I-Avitaminosis ezingulubeni

Nakuba ukudla okudayisayo osekulungele ukudliwa kuvame ukwanela izilwane eziningi, ngeshwa kuyenzeka ukuthi ezinye izingulube zikhombise izimpawu zokushoda kwezakhi ezithile kanye namavithamini, ngamanye amazwi – i-avitaminosis.

Izimpawu ze-beriberi ezingulubeni ze-Guinea:

• i-alopecia (impandla) uphawu oluvame kakhulu lwe-beriberi
• i-dermatoses (ingahle ihambisane nokuluma, ukuqubuka, ukuvutha)
• izinkinga zamazinyo.

Uhlobo oluvame kakhulu lwe-beriberi ezingulubeni ukushoda kwe-vitamin C, nakuba lokhu akuvamile ukuba kushube ngokwanele ukuze kubangele izimpawu ezisobala. Ngakho-ke, umuntu kufanele ahlale eqaphela lolu songo, eqaphela ukuthi ukuntuleka kwevithamini C kwenza buthaka isimiso somzimba sokuzivikela ezifweni futhi kwandisa amathuba okuba nezifo.

Ukuntuleka kwe-vitamin C okuqhubekayo kuholela, njengabantu, ku-scurvy. Nakhu umlobi odumile waseJalimane kanye nentatheli uBernhard Grzimek abhala ngakho mayelana nalokhu encwadini yakhe ethi “Our Little Brothers”: “… lezi zilwane ezincane ezinamafutha ezihlekisayo zinento eyodwa ezifana ngazo nathi, abantu: zingakwazi, njengathi, ukuba ne-scurvy. Yiqiniso, ezweni lakubo, ePeru, lapho kuzulazula khona izingulube eziningi zasendle nezifuywayo, azikaze ziphathwe yileso sifo. Yithina bantu esinikeze izilwane zokuhlola ezineshwa isifo esinjalo.”

Ngenqubo yokuziphendukela kwemvelo, baye balahlekelwa ikhono lokuhlanganisa i-vitamin C.

Izimpawu ze-scurvy amazinyo axegayo, futhi esimweni esibucayi kakhulu, ukuhlaselwa lapho isilwane ngokuvamile silala ngohlangothi ngezidladla ezinwetshiwe kanye nokuzwakalisa ubuhlungu emlonyeni. Ukusindiswa kuleli cala kungaba kuphela umthamo oqinile wevithamini C, okungcono kakhulu ngendlela yesisombululo, esinikezwa ngokulandela imiyalelo kadokotela wezilwane.  

Abafuyi abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi uma ingulube ithola imifino nezithelo, ungaqiniseka ukuthi ayikho engozini yokuntuleka kukavithamini C. Kodwa kunombono wokuthi inani elanele levithamini C alihlali lifika nokudla, ikakhulukazi ebusika, ngakho-ke i-vitamin C esesimweni sezithako iyisidingo esibalulekile.

Ukuze uthole ulwazi mayelana nokuthi ungamnika malini futhi kanjani uvithamini C, funda isihloko esithi "Vitamin C wezingulube ze-Guinea"

Ezimweni ze-avitaminosis, isibonelo, kubonakaliswa ukulahlekelwa izinwele noma ukungezwani kwesikhumba, kunconywa ukunikeza ukulungiswa kwe-multivitamin nsuku zonke. Ngaphezu kwalokho, yiqiniso, umuntu kufanele alwele ukukhipha imbangela yalesi sifo, ngoba ngokudla okufanele, inkinga enjalo akufanele ivele ngokusemthethweni. 

Izilwane esezibuthakathaka zibanjwa kalula amakhaza. Lokhu kwenzeka ikakhulukazi lapho i-beriberi ithuthukiswa yiqiniso lokuthi indawo engafanele ikhethiwe yeseli. Uma ama-mumps ebamba umkhuhlane, kufanele: uqede imbangela yalesi sifo; gcina isilwane sifudumele; zama ukuqinisa amasosha omzimba ngokwandisa umthamo wamavithamini. 

Ingozi encane, kodwa futhi engathandeki, ukuvuvukala kwamehlo okubangelwa uhlaka. Kulesi simo, isinyathelo sokuqala kufanele futhi kube ukudluliselwa kwesilwane endaweni engafanele kuye. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amaconsi esweni anqunywe udokotela wezilwane asetshenziswa. 

Ukuze ungavezi ingulube ye-Guinea engozini ehambisana nokushintsha okungazelelwe kwezinga lokushisa, ungayikhipha kuphela kuvulandi lapho isimo sezulu sifudumele ngempela. Leli gundane laseNingizimu Melika lichuma kangcono cishe ngo-20°C.