Ɔl wetin yu nid fɔ no bɔt Lassa Fiva! Rid go bifo witout fred!

Yu go mɔs dɔn yɛri bɔt strenj sik dɛn ɛn sik dɛn we de prɛd na ɔda kɔntri dɛn. Sɔm pan dɛn kin mek yu fred smɔl, nɔto so? Wɛl, dis "Lassa Fiva" na vayral fiva we dɛn kin ripɔt, mɔ na Wɛst Afrika kɔntri dɛm. Laki fɔ wi, dɛn nɔ ripɔt ɛni ripɔt bɔt dis kayn sik bitwin wi na Sri Lanka. Bɔt stil, i rili impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dɛn kayn tin dɛn de. Udat no, sɔntɛm if yu ɔ pɔsin we yu sabi gɛt fɔ go na dɛn kayn ples dɛn de, dis no go fayn. So, wi go tok likl mo abaut dis Lassa Fiva?

Wetin na Lassa Fiva?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Lassa fiva na sik we gɛt vayral. Dɛn kin si am mɔ na di kɔntri dɛn na Wɛst Afrika. Lassa fiva de pan wan grup ɔf vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl ``Vayral Ɛmorajik Fiva (VHF)`` . Dis min se we pɔsin gɛt dis kayn vayrɔs, i pɔsibul fɔ mek di bɔdi blɔd we i nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol.

Bɔt nɔto ɔlman we gɛt Lassa fiva go gɛt bad bad blɔd. Bɔrku pipul (lɛk 80 pan 100) go jɔs gɛt sɔm kayn sik lɛk fiva, ed we de at, ɛn bɔdi we de at. Bɔt fɔ lɛk 20% pan pipul dɛm, e kin tranga. I kin mek di pikin nɔ gɛt bɛlɛ ɛn ɔda siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn, mɔ fɔ uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ.

di sik kin pas tru di fes (`poop and pee`) fכ di rat dεm we gεt di sik. I kin pas bak tru di kɔntakt wit di bɔdi wata we pɔsin we gɛt di sik gɛt.

Aw kɔmɔn tin na Lassa fiva?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk bifo tɛm, dɛn kin si dis na Wɛst Afrika. Statistikin sho se bitwin wan ɔndrɛd tawzin (100,000) ɛn tri ɔndrɛd tawzin (300,000) pipul dɛn na Wɛst Afrika kɔntri dɛn kin gɛt Lassa fiva ɛvri ia. Nɔr ripɔt nɔr dɔn de bɔt dis sik wae de pas frɔm kɔntri dɛm lɛk Amɛrika ɔr ɔda pat dɛm na di wɔl. So, nid nɔ de fɔ mek pipul dɛn na wi kɔntri rili fred dis, bɔt i impɔtant fɔ no.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ Lassa fiva?

Na lɛk 80% pan di pipul dɛm wae gɛt Lassa fiva kin gɛt smɔl smɔl sik dɛm, lɛk:

• Fiva
• Taya
• Kɔf
• Trot de at
• Ed de at

Bɔt lɛk aw wi bin dɔn tɔk, lɛk 20% pan pipul dɛn kin gɛt siriɔs sik. Dɛn tin ya rili siriɔs:

• Chɛst, nɛk, ɔ bɛlɛ pen
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo
• Fɔ vɔmit bad bad wan ɔ fɔ gɛt dayarɛa
• Blɔd we de kɔmɔt na di mɔt, nos, yay, ɔ ɔda mukɔs mɛmbran
• Sizhɔ ( fit -lɛk) .
• Kɔnfyushɔn, kɔnfyushɔn na yu maynd

Wetin kin mek Lassa gɛt fiva?

Di tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik na di Lassa vayrɔs (LASV) . Dis vayrɔs na wan spɛshal kayn rat we dɛn kɔl `Mastomys` (sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl am bak `multimammate rats`) we de liv na Wɛst Afrika kɔntri dɛn.Dis Lassa vayrɔs kin pwɛl yu blɔd vesel dɛm. I kin mek yu blɔd nɔ ebul fɔ klɔt bak. Na dat mek yu bigin fɔ blɔd we yu nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol.

Aw Lassa fiva kin pas?

Bɔku men we dɛn de fɔ mek yu gɛt Lassa fiva:

1. Bay we i kam nia di fes ɔ urine fɔ di rat dɛn we gɛt di sik. Dis kin dɔti it, wata, ɔ say dɛn we wi de tɔch.

2. Na bay we yu kam in kɔntakt wit di bɔdi wata we pɔsin we gɛt di LASV vayrɔs gɛt. Dis inklud fɔ du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs, ɛn fɔ tɔch dɛn fes, urine, ɔ blɔd.

Imajin, we pɔsin ɔ animal gɛt dis vayrɔs, i kin de na in urine fɔ lɔng tɛm.

Dɔn bak, dis sik kin skata bak frɔm wɛlbɔdi biznɛs fasiliti dɛn lɛk ɔspitul if dɛn nɔ fala di hajɛns prɔsis fayn fayn wan, ɔ if dɛn nɔ yuz Pɔshɔnal Protɛktiv Ikwipmɛnt (PPE) (ɔ nɔ de).

Udat de pan denja fɔ gɛt Lassa fiva?

If yu de liv ɔr travul go na say dɛn na Wɛst Afrika usay dis sik kin bɔku, yu kin gɛt Lassa fiva. Sɔm pan dɛn kɔntri ya na:

• Nayjiria
• Bɛnin
• Gini
• Laybiriya
• Mali
• Siera Liɔn

Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin kam wit Lassa fiva?

Ivin pan smɔl kes dɛm wae gɛt Lassa fiva, lɛk 1 pan ɛvri 3 pipul dɛm kin gɛt sɔm pat ɔr kɔmplit wan wae dɛn nɔr kin yɛri fayn . Dis kin bi fɔ shɔt tɛm ɔ fɔ ɔltɛm.

Pipul dɛn we gɛt siriɔs Lassa fiva kin gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn we kin mek dɛn layf de pan denja, lɛk:

• di bεlε we de lכs/Miskεrij : If bεlε mama gεt Lassa vayrus, pas 75% pan di bεlε dεm de εnd wit miskεri.
• Inflameshɔn na di mɛmbran we de rawnd di at (pericarditis) .
• Pleural efyushɔn we de kɔmɔt na di bɔdi
• Infεkshכn εn inflameshn na di כgan dεm lεk di liva (Epatitis) .
• Di blɔd pletlɛt dɛn we nɔ de bɔku (Thrombocytopenia): Dis kin mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol di blɔd.
• Kidni we nɔ de wok wantɛm wantɛm (Acute Kidney Injury) .
• Prɔblɛm dɛn we di bren de wok (Encephalopathy) .
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Dis kin mek di bɔdi nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ ɔksijɛn.
• siriכs bכdi kכlכt dizכrd `(Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation/DIC)`
• Sepsis: Na bad bad tin we di bɔdi kin du we i gɛt infɛkshɔn.

di mama dεm we gεt bεlε fכ tek tεm bכt dis, biכs if dεn gεt Lassa fiva, di chans fכ di pikin we de na di bεlε fכ liv rili sכm.

Aw dɛn kin no se pɔsin gɛt Lassa fiva?

Dɔktɔ kin no se yu gɛt Lassa fiva bay we i de chɛk sɔm wata we de kɔmɔt na yu bɔdi fɔ si if sayn dɛn de fɔ di vayrɔs. Fɔ tek dɛn sampul ya ɛn rɔn tɛst, dɛn kin du tin dɛn lɛk:

• Blɔd tɛst dɛn
• Fɔ tek wan trot swab
• Urinalysis we dɛn kin du
• Sɔntɛnde dɛn kin du tɛst bay we dɛn tek smɔl wata frɔm di spayna (Lumbar Puncture / Spinal Tap) .

I nɔ kin izi fɔ no bɔt Lassa fiva bikɔs di sayn dɛn we i kin gɛt kin tan lɛk ɔda sik dɛn lɛk malaria, dengue, ɛn Ebola. So, if yu dɔn travul go na say usay Lassa fiva kin bɔku, ɔ if yu tink se yu go dɔn gɛt di vayrɔs, yu fɔ rili tɛl yu dɔktɔ.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ Lassa fiva?

Di wan dɛn we de kia fɔ wɛlbɔdi biznɛs, inklud dɔktɔ ɛn nɔs, kin trit Lassa fiva wit wan antivayral mɛrɛsin we dɛn kɔl `(Ribavirin) .` Apat frɔm dat, yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn bak, i go dipen pan yu kɔndishɔn. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Dayalaysis tritmɛnt if di kidni dɛn dɔn pwɛl
• Sɔplɛnt ɔksijɛn if i nɔ izi fɔ blo
• Gi salin (IV fluid), mɛrɛsin, ɔ sɔpɔtmɛnt fɔ kɔrɛkt di ilɛktrɔlayt imbalans na di bɔdi

Lassa vayrɔs ɛn bɛlɛ

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ nid fɔ pe spɛshal atɛnshɔn. Bɔku tɛm, i nɔ kin izi fɔ mek di pikin we de na di bɛlɛ nɔ day we i gɛt Lassa fiva. Yu dɔktɔ go de wach yu ɔltɛm fɔ si ɛni sayn we de sho se yu nɔ gɛt bɛlɛ. if di bכdi kכmכt, dεn fכ pul di pikin in tisu kwik kwik wan. Dis go mek di chans fɔ mek di mama in kɔndishɔn bɛtɛ.

dipכnt pan aw fa di bεlε de along εn di mama εn pikin in hεlth, dכkta dεm kin se fכ bכn di pikin kwik. Dis kin mek di mama ɛn di pikin gɛt mɔ chans fɔ liv.

Wetin kin apin if a gɛt Lassa fiva?

If yu gɛt Lassa fiva, yu wɛlbɔdi biznɛs pipul dɛn ɛn ɔda pipul dɛn we de kia fɔ yu go nid fɔ tek spɛshal tin fɔ tek tɛm wit. Dis kin min fɔ wɛr klos fɔ protɛkt yusɛf (lɛk mask, glɔv, gɔgl, ɛn aprɔn) ɛn fɔ ayd yusɛf frɔm ɔda pipul dɛn .

If yu gɛt bɛlɛ, yu fɔ bigin fɔ trit yu wit antivayrɔs mɛrɛsin wantɛm wantɛm. Di wan dɛn we de wok fɔ di wɛlbɔdi biznɛs go de wach yu gud gud wan. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt ɛn us tritmɛnt opshɔn dɛn we bɛtɛ fɔ yu wɛlbɔdi ɛn yu bɛlɛ.

Aw lɔng i go tek fɔ mek i wɛl?

Bɔrku pan di kes dɛm wae gɛt Lassa fiva nɔr kin tranga. Fɔ wɛl kin tek wan wik ɔ so. Na lɛk af pan di wan dɛn we nɔ de yɛri fayn kin yɛri bak insay sɔm wiks.

Ustɛm a kin go bak na wok/skul?

Ivin if yu gɛt sɔm kayn sik, yu fɔ avɔyd fɔ tɔch ɔda pipul dɛn di tɛm we yu kin spre di sik to ɔda pipul dɛn. Aks dɔktɔ we i sef fɔ de nia ɔda pipul dɛn bak.

Wetin na di rεt fɔ liv fɔ Lassa fiva?

Bikɔs bɔku pipul dɛn nɔ kin gɛt Lassa fiva lɛk aw dɛn kin gɛt, di rit we dɛn kin liv fayn. Bɔt di rit we pipul dɛn kin day kin dipen pan aw yu kin sik bad bad wan ɛn sɔm ɔda tin dɛn.

• Di rεt fכ כl di kes dεm (nכmal εn siriכs) na bכt 1%. (Dat min se lɛk wan pan ɛvri 100 pipul dɛn we gɛt Lassa fiva go day).
• Di mכtalman rεt fכ dεn wan dεm we siriכs fכ nid fכ go na כspitul na bכt 15%. Dis kin pasmak pasmak wae di sik de kam.
• di rεt fכ bεlε uman dεm we de day na bכt 33% (dat na wan pan εvri tri).

Yu tink se dɛn go ebul fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt Lassa fiva?

Yɛs, yu kin ebul. Yu kin ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt Lassa fiva bay we yu kip yu envayrɔmɛnt fri frɔm rodɛnt ɛn bay we yu tek tɛm we yu de kia fɔ pɔsin we sik. Na sɔm tin dɛn we yu kin du:

• Nɔ kɔntakt wit rat, mɔ na say dɛn we Lassa fiva bɔku.
• Kip di say we yu de liv klin ɛn klin. Kip it ɛn drink kɔba. Dis go ridyus di nɔmba fɔ animal dɛn lɛk rat we de kam insay.
• We yu de kia fɔ pɔsin we gɛt Lassa fiva ɔ pɔsin we yu tink se go gɛt dis sik , wɛr tin fɔ kɔba am. Dis inklud mask, glɔv, gɔn, gɔgl we nɔ de fɔg, ɛn but. Aks dɔktɔ (ɔ yu ɔganayzeshɔn if yu de na wɛlbɔdi biznɛs) wetin yu nid fɔ tek tɛm wit.
• If yu gɛt Lassa vayrɔs, yu nid fɔ ayd yusɛf frɔm ɔda pipul dɛn fɔ mek i nɔ go pas to ɔda pipul dɛn.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu de na Wɛst Afrika kɔntri, ɔ yu jɔs travul go na wan kɔntri, ɛn yu gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ Lassa fiva, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. If yu gɛt bɛlɛ, ɔ yu tink se yu go gɛt bɛlɛ, dɔktɔ fɔ trit yu ɛn wach yu gud gud wan.

Ustɛm a fɔ go na di Imejɛnsi Dipatmɛnt (ETU) ?

If yu gɛt dɛn kayn bad bad sik ya, go na di imejensi rum we de nia yu wantɛm wantɛm. Dɔn bak, tɛl dɛn se yu kin gɛt Lassa fiva:

• Chɛst, nɛk, ɔ bɛlɛ pen
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo
• Fɔ vɔmit bad bad wan ɔ fɔ gɛt dayarɛa
• Di sik we pɔsin kin gɛt kin tan lɛk pɔsin we fit.
• Kɔnfyushɔn, kɔnfyushɔn na yu maynd

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

Yu go si se i go fayn fɔ aks dɔktɔ kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya:

• Aw fɔ mek di vayrɔs nɔ skata?
• Us tritmɛnt opshɔn dɛn a gɛt?
• Aw a kin kia fɔ misɛf?
• Aw lɔng i go tek fɔ mek i wɛl?
• Us nyu ɔr sik dɛn we de wɔs a fɔ wach fɔ?

Lassa fiva na wan sik wae kin ambɔg pipul dɛm wae de liv ɔr travul go na Wɛst Afrika kɔntri dɛm. Bɔku tɛm, i nɔ kin siriɔs. Bɔt i kin mek siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn, mɔ to uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ. Yu kin ridyus yu risk bay we yu avɔyd di say dɛn we rat dɛn de ɛn bay we yu wɛr pɔsin in yon prɔtɛktiv ikwipmɛnt (PPE) we yu de kia fɔ pɔsin we gɛt Lassa fiva. If yu de travul go na kɔntri usay Lassa fiva kin bɔku, i fayn fɔ tɔk to dɔktɔ ɔ pɔblik wɛlbɔdi ɔfisa bɔt wetin de mɔna yu bifo yu go.

Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os

Okay, so naw yu geht gud aidia boht di Lassa Fiva we wi bin tok boht. Natin nɔ de fɔ wɔri bɔt, bikɔs dis nɔto sik we de skata na wi kɔntri. Bɔt, i fayn ɔltɛm fɔ mek wi no.

• Lassa fiva na wan vayral fiva we kin apin na Wɛst Afrika.
• I kin pas am mɔ tru di fes fɔ di rat dɛn we gɛt di sik. I kin pas bak tru di wata we de na pɔsin we gɛt di sik in bɔdi.
• Bɔrku pipul kin gɛt sɔm kayn sik lɛk wae dɛn kin gɛt smɔl fiva ɛn bɔdi kin at, bɔt smɔl nɔmba kin tranga pasmak.
• Uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ kin gɛt mɔ risk. Miskrɛj kin apin.
• Di men tritmɛnt na wan mɛrɛsin we dɛn kɔl `Ribavirin`.
• Di bɛst we fɔ mek i nɔ apin na fɔ kɔntrol di rodɛnt dɛn ɛn mek dɛn klin. Yuz pɔsin in yon prɔtɛktiv ikwipmɛnt (PPE) we yu de nia pɔsin we gɛt di sik.
• If yu dɔn travul go na Wɛst Afrika ɛn yu gɛt sayn dɛn we tan lɛk flu, tɛl dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

So, wi op se dis infɔmeshɔn bin yusful to yu. Stay wit wɛlbɔdi!

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