Wetin na dis vayrɔs? Mek wi no di rayt tin!

Tide wi go tɔk bɔt sɔntin we wi yay nɔ de si, bɔt i kin mek wi sik. Yu kin dɔn yɛri bɔt dɛn kɔl am ‘vayrɔs’. So wetin na dɛn vayrɔs ya? Aw dɛn kin go insay wi bɔdi ɛn mek wi sik? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt ɔl dis simpul wan, di we we yu go ɔndastand.

Wetin rili na vayrɔs?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, vayrɔs na wan rili 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 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. We wi se smɔl, i kin smɔl pas baktri dɛm lɛk wan tawzin tɛm. Jɔs tink bɔt am, baktri sɛf rili smɔl, so vayrɔs smɔl!

Dɛn vayrɔs ya nɔ kin ebul fɔ liv ɔ bɔn bak fɔ dɛnsɛf. Lɛk tifman, dɛn nid fɔ go insay pɔsin in bɔdi, dat na, animal, plant, ɔ pipul dɛn we tan lɛk wi in sɛl dɛn. Na afta dɛn dɔn go insay dɛn kin bigin dɛn wok, mek bɔku ɔda vayrɔs dɛn lɛk dɛnsɛf ɛn mek wi sik. na dat mek dεn kכl di vayrus dεm ‘obligate intracellular parasites’, we min se dεn rili nid כda liv sεl fכ liv. Dɛn rili kɔni fɔ kɔntrol wi sɛl dɛn ɛn mek tin dɛn fɔ dɛnsɛf.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin vayrɔs ɛn baktri?

Naw yu go de tink se, ‘So baktri na jem bak, ɛn vayrɔs na jem bak, wetin difrɛn bitwin dɛn tu?’ Yɛs, dat na kwɛstyɔn we rili impɔtant. Bikɔs if yu kɔnfyus di tu, di we aw dɛn de trit yu kin rɔng.

di men difrεns na dat baktri dεm na כganism dεm we gεt in yon εgzistens, kin divayd εn mכltipכl fכ dεn wan. Dɛn kin liv ausayd wi bɔdi (na fayn ples dɛn) if dɛn want. Bɔt vayrɔs nɔ kin ebul, dɛn fɔ de insay wan sɛl we gɛt layf. If vayrɔs na tru tru ɔrganizm ɔ nɔto ɔrganizm, na sɔntin we sayɛnsman dɛn kin agyu bak, bikɔs dɛn tan lɛk sɔntin we nɔ gɛt layf we de na do na sɛl.

Wan ɔda impɔtant tin na dat wi kin yuz ‘antibiotics’ fɔ trit baktriyal infɛkshɔn. Bɔt dɛn antibayɔtik ya nɔ gɛt ɛnitin fɔ du wit di vayrɔs dɛn. Bɔku pipul dɛn kin tink se we dɛn gɛt fiva ɔ kol, dɛn kin jɔs go na famasi ɛn bay wan `(antibiotic)'. Dat na big mistek. Bikɔs, if yu gɛt vayral infɛkshɔn, da `(antibiotic)' de nɔ go du ɛnitin, na di ɔda say, di mɛrɛsin go jɔs go insay di bɔdi, ɛn sɔntɛm di antibaytik rɛsistɛns kin divɛlɔp. So, wi fɔ tek di tritmɛnt we dɔktɔ de gi afta wi dɔn tek tɛm luk am ɛn no if na baktriyal infɛkshɔn ɔ vayral infɛkshɔn.

Aw di vayrɔs dɛn kin go insay wi bɔdi? Aw dɛn kin skata?

Okay, naw lɛ wi luk aw dis smɔl vayrɔs de kam insay wi bɔdi ɛn aw i de skata frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. I rili impɔtant fɔ no dis, bikɔs da tɛm de wi kin protɛkt wisɛf.

• When breathing: When someone with a virus coughs, sneezes, or speaks loudly, very small droplets of saliva come out of their mouth and nose. Dɛn drɔp ya kin gɛt di vayrɔs. If pɔsin we de nia de blo dis briz, di vayrɔs kin go insay dɛn respiratory system. Imajin, if pɔsin we sik sniz we i de rayd bɔs ɔ tren, chans de fɔ mek di pɔsin we de rawnd am sik.
• Dairekt kɔntakt ɛn sɔfays: If pɔsin we gɛt di vayrɔs tɔch in nos ɔ in mɔt ɛn afta dat i tɔch domɔt knob, tebul, ɔ ɔda pɔsin in an wit da sem an de, di vayrɔs kin go pan dɛn say dɛn de ɛn pan di ɔda pɔsin in an. Dɔn, if da ɔda pɔsin de tɔch dɛn fes, dɛn nos, ɔ dɛn mɔt wit da an de, di vayrɔs kin go insay dɛn bɔdi. Na dat mek wi kin se ɔltɛm fɔ was yu an ɛn nɔ tɔch yu fes. Sɔm vayrɔs kin liv pan sɔfays fɔ sɔm awa, sɔm tɛm dɛn kin ivin de fɔ sɔm dez.
• Tru it ɛn wata: Sɔm vayrɔs kin pas tru it ɛn wata we gɛt dɔti. Fɔ ɛgzampul, Epatitis A ɛn Norovirus. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ was yu an bifo yu it ɛn pripia it, drink klin wata, ɛn kuk it fayn fayn wan.
• Tru blɔd ɛn bɔdi wata: Sɔm siriɔs vayrɔs, lɛk HIV, Epatitis B, ɛn Epatitis C, kin pas tru di blɔd ɔ ɔda bɔdi wata fɔ pɔsin we gɛt di sik. Dɛn nɔ kin skata tru kɔshɔl kɔntakt, bɔt dɛn kin spre tru mami ɛn dadi biznɛs we nɔ gɛt protɛkshɔn, sheb nidul fɔ injɛkt drɔgs, ɛn frɔm mama we gɛt di sik to in pikin.

Yu si, bɔku we dɛn de fɔ mek vayrɔs skata. Na dat mek ɔl tu fɔ klin yusɛf ɛn fɔ klin di envayrɔmɛnt impɔtant.

Wetin na di kɔmɔn sik dɛm wae vayrɔs kin kam wit?

Bɔku bɔku sik dɛn de we wi kin gɛt bikɔs ɔf vayrɔs. Sɔm pan dɛn kin rili kɔmɔn ɛn dɛn kin wɛl insay tu ɔ tri dez. Sɔm pan dɛn kin siriɔs smɔl ɛn dɛn kin nid tritmɛnt. Lɛ wi luk sɔm pan de sik dɛm wae dɛn kin si ɛn yɛri bɔt vayral sik dɛm.

• Kɔmɔn Kol: Wi ɔl dɔn gɛt dis. Na nos we de rɔn, trot we de at, ɛn sɔntɛm bɔdi we de at smɔl. I kin kam wit difrɛn kayn vayrɔs (e.g., Rhinovirus, Coronavirus).
• Influenza/Flu: Dis kin tranga smɔl pas di kɔmɔn kol. Di sayn dɛm na wae yu gɛt ay fiva, yu bɔdi de at, yu taya, ɛn yu de kɔf. Na di influenza vayrɔs de mek am. Sɔmtɛm e kin mek yu gɛt mɔr siriɔs sik lɛk nyumonia.
• Chikinpoks: Na sik we bɔku pipul dɛn kin gɛt we dɛn smɔl, we kin mek dɛn gɛt blista ɔlsay na dɛn bɔdi. Na wan vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl `(Varicella-zoster virus)` de mek am.
• Mizɛl: .Dis na sik bak we wan vayrɔs kin kam wit, we kin mek pɔsin gɛt fiva ɛn bɔdi at. Naw we dɛn dɔn gɛt vaysin fɔ dis, di wan dɛn we kin apin kin smɔl, bɔt i kin stil denja.
• Mɔmp: Na ɔda vayral sik we kin mek di chɛst swel. Wan vaysin de bak fɔ dis.
• Dengue Fiva: Insay wi kɔntri, dengue na wan sik we pipul dɛn kin gɛt ɛn sɔntɛnde i kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja. Na mɔskito dɛn kin pas am.
• Covid-19: Dis na vayrɔs we wi ɔl sabi gud gud wan ɛn i nɔ tu te yet we i dɔn mek wan sik na di wɔl. Na di vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl `(SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus)` de mek am.

Dis na jɔs sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn. Aw bɔku ɔda vayral sik dɛn de! Bɔku kayn vayrɔs dɛn de lɛk `(Rotavirus)` we de mek pɔsin gɛt dayarɛa, `(Epatitis)` we de afɛkt di liva, `(Polio vayrɔs)` we de afɛkt di nervɔs sistɛm (naw dɛn dɔn dɔnawe wit am na Sri Lanka bikɔs ɔf di vaksin). Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ fala di advays we dɔktɔ gi yu, ilɛk wetin na di sik.

Aw wi bɔdi de fɛt vayrɔs?

We vayrɔs kam insay di bɔdi, wi bɔdi nɔ kin jɔs tinap de. wi gεt wan rili amazing difεns sistεm insay wi bכdi, we wi kכl di ‘imyun sistεm’. I tan lɛk se ami de protɛkt wan kɔntri.

we vayrus kam, dis ``imyun sistεm'' de bi aktif wans.

• fכs, dεn invayd vayrus dεm ya na spεshal sεl dεm we lεk sojaman we dεn kכl ‘wayt bכdi sεl dεm’ de no dεm.
• afta dat, dεn de mek wan spεshal kayn protin we dεn kכl ‘antibodies’. Dɛn mek dɛn ‘antibodi’ ya fɔ mek dɛn mach di vayrɔs ɛksaktɔli, we de ɛp fɔ deaktiv ɛn pwɛl di vayrɔs. Tink bɔt am lɛk ki we fit lɔk.
• Dɔn bak, fɔ gɛt fiva na tin bak we wi imyun sistɛm kin du. We di fiva go ɔp, i kin at fɔ mek sɔm vayrɔs dɛn kɔntinyu fɔ liv ɛn fɔ skata.
• Sɔmtɛm di bɔdi de at ɛn taya we wi kin fil, ɔl na bikɔs wi bɔdi de fɛt di vayrɔs.

Di antibodi dɛm we wi bɔdi de mek agens sɔm vayrɔs kin de na wi bɔdi fɔ ɔl wi layf. Dat min se if da vayrɔs de kam bak, wi imyun sistɛm kin no am kwik kwik wan ɛn win am. Na dat mek sik dɛm lɛk chikinpoks nɔ kin kam bak sɛkɔn tɛm. Vaysin dɛn kin du di sem tin. Wetin vaysin de du na fɔ gi wi wan vayrɔs we wik ɔ kil, ɔ pat pan wan vayrɔs, ɛn tich wi imyun sistɛm fɔ mek antibodies agens am. Dɔn, we di rial vayrɔs kam, wi bɔdi kin rɛdi.

Wetin wi kin du fɔ protɛkt wisɛf frɔm vayrɔs?

Yu nɔ tink se i bɛtɛ fɔ protɛkt yusɛf bifo yu sik pas fɔ tek mɛrɛsin we yu sik? Sɔm simpul tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ mek wi nɔ gɛt vayrɔs.

• Wash yu an ɔltɛm: Dis na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl.Mek am yu abit fɔ was yu an wit sop ɛn wata fɔ at le 20 sɛkɔn. Yu an, di bak pat na yu an, bitwin yu finga, ɔnda yu nel, ɔl dɛn ples ya. Bifo yu it, bifo yu pripia it, afta yu yuz di bafa, afta yu tɔch animal, afta yu dɔn sniz ɔ kɔf, ɛn we yu kam bak na os frɔm do. If sop ɛn wata nɔ de, yu kin yuz han sɛnitayza we gɛt rɔm bak.
• Kɔba yu mɔt ɛn yu nos: We yu de kɔf ɔ sniz, kɔba yu mɔt ɛn nos wit hankɛf ɔ tisu. If yu nɔ gɛt wan, at least sniz ɔ kɔf insay yu ɛlb. Dis go mek di chans fɔ mek di jem dɛn go to ɔda pipul dɛn nɔ bɔku. Tek tɛm trowe di tisu we yu dɔn yuz na di dɔti.
• Ridyus fɔ tɔch yu yay, nos, ɛn mɔt: Ɔmɔs tɛm insay di de wi kin tɔch wi fes we wi nɔ no? Dis na di izi we fɔ mek di vayrɔs dɛn we de na wi an go insay wi bɔdi.
• Gɛt vaysin: Di bɛst we fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm bɔku denja vayral sik dɛn na fɔ gɛt vaysin. Vaysin de fɔ sik dɛn lɛk mizɛl, mɔmp, chukchuk, influenza, ɛpatitis B, polio, ɛn COVID-19. Mek yu pikin dɛn gɛt di vaysin di rayt tɛm akɔdin to di gɔvmɛnt in nashɔnal vaksin program. Sɔm vaysin dɛn kin fayn bak fɔ big pipul dɛn (e.g., di influenza vaksin ɛvri ia).
• Gud wɛlbɔdi abit dɛn:
• Fɔ it we gɛt fayn fayn tin dɛn: We wi it bɔku vɛjitebul, frut, ɛn drink klin wata, i de mek wi ``Immune system'' strɔng.
• Gɛt inof slip: Gɛt 7-8 awa gud slip insay wan de. We yu nɔ slip, dat kin mek yu imyun sistɛm wik.
• Ɛksesaiz: Fɔ du smɔl ɛksesaiz ɛvride, i fayn fɔ di bɔdi.
• Nɔr de fa frɔm pipul dɛm wae sik: If pɔrsin gɛt kol ɔr fiva, nɔr de nia am tumɔs. If yu sik, de na os as yu ebul. Ridyus yu risk fɔ spre de sik to ɔda pipul dɛm.
• Kip di envayrɔmɛnt klin: Fɔ avɔyd sik dɛn lɛk dengi, i impɔtant fɔ kip ples usay mɔskito kin bɔn (ples usay wata nɔ de stɔp) klin.

Mɛmba se, dɛn simpul abit ya nɔ kin jɔs protɛkt yusɛf, bɔt yu kin protɛkt yu famili ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn na di sosayti frɔm vayrɔs.

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

Sɔmtin lɛk kɔmɔn kol kin gɛt tritmɛnt na os insay sɔm dez, bɔt sɔntɛnde yu kin nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

• If yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo: If yu fil lɛk se yu chɛst de tayt ɛn i at fɔ blo.
• If ay fiva (e.g., ova 103°F / 39.4°C) nɔ go dɔŋ fɔ sɔm dez, ɔ if di fiva kam, i go dɔŋ fɔ sɔm tɛm, ɛn afta dat i kam bak.
• If yu vɔmit ɛn dayarɛa nɔ stɔp: Di wata kin kɔmɔt na yu bɔdi. If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk we yu mɔt dray, yu yay we dɔn sink, ɔ yu nɔ de pul urine, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
• If yu gɛt ay fiva wit rash.
• If yu fil se yu taya, yu de slip, ɔ yu nɔ de wach pas aw yu kin fil.
• If yu gɛt ɔda sik dɛn we nɔ de mɛn lɛk dayabitis, at sik, lɔng sik, ɔ kidni sik, yu nid fɔ tek tɛm pasmak we yu gɛt vayral infɛkshɔn. I fayn fɔ go to dɔktɔ ilɛksɛf yu gɛt smɔl smɔl sayn dɛn.
• If yu na mama we gɛt bɛlɛ ɛn yu gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ vayral infɛkshɔn, go to dɔktɔ.
• Yɔŋ pikin dɛn: If pikin we nɔ rich 3 mɔnt gɛt fiva (we pas 100.4°F / 38°C), ɔ if yɔŋ pikin we ol ɛni ej sik pasmak ɛn nɔ de it ɔ ple, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

I bɛtɛ fɔ aks dɔktɔ fɔ advays pas fɔ jɔs tek mɛrɛsin na di famasi. Na dem wae sabi exactly wetin for du for yu situation.

Sɔm mistek dɛn we wi kin gɛt bɔt vayrɔs

We wi de tɔk bɔt vayrɔs, sɔntɛnde wi kin gɛt lay lay infɔmeshɔn ɛn mistek dɛn we kin skata bitwin wi. Lɛ wi tek tɛm luk sɔm pan dɛn.

• Di rɔŋ we aw pipul dɛn kin tink: ‘Kɔld kin kam we pɔsin de na kol ɔ wet we ren de kam.’
• Di tru tin: Na wan vayrɔs kin mek pɔsin gɛt kɔmɔn kol. Kol weta nɔ de mek nyu vayrɔs fɔm. Bɔt insay kol sizin, pipul dɛn kin de insay os ɛn nia dɛnsɛf, we kin mek i izi fɔ mek di vayrɔs dɛn skata. Dɔn bak, sɔm pipul dɛn kin wik bikɔs dɛn kol bad bad wan, ɛn dis kin mek dɛn gɛt vayral infɛkshɔn. Bɔt i nɔ rayt fɔ se kol wɛda kin mek pɔsin gɛt vayrɔs dairekt wan.
• Misconception: ‘I nɔ bad fɔ tek antibayɔtik fɔ ɛni fiva ɔ kol.’
• Fact: As wi bin dɔn tɔk, `(Antibiotics)` de wok pan baktri dɛm nɔmɔ. `(Antibiotics)` nɔ gɛt ɛni yus pan vayral infɛkshɔn. If yu yuz `(Antibiotics)` we nɔ nid, i go jɔs mek yu nɔ gɛt antibayɔtik, usay wan `(Antibiotic)` nɔ go wok we yu rili nid am.
• Miskɔnsepshɔn: 'Vaksin kin mek pɔsin sik / Vaysin kin denja.'
• Fact: Vaysin na big tin we dɛn kin du pan mɛrɛsin. Dɛn kin mek vaysin wit di mɔs strɔng risach ɛn sefty prosidur dɛm. Vaysin kin mek smɔl sayd ɛfɛkt lɛk smɔl fiva ɛn bɔdi pen, bɔt dat min se wi imyun sistɛm de wok. We yu kɔmpia am to di siriɔs tin dɛn we kin apin to sik dɛn we vaysin kin avɔyd, di sef ɛn bɛnifit dɛn we vaysin kin gi kin rili bɔku. Nɔ ful yu wit di mistek we yu de tink bɔt vaysin.
• Misconception: ‘If vayrɔs kam insay di bɔdi, i go mɔs mek yu sik.’
• Trut:Dis nɔ kin apin ɔltɛm. If wi `(Immune system)` strɔng, sɔmtɛm ivin if vayrɔs kam insay di bɔdi, dɛn kin kɔntrol am we nɔ gɛt ɛni simptom. כlso, i kin difrεn dipכnt pan di כmכnt fכ di vayrus we de insay (vayral lod).

We wi no bɔt tin dɛn lɛk dis kin ɛp wi bɔku fɔ dil wit vayrɔs.

Faynal Mɛsej fɔ Tek-Hom

Wɛl, wi bin de tɔk bɔku bɔt vayrɔs tide, nɔto so? A op se yu dɔn ɔndastand sɔntin frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt. Fɔ dɔn, mɛmba dɛn pɔynt ya gud gud wan:

• Vayrɔs na rili 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 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 smɔl smɔl.
• Vayrɔs ɛn baktri na tu difrɛn tin dɛn. Antibayɔtik nɔ kin ebul fɔ mɛn vayral infɛkshɔn.
• Di vayrɔs kin pas mɔ tru di drɔp dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de sniz ɛn kɔf, tru dɔti an dɛn, ɛn bay we dɛn tɔch dɔti say dɛn.
• Na di vayrɔs kin mek wi gɛt bɔku sik dɛn, lɛk di kɔmɔn kol, influenza, chikinpoks, ɛn dengue.
• Wi imyun sistɛm na in de fɛt vayrɔs.
• Di bɛst we fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm vayrɔs na:
• Was yu an wit sop ɔltɛm.
• Kɔba yu mɔt ɛn nos we yu de kɔf ɛn sniz.
• Fɔ gɛt di vaysin dɛn we nid di rayt tɛm.
• Fɔ mek yu gɛt gud wɛlbɔdi abit (di it we gɛt fayn fayn tin dɛn fɔ it, slip, ɛksesaiz).
• If de sik de wɔs, ɔr if yu de na grup we gɛt prɔblɛm, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

If wi ɔl kam togɛda ɛn fala dɛn simpul sef tin ya, wi kin avɔyd bɔku vayral sik dɛn ɛn gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Nɔ wɔri, awareness na di bɛst protɛkshɔn!

` Vayrɔs, Sik, Infɛkshɔn, Imyuniti, Protɛkshɔn, Wɛlbɔdi