Kunezizathu ezithile zokuthi kungase kube nezinkinga zokuphefumula okubi ezinganeni. Kunezinto eziningi ezingaba nomthelela ekukhiqizweni kwephunga elibi, kanti ezinye zazo zitholakala ngokukhethekile entsheni.
Ngokuthembela eminyakeni yabo, abantu abasha bangaba nomlutha wokubeka izindaba emakhaleni abo, okungase kugcine kungenile futhi kubangele ukuphefumula okubi. Kujwayelekile ukuthi intsha ifake amagajethi amancane emlonyeni nasemakhaleni. Uma kukhona ukusola kwalokhu, cishe kuyikhwalithi ephezulu ukuvumela udokotela ukuthi aphenye futhi alahle into yaphesheya. Kungase kube nophawu lokuthengisa lwale nto yokuzilibazisa uma kungase kube nokuphuma okuphuma ekhaleni. Kuphinde kwashiwo ukuthi amagajethi amancane agwinywe angagcina efakwe ezindimeni futhi acabange umoya omubi.
Ukulutha kwenhlanzeko yomlomo kufisa ukufakwa entsheni ngesikhathi esakhula. Kucace kahle ukuthi izingane azisheshi ngaso sonke isikhathi ukugcina izinyo nemilomo yazo ibushelelezi, futhi ukuba khona kokudla kwakudala kungase kunikeze indawo enhle yokuzalanisa yezinto eziphilayo ezihlose ukubola kanye nokuphefumula okunukayo. Intsha kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi ituswe futhi ifundiswe ukugcina izindinganiso eziphakeme zokuhlanzeka komlomo, njengoba lokhu kuwumlutha engase ifike nayo phakathi nokuphila kwayo.
Uma ucabanga ngendaba yokuphefumula okwesabekayo entsheni, izici ezifanayo ezindala ezidala inkinga kubantu abadala akumele zisabonwa. Lokhu kungase kuhlanganise umlomo owomile, odala indawo ezungezile evumela ukuthi i-micro organism ichume. Nakuba kufanele kulindelwe ukuthi izingane ngeke zisabhekana nokuphefumula okubi ngenxa kagwayi ohlafunwayo, noma ekuphuzeni utshwala, zisengozini enkulu yezifo ezithinta izindlala zamathe, nokuthola izifo zokuphefumula noma zomphimbo nomlomo. Lezi ngokwazo zingase zibangele iphunga eliqondile, futhi zizocasula inkinga ngokufaka umlomo wokuphefumula kanye nokomisa.
I-Postnasal drip inkinga ekhethiwe etholakala ezinganeni ezincane engabangela ukuphefumula okubi. I-micro organism edonsa umoya ohlabayo ivame ukuba sekhaya lapho ulimi lubuya, futhi yilapho kanye ukuconsa emakhaleni kugxila khona. Ukuconsa emakhaleni ngokwako kuyinhlanganisela yamakhemikhali lokhu kuphakanyiswa ocwaningweni ukuze kusebenze njengegesi kubhaktheriya. Kuhlanganisa amaprotheni enziwe ama-amino acid aphukile kuze kube yi-hydrogen sulphide namaphunga ahlukene.
Uma kubonakala sengathi ingane yakho inenkinga yokuphefumula engapheli, kungaba nengqondo ukuthintana nodokotela wakho ukuze uthole usizo ekuxilongeni nasekulapheni udaba.