Wetin na difteria? Wi go tɔk bɔt dis bad bad sik?

Yu dɔn ɛva yɛri bɔt wan sik we dɛn kɔl difteria? Sɔntɛm dɛn bin dɔn gi yu di vaysin agens am we yu bin smɔl. Na siriɔs ɛn bɔku bɔku baktriyal infɛkshɔn. Tide, wi go tɔk bɔt difteria na simpul we we yu go ɔndastand. Na bikɔs i rili impɔtant fɔ no bɔt tin dɛn lɛk dis.

Wetin rili na difteria? Udat go mɔs gɛt am?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, difteria na infekshɔn we wan kayn baktri kin kam wit. I kin skata kwik kwik wan, ɛn di sayn dɛm kin sho kwik kwik wan. I kin afɛkt di nos ɛn di trot mɔ.

Jɔs tink bɔt dis, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt dis sik.

• Fɔ pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 5 ia yet
• Fɔ big pipul dɛn we dɔn pas 60 ia

Dɛn tu tin ya de pan patikyula risk.

Nɔto dat nɔmɔ, .

• Pipul dɛn we de liv na say dɛn we pipul dɛn kin ful-ɔp ɛn we nɔ klin
• Pipul dɛn we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ it ɛn drink (dat na, di wan dɛn we nɔ de gɛt bɛtɛ it ɛn drink) .
• Yɔŋ pikin ɛn big pipul dɛn we nɔ gɛt di rayt vaysin

Dɛn pipul ya kin gɛt bɔrku risk bak fɔ gɛt difteria.

Na kɔntri dɛn lɛk Sri Lanka, difteria nɔ kin bɔku bikɔs dɛn kin gi pikin dɛn vaysin agens am. Bɔt na sɔm divɛlop kɔntri dɛn usay dɛn nɔ de yuz di vaysin fayn fayn wan, dis sik stil kɔmɔn.

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

We yu fɔs gɛt difteria, yu go tink se na jɔs wan simpul trot we de at . Bɔt,

• Di bɔdi kin fil wam, ɛn yu kin fil smɔl fiva .
• di limf no dεm na di nεk de swel (wi kכl dεm swεla gland dεm, na dat i bi).

Dis na di fɔs sayn dɛn. Bɔt bikɔs di difteria baktri dɛn de mek wan pɔyzin, we na wan tik, greysh-blak kɔtin we dɛn kɔl mɛmbran , na di nos, trot, ɔ di say we pɔsin de blo. I tan lɛk kɔtɔn bɔl. Dis na di men sayn we de sho difrɛns bitwin difteria frɔm wan kɔmɔn trot we de at (lɛk strɛp trot). Dis kɔtin kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ blo ɛn i kin mek i nɔ izi bak fɔ swɛla it ɛn drink.

As di infekshɔn de go bifo, pɔrsin kin sho sɔm sayn dɛm bak lɛk:

• I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo ɔ fɔ swɛla, dat kin bɔku.
• Dabl vishɔn.
• Di tɔk kin bi slɔp.
• wan stet fכ shכk kin mek yu simptom dεm fכ ``Shok'' (i.e., yu skin de pale εn kol, yu at de bit kwik kwik wan, yu de swet bכku, εn yu de luk we yu kכnfyus).

Us ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn kin kam wit difteria?

Bifo di trot infekshɔn, if da pɔyzin we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt go insay di blɔd...Di kɔndishɔn kin rili siriɔs. Dis kin afɛkt ɔda impɔtant pat dɛn lɛk di at ɛn di kidni, ɛn i kin ivin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn we go mek yu layf de pan denja .

Di bad tin dɛn we dis pɔyzin kin du na:

• I kin pwɛl di at ɛn i kin mek i nɔ ebul fɔ pɔmp blɔd igen.
• I kin afɛkt di kidni dɛn, ɛn dis kin mek dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ pul dɔti na di bɔdi fayn fayn wan.
• I kin pwɛl di nerv dɛm ɛn leta i kin mek yu gɛt tin dɛm lɛk paralayz.

Jɔs tink bɔt, if dɛn nɔ trit difteria fayn, lɛk 50% pan di sik pipul dɛn kin day. So naw yu go dɔn ɔndastand aw dis na siriɔs tin.

Yu tink se dɛn kin ebul fɔ avɔyd difteria? Aw?

Yɛs, i rili bi! Fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt difteria , i kin dipen ɔlmost pan vaksin.

Di wan dɛn we impɔtant pas ɔl na di difteria/pɛtussis/whooping kɔf vaysin (DTaP vaysin) we dɛn kin gi pikin dɛn ɛn di Tdap vaysin we dɛn kin gi yɔŋ pipul ɛn big pipul dɛn we nɔ bin dɔn gɛt di vaysin bifo.

Afta dɛn dɔn gɛt wan doz fɔ Tdap, yɔŋ pipul ɛn big pipul dɛn fɔ gɛt bɔsta doz fɔ Tdap ɔ di difteria/pɛtussis vaysin (Td vaysin) ɛvri 10 ia . Bɔrku pan di kes dɛm fɔ difteria kin ripɔt pan pipul dɛm wae nɔr gɛt vaysin atɔl ɔr wae nɔr gɛt ɔl di dos dɛm.

Dɔn bak, dɛn kin advays di Tdap vaysin fɔ mama dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ insay di sɛkɔn haf pan ɛvri bɛlɛ , ivin if dɛn dɔn gɛt di vaysin bifo.

Di usual vaksin schedule na dis:

• `DTaP` vaksin: na 2, 4, ɛn 6 mɔnt.
• Booster dose: Bitwin 12-18 mɔnt.
• Wan ɔda bɔsta doz: Bitwin 4-6 ia.
• `Tdap` vaksin: Na 11-12 ia.
• Dɔn, gɛt Tdap ɔ Td bɔsta shot ɛvri 10 ia fɔ mek yu kɔntinyu fɔ protɛkt yu.
• fכ mama we gεt bεlε, dεn fכ gi di `Tdap` vaysin insay di sεkכn haf we di bεlε de.

Bɔku pikin dɛn kin telɛ dis vaysin fayn fayn wan. Sɔntɛnde, smɔl smɔl sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn kin apin. Fɔ ɛgzampul, di pikin kin rɛd na di say we dɛn injekt am, i kin at smɔl, i kin gɛt smɔl fiva, ɔ i kin vɛks smɔl. Bɔt siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn lɛk alɛji nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm.

Yu tink se difteria na sik we pɔsin kin pas?

Yɛs, difteria na sik we kin pas bad bad wan. I kin pas to ɔda pipul dɛn we pɔsin we gɛt di sik sniz, kɔf, ɔ laf. I kin pas bak to ɔda pipul dɛn bay we yu tɔch tin dɛn lɛk tisu ɔ drink glas we pɔsin we gɛt di sik de yuz.

Ivin if pɔrsin wae gɛt difteria baktri nɔr gɛt ɛni sayn, dɛn kin stil spre di sik to ɔda pipul dɛm fɔ lɛk 4 wik.di tεm we i kin tek fכ difteria fכ sho di simptom dεm (dεn kin kכl am bak di ``incubation period'') kin bi bitwin 2 εn 4 de. Bɔt sɔntɛnde i kin bi frɔm wan to 6 dez.

Aw dɛn kin trit difteria?

Dɛn kin trit pikin ɛn big pipul dɛn we gɛt difteria na ɔspitul. Afta dɔktɔ dɔn kɔnfirm di sik wit di trot kɔlchɔ, dɛn kin gi di pɔsin we gɛt di sik wan spɛshal antitɔksin . dis kin gi am bay injεkshכn כ insay intravenכs (IV). Dis kin wok bay we i de mek di difteria pɔyzin we dɔn ɔlrɛdi de na di bɔdi nɔ wok. Na di sem tɛm, dɛn kin gi antibayɔtik fɔ kil ɛni difteria baktri we lɛf.

Pipul wae gɛt bɔrku sik kin nid fɔ gɛt ventilator fɔ ɛp dɛn fɔ blo. If dɛn tink se di pɔyzin dɔn skata to di at, di kidni, ɔ di sɛntral nervɔs sistɛm (brɛn ɛn spɛshal kɔd), di sikman dɛn kin nid IV wata, ɔksijɛn, ɔ at mɛrɛsin.

Pɔsin we gɛt difteria fɔ de fa frɔm ɔda pɔsin ɛn kip am na say we i nɔ de nia ɔda pipul dɛn. Ɔda pipul dɛn na di famili, di wan dɛn we de nia di pɔsin, mɔ di wan dɛn we nɔ gɛt di vaysin, pikin dɛn we rili yɔŋ, ɛn di wan dɛn we dɔn ol fɔ protɛkt dɛn fɔ mek dɛn nɔ kɔntakt di pɔsin we sik.

We dɛn no se pɔsin gɛt difteria, di dɔktɔ kin tɛl di lokal wɛlbɔdi ɔtoriti dɛn. Dɛn kin trit bak ɛnibɔdi na di os we dɛn tink se go dɔn gɛt di bɔdi. Dis inklud fɔ tɛst di trot swab, gi dɛn bɔsta doz fɔ di difteria vaysin, ɛn gi dɛn antibayɔtik as prɛkoshɔn.

Bɔrku pipul dɛn kin wɛl frɔm difteria if dɛn gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan na ɔspitul. Afta di antibayɔtik ɛn antidɔt bigin fɔ wok, dɛn go nid fɔ rɛst na bed fɔ sɔm tɛm (lɛk 4 to 6 wik, ɔ te dɛn wɛl ɔl). Bɛd rɛst impɔtant mɔ if pɔsin gɛt inflamɛns na in at mɔsul (mayokarditis), we na wan prɔblɛm we kin mek pɔsin gɛt difteria.

Ivin afta dɛn dɔn wɛl, pipul dɛn we dɔn gɛt difteria fɔ gɛt ɔl di difteria vaysin fɔ protɛkt dɛnsɛf fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt di sik igen. If yu gɛt dis sik wan tɛm, dat nɔ de gi yu layf fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt di sik.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If pɔsin na yu famili gɛt difteria, if yu si dɛn sayn ya pan ɔda pɔsin, if pɔsin na yu famili dɔn gɛt difteria, ɔ if yu tink se yu ɔ pɔsin na yu famili de pan denja fɔ gɛt dis sik, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Bɔt mɛmba se, bɔku pan di trot infɛkshɔn nɔto difteria, mɔ na kɔntri lɛk Sri Lanka usay dɛn kin gi di vaysin fayn fayn wan.

If yu nɔr shɔ if yu pikin dɛn dɔn gɛt vaysin fɔ difteria, aks yu dɔktɔ. Dɔn bak, mek shɔ se yu dɔn gɛt yu bɔsta shot dɛn. Stɔdi dɔn sho se bɔku big pipul dɛn we dɔn pas 40 ia nɔ kin rili protɛkt dɛnsɛf frɔm difteria ɛn pɔrtɔsis.

Di impɔtant tin dɛn we wi want fɔ kɛr go na os frɔm dis atikul

Okay, so wi don tok plenti boht difteria.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat difteria na sik we dɛn kin yuz vaysin fɔ avɔyd, bɔt i kin denja bak.

• Gɛt yu vaksin dɛn rayt: Fɔ fala yu pikin in vaksin schedule. If yu na big pɔsin, mek shɔ se yu gɛt yu bɔsta shot dɛn bak.
• Yu fɔ no bɔt di sayn dɛm: If yu notis wan tik tik tin we nɔ kɔmɔn na yu trot wit yu trot we de at, ɔ yu gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
• I impɔtant fɔ mek yu klin: Fɔ klin yu mɔt gud gud wan, mɔ fɔ kɔba yu mɔt we yu de sniz ɛn kɔf, ɛn fɔ was yu an, dat kin ɛp fɔ protɛkt yu frɔm bɔku sik dɛn.
• If yu gɛt dawt, tɛl yu dɔktɔ : Nɔ ɛva dawt bɔt sik. I bɛtɛ fɔ tɔk to dɔktɔ ɛn gɛt advays.

Difteria na sik we de mek wi fred, bɔt wi kin protɛkt wisɛf frɔm am bay we wi tek di vaysin ɛn no bɔt di sayn dɛm. If yu gɛt ɛni ɔda kwɛstyɔn bɔt dis, nɔ shek fɔ aks dɔktɔ.

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