebalulekileyo ekuboneleleni ngononophelo olukhethekileyo kwizigulana zayo yonke iminyaka.

Esinye sezizathu eziqhelekileyo ukuba abantu bafuna ubuchule be-ENT ingcali ngenxa yeengxaki ezinxulumene neendlebe zabo. Ingaba kukho ukusuleleka kweendlebe eziqhubekayo, ukulahlekelwa kwindlebe, okanye ukuphazamiseka kokulinganisela, ugqirha we-ENT unokuqhuba ukuvavanya ngokucokisekileyo ukuchonga unobangela osisiseko kunye nokucebisa iindlela ezifanelekileyo zonyango. Baphinde baqeqeshelwe ukwenza iinkqubo ezifana nokubeka i-ear tube kunye nezixhobo zokuncedisa ukuva ukunceda izigulane ukulawula imiba enxulumene neendlebe ngokufanelekileyo.

Ukongeza kwiinkxalabo ezinxulumene nendlebe, iingcali ze-ENT nazo zixhotyiswe ukujongana nemiba eyahlukeneyo yeempumlo kunye ne-sinus. I-sinusitis engapheliyo, i-polyps yempumlo, kunye ne-allergies yimizekelo nje embalwa yeemeko ezinokuchaphazela kakhulu umgangatho wobomi bomntu. Ngokubonisana nogqirha we-ENT, abantu ngabanye banokufumana izicwangciso zonyango lomntu ngamnye ezinokubandakanya ulawulo lwamayeza, ukuvavanywa komzimba, okanye utyando oluncinci lwe-sinus ukuze banciphise iimpawu zabo kunye nokuphucula impilo yabo yonke yeempumlo.

Ngaphaya koko, ubuchule bengcali ye-ENT bunwenwela emqaleni nakwi-larynx, equka iimeko ezisuka kumqala obuhlungu obuhlungu kunye nokuphazamiseka kwelizwi ukuya kwiingxaki ezinzulu ezinjengomhlaza womqala. Ingaba kubandakanya ukwenza i-laryngoscopy ukuvavanya umsebenzi wentambo yezwi okanye ukubonelela ngonyango olujoliswe kuyo kwizigulane ezinomhlaza womqala, ugqirha we-ENT uqeqeshelwe ukuhambisa ukhathalelo olubanzi lweemeko ezichaphazela umqala kunye nebhokisi yezwi.

Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba iingcali ze-ENT azigxininisi kuphela ekuphatheni iimeko ezikhoyo kodwa zigxininisa ukubaluleka kokunakekelwa kokuthintela. Ngokufuna ukuxilongwa rhoqo kunye nogqirha we-ENT, abantu banokujongana ngokuqhubekayo naziphi na iinkxalabo ezinokubakho ezinxulumene nempilo yendlebe, impumlo, kunye nomqala, ekugqibeleni banciphise umngcipheko wokuba neengxaki ezinzulu kwixesha elizayo.

Ukuqukumbela, indima yengcali ye-ENT ibaluleke kakhulu kwindawo yezempilo. Nokuba ijongana nosulelo lwendlebe oluqhelekileyo, ukulawula ukwaliwa kweempumlo, okanye ukuxilonga ukuphazamiseka kwe-laryngeal, ubuchwephesha bogqirha be-ENT buyimfuneko ekuboneleleni ngokhathalelo olubanzi kubantu abaneendlebe, impumlo, kunye nemiba enxulumene nomqala. Ukuba ufumana naziphi na iimpawu okanye unenkxalabo enxulumene nempilo yakho ye-ENT, ungalibazisi ukucwangcisa ukudibana nengcali ye-ENT enamava ukufumana ukhathalelo lomntu olufanele.