Wi go lan mɔ bɔt da tranga "Gɔd in sik" we de fil lɛk bɛlt rawnd di bɔdi - dat na, shingles?

Yu go mɔs dɔn yɛri bɔt sɔntin we dɛn kɔl "Gɔd in sik." Sɔm pipul dɛn kin fred am. Bɔt tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan sik we kin tan lɛk band na wan say na di bɔdi, we kin mek pɔsin fil pen smɔl, ɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt blista. We wi de tɔk bɔt mɛrɛsin, wi kin kɔl dis Shingles ɔ Herpes Zoster . Lɛ wi si wetin na in, aw i kin kam, wetin na di sayn dɛm, ɛn aw fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm am ɛn gɛt tritmɛnt.

Wetin na dɛn shingles ya?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, shingles na wan pen we de mek wi gɛt rɔsh ɔ rash we de na di skin we kin kam wit wan vayrɔs we kin ambɔg di nerv dɛn (we dɛn kin kɔl bak nerves) ɔnda wi skin. Dɛn kin kɔl am bak Ɛpis Zɔsta. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn rash ya kin apin na wan say nɔmɔ na di bɔdi , lɛk bɛlt. Na dat mek sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl am "di sik we kin kam lɛk bɛlt." I kin apia wit wan bad bad inflamɛns na di skin.

Aw shingles kin kam? Wetin kin mek i apin?

Di men tin we kin mek dis apin na di Varicella-Zoster Virus . Yu mɛmba se yu bin gɛt chikinpoks we yu bin smɔl? Dis na di sem vayrɔs we de mek pɔsin gɛt chukchuk.

So, afta sɔmbɔdi dɔn wɛl frɔm di sik we dɛn kɔl chickenpox, di Varicella-Zoster Virus nɔ kin dɔn kɔmɔt na wi bɔdi kpatakpata. I kin stil de slip, ɔ slip, na sɔm pat dɛn na wi nervɔs sistɛm . I tan lɛk se i de ayd.

Dis vayrɔs kin de slip fɔ lɔng tɛm ɛn nɔ kin mek ɛni prɔblɛm. Bɔt sɔm tɛm, fɔ sɔm rizin – fɔ ɛgzampul, wit di ej (bɔku tɛm afta di ej fɔ 50 ia), we di bɔdi in imyuniti de go dɔŋ (i.e. we di bɔdi in ebul fɔ fɛt sik de dɔŋ), ɔ we kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt ay strɛs, ɔ bikɔs ɔf sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn (e.g., kansa mɛrɛsin) – di vayrɔs we de slip kin bigin fɔ wok bak. Na da tɛm de di sik kin kɔmɔt na do lɛk shingles.

Dis min se ɛnibɔdi we dɔn gɛt chikinpoks, ilɛksɛf na pikin, titi, ɔ big pɔsin, de pan denja fɔ gɛt shingles leta. Bɔt mɛmba se nɔto ɔlman we dɔn gɛt chukchuk go gɛt shingles.

Bɔrku tɛm, pɔrsin kin gɛt shingles wan tɛm nɔmɔ na in layf. Di chans fɔ gɛt shingles sɛkɔn tɛm nɔ kin bɔku, bɔt nɔto tin we nɔ pɔsibul.

Shingles kin pasmak pan pipul dɛm wae dɔn pas 50. Bɔt lɛk aw a bin dɔn tɔk, i kin afɛkt ɛnibɔdi we ol ɛni ej.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt shingles? Aw yu no am?

Di sayn dɛm fɔ shingles kin spɛshal smɔl. Ɔda sayn dɛn kin apia bifo di rash kam. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan wetin dɛn bi.

• Di fɔs sayn dɛm (bifo di rash kɔmɔt): Bɔku tɛm, sɔm dez (sɔntɛnde 1 to 5 dez) bifo dɛn trit di rash, yu kin gɛt bɔn, swɛt, swɛt, ɔr yu kin fil bad bad wan na di say we di rash de. Fɔ sɔm pipul dɛm, dis pen kin shap, lɛk naif, nidul , ɔr stinging sensation. Fɔ ɔda pipul dɛn, i kin jɔs tan lɛk se dɛn de bɔn. Bɔku tɛm, dis na di fɔs sayn.

• Blista: Dɔn, insay wan to fayv dez, di skin na di say we di pen de go tɔn rɛd ɛn smɔl smɔl blista (smɔl bɔmp) go bigin fɔ kɔmɔt. dis kin de כnli na wan say na di bכdi (rayt sayd nכmכ, lεft sayd nכmכ). Dɛn kin apia lɛk wan band we tan lɛk bɛlt rawnd di wɛst, ɔ dɛn kin apia along wan say na di chɛst, ɔ dɛn kin apia lɛk strip na wan say na di fes (fɔrɛst, chɛst, chin).

Imajin, i tan lɛk se sɔmbɔdi dɔn drɔ wan rɛd strip pan pent na wan say nɔmɔ na di bɔdi, wit smɔl smɔl wata pan am.

• blista fכmeshכn : dεn sכm sכm blista dεm ya de divεlכp to blista dεm we fulכp wit pus insay wan כ tu de. Afta 7 to 10 dez, dɛn blista ya kin bɔs ɛn wan skab kin fɔm . Dɛn skab ya gɛt yɔlɔsh-brawn kɔlɔ.

• Hiling: Di skab dɛm we de fɔm kin dray ɛn fɔdɔm insay 2 to 4 wik. Sɔntɛnde, smɔl skata ɔ di skin kin chenj (di skin kin bi palɛ ɔ dak) kin stil de na dɛn say dɛn de.

Di pen kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin jɔs gɛt smɔl pen, ɛn ɔda wan dɛn kin gɛt pen we dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ bia. Dis pen kin mɔna pipul dɛm wae dɔn ol, ɛn e kin teik ivin afta di wund dɔn wɛl (wi go tɔk bɔt dat leta).

Yu tink se shingles kin pas?

Dis na prɔblɛm we bɔku pipul dɛn gɛt. Shingles nɔr de transmit dairekt frɔm wan pɔrsin to ɔda pɔrsin. Dat min se yu nɔ go gɛt shingles jɔs we yu tɔch pɔsin we gɛt shingles.

Bɔt, na smɔl tin ya fɔ ɔndastand. Dɛn blista dɛm we ful-ɔp wit pus fɔ pɔsin we gɛt shingles gɛt di Varicella-Zoster Virus. So, if pɔsin we nɔ ɛva gɛt chukchuk ɔ we nɔ gɛt vaysin fɔ chukchuk, kam nia dɛn blista dɛn de dairekt wan, dat min se if dɛn tɔch di wata we de kɔmɔt na di blista, da pɔsin de kin gɛt chukchuk, nɔto shingles.

So, pɔsin we gɛt shingles:

• Yu fɔ kip yu blista dɛn kɔba fayn fayn wan (e.g. wit klin, nɔ-stik goz bandej).
• Yu nɔ fɔ skrach ɔ pik di blista dɛn.
• Yu fɔ was yu an fayn fayn wan wit sop ɔltɛm.
• Klos kɔntakt wit uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ, pikin dɛn we dɛn jɔs bɔn, ɛn pipul dɛn we gɛt wik imyun sistɛm (e.g., pipul dɛn we gɛt kansa, pipul dɛn we gɛt HIV, pipul dɛn we gɛt ɔgan transplant) fɔ avɔyd, mɔ te di blista dɛn dɔn dray ɔlsay ɛn krɔst oba.

We di blista dray ɛn krɔst, di vayrɔs nɔ de pas igen.

Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin gɛt shingles?

Pan ɔl we shingles kin dɔn insay sɔm wiks, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn . I impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dɛn tin ya.

• Postherpetic Neuralgia (PHN): Dis na di kɔmplikeshɔn we kin apin pas ɔl ɛn we kin mek pɔsin fil bad. I kin gɛt siriɔs nerve pen we kin de fɔ mɔnt ɔ ivin ia afta di shingles rash dɔn klin. E kin bɔrku pan pipul dɛm wae dɔn ol (we dɔn pas 60 ia). De pen kin de ɔltɛm ɔl di de ɔr kin kam ɛn go. Sɔntɛnde, di pen nɔ kin bia, ivin we di klos de rɔb pan di skin ɔ we di briz de blo. Dis kin gɛt bɔku impak pan di kwaliti fɔ layf.
• Infεkshכn na di skin: We blista brok, i kin gεt infεkshכn wit baktri if dεn nכ kia fכ am fayn. Dɔn di say kin rɛd, swel, ɛn pus kin gɛda.
• Di tin dɛn we kin apin to di yay: Shingles na di fes, mɔ na di fɔrɛst, rawnd di yay, ɛn na di sayd na di nos (we dɛn kɔl ɔftalmik zoster) , kin afɛkt di yay. I kin mek i nɔ de si fayn, i kin mek i gɛt glaukoma, ɛn ivin blaynd. So, if yu gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ shingles na yu fɔrɛst ɔ nia yu yay, yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm, i go fayn fɔ mek yu go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu yay.
• Ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn we kin kam wit di nervɔs sistɛm: Na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, shingles kin afɛkt di bren (ɛnsɛfalaytis) ɔ spɛshal kɔd (maylitis). Fɔ ɛgzampul, i kin afɛkt di fes nerves, ɛn mek yu fes paralayz, yu yes kin pen, ɛn yu ed kin tɔn, we dɛn kɔl Ramsay Hunt syndrome . I kin apin bak we yu nɔ de balans ɛn yu nɔ de yɛri igen.

Dis na di rizin we mek i impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ as yu bigin fɔ gɛt sayn dɛm fɔ shingles.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ shingles?

If yu sɔspɛkt se yu gɛt shingles ɔ yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm, i bɛtɛ fɔ go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan.Ɛspɛshali if dɛn bigin fɔ trit am insay 72 awa (3 dez) frɔm di tɛm we di sik bigin (di fɔs blista we de apin), di sik kin wɛl kwik kwik wan, di pen kin ridyus, ɛn di risk fɔ gɛt di kɔmplikeshɔn dɛn we wi bin tɔk bɔt (espɛshali PHN) kin ridyus.

Di men tritmɛnt dɛn na:

• Antivayrɔs mɛrɛsin: Dɛn wan ya kin kɔntrol aw di vayrɔs de bɔku, dɛn kin mek di sik shɔt, dɛn kin mek di blista dɛn wɛl kwik kwik wan, ɛn dɛn kin mek di pen nɔ bɔku. Fɔ ɛgzampul, di dɔktɔ kin gi mɛrɛsin lɛk `(Acyclovir)`, `(Valacyclovir)`, `(Famciclovir)` . Dɛn kin gi dɛn tin ya fɔ lɛk 7 to 10 dez. I rili impɔtant fɔ tek dɛn tin ya insay di doz we dɛn gi yu fɔ di tɛm we dɛn gi yu.
• Di tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin nɔ fil pen: Yu kin yuz tin dɛn we de mek yu nɔ gɛt pen lɛk Paracetamol ɔ NSAID (e.g. Ibuprofen ) fɔ kɔntrol di pen. If di pen rili bad, yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu tin dɛn we strɔng fɔ mek yu nɔ fil pen, ɔ ivin mɛrɛsin dɛn we spɛshal fɔ di pen na di nerve (e.g. Gabapentin, Pregabalin).
• Ɔda krim ɛn mɛrɛsin dɛn: Yu kin yuz krim dɛn lɛk kalamin loshan fɔ mek yu nɔ it, ɔ ɔda krim dɛn we yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ yuz. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin gi yu stɛroyd krim fɔ shɔt tɛm fɔ mek yu nɔ swel.

Tin dɛn we yu kin du na os:

• Kip di say we di blista de klin. Wash am wan tɛm insay di de wit wam wata (we nɔ gɛt sop ɔ yuz sop we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk) ɛn pat am dray wit klin, saf tawɛl.
• Yu kin put kol kɔmprɛs dɛn. Sok klin klos insay kol wata, wring am kɔmɔt, ɛn put am pan di blista fɔ lɛk 15-20 minit. Du dis bɔku tɛm insay di de.
• Wear klos we nɔ tay ɛn we gɛt kɔtɔn we go mek yu skin ebul fɔ blo. If yu wɛr tayt, rɔf klos, i kin mek yu gɛt blista ɛn i kin mek yu fil pen mɔ ɛn mɔ.
• Nɔ skrach ɔ pik di blista dɛn. If yu skrach, i kin mek yu gɛt infekshɔn ɛn skata.
• Gɛt bɔku rɛst. It it we gɛt fayn fayn tin dɛn fɔ it. Dis go gi yu bɔdi trɛnk fɔ fɛt di sik.

Yu tink se dɛn kin mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt shingles?

Pan ɔl we no we nɔ de fɔ protɛkt yusɛf ɔlsay frɔm shingles, tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm we yu gɛt.

• Chickenpox vaccine: Di vaysin we dɛn kin gi pikin dɛn fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt chickenpox kin ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt shingles leta na layf. Dis na bikɔs if chikinpoks nɔ bin dɔn apin, di vayrɔs we de mek pɔsin gɛt shingles nɔ go go insay di bɔdi.
• Shingles vaccine: Dis na di impɔtant ɛn fayn we fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt shingles. Dɛn kin gi am to pipul dɛn we ol 50 ia ɔ pas dat.Dɛn kin advays fɔ gi dis vaysin. Insay Sri Lanka, dis vaysin nɔ kin rili kɔmɔn yet, bɔt i kin de na sɔm prayvet ɔspitul dɛn. Dis vaysin kin ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt shingles ɛn di kɔmplikeshɔn dɛn we kin apin if yu gɛt am (espɛshali PHN). Yu kin tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt if dis vaysin fayn fɔ yu ɛn ustɛm yu fɔ gɛt am.

Fɔ mek yu gɛt strɔng imyun sistɛm impɔtant bak. Dis kin apin bay we yu it tin dɛn we balans, slip fayn, ɛksesaiz ɔltɛm , ɛn we yu de kɔntrol yu strɛs.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Okay, so a op se yu naw geht beta andastan di shingles we wi bin tok boht.

Mɛmba se, shingles na wan sik we de mek pɔsin fil pen we i kin gɛt blista we kin apin na wan say na di bɔdi, we kin apin bikɔs di sem vayrɔs we kin mek pɔsin gɛt chikinpoks (Varicella-Zoster Virus) kin wok bak.

• If yu ɔ pɔsin we yu sabi gɛt dɛn sik ya, nɔ panik ɔ panik, ɛn go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan . If yu trit yu kwik kwik wan, dat kin mek yu nɔ fil pen ɛn mek yu nɔ gɛt prɔblɛm dɛn.
• If yu gɛt rash, mɔ na yu fes ɔ nia yu yay, tek am se na imejensi ɛn go to tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan. Nɔ delay.
• Bikɔs i kin pas frɔm pɔsin we gɛt shingles to di wan dɛn we nɔ gɛt chikinpoks (espɛshali uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ, yɔŋ pikin dɛn, ɛn di wan dɛn we gɛt wikɛd imyun sistɛm), i impɔtant fɔ de fa frɔm ɔda pipul dɛn ɛn tek tɛm te di blista dɛn dɔn wɛl.
• If yu dɔn pas 50 ia, aks yu dɔktɔ bɔt di shingles vaysin. Na gud tin we de protɛkt wi.

A op se dis infɔmeshɔn go yusful to yu. Stay wɛlbɔdi ɛn gladi ɔlman!

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