Ngaba Intliziyo Yakho Iyayeka Ukubetha Xa Uthimla?

Akukho ukunqongophala kweenkolelo, iintsomi, ukucinga kunye noloyiko olujikeleze umbuzo wokuba intliziyo yakho iyayeka ngexesha lokuthunga. Ukutyhubela iinkulungwane, ukuthimla kuye kwagubungela intaphane yemibandela ngemibuzo efana nokuba kukho umntu okuhlebayo? Ngaba uza kufa? Ngaba imozulu iza kutshintsha? Niphethwe ziidemon na? Ngokubanzi, ukuthimla kuyinkcubeko. Olunye uluntu lusenokukugqala ukuthimla njengethamsanqa, ngoxa elinye likugqala njengento engafanelekanga. Ngenxa yokuba iinkolelo neentsomi ezininzi zidluliselwa ukusuka kwesinye isizukulwana ukuya kwesinye yaye zixutywe ngobuchule kwimbali yenkcubeko, ezi nkolelo zisekho.

Yintoni Ukuthimla?

Xa iziphelo zemithambo-luvo empumlweni yakho ziqala ukuntyiloza, umyalezo uthunyelwa kwingqondo yakho ukuze uphelise into ecaphukisa iinwele zempumlo ezibizwa ngokuba yicilia. Ubukhulu be-macroscopic, i-cilia ihamba ngokuqhubekayo ukuzoba i-mucus emqaleni eyinxalenye yenkqubo yokwetyisa kunye nokuphefumla. Emva kokuba into ecaphukisayo ivakale, kwaye ingqondo ibonakaliswe, umzimba wakho uphendula ngokungazikhetheli kuba ukuthimla yi-reflex ongenakukwazi ukuyilawula.

Yintoni Injongo Yokuthimla?

Xa usebenza ngokufanelekileyo, i-sneeze ihlaziya indawo yeempumlo ngokubambisa amasuntswana angafunekiyo ngaphakathi kwempumlo kwaye uwakhuphe ngokuphendula kwebhayoloji yomzimba wakho kwizinto ezicaphukisayo. Abaninzi bakholelwa ukuba ukuthimla kuza ngantathu, kodwa akukho nani limiselweyo lamaxesha okuthi uthimla ngokulandelelanayo. Xa uthimla ngaphezu kwesihlandlo esinye, oko kuthetha nje ukuba eyokuqala ayiwenzanga umsebenzi wayo: ukususa izinto ezicaphukisayo.

Ukuhamba Kude Kangakanani Ukuthimla?

Ukuthimla okuthwele awona mathontsi makhulu amathe kunye namafinyila kuhlala iinyawo ezintathu ukuya kwezintandathu ukusuka kwindawo ethimla. Amathontsi amancinci, abanjelwe kukuphefumla, ahlala enqunyanyisiwe kwaye njengoko umoya ujikeleza kwindawo yonke, umzuzu okhutshwa yibhaktiriya uhlala uhambela kude kangangeemitha ezingama-26 ukuya kuthi ga kwiimayile ezili-100 ngeyure.

Ngaba unokukuthintela ukusasazeka kwezifo xa uthimla?

Kwasebuntwaneni, ufundiswa ukuvala umlomo xa uthimla, nto leyo ebhetele kunokuthimla okuvulelekileyo. Noko ke, xa usebenzisa isandla sakho, iintsholongwane zisasazeka ngokulula kwiibhodi zebhodi, iipeni namaqhina omnyango, nto leyo esulela abo bangazifumaniyo. Eyona ndlela ilungileyo yokuqulatha ngokukhuselekileyo ukuthimla kukusebenzisa ithishu emva koko uhlambe izandla zakho kwangoko. Ukuqulatha ukuthimla kwingqiniba yakho kukwacetyiswa, ukuphelisa ukungcoliseka komphezulu wezinto ekwabelwana ngazo.

Ngaba Ukucinezela Ukuthimla Kunokukwenzakalisa?

Xa ucinezela ukuthimla ngokubamba impumlo okanye ukuvala umlomo wakho, ukhuthaza imeko eyingozi. Uxinizelelo olucuthiweyo lukhona ukusuka kwisihlanu ukuya kuma-24 amaxesha anamandla ngaphezu kokuthimla okuqhelekileyo. Olu xinzelelo lomoya lubanjelwe lubuyela kwimingxuma yakho yeempumlo, izona zentloko okanye isifuba sakho, nto leyo ebangela umonakalo kwi-diaphragm yakho. Enye into esengozini yimibhobho edibanisa umqala nombindi wendlebe, yaye iindlebe zakho zinokugqabhuka. Kwiimeko ezinqabileyo, ukubamba ukuthimla kunokubangela ukuba i-aneurysm igqabhuke okanye kugqabhuke umthambo wegazi kumhlophe wamehlo akho.

Ngaba Uyathimla Ebuthongweni Bakho?

Imifinya empumlweni yakho iyadumba xa ulala phantsi, kodwa akufane kwenzeke ukuba uthimle xa uthimla. Nangona ukudumba kwenwebu ngokuqhelekileyo kukwenza ube novelwano ngakumbi kwizinto ezinokuthimla, ii-neuron ezinoxanduva lwe-reflex nazo ziyacinezelwa, kwaye izihlunu ezandayo kwaye zifinyela xa uthimla zikhubazekile.

Kutheni Abantu Besithi UThixo Akusikelele Xa Uthimla?

Ebudeni besibetho esikhulu esasigqugqisa eYurophu ngamaxesha amaRoma, uPopu Gregory I wacebisa ukuba unokuzikhusela ekufeni ngokuthi ‘uThixo akusikelele’ xa ubani ethimla okanye ekhohlela ecaleni kwakho. Amadoda amandulo ayekholelwa ukuba umoya luhlobo lomphefumlo wawo yaye ukuthimla kwakunokuwukhupha umphefumlo emizimbeni yawo ngaphandle kokuba uthixo wabasikelela.

Kutheni Ukukhanya Kwelanga Kubangela Ukuthimla?

Ingxolo oyenzayo xa uthimla inokuba ‘yi-achoo ebukhali okanye ethambileyo.’ Kodwa i-achoo ingaphezulu kunesandi. Sisishunqulelo sesifo esiqhelekileyo esibizwa ngokuba yi-autosomal dominant compulsive helio-ophthalmic outburst. I-achoo syndrome inokuthi ivuselelwe zizinto ezithintekayo ezifana nengca, i-pet dander, i-perfume okanye umsi. I-photic sneeze reflex yenzeka ngokuphendula ukukhanya kwelanga, mhlawumbi ngenxa yokuba ukukhanya okuqaqambileyo kudibana nemiyalezo efunyanwa yingqondo ukuba ithimla.

Iinyani ezinomdla malunga nokuthimla

• Abantu bahlala bethimla xa bencothula amashiya kuba imithambo-luvo ebusweni iyacaphuka kwaye ithumele umyalezo othi ‘yenza into ekhawulezileyo’ kwimithambo-luvo yakho yempumlo.
• Ibhinqa laseWorcestershire, eNgilani lathimla kangangeentsuku ezingama-978 ezilandelelanayo, lisenza esona sihlandlo sithimla side.
• Iinkcubeko ezininzi kunye nezizwe ziyakuvuma ukuthimla ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo. AmaRoma namaGrike ayesithi, ‘Banish the Omen,’ yaye ngesiZulu, ibinzana lithi ‘Ngoku ndisikelelwe.’
• Ungawutyhafisa umnqweno wokuthimla ngokucinezela umlebe wakho ongaphezulu nje ngaphantsi kwempumlo yakho okanye, ukuba yonke enye into ayiphumeleli, thatha umoya onzulu kwaye uyikhuphe impumlo yakho.

Umgca ongezantsi Thatha malunga neNtliziyo yakho kunye nokuthimla

Intliziyo yakho ayiyeki ukubetha xa uthimla. Xa usiva ukuthimla kusiza – loo nto inkcaza empumlweni yakho – uphefumlela phezulu ulindele. Loo moya uqinisa izihlunu zesifuba kwaye uxinzelelo kwimiphunga yakho luyanda; oku ke, kuthoba ukuhamba kwegazi entliziyweni yakho. Oku kwehlisa uxinzelelo lwegazi okomzuzwana kwaye konyusa izinga lokubetha kwentliziyo yakho. Uvakalelo lokuma kwentliziyo yakho kukholelwa ukuba lwenzeka ngenxa yokulibaziseka ixesha elide ngaphambi kokuba intliziyo yakho ibethe ngokulandelayo emva kokuthimla, oko kuyenza ibe namandla kwaye ibonakale.