Na big tin if yu gɛt baktri na yu bɔdi? Lɛ wi lan bɔt meningococcemia!

Yu dɔn ɛva yɛri bɔt wan sik we kin rili at fɔ di bɔdi wantɛm wantɛm ɛn we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja? Meningococcemia na wan pan dɛn kayn imejensi ya. Dis na we baktri dɛm kin kam insay wi blɔd ɛn spre kwik kwik wan ɔlsay na di bɔdi. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl am bak meningococcal septicemia. Pan ɔl we dis na sik we nɔ kin bɔku, if i apin, i kin rili denja, so i rili impɔtant fɔ no bɔt am.

Wetin rili na meningococcemia?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, meningococcemia na imejensi we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja. Na wan baktri we dɛn kɔl Neisseria meningitidis (N. meningitidis) kin mek am. We dis baktri kam insay wi blɔd, i kin pwɛl wi blɔd vesel dɛn. Dis kin mek blɔd nɔ flɔ fayn to difrɛn ɔgan ɛn tisu dɛn na wi bɔdi. Dis kin mek yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm lɛk kol an ɛn fut, bad bad pen na yu bɔdi, ɛn yu skin kin shayn. Blɔd kin lik frɔm di blɔd vesel dɛn we dɔn brok ɛn mek smɔl smɔl spat dɛn ɔnda di skin. Dɛn spat ya kin smɔl fɔs, bɔt leta dɛn kin gro big ɛn spre ɔlsay na di bɔdi.

Mɛmba se, meningococcemia na mɛdikal imejensi we nid fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan. If yu gɛt ivin di smɔl smɔl sayn, yu fɔ go na ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin mɛningɔyt ɛn mɛningɔkɔksimia?

Yu go dɔn yɛri bak bɔt mɛningayt. Dɛn tu de kɔmɔt frɔm di sem baktri, N. meningitidis. Bɔt smɔl difrɛns de.

• Meningitis na we dis baktri de infεkt wi bren εn spεnal kכd (di nεv sεstem insay di spayna).
• Meningococcemia na we dis baktri de go insay wi blɔd ɛn infɛkt wi.

Sɔntɛnde, dɛn tu tin ya kin apin togɛda. Dɔn bak, ɔda vayrɔs, fɛns, ɔ baktri kin mek yu gɛt infɛkshɔn na yu bren (mɛningaytis).

Aw dis sik kin bɔku?

Meningococcemia na rili wan sik we nɔ kin bɔku. Fɔ ɛgzampul, na kɔntri lɛk Amɛrika, i nɔ pas 400 pipul dɛn we gɛt di sik ɛvri ia. Bɔt pan ɔl we i nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm, di denja nɔ kin stɔp if i apin. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dis.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt meningococcemia?

De sayn dɛm fɔ dis sik kin rili bad, ɛn dɛn kin kam kwik kwik wan insay sɔm awa. Bɔrku pipul kin kɔl am "de wɔs pen wae dɛn dɔn ɛva fil na dɛn layf." Di men sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt dis sik na:

• An ɛn fut we kol: Di bɔdi kin kol ɛn di an ɛn fut dɛn kin fil lɛk ays we dɛn tɔch am.
• Bɔrku pen na di mɔsul dɛm: Di pen kin bi wae yu nɔr kin ebul fɔ bia, mɔr lɛk na di leg dɛm.
• Taya pasmak ɛn taya: I kin fil lɛk se yu taya ɛn yu kin slip ɔltɛm.
• Fɔ blo kwik kwik wan: Di rit we yu de blo kin go ɔp wantɛm wantɛm.
• Bɛlɛ de at ɔ pen: Bɛlɛ we de at, sɔntɛnde i kin rili bad.
• Yu kin shek ɔ rigor ɔltɛm: Yu kin gɛt shek shek ɛn shek shek.
• Skin kin chenj: Di skin kin tɔn blɛsin wantɛm wantɛm, ɔ di skin kin chenj, ɛn sɔm say dɛn we gɛt difrɛn kɔlɔ kin apia na say dɛn.
• Rɛd, brawn, blu, ɔ pepul flat spat dɛn na di skin: Dɛn wan ya kin bigin lɛk smɔl smɔl spat dɛn (petechiae). Dɛn kin apia na say dɛn we tayt wit klos, lɛk di an, di wɛst, di anklɛ, di ɛlb, ɛn di insay shɔl. Dɛn spat ya kin gro big wan as tɛm de go ɛn dɛn kin spre ɔlsay na di bɔdi (purpura). Bɔt, nɔ wet fɔ mek dɛn spat ya skata. If yu gɛt ɛnitin we de mɔna yu , go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Wetin kin mek pɔsin gɛt meningococcemia?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, di men tin we kin mek dis sik na wan baktri we dɛn kɔl Neisseria meningitidis . dis baktri kin go insay wi bכdi we wi de blo am insay.Dεn i kin travul tru di lכng dεm go insay wi bכdi (we kin mek mεningokokεmia) כ insay di bren (we kin mek mεningaytis). We dis baktri dɔn go na di blɔd, i kin pwɛl wi blɔd vesel dɛn. Dis kin mek wi tisu dɛn nɔ gɛt di ɔksijɛn we dɛn nid.

Aw dis sik kin pas frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin?

Di baktri (N. meningitidis) de spre bitwin pipul dɛm we de nia dɛnsɛf. Dis min se:

• Na bay we dɛn de kis.
• Na bay we dɛn de sheb tin dɛn lɛk it, wata bɔtul, ɛn kɔp.
• Sɔntɛnde, i kin skata bitwin pipul dɛm wae de liv na di sem os ɔr wae kin hang ɔut togɛda bɔrku tɛm (fɔ ɛgzampul, skul padi dɛm, pipul dɛm wae de liv na dormitory na kampus).

Udat dɛn kin gɛt dis sik?

Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt smɔl smɔl risk fɔ gɛt meningococcemia. Dɛn tin ya na:

• Bebi dεm: εspεshali fכ pikin dεm we ol bitwin 6 mכnt εn 2 ia.
• Tin dɛn: Pipul dɛn we ol bitwin 16-23 ia.
• Yɔŋ pipul dɛn we de liv togɛda na grup: fɔ ɛgzampul, di wan dɛn we de na yunivasiti dɔm.
• Pipul dɛn we de travul go ɔ we de na sɔm pat dɛn na Afrika (sab-Sahara Afrika).
• Pipul dεm we gεt sכm imyun sistεm dεfisiεns: Dat na, pipul dεm we gεt kכndyushכn lεk `(HIV)` infεkshכn, `(kכmpliment kכmכpכnt dεfisiεns)`.
• Pipul dεm wae de tek ``complement inhibitor`` mεdikeshכn fכ sכm mεdikal kכndyushכn dεm.
• Pipul dɛn we nɔ gɛt splin ɔ we dɛn splin nɔ de wok fayn.

Wetin na de siriɔs prɔblɛm wae kin kam wit dis sik?

Kɔmplikɛshɔn dɛn we kin kam wit MeningococcemiaI kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja ɛn sɔntɛnde i kin mek pɔsin gɛt disabled fɔ ɔltɛm ivin afta i dɔn wɛl. Na sɔm pan di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin rili siriɔs:

• Sɛptik shɔk: Dis na we di bɔdi in blɔd prɛshɔn de dɔŋ bad bad wan.
• Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC): Dis na wan sik we rili kɔmpleks. Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, di we aw di blɔd de klɔt kin go haywire, ɛn dis kin mek di blɔd we dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol.
• Purpura fulminans: Dis na wan bad bad we fɔ DIC. I kin mek di skin tisu dɛn day.
• Gangrene: Tisu de day bikɔs blɔd nɔ de flɔ. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin gɛt fɔ kɔt wan an.
• Mayokarditis: Inflameshɔn ɛn infɛkshɔn na di at mɔsul.
• di intanεt כgan dεm we de damej כ we nכ de wok fayn: Imכtant כgan dεm lεk di kidni dεm εn di liva kin dεm.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no bɔt dis sik?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin du blɔd kɔlchɔ ɔ lumbar pankchɔ fɔ chɛk fɔ meningococcemia. Bɔt bikɔs dis sik rili denja, if dɔktɔ tink se yu gɛt am jɔs lɛk aw dɛn si yu, dɛn go bigin fɔ trit am wantɛm wantɛm we dɛn nɔ wet fɔ di tɛst rizɔlt.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ dis sik?

Dɛn kin trit mɛningɔkɔkemia mɔ wit antibayɔtik. Di antibayɔtik dɛn we dɛn kin yuz mɔ na sɛftriakson, sɛfotaksaym, ɔ penisilin. Apat frɔm dat, dɔktɔ dɛn kin:

• If day tisu de, dɛn kin du ɔpreshɔn fɔ pul am.
• If blɔd prɛshɔn smɔl, dɛn go gi salin sɔlshɔn ɔ mɛrɛsin fɔ mek i go ɔp.
• If i nɔ izi fɔ blo, dɛn kin gi am ɔksijɛn ɛn dɛn kin ivin kɔnɛkt am to ventilator.

If yu gɛt dis sik, yu go nid fɔ de na ɔspitul fɔ sɔm dez. Dɛn go gi antibayɔtik tru wan salin sɔlvushɔn (IV) insay wan vein. Dɛn go gi yu ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn bak fɔ kɔntrol ɛni prɔblɛm we go kam ɛn fɔ mek yu fil fayn.

Yu tink se dɛn go ebul fɔ mɛn dis sik kpatakpata? Wetin na di rit we pɔsin kin wɛl?

Yɛs, dɛn kin trit meningococcemia wit antibayɔtik. Bɔt ivin if dɛn trit dis sik, sɔntɛnde i kin mek pɔsin gɛt wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm fɔ lɔng tɛm. So, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt we yu de wɛl.

Dis kin kil pɔsin if dɛn nɔ trit am.Dat min se if yu nɔ gɛt tritmɛnt, yu go mɔs day. Ivin pan di wan dɛn we dɛn de trit wit antibayɔtik, di nɔmba fɔ pipul dɛn we de day de bitwin 10% ɛn 15%. Dat min se ivin if dɛn gɛt tritmɛnt, nɔto ɔlman go ebul fɔ sev. Na so dis denja.

Ustɛm wi fɔ go na ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm?

If yu ɔ yu pikin gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya we wi dɔn tɔk bɔt, go na di ɔspitul imejensi dipatmɛnt we de nia yu ɛn nɔ de te. Dis sik kin tranga kwik kwik wan ɛn i kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja insay sɔm awa.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

Sɔntɛnde lɛk dis, i go fayn fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ dɛn kwɛstyɔn ya:

• Us tritmɛnt opshɔn dɛn a gɛt?
• Aw lɔng i go tek fɔ mek a wɛl?
• Aw a go ebul fɔ manej ɛni lɔng tɛm ifɛkt ɔ kɔmplikeshɔn we kin apin afta dis?
• Mi padi/famili/pipul dɛm we a de liv wit nid fɔ tek antibayɔtik fɔ mek dis nɔ skata?
• Ustɛm a fɔ kam si di dɔktɔ bak?

Aw wi go protɛkt wisɛf frɔm dis sik we dɛn kɔl Meningococcemia?

Di bɛst we fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm dis sik na fɔ gɛt meningococcal vaccines. Tu men kayn vaksin de: Meningococcal conjugate/MenACWY ɛn MenB. Bɔku tɛm, dɔktɔ dɛn kin se:

• Gɛt di MenACWY vaysin fɔ ɛvri pikin we ol bitwin 11-12 ia ɛn wan bɔsta shot we i ol 16 ia.
• Yɔŋ pikin ɛn big pipul dɛn we gɛt ay risk fɔ gɛt di sik, mɔ frɔm di meningococcal bacteria grup A, C, W, ɔ Y, fɔ gɛt di (MenACWY) vaysin.
• Pipul dεm wae gεt hεy risk fכ gεt mεningokok sik na grup B fכ gεt di (MenB) vaysin.

Yu kin aks yu famili dɔktɔ ɔ pikin dɔktɔ bɔt dɛn vaysin ya.

Apat frɔm dat, pipul dɛm wae dɔn de nia pɔrsin wae gɛt meningococcemia (e.g., pipul dɛm wae dɔn kis, pipul dɛm wae de liv na di sem os) kin ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt dis sik bay wae dɛn tek antibayɔtik lɛk aw dɔktɔ tɛl dɛn.

Fɔ dɔn, a fɔ se...

Meningococcemia na wan sik we nɔ kin bɔku. Vaysin dɛn de fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm am. Bɔt i stil pɔsibul fɔ mek yu gɛt dis sik, so i impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm if yu si di sayn dɛn.

Lisin to yu bɔdi. If sɔntin we siriɔs de apin, yu go fil am. If yu ɔ yu pikin gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya, nɔ wet te dɛn wɔs. Go na ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm, tɛl di dɔktɔ dɛn wetin yu de fil ɛn wetin yu de sɔprayz. If yu bigin tritmɛnt sɔm awa bifo dat, dat kin mek big difrɛns pan yu chans fɔ wɛl.

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