Wan strenj vayrɔs we de mek blista na di skin? Lɛ wi lan bɔt Ɔtopoksvayrɔs!

Yu dɔn ɛva yɛri bɔt dis nem ‘Orthopoxvirus’? Dis kin bi nyu wɔd fɔ yu. Bɔt dis grup fɔ vayrɔs kin mek wi skin gɛt smɔl smɔl bɔmp ɛn wata we ful-ɔp wit wata. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn tin ya kin pas to wi bak frɔm animal. So, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis smɔl mɔ tide? Lɛ wi si wetin rili de apin.

Wetin rili na Ɔtopoksvayrɔs?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Ɔtopoksvayrɔs na di nem we dɛn gi wan grup fɔ vayrɔs. We dɛn vayrɔs ya go insay di bɔdi, dɛn kin mek di skin gɛt lɛsin lɛk bɔmp ɔ blista. Wetin spɛshal na dat dɛn kin kɔl dɛn bak ‘zoonotic’ sik. Dis min se dɛn vayrɔs ya kin pas to animal, ɛn frɔm animal to mɔtalman. Mamal dɛn lɛk kaw, pusi, ɛn smɔl rodɛnt kin gɛt dɛn. Wan wan tɛm, dɛn kin pas to mɔtalman bak. Bɔt na tu vayrɔs nɔmɔ, smɛlpoks – we dɛn dɔn pul kɔmɔt na di wɔl kpatakpata naw – ɛn Mpox, dɛn no naw se na ɔtopoks vayrɔs we kin pas frɔm pɔsin to pɔsin.

Us kayn Ɔtopoksvayrɔs de?

Bɔku kayn vayrɔs dɛn de we de insay dis Ɔtopoksvayrɔs famili. Na sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn ya:

• Akhmeta vayrɔs we gɛt di sik
• Alaskapox vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl Alaskapox
• Kamelpoks vayrɔs – dat na, i kɔmɔt frɔm kamɛl.
• Cowpox virus – Dis kin pas frɔm kaw.
• Ɔspoks vayrɔs – we gɛt fɔ du wit ɔs.
• Mpox vayrɔs – Yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt dis dis biɛn tɛm.
• Vaccinia virus – Dis na wetin dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek di smɛlpoks vaysin.
• Variola vayrɔs – Dis na di vayrɔs we de mek pɔsin gɛt smɔl smɔl sik we a bin dɔn tɔk bɔt.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ dis?

If yu gɛt Ɔtopoksvayrɔs lɛk dis, di men ɛn izi fɔ no na di rash we rayz, we dɛn dɔn difayn fayn fayn wan, we gɛt bɔmp. Dɛn rash ya nɔ kin kam wan tɛm. Dɛn kin divɛlɔp smɔl smɔl. Dɛn kin bigin flat, dɔn dɛn kin rayz (sɔntɛnde dɛn kin kɔl dɛn papul), dɔn dɛn kin bi blista we ful-ɔp wit wata (sɔntɛnde dɛn kin kɔl dɛn vesikul), ɛn leta dɛn kin krɔs ɔp ɛn wɛl. Dis ɔltin kin tek sɔm wiks. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn rash ya kin mek yu fil pen ɛn it.

dipכnt pan di kayn vayrus, dεn lεsin ya kin apia na difrεn pat dεm na di bכdi. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Na yu an dɛn, mɔ na yu an dɛn.
• Na di fut dɛn we de na di fut.
• In rilayshכn to di anus.
• Na di say dεm we de na di jεnital (penis כ vagina).

Apat frɔm dɛn sayn ya, sɔm ɔda sayn dɛn kin de:

• Mɔsul pen, lɛk we yu trot de at.
• di limf no dεm we de swεla, wi kin kכl dεm swεla gland dεm, na dat i bi.

Aw di Ɔtopoksvayrɔs kin pas?

Tu men we dɛn de we dis Ɔtopoksvayrɔs kin pas: frɔm animal to mɔtalman ɛn frɔm mɔtalman to mɔtalman.

Yu kin gɛt dis vayrɔs frɔm animal we gɛt di sik if di animal skrach ɔ bit yu, ɔ if yu skin kam dairekt wit di animal in blɔd, bɔdi wata, ɔ skin lɛsin.

Dɔn bak, yu kin gɛt di sik if yu gɛt klos kɔntakt wit pɔsin we gɛt dis vayrɔs. Dis min se:

• tru kכntakt wit di rεspiretכri dכplεt dεm we de kכmכt we yu de kכf, sniz, כ tכk.
• Na bay we i kam nia di wata we de kɔmɔt na di pɔsin in skin wund ɛn blista dɛn.
• Frɔm intimate contact, lɛk fɔ kis ɛn du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs.

Naw, di wan ol Ɔtopoksvayrɔs we pɔsin kin pas frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin na Mpox. (Smɔlpoks bin de pas frɔm pɔsin to pɔsin bak, bɔt dɛn dɔn pul am kɔmɔt na di wɔl frɔm 1980.) Ɔda Ɔtopoks vayrɔs dɛn lɛk Alaskapox ɛn Kamelpoks, dɛn kin pas am bay we dɛn tɔch animal dɛn we gɛt di sik.

Us kayn animal dɛn kin kɛr dɛn vayrɔs ya?

difrεn kayn mami dεm de we kin kכri dis כtopoksvayrus. Sɔm pan dɛn na:

• Di animal dɛn we wi kin mɛn na wi os, dat na, pipul dɛn lɛk pusi ɛn dɔg.
• Rɛd-bak vole ɛn shrew na dɛn de kɛr di Alaskapox vayrɔs.
• Smɔl animal dɛn lɛk swɛlin, mays, ɛn rat kin kɛr di Mpox vayrɔs.

Sɔm kayn Ɔtopoksvayrɔs kin pas bak to animal dɛn tru insɛkt dɛn lɛk tik.

Aw dɛn kin no dis sik kɔrɛkt wan? (Diagnosis) .

Dɔktɔ kin tink se yu gɛt ɔtopoks vayrɔs bay we yu gɛt rɔsh ɛn ɔda sayn dɛn. Fɔ tru, dɛn kin du bɔku tɛst dɛn. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Dɛn go tɛst wan sɛmpul fɔ yu blɔd .
• Dɛn kin tek wan sɛmpul fɔ wata frɔm wan say we di skin gɛt ɛn dɛn kin tɛst am.
• Ɔ yu kin tek smɔl pat pan di skin (tissue sample) ɛn tɛst am.

Aw fɔ trit dis?

Bɔrku tɛm, dɔktɔ nɔr kin trit Ɔtopoksvayrɔs pas yu gɛt siriɔs sik. Bɔt sɔm tɛm, if yu gɛt bad bad sik we dɛn kɔl Mpox, dɛn kin gi yu antivayrɔs mɛrɛsin we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mɛn smɛlpoks. Dɔn bak, Vaccinia imyun globulin (VIG-IV) .Sɔntɛnde dɛn kin yuz wan tritmɛnt we gɛt antibodi dɛn bak.

Wetin kin apin if a gɛt vayrɔs lɛk dis? Wetin a go ɛkspɛkt?

If dɔktɔ kɔnfirm se yu gɛt ɔtopoks vayrɔs, dɛn go gi yu advays bɔt aw fɔ kɔntrol yu sik dɛn na os ɛn wetin fɔ du if yu sik dɛn kam tranga . De tin wae impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ de fa frɔm ɔda pipul dɛm wae yu gɛt de sik. Dis go ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ spre di vayrɔs to ɔda pipul dɛn.

Naw, dɛn nɔ kin si Ɔtopoksvayrɔs pan mɔtalman. Dɔn bak, bikɔs dɛn dɔn dɔnawe wit smɛlpoks, bɔku pan di Ɔtopoksvayrɔs infɛkshɔn dɛn we dɛn dɔn ripɔt naw nɔ kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu tink se yu kin gɛt mɔ risk fɔ gɛt Ɔtopoksvayrɔs, tɔk to dɔktɔ. I kin ɛksplen aw yu go gɛt prɔblɛm ɛn us tin dɛn we yu go du fɔ protɛkt yu.

Apat frɔm dat, go to dɔktɔ if:

• If yu gɛt nyu rash ɔ sore na yu skin .
• If yu nɔ fil fayn, lɛk fiva, bɔdi we de at, ɔ di limf no dɛm we swel .
• If yu bin dɔn de nia pɔsin ɔ animal we gɛt Ɔtopoksvayrɔs.

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

If yu gɛt siriɔs sik , yu fɔ go na imejensi rum (ER) wantɛm wantɛm. Dis min se:

• Ay fiva (we pas 103 Fahrenheit/40 Celsius).
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo bad bad wan ɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
• Chɛst de pen.
• Fɔ vɔmit bad bad wan ɔ fɔ gɛt dayarɛa.
• Kɔnfyushɔn ɔ ɔda chenj dɛn na yu maynd (e.g., we yu nɔ de no bɔt ɛnitin).
• Wi kin wik ɔ diziz ɔltɛm.

Wi nɔ go ebul fɔ protɛkt wisɛf frɔm dis Ɔtopoksvayrɔs? Wetin wi go du?

Yɛs, tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ protɛkt wisɛf frɔm dɛn vayrɔs ya. If yu de pan big risk fɔ gɛt wan pan dɛn vayrɔs ya, yu kin gɛt vaysin agens sɔm ɔtopoks vayrɔs. Fɔ ɛgzampul, vaysin dɛn de fɔ mizɛl ɛn smɛlpoks.

Apat frɔm dat, yu kin ridyus yu risk bak bay we yu du dɛn tin ya:

• If yu wok ɔ di tin we yu lɛk fɔ du fɔ mek yu miks wit animal dɛn (espɛshali di wan dɛn we kin kɛr dɛn vayrɔs ya), wɛr tin dɛn fɔ protɛkt yusɛf , lɛk glɔv ɛn mask.
• Nɔ tɔch animal ɔ pipul dɛn we gɛt di sik. Dis inklud animal dɛn we dɔn day.
• ƆtopoksvayrɔsNɔ tɔch bed, klos, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn we gɛt dɔti.
• Kuk ɔl di it dɛn we gɛt animal mit ɔ animal pat dɛn fayn fayn wan.
• Wash yu an fayn fayn wan wit sop ɔltɛm.
• Praktis mami ɛn dadi biznɛs we sef . Dat min se yu fɔ yuz tin dɛn lɛk kɔndɔm ɛn dɛnt dɛm.
• If yu de kia fɔ pɔsin we gɛt Ɔtopoks Vayrɔs, yuz Pɔsin we de protɛkt yusɛf (PPE) .

Yu tink se chikinpoks sɛf na wan kayn Ɔtopoksvayrɔs?

Nɔ, chukchuk nɔto sik we de na di Ɔtopoksvayrɔs grup. Di vayrɔs we de mek pɔsin gɛt chukchuk na di Varicella-zoster vayrɔs. I de pan di Hɛpi vayrɔs famili.

Frɔm we dɛn dɔn pul smɛlpoks, ɔtopoks vayrɔs dɛn nɔ kin bɔku na mɔtalman. Bɔt if wan apin, i go bi nyus we de mek pɔsin fred smɔl. Laki, vaksin de fɔ di onli tu ɔtopoks vayrɔs dɛm we wi no bɔt we kin pas frɔm pɔsin to pɔsin, smɛlpoks (pan ɔl we nɔto naw) ɛn mpox. Pan ɔl we sɔntɛnde ɔtopoks vayrɔs kin jomp frɔm animal to pipul dɛn, di antivayrɔs mɛrɛsin dɛn we de naw ɛn di antibodi tritmɛnt dɛn kin ɛp fɔ trit nyu kayn ɔtopoks vayrɔs dɛn na mɔtalman.

Sɔm pan di impɔtant tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba

Okay, so, frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt wit Ɔtopoksvayrɔs, na sɔm pan di men tin dɛm we yu nid fɔ mɛmba:

• Dis vayrɔs kin mek yu gɛt rash, lɛk fɔ mek yu skin bɔmp ɛn fɔ mek yu gɛt blista .
• Dɛn tin ya kin kɔmɔt frɔm animal to mɔtalman, ɛn sɔm kayn (we dɛn de kɔl Mpox naw) kin pas bak frɔm mɔtalman to mɔtalman .
• Fɔ fala di tin dɛn we sef (fɔ was yu an fayn fayn wan, fɔ de fa frɔm pipul/animal dɛn we gɛt di sik, fɔ du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs we sef) rili impɔtant.
• If yu gɛt sɔm kayn sayn dɛm wae yu kin sɔprayz (nyu sos, fiva, bɔdi pen) , ɔr yu dɔn de nia pɔrsin/animal we gɛt di sik , mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ.
• If yu gɛt siriɔs sayn (fiva ay, i nɔ izi fɔ blo, yu chɛst de pen, yu kɔnfyus) , go na imejensi rum wantɛm wantɛm.

Mɛmba se, di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ no bɔt dis vayrɔs. Natin nɔ de fɔ fred, bɔt i bɛtɛ fɔ tek tɛm!

Orthopoxvirus , Mpox, Smɔlpoks, Skin lɛsin, Vayral infɛkshɔn