Lɛ wi lan mɔ bɔt mɔmp. Na sɔntin we wi fɔ fred?

Yu smɔl pikin dɔn gɛt wan rash na dɛn chɛst wantɛm wantɛm we kin at we dɛn tɔch am? Smɔl fiva ɛn bɔdi de at? Na nɔmal tin fɔ mek yu as mama fred smɔl na tɛm lɛk dis. Bɔrku tɛm, de sik wae kin kam wit dɛn kayn sik ya na wae wi kin kɔl "mumps." Tide, wi go tɔk bɔt mɔmp insay wan simpul, stret we.

Wetin rili na mɔmp?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, mɔmp na wan sik we pɔsin kin gɛt we di vayrɔs kin pas. Na wan vayrɔs we de insay di paramyxovirus famili kin mek am. Bɔrku tɛm, dis sik kin bigin wit smɔl smɔl sayn dɛm lɛk wae yu gɛt smɔl fiva, yu ed de at, ɛn yu taya. Bɔt afta dat, di sayn fɔ dis sik kin apia. dat min se di saliva gland dεm na wi mכt, spεshal wan di parotid gland dεm we de nia di yes, de swel. Wi kin kɔl dis swɛlin pan mɛrɛsin ``parotitis``. Dis na di rizin we mek di chɛst dɛn kin swel bad bad wan ɛn di say we di jaw de kin luk lɛk se i dɔn swel. I tan lɛk se swɛlin de stɔp sɔntin na in mɔt.

Trade, mɔmp na bin wan sik we bin rili kɔmɔn pan yɔŋ pikin dɛn. Bɔt afta dɛn bigin fɔ yuz di mɔmps vaysin insay 1967, di nɔmba fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt dis sik bin go dɔŋ bad bad wan . Bɔt, kes dɛn stil de we de mek pɔsin gɛt mɔmp we de skata pan sik dɛn. Wi kin si dis tin mɔ na say dɛn we bɔku pipul dɛn kin gɛda, lɛk yunivasiti.

Pan ɔl we dis sik nɔ kin siriɔs, sɔntɛnde i kin mek i gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm, so i bɛtɛ fɔ protɛkt yu pikin bay we yu tek di mizɛl-mɔmps-rubɛla (MMR) vaysin .

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

di inkubashכn tεm fכ di mכmps vayrus kin kכmכt frכm 7 to 25 de afta i go insay di bכdi εn i de mek di simptom dεm. Bɔrku pipul dɛn kin gɛt sɔm kayn sayn wae nɔr kin pasmak fɔs. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt dis sik ɛn nɔr kin gɛt ɛni sayn atɔl. Bɔt dɛn kin stil spre di sik to ɔda pipul dɛn.

Lɛ wi si wetin na de kɔmɔn ɛn siriɔs sayn dɛm na di tebul we de dɔŋ ya.

Aw dis sik kin pas frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin?

Mɔmp na sik we kin pas bad bad wan . I kin pas tru dairekt kɔntakt wit saliva ɔ respiratory droplets (frɔm kɔf ɔ sniz) frɔm pɔsin we gɛt di sik.

• Tru di drɔp dɛn we de kɔmɔt we yu de tɔk, kɔf, ɔ sniz .
• Na bay we ɔda pipul dɛn de yuz tin dɛn lɛk kɔp, spun, ɛn tɔys we pɔsin we gɛt di sik dɔn yuz.
• Frɔm klos kɔntakt aktiviti dɛm lɛk fɔ ple gem ɛn kis.

Tipikli, pɔrsin wae gɛt mɔmp kin spre di sik to ɔda pipul dɛm frɔm sɔm de bifo in gland dɛn bigin fɔ swel te lɛk 5 dez afta di swel bigin. So, if pikin gɛt mɔmp, yu fɔ avɔyd fɔ sɛn am na skul ɔ daycare center.

Dɔktɔ, aw yu no fɔ tru se dis na mɔmp?

We yu kɛr yu pikin go to dɔktɔ, i go aks yu bɔt di sik dɛn we yu pikin gɛt ɛn chɛk yu pikin. Bɔku tɛm, di swɛlin na di chɛst go sho wantɛm wantɛm se i kin bi mɔmp.

Bɔt fɔ mek dɛn no if pɔsin gɛt di sik, di dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ du sɔm tɛst dɛn.

• PCR tɛst: 1.1.wetin dεn kin du ya na fכ tek sεmpl frכm insay di pikin in chεk כ trot wit sכm sכm swab εn tεst am fכ di mכmp vayrus.
• Blɔd tɛst: Dɛn kin du blɔd tɛst fɔ chɛk fɔ di antibodi dɛm we dɛn dɔn mek na di bɔdi agens di vayrɔs ɔ fɔ mek dɛn nɔ no ɔda mɛrɛsin.

Aw dɛn kin trit mɔmp? Wetin yu kin du na os?

No patikyula mɛrɛsin nɔ de fɔ kil di mɔmps vayrɔs. Bɔrku tɛm, dis sik kin klin insɛf insay lɛk tu wiks. Di tritmɛnt na fɔ kɔntrol di sik ɛn mek di pikin fil fayn as i pɔsibul.

Yu kin du dɛn tin ya na os:

• Gi dɛn bɔku wata fɔ drink. Tin dɛn lɛk wata, frut jus, ɛn sup kin fayn.
• Rinse yu mɔt wit sɔl wata we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ wata. Dis go ɛp fɔ pul wan trot we de at.
• Gi tin dɛn we saf ɛn we izi fɔ it. Tin dɛn lɛk rays, pɔrit, ɛn yogɔt fayn.
• Nɔ gi pipul dɛn tin fɔ it ɛn drink we gɛt sɔl. Dɛn tin ya kin mek di pen bɔku bay we dɛn kin mek mɔ saliva kɔmɔt na di mɔt.
• Put ays pak ɔ ɔt wata bɔtul pan yu chɛst we dɔn swel. Dis go mek di pen ɛn swel nɔ bɔku.
• Gi mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ mɛn yu pen, lɛk Paracetamol ɔ Ibuprofen, fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt fiva ɛn pen.

Yu tink se mɔmp kin denja? Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin?

Bɔrku tɛm, mɔmp nɔto siriɔs sik. Bɔt nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm, siriɔs prɔblɛm kin apin, mɔ pan yɔŋ ɛn ol pipul dɛn we nɔ gɛt di vaysin.

• Meningitis: Na di mεmbran dεm we de kכba di bren εn di spεnal kכd de inflameshn.
• Ɛnsɛfalaytis: Na di bren kin swel.
• Ɔkitis: Inflameshɔn na di tɛstikul dɛn na bɔy pikin dɛn. If dis kin apin afta pɔsin dɔn rich di pikin, i nɔ kin rili mek i nɔ ebul fɔ bɔn pikin.
• Oophoritis: Inflamεshכn na di ovaria dεm na gyal pikin dεm.
• Pankreas: Na inflamɛns na di pankrias.
• Dɛf: Nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm, i nɔ kin yɛri fayn fɔ ɔltɛm.

Bɔku tɛm, mɔmp nɔ kin bad if yu gɛt am we yu gɛt bɛlɛ, bɔt i nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm, i kin mek di bɛlɛ ɔ bɔn pikin bifo tɛm. If yu gɛt bɛlɛ ɛn yu dɔn gɛt pɔsin we gɛt mɔmp, go to yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Wae de fɔ protɛkt yusɛf kpatakpata frɔm dis sik?

Yɛs, i de! Di bɛst ɛn ifɛktiv we na fɔ gɛt di MMR (Measles-Mamps-Rubella) vaysin . Dis vaysin de protɛkt yu frɔm ɔl di tri sik dɛn: mizɛl, mɔmp, ɛn rubɛla.

Di Nashɔnal Imunizayshɔn Program na Sri Lanka se dɛn kin gi pikin dɛn tu doz fɔ dis vaysin.

• di fכs doz dεn kin gi am we i ol 9 mכ nt (as mizεl εn rubεla) εn
• di sεkכn doz dεn de gi am we i ol 3 ia (as MMR).

(Notis: Sɔntɛnde, di schedule kin difrɛn smɔl. Chek wit yu lokal famili wɛlbɔdi wokman ɔ dɔktɔ fɔ di rayt schedule.)

Dis vaysin rili sef ɛn i de wok fayn. I kin mek di sik nɔ kam pan lɛk 90% pan di pipul dɛn we kin gɛt di vaysin. Sɔm pikin dɛn kin gɛt sɔm kayn pen, rɛd, ɔ smɔl fiva usay dɛn gi di vaysin. Bɔt dis na nɔmal tin.