Mek wi lan bɔt Oropouche Vayrɔs Sik. Nɔ fred, lɛ wi tɔk!

Na nɔmal tin fɔ fil fɔ fred smɔl we yu yɛri bɔt nyu sik, nɔto so? Dis tɛm ya, yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt wan strenj vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl ``Oropouche``. Ɛspɛshali we wi yɛri se i de skata na ɔda kɔntri dɛn, wi kin fil bak fɔ no smɔl, ɛn sɔntɛnde wi kin fred. So lɛ wi si wetin dis stori de tɔk bɔt, ɛn aw wi fɔ rili bisin bɔt am.

Wetin na Oropouche Vayrɔs Sik?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, oropharyngeal disease na vayral infɛkshɔn we kin mek yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm lɛk fiva ɛn bɔdi pen. Bɔku tɛm, i kin fil lɛk kol ɔ flu. I kin pas we di gnat (wan kayn smɔl flay, we dɛn kin kɔl bak "no-see-ams") ɛn sɔm kayn mɔskito dɛn bayt am.

Dɛn kin si dis sik mɔ na Sɛntral ɛn Sawt Amɛrika, mɔ na kɔntri dɛn we de rawnd di Amazɔn ren fɔrɛst. Bɔt insay 2024, dɛn bin ripɔt se i de skata bak na kɔntri dɛn lɛk Kiuba. Na dat mek di wɔl in atɛnshɔn dɔn pe atɛnshɔn pan dis dairekshɔn.

Bɔrku tɛm, de sayn dɛm nɔr kin rili bad. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, de sik kin stɔp ɛn kam bak afta sɔm dez. Dɔn bak, if mama we gɛt bɛlɛ gɛt dis sik, sɔm prɔblɛm dɛn kin apin.

Aw kɔmɔn na Oropouche vayrɔs sik?

Dɛn bin fɔs fɛn dis vayrɔs insay 1955. Frɔm da tɛm de, dɛn dɔn ripɔt lɛk 500,000 pipul dɛn we gɛt di sik. So, we yu kɔmpia am wit sɔm ɔda vayral sik dɛn na di wɔl, dis nɔ kin rili kɔmɔn, bɔt i kin jɔs de na sɔm say dɛn ɛn i kin skata.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ di Oropuche vayrɔs sik?

Bɔrku pipul nɔr kin gɛt dis sik. Bɔt if di sayn dɛn we de sho se yu gɛt dis sik, dɛn kin gɛt:

• A de gɛt ay fiva .
• Di bɔdi kin fil kol ɛn i kin shek (Chills).
• A gɛt bad bad ed we de at .
• Pen na di mכsul dεm εn di jכint dεm (arthralgia).
• Sɔntɛnde, yu kin si wan skin rash .

Bɔt, sɔm tɛm , de sik kin tranga pasmak. If na so i bi, sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk dis kin apin bak:

• Diziz we pɔsin kin gɛt .
• I kin tranga fɔ luk layt (`Photophobia`) ɔ pen kin de na di yay.
• Kɔnfyushɔn ɔ chenj in maynd kin apin. Imajin se yu de vɛks wantɛm wantɛm, ɔ yu jɔs fil lɛk yu ed smɔl.
• Nɔs ɛn vɔmit .
• Yu kin fil se yu nɛk stif .

De impɔtant tin na dat, bɔrku tɛm dɛn sayn ya kin tan lɛk de sik lɛk dengue. So, i go fayn fɔ mek yu go to dɔktɔ bifo yu tek mɛrɛsin fɔ yusɛf we yu gɛt fiva.

Wetin kin mek di Oropouche vayrɔs sik?

Na wan vayrɔs de kam wit dis sik. In sayɛns nem na Oropouche orthobunyavirus, we dɛn kin kɔl bak OROV. di vayrus na wan rili sכm jεnεtik mεtirial (insay dis kes, RNA) εn wan kot we de protεkt.

dis vayrus de kam insay wi bכdi mεntal wan tru di bayt dεm we di midj dεm (wan spεshal spεshal we dεn kכl `Culicoides paraensis`) εn sכm kayn mכskito dεm de bit. Dis min se di sik kin pas we dɛn animal ya bit pɔsin we gɛt di vayrɔs ɛn afta dat dɛn bit pɔsin we gɛt wɛlbɔdi.

Di oromucosal vayrɔs kin pas?

Nɔ, di oromucosal vayrɔs nɔ kin pas frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin . Dat min se yu nɔ go ebul fɔ gɛt am bay we yu tɔk to pɔsin we sik, shek an, ɔ tɔch plet ɔ kɔp we dɛn dɔn yuz.

Bɔt if yu gɛt bɛlɛ, dis vayrɔs kin pas to yu pikin tru di plasɛnta. If dat apin, i pɔsibul fɔ mek dɛn bɔn pikin dɛn we nɔ fayn. So, mama dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ fɔ tek tɛm mɔ bɔt dis.

Wetin na di kɔmplikeshɔn dɛm wae de kam wit di oromucosal virus disease?

Bɔrku tɛm, dis sik kin dɔn wae nɔr gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm. Bɔt, i nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm, sɔm prɔblɛm dɛn kin apin.

• I kin bi se di bren kin swel ɔ di tin dɛn we kin kɔba di bren . dis na mεdikal dεm we dεn kכl am `(εnεfalaytis)` (we de swel na di bren) כ `(mεningaytis)` (we de swεla di kכva dεm na di bren). Dis na sɔm kayn siriɔs sik.
• If mama we gɛt bɛlɛ gɛt dis sik, dɛn prɔblɛm ya kin bɔku:
• I kin apin we uman we gɛt bɛlɛ kin kɔmɔt na di bɛlɛ .
• Sɔntɛm pikin we dɛn bɔn we dɔn day .
• di pikin kin gɛt smɔl ed (maykrosɛfali) ɔ ɔda tin dɛn we i bɔn wit .

So, if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk fiva we yu gɛt bɛlɛ, nɔ ignore am. Go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Aw dɛn kin no di Oropouche vayrɔs?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin no bɔt di sik we de na di ɔrofarin bay di sayn dɛn we yu gɛt ɛn if insɛkt we gɛt di vayrɔs dɔn bit yu. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu jɔs travul go na kɔntri usay dis sik bɔku, dat na impɔtant infɔmeshɔn.

If di sik bad bad wan, dɔktɔ dɛn kin du blɔd tɛst ɔ dɛn kin pank di lɔmba fɔ luk fɔ sayn dɛn fɔ di vayrɔs.

Aw dɛn kin trit Oropouche vayrɔs sik?

I sɔri fɔ no se naw, no antivayral mɛrɛsin nɔ de we spɛshal fɔ di Oropouche vayrɔs. Dat min se, no patikyula mɛrɛsin nɔ de we dɛn kin gi fɔ kil di vayrɔs.

Di tritmɛnt na fɔ kɔntrol di sik dɛn we dɛn kin gɛt.

• Yu kin tek mɛrɛsin na os, lɛk paracetamol (brand nem Tylenol®) fɔ ridyus fiva ɛn fɔ mek yu bɔdi nɔ pen.

Tin we rili impɔtant:Nɔ tek mɛrɛsin fɔ mɛn pen lɛk aspirin ɔ ɔda NSAID (e.g. ibuprofen) pas dɔktɔ tɛl yu. Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin mek yu gɛt mɔ blɔd if yu gɛt dengi fiva ɛn ɔda infɛkshɔn dɛn we de sho se yu gɛt sayn dɛn we fiba di wan dɛn we gɛt dengi fiva. So, nɔ yuz dɛn if yu nɔ gɛt dɔktɔ advays.

Wetin kin apin if yu gɛt di oromucosal vayrɔs?

Bɔrku pipul dɛm wae gɛt di oropharyngeal virus kin wɛl insay wan wik ɛn nɔr kin sik bad bad wan.

Bɔt lɛk aw wi bin dɔn tɔk, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt smɔl smɔl tin dɛn we kin apin to dɛn ɛn dɛn kin kam bak afta sɔm dez. Bɔt bɔku pipul dɛn kin wɛl kpatakpata insay lɛk wan mɔnt so.

Yu tink se di oromucosal vayrɔs de mek pɔsin day?

Dis na sik we nɔ kin bɔku ɛn we kin mek pɔsin day. Frɔm di de we dɛn fɛn dis vayrɔs insay 1955, i bin lɛf smɔl fɔ lɛ pipul dɛn day bikɔs ɔf dis sik te to 2024. Bɔt insay 2024, fɔ di fɔs tɛm, dɛn bin ripɔt bɔku pipul dɛn we day bikɔs ɔf dis vayrɔs. Bɔt, na wan pasɛnt we rili smɔl.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu de na say usay di oropharyngeal vayrɔs kin bɔku, ɔ yu dɔn travul go na wan, ɛn yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ. Dis impɔtant mɔ if yu gɛt bɛlɛ . Yu dɔktɔ go ebul fɔ gi yu di advays ɛn tritmɛnt we yu nid.

Ustɛm a fɔ go na Imejɛnsi Tritmɛnt Yunit (ETU) ?

If yu gɛt sayn dɛm fɔ wan sik we dɛn kɔl `(mɛningaytis)` (we de swel na di kɔva na di bren) ɔ `(ɛnsɛfalaytis)` (we de swel na di bren), go na ɔspitul imejensi rum wantɛm wantɛm. Dɛn kayn sayn ya na:

• I nɔ kin izi fɔ luk layt ɔ bad bad pen na di yay.
• Rili bad bad ed pen.
• We yu de vɔmit ɔltɛm.
• Wan stet fɔ kɔnfyus ɔ wan mak chenj na di maynd stet.
• Nek stiff ɔ nɔ ebul fɔ tɔn di nɛk ɛn ed.

Dɛn tin ya nɔto sayn dɛn we pɔsin kin ple we i de ple. Dɛn nid fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt wantɛm wantɛm.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

If yu sɔspɛkt ɔ dɛn dɔn kɔnfyus se yu gɛt di oropharyngeal vayrɔs, i go fayn fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk:

• Wetin na sɔm sef mɛrɛsin dɛn we a kin tek na os?
• Us siriɔs sayn dɛn we a fɔ wɔri bɔt?
• A kin gɛt dis sik bak?
• Mi famili kin gɛt dis? (Wi no naw se di ansa to dis na "no", bot i gud fo bi shoh).

Yu tink se dɛn kin ebul fɔ avɔyd di sik we dɛn kɔl oromucosal virus?

Yɛs, yu kin ebul! di bεst we fכ protεkt yusεf frכm di oromucosal vayrus na fכ avכyd insekt bayt. Bɔku tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ du dis:

• Yuz tin dɛn we de mek insɛkt nɔ kam. Pik di EPA-rɛjista ripelent dɛn we gɛt tin dɛn lɛk DEET. Dɛn tin ya kin ɛp fɔ mek mɔskito ɛn tik dɛn nɔ de fa.
• We yu de na do, mɔ na nɛt (we insɛkt dɛn de bit mɔ), wɛr klos we de kɔba yu bɔdi. Yuz lɔng pant, lɔng sliv shit, ɛn sɔks.
• Rimov ɛni say we wata kin gɛda. Bɔkit, barɛl, ples fɔ was bɔd dɛn, ɛn ol taya dɛn ɔl kin gɛda wata. Dɔn bak, ful-ɔp ɛni pɔt we de na yu yad we go de ol wata. Dɛn ples ya na say dɛn we mɔskito dɛn kin bɔn.
• If yu os gɛt skrin na in winda dɛn, chɛk fɔ si if ol dɛn de ɛn mek dɛn fayn. If i pɔsibul, kip di winda ɛn domɔt dɛn lɔk. Windo skrin fɔ bi `fayn mɛsh` wit ol dɛn we smɔl so dat ivin ant nɔ go ebul fɔ pas.
• If yu de na say usay di oromucosal vayrɔs kin bɔku, yuz fayn fayn mɛsh nɛt rawnd yu slip eria na nɛt.
• If yu gɛt bɛlɛ, nɔ travul go na say dɛn usay di oropharyngeal vayrɔs bɔku as yu ebul.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Pan ɔl we i nɔmal fɔ fil fred we yu yɛri bɔt nyu vayrɔs, di Oropouche vayrɔs dɔn de na sɔm pat dɛn na Amɛrika fɔ bɔku bɔku ia. Bɔrku pipul nɔr kin gɛt siriɔs sik frɔm am. Bɔt we i skata to say dɛn we i nɔ bin dɔn de bifo, i kin mek big nyus.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ tek tɛm fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm insɛkt dɛn we de bit yu. Dis impɔtant mɔ if yu gɛt bɛlɛ ɔ yu de travul go na nyu eria. If dɛn no se yu gɛt oropharyngeal herpes, yu dɔktɔ go gi yu di advays we yu nid. Mɛmba ɔltɛm se i bɛtɛ fɔ go to dɔktɔ if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn pas fɔ mɛn yusɛf.

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