Yu no bɔt influenza? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt am simpul wan!

Yu de fil smɔl smɔl ɔ yu de fil fiva dɛn tɛm ya? Sɔntɛm na di flu. Na sik wae de fil bad smɔl pas kɔmɔn kol, bɔt wetin na in rili? So tide, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis sik we dɛn kɔl influenza. Aw wi go protɛkt wisɛf frɔm am, ɛn wetin fɔ du if wi gɛt am?

Wetin na dis flu (Influenza)?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, di flu na infekshɔn we de afɛkt wi respiratory system . Dat min se, i kin afɛkt yu nos, yu trot, ɛn yu lɔng mɔ. Di tin we kin mek dis apin na wan vayrɔs. Dis vayrɔs kin skata kwik kwik wan frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. Dis flu vayrɔs kin prɛd mɔs insay di kol wɛda mɔnt dɛn . Na kɔntri dɛn lɛk Amɛrika, dɛn kin kɔl am di flu sizin frɔm Ɔktoba to May. Insay wi kɔntri bak, wi kin si dis sik kin apin sɔm tɛm dɛn. So, dis nɔto jɔs kol, bɔt na sɔntin we dɛn nid fɔ tek tɛm tink bɔt.

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

We yu gɛt di flu, yu kin fil bad pas aw yu kin fil wit kɔmɔn kol. Fɔ bɔrku pipul dɛm, de flu vayrɔs nɔr kin bigin fɔ sho de sik te lɛk tu dez afta yu gɛt am. Yu kin gɛt sɔm kayn sik lɛk:

• Wan ay fiva we kin kam wantɛm wantɛm
• Mi bɔdi de kol, mi leg dɛn de shek .
• Di ed we de at bad bad wan
• Mi wan ol bɔdi de at, mɔ mi mɔsul dɛn.
• Lɛk diziz we pɔsin kin gɛt
• Fil fɔ it
• Taya, fil se yu wik
• Kɔf
• Trot de at
• Fluid we de lik
• Nɔs ɔ vɔmit
• Wik
• Earache na yu yes
• Sɔntɛnde, i kin gɛt dayarɛa

We yɔŋ pikin dɛn gɛt di flu, dɛn kin vɛks wantɛm wantɛm pas aw dɛn kin fil , ɔ i kin tan lɛk se dɛn ‘nɔ de fil fayn.’ Bikɔs dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ tɔk to dɛnsɛf fayn, i impɔtant fɔ mek mama ɛn papa dɛn pe atɛnshɔn mɔ to dɛn sik ya.

Wetin mek dis flu (influenza) kin apin?

Di nem flu kɔmɔt frɔm di vayrɔs we de mek i gɛt am - di influenza vayrɔs . I kin skata izi wan. Di vayrɔs de insay di smɔl smɔl drɔp dɛn we kin kɔmɔt we pɔsin kɔf ɔ sniz. If ɔda pipul dɛn blo dɛn, dɛn kin gɛt di sik. Imajin, if pɔsin sniz na yu eria, di vayrɔs kin rich yu insay smɔl sɛkɔn!

Nɔto dat nɔmɔ, dɛn vayrɔs ya kin de pan tin dɛn lɛk domɔt knob, mɔni, bɔs handel, shopin kat, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn If pɔsin tɔch dɛn say dɛn de ɛn afta dat i tɔch in nos, mɔt, ɔ yay wit di sem an, di vayrɔs kin go insay di bɔdi bak.

Yu tink se inflɔɛnsa na sik we pɔsin kin pas? Aw kwik i kin skata?

Yɛs, di flu na sik we kin rili pas . Pɔsin kin spre am to ɔda pipul dɛn frɔm di de bifo di sik bigin te di sik go. Fɔ big pɔsin, dis kin tek lɛk wan wik so. Bɔt yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin gɛt di sik fɔ lɔng tɛm pas dat. Na dat mek i fayn fɔ de na os we yu gɛt di flu, fɔ protɛkt ɔda pipul dɛn.

Flu kin apin as wan sik ɛvri ia. Epidemic na wae sik kin pas kwik kwik wan to bɔrku pipul dɛm na wan patikyula eria di sem tɛm. Insay sɔm ia, dis sik kin rili bad, ɛn i kin skata ɔlsay. We dis kayn sik de ɔlsay na di wɔl, dɛn kin kɔl am pandemik . Dis nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm. Tri big big influenza pandemik bin de insay di 20th sɛntinari, ɛn na wan nɔmɔ dɔn de insay di 21st sɛntinari, di influenza A `(H1N1)` vayrɔs we kɔmɔt insay 2009.

Aw yu go no fɔ tru if yu gɛt di flu?

Bɔku tɛm, dɔktɔ dɛn kin no if pikin gɛt di flu jɔs bay we dɛn luk aw dɛn luk, bikɔs smɔl pikin dɛn we gɛt di flu kin luk rili sik ɛn dɛn kin sɔfa.

Bɔt ɔda infekshɔn dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn we fiba di flu. So, if dɔktɔ want fɔ mek shɔ se na influenza, dɛn kin du tɛst. Dɛn go yuz lɔng kɔtɔn swab (`(swab)`) fɔ tek sɛmpul fɔ mכkus frɔm yu nos ɔ trot. Sɔntɛnde, di rizɔlt kin de kwik, ɔ i kin tek sɔm tɛm if yu sɛn am na lab.

Wetin yu fɔ du if yu gɛt di flu? Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛn?

Bɔrku pikin ɛn big pipul dɛm wae gɛt dis flu kin wɛl na os. If yu ɔ yu pikin gɛt di flu, na sɔm tin dɛn ya fɔ mɛmba:

• Drink bɔku wata ɛn wata (lɛk jus, pɔrit, sup) fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt wata na yu bɔdi .
• Gɛt inof slip ɛn rɛst . Stɔp fɔ rɔn rawnd ɛn ple, stɔp fɔ wok fɔ sɔm tɛm. Rɛst rili impɔtant fɔ di bɔdi.
• Yu kin tek/gi paracetamol ɔ ibuprofen fɔ ridyus fiva ɛn fɔ mek yu bɔdi nɔ pen.

I rili impɔtant: Nɔ ɛva gi aspirin to yɔŋ pikin ɛn yɔŋ pipul dɛn (espɛshali di wan dɛn we nɔ rich 19 ia yet). Dis na bikɔs dɛn dɔn tɔk se i gɛt sɔntin fɔ du wit wan sik we rili denja, we kin kil pɔsin we dɛn kɔl Reye syndrome . Dis kin afɛkt di liva ɛn di bren.

• We yu de drɛs, drɛs insay layers we izi fɔ pul. We yu gɛt fiva, yu kin fil kol wan tɛm ɛn yu kin fil wam ɔda tɛm.

Pikin dɛm we gɛt di flu fɔ de fa frɔm skul ɛn daycare te dɛn wɛl. Dɛn fɔ kɛr dɛn go bak na skul, ɛn dɛn nɔ fɔ tek mɛrɛsin we go mek dɛn nɔ gɛt fiva, afta dɛn nɔ gɛt fiva fɔ at le 24 awa . Sɔm pikin dɛn kin nid fɔ de na os fɔ lɔng tɛm. Aks yu dɔktɔ wetin bɛtɛ fɔ yu pikin.

Ustɛm dɛn nid fɔ gɛt mɛrɛsin?

Sɔntɛnde, if yu pikin sik bad bad wan, ɔ if dɛn de pan big risk fɔ gɛt siriɔs sik (wi go tɔk bɔt dat leta), dɔktɔ dɛn kin gi am mɛrɛsin fɔ fɛt di vayrɔs . Dis mɛrɛsin kin shɔt di tɛm we di flu de tek fɔ wan ɔ tu dez. Bɔt fɔ mek yu gɛt di bɛst rizɔlt, yu fɔ tek am jɔs afta di flu simptom dɛn bigin.Dis mɛrɛsin fɔ bigin insay 48 awa . If di dɔktɔ gi yu pikin wan mɛrɛsin fɔ fɛt di vayrɔs, aks bɔt di bad tin dɛn we kin apin to am.

Impɔtant: Dɔktɔ dɛn nɔ de gi antibayɔtik fɔ di flu. Dis na bikɔs antibayɔtiks de wok agens baktri dɛm nɔmɔ, nɔto vayrɔs. Bikɔs di flu na vayrɔs, antibayɔtik nɔ go wok.

Influensa kin mek ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn? Udat dɛn de pan big risk?

Yɛs, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn we dɛn gɛt di flu. Dat min se dɛn kin gɛt mɔ siriɔs sik pas jɔs di flu. Dɛn risk grup ya na:

• Yɔŋ pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 5 ia yet, mɔ di pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 6 mɔnt) .
• Pipul dɛn we gɛt wikɛd imyun sistɛm . Dis kin inklud pipul dɛm wae de tek kimotɛrapi ɔr stɛroyd fɔ lɔng tɛm, ɔr pipul dɛm wae gɛt sik lɛk HIV infɛkshɔn ɔr kansa.
• Pipul wae gɛt krɛse sik lɛk asma ɔr dayabitis.
• Pikin ɔ yɔŋ pipul dɛn we de tek aspirin ɔltɛm.
• Pipul dɛn we rili fat .
• bεlε uman dεm כ mama dεm we jכs bכn pikin (especially insay 2 wiks afta dεn bכn pikin).
• Pipul dɛn we de na say dɛn we dɛn kin kia fɔ dɛn fɔ lɔng tɛm lɛk say dɛn we dɛn kin kia fɔ ol pipul dɛn.
• Pipul dɛn we dɔn pas 65 ia.

If dɛn pipul ya gɛt di flu, dɛn sik kin tranga pasmak. Dɛn kin gɛt sik lɛk nyumonia ɔr ɔda baktri infɛkshɔn we kin mek i wɔs. If dat apin, bɔku pipul dɛn go nid fɔ go na ɔspitul. So, i rili impɔtant fɔ avɔyd fɔ mek dɛn pipul ya kam nia ɛnibɔdi we gɛt di flu ɔ we gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn we tan lɛk flu.

If pɔrsin gɛt flu simptom, i bɛtɛ fɔ de fa frɔm pipul dɛm wae kin sik bad bad wan if dɛn gɛt di flu.

Aw lɔng di flu kin las?

Fiva ɛn ɔda flu simptom dɛm (lɛk trot we de at ɛn taya) kin dɔn insay wan wik ɔ so. Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔf ɔ nɔ kin fil fayn fɔ sɔm tɛm afta dat. Dis kin las fɔ sɔm wiks.

Yu nɔ go ebul fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt influenza?

No we nɔ de fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt di flu kpatakpata. Bɔt fɔ gɛt flu vaysin ɛvri ia kin ɛp. Ɔlman fɔ gɛt dis vaysin ɛvri ia we i ol 6 mɔnt .

I bɛtɛ fɔ gɛt di flu vaysin bifo di flu sizin bigin, we na bifo Ɔktoba dɔn (na wi kɔntri, we dɔktɔ dɛn kin tɛl yu fɔ du am). Bɔt if yu nɔ ebul fɔ gɛt am da tɛm de, yu kin gɛt am leta, we di flu vayrɔs de skata. Bɔku dɔktɔ dɛn go gi di flu vaysin te May if di flu vayrɔs stil de skata.

Pikin dɛn kin gɛt di flu vaysin di sem tɛm wit dɛn ɔda vaysin dɛn, lɛk di COVID-19 vaysin ɔ di RSV vaysin. Bɔt if yu pikin sik, gɛt fiva, ɔ i nɔ de fil fayn, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt if yu fɔ put di flu vaysin bifo tɛm.

Jɔs lɛk bɔku ɔda jem dɛm, tin dɛm lɛk fɔ was yu an fayn fayn wan ɛn ɔltɛm, fɔ wɛr fes mask (especially na say dɛm wae pipul dɛn kin bɔku), ɛn fɔ avɔyd pipul dɛm wae sik kin ɛp fɔ protɛkt yu frɔm di flu.

Wetin bak dɛn go ebul fɔ du?

If pɔsin na yu famili gɛt di flu, tin dɛn de we dɛn kin du fɔ mek di sik nɔ go pas to ɔda pipul dɛn:

• Nɔ ɛva sheb yu kɔp, plet, kɔtlɛri, ɔ tawɛl wit ɔda pipul dɛn.
• Stay na os frɔm wok ɔ skul te yu fil fayn. Dis na gud tin fɔ yu wɛl bɔdi ɛn i go ɛp fɔ mek di sik nɔ go pas ɔda pipul dɛn.
• We yu de kɔf ɔ sniz, kɔba yu mɔt ɛn yu nos wit tisu , dɔn trowe di tisu na di dɔti.
• If yu nɔ gɛt tisu na yu an, praktis fɔ kɔf ɔ sniz insay yu ɔp an (lɛk yu ɛlb) pas fɔ yuz yu an . Dis go ridyus di chans fɔ mek di vayrɔs kam na yu an.

So, wetin na di impɔtant tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba?

Okay, wi don tok plenti boht influenza. Fɔ tɔk smɔl, na sɔm tin dɛn we yu fɔ rili mɛmba:

• Di flu na sik we siriɔs pas di kɔmɔn kol, so na fɔ no bɔt di sayn dɛm.
• Fɔ gɛt flu vaysin ɛvri ia na di bɛst we fɔ protɛkt yusɛf, mɔ if yu de na grup we gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm.
• If yu du gud tin fɔ klin yu an (we yu de was yu an, yu de wɛr fes mask, ɛn yu fɔ klin yu an fayn fayn wan) dat kin ɛp fɔ mek di sik nɔ bɔku.
• If yu ɔ yu pikin gɛt di flu, rɛst bɔku, drink wata, ɛn tek mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu fil pen lɛk paracetamol ɔ ibuprofen fɔ fiva ɛn bɔdi pen. Nɔ ɛva gi aspirin to pikin dɛn (we nɔ rich 19 ia yet).
• Kip pipul dɛm wae de na grup dɛm wae gɛt dis sik (yɔŋ pikin dɛm, ol pipul dɛm, pipul dɛm wae gɛt ɔda sik wae nɔr de mɛn) fa frɔm pipul dɛm wae gɛt di flu.
• If di sayn dɛm bad bad wan (e.g., i nɔ kin izi fɔ blo, yu chɛst kin pen, yu kin gɛt diziz ɔltɛm, yu kin vɔmit bad bad wan), if di fiva nɔ stɔp insay sɔm dez, ɔ if yu gɛt ɛnitin fɔ wɔri bɔt , mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ.

We yu fala dɛn tin ya, yu go ebul fɔ protɛkt yusɛf ɛn yu famili frɔm di flu. Stay wit wɛlbɔdi!

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