Odinga ukukwazi Nge-Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease (FLUTD¹)

Imizwa yokwesaba nokukhathazeka ingathinta amakati ngendlela efanayo nale mizwa esithinta ngayo. Ukucindezeleka kungavela ekati lakho ngezizathu eziningana. Mhlawumbe usanda kuthutha noma unesilwane esisha noma ilungu lomndeni ekhaya. Yiba noma kunjalo, ukucindezeleka ngokuvamile kubangela izinkinga zempilo esilwaneni esifuywayo. Esinye sezimpawu zokuqala zesifo somchamo esibangelwa ukucindezeleka ukwenqaba kwekati “ukuya” ebhokisini likadoti. Nokho, angase aqale ukuchama endaweni entsha, “engalungile” noma ezindongeni, noma angase abe nobunzima, ngokuvamile obubangelwa ubuhlungu, lapho echama.

Ngeshwa, inkinga yomchamo ingenye yezizathu ezivame kakhulu ukuthi amakati ashiywe ezindaweni zokukhosela noma akhishwe noma alahlwe ngaphandle. Uma ikati liqala ukuchama ngaphandle kwebhokisi likadoti, alikwenzi ngenxa yokuziphindiselela noma intukuthelo. Cishe kukhona okungalungile ngaye. Kungase kube inkinga yokuziphatha, isibonelo, angase angathandi ibhokisi lakhe likadoti ngesizathu esithile, kodwa izinkinga zempilo kufanele zikhishwe kuqala. Isifo se-feline low urinary tract (FLUTD) noma i-feline urological syndrome ingenye yezimbangela ezivame kakhulu zokungakwazi ukuzibamba komchamo.

Yini i-FLUTD?

I-Feline Urological Syndrome, noma i-FLUTD, igama elisetshenziselwa ukuchaza iqembu lezinkinga noma izifo ezithinta umgudu womchamo ophansi wekati (isinye noma urethra). I-FLUTD itholakala ngemuva kokuthi izimo ezifana ne-urinary tract infections (UTIs) noma amatshe ezinso (nephrolithiasis) zikhishwe. I-FLUTD ingabangelwa amakristalu noma amatshe esinyeni (i-uroliths), ukungenwa yisinye, ukuvaleka komchamo, ukuvuvukala kwesinye (okubuye kwaziwe ngokuthi yi-feline interstitial noma idiopathic cystitis (FIC)) nezinye izifo zomgudu womchamo. I-FLUTD ingesinye sezizathu ezivame kakhulu ukuthi amakati aye kudokotela wezilwane.

Izimpawu ezibonisa ukuba khona kwe-urological syndrome ekati:

• Ubunzima bokuchama: I-FIC ingaholela ekucindezelekeni ngenkathi uchama futhi ekugcineni ibe nezinkinga ezinkulu njengamatshe esinyeni noma ukuvaleka komgudu womchamo. Amakati asengozini enkulu yokuvaleka komchamo kunamakati. Ukuvinjelwa kwe-urethra yisimo esisongela ukuphila lapho isilwane sithuthukisa ukugcinwa komchamo obukhali;
• Ukuchama njalo: amakati ane-FLUTD achama kaningi kakhulu ngenxa yokuvuvukala kodonga lwesinye, noma kunjalo, inani lomchamo "kuzama" ngakunye lingase libe lincane kakhulu;
• Ukuchama okubuhlungu: uma ikati lakho noma ikati lakho likhala noma likhala ngenkathi uchama, lokhu kuwuphawu olucacile lokuthi usezinhlungwini;
• igazi emchameni;
• Ikati livame ukukhotha isitho salo sangasese noma isisu: ngale ndlela uzama ukukhulula ubuhlungu ezifweni ze-urinary tract;
• Ukuthukuthela;
• Ukuchama ngaphandle kwethreyi: ikati lichamela ngaphandle kwebhokisi likadoti, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezipholile ezifana namathayili noma ubhavu wokugeza.

Yini okufanele uyenze uma usola ukuthi ikati lakho line-FLUTD?

Uma ikati lakho linenkinga yokuchama noma libonisa ezinye izimpawu ze-urological syndrome, liyise kudokotela wezilwane ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka ukuze lihlolwe. Udokotela wezilwane uzokwenza ukuhlola okuphelele kwesilwane futhi angase futhi atuse ukuhlolwa kokuxilonga, okungase kuhlanganise: ukuhlolwa kwegazi, ukuhlaziya umchamo, okuhlanganisa amasiko amagciwane, ama-x-ray kanye ne-ultrasound yesisu.

Ezimweni eziningi, i-FIC ixazulula ngaphandle kokwelashwa okuqondile, kodwa izimpawu zingavela ngokuphindaphindiwe. Nakuba, kaningi futhi ngokuqondiswa okufanele, azikho engozini ukuphila kwekati, i-FCI ibangela ukungakhululeki okukhulu, ngakho-ke ukwelashwa kuzosiza ukuthuthukisa izinga lempilo yesilwane. 

Ukwelashwa kwe-FLUTD, njengazo zonke ezinye izifo, kunqunywa udokotela wezilwane ngemva kokuhlola isilwane nokusihlola. Ubude besikhathi sokwelashwa kanye nokukhetha kwezidakamizwa kuncike kumbangela yesifo, kodwa kunoma yikuphi, kunconywa ukwandisa ukungena kwamanzi ekati lakho ku-FLUTD. Lawula isisindo sakhe, umuphe ukudla okusemathinini, okumanzi noma nini lapho kungenzeka, futhi umkhuthaze ukuba asebenzise ibhokisi likadoti: lokhu kungasiza futhi. Nokho, izimo eziningi azinakwelashwa ekhaya. I-cystitis yebhaktheriya kufanele ilashwe ngama-antibiotics, futhi i-urolith ngokuvamile idinga ukususwa ngokuhlinzwa.

Kuhlala kungcono ukuyidlala iphephile. Uma uqala ukubona noma yiziphi izimpawu ezingenhla, mane uthintane nodokotela wakho wezilwane, lokhu kuzosiza ukuhlonza inkinga ngesikhathi futhi kusindise ikati ekuphathekeni kwesikhathi eside. Uma isilwane sitholakala ukuthi sine-feline urological syndrome, kubalulekile futhi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi akusiyo ukubuyela emuva, njengoba amakati ekwazi ukufihla ubuhlungu bawo.

Ukuvinjelwa kwe-FLUTD ekati lakho

Ngemva kokuvakashela udokotela wezilwane, ungenza izinguquko empilweni yesilwane sakho esifuywayo ukuze unciphise amathuba okubuya kwe-urological syndrome. Ukushintsha indawo ezungezile, “i-catification ekhaya”, kuboniswe ukunciphisa ingozi yokuphindaphinda ngo-80% futhi kungasiza ikati ukuba lichithe kaningi. Chitha isikhathi esiningi nekati lakho, linikeze ukufinyelela kumafasitela namathoyizi engeziwe. Kunconywa futhi ukwandisa inani lamathreyi endlini yakho, kanye nokugcwalisa kuwo, futhi uqinisekise ukuthi ahlala ehlanzekile - amakati athanda ukuhlanzeka!

____________________________________________________ 1 kusukela esiNgisini. Isifo se-Feline low urinary tract 2 Ngokusho kwe-International Society for Feline Medicine (ISFM) https://icatcare.org/advice/feline-lower-urinary-tract-disease-flutd