Wi no bɔt dis sik we de mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ blo fayn we dɛn kɔl MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)?

Sɔntɛm yu nɔ bin dɔn yɛri bɔt MERS bifo. Bɔt naw, tɛnki fɔ di COVID-19 pandemik, wi ɔl dɔn rili no bɔt korona vayrɔs. MERS na wan pan di korona famili bak, bɔt na smɔl difrɛn, sɔm tɛm dɛn kin rili siriɔs sik we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de blo. So, i fayn fɔ lan smɔl bɔt am fɔ yu ɛn yu famili, nɔto so? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt am simpul wan.

Wetin na MERS?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, MERS na wan sik we nɔ kin at fɔ blo, we nɔ kin izi fɔ blo, we kin afɛkt wi lɔng dɛn. Na wan patikyula kayn vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl Koronavayrɔs de mek am . Fɔ tɔk di kɔrɛkt tin, dɛn kɔl di vayrɔs `MERS-CoV` (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus). Dɛn bin fɔs ripɔt dis sik to di wɔl insay 2012 na Saudi Arabia. Na dat mek dɛn kɔl am "Middle East Respiratory Syndrome".

Mek wi lan smɔl bɔt Koronavayrɔs

Naw yu kin de wɔnda wetin na dɛn korona vayrɔs ya ɛn wetin mek dɛn so denja. Fɔ tru, korona vayrɔs nɔto wan vayrɔs, bɔt na big grup fɔ vayrɔs. Dɛn kin gɛt di sik to bɔd, ɔ mami ɛn dadi biznɛs lɛk dɔg, pusi, ɛn kaw. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, dɛn vayrɔs ya kin chenj ɛn chenj, ɛn i pɔsibul se dɛn kin ambɔg mɔtalman bak.

Sayɛnsman dɛn bin fɔs fɛn dɛn korona vayrɔs ya insay di mid-1960s. Frɔm da tɛm de, dɛn dɔn no sɛvin kayn korona vayrɔs we kin mek pipul dɛn sik. Fo pan dis kin mek yu nɔr gɛt sɔm kayn sik, wae fiba di kɔmɔn kol. Bɔt di ɔda tri tin dɛn kin rili bad ɛn sɔntɛnde dɛn kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja. Dɛn tri tin ya na:

• `SARS-CoV` (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus): Dɛn bin no dis insay 2003. Yu go mɛmba se da tɛm de, bɔku pipul dɛn bin de fred ɔlsay na di wɔl.
• `MERS-CoV` (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus): Dis na di wan we wi de tɔk bɔt naw. Dɛn bin no am insay 2012.
• `SARS-CoV-2`: Dis na di vayrɔs we mek di `COVID-19` sik we wi ɔl dɔn de fɛt dis biɛn tɛm.

Aw kɔmɔn tin na MERS?

So, aw kɔmɔn dis sik we dɛn kɔl MERS? Di Wol Ɛlth Ɔganayzeshɔn (WHO) se, te to Janwari 2020, na 2,519 MERS kes dɛm nɔmɔ dɛn dɔn ripɔt ɔlsay na di wɔl frɔm 2012. Pan ɔl we dɛn dɔn ripɔt dɛn sik pipul ya frɔm 27 kɔntri dɛm, 80% pan dɛn sik pipul ya, dat na, et pan tɛn, dɛn dɔn ripɔt frɔm Saudi Arabia. Lɛk ɔlman, dɛn dɔn gɛt dis kɔntrakt afta dɛn dɔn travul go na kɔntri dɛn na di Arabian Peninsula, dat na kɔntri dɛn lɛk Irak, Iran, Izrɛl, Saudi Arabia, ɛn Siria, ɔ afta dɛn dɔn liv de. Bikɔs wi kɔntri de go na dɛn kɔntri ya fɔ wok, i impɔtant fɔ mek wi no dis. Ivin na Amɛrika, na tu pipul dɛn nɔmɔ we gɛt MERS dɔn ripɔt. Dɛn ɔl tu na wɛlbɔdi wokman dɛm, we dɔn travul go Saudi Arabia.

Udat de pan denja fɔ gɛt MERS?

So, lɛ wi tek wan luk pan udat de pan risk fɔ gɛt MERS. Tink bɔt dɛn tin ya:

• Fɔ di wan dɛn we jɔs travul go na di Arabian Peninsula (e.g. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates).
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we dɔn travul go na di Arabian Peninsula ɛn we dɔn de nia pɔsin we leta sik.
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we dɔn de nia pɔsin we dɛn dɔn kɔnfyus se i gɛt `MERS-CoV`.
• If yu na wɛlbɔdi wokman , dɔn wok klos wit wan MERS pasɛnt ɛn nɔ fala di rayt we fɔ kɔntrol di infɛkshɔn.
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we dɔn kam nia kamɛl dɛn dairekt wan, ɔ we dɔn it kamɛl mit we dɛn nɔ kuk, ɔ we dɔn drink kamɛl milk we dɛn nɔ pastɔrayz. (Dis nɔ rili impɔtant fɔ Sri Lanka, bɔt i impɔtant fɔ di wan dɛn we de travul go na di Midul Is).

Usay di MERS vayrɔs kɔmɔt?

Tink bɔt usay dɛn vayrɔs ya kɔmɔt. Di wan dɛn we de stɔdi bɔt dis biliv se sik dɛn lɛk MERS, SARS, ɛn COVID-19 bin bigin fɔs na bat, dɔn i kin go to ɔda animal dɛn, ɛn leta i kin go to mɔtalman.

• Naw dɛn biliv se di MERS-CoV vayrɔs bin jomp frɔm bat to kamɛl ɛn frɔm kamɛl to mɔtalman .
• Di SARS-CoV vayrɔs kam to mɔtalman tru civets (wan smɔl mami ɛn dadi biznɛs we dɛn kin si na Afrika ɛn Eshia).
• Sayɛnsman dɛn stil nɔ no ustɛm di COVID-19 vayrɔs kɔmɔt to mɔtalman.

Aw dɛn kin transmit MERS?

Lɛk sɔm ɔda sik dɛn we kin kam pan pɔsin, di MERS-CoV vayrɔs de na wi say we wi de blo. So, i kin mεnli pas tru di rεspiretכri dכplεt dεm we de kכmכt we wan pɔsin kכf כ sniz.

MERS na sik we pɔsin kin pas. Bɔt i nɔ bin skata kwik kwik wan ɔlsay na di wɔl lɛk COVID-19. MERS nid fɔ gɛt rili klos kɔntakt fɔ mek i go skata. Lɛk bitwin famili mɛmba dɛn ɔ we dɛn de kia fɔ pɔsin we sik na ɔspitul. Di wɛlbɔdi ɔfisa dɛn nɔ si di kɔmyuniti-wide spred.

Dɔn bak, kamɛl kin transmit MERS. Kamɛl dɛn na Saudi Arabia ɛn di kɔntri dɛn we de nia de gɛt MERS strayn dɛn we fiba di MERS strayn dɛn we de mek pipul dɛn gɛt sik. Dis sho se kamɛl dɛn de aktiv wan fɔ transmit MERS to mɔtalman.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ MERS?

Pɔsin wae gɛt MERS nɔr kin gɛt ɛni sayn atɔl. Ɔ, dɛn kin gɛt smɔl smɔl sayn dɛm wae fiba kɔmɔn kol. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, i kin go bifo to wan sik we kin rili bad ɛn we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja. MERS kin mek yu gɛt sɔm kayn sik dɛn we yu de blo lɛk:

• Kɔf
• Fiva (i kin bi se na ay fiva) .
• Shot we yu de blo

Sɔm pipul dɛn dɔn ripɔt bak bɔt sɔm kayn sik lɛk dayarɛa, nɔs, ɛn vɔmit. Di simptom dɛm fɔ MERS kin bigin insay tu to fɔtin dez afta yu dɔn gɛt di vayrɔs.

Wetin na di denja kɔmplikeshɔn dɛm wae kin kam bikɔs ɔf MERS?

Naw lɛ wi luk us kɔmplikɛshɔn kin apin if MERS kam tranga. Dis na di say we wi nid fɔ pe atɛnshɔn mɔ. If i siriɔs, MERS kin go bifo to nyumonia , i nɔ kin ebul fɔ blo fayn, ɛn i kin nid fɔ mek dɛn yuz mashin fɔ mek di briz kɔmɔt fayn . I kin mek bak di kidni nɔ wok fayn.

Dɛn se di nɔmba fɔ pipul dɛn we de day fɔ MERS de arawnd 35%. Dat min se lɛk wan pan ɔl tri pipul dɛn we gɛt MERS go day. Bɔt dis kin rili smɔl. Dis nɔmba nɔr de inklud pasɛnt dɛm wae gɛt smɔl smɔl sik, wae dɛn nɔr no ɔr ripɔt.

Dis sik kin tranga pasmak pan pipul dɛm wae gɛt ɔda ɔndalayn kɔndishɔn dɛm wae kin mek dɛn imyun sistɛm wik. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Kansa
• At sik we nɔ de dɔn
• Kidni sik we nɔ de mɛn
• Krεse lכng sik (e.g. asma, COPD) .
• Dayabitis (`Dayabɛt Mɛlitɔs`) .
• Pipul dɛn we dɔn ol

Aw dɛn kin no bɔt MERS?

If yu gɛt sɔm kayn sik dɛn we yu de blo lɛk fiva, kɔf, ɛn i nɔ izi fɔ blo, yu dɔktɔ go aks yu bɔt yu mɛdikal istri. Mek shɔ se yu tɛl yu dɔktɔ if yu jɔs dɔn travul ɛnisay, mɔ na di Midul Is, ɔ yu dɔn gɛt kɔntakt wit sik pipul dɛn ɔ kamɛl dɛn.

Dɛn kin du spɛshal laboratori tɛst fɔ no if yu gɛt aktif ɔ past MERS infɛkshɔn. Yu dɔktɔ kin tek sɔm sɛmpul dɛn, lɛk:

• Lɔwa respiratory tract sample: Dɛn kin aks yu fɔ gɛda sputum (ɔ phlegm) insay kɔntena. Ɔda we de fɔ mek yu dɔktɔ put wan tin, fleksibul tiub (bronchoscope) dɔŋ yu trot fɔ tek wan sampul fɔ sputum frɔm yu lɔng.
• כp rεspiretכri trakt sεmpl: Dis involv fכ tek sεmpl frכm insay di nos כ כp trot wit swab.
• Sεrum sεmpl: Sεrum na di wata pat pan yu blɔd. Di dɔktɔ tek wan sɛmpul pan yu blɔd ɛn spin am na wan mashin we de spid (sɛntrifuj). Dɔn dɛn kin pul di sɛrum frɔm di rɛd blɔd sɛl dɛn, wayt blɔd sɛl dɛn, ɛn di pletlɛt dɛn. Dɔn dɛn kin tɛst dis sɛrum fɔ di antibodi dɛn we dɛn dɔn mek agens di vayrɔs.

Nɔto ɔl di laboratori dɛn gɛt rayt fɔ tɛst fɔ MERS-CoV. Yu dɔktɔ kin sɛn di sampul to yu stet wɛlbɔdi dipatmɛnt in lɛbɔretri ɔ to spɛshal say, lɛk di Sɛntral fɔ Kɔntrol ɛn Prɛvenshɔn fɔ Sik (CDC).

Aw dɛn kin trit MERS?

Naw, no aprɔv spɛshal antivayral tritmɛnt nɔ de fɔ MERS. Dat min se, no patikyula mɛrɛsin nɔ de we go kil di vayrɔs. So, mɛrɛsin na sɔpɔt fɔ kia, wae de ɛp fɔ kɔntrol yu sik wae yu bɔdi de fɛt di infekshɔn.

• If yu gɛt sɔm kayn sik , yu kin rɛst na os ɛn tek mɛrɛsin lɛk paracetamol fɔ pen ɛn fiva.
• Bɔt if di sik bad, yu go nid fɔ go na ɔspitul. If na so i bi, yu kin du tin dɛn lɛk:
• Gi IV fluid (fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt wata na yu bɔdi).
• fכ gi supliment כksijεn (fכ difεlεns fכ brith).
• If i nɔ pɔsibul fɔ blo, dɛn kin yuz mɛkanikal ventilashɔn.
• If di kidni dɛn nɔ wok, dɛn kin du dayalaysis.

Aw yu go mek MERS nɔ skata to ɔda pipul dɛn? (If yu gɛt MERS)

If yu no ɔ tink se yu gɛt MERS, yu fɔ rili du dɛn tin ya fɔ mek yu nɔ spre am to ɔda pipul dɛn:

• Stay na os wantɛm wantɛm. Stay na wan sɛpret rum frɔm ɔda pipul dɛn. If i pɔsibul, yuz wan sɛpret batrum.
• Wash yu an bɔku tɛm wit sop ɛn wata (fɔ at le 20 sɛkɔn). If yu yuz han sanitayza, i fɔ gɛt at le 60% alkol.
• Wear fes mask we yu de na rum wit ɔda pipul dɛn.
• Kɔba yu mɔt ɛn nos wit tisu we yu de kɔf ɔ sniz. Trowe di tisu we yu dɔn yuz insay dɔti bɔks we dɛn lɔk wantɛm wantɛm ɛn was yu an bak.
• Kɔl yu dɔktɔ bifo yu go si dɛn ɛn tɛl dɛn se yu kin gɛt MERS so dat dɛn go tek di tin dɛn we dɛn nid fɔ tek tɛm wit.
• If yu sik de wɔs, fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo mɔ ɛn mɔ, kɔl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Ustɛm di nɔmal tin dɛn kin bigin fɔ du bak?

If yu fil fayn naw, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt ustɛm yu go ebul fɔ du tin dɛn we yu nɔ bin de du. Yu lokal wɛlbɔdi dipatmɛnt ɔ di provinsial wɛlbɔdi dipatmɛnt go gi yu gayd fɔ aw lɔng yu fɔ de na os fɔ mek yu nɔ spre MERS to ɔda pipul dɛn. Dis kin bi te yu simptom dɔn go ɛn yu dɔn test negatif fɔ di vayrɔs.

Aw fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm MERS? (Di we dɛn fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt di sik)

Naw, no vaysin nɔ de fɔ MERS. Di we dɛn fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm MERS na di sem wit ɔl di ɔda sik dɛn we de mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ blo fayn:

• Wash yu an fayn fayn wan wit sop ɔltɛm. Mek shɔ se yu was yu an afta yu dɔn go na do, bifo yu it, ɛn afta yu dɔn yuz tɔylɛt.
• We yu de kɔf ɔ sniz, kɔba yu mɔt ɛn nos wit tisu ɔ di insay pat pan yu ɛlb.
• Nɔ tɔch yu yay, yu nos, ɛn yu mɔt wit yu an as yu ebul.
• Nɔ gɛt tayt padi biznɛs wit pipul dɛn we sik.
• Kip di say dɛn we yu kin yuz bɔku tɛm (doknob, tebul, fon) klin ɛn yuz disinfɛktant.

Fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt MERS infɛkshɔn, mɔ frɔm kamɛl, du dɛn tin ya (fɔ di wan dɛn we de travul go kɔntri dɛn lɛk di Midul Is):

• Mek shɔ se yu was yu an afta yu dɔn ol kamɛl dɛn. Nɔ tɔch kamɛl dɛn we sik pan ɔl we i nɔ izi fɔ yu.
• Nɔ it kamɛl milk we nɔ pastɔrayz ɛn kamɛl mit we nɔ kuk fayn.
• If yu gɛt wan sik we nɔ de mɛn (e.g. dayabitis, at sik), ɔ yu imyun sistɛm wik, nɔ go na say dɛn we kamɛl dɛn de ɔ usay dɛn de miks wit kamɛl dɛn.

Aw yu go protɛkt yusɛf we yu de kia fɔ pɔsin we gɛt MERS?

If yu de liv wit ɔ kia fɔ pɔsin we gɛt MERS, di wɛlbɔdi ɔfisa dɛn kin se yu fɔ tek dɛn ɛkstra tin ya fɔ tek tɛm wit:

• Mek shɔ se yu wɛr fes mask, gɔn, ɛn glɔv we yu kam nia da pɔsin de in bɔdi wata (e.g., mɔkus, saliva) ɔ tin dɛn we de kɔmɔt na in bɔdi.
• Wear glɔv we yu de was dish, tawɛl, bed, ɛn klos. Wash dɛn apat frɔm ɔda pipul dɛn tin dɛn. Wash yu an dɛn fayn fayn wan afta yu dɔn pul di glɔv dɛn.

Wetin kin apin if MERS apin? (Prɔgnosis) .

If yu nɔr bin dɔn go na di Arabian Peninsula, ɔr if yu bin dɔn go de ɛn nɔr bin dɔn de nia pɔrsin wae gɛt dis sik, yu chans fɔ gɛt MERS rili smɔl. Nɔ wɔri.

Bɔt if yu gɛt MERS, yu de pan big risk fɔ gɛt siriɔs sik, mɔ if yu gɛt ɔda ɔndalayn wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm dɛn, lɛk aw wi bin dɔn tɔk. Yu dɔktɔ go wach yu gud gud wan ɛn gi yu sɔpɔt kia fɔ mɛn yu sik dɛn.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm fɔ MERS (fiva, kɔf, i nɔ izi fɔ blo) ɛn yu tink se yu go dɔn gɛt di MERS-CoV vayrɔs (e.g., yu jɔs travul go na di Midul Is, yu bin gɛt kɔntakt wit pɔsin we bin dɔn, gɛt kɔntakt wit kamɛl), yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

MERS simptom kin rili bad ɛn kin mek yu layf de pan denja. So, if yu sik de wɔs, kɔl yu dɔktɔ ɔ go na ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm.

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

Okay, so, sɔm tin dɛn de we wi rili nid fɔ mɛmba frɔm dis lɔng stori:

• MERS na sik we nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm bɔt we kin rili siriɔs we pɔsin de blo. I nɔ go izi fɔ mek yu gɛt am if yu nɔ travul go na di Arabian Peninsula ɔ yu nɔ go gɛt tayt padi biznɛs wit pɔsin we dɔn de de ɛn we gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn.
• If yu plan fɔ go na di Arabian Peninsula, mek shɔ se yu praktis di bɛsis hajɛns. Was yu an ɔltɛm, nɔ tɔch yu fes, ɛn tek tɛm rawnd kamɛl dɛn. Nɔ it raw kamɛl milk ɛn kamɛl mit we nɔ kuk fayn.
• If yu saspek se yu gɛt MERS, kɔl dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Dɛn kin du di tɛst dɛm we yu nid ɛn gi yu gayd fɔ aw fɔ mɛn di sik ɛn mek i nɔ go pas to ɔda pipul dɛm.
• Awareness na di bɛst difens. We wi no bɔt dɛn sik ya, dat kin ɛp wi fɔ protɛkt wisɛf frɔm dɛn.

So, a op se dis infɔmeshɔn go yusful to yu. Stay wit wɛlbɔdi!

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