“Ouch!” Yu tink se mɔskito ɔ ant jɔs bit yu? Frɔm we yu it smɔl to tin dɛn we kin mek yu layf de pan denja, i impɔtant fɔ mek yu no bɔt di it we insɛkt dɛn de bit ɛn sting. Dɛn tin ya kin apin kwik kwik wan, ɛn pan ɔl we i kin tan lɛk se dɛn smɔl fɔs, dɛn kin mek yu gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn if dɛn nɔ manej dɛn kɔrɛkt wan. Na Nirogi Lanka , wi biliv se i impɔtant fɔ rɛdi. Wi go tek tɛm luk gud gud wan bɔt aw fɔ sɔlv dɛn tin ya fayn fayn wan?
Wetin na insɛkt bayt ɛn sting?
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, insɛkt kin bit we insɛkt pank yu skin. Sɔm insɛkt dɛn kin bit, ɛn ɔda wan dɛn kin sting—bɔku tɛm dɛn kin put saliva ɔ pɔyzin insay yu bɔdi. Di lɛvɛl wae yu nɔr kin fil fayn kin dip pan aw yu imyun sistɛm de riak to dis intrushɔn.
Bɔku tɛm, dɛn tin ya na smɔl smɔl tin dɛn we yu kin ebul fɔ manej fayn fayn wan na os. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, yu imyun sistɛm kin riak pasmak, ɛn dis kin mek yu gɛt siriɔs sayn dɛn lɛk ayv , i nɔ kin izi fɔ blo , ɔ yu mɔsul dɛn kin kramp .
I nɔ kin izi ɔltɛm fɔ no di rayt tin we bit ɔ swɛt yu. Bɔt if yu no di pɔsin we du di bad tin we i pɔsibul, dat kin ɛp yu ɛn yu dɔktɔ fɔ plan di rayt tritmɛnt ɛn fɔ wach gud gud wan fɔ di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin.
Wetin na di kayn we dɛn we insɛkt kin bit ɛn sting?
Ilɛksɛf na wi kɔntri ɔ ɔlsay na di wɔl, difrɛn insɛkt dɛn kin mek pɔsin vɛks. Sɔm pan di wan dɛn we dɛn kin yuz mɔ na:
- Ant bit: Ɛspɛshali frɔm agresiv kayn lɛk faya ant.
- Bed bɔg bayt: Bɔku tɛm dɛn peshɛnt ya kin kɔmɔt na yu bed na nɛt.
- Bi de sting
- Flea de bit am
- Flay bayt: Dis kategori inklud blak flay, dia flay, ɛn ɔs flay.
- Mɔskito bayt: Na tin we kin apin bad bad wan.
- Skɔpiɔn de sting
- Spayda bayt: Pan ɔl we i nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm na wi rijɔn, sɔm kayn animal dɛn lɛk di brawn reklɔs ɛn blak wido kin denja.
- Tik bayt
- Wasp sting: Dis inklud yɔlɔ jakit ɛn ɔn.
Pan ɔl we bɔku pan dɛn na tru tru insɛkt dɛn, ɔda wan dɛn lɛk chigger, skɔpiɔn, spayda, ɛn tik de insay di arachnid kategori. I nɔ mata wetin, dɛn kin yuz di wɔd “bɔg bayt” bɔku tɛm as kech-ɔl fɔ tɔk bɔt dɛn tin ya we dɛn kin mit.
Wetin na di sayn dɛn we insɛkt de bit?
Di sayn dɛm kin dipen bad bad wan pan di kayn insɛkt. Jɛnɛral wan, na di say we di bayt ɔ sting, yu kin notis:
- Rɛd ɔ chenj kɔlɔ wit wan bɔmp we rayz: Dɛn tin ya kin apia wan wan ɔ insay grup.
- It ɔ bɔn: Bayt ɛn sting na tin we pipul dɛn sabi fɔ it, sɔntɛnde i kin kam wit tingling ɔ stinging sensation.
- Smɔl smɔl swɛlin: Smɔl say we pɔf rawnd di say we di sik afɛkt kin kɔmɔn.
- Pen ɔ nɔr de fil fayn: Yu kin fil shap chuk ɔ yu kin fil pen wantɛm wantɛm we di injury fɔs apin.
Di Simptom dɛn we Gɛt bad bad wan
Sɔm spayda dɛn (ɛgz., blak wido, brawn reklɔs) ɛn skɔpiɔn sting kin mek dɛn gɛt mɔ siriɔs riakshɔn. If yu tink se wan pan dɛn tin ya dɔn bit yu ɔ swɛt yu, ɔ if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya, go to dɔktɔ na di ɔspitul we de nia yu ɔ kɔl di imejensi savis dɛn wantɛm wantɛm :
- Bɛlɛ pen ɔ kramp bad bad wan
- Fɔ drɔl pasmak
- We pɔsin de swet pasmak
- At bit kwik kwik wan
- Di ed we de at bad bad wan
- Nɔs ɛn vɔmit
- Di mɔsul dɛn kin pen ɔlsay, stiff, ɔ spasm
- Di bɔdi we de swɛla ɔlsay na di bɔdi
- Fɔ fil fayn to layt
- I nɔ izi fɔ tɔk (slurring) .
- I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo ɔ fɔ swɛla
Alɛji Riakshɔn we Insɛkt Bayt
Alɛji kin apin we yu imyun sistɛm de riak pasmak pan di insɛkt in saliva ɔ pɔyzin. כl di riakshכn dεm nכ kin sכmtεm εn i kin stil de na di say we di bayt de.
Bɔt sɔm bayt ɔ sting kin mek yu gɛt anafilaksis , we na bad bad alɛji we kin mek yu layf de pan denja . Dis kin gɛt fɔ du wit bi, wasp, ɛn faya ant. Di sayn dɛm kin bigin smɔl bɔt i kin go kwik kwik wan to anafylaksis.
Sayn dɛm fɔ se yu gɛt alɛji na:
- Diziz ɔ fɔdɔm
- At bit kwik kwik wan
- Hiv (we rayz, it rɛd wɛlt na di skin) .
- Di mɔsul dɛn we de spam
- Nɔs, vɔmit, ɔ dayarɛa
- Di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik
- Siviɔs, pasmak swel na di sayt
- Di tɔŋ ɔ di trot we de swel
- I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo ɔ fɔ swɛla
- We pɔsin de swɛt
We pɔsin gɛt alɛji, di swel kin big pas aw dɛn bin de tink, ɛn i kin mek i pas 4 inch (10 sɛntimita) in dayamita.
Di alɛji riakshɔn kin bigin insay 15 minit afta di bayt ɔ sting, pan ɔl we wan wan tɛm dɛn kin delay fɔ siks awa. De riakshɔn wae denja pasmak kin apin kwik kwik wan. Nɔr kin bɔrku, sɔm kayn sik kin apun sɔm dez afta dat, wan sik wae dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔl Sɛrum Sickness .
If yu bin dɔn gɛt ivin smɔl alɛji (lɛk fɔ swel pasmak na di say we yu de) we insɛkt bit yu trade, yu go gɛt mɔ prɔblɛm wit am tumara bambay . Duya tɔk bɔt ɛnitin we yu dɔn du trade wit yu dɔktɔ na Nirogi Lanka so dat wi go gi yu di bɛst advays bɔt aw fɔ protɛkt yusɛf ɛn fɔs ɛp.
Wetin mek insɛkt dɛn kin it pɔsin, i kin mek i it?
We insɛkt dɛn bit yu kin it bikɔs ɔf wan kemikal we yu bɔdi de pul we dɛn kɔl histamine . We insɛkt bit yu, i kin put in saliva insay yu skin. yu imyun sistεm de sho se dis saliva na fכrin invayda εn i de rilis histamin to di εria we di sik afekt fכ fכt am. Di it wae yu kin fil na essentially a side effect of dat immune response.
Di kɔmɔn tin dɛn we kin mek dɛn it ya na mɔskito, sɔm flay, bed bɔg, ɛn flay.
Aw insɛkt dɛn kin bit ɛn sting, ɛn wetin kin mek yu gɛt mɔ prɔblɛm?
Dɛn kin bit yu ɔ swɛt yu ɛnitɛm we yu de na say usay insɛkt dɛn de wok. Pan ɔl we tin dɛn we yu kin du na do lɛk fɔ wok ɔ fɔ ple kin mek yu gɛt mɔ trɛnk, insɛkt dɛn kin de bak insay yu os, mɔ na di ɔpgarɛt, bɛsin, ɔ say dɛn we dɛn kin kip wud.
Di kɔmɔn tin dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin bit ɔ sting na:
- Step pan insɛkt we yu de waka barefut na do.
- Fɔ spɛn tɛm na fɔrɛst, gadin, ɔ say dɛn we gɛt bɔku plant dɛn, mɔ we di ples wam.
- Fɔ ambɔg wan insɛkt nɛst we ayd na grɔn, tik, shrub, ɔ wɔl bay aksidɛnt.
Yu risk kin bɔku if yu:
- Liv nia lek, riva, pɔnd, ɔ wetland dɛn we gɛt mawnten.
- Spend bɔku tɛm na fɔrɛst ɔ say dɛn we gɛt lɔng gras.
- Wok na fam ɔ yu kin gɛt kɔntakt wit animal dɛn bɔku tɛm (espɛshali dɔg, pusi, ɔ ɔs).
- Wok na agrikalchɔral biznɛs ɔ dɛn de involv insay bi kipin.
Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we insɛkt kin bit ɛn sting?
Sɔm insɛkt dɛn lɛk mɔskito ɛn tik kin pas sik. Dɛn kɔl dɛn sik ya sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt . Sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn na:
- Dengue fiva we pɔsin kin gɛt
- Chikungunya we de na di wɔl
- Malaria we pɔsin kin gɛt
- Wan sik we dɛn kɔl Babesiosis
- Ehrlichiosis we dɛn kɔl Ehrlichiosis
- Ɛnsɛfalaytis
- Laym sik
- Rɔki Mawnt bin gɛt fiva
- Tayfus we dɛn kɔl Tayfus
- Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs
- Yɔlɔ fiva
- Zika vayrɔs
Nɔto ɔl sik dɛn kin de ɔlsay. Yu Nirogi Lanka dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu bɔt di kɔmɔn risk dɛm na yu patikyula rijyɔn. If yu de travul, i go fayn fɔ mek yu du risach bɔt di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin to yu wɛlbɔdi na di say we yu de go bifo tɛm.
Aw dɛn kin no se insɛkt dɛn de bit ɛn sting?
Bɔrku tɛm, yu nɔr nid fɔ gɛt fɔmal diagnosis. Bɔt if yu go to dɔktɔ, dɛn kin aks:
- We di bayt ɔ sting apin.
- Aw bɔku bayt ɔ sting yu gɛt.
- Aw kwik yu simptom dɛn bin apia.
- Us fɔs ɛd ɔ tritmɛnt yu dɔn ɔlrɛdi tray.
- Yu histri bɔt insɛkt bayt ɛn aw yu bɔdi dɔn riak bifo.
If yu gɛt siriɔs riakshɔn, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ tɛst yu alɛji ɛn i kin gi yu wan Epinephrine auto-injector (Epi-Pen®) , wit instrɔkshɔn bɔt aw fɔ yuz am sef wan.
Aw dɛn kin trit insɛkt bayt?
Mɔs pan di smɔl smɔl bayt dɛn kin bi na os. If dɛn dɔn gi yu wan EpiPen® fɔ alɛji, yuz am lɛk aw dɛn tɛl yu ɛn go na di dipatmɛnt fɔ di imejensi wantɛm wantɛm. If yu sɔspɛkt se skɔpiɔn sting ɔ bayt frɔm brawn reklɔs ɔ blak wido spayda, go to imejensi mɛdikal kia wantɛm wantɛm bay we yu kɔl yu lokal imejensi savis (911).
Di men tin dɛn we yu go gi yu fɔs ɛp na:
- Rimov di stinga wantɛm wantɛm. If bi dɔn swɛt yu, yuz di ed pat pan kad ɔ yu finga nel fɔ skrap di stinga jisnɔ. Nɔ yuz twiza, bikɔs i kin swɛt mɔ pɔyzin na yu skin.
- Rimov di insɛkt. Yuz twiza fɔ tek tɛm pul tik ɔ ɔda insɛkt dɛn we dɔn ataya.
- Klin di say wit sop ɛn wata. Dis kin ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt di sik bad bad wan.
- Put kol kɔmprɛs fɔ mek yu nɔ swel ɛn nɔ fil pen. Mek shɔ se yu rap di ays wit klos pas fɔ put am dairekt pan yu skin.
- Yuz tin dɛn we yu kin bay fɔ mek yu nɔ fil pen lɛk Paracetamol. Ɔltɛm, go to yu dɔktɔ bifo yu yuz NSAID, bikɔs dɛn nɔ fayn fɔ ɔlman.
Sɔntɛnde, yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu:
- Antibayɔtik ɔ anti-parasayt mɛrɛsin if infɛkshɔn kam.
- Antivenom fɔ patikyula bayt lɛk di wan dɛn we blak wido spayda ɔ skɔpiɔn kin gɛt.
- IV fluid ɛn mɛrɛsin fɔ siriɔs alɛji riakshɔn (anaphylaxis).
- Venom immunotherapy as wan lɔng tɛm strateji fɔ ridyus di risk fɔ anafylaksis.
Aw yu go stɔp di it we insɛkt dɛn de it?
Yu kin manej it fayn fayn wan wit krim ɛn loshan dɛn we yu kin put pan yu bɔdi. Fɔ ɛgzampul:
- Antihistamine krim (Notis: Pan ɔl we di tin dɛn we pɔsin kin it lɛk Piriton de, yu kin put krim dɛn dairekt na di sayt fɔ mek i gɛt rilif na di say we yu de).
- Hydrocortisone cream (I bɛtɛ fɔ yuz dis ɔnda di gayd fɔ yu dɔktɔ).
- Pure aloe vera gel fɔ mek yu fil fayn.
Di lɔ we impɔtant pas ɔl na: yu fɔ stɔp fɔ skrach! A no se i kin tɛmpt yu, bɔt we yu skrach, i kin pwɛl di skin ɛn i kin rili mek yu gɛt sɛkɔndari infɛkshɔn.
Wetin yu fɔ du fɔ insɛkt we dɔn swel?
If yu yuz ays pak, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt smɔl smɔl swɛlin we yu bayt ɔ sting. Mɛmba ɔltɛm fɔ rap di ays ɔ ays pak wit tin klos bifo yu put am na yu skin.
Yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ if:
- Di swɛlin kin tranga, ɔr if i kam wit ɔda sayn dɛm lɛk fɔ at fɔ blo.
- Di swɛlin kin spre smɔl smɔl na wan big say na yu skin.
- Yu notis se sɔm pat dɛn na yu bɔdi de swel we de fa frɔm di say we yu rili bayt ɔ sting.
Aw lɔng insɛkt dɛn kin las?
I kin it ɛn smɔl smɔl swɛlin kin stɔp insay sɔm dez. Bɔt sɔm bayt dɛn kin tek wan ɔ tu wik fɔ mek dɛn wɛl ɔl. If yu gɛt siriɔs alɛji ɔ yu gɛt sik we insɛkt kin kam wit, i kin tek lɔng tɛm fɔ mek yu wɛl.
Aw yu go mek insɛkt nɔ bit ɛn sting?
Pan ɔl we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ avɔyd ɛvri wan bayt, yu kin stɔp di prɔblɛm wit dɛn tin ya:
- We yu de go na say dɛn we insɛkt dɛn kin bɔku (fɔ wok, fɔ waka, ɔ fɔ kamp), yuz tin we de mek insɛkt nɔ kam (bɔg sprɛy). Sprɛy we gɛt DEET kin ɛp fɔ drɛb mɔskito, tik, ɛn sɔm flay dɛn.
- Wear lɔng sliv shit, lɔng pant, ɛn sus we yu de na say dɛn we tik dɛn de ɔ we gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm. We yu put yu pant insay yu sɔks, dat de mek yu gɛt ɛkstra layt fɔ protɛkt yu.
- We yu de travul, chɛk fɔ si if sayn dɛn de fɔ bed bɔg na di say we yu de slip.
- Nɔ yuz sɛnt ɔ loshan we gɛt bɔku flawa sɛnt we yu de spɛn tɛm na do.
- Kip it kɔba we yu de piknik ɔ pati na do fɔ mek yu nɔ atrak di bi dɛn.
- Nɔ swat pan bies. Bɔku tɛm, we yu de mek dɛn chenj, dat kin mek yu atak dɛn. If wan kam nia, nɔ de tɔk ɛn muf sloslo; dɛn go ɔltɛm lɛf yu wan if dɛn nɔ vɛks.
- Chek faya wud fɔ spayda bifo yu briŋ am insay.
- Nɔ waka na do we yu nɔ gɛt fut .
- Kip yu os ɛn yu gadin klin. Put wata we tinap fɔ mek mɔskito nɔ bɔn.
Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?
Yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya:
- Bɔku bɔku sting dɛn frɔm bi ɔ wasp.
- Wan bayt ɔ sting we rili nia yu yay.
- I de it bad bad wan ɔ swɛlin.
- Brok skin ɔ opin sores we kin kɔmɔt frɔm skrach.
- Di sayn dɛm wae nɔr kin bɛtɛ afta sɔm dez, ɔr kin wɔs as tɛm de go.
- Sayn dɛm fɔ se yu gɛt infɛkshɔn na yu skin (sɛlilayt) , lɛk fɔ rɛd rɛd, blista, ɔ pus we de skata.
Apat frɔm dat, go to dɔktɔ if yu gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ wan sik we insɛkt kin kam wit, we kin apin insay tu wiks afta yu bit yu. Dɛn tin ya na:
- Di bɔdi de pen
- Chills we de mek pɔsin kol
- Fiva
- Pen na di jɔyn dɛn
- Nɔs ɛn vɔmit
- Pen biɛn di yay
- Wan rash we tan lɛk bul in yay (na sayn we kin sho se pɔsin gɛt Laym sik) .
- Di limf no dɛm we dɔn swel
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
Insɛkt dɛn we dɛn kin bit ɛn sting na tin we kin apin na layf, mɔ if yu lɛk fɔ kamp, fɔ waka, ɔ fɔ du tin dɛn na do. Pan ɔl we bɔku pan dɛn na jɔs smɔl prɔblɛm, i impɔtant fɔ de wach.
If yu no se yu gɛt alɛji fɔ insɛkt ɔ yu dɔn gɛt bad bad tin dɛn trade, ivin we yu bit am smɔl, i kin denja. Dɔn bak, ivin if yu nɔ gɛt alɛji, sɔm insɛkt dɛn kin kɛr siriɔs sik dɛn.
Fɔ tek tɛm fɔ ɔndastand dɛn bad tin ya rili valyu. Tɔk wit yu wɛlbɔdi biznɛsman bɔt aw fɔ protɛkt yusɛf fayn fayn wan na os ɛn we yu de travul. Na Nirogi Lanka , wi biliv se fɔ no mɔ na di bɛst we fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi!
👩🏽 ⚕️ Kwɛstyɔn dɛn we dɛn kin aks bɔku tɛm (FAQs)
💬 Ustɛm bɔg bayt ɛn sting denja?
I nɔmal fɔ mek pɔsin bayt am smɔl smɔl, i kin swel, ɔ i kin it, ɛn bɔku tɛm i kin sɔlv fɔ insɛf. Bɔt fɔ bayt ɔ sting kin bi mɛdikal imejensi if yu gɛt siriɔs alɛji, we dɛn kɔl anafylaksis. Siriɔs risk fɔ yu wɛlbɔdi kin apin nɔmɔ if wasp ɔ ɔnet bit yu bɔku tɛm, ɔ if spayda we gɛt pɔyzin bit yu.
💬 Aw a go no wan riakshɔn we de pan denja fɔ mi layf?
Di sayn we de wɔn yu pas ɔl na we yu gɛt bɔku bɔku rash ɔ big big hayv we de skata fa frɔm di say we yu bayt, we de kam wit di lip, tɔŋ, ɔ fes we de swel. Ivin mɔ denja na dat, if yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo, yu fil se yu trot dɔn rɔtin, yu ed de at bad bad wan, yu ed de tɔn, ɔ yu nɔ de no natin, duya go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan (kɔl 911).
💬 Wetin na di fɔs ɛp step dɛm we dɛn kin du fɔ smɔl smɔl insɛkt bayt?
If bi bin swɛt yu, skrap di stinga jisnɔ wit yu finga nel—nɔ swɛt am. Klin di say fayn fayn wan wit sop ɛn wata. Fɔ ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ swel ɛn nɔ fil fayn, put kol kɔmprɛs fɔ lɛk 10 minit. If di it de kɔntinyu fɔ it, yu kin yuz wan antihistamin we yu kin bay na kɔt (lɛk Cetirizine) ɔ yu kin put Calamine loshan fɔ mek di skin kol.
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