Wan denja we fɔ gɛt mɛningɔyt! Lɛ wi lan gud gud wan bɔt Bacterial Meningitis.

Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan sik we sɔm kayn we siriɔs, bɔt we ɔlman fɔ no bɔt. yu go don yehri di tehm "bren fiva"? Wan pan de kayn tin wae denja pasmak na in dɛn kɔl Bacterial Meningitis. Dis na rili no jok, bikɔs if dɛn nɔ trit am kwik, i kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja. So lɛ wi ɔndastand dis gud gud wan, nɔto so?

Wetin na Baktri Mɛningaytis? Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan...

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, mɛningayt na inflamɛns na di prɔtɛktiv mɛmbran dɛm (mɛninges) we de rawnd wi bren ɛn spɛshal kɔd (di nɛv kɔd we de rɔn dɔŋ di spayna) . I tan lɛk we wi bɔdi kin swel we wi bɔdi wund. di men tin we de mek dis swel na infεkshכn na di wata (Cerebrospinal Fluid - CSF) we de rawnd di bren εn di spεnal kכd. Naw, if na baktri dɛm de mek dis mɛningaytis, wi kin kɔl am baktriyal mɛningɔyt. Dis na di kayn we we denja pas ɔl. If pɔsin gɛt dɛn kayn sik ya, i rili impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan. Bikɔs baktriyal mɛningɔyt kin ivin mek pɔsin day insay sɔm awa. So, i rili impɔtant fɔ mek wi no bɔt dis.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin vayral mɛningɔyt ɛn baktriyal mɛningɔyt? Yu tink se dɛn na di sem?

Nɔ, dɛn nɔto di sem. Tu men kayn mɛningɔyt de: Bakterial Mɛninjayt ɛn Vayral Mɛningaytis. Dɛn tu tin ya gɛt fɔ du wit di inflamɛns na di mɛmbran dɛn we de rawnd di bren. Bɔt baktriyal mɛningɔyt na baktriyal infɛkshɔn, we di vayral mɛningɔyt kin kɔmɔt frɔm wan vayral infɛkshɔn. Vayral mɛningɔyt na di wan we kin bɔku pas ɔl. Bɔt bɔku tɛm, i nɔ kin rili bad lɛk baktriyal mɛningaytis. We baktriyal mɛningɔyt kin apin, di tisu dɛn we de rawnd di bren kin swel, ɛn dis kin mek di blɔd nɔ go na di bren. Dis kin mek pɔsin paralayz, strok, ɛn sɔntɛnde i kin ivin day. Na dat mek wi kin kɔl baktriyal mɛningɔyt na mɛdikal imejensi.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ baktriyal mɛningɔyt? Una fɔ de wach fɔ dɛn tin ya!

Di sayn dɛm fɔ baktriyal mɛningaytis kin apin wantɛm wantɛm, sɔmtɛm ivin insay 24 awa afta yu dɔn gɛt di jem. So, e fayn fɔ no bɔt dɛn sik ya.

Di sayn dɛm fɔ big pipul ɛn big pikin dɛm:

Na sɔm sayn dɛn we yu fɔ wach bɔt:

• Ay fiva
• Hed we nɔ go ebul fɔ bia
• di nεk stiff, lεk se di chin nכ kin bεn fכ tכch di chεst (dis na wan rili spεsifi k simptom) .
• Bɔdi kin at ɛn pen , jɔs lɛk we yu gɛt kol ɔ flu .
• Nɔs ɛn vɔmit
• Fɔtofobia - Dis min se di yay dɛn kin fil lɛk se dɛn de tɔn blu we dɛn de pan layt ɔ san layt.
• Altered Mental Status we dɛn dɔn chenj
• Fɔ vɛks kwik, fɔ vɛks kwik
• Smɔl smɔl, i de slip mɔ ɛn mɔ
• Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt sik ɛn ivin strok .

Di sayn dɛm we de apin to bebi ɛn smɔl pikin dɛm:

Di sayn dɛm kin difrɛn smɔl we yɔŋ pikin gɛt dis sik. So, mama ɛn papa dɛn we gɛt smɔl pikin dɛn fɔ no dis mɔ.

• Fɔ vɔmit wit fiva
• Nɔ gri fɔ it ɔ drink
• Wik, i nɔ kin izi fɔ wek, ɔ i kin slo fɔ wek (Lethargy) .
• Kray ɔltɛm, nɔ de rɛst
• di tכp pat pan di ed (di sכft spat na di ed - `Fontanelle`) de sho se i bulg εn swεla (dis na denja sayn bak)
• Di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik

Atɛnshɔn! If yu tink se yu ɔ yu pikin gɛt wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn sik ya, go na di imejensi dipatmɛnt na di ɔspitul we de nia yu ɛn nɔ de te, ɔ kɔl 1990. Baktri mɛningaytis na sik we kin mek pɔsin kɔma ɛn ivin day insay sɔm awa. So, spid na di men tin.

Us kayn baktri dɛm kin mek yu gɛt mɛningɔyt?

Na lɛk 50 kayn baktri dɛm de we kin mek baktriyal mɛningaytis. Bɔt na sɔm pan di kayn dɛn we kɔmɔn ɛn we impɔtant pas ɔl:

• Grup B Streptococcus we gɛt di sik
• Streptococcus pneumoniae - Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak nyumokɔk.
• Neisseria meningitidis - Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak mɛningokɔk.
• Ɛmofilis inflɔɛnsa
• Listeria monosaytojεn dεm `(Listeria monosaytojεn dεm)`
• Ɛscherichia kɔli (E. kɔli) .

Pan ɔl we i kin tan lɛk se dɛn nem ya at smɔl, i fayn fɔ mek yu yɛri dɛn bikɔs dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz dɛn.

Aw baktriyal mɛningɔyt kin kam?

Tink bɔt am, bɔku pan dɛn sik ya kin de ɔltɛm na di say we wi de, dat na di say we wi de. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn bɔdi ya kin de na yu nos ɛn yu trot we nɔ go mek yu gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm. Yu nɔr kin sik, bɔt ɔda pɔrsin frɔm yu kin gɛt dis baktri ɛn dɛn kin sik. Dɛn baktri ya kin kɔmɔt frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin bay we dɛn de nia dɛnsɛf. Bɔku tɛm dɛn kin pas tru fayn fayn drɔp dɛn we de kɔmɔt na di say we yu de blo insay tɛm lɛk we yu de sniz, kɔf, ɔ kis.

So yu tink se baktriyal mɛningɔyt kin pas?

Yɛs, i rili kin pas. If yu gɛt baktriyal mɛningɔyt, yu fɔ tɛl ɔlman we dɔn de nia yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm ɛn if nid de, tek tritmɛnt fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt di sik wit antibayɔtik. Dis kin ɛp fɔ mek ɔda pipul dɛn nɔ gɛt dis sik.

Udat de pan big risk fɔ gɛt baktriyal mɛningɔyt?

Pan ɔl we ɛnibɔdi kin gɛt dis sik, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt dis sik pasmak.

• Yɔŋ pikin dɛn we ol bitwin 1 mɔnt ɛn 2 ia kin gɛt dis sik.

I kin kam bak pan big pipul dɛm wae gɛt sɔm kayn risk factor dɛm. Yu de pan ay risk if yu gɛt:

• Dizayd fɔ Yuz Sɔbstans
• Infεkshכn dεm na yu yes כ nos we kin de fכ plεnti tεm, we kin te
• Wan injuri na in ed
• Nyumokɔk nyumonia (wan bad bad infekshɔn na di lɔng) .
• Di imyun sistɛm we wik (fɔ ɛgzampul, pan pipul dɛn we gɛt HIV, di wan dɛn we de tek kansa mɛrɛsin) .
• If dɛn dɔn pul di splin
• If yu gɛt sɔm sik dɛn na yu blɔd, lɛk siklɛt sik

Apat frɔm dat, if dɛn dɔn du ɔpreshɔn pan yu bren ɔ yu spɛnal kɔd, ɔ if yu gɛt bɔku bɔku blɔd infɛkshɔn, yu kin gɛt baktriyal mɛningaytis bak. Wetin pas dat, dis sik kin pas bak na say dɛn we bɔku pipul dɛn de nia de, lɛk yunivasiti dɔm ɛn sojaman dɛn barɔk .

Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin kam wit baktriyal mɛningɔyt? Dɛn tin ya rili siriɔs!

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, if dɛn nɔ trit am kwik, i kin mek pɔsin paralayz, strok, ɛn ivin day. Ivin if dɛn dɔn mɛn di sik, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn we go de fɔ lɔng tɛm . Dat min se, prɔblɛm dɛn we kin kɔntinyu afta di sik dɔn wɛl. Dɛn tin ya na:

• Di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik ɔltɛm.
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ mɛmba ɛn pe atɛnshɔn.
• Prɔblɛm wit balans, kɔdineshɔn, ɛn waka.
• Disabiliti fɔ lan.
• I nɔ izi fɔ tɔk.
• I nɔ ebul fɔ si ɔ yɛri fayn ɔ i nɔ de yɛri igen.

I kin mek pɔsin fred fɔ yɛri dɛn tin ya, nɔto so? Na dat mek wi se wi nɔ fɔ tek dis sik layt.

Aw dɛn kin no bɔt baktriyal mɛningɔyt? Wetin dɔktɔ dɛn kin du?

If yu tink se yu gɛt mɛningɔyt, di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Dɔktɔ go aks yu bɔt yu sik dɛn ɛn chɛk yu. Dɔn yu dɔktɔ kin sɛn yu blɔd, yu urine, ɛn yu nos/trot swab fɔ mek dɛn tɛst yu. Yu kin nid bak fɔ gɛt lumbar pankchɔ (dɛn kin kɔl am bak spɛshal tap). Dis min se yu fɔ tek smɔl smɔl wata we de rawnd yu spɛnal kɔd, we dɛn kɔl sɛribrospaynal fluid (CSF), frɔm yu bak. Dɛn kin tɛst dis wata fɔ no ustɛm di sik de mek pɔsin gɛt di sik ɛn us baktri dɛm de mek i gɛt di sik.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat if dɔktɔ sɔprayz se i gɛt mɛningaytis, dɛn kin bigin fɔ trit am wantɛm wantɛm, ɛn dɛn nɔ kin wet fɔ di tɛst rizɔlt. Na bikɔs ɛni sɛkɔn we dis kin apin, i fayn fɔ du am.

Aw dɛn kin trit baktriyal mɛningɔyt?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin trit baktriyal mɛningɔyt wit antibayɔtik. Dɛn kin gi dɛn mɛrɛsin ya insay di bɛlɛ (IV). Dɛn kin gi yu bak wan kɔtikosterɔyd fɔ ridyus di swɛlin na di mɛmbran dɛn we de rawnd yu bren. We di tɛst dɔn no di rayt baktri dɛm we mek di sik, yu dɔktɔ kin chenj di antibayɔtik we yu de tek.

Vaysin de fɔ baktriyal mɛningɔyt? Yɛs, dis na gud nyus!

Bɔt gud tin na dat, yɛs! Bɔku vaysin dɛn de fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm sɔm pan di men kayn baktri dɛm we de mek baktriyal mɛningaytis. Dɛn tin ya na:

• Meningococcal Vaccine: Dis de protɛkt frɔm di baktri dɛm we nem N. meningitidis.
• Nyumokɔk Vaysin: Dis de protɛkt frɔm di baktri dɛm we dɛn kɔl S. pneumoniae.
• Haemophilus influenzae tayp b (Hib) vaksin: Dis de protɛkt frɔm di H. influenzae baktri dɛm.

Dɛn vaysin ya de insay di Nashɔnal Imunizayshɔn Program, mɔ fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn. Dɛn kin de bak fɔ big pipul dɛn we gɛt ay risk. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ fɔ no mɔ bɔt dis.

Wetin na ɔda we fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt baktriyal mɛningɔyt?

Apat frɔm di vaysin, sɔm ɔda simpul tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm dis denja sik.

• If yu gɛt bɛlɛ, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt fɔ du tɛst fɔ Grup B Streptococcus insay yu wik we mek 36 ɔ 37 we yu gɛt bɛlɛ. If dεn kכnfכm se yu gεt di bכdi, dεn kin gi yu antibaytik we yu de bכn fכ mek di pikin nכ gεt am.
• If yu de smok, stɔp.
• Slip fayn fayn wan.
• Stay away frɔm pipul dɛn we sik.
• Wash yu an fayn fayn wan wit sop ɔltɛm.
• Kɔba yu nos ɛn yu mɔt wit hankɛf ɔ tisu we yu de sniz ɔ kɔf.

Dɛn abit ya kin protɛkt yu frɔm baktriyal mɛningaytis nɔmɔ, bɔt i kin protɛkt yu frɔm bɔku ɔda sik dɛn we kin kam pan pɔsin.

Wetin kin apin if a gɛt baktriyal mɛningɔyt? Yu tink se op de?

Baktri mɛningayt na wan sik we rili siriɔs. Bitwin 10% ɛn 15% pan di pipul dɛm wae gɛt am kin day. Dat rili sɔri. Bɔt if dɛn no di sik kwik kwik wan ɛn bigin fɔ trit am wit antibayɔtik kwik, di chans fɔ mek i wɛl pasmak.

Ustɛm a fɔ go na di Imejɛnsi Dipatmɛnt (ETU) ?

Baktriyal mɛningɔyt nɔto sik we pipul dɛn kin gɛt. Bɔt, na mɛdikal imejensi. I kin wɔs kwik kwik wan. If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan di sayn dɛm fɔ dis sik, go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan. Nɔ delay.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

If yu ɔr pɔrsin wae yu sabi gɛt dis sik, i fayn fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ dɛn kwɛstyɔn ya:

• Aw a bin gɛt baktriyal mɛningɔyt?
• Us kayn tritmɛnt a nid?
• Ustɛm a fɔ kam bak fɔ fala-ap tɛst?
• Wetin a fɔ du fɔ mek a nɔ gɛt baktriyal mɛningaytis igen?
• A go gɛt lɔng tɛm kɔmplikeshɔn frɔm baktriyal mɛningaytis?
• A kin skata dis sik to ɔda pipul dɛn?

Di impɔtant tin dɛn we wi nid fɔ mɛmba frɔm dis (Take-Home Message) .

Okay, so lɛ wi mɛmba yu bɔt sɔm pan di impɔtant tin dɛn we wi dɔn tɔk bɔt:

Bacterial Meningitis na wan sik we rili denja ɛn we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja.

If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn (especially high fiva, ed pen, stiff neck ), go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

If dɛn no di sik kwik kwik wan ɛn bigin fɔ tek antibayɔtik, i pɔsibul fɔ mek i wɛl ful wan. Bɔt if i de te, prɔblɛm dɛn we go de fɔ lɔng tɛm ɛn ivin day kin apin.

Vaksin dɛn de we de agens dis. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt am ɛn no.

If yu fala gud wɛlbɔdi abit, lɛk fɔ was yu an ɔltɛm ɛn fɔ de fa frɔm pipul dɛn we sik, dat kin ɛp bak fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt dis.

A op se dis infɔmeshɔn go yusful to yu. We yu no bɔt dɛn tin ya, dat go ɛp yu fɔ protɛkt yusɛf ɛn di wan dɛn we yu lɛk. Stay wit wɛlbɔdi! Baktriyal mɛningɔyt, mɛningɔyt, mɛningɔyt simptom dɛm, mɛningɔyt tritmɛnt, mɛningɔyt vaysin, sik dɛm we kin kam pan pɔsin, bren infɛkshɔn