Wetin na dɛn blista ya we kin mek a fil pen we kin apia na mi bɔdi? Na hεpi zosta dat?

Yu dɔn gɛt wan rash we de mek yu fil pen wantɛm wantɛm na yu bɔdi? Sɔntɛm i kin kam wit bɔn ɛn it? Na nɔmal tin fɔ fil smɔl fɔ fred we sɔntin lɛk dis apin. Sɔm pipul kin kɔl dis sik "chickenpox," bɔt i nɔr rili bi ɔda tin pas animal. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt dis sik, we dɛn kin kɔl Hɛpi Zosta , bɔt bɔku pipul dɛn kin kɔl am bak Shingles . Nɔ wɔri, wi go tɔk bɔt am simpul wan ɛn di we we yu go ɔndastand.

Wetin rili na Ɛpis Zɔsta?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Hɛpis Zosta na wan skin we kin mek yu gɛt blista dɛn we kin mek yu fil pen. Na di sem vayrɔs we de mek pɔsin gɛt chukchuk . Yɛs, yu go sɔprayz, bɔt na tru. Wi kin kɔl dis vayrɔs di Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) .

Yu mɛmba we yu bin gɛt chukchuk we yu bin smɔl? I bin rili de mɔna yu, i bin gɛt blista ɔlsay na yu bɔdi, ɛn i bin de it, nɔto so? Afta yu gɛt chikinpoks, di vayrɔs nɔ kin dɔn kɔmɔt na yu bɔdi kpatakpata. I rili kɔni, i de slip na yu nervɔs sistɛm, dat na, na di nerve cells na yu spaynal kɔd ɛn bren, fɔ lɔng lɔng tɛm, we nɔ de mek ɛni prɔblɛm. I tan lɛk se yu de slip.

So, hεpi zosta na wan kכndyushכn we di Varicella-Zoster Virus, we bin de slip fכ ia, kin wek bak wantɛm wantɛm, kin bi aktif, εn travul along di nεv dεm to di skin, we kin mek i gεt shingles. Na dat mek dɛn kin kɔl am bak "Shingles."

Ɔlman we gɛt chikinpoks kin gɛt hεpi zosta?

Dis na prɔblɛm we bɔku pipul dɛn gɛt. Nɔ, nɔto ɔlman we gɛt chikinpoks go gɛt hεpi zosta. Bɔt ɛnibɔdi we dɔn gɛt chikinpoks gɛt chans fɔ gɛt dis sik sɔm tɛm na in layf.

Imajin, di vayrɔs tan lɛk "prizina" insay di nεv sεl dεm na wi bכdi. As lɔng as wi imyun sistɛm strɔng, dat na as lɔng as wi bɔdi in difɛns dɛm we de fɛt sik dɛn de wok fayn, dis vayrɔs nɔ go ebul fɔ es in ed ɔp bak. Bɔt if fɔ sɔm rizin dis imyun sistɛm wik, di vayrɔs we de slip kin gɛt di chans fɔ wek bak, dat na fɔ bi aktif.

Tipikli, hεpi zosta kin bכku pan pipul dεm wae pas 50 כ 60. Dis na bikɔs wi imyun sistεm kin wik we wi de ol. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, i kin apin to yɔŋ pipul dɛm ɛn pan pipul dɛm wae gɛt ɔda mɛrɛsin wae kin mek dɛn imyun sistɛm wik.

Wetin mek dis vayrɔs de wok bak? Wetin na di rizin dɛn?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk bifo tɛm, di men tin we kin mek i sik na we di imyun sistɛm we wik. Bɔku tin dɛn de we kin mek dis apin:

• Ej: Dis na di men tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik. Di risk kin go ɔp smɔl smɔl afta i dɔn ol 50 ia.
• Siriɔs strɛs:If wi strɛs pasmak fɔ lɔng tɛm, dat kin afɛkt wi imyun sistɛm.
• Ɔda mɛrɛsin dɛn: Fɔ ɛgzampul, pipul dɛn we gɛt HIV , kansa, ɔ ɔda sik dɛn we de afɛkt di imyun sistɛm kin gɛt mɔ risk fɔ gɛt hεpi zosta.
• Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn: Mɛrɛsin dɛn lɛk kemotɛrapi fɔ kansa, mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek di bɔdi nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ wɛlbɔdi afta dɛn dɔn transplant dɛn ɔgan dɛn, ɔ we dɛn tek bɔku stɛroyd fɔ lɔng tɛm, dat kin mek bak di imyun sistɛm wik.
• Big ɔpreshɔn ɔr siriɔs aksidɛnt: Di strɛs we de pan di bɔdi frɔm tin lɛk dis kin mek sɔmtɛm di vayrɔs bigin fɔ wok.
• Sɔntɛnde dis kin apin fɔ no rizin .

Di impɔtant tin na dat, nɔto yu fɔlt fɔ mek yu gɛt hεpi zosta. I kin apin to ɛnibɔdi.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ hεpi zosta (shingles)?

Di sayn dɛm fɔ hεpi zosta kin apin tu stej.

Stej Wan: Di sayn dɛm bifo di sayn dɛm bigin

Dis kin tan lɛk se i strenj smɔl, bɔt fɔ tru, sɔm sayn dɛn kin bigin fɔ sho fɔ sɔm dez, sɔntɛm ivin wan wik, bifo di say dɛn we de na di skin kɔmɔt.

• Pen: Yu kin fil bad bad pen, bɔn, swɛt, swɛt, ɔ it na wan say na di bɔdi, bɔku tɛm na wan strip we tan lɛk bɛlt (na wan say na di skin we wan nerv we dɛn kɔl dɛmatɔm kin kɔntrol). Dis pen kin shap sɔmtɛm, lɛk nɛf.
• Sɔm pipul kin gɛt kɔmɔn sayn dɛm bak lɛk fiva, ed pen, malaise, ɛn bɛlɛ at pwɛl dis tɛm.

Dis pen kin so bad dat sɔm pipul dɛn kin ivin fred am as siriɔs sik, lɛk at atak ɔr apɛndiks.

Stej 2: Skin lεsin dεm εn blista dεm de apia

Afta sɔm dez, rɛd spat dɛn kin bigin fɔ kɔmɔt usay di pen ɛn inflamɛns bin de.

• Neks, grup dεm fכ sכm sכm bכdi dεm we fulכp wit wata de kכmכt pan dεn rεd bכmp dεm ya. Fɔs, dɛn blista ya kin ful-ɔp wit klia wata, bɔt leta i kin tɔn lɛk milk ɔ yɔlɔ.
• Dɛn sos ɛn blista ya kin apin na wan say nɔmɔ na di bɔdi . Bɔku tɛm dɛn kin apia lɛk band na wan say na di chɛst, bɛlɛ, ɔ bak. Bɔt dɛn kin apia bak na di fes, nɛk, an, ɔ leg.
• If dɛn lɛsin ya apia na di fes, mɔ rawnd di yay ɔ na di fɔrɛst, yu nid fɔ tek tɛm bad bad wan bikɔs dɛn kin pwɛl di yay. Wi go tɔk bɔt dat leta.
• Afta lɛk 7-10 dez, dɛn blista ya kin dray, dɛn kin mek wan krɔst, ɛn smɔl smɔl dɛn kin bigin fɔ wɛl. I kin tek lɛk 2-4 wiks fɔ mek i wɛl ful wan.
• Afta di wund dɔn wɛl, sɔntɛnde di skin kɔlɔ na da say de kin chenj ɔ skata kin kam.

PenDis na di men ɛn mɔs anɔynt simptom fɔ hεpi zosta. Fɔ sɔm pipul dɛn, di pen nɔ kin bia.

Yu tink se dɛn blista ya kin pas? Dɛn go skata to ɔda pipul dɛn?

Dis na pɔynt bak we rili impɔtant. Yes, di wata we de insay di hεpi blista kin pas.

Bɔt smɔl difrɛns de ya. Tink bɔt am dis we:

• If di wata we de kɔmɔt na di blista dɛn we pɔsin we gɛt shingles gɛt, kam nia pɔsin in skin we nɔ ɛva gɛt chukchuk bifo ɛn we nɔ gɛt di chukchuk vaysin, di sɛkɔn pɔsin go gɛt chukchuk , nɔto hεpi zosta.
• Dis min se hεpi zosta nכ de spre dairekt frכm wan pכsin to כda wan (lεk kol). Yu kin gɛt hεpi zosta we di vayrɔs we bin dɔn de na yu bɔdi kin bi aktif.

So, if yu gɛt hεpi zosta, yu fɔ tek tɛm mɔ:

• Frɔm pipul dɛn we nɔ ɛva gɛt chikinpoks (espɛshali mama dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ, pikin dɛn we dɛn jɔs bɔn, ɛn di wan dɛn we gɛt wikɛd imyun sistɛm).
• Frɔm pipul dɛn we nɔ gɛt di chikinpoks vaysin.

Tin dɛn fɔ du:

• Kip di say we di blista kɔba wit klos as yu ebul.
• Nɔ skrach ɔ swɛt di blista dɛn. If yu du dat, i kin mek di vayrɔs skata ɛn mek pɔsin wund ɛn gɛt infɛkshɔn.
• Nɔ sheb yu tawɛl ɔ klos wit ɔda pipul dɛn.
• Wash yu an fayn fayn wan wit sop ɔltɛm.

We di blista dray ɛn krɔst ɔva, di risk fɔ transmit di vayrɔs nɔ de igen.

Yu tink se hεpi zosta (shingles) kin denja? Ɛni prɔblɛm dɛn de we kin apin?

Pan ɔl we hεpi zosta kin klin insay sɔm wiks, sɔm pipul dεm kin gɛt prɔblɛm. I impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dɛn tin ya.

• Pɔst-Hɛpɛtik Nyuraljia (PHN): Dis na di kɔmplikeshɔn we kin apin mɔs. Insay dis kɔndishɔn, ivin afta di hεpi rɔsh dɔn wɛl, pen, inflamɛns, ɔ swɛt kin stil de na di nɛv dɛm usay di rash bin fɔs apia. Sɔntɛnde dis pen kin te fɔ sɔm mɔnt ɔr ivin sɔm ia. Na wan sik wae de mek pɔrsin fil bad ɛn wae kin mek pɔrsin in layf de pan denja. Pipul wae dɔn ol kin gɛt bɔrku risk fɔ gɛt PHN.
• Ophthalmic Zoster: If hεpi zoster de na di fes, spεshal wan na di fכs כ rawnd di yay, i kin afekt di yay. Di sayn dɛm na di yay pen, rɛd, ɛn yu nɔ de si fayn. Dis na imejensi! If yu nɔ trit yu yay kwik kwik wan, yu go ebul fɔ si am sote go.
• Ramsay Hunt Syndrome: Dis na we di hεpi zosta vayrɔs de afɛkt di fes nerv dɛm we de rɔn frɔm di yes to di fes. Dis kin mek yu gɛt sɔm kayn sayn dɛm lɛk fɔ paralayz yu fes, yu yes de pen, yu nɔ de yɛri fayn, ɛn yu de vertigo. Dis kin nid bak fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan.
• Infεkshכn dεm na di skin:If dɛn nɔ klin di blista dɛn fayn ɛn brok, dɛn kin gɛt baktri, we kin mek di wund tek lɔng tɛm fɔ wɛl ɛn mek i fil mɔ pen.
• Ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm: Nɔto ɔltɛm, infεkshɔn na di bren (ɛnsɛfalaytis), mɛningaytis, ɔ ɔda nεv dεm we de pwɛl na di bɔdi kin apin.

Dɛn nɔr tɔk bɔt dɛn kɔmplikɛshɔn ya fɔ mek yu fred, bɔt fɔ mek yu ɔndastand aw i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dis sik ɛn fɔ go to dɔktɔ jɔs lɛk aw di sik bigin.

Ɛni tritmɛnt de fɔ dis? A nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

Yɛs! Rili! If yu sɔspɛkt se yu gɛt hεpi, go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan. Ɛspɛshali if yu kin bigin fɔ trit yu insay 72 awa afta yu dɔn bigin fɔ gɛt di sik, i go rili ɛp fɔ ridyus di pen, mɛn di sik kwik kwik wan, ɛn ridyus di risk fɔ dɛn prɔblɛm dɛn we wi bin tɔk bɔt.

Bɔku tɛm, di dɔktɔ kin gi yu tritmɛnt dɛn lɛk dis:

• Antivayrɔs mɛrɛsin: Na dɛn wan ya na di men tritmɛnt. Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɛn kin gi dɛn mɛrɛsin lɛk Acyclovir, Valacyclovir, ɛn Famciclovir . Dɛn tin ya de kɔntrol aw di vayrɔs de skata na di bɔdi.
• Di mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek pɔsin fil pen: Dɛn kin gi difrɛn kayn mɛrɛsin fɔ mek pɔsin nɔ fil pen. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin nid spɛshal mɛrɛsin bak fɔ mek pɔsin gɛt pen na di nerve.
• Skin Krim/Loshan: Di dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ yuz di rayt krim fɔ mek yu nɔ it, fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt inflamɛns, ɛn fɔ mek di skin kol.
• Ɔda mɛrɛsin: Sɔntɛnde, mɔ fɔ kɔndishɔn lɛk PHN, dɛn kin nid ɔda mɛrɛsin.

Tin dɛn we yu kin du na os:

• Kip di say we di sik dɔn klin ɛn dray .
• Put kɔmprɛs dɛn we kol . Sok klin klos insay kol wata, wring am kɔmɔt, ɛn put am na di say we di sik dɔn ambɔg fɔ sɔm minit.
• Wear klos we nɔ tay ɛn we dɛn mek wit kɔtɔn . Tayt, rɔf klos we tayt pan di skin kin mek yu fil pen mɔ ɛn mɔ.
• Gɛt bɔku rɛst as yu ebul.
• Tek di mɛrɛsin dɛn we di dɔktɔ gi yu di rayt we ɛn di rayt tɛm.

Yu tink se hεpi zosta (shingles) kin kam bak?

Dis na kwɛstyɔn bak we bɔku pipul dɛn kin aks. Yɛs, pan ɔl we i nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm, hεpi zosta kin kam bak. Jɔs bikɔs yu dɔn gɛt am wan tɛm nɔ min se i nɔ go apin igen. Bɔt, i nɔ kin izi fɔ gɛt am fɔ di sɛkɔn tɛm. Pipul wae gɛt wik imyun sistɛm kin gɛt smɔl risk fɔ gɛt dis sik bak.

Yu tink se we de fɔ avɔyd dis? A don yehri boht wan vaysin...

Di gud nyus na, yɛs! Naw wan vaysin de we rili wok fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm hεpi zosta!

• Shingrix vaysin: Dɛn dɔn pruv se dis vaysin rili wok fɔ protɛkt frɔm hεpi zosta ɛn in kɔmplikeshɔn, PHN.
• Bɔku tɛm, i kin ol 50 ia ɔ pas datDɛn kin advays dis vaysin fɔ ɔl big pipul dɛn.
• Dɔn bak, pipul dɛn we ol 19 ia ɔ pas dat we gɛt wikɛd imyun sistɛm (e.g. bikɔs ɔf sɔm mɛdikal kɔndishɔn ɔ mɛrɛsin) kin gɛt dis vaysin.
• Ivin if yu dɔn gɛt hεpi zosta bifo, fɔ gɛt dis vaysin kin ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt am bak.
• Dɛn kin gi dis vaysin insay tu dos.
• I bɛtɛ fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ ɛn aks if dis vaysin fayn fɔ yu.

• Chickenpox vaccine: If yu gɛt di chickenpox vaysin we yu smɔl, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt chickenpox. If yu nɔ gɛt chickenpox, di varicella-zoster vayrɔs nɔ go go insay yu bɔdi, so yu nɔ go gɛt herpes zoster leta. If yu nɔ bin gɛt chikinpoks we yu bin smɔl ɛn yu nɔ bin gɛt di chikinpoks vaysin, yu kin gɛt di vaysin as big pɔsin. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis.

Apat frɔm dat, fɔ fala wɛlbɔdi layf , we min se fɔ it tin dɛn we balans, fɔ slip fayn, fɔ du ɛksɛsayz, ɛn fɔ kɔntrol strɛs, kin ɛp bak fɔ mek di imyun sistɛm strɔng insay jɔnaral.

So, wetin na di tin dɛn we wi nid fɔ mɛmba frɔm ɔl dɛn tin ya? (Mɛsej we dɛn kin tek go na os)

Okay, so lɛ wi rikap di impɔtant pɔynt dɛn frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt:

• Hɛpi Zɔsta na wan rɔsh we de mek wi fil pen, we de mek wi gɛt blista we di chikinpoks vayrɔs (Varicella-Zoster Virus) de wok bak na wi bɔdi.
• I kin pas tru di wata we de na di blista, bɔt i kin mek ɔda pipul dɛn gɛt chukchuk bak (if dɛn dɔn gɛt chukchuk bifo/dɛn nɔ gɛt di vaysin).
• Pen na di men sayn we de sho se yu de fil. Sɔmtɛm kɔmplikeshɔn dɛn lɛk post-hɛpɛtik nyuraljia (PHN) kin apin.
• Go to dɔktɔ jɔs lɛk aw di sik bigin. If pɔsin trit am kwik, i kin gɛt bɔku bɛnifit.
• Wan fayn fayn vaysin de (Shingrix) fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm hεpi zosta. I fayn fɔ pipul dɛn we dɔn pas 50 ia ɛn di wan dɛn we de na grup dɛn we gɛt prɔblɛm.
• Nɔ fred, bɔt na fɔ no. If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn bɔt dis, nɔ ɛva shem fɔ tɔk to dɔktɔ.

A op se yu si dis infɔmeshɔn yusful. Stay wit wɛlbɔdi!

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