2023 iNkomfa yesiGulane yeBronchiectasis
NguLauren Amflett

I-2023 Bronchiectasis Patient Conference, eququzelelwe yi-European Lung Foundation, isiganeko esidumileyo kwizigulane ngonyaka. Kulo nyaka sicele izigulana zethu ezimbini ebezizimase ukuba zabelane ngamava abo kunye neengcinga zabo kwinkomfa, ziqaqambise ukubaluleka kwayo nefuthe layo.

Izigulane zethu zibike ukuba inkomfa yakhanga ukubhaliswa kwe-1,750 kumazwe angama-90, kwaye ngexesha lemibuzo ye-intanethi, i-47% yabathathi-nxaxheba abachongwa njengabaphila ne-bronchiectasis. Inkcazo-ntetho kaGqr. Fiona Mosgrove engo-“Living with Bronchiectasis” inike ulwazi oluxabisekileyo ngendlela yokuphila, isondlo, kunye nempilo yengqondo, ecebisa ukuba kufundwe iincwadi ezimbini.

UProf. James Chalmers uxoxe ngonyango olutsha olunokubakho olubandakanya i-anti-pseudomonas monoclonal antibody, eboniswe ngokubandakanya iikliphu zevidiyo. Inkomfa iphinde yagubungela ezinye izihloko ezifana ne-Phage therapy, i-bronchiectasis ngokusebenzisa izigaba ezahlukeneyo zobomi, kunye nokubaluleka kweengxoxo zokunyamekela kokuphela kobomi.

Zombini izigulana zafumanisa ukuba inkomfa ibe ngamava anolwazi naxabisekileyo, nangona ijongene nobunzima obuthile bobugcisa kunye neentetho ezingacacanga ngenxa yobo bunzima. Bayixabisile intetho kaGqr Chalmers eqhutywa kakuhle kunyango olutsha, kunye nengxoxo kaGqr Mosgrove malunga nempilo yengqondo kunye neendlela zokucoca iindlela zomoya. Esinye isigulana saqaphela ukuba ngelixa izifo ezihlala zihleli ezifana nesifo esingapheliyo se-pulmonary (COPD) kunye nesifo sombefu zikhankanyiwe, akuzange kubhekiselwe kwi-Aspergillosis. Ingqungquthela igxininise ukubaluleka kokukhutshwa kwe-airway yemihla ngemihla, ukuzivocavoca, ukuphumla, kunye nophando oluqhubekayo lonyango olusebenzayo.

Isishwankathelo, zombini izigulana zifumene iNkomfa yeSigulane ye-Bronchiectasis ka-2023 ibe ngamava atyebisayo, inika ukuqonda okubalulekileyo kunye nokuthatha okusebenzayo ekulawuleni imeko. Nangona kukho imiba ethile yobugcisa, inkomfa yaphumelela ekukhuliseni ulwazi kunye nokukhuthaza ingqiqo yoluntu phakathi kwabantu abaphila ne-bronchiectasis.