Yu dɔn yɛri bɔt dis baktri we dɛn kɔl Grup B Strep (GBS) we yu gɛt bɛlɛ? Lɛ wi fɛn ɔndastand di rayt tin we i bi!

As mama we yu gɛt bɛlɛ, yu go mɔs gɛt bɔku kwɛstyɔn ɛn dawt, nɔto so? Ɛspɛshali bɔt di wɛlbɔdi fɔ yu pikin. Dat na sɔntin we go impɔtant to yu tide. Dat na di baktri Grup B Strep, ɔ GBS fɔ shɔt. Sɔntɛm yu dɔn yɛri bɔt dis nem. Nɔ wɔri, wi go tɔk bɔt am simpul wan, di we we yu go ɔndastand.

Wetin na Grup B Strep (GBS)? Lɛ wi ɔndastand am simpul wan!

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Grup B Strep, ɔ ``Grup B Streptococcus``, na wan kayn baktri. jכs lεk כda kayn baktri dεm we de na wi bכdi, sכmtεm na wi mכt εn insay wi intestכn, GBS baktri dεm kin de bak na sכm pat dεm na wi bכdi, spεshal wan na di urinary tract, di dijestiv sistεm (i.e., di intestines), εn na uman in riprodaktiv sistεm (lεk di vagina).

Tink bɔt am lɛk gɔst na wi bɔdi. Dat min se, sɔmtɛm dis baktri kin de na wi bɔdi, ɛn sɔntɛnde i kin dɔn. Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat pan ɔl we dis GBS baktri de na di bɔdi, bɔku pipul dɛn nɔ kin gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm ɔ sik frɔm am. So, bɔrku pipul nɔr kin ivin no se dɛn gɛt dis bɔdi na dɛn bɔdi. So, jɔs fɔ gɛt GBS nɔto big sik.

Us prɔblɛm dɛn GBS kin mek? Yu tink se i de afɛkt ɔlman?

GBS nɔ kin rili bi siriɔs wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm fɔ big pipul dɛn we gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn, lɛk di wan dɛn we dɔn ol, di wan dɛn we gɛt ɔda sik dɛn we nɔ de mɛn (lɛk dayabitis), ɔ di wan dɛn we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ wɛlbɔdi, kin gɛt infɛkshɔn frɔm GBS baktri dɛn sɔntɛnde. Dɛn kayn sik ya kin afɛkt di blɔd, di lɔng, di skin, ɔ di bon dɛn.

Aw GBS kin afɛkt mama dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ?

Naw lɛ wi luk aw dis kin afɛkt uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ. Risach dɔn sho se lɛk wan pan ɛvri 4 uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ (lɛk 25%) kin gɛt di GBS baktri na dɛn bɔdi. As wi bin dɔn tɔk, nɔto ɔlman we gɛt am go sik. כltu, sכm mama dεm we gεt GBS we dεn bεlε kin gεt urinary tract infection (UTIs), plasεnta infεkshכn, uterin infεkshכn, כ amniotic fluid infεkshכn.

di imכtant tin na dat ivin if mama we gεt bεlε nכ gεt GBS infεkshכn, if i gεt dis bכdi na in bכdi, di bכdi kin pas to di pikin we i de bכn (we i de bכn εn we i de bכn), we min se di pikin kin gεt am bak. Na dat mek wi kin wɔri mɔ bɔt GBS we wi gɛt bɛlɛ.

Aw GBS kin afɛkt pikin dɛn?

Bɔku tɛm, if dɛn gi mama we gɛt GBS antibayɔtik we i de bɔn, dɛn pikin nɔ go gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm. Di pikin go gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Bɔt sɔm pikin dɛn kin gɛt prɔblɛm wit dis GBS baktri, ɛn dɛn kin sik bad bad wan.

Mɔdi pikin dεm we dεn bכn bifo tεm kin gεt hכy risk fכ gεt GBS infεkshכn biכs dεn bכdi sistεm dεm, spεshal wan di imyun sistεm we de fכt sik, nכ de divεlכp ful wan.

Tu men kayn tin dεm de we GBS kin mek pan pikin dεm:

1. Infεkshכn dεm we kin bigin kwik kwik wan: Dis kin apin insay di fכs wik we i de liv. Bɔrku tɛm , di sayn dɛm kin bigin fɔ sho insay 24 awa afta dɛn bɔn am.

2. Infεkshכn dεm we kin kam let: Dis kin apin fכ wik, כ ivin mכnt afta dεn bכn di pikin. Dɔktɔ dɛn stil nɔr ɔndastand gud gud wan aw dis GBS sik we kin bigin let kin kam.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ GBS pan pikin dɛm?

Ilɛksɛf pikin we dɛn jɔs bɔn ɔ pikin we ol sɔm mɔnt gɛt GBS, dɛn kin sho sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk dis. As mama, i rili impɔtant fɔ mek una no bɔt dɛn tin ya:

• Fiva: I kin mek di bɔdi wam pasmak.
• I nɔ izi fɔ drink milk: Di pikin nɔ want fɔ drink milk, ɛn i nɔ de gi pikin milk fayn fayn wan.
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo: yu kin blo kwik kwik wan, yu kin swɛt, yu kin fil se yu dɔn swɛla.
• I kin kray ɔltɛm ɔ i nɔ kin rɛst: Di pikin kin vɛks sote i nɔ kin izi fɔ mek i kol.
• I nɔ gɛt layf ɔ i taya: I kin tan lɛk se di pikin nɔ gɛt layf ɛn in an dɛn kin drɔp.
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ kɔntrol di bɔdi tɛmpracha: I nɔ kin ebul fɔ kip di bɔdi tɛmpracha ɔltɛm (sɔntɛm i kin gɛt fiva, sɔm tɛm dɛn kin kol).

Wetin kin apin if GBS kin tranga pan pikin?

If GBS kam bad bad wan pan pikin, i kin kam wit rili siriɔs prɔblɛm. Di men wan dɛn na:

• Nyumonia: Na infεkshכn na di lכng.
• Sepsis: Na blɔd pɔyzin. Dis na siriɔs tin we kin afɛkt di wan ol bɔdi.
• Meningitis: Na infεkshכn na di mεmbran dεm εn di wata we de rawnd di bren εn di spεnal kכd. Wi kin kɔl dis bak "bren fiva."

Dis kכndyushכn, we dεn kכl `Mεningitis`, na spεshal kכmכn wit `let-onset GBS`. if `Mεningaytis` kam, sכm pikin dεm kin lכs fכ yεri, dεn kin lכs fכ si, dεn kin gεt disabiliti fכ lan, dεn kin gεt `seizures`, εn i bכt sכmtεm dεn kin ivin day. So, GBS nɔto sɔntin we wi fɔ tek am layt.

Aw dɛn kin no if pɔsin gɛt Grup B Strep (GBS)?

Laki, naw we dεn de fכ tεst bεlε uman fכ GBS.

Aw fɔ chɛk uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ

dεn kin tεst bεlε uman dεm fכ GBS let we dεn bεlε, bitwin 35 εn 37 wik. Dis tɛst simpul, i nɔ dia, ɛn i nɔ de mek pɔsin fil pen. Dɛn kɔl am `kɔlchɔ tɛst`.

dis involv fכ yuz big swab fכ kכlekt sεmpl frכm di vagina εn rεktum (we di stכl de kכmכt). Dɛn kin sɛn dɛn sɛmpul ya to wan lab fɔ tɛst fɔ si if GBS baktri de. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin gɛt di rizɔlt insay wan ɔ tri dez.

if dis tεst detekt di GBS baktri dεm, dεn se di mama na "GBS-positiv." Mɛmba se, fɔ bi GBS-positiv, min se yu gɛt di baktri na yu bɔdi. I nɔ min se yu ɔ yu pikin go mɔs sik. Bɔku mama dɛn we gɛt GBS ɛn dɛn pikin dɛn gɛt wɛlbɔdi.

Aw fɔ tɛst pikin fɔ GBS

fכ no fכ sכri if pikin gεt GBS infεkshכn, yu nid fכ tεst blכd sεmpl כ spεnal fכluid sεmpl (dis na tεst we de tek wata frכm di spayna).

Bɔt nɔto ɔl pikin we mama we gɛt GBS bɔn, nid dɛn tɛst ya. Bɔku tɛm, dɔktɔ ɛn nɔs dɛn kin wach di pikin dɛn we gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn we nɔ gɛt ɛni sayn fɔ si if dɛn gɛt sayn dɛn we de sho se dɛn gɛt GBS.

Aw dɛn kin trit Grup B Strep (GBS)?

Di bɛst nyus na dat GBS gɛt mɛrɛsin.

Tritmɛnt fɔ mama dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ

If dɔktɔ dɛn tɛst mama we gɛt bɛlɛ ɛn si se i gɛt GBS, dɛn go gi di mama antibayɔtiks (IV antibayɔtiks) we dɛn de put insay di bɛlɛ we i de bɔn. Dɛn antibayɔtik ya kin kil di GBS baktri dɛm. Bɔku tɛm, di antibayɔtik we dɛn kin yuz na penisilin. Bɔt if mama nɔ gɛt alɛji fɔ penisilin, dɛn go gi am ɔda fayn antibayɔtiks insted.

I fayn ɛn i fayn fɔ stat dɛn antibayɔtik ya at le 4 awa bifo dɛn bɔn di pikin. dis simpul step kin bכku bכku wan fכ mek di GBS baktri dεm nכ transmit frכm mama to pikin.

Sɔntɛnde, dɔktɔ dɛn kin disayd fɔ gi antibayɔtik we dɛn de bɔn pikin, ilɛksɛf dɛn nɔ dɔn tɛst mama we gɛt bɛlɛ fɔ GBS. Dɛn kayn kes dɛn ya na:

• If di pikin bigin fɔ bɔn kwik (if di pikin fɔ bɔn wan mɔnt bifo tɛm) bifo dɛn du di GBS tɛst.
• If dεn nכ dכn du di GBS tεst, εn di wata brok, di pikin fכ bכn 18 awa כ mכr let.
• Wetin fɔ du if di mama gɛt fiva we i de bɔn pikin ɛn dɛn nɔ bin dɔn tɛst am fɔ GBS?
• If yu dɔn gɛt blad infɛkshɔn bikɔs ɔf GBS we yu gɛt dis bɛlɛ.
• If yu dɔn bɔn pikin wit GBS bifo.

Impɔtant tin na dat, di antibayɔtik we dɛn gi we dɛn de bɔn pikin kin jɔs mek dɛn nɔ gɛt GBS sik we kin bigin kwik kwik wan. Wi nɔ no di rayt tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt GBS sik we kin bigin let, so no we nɔ de fɔ mek i nɔ apin. Bɔt di wan dɛn we de stɔdi bɔt dis de wok fɔ mek wan vaysin we go mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt GBS.

Di tritmɛnt fɔ pikin dɛn

Dɛn kin trit pikin dɛn we gɛt GBS bak wit antibayɔtik. I impɔtant fɔ bigin dɛn antibayɔtik ya kwik kwik wan. Dis kin ɛp fɔ mek siriɔs prɔblɛm nɔ kam. Dɛn pikin ya kin nid ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn bak apat frɔm antibayɔtiks. Fɔ ɛgzampul, ɛp fɔ blo ɛn IV wata.

Wetin yu kin du fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt Grup B Strep (GBS) infɛkshɔn? Wi las mɛsej!

Okay, so wi don tok plenti boht GBS. A op se yu dɔn ɔndastand gud gud wan naw. Fɔ dɔn, i fayn fɔ mɛmba dɛn tin ya:

• Bikɔs di GBS baktri dɛn kin kɔntinyu fɔ kam insay wi bɔdi, i impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn tɛst yu fɔ GBS ɛvri tɛm we yu gɛt bɛlɛ. Jɔs bikɔs yu nɔ bin gɛt GBS pan bɛlɛ we yu bin gɛt trade nɔ min se yu nɔ go gɛt am dis tɛm. Ɛn jɔs bikɔs yu bin gɛt am trade nɔ min se yu go mɔs gɛt am dis tɛm. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn tɛst yu.
• If yu test GBS-positiv, nɔ wɔri. If yu tek antibayɔtik di rayt tɛm we yu de bɔn pikin, bɔku tɛm, prɔblɛm nɔ go de fɔ yu ɔ yu pikin. Bɔku mama dɛn nɔ kin pas GBS infɛkshɔn to dɛn pikin dɛn bikɔs ɔf dis tritmɛnt.
• If yu gɛt GBS, go na ɔspitul kwik kwik wan afta di pikin bigin fɔ bɔn, pas fɔ wet na os. Fɔ stat IV antibayɔtik at le 4 awa bifo dɛn bɔn yu pikin kin ɛp fɔ protɛkt yu pikin frɔm GBS we kin bigin kwik kwik wan.
• If yu gɛt ɛni ɔda kwɛstyɔn ɔ wɔri bɔt GBS, nɔ shek fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ. I kin ɛksplen mɔ to yu ɛn gi yu di advays we yu nid.

Mɛmba se fɔ no na di bɛst tin fɔ protɛkt yusɛf. Di wangren tin we wi want na fɔ mek yu ɛn yu pikin gɛt wɛlbɔdi!

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