Lɛ wi lan mɔ bɔt tetanɔs. Nɔ wɔri, dɛn kin ebul fɔ stɔp am!

Yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt ‘tetanus’ ɔ ‘lɔkjaw sik’. I rili siriɔs smɔl, bɔt fɔtunate wan, na sik we pɔsin kin ebul fɔ avɔyd. So tide, lɛ wi tɔk smɔl bɔt tetanɔs, aw i kin kam, in sayn dɛm, tritmɛnt, ɛn mɔ aw fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm am, okay?

Wetin na Tɛtanɔs?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, tiks na siriɔs sik, bɔt we pɔsin kin ebul fɔ avɔyd, we kin afɛkt di mɔsul dɛn ɛn di nervɔs sistɛm na wi bɔdi. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl am bak ‘lɔkjaw sik’, bikɔs di men sayn na we i nɔ kin ebul fɔ opin in mɔt bikɔs di mɔsul dɛn kin tayt. na divεlכp kכntri dεm lεk Amerika, dis sik nכ kin bכku biכs dεn kin gi pikin dεm vaksin fכ am frכm 2 mכnt. Bɔt, na di divɛlop kɔntri dɛn lɛk wi yon, i stil de mɔna pipul dɛn.

Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt akni?

Okay, naw lɛ wi si aw dis rash de divɛlɔp. Na wan kayn baktri de mek am. fכ bi prεsis, wan baktri jεm we dεn kכl `(Clostridium tetani)`. Dɛn wan ya kin de na say dɛn lɛk dɔti ɛn dɔst.

Klostridium tetani baktri dɛm ɛn di pɔyzin we i de mek

We di baktri we dɛn kɔl Clostridium tetani go insay wi bɔdi, dɛn kin mek wan pɔyzin, we na pɔyzin. Dis pɔyzin rili denja. I de travul along di nεv dεm na di say we di injuri de εn i de travul go na di bren כ di spεnal kכd. We di pɔyzin dɔn de de, i kin ambɔg di nɔmal we aw wi nervɔs sistɛm de wok. Mɔtalman, i kin afɛkt di motoka nerv dɛm, we kin kɛr mɛsej to wi mɔsul dɛm. Dis na di rizin we mek wi mɔsul dɛn kin stif ɛn twitch.

Aw dis kin kam insay di bɔdi mɔs?

Bɔku tɛm, dis baktri kin go insay di bɔdi tru dɔti wund. Fɔ ɛgzampul, imajin wan nel we rɔsti we stɔp na yu skin, ɔ wund we dɔti wit dɔti ɛn dɔst. Sɔntɛnde, di wund kin so smɔl dat wi nɔ kin ivin notis am. Bɔt ivin da smɔl wund de kin mek dis bɔdi kam insay.

Bɔku kayn wund dɛn de we kin mek yu gɛt absɛs:

• Wund dɛn we gɛt day skin: Sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn na fɔ bɔn, frɔstbayt, gangrene, ɔ injury we pɔsin krɔs.
• Wund dɛn we gɛt dɔti, spit, ɔ fes: Dɛn wan ya kin de pan denja mɔ if dɛn nɔ klin dɛn fayn.
• Injury we pɔsin kin gɛt we i dɔti, we nɔ gɛt sterilayz: Fɔ ɛgzampul, nidul we dɛn kin yuz fɔ yuz drɔgs, fɔ tatu insɛf, ɔ fɔ chuk pɔsin in bɔdi.

Wetin na Nionatal Tɛtanɔs?

Wan ɔda spɛshal kayn tɛtanɔs de, we na tetanɔs we kin apin to pikin dɛn we dɛn jɔs bɔn. Wi kin kɔl dis bak `(Neonatal Tetanus)`. dis kin apin speshali if dεn bכn di pikin כnda klin kכndishכn, spεshal wan if dεn nכ kip di כmbilik kכd klin afta dεn kכt am, we di jεm dεm de kכmכt tru. כltu, na divεlכp kכntri dεm, bikoz fכ di tεtanכs vaksin we dεn gi mama dεm εn di advays we dεn gi fכ kip di כmbilikal kכd klin afta dεn bכn di pikin, dis `(Neonatal Tetanus)` situeshכn naw nכ de rili rεs. Wi de rili wɔri bak bɔt dis na wi kɔntri.

Wetin na di sayn dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i nɔ gɛt bɛlɛ?

Okay, naw lɛ wi si us sayn dɛm de sho we di rash de kam. Di sayn dɛm kin sho ɛnisay frɔm sɔm dez to wan mɔnt afta dis baktri dɔn go insay di bɔdi.

Bɔku tɛm i kin bigin wit we di jaw mɔsul dɛn tayt . Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak ``trismus''. I kin tan lɛk se di jaw dɔn lɔk, ɛn i nɔ kin izi fɔ opin di mɔt. Pantap dat:

• I at fɔ swɛla.
• Di mɔsul dɛn kin stif ɔ pen kin apin na di nɛk, di sholda dɛn, ɛn di bak .
• Dis tayt we di mɔsul dɛn tayt kin go smɔl smɔl to say dɛn lɛk di bɛlɛ, di ɔp an (an dɛn), ɛn di shɔl .
• Sɔntɛnde, di mɔsul dɛn kin tayt so dat di wan ol bɔdi kin bɛn bak lɛk bɔw. Dis kin rili mek yu fil pen.
• Yu kin gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm bak lɛk wae yu de swet pasmak ɛn yu at de bit kwik kwik wan.

Aw fɔ trit ɛkzema?

If pɔsin gɛt strok, dɛn fɔ rili put am na ɔspitul ɛn trit am. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin gi tritmɛnt na di Intensive Care Unit (ICU) .

Na de, di men tritmɛnt dɛn we dɛn kin gi na:

• Dɛn kin gi antibayɔtik fɔ kil baktri dɛm.
• Dɛn kin gi wan vaysin we dɛn kɔl Tetanus Immune Globulin (TIG) fɔ mek di pɔyzin we dɛn dɔn ɔlrɛdi mek na di bɔdi nɔ wok.
• Dɛn kin gi mɛrɛsin fɔ kɔntrol di mɔsul dɛn we de stif ɛn we i de spam.
• Dɔn bak, if nid de, dɛn kin gi tritmɛnt fɔ mek shɔ se di impɔtant wok dɛn we di bɔdi de du, lɛk fɔ blo, kɔntinyu fayn fayn wan. I kin nid bak fɔ kɔnɛkt di pɔsin to mashin fɔ ɛp fɔ blo.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat, ɛklamsia na wan sik we rili siriɔs. So, if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn, i impɔtant fɔ go na ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm.

Yu go ebul fɔ mek di bɛlɛ nɔ pwɛl?

Yɛs! Dis na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl. Daya na sik we wi kin ebul fɔ avɔyd kpatakpata . Tu men we dɛn de fɔ du am:

1. Gɛt vaysin agens smɛlpoks. Dis na di bɛst ɛn impɔtant tin fɔ protɛkt wi.

2. If risk de fɔ gɛt tetanɔs afta yu wund, gɛt vaksin (post-exposure tetanus prophylaxis).

Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dɛn tu tin ya smɔl mɔ.

Protɛkshɔn frɔm vaksin

Di vaysin fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm difteria de insay wi kɔntri in nashɔnal imunayzeshɔn program bak. Dɛn kin gi dis vaysin we dɛn smɔl as pat pan wan kɔmbayn vaysin we dɛn kɔl `DTaP`. `DTaP` na vaksin we de protɛkt ɔl di tri sik dɛm: difteria (difteria), tetanɔs (tetanɔs), ɛn kɔf (acellular pertussis).

Di usual schedule fɔ gi dɛn vaysin ya to yɔŋ pikin dɛn na dis:

• Dɛn kin gi wan siriɔs 4 doz fɔ di DTaP vaksin bifo i ol 2 ia (we i ol 2, 4, 6, ɛn 18 mɔnt).
• afta dat, dεn kin gi כda doz fכ `DTaP` bitwin di ej dεm fכ 4-6 ia .
• nεks, dεn kin gi wan bכsta shot we dεn kכl `Tdap` we dεn ol arawnd 11-12 ia . If dɛn mis dis, dɛn kin gi am leta. `Tdap` na vaysin bak fɔ difteria, tetanɔs, ɛn kɔf, bɔt dɛn mek am fɔ big pipul ɛn yɔŋ pikin dɛn.

Afta dat, i fayn fɔ gɛt di Tdap vaysin ɔ di Td bɔsta vaysin, we de ɔlrɛdi protɛkt frɔm tetanɔs ɛn pɔtɔsis , ɛvri 10 ia . Dis na sɔntin we yu fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ du ɔl yu layf. If yu nɔ mɛmba ustɛm yu las gɛt yu bɔsta, i go fayn fɔ aks yu famili dɔktɔ.

Dis vaysin impɔtant bak fɔ mama dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ!

כda tin we rili imכtant na dat dεn rεkomεnd fכ εvri uman we bεlε fכ gεt di `Tdap` vaksin insay di sεkכn haf fכ di bεlε, insay εvri bεlε. I impɔtant fɔ gɛt dis vaysin ɛvri tɛm we yu gɛt bɛlɛ, ilɛksɛf yu dɔn gɛt di vaysin bifo ɔ ustɛm yu las gɛt am. Dis go protɛkt di mama ɛn di pikin we dɛn jɔs bɔn frɔm tetanɔs. dis go εp fכ protεkt di pikin frכm di `(Neonatal Tetanus)` kכndishכn we wi bin tכk bכt bifo.

Pɔst-ɛksplɔshɔn Tetanɔs Prɔfylaksis

If yu gɛt injury wantɛm wantɛm, mɔ if na dip wund ɔ dɔti wund we dɔn dɔti, dɔst, ɔ fes, risk de fɔ mek yu gɛt tetanus. If na so i bi, i impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ ɛn aks if yu nid fɔ tek tritmɛnt we dɛn kɔl ``post-exposure tetanus prophylaxis''.

Di vaksin dɛm we dɛn kin gi dis tɛm kin dipen pan sɔm tin dɛm:

• Aw lɔŋ i dɔn pas we yu las gɛt yu mizɛl bɔsta shot?
• Ɔmɔs mizɛl vaysin yu dɔn gɛt insay yu layf?
• Di kayn we aw di wund tan (tin lɛk aw i dip, aw i dɔti).

So if yu gɛt wund, i go fayn fɔ mek yu klin am fayn ɛn go to dɔktɔ.

Fɔs tin dɛn fɔ du we yu wund

Ɛni wund na di skin, mɔ dip wund ɔ wan we go gɛt dɔti, saliva, ɔ fes, rili impɔtant fɔ klin am fayn fayn wan, put mɛrɛsin pan am, ɛn kɔba am wantɛm wantɛm .

If i pɔsibul, was di wund fayn fayn wan wit sop ɛn wata. If dɔti ɔ dɔti de insay di wund, pul am. Dɔn, klin am wit antiseptik sɔlshɔn ɛn kɔba am wit klin pat pan goz ɔ plasta. Bɔt if di wund dip, big, ɔ rili dɔti, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ apat frɔm dis fɔs ɛp na os.

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu nɔ shɔ if yu ɔ yu pikin dɛn dɔn gɛt di kɔrɛkt mizɛl vaysin, ɔ if yu no se dɛn nɔ gɛt di ful siriɔs vaysin, mek shɔ se yu go to yu famili dɔktɔ ɛn tɔk bɔt am.

• If i dɔn pas 10 ia frɔm we ɛnibɔdi na yu famili las gɛt mizɛl bɔsta vaysin, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ ɛn mek dɛn ɔpdet yu vaysin dɛn.
• If yu gɛt dip wund ɔ kɔt, klin di wund wantɛm wantɛm ɛn kɔl dɔktɔ fɔ aks bɔt di tetanɔs prɔfylaksis afta yu dɔn gɛt am.
• If yu pikin ɔ ɔda pɔsin gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ lɔkja, ɔ in mɔsul dɛn de twitch ɔ tayt , mɔ afta we i wund, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Dis kin bi imejensi.

Mɛmba se pan ɔl we mizɛl na siriɔs sik, wi kin protɛkt wisɛf frɔm am bay we wi gɛt vaysin ɛn gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan we wi wund.

Tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba fɔ shɔt tɛm

Okay, so lɛ wi luk sɔm pan di men tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt:

• Tetanɔs na siriɔs sik, bɔt we dɛn kin yuz vaysin fɔ avɔyd.
• Dis kin apin bikɔs ɔf wan pɔyzin we wan baktri we dɛn kɔl Clostridium tetani we de liv na grɔn de mek.
• I kin pas tru dɔti wund, mɔ dip wund, ɛn tin dɛn lɛk nel we rɔsti.
• Lɔkjaw, mɔsul dɛn we de twitch, ɛn i nɔ izi fɔ swɛla na di men sayn dɛn.
• Dɛn kin gi di tritmɛnt na ɔspitul, na di Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
• Di bɛst we fɔ mek i nɔ gɛt am na fɔ gɛt di difteria vaysin dɛn (DTaP, Tdap, Td) di tɛm we dɛn dɔn sɛtul am. Nɔ fɔgɛt fɔ gɛt bɔsta shot ɛvri 10 ia.
• I fɔ mek mama dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ gɛt di `Tdap` vaysin ɛvri tɛm we dɛn gɛt bɛlɛ.
• If yu gɛt wund, klin am fayn fayn wan ɛn if nid de, tek tetanɔs prɔfylaksis afta yu dɔn gɛt am lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu.
• If yu si di sayn dɛn, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

If yu no bɔt dɛn tin ya ɛn gɛt di vaysin fayn fayn wan, yu kin protɛkt yusɛf ɛn yu famili frɔm di sik we dɛn kɔl mizɛl. Natin nɔ de fɔ fred, awareness na di bɛst difens!

` Tɛtanɔs, Lɔkjaw, Klɔstridiɔm tetani, Vaksin, DTaP, Tdap, Wund, Nionatal Tɛtanɔs