Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi hlobo luni lwezinja, ukwethembeka kwazo nokubukeka okusebenzayo njalo kungaletha abathandi bezilwane ezifuywayo ngothando nangenjabulo. Ubuqotho babo abunakuphikiswa, ukuhambisana kwabo kwamukelekile ngaso sonke isikhathi, bayasigada futhi bayasisebenzela uma kudingeka.

Ngokocwaningo lwesayensi lwango-2017, olubheke abantu baseSweden abayizigidi ezingu-3.4 kusukela ngo-2001 kuya ku-2012, kubonakala sengathi abangani bethu abanemilenze emine banciphisa ngempela ingozi yesifo senhliziyo phakathi kwabanikazi bezilwane ezifuywayo kusukela ngo-2001 kuya ku-2012.

Ucwaningo luphethe ngokuthi ubungozi obuphansi besifo senhliziyo nemithambo yegazi phakathi kwabanikazi bezilwane ezifuywayo bezinhlobo zokuzingela akubangelwa nje ukwanda kokuzivocavoca umzimba, kodwa mhlawumbe ngenxa yokuthi izinja zandisa ukuxhumana nabanikazi bazo, noma ngokushintsha i-microbiome yebhaktheriya emathunjini abanikazi bazo. Izinja zingashintsha ukungcola endaweni yasekhaya, ngaleyo ndlela zichaye abantu kuma-bacterium ebezingeke zihlangane nazo.

Le miphumela yabuye yashiwo ikakhulukazi kulabo abahlala bodwa. NgokukaMwenya Mubanga wase-Uppsala University nombhali oholayo walolu cwaningo, “Uma kuqhathaniswa nabanikazi bezinja abangabodwa, abanye babenengozi ephansi ngamaphesenti angu-33 yokufa kanye nengozi ephansi ngamaphesenti angu-11 yokuboshwa inhliziyo.

Nokho, ngaphambi kokuba inhliziyo yakho yeqe isigqi, u-Tove Fall, umbhali ophezulu wocwaningo, naye wengeza ngokuthi kungase kube nemikhawulo. Kungenzeka ukuthi umehluko phakathi kwabanikazi nabangewona abanikazi, owawuvele ukhona ngaphambi kokuba inja ithengwe, wawungaba nomthelela emiphumeleni - noma ukuthi abantu ngokuvamile abakhuthele kakhulu bavame ukuthola inja noma kunjalo.

Kubonakala sengathi imiphumela ayicacile njengoba ibonakala ekuqaleni, kodwa ngokukhathazeka kwami, kulungile. Abanikazi bezilwane ezifuywayo bathanda izinja ngendlela ezenza abanikazi bazizwe ngayo futhi, izinzuzo zenhliziyo nemithambo yegazi noma cha, zizohlala ziyinja ephezulu kubanikazi.