I-Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) iyisifo esivamile, esivame ukwenzeka, esinokukhubazeka okuphezulu kanye nesifo sokuphefumula esibulalayo esiyingozi kakhulu.Ngokuyisisekelo ilingana “ne-bronchitis engapheli” noma “emphysema” eyayisetshenziswa abantu abavamile esikhathini esidlule.I-World Health Organization ilinganisela ukuthi izinga lokufa kwe-COPD lisendaweni yesi-4 noma yesi-5 emhlabeni, elilingana nezinga lokufa kwe-AIDS.Ngo-2020, izoba yimbangela yesithathu yokufa ehamba phambili emhlabeni.

Izehlakalo zeCOPD ezweni lami ngo-2001 zazingama-3.17%.Ucwaningo lwe-epidemiological esifundazweni sase-Guangdong ngo-2003 lwabonisa ukuthi ukusabalala kwe-COPD kwakungama-9.40%.Izinga lokuvama kwe-COPD kubantu abangaphezu kuka-40 e-Tianjin lingama-9.42%, elisondelene namazinga okuvama kwakamuva ka-9.1% no-8.5% weqembu lobudala elifanayo eYurophu nase-Japan.Uma kuqhathaniswa nemiphumela yocwaningo ezweni lami ngo-1992, izinga lokusabalala kwe-COPD likhuphuke izikhathi ezi-3..Ngonyaka wezi-2000 nje kuphela, isibalo sabantu abashona ngenxa ye-COPD emhlabeni wonke sifinyelele ezigidini ezingu-2.74, kanti izinga lokufa lenyuke ngo-22% kule minyaka engu-10 edlule.Izehlakalo zeCOPD eShanghai zingama-3%.

Izibalo zakamuva zoMnyango Wezempilo zikhombisa ukuthi izifo zokuphefumula ezingalapheki zihamba phambili ngokufa kwabantu, okukhona kuzo ingeyesine ezindaweni zasemadolobheni, nezihamba phambili ngokubulala izifo ezindaweni zasemakhaya.Amaphesenti angu-60 eziguli ezinalolu hlobo lwesifo ahlushwa isifo samaphaphu esingamahlalakhona, okuyisifo samaphaphu esibhubhisayo esenza kancane kancane ukusebenza kwesiguli sokuphefumula sibe buthaka.Ibangelwa ikakhulukazi ukubhema.Abantu abaneminyaka engaphezu kuka-40 banamathuba amaningi okuthola lesi sifo futhi abatholakali kalula., Kodwa ukugula nokufa kuphezulu.

Njengamanje, kuneziguli ezilinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-25 ze-COPD ezweni lami, futhi inani labashona liyisigidi esi-1 minyaka yonke, futhi isibalo sabantu abakhubazekile sifinyelela ezigidini ezi-5-10.Ngokocwaningo olwenziwa eGuangzhou, izinga lokushona kweCOPD kubantu abaneminyaka engaphezu kuka-40 lingama-8%, kanti labantu abaneminyaka engaphezu kuka-60 ubudala lifinyelela ku-14%.

Izinga lempilo yeziguli ezinezifo ezingapheli ze-obstructive pulmonary zizoncishiswa kakhulu.Ngenxa yokungasebenzi kahle kwamaphaphu, umsebenzi wokuphefumula wesiguli uyakhula futhi nokusetshenziswa kwamandla kuyanda.Ngisho noma uhlezi noma ulele phansi futhi uphefumula, lolu hlobo lwesiguli luzizwa luthwala umthwalo entabeni.Ngakho-ke, uma ugula, hhayi kuphela izinga lempilo yesiguli elizoncishiswa, kodwa futhi imithi yesikhathi eside kanye nokwelapha umoya-mpilo kuzobiza ngaphezulu, okuzoletha umthwalo osindayo emndenini nasemphakathini.Ngakho-ke, ukuqonda ulwazi lokuvimbela nokwelashwa kwe-COPD kubaluleke kakhulu ekuthuthukiseni impilo yabantu.