Abantu abanesifo sokuphefumula esingamahlalakhona bavame ukusho ukuthi esinye sezimpawu eziyinhloko abakuthola kunzima ukubhekana naso mhlawumbe esingafiki engqondweni njengenkinga enkulu kwabaningi bethu abangenaso isifo esingamahlalakhona - ukukhathala.

Ngokuphindaphindiwe abantu abane-aspergillosis bayasho ukuthi kubenza bazizwe bekhathele kangakanani, futhi lapha e-National Aspergillosis Centre sinqume ukuthi ukukhathala kuyisici esiyinhloko se-chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA - bheka U-Al-Shair et. al. 2016) nokuthi umthelela we-aspergillosis kukhwalithi yempilo yeziguli uhlotshaniswa kahle nezinga lokukhathala elikhona.

Ziningi izimbangela zokukhathala kumuntu ogula okungalapheki: ngokwengxenye kungase kube umphumela wamandla amasosha omzimba esiguli awasebenzisayo ekulweni naleli gciwane, ngokwengxenye kungase kube umphumela weminye yemithi ephuzwa abantu abaye bafa. Ukugula okungapheli futhi mhlawumbe umphumela wezinkinga zempilo ezingakahlonzwa njenge-anemia, hypothyroidism, i-cortisol ephansi noma ukutheleleka (isb. I-COVID ende).

Ngenxa yamathuba amaningi abangela ukukhathala, isinyathelo sakho sokuqala sokuzama ukuthuthukisa isimo ukuhamba uyobona udokotela wakho ongahlola zonke izimbangela ezivamile zokukhathala. Uma usutholile ukuthi azikho ezinye izimbangela ezifihliwe ongase uzifunde lesi sihloko ngokukhathala okukhiqizwa yi-NHS Scotland equkethe ukudla okuningi kokucabanga nokusikisela ukuthuthukisa ukukhathala kwakho.