Wetin "Contagious" min? Lɛ wi lan ɔltin bɔt am!

We yu gɛt kol, ɔ pɔsin na yu famili gɛt kɔf, yu kin tink se, "O, a nɔ no if a go kech am frɔm ɔda pipul dɛn bak," nɔto so? Sɔm sik dɛn kin skata kwik kwik wan frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. Na dat mek wi kin kɔl dɛn ‘contagious.’ So tide wi go tɔk bɔt dis ‘contagious’ ɛn aw wi go protɛkt wisɛf frɔm dɛn kayn sik ya. If wi no di rayt tin, wi go ebul fɔ avɔyd bɔku sik dɛn.

Wetin rili "contagious" min?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, "contagious" min se wan sik kin pas izi wan frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. Imajin se yu padi gɛt kol. We i kɔf ɔ sniz, smɔl smɔl jem dɛn kin kɔmɔt na in mɔt ɛn in nos. If yu de nia am da tɛm de, dɛn jem dɛn de kin go insay yu bɔdi ɛn yu kin gɛt kol bak. Na dat mek wi kin kɔl kol sik we pɔsin kin pas .

Wetin na dɛn jem ya? Na tu kayn dɛn de mɔ we wi kin tɔk bɔt bɔku tɛm.

1. Baktri: Dɛn tin ya na smɔl smɔl tin dɛn we pɔsin nɔ kin si wit in yay. Sɔm baktri dɛn kin fayn fɔ wi bɔdi ɛn dɛn kin ivin ɛp wi. Bɔt sɔm kayn bɔdi kin gɛt sik if dɛn kam insay wi bɔdi.

2. Vayrɔs: Dɛn wan ya smɔl pas baktri dɛm fa fawe. Vayrɔs nɔ kin ebul fɔ liv fɔ dɛnsɛf; dɛn nid fɔ go insay wan sɛl na wi bɔdi fɔ mek i gro. Bɔku tɛm, vayrɔs kin mek pɔsin gɛt sik dɛn lɛk kol, flu, chukchuk, ɛn mizɛl.

So, if wan jεm (i.e., baktri כ vayrus) we de mek sik kin pas frכm wan pכsin to כda wan, wi kin kכl da sik de "contagious disease."

Aw dis sik we pɔsin kin gɛt kin skata?

Bɔrku we dɛn de wae de sik kin pas frɔm pɔrsin to ɔda pɔrsin. Lɛ wi luk dɛn naw.

1. Dairekt Kɔntakt

Dis na wan we we rili simpul. Dis sik kin pas we yu tɔch pɔsin we sik ɔ kam nia dɛn bɔdi wata.

• Shek an: If pɔsin we sik gɛt jem na in an, we yu shek in an, dɛn jem dɛn de kin kam pan yu an. Dɔn, if yu tɔch yu mɔt, yu nos, ɔ yu yay wit da an de, di jem dɛn kin go insay yu bɔdi.
• Kis: Sɔm sik (lɛk hεpi) kin pas tru kis.
• Fɔ tɔch pɔsin we sik in wund: Fluid we de kɔmɔt na wund kin gɛt jem.

Imajin, yu padi Nimal gɛt kol. I kin was in nos ɔltɛm ɛn kɔba in mɔt wit in an we i de kɔf. Dɔn i de shek yu an wit di sem an. Dɔn di kol vayrɔs we bin de na Nimal in an kin kam pan yu an bak. Fɔ tɔk tru, dis na tin we gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ du!

2. Tru di Eya - Droplet dεm εn sכm sכm patikyula dεm

Bɔrku tɛm dis na di men we wae sik lɛk kol ɛn flu kin skata.

• We yu de kɔf ɛn sniz (Droplet Spread):We pɔsin we sik kɔf ɔ sniz, dɛn kin pul smɔl smɔl saliva ɛn tin dɛn we de kɔmɔt na in nos. Dɛn drɔp ya ful-ɔp wit smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin travul fɔ lɛk wan to tu mita so. If dɛn drɔp ya land na pɔsin we de nia in nos, in mɔt, ɔ in yay, dɛn kin mek di sik skata.
• We yu de tɔk, brith (Airborne Spread - fɔ sɔm sik dɛm): Sɔm jem dɛn kin rili smɔl. Dɛn kin ebul fɔ flɔt na di ays fɔ lɔng tɛm ɛn travul fɔ lɔng tɛm. Sik dɛm lɛk Tubakulosis ɛn Mizl kin prɛd dis we.

3. Indaykt Kɔntakt (Fomites) .

Dis min se di sik kin pas tru tin dɛm we pɔsin we sik dɔn tɔch.

Imajin se pɔsin we sik de tɔch domɔt knob, tebul, ɔ pen ɔ fon we dɛn dɔn yuz wit in an we gɛt jem. Dɔn, if pɔsin we gɛt wɛlbɔdi tɔch da tin de ɛn afta dat i tɔch in mɔt, in nos, ɔ in yay, dɛn kin gɛt di sik. Insay mɛrɛsin, wi kin kɔl dɛn tin ya we gɛt jem `fomites` .

• Hol di domɔt, ol di winda.
• Tebul dɛn, chia dɛn
• Tɔys (espɛshali fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn) .
• Tawɛl, an tawɛl
• Banknot dɛn, kɔyn dɛn
• Telefon, kɔmpyuta kibɔd

4. Fɔd ɛn Wata we gɛt dɔti

Sɔm sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt, mɔ di bɛlɛ we kin at ɛn dayarɛa (gastroenteritis), kin kam we pɔsin it ɔ drink it ɔ wata we gɛt dɔti. Yu kin gɛt dɛn sik ya if yu it it ɔ drink wata we gɛt smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl.

• Mit, fish, ɛn eg we nɔ kuk fayn
• Frut ɛn vɛjitebul dɛn we dɛn nɔ was
• Dɔti wata, drink dɛn we dɛn nɔ klin di rayt we

5. Animal ɛn Insɛkt - Vɛktɔ

Sɔm sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt kin pas frɔm animal to mɔtalman ɔ tru insɛkt. Wi kin kɔl di insɛkt dɛn we kin kɛr dɛn sik ya we de kɛr dɛn sik ya .

• Mɔskito kin pas sik dɛn lɛk Dengue, Malaria, ɛn Chikungunya.
• Sɔm sik dɛn kin pas bak frɔm flawa ɛn tik.
• Sɔm animal kin pas sik dɛn lɛk rabis (we animal dɛn lɛk dɔg ɛn pusi bayt) ɛn lɛptospirosis (tru wata we gɛt tin dɛn lɛk rat urine).

Naw yu go dɔn ɔndastand aw bɔku we dɛn we sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt kin skata, nɔto so?

Wetin na di sik dɛm wae kin kam pan pɔrsin wae gɛt dis sik?

Bɔku sik dɛn de we kin kam pan pɔsin we kin kam pan wi.

• Kɔmɔn Kɔl: Dis na sɔntin we lɛk ɔlman dɔn gɛt. Na difrɛn kayn vayrɔs kin kam wit am. I kin skata tru kɔf ɛn sniz.
• Influenza: Na wan vayrɔs kin kam bak wit dis. I kin tranga smɔl pas di kɔmɔn kol. I kin mek pɔsin in bɔdi at, i kin gɛt ay fiva, ɛn i kin kɔf. I kin spre mɔ bak tru di briz.
• Chikinpoks: .Dis na vayral sik bak. I kin mek blista na di bɔdi ɛn i kin it. I kin pas bay we i tɔch di blista dɛm we pɔsin we gɛt di sik gɛt, ɔ we i kɔf ɔ sniz.
• Mizl: Dis na bak wan sik we kin pas bad bad wan ɛn we kin mek pɔsin denja. Di sayn dɛm na fiva, kɔf, rɛd yay, ɛn bɔdi pen. I de skata tru di briz.
• Mɔmp: Na vayral sik we kin mek di gland dɛn we de na di tu say dɛn na di chɛst swel. I kin pas tru smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl.
• Covid-19 (COVID-19): Ɔlman dɔn no bɔt dis bay naw. Na wan vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl `(SARS-CoV-2)` de mek am. I kin pas tru di briz mɔ, dat na tru di drɔp dɛn we kin kɔmɔt we pɔsin de kɔf, snis, ɔ tɔk.
• Tayfɔyd Fiva: Dis na sik we baktri kin kam wit ɛn i kin pas tru it ɛn wata we gɛt dɔti.
• Conjunctivitis / Pink Eye: Na sik we de mek di yay dɛn rɛd, it, ɛn wata. Dis kin izi bak fɔ transmit. I kin pas if di wata we de kɔmɔt na pɔsin in yay we gɛt di sik kam pan in an ɛn di an dɛn tɔch ɔda pɔsin in yay.

Bɔku ɔda sik dɛn de we pɔsin kin gɛt lɛk dis. Di impɔtant tin na fɔ ɔndastand se lɛk ɔl dɛn sik ya kin kɔmɔt frɔm sɔm kayn jem (wan baktri, vayrɔs, ɔ ɔda smɔl tin).

"Contagious" en "Infectious" na di sem tin?

Pan ɔl we bɔku tɛm dɛn kin yuz dɛn tu wɔd ya fɔ chenj, smɔl difrɛns de.

"Ifεkshכn" min se wan jεm (baktri, vayrus, fכns, כ parasayt) de kam insay di bכdi εn mek sik.

"Contagious" min se di sik we de pas kin pas izi wan frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin .

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, ɛvri sik we pɔsin kin gɛt na sik we pɔsin kin gɛt. Bɔt nɔto ɔl sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt kin pas fɔ pas.

Fɔ ɛgzampul, tetanɔs na wan sik we kin kam pan pɔsin we bɔdi kin gɛt. Bɔt i nɔ de skata frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. I kin kam we baktri dɛm we kɔmɔt na di say we de (grɔn, dɔst) kin kam insay di bɔdi tru wund.

Bɔt di kɔmɔn kol na sik we pɔsin kin gɛt, ɛn i kin izi fɔ mek i pas frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. Tide wi de tɔk mɔ bɔt sik dɛn we pɔsin kin pas .

Wetin wi fɔ du fɔ protɛkt wisɛf frɔm sik dɛn we de pas?

Wan wɔd de se "prɛvenshɔn bɛtɛ pas fɔ mɛn." Dat na tru bak fɔ dɛn sik ya we pɔsin kin gɛt. If wi tek tɛm smɔl, wi go ebul fɔ avɔyd bɔku pan dɛn sik ya. Dis na tin dɛn we rili simpul, bɔt dɛn rili impɔtant.

1. Wash Yu An Bɔku tɛm

Dis na di we we impɔtant pas ɔl ɛn we simpul pas ɔl . Wi an kin gɛt bɔku bɔku jem dɛn we wi nɔ de si. Na dat mek fɔ was yu an fayn fayn wan impɔtant.

• Ustɛm yu fɔ was yu an?
• Bifo yu it ɛn bifo yu pripia it.
• Afta i dɔn go na di bafa.
• If yu kɔba yu mɔt wit yu an we yu de kɔf ɔ sniz, den...
• Afta yu dɔn go fɛn pɔsin we sik, ɔ afta yu dɔn tɔch pɔsin we sik.
• Afta i dɔn tɔch di animal dɛn.
• Afta i dɔn go na do ɛn kam bak na os.
• Bifo ɛn afta yu dɔn klin wund.
• Afta yu dɔn klin di nos.
• Aw yu kin was yu an fayn fayn wan?
• Fɔs, wet yu an wit klin wata.
• Dɔn, ad inof sop ɛn rɔb te i lather fayn.
• Rɔb di bak pat pan yu an, bitwin yu finga dɛn, ɔnda yu nel dɛn, ɛn rawnd yu big fut. Yu fɔ rɔb fɔ at le 20 sɛkɔn (yu kin siŋ di "Happy Birthday" siŋ tu tɛm wit yu maynd).
• Dɔn was am fayn wit sop ɛn wata.
• Dray yu an wit klin klos ɔ tisu. Na pɔblik ples, i bɛtɛ fɔ yuz han drya, ɔ kam wit yu yon tisu.

If sop ɛn wata nɔ de, yu kin yuz han sɛnitayza we gɛt at le 60% alkol. Bɔt mɛmba se we yu an dɛn dɔti, di sanitayz nɔmɔ nɔ go du fɔ yu. I bɛtɛ fɔ was yu an wit sop.

2. Kɔba yu mɔt ɛn nos we yu de kɔf ɛn sniz.

If yu gɛt kol ɔ kɔf, we yu kɔf ɔ sniz, di jem dɛn kin kɔmɔt na di ays. Dis kin mek ɔda pipul dɛn gɛt di sik.

• Yuz tisu ɔltɛm fɔ kɔba yu mɔt ɛn yu nos. Trowe di tisu we yu dɔn yuz wantɛm wantɛm na dɔti bɔks we dɛn dɔn lɔk.
• If yu nɔ gɛt tisu, kɔf ɔ sniz insay di kruk na yu ɛlb (di sayd usay yu ɛlb de bɛn). Nɔ ɛva yuz yu an dɛn we nɔ gɛt natin. Bikɔs wans yu an dɛn gɛt jem, dɛn kin skata to ɔl wetin yu tɔch.

3. Stay Home Wen Yu Sik

If yu gɛt sayn fɔ sik we pɔsin kin pas (lɛk fiva, kɔf, nɔs we de rɔn, bɔdi we de at, dayarɛa, vɔmit), de na os as yu ebul. Nɔ go na ɔfis, skul, ɔ pɔblik ples dɛn. Dis go ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ go skata di sik to ɔda pipul dɛn. I go gi yu tɛm bak fɔ mek yu wɛl kwik kwik wan.

4. Gɛt Vaysin

Vaysin na pawaful wɛpɔn fɔ fɛt bɔku bɔku sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt. Vaysin de fɔ sik dɛn lɛk mizɛl, mɔmp, rubɛla, chikinpoks, influenza, COVID-19, TB, polio, ɛn epataytis B. Dɛn vaysin ya de tren wi imyun sistɛm fɔ fɛt dɛn sik dɛn de.

• Gi ɔl di vaysin dɛn we dɛn gi ɔnda di Nashɔnal Imunizayshɔn Program to pikin dɛn di rayt tɛm.
• big pipul dεm kin nid sכm vaksin dεm bak (e.g., influenza, nyumonia, tεtanכs bכsta). Aks dɔktɔ bɔt dɛn tin ya.

5. Klin ɛn Disinfɛkt di say dɛn we dɛn kin tɔch bɔku tɛm

Di say dɛn we pɔsin kin tɔch lɛk domɔt knob, tebul, layt switch, tɛlifon, kɔmpyuta kibɔd, ɛn tɔylɛt kin gɛt jem. So, i impɔtant fɔ klin dɛn say ya ɔltɛm ɛn was dɛn dɔŋ wit fayn disinfɛktant, mɔ if pɔsin na di os sik.

6. Nɔ Sheb Pɔsin In Tin dɛn

Nɔ sheb tawɛl, reza, tut brɔsh, tin fɔ it, ɛn wata bɔtul wit ɔda pipul dɛn. Dɛn tin ya kin mek sik dɛn skata.

7. Layf we gɛt wɛlbɔdi

If yu it balans it, drink bɔku wata, slip fayn (at least 7-8 awa insay di de), ɛn du ɛksɛsayz kin ɛp fɔ mek yu bɔdi in imyuniti de fayn. Dis go mek yu ebul fɔ bia wit sik.

Wan smɔl ɛgzampul: Imajin se sɔmbɔdi na yu ɔfis gɛt kol. If dɛn nɔ kɔba dɛn mɔt wit dɛn an we dɛn de kɔf ɔ sniz, dɛn jem dɛn de kin go na di dɛsk ɛn domɔt knob dɛn na di ɔfis. If yu tɔch dɛn say dɛn de ɛn afta dat yu it it we yu nɔ was yu an, yu go sik mɔ. Bɔt if ɔlman tek tɛm lɛk dis, if dɛn was dɛn an, ɛn if dɛn sik, dɛn kin ridyus dis kayn sik bad bad wan, nɔto so?

Wetin yu fɔ du if yu tink se yu gɛt sik we pɔsin kin pas?

Sɔntɛnde, ilɛksɛf wi tek tɛm, wi kin stil sik. If dat apin, du dɛn tin ya.

1. Go to dɔktɔ: If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk fiva, kɔf bad bad wan, i nɔ izi fɔ blo, yu bɔdi de at bad bad wan, yu gɛt dayarɛa ɔ vɔmit we yu nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol, ɔ if yu sik nɔ de bɛtɛ insay sɔm dez, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ. Dɔn yu kin no di rayt tin we nɔ rayt ɛn gɛt di tritmɛnt we yu nid. Ɛspɛshali if yu de na grup we gɛt prɔblɛm (smɔl pikin, ol pɔsin, bɛlɛ uman, pɔsin we in imyun sistɛm wik), go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

2. Rɛst: We yu rɛst yu bɔdi, dat de ɛp am fɔ wɛl kwik kwik wan.

3. Drink plɛnti wata: We yu gɛt fiva ɔ dayarɛa, yu bɔdi kin lɔs bɔku wata. So drink bɔku wata, brot, pɔrit, sup, ɛn frut jus.

4. Nɔ mek ɔda pipul dɛn nɔ gɛt di sik: Stay na os as yu ebul. Kip distans frɔm ɔda pipul dɛn (social distancing). I bɛtɛ if yu ebul fɔ de na wan sɛpret rum. Kɔba yu mɔt we yu de kɔf ɛn sniz. Wash yu an ɔltɛm. Wash di dish dɛn we yu de yuz wan bay wan.

5. Fɔ fala di dɔktɔ in instrɔkshɔn: Tek di mɛrɛsin lɛk aw dɛn tɛl yu fɔ tek am, di rayt tɛm, fɔ di ful tɛm. Du wetin i tɛl yu fɔ du.

Tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba frɔm dis stori (Take-Home Message)

So, wi dɔn tɔk bɔku bɔt sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt tide, nɔto so? If yu mɛmba dɛn tin ya, dat go rili bɛnifit yu, yu famili, ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn na di sosayti.

• "Contagious" min se di jεm dεm we de mek sik de pas frכm wan pכsin to כda pכsin.
• Dis sik kin pas bɔku we, lɛk tru di briz, tru di kɔntakt, tru it ɛn wata we gɛt dɔti, ɛn tru tin dɛn we gɛt dɔti (fomites).
• Fɔ was yu an na di bɛst ɛn simpul we fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt. Na so i bi, was yu an ɔltɛm.
• I rili impɔtant bak fɔ kɔba yu mɔt ɛn nos we yu de kɔf ɔ sniz.
• If yu gɛt sayn fɔ sik we pɔsin kin pas, na fɔ de na os fɔ mek yu nɔ go spre am to ɔda pipul dɛn.
• Vaysin na pawaful tin fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm bɔku sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt. Gɛt di rayt vaysin dɛn.
• If yu gɛt dawt, if yu gɛt sik, go to dɔktɔ . Nɔ du wetin yu fil, lisin to wetin dɔktɔ se.

Mɛmba se if wi fala dɛn smɔl smɔl wɛlbɔdi abit dɛn ya, wi go ebul fɔ avɔyd bɔku big big sik dɛn ɛn gɛt wɛlbɔdi. If wi ɔl tek kia ɔf dis, wi kin mek wi ɔl sosayti gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Yu sef impɔtant jɔs lɛk aw ɔda pipul dɛn sef!

` Sik dɛm we kin pas, wɛlbɔdi abit, fɔ was yu an, fɔ gi yu vaysin, fɔ protɛkt yu frɔm vayrɔs, baktri dɛm, sik dɛm