Wan strenj fiva we kɔmɔt frɔm mɔskito? Mek wi tok abaut West Nile Virus!

Aw di bɔdi? Dis tɛm ya, wi kin yɛri bɔt ɔlkayn sik, nɔto so? Sɔm pan dɛn kin mek pɔsin fred smɔl. Wɛl, tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan strenj vayral sik we mɔskito kin spre. Dɛn kɔl dis Wɛst Nayl Vayrɔs, ɔ ``Wɛst Nayl Vayrɔs''. We yu yɛri di nem, yu go tink se na big tin, bɔt if dɛn tɛl yu bɔt am fayn fayn wan, i nɔ kin at fɔ lɛ wi nɔ sef frɔm am. So, lɛ wi tek wan luk pan sɔm ditil dɛn?

Wetin na Wɛst Nayl Vayrɔs?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Wɛst Nayl Vayrɔs na vayrɔs we kin pas to mɔtalman we mɔskito we gɛt di sik bit dɛn. Di bɛst we fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm dis na fɔ mek mɔskito nɔ bit yu. Jɔs lɛk dengue, na mɔskito na di men pɔsin we de du dis. Bɔt dis nɔto di dengue vayrɔs, dis na difrɛn vayrɔs.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm if dis vayrɔs kam insay di bɔdi?

Di bɛst pat na, bɔku tɛm, Wɛst Nayl Vayrɔs go go witout ɛni sayn ivin afta yu gɛt am. Dat min se yu nɔ go ivin no se yu gɛt di vayrɔs. Dat na gud nyus, nɔto so?

Bɔt sɔntɛnde, sɔm kayn sayn dɛn kin apin. If dɛn du dat, bɔku tɛm dɛn nɔ kin rili bad. Dɛn tin ya na:

• Fiva kin kam.
• Mi ed de at.
• Bɔdi pen de kam. Lɛk we yu kech kol.
• Joint pen kin apin.
• Sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt vɔmit ɔ dayarɛa .
• Sɔntɛnde, smɔl smɔl tin dɛn kin de na di skin, lɛk ɛkzema .

Bɔrku tɛm, dɛn sayn ya kin fil lɛk nɔrmal vayral fiva, so nɔr wɔri.

Bɔt, i nɔ kin rili bad!

Yɛs, na dis say wi nid fɔ tek tɛm smɔl. Na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, dat na, pan smɔl pipul dɛn, dis vayrɔs kin afɛkt di sɛntral nervɔs sistɛm ɛn mek dɛn gɛt siriɔs sik. fכ egzampl, kכndyushכn dεm lεk we di bren de swεla (εnεfalaytis) כ di mεmbran dεm we de kכba di bren εn di spεnal kכd (mεningaytis) kin swεla. If dis apin, sɔm sayn dɛm lɛk:

• Ay fiva.
• Wan ed we nɔ go ebul fɔ bia.
• Wan nɛk we stif, we at fɔ bɛn.
• Kɔnfyushɔn ɔ disoriɛnteshɔn (ivin wɔd dɛn we dɛn de tɔk kin slɔr).
• Sɔm kayn sik kin apin.
• Paralayz (we yu lɔs wan pat pan di limb).
• Kɔma (we yu nɔ gɛt kɔnshɛns kɔmplit wan).

Dɛn kayn bad bad sayn dɛn ya kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja, .Ɛspɛshali fɔ di wan dɛn we dɔn ol ɛn di wan dɛn we dɔn ɔlrɛdi gɛt ɔda sik dɛn. So, if yu gɛt ɛni ɔda kayn sik lɛk dis wit fiva, i rili impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Aw pipul dɛn kin gɛt Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs?

Dis kin tan lɛk se na kɔmplikɛt stori, bɔt i simpul. Wɛst Nayl Vayrɔs kin de na bɔd dɛn. We mɔskito dɛn de sok blɔd frɔm bɔd dɛn we gɛt di vayrɔs, di vayrɔs kin go insay di mɔskito in bɔdi. Dɔn, we da mɔskito de we gɛt di sik bit pɔsin ɔ ɔda animal, di vayrɔs kin pas to dɛn. Na so i de skata.

Insay kɔntri dɛn lɛk Amɛrika, na lɛk 175 kayn mɔskito dɛn de, bɔt na wan kayn mɔskito nɔmɔ kin mek dis vayrɔs skata. Wi nɔ no gud gud wan bɔt di tin dɛn we de apin na Sri Lanka, bɔt i fayn ɔltɛm fɔ tek tɛm wit mɔskito.

De tin wae impɔtant pas ɔl na wae dis sik nɔr kin pas frɔm pɔrsin to ɔda pɔrsin. Dat min se yu nɔ go ebul fɔ kech am bay we yu tɔch pɔsin we gɛt Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs, tɔk to am, ɔ tɔch tin dɛn we dɛn dɔn yuz. Jɔs lɛk dengue, na mɔskito nɔmɔ kin mek i pas.

Aw dɛn kin no se pɔsin gɛt Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs infɛkshɔn?

If yu gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs, dɔktɔ go tink bɔt dɛn tin ya:

• Yu de na say usay mɔskito dɛn we gɛt dis vayrɔs kin de, ɔ yu dɔn go na dis kayn eria i nɔ tu te yet ?
• Di sizin kin afɛkt dis bak, bikɔs mɔskito dɛn kin wok mɔ we di wɛda wam.

Apat frɔm dat, di dɔktɔ kin sɛn yu blɔd sɛmpul to lab fɔ chɛk fɔ dis infekshɔn.

sכmtεm, if pכsin de sho siriכs simptom dεm, lεk ``εnεfalaytis'' כ ``mεningaytis'', dεn kin du ``lכmba pankshכn / spεnal tap'' bak . Dis min se yu fɔ tek smɔl pan di wata we de rawnd di bren ɛn spɛshal kɔd ɛn chɛk am. Pan ɔl we in nem de mek pɔsin fred, dis na rili impɔtant tɛst fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt di sik.

Aw dɛn kin trit dis?

Bɔku pan di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs infɛkshɔn dɛn kin sɔlv fɔ dɛnsɛf we dɛn nɔ gɛt ɛni spɛshal tritmɛnt. Fɔ smɔl pen ɛn pen, yu kin tek paracetamol ɔ ibuprofen. I impɔtant bak fɔ drink bɔku wata fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt wata na yu bɔdi.

Bɔt if pɔsin gɛt siriɔs sik, i go nid fɔ go na ɔspitul ɛn trit am. Dɛn go gi dɛn IV fluid, ɛp fɔ blo, ɛn ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn we dɛn nid. Mɛmba se, no patikyula tritmɛnt nɔ de fɔ Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs ɛnsɛfalaytis ɔ mɛningaytis. Bikɔs dis na vayral sik, antibayɔtik nɔ go ɛp. Antibayɔtiks jɔs de wok agens baktriyal infɛkshɔn. Dɔn bak, no vaysin nɔ de fɔ dis vayrɔs yet.

Yu tink se dɛn kin ebul fɔ protɛkt di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs infɛkshɔn?

Yɛs! Yu kin rili du am. Di bɛst we fɔ protɛkt yusɛf ɛn yu famili frɔm di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs na fɔ mek mɔskito nɔ bit yu. Dis na sɔntin we wi ɔl nid fɔ pe atɛnshɔn to. Na sɔm tin dɛn we yu kin du:

• Yuz skrin dɛn na yu winda ɛn domɔt dɛn. If ɛni skrin de we dɔn brok ɔ we dɔn pwɛl, ripɛnt am wantɛm wantɛm. Kip domɔt ɛn winda dɛn we nɔ gɛt skrin lɔk, mɔ na ivintɛm.
• We yu de go na do, wɛr klos we kɔba bɔku pan yu bɔdi as yu ebul. I bɛtɛ fɔ wɛr lɔng sliv shit, lɔng pant, sus, ɛn sɔks.
• Yuz insekt repelent akɔdin to di dairekshɔn. Pik wan we gɛt sɔntin we di Envayrɔmɛnt Protɛkshɔn Ajɛns (EPA) dɔn gri fɔ, lɛk DEET ɔ picaridin. Fɔ pikin dɛn we dɔn pas 3 ia, yu kin yuz wan bak we gɛt ɔyl we gɛt lɛmon yukaliptɔs. We yu de yuz dɛn tin ya, fala di tin dɛn we de na di bɔtul di rayt we.
• Tray fɔ avɔyd fɔ de na do as yu ebul ali mɔnin ɛn let aftanun, we di san jɔs de kam kɔmɔt ɛn go dɔŋ. Dis na di tɛm we mɔskito dɛn kin wok mɔ.
• Una pul di say dɛn we mɔskito dɛn kin put dɛn eg! Mɔskito dɛn kin put dɛn eg na say dɛn we wata kin gɛda. So, pul di say dɛn we wata kin gɛda na tin dɛn lɛk bɔkit, dɔti bɔks, ɛn ol taya. Ɛmpti ples fɔ was bɔd, dɔg bol, ɛn flawa pɔt wan tɛm insay di wik, was dɛn fayn fayn wan, ɛn klin dɛn. Dis na impɔtant tin bak fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt dengue.

Mɛmba se fɔ avɔyd mɔskito na di impɔtant tin fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm dis vayrɔs, jɔs lɛk aw wi kin du fɔ protɛkt wisɛf frɔm dengue.

Wetin bak a nid fɔ no?

Insay sɔm kɔntri dɛn, di kɔmyuniti dɛn de wok togɛda fɔ ɛp di wɛlbɔdi ɔfisa dɛn fɔ no di we aw di Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs kin pas. If yu si bɔd we dɔn day na yu eria, nɔ go tɔch am wit yu an we nɔ gɛt natin. Bifo dat, kɔl yu lokal Pɔblik Ɛlth Inspɛkta (PHI) ɔ Mɛdikal Ɔfisa fɔ Wɛlbɔdi (MOH) ɔfis fɔ advays bɔt wetin fɔ du. If bɔku ripɔt de bɔt bɔd dɛn we dɔn day na di sem eria, di wɛlbɔdi ɔfisa dɛn kin tɛst di bɔd dɛn fɔ si if dɛn gɛt di vayrɔs. If dɛn kɔnfyus se dɛn gɛt dis kayn sik, dɛn kin tek tin dɛn fɔ kɔntrol di mɔskito dɛn we de na di eria, lɛk fɔ sprɛy insɛktisayd.

Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os

Okay, so lɛ wi rikap sɔm pan di impɔtant pɔynt dɛn frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt.

• West Nile Virus na wan vayrɔs we mɔskito kin pas.
• Bɔrku pipul nɔr kin gɛt dis sik, ɔr if dɛn gɛt dis sik, bɔrku tɛm dɛn nɔr kin gɛt sɔm kayn sik.
• Bɔt, i nɔ kin rili bad, .Ɛspɛshali if di nervɔs sistɛm afɛkt. If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk ay fiva, ed we de at bad bad wan, yu nɛk we stif, ɔ we yu kɔnfyus, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
• No patikyula mɛrɛsin ɔ vaysin nɔ de fɔ dis yet. Dɛn kin trit am bay di sayn dɛm wae de sho se pɔrsin gɛt dis sik.
• Prɛvenshɔn na di bɛst we fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm mɔskito. I impɔtant fɔ yuz mɔskito nɛt, wɛr klos we kɔba yu bɔdi, yuz mɛrɛsin fɔ mek mɔskito, ɛn pwɛl di say dɛn we mɔskito de bɔn.

So, nɔ fɔ fred we yu yɛri bɔt dis Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs. Bɔt i rili impɔtant fɔ no bɔt am ɛn tek di tin dɛn we wi nid fɔ protɛkt wisɛf frɔm mɔskito. Dɔn wi kin avɔyd dɛn sik ya ɛn gɛt wɛlbɔdi. If yu gɛt ɛni ɔda kwɛstyɔn, nɔ shek fɔ aks dɔktɔ.

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