Yu dɔn ɛva notis se sɔm pipul dɛn an, mɔ dɛn leg, kin big ɛn swɛlin lɛk ɛlifant in leg? Insay kɔmɔn langwej, wi kin kɔl dis kɔndishɔn "ɛlifantiasis" ɔ "ɛlifantiasis". Dis na rili wan sik we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm. We wi de tɔk bɔt mɛrɛsin, wi kin kɔl am `Lymphatic Filariasis`. Nɔ fred we yu yɛri dis nem. So tide, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt wetin na Ɛlifantiasis, aw i kin kam, ɛn wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ am.
Wetin kin mek pɔsin gɛt Barawa sik?
Di fɔs tin we wi fɔ ɔndastand na dat dis nɔto sik we pɔsin kin gɛt we mɔskito it wan tɛm. Fɔ mek yu gɛt malaria, yu fɔ gɛt bɔku bɔku mɔskito dɛn we gɛt di sik fɔ lɔng tɛm na kɔntri usay wan patikyula kayn rawndwɔm kin bɔku.
Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, na dis kin apin: We mɔskito we de kɛr rawndwɔm larva bit yu, di smɔl smɔl larva dɛn kin go insay yu blɔd. Frɔm de, dɛn kin travul go na yu bɔdi in limf sistɛm ɛn bigin fɔ gro. Dɛn wom ya kin liv na yu limfatik sistɛm fɔ lɔng lɔng tɛm. Insay dis tɛm, dɛn kin mek yu limf sistɛm pwɛl bɔku tin. Dis damej pan yu limfatik sistɛm na di men tin we kin mek yu gɛt da bad bad swel de.
Wetin na di men sayn dɛm fɔ dis sik?
Bɔrku tɛm, yu nɔr go no se yu gɛt dis sik te yu notis se yu bɔdi de swel. Dis swel kin kam wit sɔm ɔda sayn dɛm. Si if dɛn tin ya tan lɛk se yu sabi yu.
| Di sayn we de sho se di sik de | Tɔk bɔt |
|---|---|
| Men sayn: i de swel | di an, fut, di jεnital dεm (e.g., di tεstikul dεm), εn di brεst dεm we nכ de gro na uman dεm. |
| Skin kin chenj | Di skin na di say we di sik afɛkt kin tik, at, ɛn bɔmp (jɔs lɛk di skin fɔ ɛlifant). |
| Pen | Siri pen na di say we swel. |
| Ɔda tin dɛn we pipul dɛn kin du | Fiva kin bigin wantɛm wantɛm, kol, ɛn fil se yu wik ɔlsay na yu bɔdi. |
Aw yu go fɛn dis, Dɔktɔ?
We yu go to dɔktɔ we gɛt dɛn sik ya, i go fɔs du wan gud ɛgzam fɔ yu bɔdi. Dɔn , dɛn go mɔs aks bɔt yu mɛdikal istri, mɔ if yu jɔs travul go na kɔntri we gɛt kol at.
Apat frɔm dat, dɛn go aks yu fɔ tek blɔd tɛst fɔ chɛk fɔ di rawndwɔm dɛn we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt. Sɔntin de we spɛshal fɔ mɛmba na ya.
Bikɔs dɛn parasayt ya kin wok na di blɔd na nɛt, dɛn fɔ tek dis blɔd sɛmpul na nɛt. So, if dɛn du blɔd tɛst insay di de, dɛn nɔ go no am.
Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ barawa?
Di gud nyus na dat, dɛn kin mɛn hukwɔm. Yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu wan mɛrɛsin we dɛn kɔl diethylcarbamazine (DEC). Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin tek dis wan tɛm insay di ia. Dis mɛrɛsin de kil di smɔl smɔl wom dɛn we de na yu blɔd.
Wan ɔda tritmɛnt we dɛn kin du na fɔ miks DEC wit ɔda mɛrɛsin we dɛn kɔl ivermectin. Dɛn kin tek dis kɔmbayn bak wan tɛm insay di ia. Risach dɔn sho se if yu gi dɛn tu mɛrɛsin ya togɛda, dat kin mek yu gɛt bɛtɛ tin fɔ du fɔ lɔng tɛm.
Tin dɛm wae yu kin du fɔ kɔntrol de sik na os
We yu de tek mɛrɛsin, sɔm tin dɛn de we yu kin du yusɛf fɔ mek yu nɔ fil fayn we yu gɛt di sik:
- Wash ɛn drɛy di say dɛn we dɔn swel ɛvride.
- Yuz tin dɛn we de mek di skin wet.
- Chek yu skin ɔltɛm fɔ si if yu gɛt wund. Na wan krim we gɛt mɛrɛsin nɔmɔ we yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ put pan di wund dɛn.
- Ɛksesaiz ɛnitɛm we i pɔsibul. Fɔ waka rili fayn.
- If yu an ɔ yu leg dɔn swel, kip di say we yu swel ɔp bay we yu put sɔntin lɛk pilo pan am we yu sidɔm ɔ ledɔm.
- Sɔntɛnde, i kin fayn fɔ rap di say we dɔn swel tayt wit bandej fɔ mek i nɔ wɔs. Bɔt yu fɔ rili go to yu dɔktɔ bifo yu du dis ɛn jɔs du am lɛk aw i tɛl yu.
Sɔm kayn bad bad tin dɛn kin apin, mɔ if di swɛlin bad bad wan na say dɛn lɛk di tɛstikul, i kin nid fɔ du ɔpreshɔn fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt prɛshɔn na dɛn say dɛn de.
Yu tink se fɔ liv wit di sik na prɔblɛm?
Fɔ tru, fɔ liv wit rεumatoid at at sik kin tranga sɔm tɛm. Fɔ sɔm pipul dɛn, i kin at fɔ mek dɛn nɔ du dɛn wok, fɔ du tin dɛn we dɛn kin du ɛvride, ɔ ivin fɔ muf na os bikɔs i nɔ kin izi fɔ muv di pat dɛn na dɛn bɔdi we di sik dɔn afɛkt.
Dɔn bak, we yu de wɔri bɔt aw yu luk ɛn aw ɔda pipul dɛn de si yu, dat kin mek yu at pwɛl. Dis kin mek yu gɛt tin dɛn lɛk fɔ wɔri ɛn pwɛl hat.
Nɔ sɔfa yu wan tɛm dɛn lɛk dis. Na di big big injɔstis we dɛn dɔn du to yu. Tɔk opin wan bɔt dis wit yu dɔktɔ. Aks bɔt sɔpɔt grup dɛn. If yu kin jɔyn wan, i go rili ɛp yu fɔ tink gud wan.
Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os
- Elephantiasis na sik we wan parasayt kin kam wit we mɔskito kin pas.
- di men sayn na di abnכmal swel εn di skin de tik na di bכdi pat dεm lεk di limb dεm εn di jεnital dεm.
- Dɛn gɛt fayn fayn mɛrɛsin fɔ mɛn dis sik. So if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn, nɔ fred ɛn go to dɔktɔ we sabi du di wok.
- Yu kin kɔntrol di sayn dɛm bay we yu kip di say dɛm we dɔn swel klin, du ɛksɛsayz, ɛn kip di say dɛm we di sik dɔn ɔp ɔp.
- I rili impɔtant fɔ gɛt di rayt sɔpɔt fɔ di diskɔmfɔt na yu bɔdi ɛn di strɛs na yu maynd we dis sik kin kam wit.
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