Isifo sePulmonary Obstructive (COPD) sisifo esixhaphakileyo, esihlala sisenzeka, sinokukhubazeka okuphezulu kunye nesifo esibulalayo esingapheliyo sokuphefumla.Ngokusisiseko ilingana "ne-bronchitis engapheliyo" okanye "i-emphysema" eyayisetyenziswa ngabantu abaqhelekileyo kwixesha elidlulileyo.UMbutho wezeMpilo weHlabathi uqikelela ukuba izinga lokufa kweCOPD likwindawo yesi-4 okanye yesi-5 ehlabathini, nto leyo elingana nezinga lokufa kwe-AIDS.Ngo-2020, iya kuba ngunobangela wesithathu okhokelayo wokufa emhlabeni.

Izehlo zeCOPD kwilizwe lam ngo-2001 zaziyi-3.17%.Uphando lwe-epidemiological kwiPhondo lase-Guangdong ngo-2003 lubonise ukuba ukuxhaphaka ngokubanzi kweCOPD kwakuyi-9.40%.Izinga lokuxhaphaka kweCOPD kubemi abangaphezu kwe-40 e-Tianjin yi-9.42%, ekufutshane nemilinganiselo yakutshanje ye-9.1% kunye ne-8.5% yeqela elifanayo leminyaka eYurophu naseJapan.Xa kuthelekiswa neziphumo zophando kwilizwe lam ngo-1992, izinga lokuxhaphaka kweCOPD linyuke ngamaxesha e-3..Ngo-2000 kuphela, inani labantu ababulawa yi-COPD kwihlabathi jikelele lafikelela kwi-2.74 yezigidi, kwaye izinga lokufa liye landa ngama-22 ekhulwini kwiminyaka eyi-10 edlulileyo.Izehlo zeCOPD eShanghai yi-3%.

Amanani-nkcazo amva nje asuka kwiSebe lezeMpilo abonisa ukuba izifo ezingapheliyo zokuphefumla zikwinqanaba lokuqala lokubhubha kwabantu, phakathi kwazo sikwindawo yesine kwiindawo zasezidolophini, kwaye zihamba phambili ekubulaleni izifo ezilalini.Amashumi amathandathu ekhulwini abaguli abanolu hlobo lwesigulo bathwaxwa sisifo semiphunga esinganyangekiyo, esisisifo semiphunga esiyingozi ngokuthe ngcembe esenza buthathaka umgudu wokuphefumla womguli.Ibangelwa ikakhulu kukutshaya.Abantu abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-40 basengozini yokufumana esi sifo kwaye ababonakali lula.Kodwa ukugula kunye nokufa kuphezulu.

Okwangoku, kukho malunga ne-25 yezigidi zezigulane ze-COPD kwilizwe lam, kwaye inani lokufa li-1 yezigidi ngonyaka, kwaye inani labantu abakhubazekileyo liphezulu njenge-5-10 yezigidi.Ngokophando olwenziwe eGuangzhou, izinga lokusweleka kweCOPD phakathi kwabantu abangaphezulu kweminyaka engama-40 ubudala li-8%, kwaye elo labantu abangaphezulu kweminyaka engama-60 liphezulu njenge-14%.

Umgangatho wobomi bezigulane ezinezifo ezingapheliyo ze-pulmonary obstructive pulmonary ziya kuncitshiswa kakhulu.Ngenxa yokungasebenzi kakuhle kwemiphunga, umsebenzi wokuphefumla wesigulana uyenyuka kwaye nokusetyenziswa kwamandla kuyanda.Nokuba uhleli okanye ungqengqile kwaye uphefumla, olu hlobo lwesigulana luziva ngathi luthwele umthwalo entabeni.Ngoko ke, xa ugula, kungekhona nje umgangatho wobomi besigulane uya kuncitshiswa, kodwa kunye neyeza elide kunye ne-oksijeni yonyango iya kuxabisa ngaphezulu, okuya kuzisa umthwalo onzima kwintsapho kunye noluntu.Ke ngoko, ukuqonda ulwazi lothintelo lweCOPD kunye nonyango lubaluleke kakhulu ekuphuculeni impilo yabantu.