Yu go lɛk fɔ no mɔ bɔt di "flu" (influenza) we yu de sɔfa bak pan dɛn tɛm ya?

Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan sik we de mɔna pipul dɛn we bɔku pipul dɛn de gɛt dɛn tɛm ya. Yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt di “flu”. Fɔ sɔm, i kin kam ɛn go witout tray, bɔt fɔ ɔda pipul dɛn, i kin rili at fɔ sɔm dez. So, lɛ wi tek wan luk pan wetin na dis “flu”, wetin mek i kin apin, ɛn aw fɔ avɔyd am.

Wetin na Flu? Lɛ wi fɛn ɔndastand di rayt tin we i bi.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Flu na sik we wan vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl `(Influenza)` kin kam wit na wi bɔdi. I kin mek yu gɛt sɔm kayn sik lɛk ed we de at , bɔdi we de at , trot we de at , ɛn fiva. Sɔmtɛm dɛn sik ya kin kam ɛn go. Dis flu kin prɛd mɔ ɛn mɔ, mɔ insay di winta mɔnt dɛn . I kin afɛkt bɔku pipul dɛn wan tɛm, we dɛn kin kɔl bak epidemic.

Wetin na di sizin fɔ gɛt flu?

Pan ɔl we flu kin apin ɛni tɛm insay di ia na wi kɔntri, na di nɔt pat na di wɔl (we kɔntri dɛn lɛk Amɛrika de), dɛn kin tink se di flu sizin na frɔm Ɔktoba to Me . Di nɔmba we pas ɔl na di wan dɛn we gɛt di sik na bitwin Disɛmba ɛn Fɛbwari. Insay wi kɔntri bak, dɛn kin si am fɔ skata insay ren sizin ɛn we di wɛda kin kol.

Aw kɔmɔn dis sik dɛn kin kɔl flu?

Infakt, di flu na wan sik we kin kam pan pɔsin . Bɔku bɔku pipul dɛn ɔlsay na di wɔl kin gɛt dis flu ɛvri ia. So i nɔto sɔntin we ɔl dat nyu.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin di kɔmɔn kol ɛn di flu?

Dis na sɔntin we bɔku pipul dɛn kin kɔnfyus. Sɔntɛnde, di sayn dɛm fɔ di flu ɛn di sayn dɛm fɔ di kɔmɔn kol kin bi di sem sɔmtɛm. Tin dɛm lɛk we yu nɔs de rɔn ɛn kɔf kin de pan dɛn tu.

Bɔt di men difrɛns na dat, di sayn dɛm fɔ di kɔmɔn kol nɔr kin so ɔltɛm. Bɔt di sayn dɛm fɔ di flu kin tranga, ɛn sɔmtɛm dɛn kin ivin mek siriɔs prɔblɛm.

Pantap dat, difrɛn kayn vayrɔs dɛn kin mek dɛn tu sik ya .

A gɛt di flu ɔ COVID-19? Aw a go no fɔ tru?

Dis na prɔblɛm bak we bɔku pipul dɛn gɛt dɛn tɛm ya. Bikɔs di sayn dɛm fɔ di flu ɛn di sayn dɛm fɔ Covid-19 kin rili fiba. Fɔ no di rayt tin we yu gɛt, yu rili nid fɔ tɛst yu. Risk de fɔ mek yu gɛt siriɔs sik wit dɛn tu sik ya. Bɔt bikɔs na tu difrɛn kayn vayrɔs dɛn kin kam wit dɛn tu sik ya, dɔktɔ dɛn kin trit dɛn wit difrɛn kayn mɛrɛsin.

Udat de pan denja pas ɔl we i kam pan di flu?

Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm frɔm di flu, we min se dɛn kin nid fɔ go na ɔspitul. If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya, yu kin gɛt mɔ risk :

• If yu gɛt wan sik we nɔ de mɛn na yu lɔng lɛk asma ɔ COPD .
• Bifo yu , di kidni, liva , nervous system , .If yu dɔn gɛt at ɔ blɔd vesel sik (e.g. strok).
• If yu gɛt wan sik we de afɛkt yu mɔsul dɛn we de wok ɔ we de mek i nɔ izi fɔ kɔf, swɛla, ɔ klin di mכkus na yu lɔng .
• If yu gɛt dayabitis .
• If yu imyun sistɛm wik (e.g., HIV/AIDS, kansa, ɔ tek imyun supreshɔn mɛrɛsin).
• If yu gɛt blɔd sik lɛk siklɛt sik .
• If yu BMI pas 30 (we min se yu fat pasmak) .
• If yu nɔ rich 5 ia ɔ pas 65 ia .
• If yu na mama we gɛt bɛlɛ .
• If yu nɔ rich 19 ia yet ɛn yu de tek aspirin ɔltɛm .
• If yu de na say usay dɛn de kia fɔ pipul dɛn we dɔn ol fɔ lɔng tɛm (e.g., say usay dɛn de kia fɔ ol pipul dɛn) .

If dɛn pipul ya gɛt di flu, i kin afɛkt dɛn smɔl pas di avɛrej pɔsin, so i bɛtɛ fɔ tek tɛm bad bad wan.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ di flu?

Di sayn dɛm fɔ flu kin bigin wantɛm wantɛm . Dis na de men sayn wae yu kin si:

• Fiva
• Fɔ fil kol (Chills) .
• Bɔdi pen (especially mɔsul pen) .
• Kɔf
• Ed de at
• Trot de at
• Nɔs we de rɔn ɔ we yu nɔs de rɔtin
• Taya, fil se yu wik
• Bɛlɛ we de at ɔ vɔmit (dis kin apin mɔ pan yɔŋ pikin dɛn) .

Nɔto ɔlman go gɛt ɔl dɛn sik ya. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt sɔm pan dɛn.

Wetin mek wi kin gɛt di flu? Wetin na di kɔz?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, wan vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl influenza . Tri kayn influenza vayrɔs de we kin ambɔg mɔtalman: A, B, ɛn C.

• Influenza A ɛn B na di tu kayn we kin bɔku pan di sizin (espɛshali insay di winta), ɛn di sayn dɛm bak kin tranga smɔl.
• Di sayn dɛm fɔ influenza C nɔr kin so bad, ɛn i nɔr kin apin na di sizin. Sɔntɛm di sem kayn kes dɛn kin de ɔlsay na di ia.

Sɔntɛm yu dɔn yɛri bɔt H1N1 (“swayn flu”) ɛn bɔd flu . Dɛn tu na sɔbtayp dɛm fɔ di influenza A vayrɔs.

Yu tink se di flu kin pas?

Yɛs, di flu na sik we pɔsin kin pas. Dat min se i de skata frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. Pɔsin we gɛt di flu kin gɛt wan ɔ tu ɔda pipul dɛn.

Aw di flu kin pas frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin?

Di flu vayrɔs kin skata tru dairekt ɔ indayrɛkt kɔntakt wit pɔsin we gɛt di sik. Di we dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek di flu prɛd pas ɔl na:

• We pɔsin we de nia yu kɔf, sniz, ɔ tɔk, smɔl smɔl drɔp (`(droplets)`) kin fɔdɔm pan yu an ɔ go insay yu nos ɛn mɔt tru di ays. Dɔn di vayrɔs kin travul go na yu lɔng.
• Bay we yu tɔch sɔntin (e.g. domɔt knob, tebul, kɔmpyuta, fon) we gɛt di flu vayrɔs pan am ɛn afta dat yu tɔch yu fes, nos, mɔt, ɔ yay.
• Na bay we yu tɔch pɔsin we gɛt di flu in an ɔ in fes ɛn afta dat yu tɔch yu fes, yu nos, yu mɔt, ɔ yu yay.

Aw lɔŋ i kin tek fɔ mek di vayrɔs go insay di bɔdi fɔ mek pɔsin sik?

if di vayrus kכntrakt, di simptom dεm kin bigin fכ sho insay wan to fכ de (dεn kכl dis di ``inkubashכn pεriכd'').

Aw fɔ no di flu kɔrɛkt wan?

Yu dɔktɔ go no se yu gɛt di flu bay we i aks yu bɔt di sayn dɛm we yu gɛt ɛn tek wan sampul fɔ di mכkus na yu nos . Dɛn go tek dis sampul bay we dɛn put wan saf, lɔng, tin swab insay yu nos. Sɔntɛnde yu kin gɛt rizɔlt insay sɔm minit, ɔ dɛn go sɛn di sampul to lab ɛn di rizɔlt go de insay wan ɔ tu dez.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ di flu?

Sɔntɛnde, dɔktɔ dɛn kin gi yu mɛrɛsin fɔ mɛn di flu. Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin mek yu flu nɔr kin tranga ɛn kin mek yu gɛt dis sik shɔt. Bɔt bɔku pipul dɛn kin gɛt di flu if dɛn nɔ gɛt dɛn mɛrɛsin ya. Dɔktɔ dɛn kin gi dɛn antivayral mɛrɛsin ya pan dɛn tin ya:

• If di sik dɔn de fɔ lɛs 48 awa, dis mɛrɛsin nɔ go woke if di sik dɔn de fɔ pas tu dez. Dis na bikɔs bay da tɛm de di vayrɔs dɔn skata bɔku bɔku wan na di bɔdi ɛn di bɔdi dɔn bigin fɔ mek antibodies agens am.
• If yu gɛt ɔda ɔndalayn mɛrɛsin ɔ yu de pan ay risk fɔ gɛt siriɔs sik, dɔktɔ dɛn kin gi yu dis mɛrɛsin ilɛksɛf di sayn dɛn dɔn de fɔ pas 48 awa.
• If de sik rili bad , dɛn kin gi am mɛrɛsin ivin if di pɔsin dɔn sik fɔ pas tu dez.
• If yu de liv wit ɔr de kia fɔ pipul dɛm wae kin gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm frɔm di flu.

Wetin na di mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin gi fɔ di flu?

Bɔku antivayral mɛrɛsin dɛn de fɔ influenza:

• Oseltamivir phosphate (Tamiflu®) : Dis na mɛrɛsin we dɛn kin tek wit mɔt, ilɛksɛf na pil ɔ as wata. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin tek am fɔ sɔm dez.
• Zanamivir (Relenza®) : Dis na mɛrɛsin we dɛn kin inhal tru wan inhala. I nid bak fɔ yuz am fɔ sɔm dez. Nɔr kin fayn fɔ pipul dɛm wae gɛt prɔblɛm wit dɛn brith lɛk asma ɔr COPD.
• Peramivir (Rapivap®) : Dɛn kin gi dis as injɛkshɔn we dɛn kin put insay di bɛlɛ (IV) we dɔktɔ kin gi. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin gi am wan doz.
• Balɔksavir mabɔksil (Xofluza®) .: Dis na mɛrɛsin bak we dɛn kin tek bay mɔt, ilɛksɛf na pil ɔ likwid. Yu jɔs nid fɔ tek wan doz. I nɔ fayn fɔ uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ, mama dɛn we de gi pikin in bɛlɛ, pipul dɛn we dɔn go na ɔspitul, ɛn pipul dɛn we gɛt sɔm ɔda sik dɛn.

Bifo yu bigin fɔ tek ɛni antivayral mɛrɛsin, yu fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt ɛni ɔda wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm we yu gɛt.

Ɛni bad tin de we dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin du?

Ɛni antivayrɔs mɛrɛsin kin gɛt difrɛn sayd ɛfɛkt, bɔt di wan dɛn we kin kɔmɔn pas ɔl na nɔs ɛn bɛlɛ pwɛl (dayarɛa) . Sɔntɛnde, di mɛrɛsin dɛn we pɔsin kin blo kin mek pɔsin gɛt brɔnkospasm.

Aw fɔ kɔntrol di flu simptom dɛm na os?

Bɔrku pipul kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol dɛn flu simptom na os. Di mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin bay na kɔt (OTC) ɛn ɔda mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz na os kin ɛp:

• Rɛst fayn fayn wan.
• Drink bɔku wata lɛk wata ɛn sup. Dis kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt wata na yu bɔdi.
• If yu yuz ɔt wata bɔtul ɔ ɔt pak, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek yu bɔdi fil pen.
• Yu kin tek mɛrɛsin lɛk `(Paracetamol (Tylenol®))` ɔ `(NSAIDs)` (e.g. `(Ibuprofen – Advil®, Motrin®)`, `(Naproxen – Aleve®)`) fɔ ridyus fiva, ed pen, ɛn bɔdi pen.
• Dɛn kin yuz dikɔnjɛstant (nasal spray ɔ lozenges) lɛk phenylephrine ɔ pseudoephedrine fɔ mek yu nɔs nɔ rɔn ɛn fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku bɔku wata.
• Yu kin tek antitussives, lɛk dextromethorphan, fɔ stɔp fɔ kɔf bɔku tɛm.
• Di tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin kɔmɔt na di bɔdi lɛk guaifenesin kin ɛp fɔ mek di mכkus na di lכng dεm lכs.

Impɔtant: Dɛn OTC mɛrɛsin ya nɔ fayn fɔ ɔlman. So, i fayn ɔltɛm fɔ go to dɔktɔ bifo yu tek ɛni mɛrɛsin. I impɔtant bak fɔ no if dɛn mɛrɛsin ya go miks wit ɔda mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu de tek. Nɔ gi pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 16 ia aspirin pas dɔktɔ tɛl dɛn fɔ du am.

Wetin wi kin du fɔ mek wi nɔ gɛt di flu?

Di bɛst we fɔ ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt di flu na fɔ gɛt flu vaysin ɛvri ia . Dɛn kin gi dis as shot ɔ as sprɛy na yu nos. I impɔtant fɔ gɛt di vaysin ɛvri ia bikɔs di influenza vayrɔs kin chenj (mutate) as tɛm de go.

Ɔda we dɛn fɔ ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt flu na:

• Was yu an fayn fayn wan wit sop ɛn wata ɔltɛm. If sop nɔ de, yuz han sɛnitayza we gɛt rɔm.
• Kɔba yu mɔt ɛn yu nos we yu de sniz ɔ kɔf. I bɛtɛ fɔ kɔf/sniz insay yu ɛlbo ɔ tisu pas fɔ put insay yu an.
• Nɔ tɔk to pɔsin we sik wit wan sik we kin pas, lɛk di flu.
• If yu sik ɛn yu fɔ de nia ɔda pipul dɛn, wɛr mask.
• Nɔ tɔch yu fes, yu yay, yu nos, ɛn yu mɔt ɔltɛm.
• Nɔ sheb it, drink, ɔ tin dɛn (spɔn, fɔk, kɔp) wit ɔda pipul dɛn.

Wetin kin apin if yu gɛt di flu? Aw lɔng i go las?

Bɔrku pipul dɛn kin kɔntrol dɛn flu simptom na os ɛn kin wɛl insay sɔm dez ɔr wan wik . Bɔt e kin siriɔs, so i impɔtant fɔ wach aw yu de fil ɛn go to dɔktɔ if nid de. Dis impɔtant mɔ if yu gɛt ɔda ɔndalayn wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm dɛn.

If yu gɛt di flu, yu fɔ avɔyd fɔ gɛt tayt padi biznɛs wit ɔda pipul dɛn, pas nɔmɔ fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

Di flu kin las frɔm sɔm dez to lɛk tu wiks . Di sayn dɛm lɛk fiva ɛn bɔdi pen kin kam wantɛm wantɛm, bɔt dɛn kin stɔp kwik pas ɔda sayn dɛm. Tin dɛm lɛk kɔf ɛn nɔs we de rɔn kin las fɔ sɔm tɛm.

Aw lɔng di flu kin pas?

Yu kin gɛt dis sik frɔm wan de bifo yu bigin fɔ gɛt di sik te lɛk wan wik afta di sik bigin . Yu kin pas ɔl fɔ tri to 4 dez afta di sik bigin.Pipul wae gɛt wik imyun sistɛm ɛn yɔŋ pikin dɛm kin gɛt dis sik mɔr.

Ustɛm a kin go bak na wok/skul?

Fɔ mek yu nɔ go prɛd di flu to ɔda pipul dɛn, yu fɔ wet fɔ at le 24 awa afta yu fiva dɔn stɔp ɔl (we yu nɔ tek mɛrɛsin fɔ ridyus fiva) bifo yu go bak na wokples ɔ skul. Yu wokples ɔ skul kin gɛt difrɛn lɔ dɛn bɔt dis, so chɛk wit dɛn.

Us ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn kin apin bikɔs ɔf di flu?

Di flu vayrɔs insɛf kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm, ɔ i kin mek yu imyun sistɛm wik ɛn mek yu gɛt baktriyal infɛkshɔn (`(sɛkɔndari infɛkshɔn)`). Di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin mɔ na:

• Infεkshכn dεm na di yes
• Sayn infεkshכn dεm
• Wan siriɔs lɔng infɛkshɔn (nyumonia) . Dis nyumonia kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn we kin mek yu layf de pan denja lɛk Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).
• Mama we gɛt bɛlɛ kin gɛt bɛlɛ .
• di pikin we de gro na in mama we bεlε in bεlε kin gεt nyural tyub dεfekt (NTD) .

Ɔmɔs pipul dɛn kin day bikɔs ɔf di flu? Ɔ dis na siriɔs sik?

Insay wan tipik flu sizin na kɔntri lɛk Amɛrika, bitwin 20,000 ɛn 50,000 pipul dɛn kin day pan di flu ɛvri ia.Dɛn dɔn tɔk se ɔda 300,000 to 500,000 pipul dɛn go sik bad bad wan ɛn dɛn nid fɔ go na ɔspitul. So, i klia se dis nɔto sik we pɔsin kin ignore izi wan.

Wetin na di bɛst tɛm fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu tink se yu gɛt di flu, i impɔtant fɔ mek yu du tɛst kwik kwik wan . Dis go ɛp yu fɔ gɛt di bɛst pan di mɛrɛsin dɛn we de agens di vayrɔs if yu dɔktɔ disayd fɔ gi yu dɛn. Si dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm if yu:

• If yu gɛt flu simptom ɛn yu de na grup we gɛt ay risk.
• If yu sik nɔr de bɛtɛ afta 7-10 dez, ɔr if yu gɛt fiva fɔ pas tri dez.
• If yu na mama we gɛt bɛlɛ ɛn yu gɛt fiva ɔ ɔda flu simptom.

Ustɛm yu nid fɔ go na Imejɛnsi Tritmɛnt Yunit (ETU) ?

If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn siriɔs sayn ya, go na imejensi rum ɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm:

• Fiva we rili ay (we pas 103 Fahrenheit/40 Celsius).
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo.
• Nɔ ɔ rili smɔl urine we de kɔmɔt.
• Pen we de kɔntinyu fɔ de na di chɛst ɔ di bɛlɛ.
• Fɔ fil diziz ɔltɛm.
• Kɔnfyushɔn ( nɔ shɔ bɔt wetin de apin).
• Di mɔsul dɛn kin pen bad bad wan ɔ i kin wik.
• Pit wan- `(Seizures)`) .
• di blu kכla na di skin, di lip dεm, כ di fכs nel dεm (`(cyanosis)`) (dis kin bi sayn fכ di כksijεn we nכ de na di bכdi).
• If di fiva ɔ kɔf dɔn stɔp ɛn afta dat i kam bak.
• If ɔda krɛse sik dɛn de wɔs.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn yu fɔ aks di dɔktɔ?

We yu go si dɔktɔ, i go fayn fɔ aks kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya:

• Aw a fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin we dɛn gi mi?
• Us kayn mɛrɛsin dɛn we a kin bay na di famasi?
• Aw a go ebul fɔ kɔntrol mi sik dɛn na os?
• Us siriɔs sayn dɛn a fɔ luk fɔ?
• Ustɛm a fɔ go na di imejensi rum?
• A fɔ kam si yu bak?
• Aw lɔng i go tek fɔ mek a wɛl ɔltogɛda?

Dɛn kin kɔl dis `(influenza)` bak `bɛlɛ flu`?

Nɔ, “Bɛlɛ flu” na wetin wi kin kɔl gastroenteritis . Nɔto di influenza vayrɔs de mek i kam. I nɔ gɛt natin fɔ du wit di sizin flu we wi de tɔk bɔt.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Pan ɔl we di flu na sik we kin rili bɔku, i impɔtant fɔ mɛmba se i kin mek pɔsin gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn bak we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja. Fɔ gɛt flu vaysin (`(flu shot)`) na di bɛst we fɔ mek yusɛf nɔ sik. I kin protɛkt di wan dɛn we yu lɛk ɛn yu neba dɛn bak.

If yu gɛt ɔda ɔndalayn wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm, ɔ if yu gɛt bɛlɛ, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt aw fɔ ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt di flu. Nɔbɔdi nɔ de we nɔ gɛt di flu, bɔt bɔku pipul dɛn kin wɛl if dɛn de na os, it fayn (sɔntɛm wit chukchuk sup ɛn fim!). Bɔt if i rili bad, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ.