Abacwaningi baseStanford bathola, ngedatha eqoqwe ngoMeyi, ukuthi intsha kanye Osemncane abantu abadala abangama-vaper basengozini enkulu yobhubhane lwe-coronavirus ngokungafani nabalingani babo abangenalo. Ucwaningo lwabonisa lokho kwabaningi Osemncane abantu abahloliwe ukuze kubonakale ukuthi banalo yini leli gciwane, labo abasebenzisa ugwayi we-elekthronikhi babesengozini enkulu yokuthola leli gciwane.
Njengoba nje ukubhema kuwububi obuncane uma kuqhathaniswa nogwayi wendabuko, kusehlisa izinga lempilo ye-vaper futhi kwaziwa kahle ukuthi i-coronavirus iyachuma uma kunesimo sempilo esingaphansi. I-Vaping ekugcineni iholela ekulimaleni okukhulu kwamaphaphu futhi ezimweni ezimbi kakhulu, ukufa.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, kufakazelwe nokuthi ukufutha noma ukubhema kungakhuphula ubukhali begciwane uma selingenile. Ucwaningo oluvela eNyuvesi yaseRochester Medical Center luveze ukuthi i-COVID-19 ithinta ababhemayo nama-vaper ngaphezu kokuba yenza kubantu abaningi.
Ukusetshenziswa kwemikhiqizo ye-vaping kanye nogwayi kuholela ekwandeni kwama-cell receptors emaphashini. Lokhu ekugcineni kuholela ekukhiqizweni ngokweqile kwe-enzyme ebizwa ngokuthi i-ACE2. Lapho ama-receptors anda, yilapho kuba khona ukwanda kwenani legciwane egazini, futhi lokhu kukhulisa ukuqina kokutheleleka.
Ukubhema nemikhiqizo yokuphefumula kungalimaza kakhulu isimiso somzimba sokuzivikela ezifweni, futhi kuyeza izixwayiso ezihlukahlukene kanye nezifundo mayelana nalesi simo esibulalayo. Izibhedlela eziningi, okuhlanganisa neNew York-Presbyterian, zikhiphe izitatimende nezixwayiso eziveza ukufutha nokubhema njengemisebenzi engaholela ezinkingeni ze-COVID-19.
Ukuhlola iminyaka edlule lapho i-vaping ivela njengomlutha odumile phakathi kwentsha nentsha, bonke bajabulela umuzwa omuhle owawulethwa ngenkathi beyiziba imiphumela, kodwa ngo-2019, abantu abaningi baqala ukugula ngezizathu ezingaziwa. Lokhu kugula kuholele ekutheni kulaliswe abantu abangaphezu kuka-3,000 kuze kube manje. Iningi lalezi zifo kumele ngabe lithuthukisiwe ngenxa yokubhema nokuhwamuka.
Uphawu olusanda kubikwa lwe-COVID-19 oluvela emlonyeni womlomo ukuqubuka okuchazwa noma okubizwa ngokuthi “i-erythematous and petechial.” Abanye abaphethwe yi-COVID-19 kuthiwa nabo babenokuqubuka esikhumbeni kanti abanye, ukuqubuka kolwelwesi lwamafinyila nezinye izifo eziningi. Ezigulini ezingase zibe yi-vaper, uphawu lokuqubuka komlomo lungabonakala njenge-stomatitis. Yilokhu okufanele ochwepheshe bamazinyo bakubheke njengoba impi yokulwa nobhubhane lwe-coronavirus iqhubeka.
Iziguli ezingabasebenzisi bakagwayi bendabuko zibonakala kalula ngokuya ngebala elikhona kanye nephunga elibi. Kodwa-ke, awukwazi ukukhomba iziguli ezisebenzisa amadivaysi e-vaping kanye nogwayi we-e. Alikho iphunga elithile lanoma yiluphi uhlobo, futhi abantu abaningi abaqeqeshiwe ukukhomba izimpawu zokusetshenziswa kwe-vape.
Ziningi izifo zamaphaphu ezibangelwa ukufutheka nokubhema okwenza kube lula kuwena, futhi ngenxa yalokho, kungcono ukuzigwema kunoma yisiphi sazo ikakhulukazi manje njengoba i-coronavirus ibhidliza amazwe amaningi emhlabeni jikelele.
Qiniseka ukuthi uyayigcina yonke imihlahlandlela ye-COVID-19, futhi uqiniseke ukuthi uhlala ungaphakathi uma kungekho lutho olubalulekile olukukhiphayo. Hlala uphephile.
