Yu de fred fɔ gɛt mɛningɔyt? Lɛ wi lan gud gud wan bɔt baktriyal mɛningɔyt!

Wetin yu go tink if yu gɛt bad bad ed pen wantɛm wantɛm ɛn yu gɛt ay fiva? Ɔ if yu si yu smɔl pikin de kray nɔ stɔp, nɔ de drink milk, ɛn luk lɛk se i nɔ gɛt layf ɛn i gɛt fiva? Wan pan de big frayd wae kin kam na wi maynd sɔmtɛm lɛk dis na "brɛyn fiva." Tide wi de tɔk bɔt Bacterial Meningitis, na wan siriɔs sik we ɔlman de fred, bɔt i kin sev layf if dɛn tɛl yu fayn fayn wan.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, wetin na mɛningayt?

Tink bɔt wi bren ɛn wi spɛnal kɔd as tin dɛn we gɛt valyu. Fɔ protɛkt dɛn valyu tin ya, di tin dɛn we Gɔd mek dɔn mek wan kɔba we dɛn mek wit tri tin dɛn we dɛn kɔl membran. Insay mɛrɛsin, wi kin kɔl dis fɔ kɔba di mɛninges. So, we wan jem, mɔ baktri, go insay dis kɔva, mek infɛkshɔn de, ɛn bigin fɔ swel, wi kin kɔl am Bacterial Meningitis .

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin vayral ɛn baktriyal mɛningɔyt?

We wi se "meningitis," wi de tɔk mɔ bɔt tu kayn. Dɛn tin ya na vayral ɛn baktriyal mɛningaytis. Pan ɔl we dɛn ɔl tu gɛt fɔ du wit inflamɛns na di bren in kɔba, big difrɛns de bitwin dɛn tu.

Vayral meningitis na di kayn we we dɛn kin gɛt mɔ. Bɔt bɔku tɛm, i nɔ kin rili bad lɛk di kayn baktri. Bɔku tɛm, i kin sɔlv we dɛn nɔ gɛt ɛni spɛshal tritmɛnt. Bɔt baktriyal mɛningɔyt na siriɔs sik we nid fɔ go na ɔspitul ɛn trit am wantɛm wantɛm.

De tin wae impɔtant pas ɔl fɔ no - wetin na de sayn dɛm?

Di tin we denja pas ɔl bɔt dis sik na dat di sayn dɛm kin apin kwik kwik wan, sɔmtɛm insay 24 awa afta di jem kam insay di bɔdi. So, e fayn fɔ no bɔt dɛn kayn sik ya.

Di sayn dɛm wae kin kam pan pikin dɛm wae dɔn big ɛn big pipul dɛm

• Wan ay fiva we kin kam wantɛm wantɛm.
• Wan ed we nɔ go ebul fɔ bia.
• Stif nek: Dis na wan rili patikyula sayn. Di nɛk kin stif , we kin mek yu nɔ ebul fɔ rɛst yu chin pan yu chɛst.
• Difεlεns fכ luk pan layt: Sεnsitiviti to layt (Photophobia). Di yay dɛn kin fil lɛk se dɛn de tɔn blu we dɛn si layt.
• Vɔmit ɛn nɔs.
• Kɔnfyushɔn: Na filin fɔ mek yu kɔnfyus, wit tɔk we de sawnd lɛk jumbl wɔd.
• Fɔ slip ɛn fɔ vɛks.
• Sɔm kayn bad bad tin kin apin , yu kin gɛt sik ɛn strok .

Di simptom dεm na bebi dεm εn yכŋ pikin dεm

Yɔŋ pikin dɛn nɔ kin se "A gɛt ed pen." So di sayn dɛm wae dɛn kin gɛt kin difrɛn smɔl. As mama ɛn papa, una nid fɔ rili tek tɛm wit dis.

Aw dis sik kin kam? Us baktri dɛm na di kɔz?

Pan ɔl we na lɛk 50 kayn baktri dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik, sɔm kayn dɛn de we pipul dɛn kin si mɔ.

• Grup B *Strɛptokɔk* .
• *Streptococcus nyumonia* (nyumokɔk) .
• *Neisseria meningitidis* (mɛningokɔk) .
• *Ɛmofilis inflɔɛnsa*
• *Listeria monosaytojɛn dɛn*
• *Ɛscherichia kɔli* (E. kɔli) .

Di wɔndaful tin na dat bɔku pan dɛn bɔdi ya kin liv na di say we wi de, ivin wi nos ɛn trot, ɛn dɛn nɔ kin du ɛni bad tin. De pɔrsin wae gɛt dɛn kin nɔr kin sik, bɔt dɛn kin pas di baktri to ɔda pɔrsin.

Dis baktri kin spre tru klos kɔntakt wit pɔsin we gɛt di sik. Dis sik kin izi fɔ pas to ɔda pipul dɛn tru di tin dɛn we de kɔmɔt na di briz we de kɔmɔt we pɔsin we gɛt di sik kɔf, sniz, ɔ kis .

Udat dɛn de pan denja pas dat?

Pikin dɛn we ol bitwin wan mɔnt ɛn tu ia kin gɛt dis sik pas ɔl. Apat frɔm dat, big pipul dɛn we gɛt sɔm tin dɛn we kin mek dɛn gɛt dis sik kin gɛt dis sik bak.

• Pipul dɛn we gɛt adikshɔn to drɔgs ɔ rɔm
• Pipul wae gɛt bɔrku bɔrku ia ɔr nos infekshɔn (chronic infections) .
• Pipul dɛn we gɛt bad bad injury na dɛn ed
• Pipul wae gɛt nyumonia (*Nimococcal pneumonia*) .
• Pipul wae gɛt wik imyun sistɛm (e.g. HIV, pipul dɛm wae gɛt kansa) .
• Pipul dɛn we dɛn dɔn ɔpreshɔn fɔ pul dɛn splin
• Pipul dɛn we gɛt siklɛt sik
• Pipul dɛn we dɛn dɔn du ɔpreshɔn pan dɛn bren ɔ dɛn spɛnal kɔd

Nɔto dɛn pipul ya nɔmɔ, bɔt na ples dɛn we bɔku pipul dɛn de nia nia, lɛk yunivasiti dɔm ɛn soja kamp, ​​de pan big risk fɔ mek dis sik go ɔlsay.

Aw dɛn kin no di sik ɛn trit am?

We yu go na ɔspitul wit di sayn dɛm we wi dɔn tɔk bɔt, di dɔktɔ go aks yu fɔs bɔt yu sik ɛn du yu bɔdi ɛgzam. Dɔn, dɛn go du sɔm tɛst fɔ kɔnfirm di diagnosis.

• Lumbar Puncture: Dis na di tɛst we impɔtant pas ɔl. dis involv fכ put sכmכl nidul insay yu lכw bכk εn tek sכm sכm sεmpl fכ di wata we de rawnd yu spεnal kכd (sεribrospεnal fכluid - CSF). Dis nɔ kin izi fɔ yu smɔl, bɔt i impɔtant fɔ no if yu gɛt di sik. Dɛn kin tɛst dis wata fɔ si if ɛni baktri de ɛn us kayn i bi.
• Blɔd ɛn urine tɛst: Dɛn tin ya kin gi infɔmeshɔn bak bɔt di infekshɔn.

Di tritmɛnt inklud IV antibayɔtiks. Dɛn kin gi kɔtikosterɔyd bak fɔ ridyus di swɛlin na di mɛninges. Bay di tɛst rizɔlt, dɛn kin pik di antibayɔtik we fit di baktri dɛm we de mek di infekshɔn ɛn kɔntinyu fɔ trit am.

Yu tink se we dɛn de fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt dis sik?

Yɛs, di gud nyus na dat wi gɛt vaysin fɔ protɛkt frɔm sɔm pan di men kayn baktri dɛm we de kɔz dis denja sik.

• Meningococcal vaccine: Protɛkt yusɛf frɔm *N. meningitidis* baktri dɛm.
• Nyumokɔk vaksin: Protɛkt agens *S. nyumonia* baktri dɛm.
• *Haemophilus influenzae* tayp b (Hib) vaysin: Protɛkt yusɛf frɔm *H. influenzae* baktri dɛm.

Dɛn vaysin ya de bak insay wi kɔntri in nashɔnal vaksin program. Chek wit yu famili dɔktɔ ɔr lokal famili wɛlbɔdi ɔfisa fɔ si if yu pikin dɔn gɛt dɛn vaysin ya di rayt tɛm.

Tin dɛn we yu kin du apat frɔm vaysin

• Fɔ mama dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ: I impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn du tɛst fɔ Grup B Streptococcus arawnd 36 ɔ 37 wiks we dɛn gɛt bɛlɛ. If yu gɛt di infekshɔn, yu dɔktɔ go gi yu antibayɔtik fɔ mek di infekshɔn nɔ go pas to yu pikin we i de bɔn.
• Nɔ smok.
• Slip fayn ɛn kɔntinyu fɔ liv fayn layf.
• Stay away frɔm pipul dɛn we sik.
• Wash yu an fayn fayn wan wit sop ɔltɛm.
• We yu de kɔf ɔ sniz, kɔba yu mɔt ɛn nos wit tisu ɔ yu ɛlb.