Yu no bɔt fiva we kin kɔmɔt frɔm lich? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt Rɔki Mawnt Spɔt Fiva (RMSF)!

Yu dɔn ɛva wɔnda aw bɔku sik we smɔl animal lɛk lich kin mek pɔsin gɛt? Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan sik we dɛn kayn lich ya kin pas, we kin siriɔs smɔl, bɔt if dɛn trit yu fayn, yu kin wɛl kwik kwik wan. Dɛn kɔl dis Rɔki Mawnt Spɔt Fiva . Sɔntɛm yu nɔ yɛri bɔt dis nem, bɔt i rili impɔtant fɔ no bɔt am.

Wetin na Rɔki Mawnt Spɔt Fiva (RMSF)?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis na baktriyal infɛkshɔn. That means this disease is caused by a small germ entering the body. Dɛn kɔl dis baktri Rickettsia rickettsii. Bɔt dis baktri nɔ jɔs de kam ɛn go insay wi bɔdi. I gɛt pɔsin we de kɛr am. Dat we de kɛr am na di lich. Nɔto ɔl lich, bɔt if lich we gɛt dis baktri we dɛn kɔl `(Rickettsia rickettsii)` bit wi, wi kin gɛt dis sik. I jɔs tan lɛk di dengi mɔskito, nɔto ɔl mɔskito de skata dengue, na mɔskito we gɛt di dengi vayrɔs nɔmɔ de skata. Na so i bi.

Pan ɔl we dɛn kɔl dis sik ‘Rɔki Mawnt’, nɔto jɔs na di mawnten rijyɔn dɛn nɔmɔ dɛn kin si am, bɔt dɛn kin si am bak na ɔda pat dɛn na di wɔl, mɔ di Nɔt ɛn Sawt Amɛrika. Dɛn nɔ kin ripɔt dis sik na Sri Lanka, bɔt i fayn fɔ no bɔt dis bikɔs ɔda sik dɛn de we lich kin pas ɛn fɔ di wan dɛn we kin travul go ɔda kɔntri dɛn .

Aw dis sik kin pas? Aw di lich dɛn kin gɛt fɔ du wit dis?

Okay, naw mek wi si aw dis leech de spred dis. wan lich, spεshal wan di kayn lich we de kכri dis sik, de kכri di baktri dεm `(Rickettsia rickettsii)` na in bכdi. We dis lich kam ɛn atak insɛf pan pɔsin in bɔdi, ɔ sɔntɛnde animal lɛk dɔg, ɛn sok blɔd, da baktri de kin go insay wi blɔd wit di lich in saliva.

Tink bɔt am lɛk smɔl sirinj. We lich de sok blɔd, i kin put di jem dɛn we i gɛt insay wi bɔdi. Bɔt di sik nɔ kin skata wantɛm wantɛm afta di lich dɔn atak. כltu, di lich fכ atak di bכdi f כ sכm awa (maybe 4-6 awa כ mכr) fכ sok bכdi fכ di baktri dεm fכ go insay di bכdi. Na dat mek i fayn fɔ pul wan lich wantɛm wantɛm if yu si am tay pan yu bɔdi.

Dis sik kin kam mɔs insay di spring ɛn sɔm mɔnt dɛn . Dat min se, bɔku tɛm na frɔm Mach to Sɛptɛmba. Dis na bikɔs di lich dɛn kin wok mɔ pan da tɛm de. Dɛn kin de mɔ na fɔrɛst, say dɛn we gɛt gras, ɛn say dɛn we bɔku tik dɛn de. So if yu de wok ɔ waka na do, mɔ na say dɛn we gɛt fɔrɛst, pak, ɔ ivin na yu yon gadin, i rili impɔtant fɔ tek tɛm wit lich.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ Rɔki Mawnt Spɔt Fiva (RMSF)?

Dis sik nɔ de sho big big sayn dɛn wantɛm wantɛm. I kin tek bitwin 2 ɛn 14 dez afta we lich dɔn bit am.Dis na wae di sayn dɛm kin bigin fɔ sho. Bɔrku tɛm, di sayn dɛm kin apia insay 5-7 dez.

Fɔs, dɛn tin ya kam:

• I rili wam. Wantɛm wantɛm, mi bɔdi kin wam ɛn a kin gɛt fiva.
• Di ed we kin at bad bad wan . Yu kin fil pen we yu de blo na yu ed.
• Bɔdi de at, mɔsul dɛn de at. Jɔs lɛk we yu gɛt vayral fiva.
• Nɔs ɛn vɔmit. Yu kin fil sik to yu bɛlɛ ɛn yu kin vɔmit.
• Bɛlɛ de at.
• Di yay dɛn we de rɛd .
• I nɔ kin want fɔ it igen.

We dɛn sik ya kam wan, wi kin tink se dis na nɔmal vayral fiva. Dat na di wangren denja we de pan dis. Na bikɔs i kin dɔn let fɔ mek dɛn no di sik kɔrɛkt wan.

Bɔt dis sik gɛt wan patikyula kwaliti we rili spɛshal. Dat na di rash we de apin na di skin . Dis na di rizin we mek dɛn kin kɔl am bak ‘spɔt fiva’.

• dis lεsin dεm fכs de apin rawnd di an εn di ankכl dεm lεk sכm sכm rεd dכt כ spat dεm.
• Dɔn dɛn lɛsin ya kin skata smɔl smɔl te to di an ɛn di fut . Dis na sɔntin we spɛshal smɔl, bikɔs nɔto ɔl sik kin mek pɔsin gɛt lɛsin na di an ɛn di fut.
• afta dat, dεn lεsin dεm ya kin bigin fכ spre כp di an εn lεg dεm, tכwεd di trכnk .
• Fɔs, dɛn spat ya kin rɛd, bɔt afta sɔm dez, sɔntɛnde dɛn kin tɔn pepul wit smɔl smɔl blɔd. Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak `` petechiae ''.

De impɔtant tin na dat nɔr to ɔlman kin gɛt dɛn sik ya. Sɔm pipul dɛm, mɔr di ol pipul dɛm ɛn sɔmtɛm pikin dɛm, nɔr kin gɛt dɛn kayn sik ya ɛn jɔs gɛt fiva ɛn ɔda sayn dɛm. If na so i bi, i kin at fɔ no mɔ bɔt di sik.

Dɛn sayn ya kin apin insay 2-5 dez afta di fiva bigin. So if yu gɛt fiva, yu bɔdi de at, ɛn dɛn sayn ya, mɔ if yu dɔn de na say usay lich de, yu fɔ mɔs go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Ustɛm wi fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu gɛt di sayn dɛm we a bin dɔn tɔk bɔt – ay fiva, ed pen, bɔdi pen , nɔs, ɛn da patikyula rash de – mɔ if yu mɛmba se lich bin bit yu ɔ if yu bin dɔn de na say we lich kin de , i bɛtɛ fɔ go to dɔktɔ we yu nɔ go de te.

Imajin se yu jɔs kam bak we yu bin de ple na di gadin wit yu pikin, ɔ yu dɔn go waka fɔ shɔt tɛm na di bush. Afta sɔm dez, yu pikin gɛt fiva, i kin kɔmplen se in bɔdi de at, dɔn i kin bigin fɔ gɛt smɔl smɔl rɛd spat dɛn na in an ɛn fut. If na so i bi, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ.

Fɔ no dis sik kwik kwik wan ɛn trit am impɔtant fɔ mek yu layf sef, bikɔs if yu delay fɔ trit am, dat kin mek yu gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no bɔt dis sik?

Dɔktɔ go mɔs luk fɔ yu sayn dɛm, if yu dɔn gɛt lich, ɛn fɔ chɛk yu bɔdi fɔ no if yu gɛt dis sik. Na big ɛp if yu gɛt da patikyula rash patɛn de.

Bɔt i at fɔ no if dis na Rɔki Mawnt Spɔt Fiva (RMSF) bays pan di sayn dɛm nɔmɔ, bikɔs di fɔs sayn dɛm kin tan lɛk ɔda sik dɛm we tan lɛk flu.

So, bɔku tɛm, dɔktɔ dɛn kin tɛl dɛn fɔ du sɔm blɔd tɛst. Tεst dεm de we de luk fכ antibodi dεm we wi bכdi de mek fכ dis bכdi. Bɔt bikɔs dɛn antibodi ya kin tek sɔm dez fɔ divɛlɔp, di rizɔlt fɔ dɛn tɛst ya kin bi negatif we di sik bigin.

sכmtεm, dεn kin tek sכm sכm sεmpl (skin bayopsi) frכm di lεsin dεm εn tεst fכ si if baktri dεm de.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ mek dɔktɔ dɛn bigin fɔ trit am jɔs lɛk aw dɛn tink se dis sik de, ɛn dɛn nɔ fɔ wet fɔ di rizɔlt fɔ di blɔd tɛst. Bikɔs kwik tritmɛnt rili impɔtant pan dis kes.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ dis?

Dɛn kin trit dis sik wit antibayɔtik. Di antibayɔtik dɔksisayklin na in dɛn kin yuz mɔ fɔ dis. I fayn fɔ big pipul ɛn pikin dɛn.

I impɔtant fɔ tek di rayt doz we di dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ tek di ful tɛm. Nɔ stɔp fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin jɔs bikɔs yu fiva dɔn stɔp insay tu ɔ tri dez ɛn yu fil fayn. Yu fɔ dɔn di wan ol kɔs fɔ di mɛrɛsin.

If dɛn bigin fɔ trit am kwik, dat na, insay 5 dez afta di sik bigin, bɔku pipul dɛn kin wɛl ɔlsay insay sɔm dez.

Sɔntɛnde, if di sik bad smɔl, i kin nid fɔ mek dɛn put am na ɔspitul ɛn gi am antibayɔtik we dɛn kin put insay di bɛlɛ (IV). Apat frɔm dat, dɛn kin gi ɔda kia, lɛk salin fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt wata na yu bɔdi ɛn dɛn kin gi mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt fiva.

Wetin kin apin if dɛn nɔ gi dɛn tritmɛnt? (Kɔmplikeshɔn dɛn) .

Dis na di tin we wi nid fɔ pe atɛnshɔn pan mɔ. Rɔki Mawnt Spɔt Fiva (RMSF) na wan sik we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja if dɛn nɔ trit am.

If di tritmɛnt delay ɔ nɔ trit am, dis baktri kin skata ɔlsay na di bɔdi ɛn pwɛl difrɛn ɔgan dɛn.

• Di damej pan di blɔd vesel dɛm: Dis kin mek blɔd kɔmɔt insay di bɔdi.
• Di tin dɛn we kin apin to di bren: Sɔm kayn bad bad sayn dɛn lɛk we yu bren kin swel (ɛnsɛfalaytis), we yu kin gɛt sik, ɛn we yu kin kɔma kin apin.
• di ifekt dεm pan di rεspiretכri sistεm: Nyumonia εn pulmonari εdima kin apin.
• Kidni we nɔ de wok fayn.
• Di tin dɛn we kin apin to di at.
• Sɔntɛnde, di blɔd we de flɔ na di an ɛn fut dɛn kin ambɔg, ɛn dɛn pat dɛn de kin ivin day (gangrene). If dat apin, dɛn kin gɛt ɔpreshɔn fɔ pul dɛn pat dɛn de.

Na dat mek a bin dɔn tɔk bifo se if yu gɛt dɛn sik ya, mɔ if yu tink se lich dɔn bit yu, yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. If yu tek mɛrɛsin di rayt tɛm, yu kin avɔyd dɛn denja tin ya.

Aw wi kin protɛkt wisɛf frɔm lich ɛn RMSF? (Prɛvenshɔn) .

Di bɛst we fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm dis sik na fɔ avɔyd tik bayt. Bɔku tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ du dis:

• Nɔ waka na say dɛn we lich dɛn de: Nɔ waka na fɔrɛst, lɔng gras, ɛn say dɛn we gɛt bɔku tik dɛn as yu ebul. If yu fɔ go na dɛn kayn ples dɛn de, tray fɔ waka midul di rod dɛn ɛn na say dɛn we opin.
• Wear klos we go protɛkt yu: Wear lɔng pant ɛn lɔng sliv shit. Tuk yu pant insay yu sɔks. Put yu sus oba yu sɔks. Wear klos we gɛt layt kɔlɔ so dat yu go si lich izi wan if i de pan yu klos.
• Yuz insekt repelent: Put insekt repelent we gɛt kemikal lɛk `(DEET)` ɛn `(Permethrin)` pan yu skin ɛn klos. Bɔt yu fɔ fala di instrɔkshɔn dɛn we yu de yuz dɛn tin ya. Go to dɔktɔ, mɔ we yu de yuz dɛn fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn. `(Permethrin)` fɔ jɔs put am pan klos ɛn ikwipmɛnt lɛk tɛnt, nɔto dairekt pan di skin.
• Chek yu bɔdi afta yu dɔn kam bak na os frɔm ɔdasay: We yu kam bak na os frɔm ples usay lich de, chenj ɔl yu klos ɛn chɛk yu wan ol bɔdi gud gud wan. Pe spɛshal atɛnshɔn to say dɛn lɛk di skel, yes, nɛk, armpit, groin, ɛn biɛn di ni. Chek yu pikin dɛn bak gud gud wan.
• Wash klos: Wash klos we yu dɔn wɛr na do insay ɔt wata. If i pɔsibul, drɛy dɛn na klos drya. Dis go kil ɛni lich we go de de.
• Chek yu animal dɛn: If yu gɛt animal dɛn lɛk dɔg ɛn pusi na os, chɛk dɛn ɔltɛm fɔ si if dɛn gɛt lich. Yuz prɔdak dɛn we nɔ gɛt lich fɔ dɛn. Bikɔs lich dɛn we de pan animal dɛn kin kam insay yu os ɛn bit yu bak.
• Klin yu gadin: Kɔt di gras we de na yu gadin shɔt. Rimov ɛni dray lif. Dis go mek di nɔmba fɔ di say dɛn we di lich dɛn kin ayd nɔ bɔku.

Wetin fɔ du if lich tay pan yu bɔdi?

If yu si lich we tay pan yu bɔdi, nɔ panik. Di impɔtant tin na fɔ pul am fayn fayn wan.

1. Yuz twiza we gɛt fayn fayn tip.

2. Yuz di fכs fכ grap di lich as klos to di skin as yu ebul, ol am na di sayd fכ in ed.

3. Pul stret ɔp, sloslo ɛn tek tɛm, wit wan stedi paz. Nɔ twist ɔ swɛt. If yu du dat, i kin mek di lich in ed stɔp na di skin, ɔ i kin mek di smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl smɔl.

4. Afta yu dɔn pul di lich, was di say fayn fayn wan wit sop ɛn wata, dɔn klin am wit sɔntin lɛk rɔm.

5. Flush di lich we yu dɔn pul dɔŋ di tɔylɛt, ɔ put am insay kɔntena we gɛt rɔm. Ɔ tep am ɛn trowe am na di dɔti. Nɔ jɔs krɔs am wit yu an.

6. Mɛmba di de we dɛn pul di lich. If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk fiva ɔ kol insay di nɛks wik, tɛl dɔktɔ ɛn tɛl dɛn se na lich bin bit yu.

Fɔ dɔn, mɛsej we yu kin kɛr go na os

Okay, so wi don tok plenti abaut Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) nau, no bi so? Dis na sik we lich kin pas, ɛn pan ɔl we i kin siriɔs smɔl, i kin wɛl ɔl if dɛn no am ɛn trit am kwik.

• Fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm lich na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl. Wear klos we go protɛkt yusɛf we yu de go na say dɛn we gɛt wayl ɔ gras, yuz tin dɛn we de mek yu nɔ gɛt insɛkt, ɛn chɛk yusɛf we yu rich na os.
• If yu gɛt rash we bigin na yu an ɛn anklɛ ɛn we de skata wit fiva, ed we de at, ɛn bɔdi we de at, mɔ if yu tink se lich dɔn bit yu, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
• If dɔktɔ dɛn saspek dis sik, dɛn nɔ go delay fɔ bigin tritmɛnt. So if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn, nɔ de te fɔ go to dɔktɔ.
• Tek di antibayɔtiks jɔs lɛk aw dɛn tɛl yu fɔ tek, fɔ di ful tɛm.

Pan ɔl we dis sik nɔ kin bɔku na Sri Lanka, ɔda sik dɛn de we lich kin pas. Dɔn bak, if pɔrsin dɔn travul go ɔda kɔntri ɛn sho dɛn kayn sik ya, i fayn fɔ mek yu dawt dis sik bak.

If yu gɛt ɛni ɔda kwɛstyɔn bɔt dis, nɔ shek fɔ aks yu famili dɔktɔ. Stay wit wɛlbɔdi!

` Rɔki Mawnt Spɔt Fiva, RMSF, lich, sik dɛn we kin kɔmɔt frɔm lich, fiva, skin lɛsin, baktriyal infɛkshɔn, Rickettsia rickettsii, antibayɔtik, dɔksisayklin( Doxycycline ) , sik we tik kin bɔn, fɔ mek tik nɔ bayt