SHEILA MHLONGO
Ukuchama embhedini kwenzeka kakhulu ezinganeni, kodwa akuvamile ukuthi kukhulunywe ngakho. Lokhu kudala ukungakhululeki emindenini, kodwa akufanele kube njalo. UDr Andrew Ferreirinha, udokotela wezingane eMediclinic Kloof, uchaza ukuthi lokhu akuwona umkhuba omubi noma iphutha labazali – kodwa yingxenye yokukhula kwezingane eziningi.
Ucwaningo lwaseNingizimu Afrika luthole ukuthi u-16% wezingane ezineminyaka engu-5 kuya ku-10 ziyachama ebusuku, ikakhulukazi abafana. Lokhu kwenzeka ngenxa yokuthi ingqondo nomchamo wezingane akuxhumani kahle ngesikhathi sokulala, noma ngenxa yokulala okujulile.
Kunezinhlobo ezimbili zokuchama ebusuku:
- Monosymptomatic enuresis – echama ebusuku kuphela.
- Non-monosymptomatic enuresis – echama ubusuku naphakathi nosuku.
Izimbangela zingafaka phakathi ukuvuthwa okubambezelelekileyo komchamo, ukungasebenzi kahle kwehomoni ye-ADH, noma imbangela yezempilo efana ne-UTI, ingcindezi, noma ukungasebenzi kahle kwengqondo nomchamo.
UDr Ferreirinha uphinde wathi kunezizathu zengqondo – izingane ziba namahloni, zithuke, futhi zingazithandi. Ukuzijezisa akusizi; kunalokho, abazali kumele bakhombise ukuqonda nesihe.
Izixazululo zifaka:
- Ukuvakashela udokotela.
- Ukushintsha indlela yokuphila.
- Ukuhlela izikhathi zokuchama.
- Gwema iziphuzo ezine-caffeine noma eziyigwebu.
- Dala indawo yokuzikhulula ekhululekile enganeni.
- Kwezinye izimo, imithi efana ne-desmopressin ingasetshenziswa.
Ekugcineni, uDr Ferreirinha uthi: “Izingane zidinga isikhathi nothando, hhayi ukulahlekelwa yithemba noma ukujeziswa. Asikhulume ngalesi simo ukuze sixhase izingane zethu kangcono”
