Yu smɔl pikin sɛf dɔn gɛt COVID-19? Nɔ fred, no dis!

So, di tin we evribodi de tok abaut dis dez na di Covid (COVID-19) pandemic. Yu go mɔs no se wi smɔl pikin dɛn kin gɛt am jɔs lɛk big pipul dɛn. Bɔt bɔku tɛm, we i kin apin to smɔl pikin dɛn, i nɔ kin rili bad lɛk aw i kin apin to big pipul dɛn. Bɔt as mama ɔ papa, i nɔmal fɔ fred ɛni sik we smɔl pikin gɛt. So tide, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt Covid (COVID-19) we dɛn smɔl pikin ya kin gɛt.

Wetin na COVID-19 pan pikin dɛm?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, COVID-19 na sik we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de blo . I kin afɛkt ɛnibɔdi, ilɛksɛf i yɔŋ ɔ i ol. Na wan vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl SARS-CoV-2 kin mek am. Pikin dɛm, wae kin yɔŋ pas big pipul dɛm, nɔr kin sho sɔm kayn sik wae dɛn gɛt am, ɔr e kin kam ɛn go jɔs lɛk kol.

Bɔt fɔ sɔm pikin dɛn, i kin rili bad . If na so i bi, dɛn kin nid fɔ go na ɔspitul ɛn trit dɛn, sɔntɛnde ivin na di Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Pikin dɛm wae gɛt ɔda ɔndalayn mɛdikal kɔndishɔn, lɛk tayp 2 dayabitis , at sik , ɔr lɔng sik, kin gɛt bɔrku risk fɔ gɛt siriɔs COVID-19.

Bɔt i impɔtant fɔ no se ivin pikin dɛn we nɔ gɛt ɛni ɔndalayn mɛdikal kɔndishɔn kin sik bad bad wan wit COVID-19 sɔntɛnde, mɔ if dɛn nɔ gɛt di vaysin . Na dat mek di dɔktɔ dɛn we de mɛn pikin dɛn kin tɛl pikin dɛn ɔltɛm fɔ gɛt di COVID-19 vaysin. I impɔtant bak fɔ mek ɔlman na di os gɛt dɛn doz fɔ di COVID-19 vaysin. Dis go protɛkt pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 6 mɔnt yet, we nɔ ebul fɔ gɛt di vaysin, ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn we kin sik bad bad wan.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ COVID-19 pan pikin dɛm?

Infakt, i kin tranga smɔl fɔ no if yu pikin gɛt COVID-19 bay di sayn dɛm nɔmɔ. Dis na bikɔs di sayn dɛm fɔ COVID-19 rili fiba di simptom dɛm fɔ ɔda infɛkshɔn dɛm we wi kin si, lɛk di flu ɔ RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) .

Di sayn dɛm we de sho se pikin dɛn gɛt COVID-19 na:

• Fiva (dis na di wan we kin bɔku pas ɔl) .
• Kɔf (dis bak kin rili kɔmɔn) .
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo
• Trot de at
• Ed de at
• Bɔdi de at, di mɔsul dɛn de twitch
• Fatigue (nɔ gɛt ɛnaji fɔ du ɛnitin) .
• Nɔs we de rɔn (nɔs we dɔn stɔp) .
• Nɔs we de rɔn
• Gastrointestinal symptoms (GI symptoms) - tin dɛm lɛk nɔs, vɔmit, ɛn dayarɛa.

Dɛn sayn ya kin difrɛn frɔm wan pikin to ɔda wan. Sɔm pikin dɛn nɔ kin sho ɛni simptom atɔl (wi kin kɔl dɛn `asymptomatic`, we min se dɛn nɔ gɛt ɛni simptom). Fɔ bebi dɛn we nɔ rich wan ia yetNa fiva nɔmɔ kin apin, i nɔ kin want fɔ gi pikin in bɛlɛ, ɛn nɔ ɔda sayn dɛn nɔ kin de.

If yu pikin gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya, ɔ if yu tink se yu pikin jɔs nɔ wɛl, i go fayn fɔ mek yu tɔk to dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn . Dɔn di dɔktɔ kin no di rayt tin we de apin ɛn if nid de, i kin aks yu fɔ kam insay ɛn si yu pikin.

Wetin mek smɔl pikin dɛn kin gɛt COVID-19?

Di sik we dɛn kɔl COVID-19 na wan vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl `SARS-CoV-2`, we kin ambɔg pikin ɛn big pipul. Dis vayrɔs de pan di korona vayrɔs famili . Dis vayrɔs kin go insay di bɔdi tru pɔsin in mɔt, in nos, ɔ in yay. We di vayrɔs dɔn go insay di bɔdi, i kin bigin fɔ bɔku smɔl smɔl.

COVID-19 na sik we kin pas bad bad wan . Yu pikin kin gɛt di sik if i gɛt smɔl smɔl drɔp dɛm we de kɔmɔt na di briz (`respiratory droplets`) we kin kɔmɔt we pɔsin we gɛt di vayrɔs kɔf, sniz, tɔk, siŋ, ɔ blo. Dɛn kin gɛt dis sik bak bay we dɛn tɔch wan say we gɛt di vayrɔs pan am ɛn afta dat dɛn tɔch dɛn fes. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu pikin go skul ɛn kam nia pɔsin we gɛt COVID, ɔ tɔch tɔys we gɛt di vayrɔs pan am, chans de fɔ mek i gɛt di sik.

Wetin na de prɔblɛm wae kin kam wit dis sik?

Bɔku prɔblɛm dɛn de we yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin gɛt bikɔs ɔf COVID-19:

• Krɔp - Na bad bad kɔf we kin kam bikɔs di ɔpa respiratɔri trakt kin swel.
• Bronchiolitis - Na infεkshכn na di sכm sכm aywe dεm na di lכng.
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) - Na wan sik wae de afekt di lכng dεm bad bad wan.
• Mayokarditis - Inflameshɔn na di at mɔsul .
• Akyu kidni fεil - di kidni fεil wan wan.
• Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) - Dis na siriɔs sik we kin apin sɔm wiks afta yu gɛt COVID-19. I kin afɛkt bɔku bɔku sistɛm dɛn na di bɔdi wan tɛm.

Us pikin dɛn de pan ay risk fɔ gɛt siriɔs COVID-19?

Pikin dɛm wae gɛt dis kayn sik kin gɛt bɔrku sik ɔr kɔmplikeshɔn frɔm COVID-19:

• Fɔ bɔn pikin dɛn bifo tɛm (bebi dɛn we dɛn bɔn bifo tɛm) .
• Asma ɔ ɔda sik dɛn we nɔ de mɛn na di lɔng
• Fat pasmak - Fɔ fat pasmak
• Tayp 2 dayabitis
• Hat sik we dɛn bɔn wit ɔ sik we de ambɔg di at ɛn di blɔd
• Siklɔs sik sik
• Sik dɛm wae de afɛkt di bren ɔr di nervɔs sistɛm
• Situeshɔn dɛn we dɛn fɔ yuz fidin tyub fɔ gi it
• Di imyun sistɛm we dɔn kɔmprɔmis

Aw yu go no if pikin gɛt COVID-19?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔnfyus se COVID-19 de wit wan laboratori tɛst . Di dɔktɔ kin tek wan sɛmpul pan yu pikin in saliva, ɔ yuz smɔl swab fɔ tek sɔm wata frɔm dɛn nos ɔ trot ɛn sɛn am na di lɛbɔtri.

Naw, ``at-home test`` kit de we yu kin tek na os. If dis kayn tɛst sho se yu pikin gɛt COVID-19, kɔl yu dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn wantɛm wantɛm . I go tɛl yu wetin fɔ du nɛks.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin trit pikin dɛn we gɛt COVID-19?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin trit ɛni pikin bay aw dɛn sik ɛn wetin dɛn nid. Dɛn kin pe atɛnshɔn mɔ pan fɔ ridyus di sik dɛn ɛn, sɔm tɛm dɛn, fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt ɔ fɔ kɔntrol di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin .

Bɔrku yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin gɛt sɔm kayn sik wae nɔr kin pasmak ɔr kin gɛt sɔm kayn sik . Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin bɛtɛ we dɛn de kia fɔ dɛn na os. Yu dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn go gi yu advays bɔt aw fɔ kia fɔ yu pikin. Jɛnɛral wan, yu kin du dɛn tin ya:

• Gi yu pikin bɔku wata fɔ drink . Dis go ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt wata na yu bɔdi. Wom sup ɛn pɔrit kin fayn.
• Kɔntrol yu pikin in fiva . Aks yu dɔktɔ bifo yu gi yu mɛrɛsin fɔ ridyus yu fiva.
• Mek shɔ se yu pikin gɛt bɔku rɛst . Stɔp fɔ rɔn ɛn ple fɔ sɔm tɛm.
• If yu pikin in nos stɔp, put humidifier na dɛn rum fɔ ɛp am fɔ blo izi wan.

If yu pikin de pan ay risk fɔ gɛt siriɔs COVID-19, yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu mɛrɛsin fɔ fɛt di vayrɔs. Dɛn kin gi dɛn tin ya nɔmɔ pan rili spɛshal kes dɛm, if di dɔktɔ tink se dɛn nid fɔ de.

If di sayn dɛn we de sho se di sik kin tranga ɔ prɔblɛm dɛn kin kam, yu pikin kin nid fɔ go na ɔspitul . Sɔm pikin dɛn kin nid fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt na di say usay dɛn de kia fɔ pipul dɛn we sik bad bad wan (ICU). If dis apin, yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt. Sɔpɔt kia we yu pikin kin gɛt na ɔspitul inklud:

• Mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz
• Intravenous (IV) fluid - tin dεm lεk salin
• Sɔplimɛnt ɔksijɛn

Aw lɔng yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin gɛt COVID-19?

Bɔku pikin dɛn kin wɛl insay lɛk wan ɔ tu wik so . Bɔt pikin dɛn we gɛt prɔblɛm kin tek lɔng tɛm fɔ mek dɛn wɛl. Yu dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn kin tɛl yu mɔ bɔt dis.

Ustɛm a go sɛn mi pikin bak na skul?

Bɔt fɔ sɛn yu pikin bak na skul ɔ na daycareFɔ fala yu dɔktɔ in advays. Dɔn bak, chɛk wit yu skul. Bɔku skul ɛn de kia sɛnta dɛn kin gɛt dɛn yon lɔ bɔt aw fɔ kam bak afta yu dɔn sik.

Wetin na di fiuja fɔ yɔŋ pipul dɛn we dɔn gɛt COVID-19?

Bɔku yɔŋ pipul dɛn kin wɛl ɔlsay ɛn dɛn de du wɛl afta COVID-19. Bɔt sɔm pikin dɛn kin gɛt `pɔst-COVID kɔndishɔn` . Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak `Lɔng COVID` . Dis na wan kɔlekɛshɔn fɔ simptom dɛm we pɔsin kin gɛt insay tri mɔnt frɔm di fɔs tɛm we i gɛt COVID-19 simptom dɛm. Bɔt, `Lɔng COVID` nɔ kin bɔku pan yɔŋ pipul dɛn pas big pipul dɛn.

Di sayn dɛm we dɛn kin si pan pikin dɛm we gɛt `Lɔng COVID` na:

• We pɔsin taya
• Ed de at
• Nɔ ebul slip
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ mek yu pe atɛnshɔn to yu
• Mɔsul ɛn jɔyn pen
• Kɔf

If yu pikin kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn fɔ COVID-19 ɔ gɛt nyu sayn dɛn, tɛl yu dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn .

Aw a go mek mi pikin nɔ gɛt COVID-19?

I nɔ kin izi ɔltɛm fɔ protɛkt yu pikin ɔltogɛda frɔm kɔmɔn infɛkshɔn lɛk COVID-19. Bɔt sɔm tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm ɛn fɔ mek ɔlman na yu os gɛt wɛlbɔdi:

• Disinfɛkt di say dɛn we dɛn kin tɔch bɔku tɛm . Rid di lɛbl pan di tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ klin na os ɛn fala di instrɔkshɔn dɛn fɔ disinfɛkt. Dis go kil vayrɔs ɛn ɔda jem dɛn we de na say dɛn lɛk kɔnta ɛn domɔt knob.
• Wash yu an dɛn fayn fayn wan . I impɔtant fɔ was yu an bifo ɛn afta yu it, pripia it, ɛn afta yu dɔn yuz di bafa. I fayn fɔ tek tɛm pasmak fɔ was yu an insay di sizin we yu de blo. Fɔ ɛgzampul, was yu an wit sop ɛn wata afta yu dɔn go na pɔblik ples ɔ yu dɔn kia fɔ pɔsin we sik. Kip han sanitayza nia yu fɔ yuz we sop ɛn wata nɔ de.
• Tich yu pikin dɛn aw fɔ kɔf . Dis min se yu fɔ kɔba yu kɔf wit tisu ɔ yu ɛlb, ɛn nɔ fɔ kɔf na do. Du di sem tin, ɛn ɛnkɔrej yu pikin dɛn fɔ du di sem tin.
• Limit di we aw yu de si am . If yu gɛt pikin ɔ ɔda pɔsin na yu os we de pan ay risk fɔ COVID-19, tink bɔt us tin dɛn ɛn du tin dɛn we yu go avɔyd, mɔ di tɛm we yu gɛt ay sik we yu de blo. Sɔntɛm yu nɔ go gri fɔ tek inviteshɔn fɔ wan big program we dɛn kin gɛt insay os, ɔ yu kin plan fɔ ple na do instead fɔ ple insay os we yu pikin ɛn in padi dɛn de togɛda. Aks yu dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn if i fayn fɔ mek yu pikin wɛr mask na skul ɛn ɔda say dɛn.
• Tek tɛm we yu de kia fɔ pɔsin we sik na yu famili.. If yu de kia fɔ yu pikin ɔ ɔda pɔsin we gɛt COVID-19, wɛr fes kɔba we fit fayn fayn wan we yu de nia dɛn. Dɔn bak, if di pɔsin we sik pas 2 ia ɛn ebul fɔ wɛr wan, dɛn fɔ wɛr fes kɔba. If i pɔsibul, pik yusɛf ɔ ɔda pɔsin fɔ bi di men pɔsin we de kia fɔ yu fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku pipul dɛn we go gɛt dis sik. I bɛtɛ fɔ kip di pɔsin we gɛt COVID-19 na wan rum ɔ pat pan di os ɛn nɔ kɔntakt wit ɔda pipul dɛn.

Yu tink se dɛn fɔ gi mi pikin vaysin agens COVID-19?

Dɔktɔ dɛn se ɔl pikin dɛn we ol 6 mɔnt ɔ pas dat fɔ gɛt di COVID-19 vaysin . Di vaysin de tren yu pikin in imyun sistɛm fɔ fɛt di vayrɔs. Dipen pan yu pikin in ej ɛn ɔda tin dɛn, yu kin nid fɔ tek wan ɔ mɔ doz fɔ di vaysin. Di bɛnifit dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i gi di COVID-19 vaysin to yɔŋ pikin dɛn na:

• Di vaysin kin mek yu pikin nɔ gɛt COVID-19.
• Ivin if yu pikin sik, di vaysin kin ridyus di risk fɔ mek i sik bad bad wan ɛn fɔ go na ɔspitul .
• Di vaysin de ɛp bak fɔ ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt `MIS-C` (multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children), we na wan siriɔs kɔmplikeshɔn fɔ COVID-19 infɛkshɔn.
• Yu pikin nɔ kin izi fɔ mek yu gɛt COVID-19 to ɔda pipul dɛn na in famili, mɔ di wan dɛn we kin sik bad bad wan.

Jɔs lɛk ɛni ɔda tritmɛnt, yu fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn fɔ advays we dɛn mek fɔ yu pikin in nid. I go tɛl yu us vaysin yu pikin nid fɔ gɛt di bɛst protɛkshɔn agens COVID-19. I go mek shɔ bak se dɛn gi ɔda rutin vaysin dɛn kɔrɛkt wan.

Mɛmba dɛn tin ya:

• Yu kin nid ɔda doz fɔ di COVID-19 vaysin if yu pikin gɛt wik imyun sistɛm ɔ if nyu we fɔ di vayrɔs kɔmɔt.
• If yu pikin gɛt COVID-19, yu kin nid fɔ delay wan doz fɔ di vaysin. Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɔktɔ dɛn kin se yu fɔ delay di vaysin bay lɛk tri mɔnt if yu pikin dɔn sik wit COVID-19 i nɔ tu te yet. Bɔt dɛn stil nid fɔ gɛt di vaysin fɔ gɛt strɔng ɛn lɔng tɛm protɛkshɔn frɔm di vayrɔs.

Yu tink se di Covid (COVID-19) vaysin sef fɔ smɔl pikin dɛn?

Risach sho se di COVID-19 vaysin rili sef fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn. Dɛn dɔn put pikin dɛn pan klinik trial, ɛn masta sabi pipul dɛn de kɔntinyu fɔ wach aw di vaysin sef.

Sɔm mama ɛn papa dɛn kin wɔri se dɛn yɔŋ pikin go gɛt mayokarditis (inflameshɔn na di at mɔsul). Dis na tin we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm . Vayral infεkshכn lεk COVID-19 εn di flu kin mek mayokarditis bכku bכku tεm pas vaksin. Na dat mek dɔktɔ dɛn kin tɔk mɔ se di bɛnifit dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i tek di vaysin pas ɛni prɔblɛm we kin apin .

Us sayd ifekt mi pikin kin gɛt frɔm di COVID-19 vaysin?

Sɔm pikin dɛn nɔ kin gɛt ɛni sayd ɛfɛkt. Ɔda pipul dɛn kin gɛt smɔl smɔl sayd ɛfɛkt insay 12 awa afta dɛn dɔn gɛt di vaysin. Dɛn tin ya na:

• Pen, rɛd, ɛn/ɔ swel na di say we dɛn injɛkshɔn.
• We pɔsin taya.
• Fiva.
• Ed de at.
• Filin lek yu de geht kol (Chills).
• Mɔsul ɛn bɔdi pen.

Dɛn sayd ɛfɛkt ya kin go insay 24 awa afta dɛn dɔn gɛt di vaysin.

Ustɛm a fɔ kɔl dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn?

Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn insay dɛn tɛm ya:

• If yu pikin gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm fɔ COVID-19.
• If yu pikin in sik nɔ de bɛtɛ ɔ i tan lɛk se i de wɔs.
• If yu pikin dɔn gɛt COVID-19 ɛn i de pan ay risk fɔ sik bad bad wan.
• If yu gɛt kwɛstyɔn bɔt ustɛm yu kin sɛn yu pikin bak na daycare ɔ skul.
• If yu want fɔ tɔk bɔt di rayt vaksin schedule fɔ yu pikin.

Ustɛm a fɔ kɛr mi pikin go na di imejensi rum (ER)?

If yu pikin gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya , kɔl 911 wantɛm wantɛm ɔ kɛr yu pikin go na di imejensi rum :

• If i nɔ izi fɔ yu fɔ blo .
• If yu gɛt pen ɔ prɛshɔn we nɔ de dɔn na yu chɛst.
• If i tan lɛk se yu kɔnfyus wantɛm wantɛm .
• If yu nɔ ebul fɔ wek frɔm slip ɔ yu nɔ ebul fɔ wek.
• If yu si blu kɔlɔ na yu lip ɔ yu fes.

Fɔ dɔn, a fɔ se... (Tek-Home Message)

Di SARS-CoV-2 vayrɔs dɔn de wit wi fɔ sɔm tɛm naw. Tɛnki fɔ vaysin, i nɔ big trɛt lɛk aw i bin de trade. Bɔt if yu tek tɛm smɔl, dat kin ɛp yu fɔ lɔng tɛm . Pan ɔl we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ mek yu pikin nɔ sik ɔltɛm, yu kin du tin fɔ protɛkt am fɔ mek i nɔ sik bad bad wan.

Di fɔs tin we yu fɔ du na fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ we de mɛn pikin dɛn bɔt di vaysin dɛn . Fɔ mek yu pikin gɛt di vaysin na wan pan di impɔtant tin dɛn we yu kin du fɔ ridyus di risk fɔ mek i sik bad bad wan ɔ fɔ go na ɔspitul.

Yu kin du tin dɛn bak na yu layf ɛvride fɔ mek di wan dɛn we yu lɛk gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Bikɔs yɔŋ pikin dɛn nɔ kin sho di sik, i fayn fɔ tek tɛm (lɛk fɔ mek dɛn tɛst dɛn, fɔ mek dɛn wɛr mask nia dɛn) we yu go to pipul dɛn we gɛt ay risk fɔ sik bad bad wan (fɔ ɛgzampul, grani ɛn granpa). Mɛmba se, fɔ no ɛn fɔ kia fɔ wi na wi big trɛnk na tɛm lɛk dis.

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