Yu dɔn yɛri bɔt di amoeba we de it bren? (Brain-Eating Amoeba - Naegleria fowleri) - Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis denja kɔndishɔn!

Yu go mɔs dɔn yɛri bɔt sɔm sik dɛn we rili denja. Fo dem, di wan we dem kol "Brain-Eating Amoeba" de mek yu shudder, no bi so? Pan ɔl we di nem tan lɛk se i de mek pɔsin fred, dis na infɛkshɔn we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm . Bɔt, i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dis, bikɔs tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ protɛkt wisɛf frɔm am. So tide, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis amoeba we dɛn kɔl `Naegleria fowleri` ɛn di siriɔs kɔndishɔn we i kin mek we dɛn kɔl `Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM)`.

Wetin na dis amoeba we dɛn kɔl `Naegleria fowleri`?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, `Naegleria fowleri` na smɔl smɔl tin we gɛt wan sɛl, jɔs lɛk di amoeba we wi lan bɔt na skul. Wi kin fɛn am ɔlsay na di wɔl, mɔ na say dɛn we wam ɛn shalo fresh wata (fɔ ɛgzampul, lek, riva, ɔt spring). Sɔntɛnde, i kin ivin liv na grɔn. di spεshal tin na dat dis amoeba nכ nid כda animal (host) fכ liv, i kin liv in wan na di envayroment.

כltu, we dis amoeba infεkt mכtalman, i de mek wan kכndyushכn we dεn kכl `Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM).` Dis na wan rili siriכs infεkshכn we de afekt di sεntri nεv sεstem . Infakt, i kin kil pɔsin.

Mɛmba: Na sɔm ples dɛn yu kin si "ameba" rayt insted ɔf "amoeba" ɛn "amebic" rayt insted ɔf "amoebic." Ilɛk aw i bi, dis na ɔltin bɔt di sem tin we gɛt wan sɛl.

Aw dis amoeba de go insay wi bɔdi?

Dis na kwɛstyɔn we bɔku pipul dɛn kin aks. di men we we dis `Naegleria fowleri` amoeba de enta wi bכdi na tru di nos, tru di wata we dεn kכntaminεt . Imajin se yu de swim, dayv, ɔ ple na wata we di ples wam, na lek, riva, ɔ swimin pul we nɔ gɛt klorin fayn. Da tɛm de, if di wata we gɛt dis amiba go insay yu nos, i go travul go dairekt to yu bren.

Bɔt, i impɔtant bak fɔ no dis:

• Dis sik nɔ kin apin we pɔsin drink wata we gɛt dɔti. If di amiba go insay di bɛlɛ, i nɔ go ebul fɔ rich na di bren.
• Na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, dis kin apin bak we yu de yuz tap wata (especially wam, nɔ rili klin tap wata) fɔ klin di nos.

Aw kɔmɔn dis infɛkshɔn?

Laki, dis `Naegleria fowleri` infεksh כn nכ kin rili rare . Fɔ ɛgzampul, ivin na Amɛrika, na wan wan pipul dɛn nɔmɔ dɛn kin ripɔt ɛvri ia (bitwin 0 ɛn 8). Dɛn kin si dɛn mɔ na di stet dɛn we de na di sawt, usay di wɛda kin wam, ɛn dɛn kin bɔku pan yɔŋ man dɛn.

Bɔt dis biɛn tɛm, wit klaymat chenj, dɛn dɔn ripɔt dɛn sik ya ivin na sɔm stet dɛn na di nɔt insay di sizin dɛn we kin rili wam. Dis sho se di tɛmpracha we de go ɔp na di envayrɔmɛnt kin de mek dis apin.

Wan ɔda tin na dat sɔm stɔdi dɛn de aks kwɛstyɔn bɔt aw dis infɛkshɔn rili nɔ kin apin. Bikɔs sɔm pipul dɛn gɛt antibodies agens dis amoeba na dɛn blɔd. Dis min se dɛn kin dɔn gɛt di sik ɛn dɛn kin wɛl we dɛn nɔ no. כlso, sכm day dεm we dεn bin kכl mεninjayt, dεn bin leta dεn kכl dεm bak we dεn day frכm dis ``Naegleria fowleri`` infεkshכn.

Wan ɔda tin fɔ tink bɔt na wetin mek, pan wan grup fɔ pipul dɛn we bin de ple na di sem ples ɛn di sem we, na sɔm pipul dɛn nɔmɔ kin gɛt dis infɛkshɔn. Wetin mek ɔda pipul dɛn nɔ kin du dat? Dɛn stil de du risach bɔt dis.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ dis infekshɔn?

Di sayn dɛm fɔ `Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM)` kin apia wantɛm wantɛm, ɛn dɛn kin rili bad frɔm di biginin . Di men sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt dis sik na:

• Ay fiva
• Wan ed we kin at bad bad wan (dis nɔ tan lɛk nɔmal ed we kin at) .
• Nɔs ɛn vɔmit
• Tremor
• Meningitis simptom dɛm: Lɛk bren fiva, stif nɛk, fotophobia
• Kɔnfyushɔn na yu maynd (we yu nɔ de tɔk fayn, yu nɔ de no wetin fɔ du) .
• Afta sɔm tɛm, kɔma kin kam , we min se i nɔ kin no natin.

Dis kin sɔri fɔ no, bɔt na tru: ivin wit tritmɛnt, di nɔmba fɔ pipul dɛn we kin day pan dis sik kin pas 97%.

Wetin na di kɔz fɔ dis infɛkshɔn?

as wi bin dכn tכk, dis infεkshכn kin apin we wan amoeba we dεn kכl `Naegleria fowleri` de kam insay di bren tru di nos kכva . Dis kin apin we dɛn inhal wata we gɛt di sik tru di nos. Dis amoeba kin liv na wam fresh wata rizɔva ɛn jiotɛmal wata.

Na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ dɛn kin ripɔt se dis kin apin bak we pɔsin inhal dɔst we gɛt di sik.

Bɔku ɔda kes dɛn dɔn de we pipul dɛn dɔn gɛt di sik bay we dɛn de yuz tap wata instead fɔ yuz distil ɔ sterilayz wata na tin dɛn lɛk neti pɔt, we dɛn kin yuz fɔ klin dɛn nos.

Aw lɔŋ e kin tek fɔ mek di sayn dɛn de sho? (Di tɛm we dɛn kin mek di pikin inkubayt) .

I kin tek enisay frɔm tu to fayvtin de fɔ mek di amoeba go insay di bɔdi ɛn fɔ mek di sayn dɛn sho. Dis tɛm kin difrɛn smɔl frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin.

Dis kin pas frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin?

Nɔ, dɛn nɔ dɔn si yet se dis infɛkshɔn kin pas frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. Dis min se yu nɔ go ebul fɔ kech am bay we yu tɔch ɔ tɔk to pɔsin we gɛt dis sik. Bɔt dɛn stil de du risach fɔ no if i kin pas tru di tisu ɔ ɔgan we dɛn gi am.

Aw dɛn kin no dis infɛkshɔn?

If dɔktɔ si yu, aks yu bɔt yu sik, ɛn aks yu if yu nɔ tu te yet we yu swim na wata we gɛt wam fresh wata, ɛn yu tink se yu go gɛt Naegleria fowleri infekshɔn, dɛn go se yu fɔ du sɔm tɛst.

• Spinal Tap / Lumbar Puncture: insay dis, dεn de tek wan sεmpl fכ yu sεribrospεnal fכluid (CSF) εn tεst fכ if dis amoeba de.
• Bren bayɔpsi: Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin tek smɔl pat pan di bren ɛn chɛk am ɔnda maykroskɔp fɔ no if amoeba de.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ dis?

Di men tritmɛnt fɔ Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis (PAM), ɔ Naegleria fowleri infɛkshɔn, na di antifungal drɔg amphotericin B. Sɔm pipul dɛn we dɔn sev frɔm dis sik na Nɔt Amɛrika dɛn dɔn gi am amphotericin B we dɛn jɔyn wit rifampin, fluconazole, ɛn miltefosine. Miltefosine na wan mɛrɛsin we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mɛn leishmaniasis, we na wan parasayt sik we san flay kin gɛt.

Di bɛst rizɔlt (insay di kes dɛm fɔ tu pikin dɛm we dɔn wɛl ɔltogɛda) dɔn bi bay we dɛn no di sik kwik kwik wan, gi dɛn mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin advays, ɛn we dɛn put di bɔdi tɛmpracha dɔŋ pas di nɔmal fɔ kɔntrol di bren we de swel. So, tɛm na di men tin.

Aw wi go protɛkt wisɛf frɔm dis?

We yu tink bɔt aw dis sik siriɔs, pan ɔl we i nɔ kin bɔku, i stil impɔtant fɔ tek stɛp fɔ protɛkt yusɛf. Na sɔm impɔtant tin dɛn we yu fɔ mɛmba:

• Nɔ swim, wad, ɛn spɔt na wata na wata we gɛt wam fresh wata (espɛshali di wan dɛn we gɛt wata we nɔ de chenj). If yu fɔ du dat, yuz nos plɔg fɔ mek wata nɔ go insay yu nos. Nɔ swim na say dɛn we dɛn no se gɛt Naegleria fowleri.
• Nɔ yuz tap wata fɔ wata yu nos (lɛk neti pɔt). Yuz wata we dɛn dɔn distil ɔ we dɛn dɔn stɛrilayz ɔltɛm. If yu rili fɔ yuz tap wata, bɔyl am fɔ wan minit, dɔn ɔf di faya . If yu de liv ɔp 6,500 fit ɔp di si, bɔyl di wata fɔ tri minit.
• Yu kin yuz spɛshal filta fɔ pul di jem dɛn na wata. Luk fɔ filta dɛn we dɛn rayt "NSF 53," "NSF 58," ɔ "absolut pore size of 1 micron or smaller."
• Yu kin yuz klorin blich likwid ɔ tablɛt bak fɔ disinfɛkt wata we dɛn kin yuz fɔ klin yu nos ɛn sayn. Bɔt di blech we dɛn nid fɔ klin wata we dɛn kin yuz fɔ wata di nos difrɛn frɔm di blich we dɛn kin yuz fɔ klin wata fɔ drink. Mek shɔ se yu no dis bifo yu yuz am.
• If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk fiva ɛn ed we de at afta yu dɔn swim na wata we gɛt wam fresh wata, tɛl dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm ɛn tɛl dɛn usay yu go.

Wetin na di prɔgnosis if dis sik kam?

Infakt, di chans fɔ wɛl frɔm Naegleria fowleri infɛkshɔn rili smɔl . Ivin wit tritmɛnt, bɔrku pipul dɛn kin day pan dis sik. Day kin apin insay wan wik ɔr tɛn dez afta yu dɔn si di sik, wit kɔma ɛn day kin apin insay wan wik ɔr tɛn dez.

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk fiva ɔ ed we de at afta yu dɔn swim na wam fresh wata pul ɔ yu dɔn klin yu nos wit tap wata, go to dɔktɔ ɔ go na imejensi rum wantɛm wantɛm. If yu gɛt `Naegleria fowleri` infɛkshɔn, fɔ no di sik kwik kwik wan ɛn fɔ trit yu kin rili impɔtant fɔ sev yu layf.

I fayn fɔ ɔndastand fɔ fred we yu yɛri bɔt di "amoeba we de it bren" ɛn no aw i kin denja. If yu tink se yu go dɔn gɛt dis amiba, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Bɔt i impɔtant fɔ mɛmba se dis na tin we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm . Yu kin protɛkt yusɛf bay we yu de yuz distil ɔ stɛrilayz wata ɔltɛm fɔ was yu nos, ɛn bay we yu avɔyd wata we yu tink se gɛt dɔti (espɛshali we di wɛda wam).

Di Tin we Impɔtant pas ɔl - Wan Sɔma (Tek-Home Message)

So, di men tin dɛm we yu nid fɔ mɛmba frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt na dɛn wan ya:

• `Naegleria fowleri` na amoeba we kin liv na wam fresh wata ɛn i kin mek wan bren infɛkshɔn we nɔ kin bɔku bɔt we kin kil pɔsin .
• Di infεkshכn kin kכz mεntal we di wata we infεkt de kכmכt na di bren tru di nos. I nɔ kin gɛt am we pɔsin de drink wata.
• Di sayn dɛm (fiva ay, ed we de at bad bad wan, vɔmit, nɛk we stif) kin apin wantɛm wantɛm ɛn i kin wɔs kwik kwik wan.
• I bɛtɛ fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt wan prɔblɛm:
• Nɔ swim na wata we wam ɛn stil fresh wata, ɔ yuz nos plɔg.
• Yuz wata we dɛn dɔn distil ɔ we dɛn dɔn bɔyl ɔltɛm fɔ was yu nos.
• If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk fiva ɛn ed we de at afta yu dɔn was yu wata ɔt, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

A op se dis infɔmeshɔn go yusful to yu. Stay wit wɛlbɔdi!

` Naegleria fowleri, amoeba we de it bren, praymari amoebic meningoencephalitis, PAM, amoeba, bren infεkshכn, sik we de kכmכt na wata