Yu tink se ɔsflay bit kin at bad bad wan? (Horsefly Bite) Mek wi fain out exactly wetin e bi!

Yu dɔn ɛva go na do, sɔntɛm nia watasay ɔ fam, ɛn wantɛm wantɛm yu fil lɛk se sɔmbɔdi de bit yu skin? We yu luk ɔp, sɔntɛm yu si wan big tin we tan lɛk flay de. Na dat kin apin bɔku tɛm fɔ bi ɔsflay. We dis krichɔ bit, i kin at smɔl. So tide, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt ɔsflay bayt ditayli.

Udat na dis ɔsflay? Wetin mek i de bit lɛk dis?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, ɔsflay na big flay. Fɔ tɔk bɔt sayɛns, dɛn kɔmɔt na di jɛnɛreshɔn we dɛn kɔl Tabanus. Dɛn kin lɛk fɔ de na say dɛn we wata de, lɛk watasay, lek, ɛn swamp. Dis na bikɔs i izi fɔ mek dɛn fɛn animal dɛn we de gi dɛn milk. As di nem sho, dɛn nɔ kin jɔs de mɔna ɔs, bɔt dɛn kin mɔna animal dɛn lɛk kaw ɛn sɔntɛnde to mɔtalman.

Bɔt yu no se na uman ɔsflay dɛn nɔmɔ kin bit wi ? Dɛn kin du dis fɔ sok blɔd. Bikɔs dɛn nid di it we de kɔmɔt frɔm dis blɔd fɔ le dɛn eg, we na di we aw dɛn de bɔn pikin. Man ɔsflay nɔ de sok blɔd. Dɛn kin it tin dɛn lɛk nɛktɔ ɛn plant sap.

Di uman ɔsflay dɛn gɛt spɛshal pat dɛn na dɛn mɔt. Dɛn gɛt shap pat dɛn na dɛn mɔt we kin kɔt di skin ɛn sok blɔd. I tan lɛk siza. Dɛn kin kɔt di skin ɛn sok di blɔd wit dɛn tɔng lɛk spɔnj. Dis nɔ tan lɛk mɔskito. Mɔskito dɛn kin sok blɔd bay we dɛn kin mek smɔl ol na dɛn skin. Na dat mek wi kin fil bɔku pen we ɔsflay bit wi, bɔt we mɔskito bit wi, wi nɔ kin fil da kayn pen de.

Bɔku tɛm, we ɔsflay bit, i kin mek pɔsin fil pen, bɔt i nɔ kin rili ambɔg mɔtalman. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin mek pɔsin gɛt alɛji ɔ infekshɔn na di say we di pɔsin bit am. Na sכm tεm, dεn flay ya kin transmit baktri infεkshכn we dεn kכl ``Tularemia.''

Aw ɔsflay bit kin tan lɛk?

Bɔku tɛm, if ɔsflay bit am, i go mek di skin swel smɔl, i go rɛd, ɛn sɔntɛm i go chenj in kɔlɔ. Bɔku tɛm i go tan lɛk bɔmp we dɛn rayz. Bɔku tɛm, yu go jɔs gɛt wan ɔ tu bayt wan tɛm. Bikɔs ɔf di pen we yu kin fil we dɛn bit yu, yu go want fɔ swat di flay go.

Aw ɔsflay dɛn tan lɛk?

Bɔku tɛm, ɔsflay dɛn kin gɛt grey ɔ blak kɔlɔ. Dɛn lɔng lɛk 10 to 30 milimita (1 to 3 sɛntimita). Dɛn gɛt big yay ɛn bɔdi we strɔng smɔl. Dɛn se i pas 160 kayn ɔsflay dɛn na di wɔl.

Big ɔsflay dɛn kin flay kwik kwik wan. Bɔku tɛm dɛn kin atak tin dɛn we de muv ɛn we gɛt dak kɔlɔ bikɔs dɛn kin si dɛn as tin fɔ it. Yu kin si dɛn na bɔku say dɛn na di wɔl, pas sɔm ayland dɛn ɛn say dɛn we de na di polar.

Aw kɔmɔn tin we ɔsflay bit?

Di uman ɔsflay dɛn kin rili wikɛd we dɛn de luk fɔ blɔd. So if dɛn kɔmɔn na yu eria, bayt kin kɔmɔn. If yu de na fam ɔ na say usay animal dɛn de, yu kin gɛt fɔ dil wit ɔsflay we de bit yu ɔltɛm. Bɔt, dɛn kin bit kaw ɛn ɔs pas pipul dɛn.

Ɔsflay kin wok mɔ na di wɛda we wam ɛn wet, we min se i bɛtɛ fɔ tek tɛm wit dɛn pan di de dɛn we di san de shayn afta di ren sizin.

Wetin na di sayn dɛn we ɔsflay bit?

We ɔsflay bit yu, yu kin fil shap pen fɔs. As yu fil di pen so, yu kin si se ɔsflay de na yu bɔdi. Afta di bayt, di say kin swel, i kin rɛd, ɛn sɔntɛnde i kin fil pen we yu tɔch am. Yu kin si smɔl blɔd bak.

Bɔrku tɛm, dɛn bayt ya kin wɛl fɔ dɛnsɛf insay sɔm dez, bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin fil smɔl mɔr.

Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin we ɔsflay bit?

I nɔ kin izi fɔ mek ɔsflay bit am wit siriɔs prɔblɛm. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, dɛn tin ya kin apin:

• Alɛji riakshɔn
• Infεkshכn na di say we di bayt
• Infεkshכn transmishכn

Lɛ wi luk ɛni wan pan dɛn wan ya.

Wan alɛji we ɔsflay bit am

Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt siriɔs alɛji we ɔsflay bit. We ɔsflay bit, wan prɔtin we de kɔmɔt na dɛn saliva kin go insay wi bɔdi. Dis protin de mek di blɔd nɔ klɔt slo. So sɔm pipul dɛn bɔdi kin gɛt alɛji fɔ dis prɔtin.

Na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt alɛji fɔ ɔsflay bayt:

• Rɛd ɔ chenj in kɔlɔ na di skin, nɔto jɔs na di say we di bayt, bɔt ɔlsay rawnd am.
• Di skin kin bigin fɔ it pasmak .
• Hiv dɛn.
• Swɛlin rawnd di say we dɛn bayt.

Dɛn smɔl smɔl alɛji ya kin dɔn fɔ dɛnsɛf as tɛm de go. Bɔt if dɛn sik ya kɔntinyu ɔ wɔs, i go fayn fɔ mek yu go to dɔktɔ.

Bɔt if siriɔs alɛji, we dɛn kɔl ``Anaphylaxis'', apin, i kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja. If na so i bi, luk fɔ dɛn sayn ya:

• Di lip, tɔŋ, ɔ trot we de swel.
• I nɔ izi fɔ blo (Dyspnea), yu nɔ de blo shɔt, ɔ yu de swɛt.
• Diziz (vertigo) ɛn/ɔ fɔdɔm.
• Bɛlɛ de at, vɔmit, ɔ dayarɛa.

If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sayn ya fɔ `(Anaphylaxis), go na di ɔspitul we de nia yu ɔ kɔl ambulans wantɛm wantɛm, bikɔs dis na mɛdikal imejensi.

Infεkshכn na di say we כsflay bayt

If ɔsflay bit am, i kin mek pɔsin gɛt infekshɔn bak. Dis kin apin mɔ if yu de skrach di say ɔltɛm ɛn nɔ kip am klin. Dis kayn infεkshכn na di skin dεn kכl am bak ``Cellulitis.'' Di sayn dεm fכ infεkshכn na:

• Fiva ɛn kol kol.
• Swɛlin, skin de chenj kɔlɔ, ɔ rɛd streaks rawnd di say we di bayt.
• Wan blista we ful-ɔp wit wata kin fɔm rawnd di say we di bayt.
• di skin we de rawnd di say we di bayt de wam pas di ɔda pat na di say.
• Pus ɔ ɔda wata we de kɔmɔt na di say we dɛn bayt.
• Di limf no dɛm we dɔn swel, mɔ di wan dɛn we de nia di say we di bayt de.
• Taya.

If yu gɛt sayn fɔ dis kayn infekshɔn, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ, bikɔs dɛn nid antibayɔtik fɔ trit infɛkshɔn.

Infεkshכn dεm we dεn kin pas we כsflay bayt

pan ɔl we i nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm, ɔs flay kin transmit wan baktri infεkshכn we dεn kכl ``Tularemia`` tru dεn bayt. Dis kin mɔs afɛkt animal dɛn lɛk wayl rat, bɔt i kin pas bak to mɔtalman tru tik, flay we de bit, ɛn mɔskito.

Tularemia simptom dεm de sho insay tri to fayv dez afta yu gεt di infεkshכn. Afta da tɛm de, de sik kin kam kwik kwik wan. Dɛn tin ya na:

• Fiva, kol, ɛn swet.
• Ɛd we de at (ed we de at).
• Joint stiffness ɛn mɔsul dɛn de pen.
• Di say we dɛn bayt kin bi ɔlsa.
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo.
• We yu de lɔs yu wet.

If yu gɛt dɛn sik ya, i impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

Wetin mek dɛn ɔsflay ya kin bit?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, uman ɔsflay dɛn nid blɔd fɔ mek dɛn ebul fɔ mek eg. Dat min se fɔ bɔn dɛn spisis. So dɛn nɔ go jɔs fɛn animal dɛn lɛk ɔs ɛn kaw, bɔt dɛn go fɛn mɔtalman bak ɛn bit dɛn. Dɛn kin rili agresiv pan dis wok.

Man ɔsflay nɔ nid blɔd bikɔs dɛn nɔ de le eg. Dɛn kin it mɔ pan pɔlin frɔm flawa ɛn nɛktɔ frɔm plant.

Wetin fɔ du if ɔsflay bit yu? Aw fɔ trit am?

If ɔsflay bit yu, di fɔs tin we yu fɔ du na fɔ was di say fayn fayn wan wit sop ɛn wata. If yu du dat, dat kin mek yu nɔ gɛt di sik.

Dis kin dɔn insay sɔm dez. Bɔt sɔm tin dɛn de we yu kin du na os fɔ ɛp fɔ ridyus di sayn dɛm:

• Rap sɔm ays kiub dɛn wit klos ɛn put dɛn na di say we dɛn bayt fɔ at le 20 minit. Dis kin ɛp fɔ ridyus di swɛlin.
• If i pɔsibul, kip di say we di bayt de ɔp smɔl.
• If pen de na di say we yu bayt, yu kin tek mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu fil pen, lɛk NSAID (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs). Bɔt yu fɔ tek tɛm fala di instrɔkshɔn dɛn we yu de tek di mɛrɛsin.
• If it de, yu kin tek wan antihistamine. Fɔ fala di instrɔkshɔn dɛn we yu de tek dis bak.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ avɔyd fɔ skrach ɔ pik na di bayt as yu ebul, bikɔs dis kin mek yu gɛt mɔ sik.

Aw fɔ avɔyd fɔ mek ɔsflay bit dɛn?

Bɔku tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm ɔsflay:

• Nɔ go na say dɛn we opin nia swamp, bich, ɔ fɔrɛst, mɔ we di briz nɔ de blo.
• We yu de go na do , wɛr layt kɔlɔ, lɔng pant ɛn lɔng sliv shit. I fayn bak fɔ wɛr hat.
• Put bɔg sprɛy we gɛt DEET, pikaridin, ɔ lɛmon-yukaliptɔs. Dɛn tin ya kin mek flay dɛn kɔmɔt.

If yu si se di ɔsflay dɛn we de na yu eria de bɔku, yu kin tink bak fɔ tɔk to pɔsin we sabi bɔt aw fɔ kɔntrol di peshɛnt dɛn.

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ if ɔsflay bit yu?

If yu gɛt sayn fɔ alɛji, infɛkshɔn, ɔ `(Tularemia)` afta ɔsflay bit yu, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Ɛspɛshali if yu gɛt siriɔs alɛji simptom lɛk ``Anaphylaxis'', we min se i nɔ kin izi fɔ blo, yu trot/lip kin swel, ɛn yu kin fɔdɔm, go na ɔspitul we yu nɔ de te.

Fɔ bɔku pipul dɛn we de na say dɛn we wam ɛn wet, fɔ it ɔsflay na tin we kin mek dɛn fil pen ɛn we kin mek dɛn vɛks. Bɔt bɔku tɛm, dɛn bayt ya nɔ kin kɔz ɛni siriɔs bad tin. Bɔt jɔs lɛk ɔda insɛkt dɛn we de bit, i impɔtant fɔ kip dɛn klin ɛn nɔ skrach dɛn fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt di sik. If yu sik dɔn pas sɔm dez, ɔ if yu gɛt alɛji, nɔ shem fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

Di tin dɛn we impɔtant pas ɔl fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Okay, so wi don tok plenti abaut horsefly bites. Fɔ tɔk smɔl:

• Ɔsflay (especially uman) kin bit fɔ sok blɔd, we kin mek pɔsin fil pen bad bad wan.
• Di say we di bayt kin rɛd, i kin swel, ɛn i kin it.
• Di fɔs tin we yu fɔ du na fɔ was ɛn klin wit sop.
• Nɔ skrach, put ays, ɛn tek mɛrɛsin fɔ mɛn pen ɔ antihistamin if nid de.
• If yu gɛt alɛji (especially di wan dɛn we rili bad), sayn dɛm fɔ infekshɔn (fiva, pus), ɔ simptom dɛm fɔ ``Tularemia'', go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
• If yu wɛr layt kɔlɔ we yu de na do ɛn yuz tin we de mek insɛkt nɔ kam, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ bit dɛn tin ya.

So, a op se dis infɔmeshɔn go yusful to yu. Tek kia!

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