Njengoba isimo sezulu esishisayo siqhubeka kuleli hlobo, abantu kufanele banakekele izilwane ezifuywayo. Izinja nazo zingathinteka amazinga okushisa aphezulu. Kodwa-ke, ezinye izinja zisengozini enkulu yemiphumela yazo kunezinye. Ukwazi izimpawu ze-heatstroke kanye ne-stroke ezinjeni kungakusiza ukuthi ugcine umngane wakho onoboya ephephile ngesikhathi sezulu esishisayo.
Ngokusho kwesihloko sango-2017 esanyatheliswa kuyi-Journal Temperature, i-heat stroke yisimo sezokwelapha esibangelwa “ukungakwazi ukuqeda ukushisa okugciniwe ngesikhathi sokuchayeka ezindaweni ezishisayo noma ngesikhathi sokuzikhandla ngokomzimba ngesikhathi sokucindezeleka kokushisa.” I-heat stroke ingaba yingozi ezinjeni nakubantu.
UMaria Verbrugge, umqeqeshi wezempiloimithi yezilwanee-University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine eMadison, uthi izinga lokushisa lomzimba lenja elijwayelekile licishe libe ngu-101.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Uma izinga lokushisa lomzimba wakho lidlula ama-degrees angu-102.5, lishisa kakhulu, kusho yena. “Ama-degrees angu-104 ayindawo eyingozi.”
Ngokunaka imizwa yakho, ungaqonda ukuthi inja yakho izizwa kanjani. “Uma abantu bezizwa bengakhululekile ngaphandle, izinja nazo zingase ziqale ukuzizwa zingakhululekile,” kusho yena.
Uhlobo lwenja luzonquma nokuthi amazinga okushisa aphezulu azothinta kanjani injana yakho. Isibonelo, uWellbrugg uthe izinja ezinoboya obukhulu zilungele kangcono isimo sezulu esibandayo kunesimo sezulu esifudumele. Ehlobo zingaba sengozini yokushisa ngokushesha. Izinja ezinobuso obunama-brachycephalic noma obuyisicaba nazo zinobunzima esimweni sezulu esishisayo. Amathambo azo obuso nempumulo kufushane, ikhala lazo lincane, kanti izindlela zazo zokuphefumula zincane, okwenza kube nzima ngazo ukuphefumula, okuyindlela yazo eyinhloko yokulahlekelwa ukushisa.
Izinja ezisencane nezisebenzayo nazo zisengozini yokuhlaselwa yi-heatstroke ngenxa yokuzikhandla ngokweqile. Injana edlala ibhola ingase ingaboni ukukhathala noma ukungakhululeki, ngakho-ke kuxhomeke kumnikazi wesilwane ukunikeza amanzi amaningi futhi anqume ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokuphumula emthunzini.
Kubalulekile futhi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izinga lokushisa legumbi lenja yakho likhululekile. Uma ushiya inja yakho ekhaya lapho kushisa, uVerbrugge uncoma ukuthi ubeke i-thermostat noma i-air conditioner endaweni efana naleyo obekuyoba yiyo ukube ubusekhaya. Kubalulekile futhi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi inja yakho ihlala ithola amanzi ahlanzekile ekhaya.
Ukushisa ngokweqile akulona ngempela ingozi empilweni. Umuzwa wokushisa ngenkathi uhamba ungancishiswa ngokusebenzisa umoya opholile namanzi. Kodwa ukushaywa ukushisa kungashintsha ukusebenza kwezitho zakho. Ukuchayeka isikhathi eside emazingeni okushisa aphezulu kungabangela umonakalo ebuchosheni, esibindini kanye nasemzimbeni wokugaya ukudla.
I-Verbrugge iphinde inikeze izimpawu ezithile ezizokuxwayisa uma inja yakho ihlushwa yi-heatstroke. Isibonelo, nakuba ukuphefumula okunzima kuyinto evamile, inja ehlushwa yi-heatstroke ingaqhubeka nokuphefumula ngisho nangemva kwesikhathi sokuphumula. Ubunzima bokuphefumula bungabangela ubuthakathaka bemilenze, okuholela ekuweni. Uma inja yakho isilele, sekuyisikhathi sokuyiyisa kudokotela wezilwane.
Izinsuku zasehlobo zimnandi, kodwa isimo sezulu esishisayo kakhulu sibeka wonke umuntu engozini. Ukwazi izimpawu zokushaya kwenhliziyo nokungenelela kungasiza ekuvimbeleni umonakalo ongapheli futhi kunciphise ingozi yakho.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Julayi-15-2024