Lɛ wi lan mɔ bɔt kɔf (Pertussis). Yu pikin de pan denja?

Whooping cough na wan sik wae de mɔna pipul dɛm wae nɔr kin afɛkt pikin dɛm nɔmɔ, bɔt i kin afɛkt big pipul dɛm bak. Na tru tru infεkshכn we de afekt di rεspiretכri sistεm. Di men sayn dɛm na wan strenj ‘whooping’ sawnd we yu de blo ɛn kɔntinyu fɔ kɔf. Lɛ wi tɔk mɔ bɔt dis, bikɔs i kin rili denja fɔ smɔl pikin dɛn.

Wetin na Pɛtɔsis?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, kɔf na sik we kin ambɔg wi we kin afɛkt wi respiratory system, dat na wi trot , trakya, ɛn lɔng . na wan kayn baktri we dεn kכl `(Bordetella pertussis)` de kכz am. we dεn baktri dεm ya go insay di bכdi, dεn kin setul na di rεspiretכri trakt εn mek yu kכntinyu fכ kכf. Dis kɔf kin so bad dat sɔmtɛm i kin at fɔ blo we yu de kɔf, ɛn we yu blo bak, yu kin mek ‘whoop’ sawnd. Na dat mek dɛn kin kɔl am bak `(Whooping Cough)` insay Inglish. Bɔt i impɔtant fɔ mɛmba se dis ‘whoop’ sawnd nɔ de kam to ɔlman.

Dis sik kin rili denja fɔ sɔm pipul dɛm, mɔ di pikin dɛm we nɔ rich wan ia yet ɛn di wan dɛm we gɛt wikɛd imyun sistɛm (we min se dɛn bɔdi in ebul fɔ fɛt sik kin ridyus). I kin gɛt siriɔs impak bak pan pipul dɛm wae gɛt ɔda sik dɛm wae de mek dɛn nɔr ebul fɔ blo fayn.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ kɔf?

We di kɔf bigin, i kin tan lɛk se na nɔmal kol. Yu tink se, ‘O, dis go mɔs bi jɔs kol.’ Bɔt i kin tek sɔm dez fɔ mek di rial tin klia.

Di sayn dɛm we dɛn kin si insay di fɔs tɛm

Dɛn kin si dɛn sik ya fɔ di fɔs wik ɔ tu wik:

• Dischaj we kin kɔmɔt na di vagina bɔku tɛm
• Fɔ sniz
• Wan kɔf we nɔ kin rili klia
• Smɔl fiva (nɔto ay fiva, jɔs smɔl smɔl kol) .

Wetin kin apin we di kɔf bad bad wan?

Afta lɛk wan ɔ tu wik so, di kɔf we di smɔl pikin bin gɛt kin bi bad bad kɔf we kin kam ɛn go. Dis kɔf kin so bad dat sɔntɛnde i kin at fɔ blo . Imajin, yu de kɔf fɔ sɔm minit dɛn wan tɛm, ɛn yu nɔ ivin gɛt tɛm fɔ blo.

• dis tεm ya, di pikin in fes kin tכn rεd, sכmtεm i kin ivin pכpul , biכs i kin at fכ blo.
• We yu blo afta yu kɔf, yu kin yɛri da difrɛn ‘whoop’ sawnd we a bin dɔn tɔk bɔt.
• Sɔntɛnde, fɔ vɔmit kin kam wit di kɔf.

Aw i kin afɛkt bebi ɛn smɔl pikin dɛn?

Bɔku tɛm, bebi ɛn yɔŋ pikin dɛn we nɔ rich sɔm ia yet go mek da ‘whooping’ sawnd de wit dis kɔf. Bɔt nɔto ɔlman kin du dat. Sɔm pikin dɛn go tan lɛk se dɛn de tray tranga wan fɔ blo. Dɛn fes kin ivin tɔn blu. Di tin we denja pas ɔl na dat sɔntɛnde dɛn kin stɔp fɔ blo fɔ sɔm tɛm . Insay mɛrɛsin, wi kin kɔl dis ``apnea''. Dis na tin we rili denja, mɔ fɔ pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 6 mɔnt yet.

Aw yu go fil bɔt di yɔŋ wan dɛn ɛn di ol wan dɛn?

Fɔ big pipul ɛn big pikin dɛm (say, 10-12 ia ol), dɛn sayn ya kin difrɛn smɔl. Dɛn kin jɔs gɛt kɔf we nɔ de dɔn, we nɔ gɛt di ‘whooping’ sawnd. Bɔt mɛmba se if dɛn nɔ tek di vaysin fayn, i kin mek bad bad tin apin ivin pan big pipul dɛn.

Aw yu go no fɔ tru if na kɔf?

If yu tink se yu pikin gɛt kɔf, yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm . Di dɔktɔ go aks yu pikin in sik ɛn chɛk am.

• wetin dεn kin du na fכ tek sεmpl fכ mכkus frכm di nos εn trot εn sεnd am na labכtכri. afta dat wi kin chεk fכ di prεsεns fכ di baktri dεm `(Bordetella pertussis)`.
• Sɔntɛnde, di dɔktɔ kin disayd fɔ du blɔd tɛst ɛn tek ɛkstrem na in chɛst fɔ si if di lɔng dɛn dɔn afɛkt ɔ if wan sik lɛk nyumonia dɔn kam.

Aw dɛn kin trit kɔf we gɛt kɔf?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin trit kɔf wit antibayɔtik . Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin wok fayn if dɛn bigin dɛn ali na di sik, bifo di bad bad kɔf bigin. Dis kin ɛp fɔ mek di sik nɔ wɔs. Dɛn kin ɛp bak fɔ ridyus di risk fɔ mek di sik pas ɔda pipul dɛn.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat, if ɛnibɔdi na yu famili gɛt kɔf, mek shɔ se yu aks yu dɔktɔ if dɛn nid fɔ tek antibayɔtik fɔ mek di sik nɔ go to ɔda pipul dɛn na yu famili.

Sɔm pikin dɛn nid fɔ go na ɔspitul fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt we dɛn gɛt kɔf. Bebi ɛn yɔŋ pikin dɛn mɔ kin go na ɔspitul bikɔs dɛn kin gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn lɛk nyumonia.

Us tritmɛnt dɛn de na di ɔspitul?

Fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn, mɔ di wan dɛn we nɔ rich wan ia yet, kɔf kin mek dɛn layf de pan denja ɛn bɔku tɛm i kin nid fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt na ɔspitul. Na dis na wetin dɛn kin du na ɔspitul:

• Dɛn kin pul mכkus ɛn ɔda wata na di pikin in nos, in mɔt, ɛn in trot. Yu kin du dis bay we yu yuz smɔl tiub (kateta) ɔ bɔl sirinj. Dɛn kɔl dis fɔ sɔk. Dɛn kin du dis fɔ mek di say we yu de blo klia ɛn mek i izi fɔ yu fɔ blo.
• Ɔltɛm pe atɛnshɔn to di pikin in briz. If nid de, yu kin nid fɔ gi ɔksijɛn, mɔ we da bad bad kɔf de kam.
• If di pikin gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ se i nɔ gɛt wata na in bɔdi, we min se i de lɔs wata na in bɔdi, ɔ i nɔ izi fɔ it ɔ drink, dɛn kin nid fɔ gi am wata we dɛn kin put insay in bɛlɛ (IV fluid) .
• Dɔn bak, dɛn de du spɛshal tin dɛn fɔ mek dis sik nɔ go pas to ɔda pipul dɛn we sik, di wan dɛn we de wok de, ɛn di wan dɛn we de kam na di ɔspitul.

Yu tink se kɔf kin pas?

Yɛs, kɔf na sik we kin rili pas . Di baktri dɛm we a bin tɔk bɔt (Bordetella pertussis) na in de mek dis. Yu no aw i kin pas?

We pɔsin we gɛt kɔf kɔf, sniz, ɔ laf, di bɔdi kin kɔmɔt na di say we i de, tru smɔl smɔl drɔp dɛn (lɛk saliva) we kin kɔmɔt na in nos ɛn mɔt. Dɔn, if pɔsin we gɛt wɛlbɔdi blo da briz de, ɔ tɔch say we gɛt dɛn drɔp dɛn de ɛn afta dat i tɔch dɛn nos ɔ dɛn mɔt wit di sem an, dɛn kin gɛt di sik.

Bɔrku tɛm, i kin tek lɛk wan to tri wiks fɔ mek pɔrsin gɛt dis sik afta i dɔn gɛt dis baktri.

Di big tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik na di fɔs tɛm we di sik de, we kin apin insay di fɔs tu to tri wik afta di kɔf bigin. Afta yu dɔn bigin fɔ gi antibayɔtik, di ebul fɔ transmit di sik to ɔda pipul dɛn kin lɔs afta lɛk fayv dez.

Aw lɔng di kɔf kin las?

Bɔku tɛm, di kɔf kin bigin wit tin dɛn we tan lɛk kol. I kin las fɔ lɛk wan ɔ tu wik so. Dɔn di bad bad kɔf kin kam. Dis bad bad kɔf kin las fɔ tri mɔnt ! Imajin aw i at fɔ du dat.

Na di las stej, we di kɔf dɔn stɔp ɛn di sik dɛn kin bɛtɛ, i kin tek sɔm wiks fɔ mek di sik nɔ de igen. Fɔ sɔm pikin dɛn, dis tɛm we dɛn kin wɛl kin te fɔ sɔm mɔnt. Na dat mek sɔm pipul dɛn kin kɔl am ‘100-de kɔf’, bɔt i nɔ kin apin to ɔlman.

Aw mama ɛn papa dɛn go ɛp?

If yu de trit yu pikin fɔ kɔf na os, yu fɔ gi di antibayɔtik jɔs lɛk aw di dɔktɔ tɛl yu, ɛn nɔ skip wan de.

Nɔ gi kɔf mɛrɛsin pas dɔktɔ tɛl yu. Ɛspɛshali nɔ ɛva gi dɛn to pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 4 ia yet. Na bikɔs dɛn kin mek pɔsin gɛt sayd ɛfɛkt. Infakt, kɔf mɛrɛsin nɔ kin ridyus di kɔf we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de kɔf. Bikɔs dis kɔf na rili di bɔdi in tray fɔ klin di say dɛn we di briz de blo.

We yu pikin de wɛl, gi am bɔku ples fɔ rɛst na bed. If yu yuz kol-mist humidifier na di rum, i kin ɛp fɔ mek in lɔng dɛn we gɛt rɛd, we de at ɛn di say dɛn we i de blo, kol. (Bɔt mek shɔ se yu tek tɛm fala di instrɔkshɔn dɛn bɔt aw fɔ kip di mashin klin ɛn nɔ gɛt mold).

Nɔ du tin dɛn na os we kin mek pɔsin kɔf. Fɔ ɛgzampul, kip yu pikin fa frɔm aerosol sprɛy (lɛk sɛnt sprɛy), tabak smok, kuk smok, ɛn smok we de kɔmɔt na wud stov.

Bikɔs pikin dɛn we gɛt kɔf kin vɔmit wit dɛn kɔf ɔ nɔ kin fil lɛk fɔ it, fid dɛn smɔl smɔl it dɛn we yu kin it ɔltɛm pas fɔ it big it wan tɛm. Dɔn bak, gi yu pikin bɔku wata . Wach fɔ sayn dɛn we de sho se yu nɔ gɛt wata na yu bɔdi:

• Tɔsti pasmak, vɛks, nɔ de rɛst, taya, yay we dɔn sink
• Dray mɔt ɛn tɔŋ, stika filin, dray skin
• Ivin if yu kray, di kray wata nɔ go kam.
• di dכ n fכ pis (in di kes fכ yכng pikin dεm, di frεkuεns we di wet dayapεr de dכn) .

Yu tink se dɛn kin mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt kɔf?

Yɛs! Di gud nyus na dat, dɛn kin mek yu nɔ gɛt kɔf. Ɔl wetin yu fɔ du na fɔ gɛt di pɔrtɔsis vaysin . Dis vaysin na pat pan di DTaP (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis) vaysin we wi kin gi wi pikin dɛm.

Wetin na di schedule fɔ gi di vaksin?

Dɛn kin gi di DTaP vaysin to pikin insay wan siriɔs 5 dos bifo dɛn rich siks ia . Bɔt as di imuniti we dis vaksin de gi kin stɔp as tɛm de go, dɛn kin gi pikin dɛn we ol bitwin 11 ɛn 12 ia bɔsta shot (Tdap) fɔ kɔf as ɛkstra we fɔ protɛkt dɛn.

I impɔtant fɔ mek yɔŋ pipul ɛn big pipul dɛn gɛt bɔsta shot if dɛn nɔ dɔn gɛt am yet. Dɔn bak, dɛn kin se uman dɛn we gɛt bɛlɛ fɔ gɛt di Tdap vaysin insay di sɛkɔn tri mɔnt we dɛn gɛt bɛlɛ fɔ protɛkt dɛn nyu bɔbɔ. Afta dat, dɛn kin advays fɔ tek bɔsta shot ɛvri 10 ia fɔ difteria ɛn tetanɔs. Da tɛm de, yu fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ if di bɔsta shot fɔ gɛt kɔf bak.

Fɔ gɛt dis vaysin impɔtant mɔ fɔ pipul dɛn we de nia yɔŋ pikin dɛn , bikɔs kɔf kin mek di pikin gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn we kin mek i day pan denja. Bikɔs di imyuniti fɔ big pipul dɛn fɔ kɔf kin stɔp as tɛm de go, fɔ gɛt di vaysin kin ɛp bak fɔ protɛkt dɛn pikin dɛn ɛn big pikin dɛn frɔm di sik.

Jɔs lɛk ɔl di vaksin schedule, spɛshal tin dɛn kin de ɛn tin dɛn fɔ tink bɔt. Na yu dɔktɔ gɛt di nyu tin bɔt dis.

Pipul dɛn we de liv wit ɔ gɛt tayt padi biznɛs wit pɔsin we gɛt kɔf, ilɛksɛf dɛn dɔn gi dɛn vaysin fɔ kɔf bifo, fɔ tek antibayɔtik fɔ mek di sik nɔ go skata . Dɔn bak, go to yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu tink se yu pikin gɛt kɔf, ɔ i dɔn de nia pɔsin we gɛt kɔf, .Ivin if di pikin dɔn gɛt ɔl di vaysin dɛn we dɛn kin gi fɔ mek i gɛt blɔd, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Dis impɔtant mɔ if yu pikin de kɔf ɔltɛm ɛn ɛni wan pan dɛn sayn ya de kam wit am:

• If di pikin in skin ɔ in lip tɔn rɛd, pepul, ɔ blu bikɔs i de kɔf.
• If di pikin vɔmit afta i dɔn kɔf.
• If yu yɛri da ‘whoop’ sawnd de afta yu dɔn kɔf.

Yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm pan dɛn kayn tin ya:

• If di pikin gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ blo .
• if di pikin in brith stכp fכ sכm tεm (`(apnea)`).
• If di pikin rili taya ɛn i de slip.
• If yu de sho sayn dɛm fɔ se yu nɔ gɛt wata na yu bɔdi.

Faynal Mɛsej fɔ Tek-Hom

Kɔf na sik we kin denja, mɔ fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn. Bɔt if wi no bɔt am, gɛt di vaysin di rayt tɛm, ɛn go to dɔktɔ jɔs lɛk aw di sik dɔn sho, wi kin protɛkt wi pikin dɛn frɔm dis sik we de mɔna wi.

• Vaksin na di bɛst protɛkshɔn. Mek shɔ se yu pikin dɔn gɛt ɔl di vaysin dɛn we dɛn nid di rayt tɛm. Mama dɛm we gɛt bɛlɛ ɛn big pipul dɛm we de nia pikin dɛm fɔ tink bak fɔ gɛt mɛrɛsin fɔ kɔf.
• Yu fɔ no di sayn dɛn we de sho se yu gɛt dis sik. Ivin if i bigin lɛk kɔmɔn kol, if di kɔf kam bad bad wan, ɔ if yu yɛri ‘whooping’ sawnd, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
• Fɔ fala di dɔktɔ in instrɔkshɔn dɛn di rayt we. Gi antibayɔtik fɔ di ful tɛm we dɛn gi yu.
• Ɛp fɔ mek di sik nɔ skata. If pɔsin na yu os gɛt kɔf, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt di tin dɛn we yu go du fɔ mek i nɔ go pas to ɔda pipul dɛn.

Mɛmba se, fɔ kia fɔ yu pikin ɛn fɔ du sɔntin kwik kwik wan na di tin dɛn we impɔtant pas ɔl fɔ mek yu pikin gɛt wɛlbɔdi.

` Whooping cough, Pertussis, Infɛkshɔn sik, Pikin dɛn kɔf, Vaksin, DTaP, Tdap