Lɛ wi lan mɔ bɔt dis ‘flu’ (influenza) we ɔlman kin gɛt, nɔto so?

So, di sik we dɛn de tɔk bɔt ɔlsay dɛn tɛm ya, ɛn sɔntɛm yusɛf dɔn bɛtɛ, ɔ sɔntɛm yu dɔn si pɔsin na yu famili sik ɛn sɔfa wit am, dɛn kɔl am ‘flu’. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl am bak ‘vayral flu’. So tide, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt ‘ flu ’ insay simpul wɔd dɛn. Wi go luk pan bɔku tin lɛk wetin i bi, wetin mek i kin apin, aw fɔ avɔyd am, ɛn wetin fɔ du if yu gɛt am.

Wetin rili na influenza?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, di flu na sik we wan vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl influenza kin kam wit. We yu gɛt am, yu kin gɛt sɔm kayn sik lɛk ed we de at, bɔdi we de at, trot we de at, ɛn fiva, ɛn sɔntɛnde dɛn tin ya kin tranga. Di flu kin apin mɔ insay di kol sizin. Sɔntɛnde, i kin afɛkt bɔku pipul dɛn wan tɛm, ɛn wi kin kɔl am epidemic.

Us tɛm insay di ia di flu kin bɔku pas ɔl?

Insay kɔntri dɛn na di Nɔtan Ɛmisfya, lɛk Amɛrika, dɛn kin tek di flu sizin as frɔm Ɔktoba to Me. Bɔt di tɛm we dis sik kin pas, we min se bɔku pipul dɛn kin sik, kin de bitwin Disɛmba ɛn Fɛbwari. Insay Sri Lanka, dɛn kin si dis kayn vayral fiva bɔku tɛm insay di kol ɛn ren sizin.

Aw di flu kin bɔku?

Infakt, di flu na wan sik we kin kam pan pɔsin. Imajin, na kɔntri lɛk Amɛrika, bitwin 20 ɛn 40 milyɔn pipul dɛn kin gɛt dis sik ɛvri flu sizin. So yu kin imajin aw dis kin skata kwik kwik wan.

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

Dis na kwɛstyɔn we bɔku pipul dɛn gɛt. Di flu ɛn di kɔmɔn kol kin gɛt di sem kayn sayn dɛm, lɛk we yu nos de rɔn ɛn kɔf. Bɔt , di sayn dɛm fɔ kol nɔr kin so bad, pan ɔl wae di sayn dɛm fɔ di flu kin tranga ɛn sɔmtɛm kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit denja. Mɛmba se na tu difrɛn kayn vayrɔs dɛn kin kam wit dɛn tu sik ya.

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

Dis na kwɛstyɔn bak we rili impɔtant, bikɔs di sayn dɛm fɔ dɛn tu tin ya rili fiba. So, fɔ no fɔ tru if yu gɛt di flu ɔ COVID-19, yu rili nid fɔ gɛt tɛst. 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 dɛn.

Udat de pan ay risk fɔ gɛt kɔmplikeshɔn frɔm di flu?

Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt di flu bad bad wan. Dis min se dɛn kin gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn we kin mek dɛn layf de pan denja ɛn dɛn kin ivin nid fɔ go na ɔspitul. If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya, yu kin gɛt siriɔs sik frɔm di flu:

• To yuIf yu gɛt wan sik we nɔ de mɛn na yu lɔng lɛk asma ɔ COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease).
• If yu bin dɔn gɛt sik na yu kidni, liva, nervɔs sistɛm , at, ɔ blɔd vesel (lɛk strok).
• If yu gɛt mɛrɛsin we de afɛkt di mɔsul dɛn we de wok ɔ we de mek i nɔ izi fɔ kɔf, swɛla, ɔ klin di mכkus na di lכng.
• If yu gɛt dayabitis (Diabetes Mellitus) .
• If yu imyun sistɛm wik (fɔ ɛgzampul, bikɔs ɔf HIV/AIDS, kansa, ɔ we yu de tek mɛrɛsin we de mek yu bɔdi nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ wɛlbɔdi).
• If yu gɛt sik we gɛt fɔ du wit blɔd , fɔ ɛgzampul, siklɛt sik.
• If yu bɔdi mas indeks (BMI) pas 30 (dat min se yu fat pasmak).
• If yu na pikin we nɔ rich 5 ia yet , ɔ if yu dɔn 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 dɛn fɔ lɔng tɛm.

I rili impɔtant fɔ mek pipul dɛn we de na dɛn risk grup ya, mɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt flu, fɔ go to dɔktɔ jɔs afta dɛn dɔn gɛt di sik.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ di flu?

Di sayn dɛm fɔ flu kin kam wantɛm wantɛm. Yu kin gɛt sɔm ɔ ɔl dɛn tin ya:

• Fiva
• Chills we de mek pɔsin kol
• Di bɔdi de pen
• Kɔf
• Ed de at
• Trot de at
• Nɔs we de rɔn ɔ we yu nɔs de rɔtin
• Fɔ fil taya ɛn nɔ gɛt layf
• Dayarɛa ɔ vɔmit (dɛn kin si dis mɔ pan yɔŋ pikin dɛn) .

Wetin kin mek pɔsin gɛt di flu?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, na wan vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl influenza de kam wit di flu. Di kayn wae kin pasmak pan pipul dɛm na influenza A, B, ɛn C. Fɔ dis, tu kayn, influenza A ɛn B, na sizin (i.e., bɔrku tɛm na di kol sizin), ɛn dɛn simptom dɛm nɔr kin siriɔs. Influenza C nɔ kin mek yu gɛt dis kayn bad bad sik, ɛn i nɔ kin apin insay sizin - dɛn kin ripɔt am na di sem nɔmba fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt am ɔlsay na di ia.

Ɔl tu di H1N1 (dɛn kin kɔl am bak "swayn flu") ɛn bɔd flu, we wi dɔn yɛri bɔt, na sɔbtayp dɛn fɔ di influenza A vayrɔs.

Yu tink se di flu kin pas?

Yɛs, di flu na sik we pɔsin kin pas. Bɔrku tɛm, pɔrsin wae gɛt dis flu kin gɛt wan ɔr tu ɔda pipul dɛm.

Aw di flu kin pas?

Di influenza vayrɔs kin pas tru dairekt ɔ indayrɛkt kɔntakt wit pɔsin we gɛt di sik. Na sɔm pan di men we dɛn we di flu kin pas:

• We pɔsin we sik kɔf, sniz, ɔ tɔk, drɔp kin land na yu an ɔ dɛn kin blo am dairekt na yu nos ɔ yu mɔt. Frɔm de, di vayrɔs kin travul go na yu lɔng.
• Na bay we yu tɔch sɔntin we gɛt di vayrɔs pan am ɛn afta dat yu tɔch yu fes, yu nos, yu mɔt, ɔ yu yay. Fɔ ɛgzampul, domɔt knob, dɛsk, kɔmpyuta, ɛn fon.
• 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 ɛn sho di sayn dɛm?

If yu gɛt di vayrɔs, di sayn dɛm kin bigin fɔ sho insay wan to 4 dez (inkubashɔn tɛm).

Aw dɛn kin no se pɔsin gɛt di flu?

Dɔktɔ go aks bɔt yu sayn dɛm ɛn tɛst wan sɛmpul fɔ mכkus frɔm yu nos fɔ kɔnfirm se yu gɛt di flu. Dɛn go put wan saf, kɔtɔn-tip swab (wan swab) insay yu nos fɔ luk fɔ di influenza vayrɔs. Sɔm tɛst kin gi yu rizɔlt insay minit, ɔ sɔm tɛm dɛn kin sɛn di sampul to lab ɛn dɛn kin gɛt di rizɔlt insay wan ɔ tu dez.

Aw dɛn kin trit di flu?

Sɔntɛnde, dɔktɔ dɛn kin gi dɛn mɛrɛsin we de mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt vayrɔs fɔ di flu. Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin ridyus yu risk fɔ sik pasmak ɛn shɔt tɛm wae yu de sik. 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, dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin wok fayn if di sik dɔn de fɔ pas tu dez. Dis na bikɔs bay da tɛm de di vayrɔs dɔn skata ɔlsay na di bɔdi ɛn di bɔdi dɔn bigin fɔ fɛt am wit antibodi dɛm.
• If yu gɛt ɔda sik we de ɔnda yu, ɔ if yu de pan denja fɔ gɛt siriɔs sik, yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu dis mɛrɛsin ilɛksɛf i dɔn pas 48 awa frɔm we yu bigin fɔ gɛt di sik.
• If de sayn dɛn kin rili bad , dɛn kin gi am mɛrɛsin ilɛksɛf di sik dɔn pas tu dez.
• E fayn if yu de liv wit ɔr de kia fɔ pipul dɛm wae kin gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm frɔm di flu.

Wetin na di mɛrɛsin fɔ di flu?

Na sɔm antivayral mɛrɛsin fɔ influenza:

• Oseltamivir fosfεt (brand nem Tamiflu®). Dɛn kin tek dis wit mɔt as pil ɔ wata. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin tek am fɔ sɔm dez.
• Zanamivir (brand nem Relenza®). Dis kin inhal tru di mɔt yuz inhala. I nid fɔ tek am bak fɔ sɔm dez. Nɔr kin fayn fɔ pipul dɛm wae gɛt prɔblɛm wit dɛn brith lɛk asma ɔr COPD.
• Peramivir (brand nem Rapivap®). Dis na mɛrɛsin we dɔktɔ kin gi am dairekt insay wan vein (IV). Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin gi am wan doz.
• Baloxavir marboxil (brand nem Xofluza®). Dɛn kin tek dis bak wit mɔt as tablɛt ɔ wata. Dɛn kin tek am as wan doz. I nɔ kin fayn fɔ uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ, mama dɛn we de gi pikin in bɛlɛ, pipul dɛn we de na ɔspitul, ɛn pipul dɛn we gɛt sɔm ɔda sik dɛn.

If yu gɛt ɛni ɔda mɛrɛsin, yu fɔ rili tɛl yu dɔktɔ bifo yu bigin fɔ tek mɛrɛsin lɛk dis.

Di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn we di tritmɛnt kin gɛt

Ɛni antivayrɔs mɛrɛsin kin gɛt difrɛn sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn. Bɔt di wan dɛn we kin bɔku pas ɔl na nɔs ɛn 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 di flu simptom dɛm na os. Ova-di-Kɔnta (OTC) mɛrɛsin ɛn ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn kin ɛp:

• Rɛst fayn fayn wan as yu ebul.
• Drink bɔku wata lɛk wata ɛn sup. Dis kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt wata na yu bɔdi.
• If yu put ɔt wata bag na yu bɔdi, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek yu fil pen.
• Yu kin tek mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu nɔ fil pen lɛk asetaminofɛn (e.g., Tylenol®) ɔ NSAID (e.g., Advil®, Motrin®, Aleve®) fɔ ridyus fiva, ed pen, ɛn bɔdi pen.
• Fɔ nos we de rɔn ɔ we yu nos de rɔn, yu kin yuz sprɛy na yu nos ɔ tin dɛn we yu kin yuz fɔ mek yu nos nɔ klin, lɛk phenylephrine ɔ pseudoephedrine .
• Fɔ kɔntrol di kɔf we yu kin kɔf bɔku tɛm, yu kin tek mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek yu kɔf lɛk dɛkstromɛtɔrfan .
• Di tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin kɔmɔt na di bɔdi, lɛk guaifenesin , kin ɛp fɔ mek di mכkus na di lכng dεm lכs.

Nɔto ɔl di OTC mɛrɛsin dɛn de wok fɔ ɔlman, so i fayn fɔ chɛk wit yu dɔktɔ bifo yu yuz dɛn. Dɔn bak, mek shɔ se yu chɛk if sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn sef fɔ tek togɛda ɔ wit ɔda sɔpɔtmɛnt dɛn we yu de tek. Nɔ gi pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 16 ia aspirin pas dɔktɔ tɛl yu.

Aw yu go mek yu nɔ gɛt di flu?

Di bɛst we fɔ ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt di flu na fɔ gɛt flu vaysin ɛvri ia.Dɛn kin gi dis as injɛkshɔn ɔ as sprɛy na in nos. I impɔtant fɔ gɛt di vaysin ɛvri ia bikɔs di influenza vayrɔs kin chenj.

Na sɔm ɔda we dɛn fɔ ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt di flu:

• Was yu an fayn fayn wan wit sop ɛn wata ɔltɛm. If sop ɛn wata nɔ de, yuz han sɛnitayza we gɛt alkol .
• Kɔba yu nos ɛn yu mɔt we yu de kɔf ɔ sniz. I bɛtɛ fɔ kɔf/sniz insay yu ɛlbo ɔ tisu pas fɔ put insay yu an.
• Nɔ de nia ɔda pipul dɛn if yu ɔ ɔda pɔsin gɛt 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.
• Nɔ sheb it, drink, ɔ tin dɛn (spɔn, fɔk, kɔp) wit ɔda pipul dɛn.

Wetin kin apin if a gɛt di flu? Aw lɔng i kin tek fɔ mek i wɛl?

Bɔrku pipul kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol dɛn flu simptom na os ɛn 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 de wit ɔda pipul dɛn pas yu de go to dɔktɔ.

Aw lɔng di flu kin las?

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 go kwik pas ɔda sayn dɛm. Kɔf ɔ nɔs we de rɔn kin las fɔ sɔm tɛm.

Aw lɔng di flu kin pas?

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

Ustɛm a kin go bak na wok/skul?

Fɔ mek yu nɔ go pas di flu to ɔda pipul dɛn, yu fɔ wet fɔ at le 24 awa afta yu nɔ gɛt fiva (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.

Kɔmplikɛshɔn dɛn we di flu kin gɛt

Di influenza vayrɔs insɛf kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm, ɔ i kin mek yu imyun sistɛm wik ɛn alaw baktri dɛm fɔ infɛkt difrɛn pat dɛm na yu bɔdi (sɛkɔndari infɛkshɔn). Dɛn kayn kɔmplikeshɔn ɛn sɛkɔndari infɛkshɔn ya na:

• Infεkshכn dεm na di yes
• Sayn infεkshכn dεm
• Nyumonia, na wan bad bad infekshɔn na di lɔng. Nyumonia kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn we kin mek yu layf de pan denja lɛk Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).
• di bεlε we i de lכs/di bεlε.
• di nyural tכb dεfεkt (NTD) de apin na di pikin we de gro na di bεlε in bεlε mama.

Insay wan tipik flu pandemik na kɔntri lɛk Amɛrika, dɛn se bitwin 20,000 ɛn 50,000 pipul dɛn kin day pan di flu ɛvri ia. Ɔda 300,000 to 500,000 pipul dɛn kin sik bad bad wan ɛn dɛn kin gɛt fɔ go na ɔspitul.

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu tink se yu gɛt di flu, i impɔtant fɔ mek yu du tɛst kwik kwik wan. Dɔn, if yu dɔktɔ gi yu mɛrɛsin fɔ fɛt di vayrɔs, dɛn go wok fayn. Si dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm if:

• If yu gɛt flu simptom ɛn yu gɛt ɔda ɔndalayn mɛdikal kɔndishɔn we de put yu pan ay risk fɔ sik bad bad wan .
• If di sik nɔ de bɛtɛ afta sɛvin to tɛn dez, ɔ if fiva de fɔ pas tri dez.
• If yu na mama we gɛt bɛlɛ ɛn yu gɛt fiva ɔ ɔda sayn dɛn fɔ flu .

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

If yu gɛt sayn fɔ siriɔs sik, yu fɔ go na imejensi rum ɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Dɛn kayn sayn ya na:

• Ay fiva (we pas 103 Fahrenheit/40 Celsius).
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo.
• Nɔ ɔ rili smɔl urine we de kɔmɔt.
• Chest ɔ bɛlɛ (abdominal) pen we nɔ de go.
• Diziz we de kɔntinyu fɔ de.
• Kɔnfyus.
• Di mɔsul dɛn kin pen bad bad wan ɔ i kin wik.
• Di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik.
• Blu kכla fכ di skin, lip, כ fכ finga nel ( cyanosis - dis min se di כksijεn lεvεl de lכw na yu bכdi כ tisu dεm).
• Di fiva ɔ kɔf kin bɛtɛ, dɔn i kin wɔs bak.
• Ɔda sik dɛn we nɔ de mɛn we nɔ de mɛn de wɔs.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn yu fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ?

• Aw ɛksaktɔli a go tek dis mɛrɛsin?
• Us kayn mɛrɛsin dɛn we a kin bay na di famasi?
• Aw a go ebul fɔ kɔntrol mi sik dɛn na os?
• Us bad bad sayn dɛn a fɔ wɔri bɔt?
• Ustɛm a fɔ go na di imejensi rum?
• Ustɛm a fɔ si yu bak?
• Aw lɔng i go tek fɔ mek a wɛl?

Yu tink se bɛlɛ flu na di sem wit inflɔɛnsa?

Nɔ, di sik we dɛn kɔl gastroenteritis, we dɛn kin kɔl di bɛlɛ flu, nɔto di influenza vayrɔs kin mek i gɛt am. Na wan ɔda sik wae nɔr gɛt natin fɔ du wit di sizin flu.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn we yu fɔ mɛmba

Pan ɔl we di flu na sik we kin rili bɔku, i impɔtant fɔ mɛmba se i kin mek pɔsin gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja. Fɔ gɛt flu shot na di bɛst we fɔ mek yu nɔ sik ɛn protɛkt di wan dɛn we yu lɛk ɛn neba dɛn.If yu gɛt ɔda ɔndalayn mɛrɛsin ɔ yu gɛt bɛlɛ, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt aw fɔ ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt di flu. Fɔ gɛt di flu nɔr kin fayn, bɔt fɔ bɔrku pipul, na wan sik wae dɛn kin trit wit gud fim ɛn wan bol fɔ chukchuk sup. Bɔt, i impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ we nid de.