Kutheni Abafazi Abamnyama Bafumana Ixesha Elikhulu Lokukhulelwa?

Ngelishwa, inyaniso ukuba abafazi base-Afrika baseMerika bafumana zonke iintlobo zokukhulelwa kwexesha lokukhulelwa kaninzi kunabamhlophe abamhlophe-kungekhona ukukhulelwa komzimba kuphela kodwa nokuzalwa komntwana , ukuzalwa kwangaphambi kokuzalwa, kunye nokufa kwabantwana.

Izizathu zokuba kutheni i-scientist ichithe iminyaka emininzi. Siyaqonda ukuba abafazi abamnyama banamazinga aphakamileyo emingciphekweni enxulumene nokulahleka kokukhulelwa, njengesifo sikashukela, ukusetyenziswa kwecuba, ukukhuluphala, kunye nesimo sezantsi soqoqosho.

Kodwa kunye nezifundo ezilawulayo ezi ziguquko zifumana amazinga aphakamileyo okukhulelwa phakathi kwabantu base-Afrika baseMerika. Singazi nokuba kutheni ama-Afrika aseMerika anamazinga aphezulu esifo sikashukela , uxinzelelo lwegazi oluphezulu kunye nezinye izifo ezingapheliyo. Ingxaki iqhutywe ngabaphandi malunga nayo yonke into ekhethekileyo kwiyeza.

Enye yegalelo eziphezulu kwizinga eliphezulu lokufa kwabantwana yintsingiselo yokunyuka kwabasebenzi bokuqala kunye nokuzalwa kwangaphambi kwabantu abantsundu. Ngenxa yokuba ukungabi naluqhaqhoko kunye nokukhula okuphantsi okubangela ukufa kwiintsana, kunengqiqo ukuba ezinye iintsana ezizalwe kusasa ziza kuthetha iintsana ezithe zafa ngalezo zinto. Nangona kunjalo, ezi nkcukacha azichazi ukuba kutheni amaAfrika aseMelika angena ekusebenzeni kwasekuqaleni kangangokuba kaninzi kunamhlophe.

Ucwaningo olulodwa, olukhokelwa nguJerome Strauss kwiYunivesithi yaseVirginia ye-Commonwealth, yakwazi ukuchonga ukutshintshana okuncane kwi-gene SERPINH1 kubasetyhini abamnyama, okubalulekileyo ekuveleni kwe-collagen.

I-Collagen yenye yeengxenye zesigxobo se-amniotic (isikhwama samanzi), kunye nesiphene se-collagen sinokuphindwa kathathu ngokuqhelekileyo kwintombi yase-Afrika yaseMerika kunabamhlophe, enokuthi ilandele ezinye zeziganeko zengqesho yokuqala ngaphambi kwabafazi abamnyama. Ngenxa yokuba i-gene ifunyenwe kuphela kwi-12 ekhulwini yabemi efundwayo, nangona kunjalo, i-defgen defect ayikwazi ukuba yinto ebangela ukuba ilahleko lokukhulelwa kwabafazi abamnyama.

Uphando oluxhaswe yiNational Institutes of Health lathola ukuba ama-Afrika aseMerika aphindaphindiwe kabini ukuba abe nokulahleka kokukhulelwa kwexesha elide, kuquka ukuzalwa. Olu cwaningo luchaphazela ukungafani kwamazinga aphezulu okukhulelwa njengesifo sikashukela, uxinzelelo lwegazi oluphezulu, ukukhulelwa kwangaphambili kweembrane , ukuphuma kwintsholongwane, ukuphazamiseka kwamanzi, kunye neengxaki zentambo yomsebenzi. Kwakhona, asiyiqondi ukuba kutheni abafazi abamnyama bafumana amazinga aphezulu kwezo ngxaki.

Ngoxa i-instinct yethu inokuba yinto ekubhekiselele kwiimeko zentlalo, uphando oluninzi lufumene ukuba umngcipheko wokulahlekelwa kokukhulelwa kuyafana, kwaphakathi kwabesifazane abamnyama abafundayo. Ngamanye amagama, siyazi ukuba ingxaki ikhona, kwaye sifuna ukukulungisa, kodwa singaqinisekanga ukuba senzeni ukuyiguqula. Iinkqubo ezifana neNkcazo yoBomi zijolise ekujonganeni neengxaki ngokubanzi, zinika yonke into esuka ekuncedisweni komsebenzi ukuya ekuthuthweni ukuya kutyelelo lokunakekelwa kokubeletha, yonke impumelelo. Ezi nkqubo zijolise kakhulu ekuphatheni iziganeko zentlalo ezithintelayo ekufeni kwabantu abangasemva kokuzalwa komzimba, kodwa abanako ukuvala ngokupheleleyo isithuba kuze kube yilapho siqonde oko kubangele ukungabikho kwintlupheko, nakwabaseTyhini abangabikho kwezoqoqosho.

Kukho ukucatshulwa ukuba ukunyanzeliswa okuqhubekayo, okuphantsi kwebanga lobuhlanga kungaba yinto edibanisa bonke abemi baseMerika kunye nokuba negalelo ekukhuseni ukukhulelwa. Nangona kunjalo, abukho ubungqina obuqinileyo bokuthi uxinzelelo lunokubangela ukukhulelwa kwesisu okanye ukuzala . Uphando olungakumbi luya ku funeka.

Ngoko ke, uthini umyalezo wasekhaya oomama base-Afrika baseMerika abafuna ukuphucula amathuba abo okukhulelwa okukhuselekileyo?

Imithombo:

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