Koronavirus & Nyumonia: Mek wi get to di bottom of dis!

Wi ɔl no bɔt di korona, ɔ COVID-19, bay naw, nɔto so? Bɔrku pipul dɛn kin gɛt sɔm kayn sik lɛk fiva, kɔf, ɛn nɔr kin blo fayn we dɛn gɛt am. Bɔt yu no se fɔ sɔm pipul dɛn, i kin tranga mɔ ɛn i kin tɔn to nyumonia, we kin afɛkt dɛn ɔl tu di lɔng dɛn ɛn i kin ivin put dɛn layf pan denja? So tide, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt wetin na COVID-19 nyumonia ɛn aw fɔ avɔyd am.

So wetin na dis nyumonia?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, nyumonia na infekshɔn na yu lɔng dɛn. I kin mek di smɔl smɔl ay sak dɛn we de na yu lɔng dɛn inflamɛns. we dεn ay sak dεm ya fulכp wit wata lεk mכkus εn pus, i kin rili at fכ brith.

If yu gɛt dis sik, yu kin gɛt siriɔs shɔt briz , kɔf , fiva , pen na yu chɛst , kol , ɛn taya pasmak .

Bɔku tɛm, dɔktɔ kin gi yu mɛrɛsin fɔ kɔf ɛn mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu nɔ fil pen. Bɔt if di sik bad, yu kin nid fɔ go na ɔspitul ɛn ivin put yu na ventilator fɔ mek yu ebul fɔ blo.

Nyumonia kin kam as kɔmplikeshɔn fɔ vayral infɛkshɔn, lɛk COVID-19, di kɔmɔn kol, ɛn influenza (flu). I kin kam bak frɔm ɔda smɔl smɔl tin dɛn lɛk baktri ɛn fɛns.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ nyumonia we COVID-19 kin kɔz?

Smɔl difrɛns de bitwin di fɔs simptom dɛm fɔ COVID-19 ɛn di simptom dɛm we de divɛlɔp to nyumonia. Lɛ wi brok dis klia wan.

Udat kin gɛt dis sik pas ɔlman? (Grup dɛn we gɛt risk)

Pan ɔl we ɛnibɔdi kin gɛt COVID-19 nyumonia, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt ay risk.

• Ɛnibɔdi we dɔn pas 65 ia kin gɛt mɔ prɔblɛm. Di wan dɛn we dɔn pas 85 ia kin gɛt mɔ prɔblɛm.
• Pipul dɛn we de na os usay dɛn de kia fɔ ol pipul dɛn.
• Pipul dɛn we gɛt ɔda siriɔs sik dɛn. Fɔ ɛgzampul:
• Asma we gɛt asma
• Ɔda sik dɛn we kin kam pan pɔsin in lɔng
• Di ay blɔd prɛshɔn
• At sik
• Shuga
• Liva sik
• Renal we nɔ de wok fayn
• Sivɛri fat (bɔdi mas indeks (BMI) pas 40) .

Apat frɔm dɛn pipul ya, ɛnibɔdi we in imyun sistɛm wik kin gɛt mɔ prɔblɛm. Dis kin inklud pipul dɛn we de smok, pipul dɛn we de gɛt kansa tritmɛnt, pipul dɛn we dɛn dɔn transplant bon mɛrɔ, pipul dɛn we gɛt HIV/AIDS we dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol, ɛn pipul dɛn we de tek mɛrɛsin dɛn we de stɔp di imyun sistɛm, lɛk stɛroyd.

Aw dɔktɔ go no se dis na nyumonia?

Yu dɔktɔ go tek tɛm chɛk yu sik dɛn ɛn du tɛst lɛk fɔ tek ɛkstrem na yu chɛst fɔ no if dis na COVID-19 nyumonia.

Apat frɔm dat, blɔd tɛst kin gi mɔ infɔmeshɔn bɔt dis sik.

• di nכmba fכ di limfosayt dεm we de na di bכdi dכn dכn.
• εlevεt C-rεaktiv protin (CRP) lεvεl dεm.
• Di ɔksijɛn we de na di blɔd kin go dɔŋ.

Sɔntɛnde, we dɛn tek CT skan na di chɛst, i kin tan lɛk se ɔl tu di lɔng dɛn gɛt say dɛn we dɔn pwɛl. Dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔl dis ‘grɔn glas’ we pɔsin kin si.

Yu tink se tritmɛnt de fɔ COVID-19 nyumonia?

Yɛs, tritmɛnt de fɔ tru. Bɔku tɛm, nyumonia kin nid fɔ de na ɔspitul.Yu go nid fɔ tek am. Na de, dɛn go gi yu ɔksijɛn, kɔnɛkt yu to ventilatɔ if yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo, ɛn gi yu salin (IV fluid) fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt wata na yu bɔdi.

Ɔda we dɛn de fɔ trit pipul dɛn we de na ɔspitul wit siriɔs COVID-19, lɛk stɛroyd , ɔda mɛrɛsin dɛn we de afɛkt di imyun sistɛm, ɛn antivayrɔs drɔgs lɛk Remdesivir (Veklury) .

Aw wi go protɛkt wisɛf frɔm dis bad bad tin?

If yu de pan wan pan di risk grup dɛm we wi dɔn tɔk bɔt, mek shɔ se yu tek dɛn pɔynt ya na yu maynd.

• Gɛt yu COVID ɛn nyumonia vaysin dɛn di rayt tɛm. Pan ɔl we di nyumonia vaysin we dɛn kin gi ɔltɛm nɔ de protɛkt yu frɔm di korona vayrɔs, i kin ɛp fɔ mek yu ɔl gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt us vaysin dɛn we fayn fɔ yu.
• Wash yu an ɔltɛm. Skrab dɛn fayn fayn wan wit sop fɔ at le 20 sɛkɔn.
• If yu nɔ gɛt akses fɔ was yu an, yuz han sɛnitayza we gɛt at le 60% alkol.
• Nɔ tɔch yu fes, yu mɔt, ɛn yu yay we yu nɔ was yu an.
• Avɔyd pipul dɛn we sik.
• Stay na os as yu ebul ɛn nɔ kɔntakt ɔda pipul dɛn smɔl.