Yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt di ‘Plague’ ɔ ‘Epidemic’ frɔm istri buk ɛn stori. I at fɔ imajin aw di sik bin denja da tɛm de, nɔto so? Bɔt yu no se dɛn stil de ripɔt dis sik na sɔm kɔntri dɛn na di wɔl? Bɔt i nɔto big sik lɛk aw i bin de bifo. Tide, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis smɔl smɔl , bikɔs i impɔtant fɔ mek ɔlman no bɔt dɛn kayn tin ya.

Wetin rili na Plɛg?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Plɛg na sik we baktriyal infɛkshɔn kin kam wit . Na wan kayn baktri we dɛn kɔl Yersinia pestis kin mek am. Dɛn kin put am na wan sik we dɛn kɔl zoonotic disease. Dis min se di sik kin pas frɔm animal to mɔtalman, ɛn frɔm mɔtalman to animal. Bɔku tɛm, na insɛkt lɛk flawa we dɔn bit animal we gɛt di sik ɛn bit pɔsin kin pas am.

Tri men kayn sik dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt sik. Di kayn we aw yu kin gɛt dipen pan usay na yu bɔdi di Yersinia pestis baktri de afɛkt.

1. Bubonic plague: Dis kin afɛkt yu limf no dɛm.

2. Septicemic plague: Insay dis, di baktri de go insay yu blɔd.

3. Nyumonik pleg: Dis kin afɛkt yu lɔng.

Yu tink se dɛn stil de yuz di nem Plɛg tide?

Yes, wi stil de yuz di nem "Plague" fɔ dis sik we di baktri we dɛn kɔl Yersinia pestis kin mek. Bɔt bɔku tɛm wi kin tɔk bɔt am wit di kayn we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt. Dat min se, bubonic plague, septicemic plague, ɔ nyumonia pleg.

Yu tink se di Plɛg rili stil de?

Yɛs, di bad bad sik nɔ dɔn kɔmɔt na di wɔl yet. I kin bɔku mɔ na sɔm say dɛn na Afrika . Dɔn bak, dɛn kin ripɔt bɔku pipul dɛn ɛvri ia na Eshia, Sawt Amɛrika, ɛn Amɛrika. So, dis nɔto sik we pɔsin kin fɔgɛt kpatakpata.

Smɔl mɔ infɔmeshɔn bɔt di tri kayn sik dɛn

Naw, lɛ wi tek tɛm luk dɛn tri kayn sik ya wan bay wan.

1. Bubonic Plague, we kin afɛkt di limf no dɛm

Dis na di kayn sik we dɛn kin gɛt pas ɔl . I de sev layf bak pas di ɔda tu kayn. If dɛn bigin fɔ trit am wit antibayɔtik kwik, 95% chans de fɔ mek i wɛl.

We yu gɛt Bubonic Plague, wan ɔ mɔ pan yu limf no dɛn kin swel wit pen . dεn kכl dεn limf no dεm ya we swεla bubo. Dɛn kin swel ɔp na di limf no dɛm nia di say we di flawa we gɛt di sik bayt. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if flawa bit yu leg, di limf no dɛm na yu groin kin swel.

2. Septicemic Plague (we kin afɛkt di blɔd) .

Septicemic plague kin apin we di baktri we nem Yersinia pestis go insay yu blɔd . Dis kin rili denja bikɔs di bɔdi de travul tru yu blɔd ɛn bigin fɔ pwɛl yu tisu dɛn. dis kin mek yu gεt siriכs kכndyushכn lεk gangrene (di tisu dεm we de day εn tכn blak) εn כgan dεm we de fεl.

Bɔku we dɛn de we Septicemic Plague kin kam:

• Na bay we wan flawa we gɛt di sik bit am.
• di wata we de na di bכdi (e.g. bכdi) we de kכmכt na animal we gεt di sik de kam insay yu bכdi tru wan brεk na yu skin.
• wan plag infεkshכn כdasay na di bכdi (e.g. bubonic plague) kin bi mכr siriכs εn di baktri dεm de go insay di bכdi (dεn kכl dis `sεkכnd infεkshכn`).

3. Nyumonik Plɛg, we kin afɛkt di lɔng dɛn

Nyumonik plag kin apin we di baktri we nem Yersinia pestis go insay yu lɔng . Dis na di wan we nɔ kin bɔku pan di tri kayn sik dɛn, ɛn na di wan we denja pas ɔl bak .

Nyumonik plag kin pas frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin, lɛk di kɔmɔn kol, tru di kɔf ɛn sniz . I kin kam bak we pɔsin de nia animal dɛn we gɛt di sik ɔ we pɔsin we gɛt di sik de skata ɔdasay na di bɔdi to di lɔng dɛn (sɛkɔndari infɛkshɔn).

Dis kayn kin mek yu gɛt siriɔs nyumonia ɛn yu nɔ kin ebul fɔ blo fayn. If dɛn nɔ trit am kwik, chans de fɔ mek pɔsin day insay sɔm dez.

Wetin na di men difrɛns bitwin Bubonic ɛn Nyumonik Plɛg?

Dɛn tu kayn ya na di sem baktri we dɛn kɔl Yersinia pestis. Bɔt Bubonic Plague na baktriyal infɛkshɔn we kin apin na yu limf no dɛm. Nyumonik Plɛg na baktriyal infɛkshɔn we kin apin na yu lɔng. Di men difrɛns na di pat na di bɔdi we gɛt di sik.

Udat dɛn kin gɛt dis sik mɔ?

Plɛg kin afɛkt pipul dɛn we de na bɔku kɔntri dɛn na Afrika, mɔ na kɔntri dɛn lɛk Madagaska ɛn di Dimokratik Ripɔblik fɔ Kongo .

Apat frɔm dat, dɛn kin ripɔt di sik dɛn ɛvri ia na di Amɛrika ɛn Eshia. Insay Amɛrika, i kin bɔku pas ɔl na di rural eria dɛn na di wɛst stet dɛn. Pipul dɛn we de wok wit animal, mɔ na say dɛn we dɛn no se gɛt sik, kin gɛt dis sik mɔ ɛn mɔ.

Aw kɔmɔn sik we pɔsin kin gɛt?

Plɛg stil de, pan ɔl we i nɔ bɔku lɛk aw i bin de trade. Bɔt naw i rili rare.. Ɔlsay na di wɔl, dɛn kin ripɔt bitwin 1,000 to 2,000 pipul dɛn we gɛt sik we dɛn kɔl plague ɛvri ia. Insay Amɛrika, na lɛk sɛvin pipul dɛn nɔmɔ dɛn kin ripɔt ɛvri ia. So, nid nɔ de fɔ mek wi fred pasmak, bɔt fɔ mek pipul dɛn no bɔt sɔntin impɔtant.

Aw plɛnti sik kin afɛkt di bɔdi?

we di baktri dεm we dεn kכl `Yersinia pestis` kam insay yu bכdi, i de fכs ayd frכm yu imyun sistεm . Dis kin mek i ebul fɔ bɔku fri wan ɛn i kin skata ɔlsay na yu bɔdi. we di baktri dεm go insay wan sεl, i de kכl wan `tכksin` we de kil di sεl.

Dis we ya, di baktri `Yersinia pestis` kin:

• infεkt yu limf no dεm (bubonic plague), we de mek big swel we dεn kכl `buboes`.
• Enta yu blɔd (septicemic plague), we kin pwɛl yu ɔgan dɛn.
• Enta yu lכng dεm (pneumonic plague), we kin mek yu inflamesh bad bad wan εn i kin mek yu nɔr ebul fɔ blo fayn.

Wetin na bin di bad bad sik we bin dɔn apin trade?

Dɛn kin tek di bad bad sik we dɔn pas ɔl na di wan we bin apin ɔlsay na Yurop, Eshia, ɛn Nɔt Afrika insay di midul pat pan di ia 1300 . Da tɛm de, bɔku bɔku pipul dɛn bin day pan am. Wan rizin fɔ dis na bikɔs pipul dɛn bin gɛt sik mɔ bikɔs dɛn nɔ bin de klin fayn ɛn dɛn nɔ bin gɛt tin fɔ it da tɛm de. I bin de skata frɔm wan kɔntri to ɔda kɔntri tru tred rod dɛn.

Bɔrku tɛm, wae pɔrsin tɔk bɔt "di sik," dɛn kin min dis sik. Dɛn kin kɔl am bak "Blak Day."

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ Plɛg?

Sɔm sayn dɛm fɔ plag kin kɔmɔn fɔ ɔl kayn sik. Sɔm sayn dɛn de bak we kin difrɛn difrɛn wan fɔ no if yu gɛt bubonic, septicemic, ɔ nyumonia plague.

Di sayn dɛn we kin apin:

• Fiva
• Chills we de mek pɔsin kol
• Ɛd we de at ɛn bɔdi we de at
• Wiknɛs ɛn taya pasmak (Fatigue) .
• Diziz we pɔsin kin gɛt
• Nɔs, vɔmit ɛn dayarɛa

Sɔm patikyula sayn dɛn we de sho se yu gɛt dis sik:

• Bubonic plague: Di limf no dɛm we de swel, we de mek yu fil pen (buboes).
• Septicemic plague: Na bɛlɛ de pen, blɔd de kɔmɔt na yu nos, yu mɔt, ɔ ɔnda yu skin. sכmtεm di finga dεm, di an dεm, εn di fut dεm kin tכn blak (`gangrene`).
• Nyumonik plag: I nɔ kin izi fɔ blo, i kin at na in chɛst, i kin kɔf, ɛn i kin gɛt blɔd ɔ wata.

Aw di sik kin tan lɛk we i apin?

Di we aw di sik kin tan kin difrɛn difrɛn wan bay us pat na yu bɔdi we i afɛkt.

Plɛg we dɛn kɔl sɛptisemikGangrene kin apin. Yu tisu dɛn kin day. Yu finga dɛn, yu an dɛn, yu fut finga dɛn, yu leg dɛn, ɔ ɔda pat dɛn na yu bɔdi kin tɔn blak .

If yu gɛt bubonic plague , yu go si wan ɔ mɔ rili big, we yu kin si klia wan swel limf node (buboes) . Bɔku pipul dɛn kin yuz di pikchɔ dɛn we dɛn bin dɔn pikchɔ insay di Mɛditarenian tɛm fɔ sho di bubonic plague, bɔt i tan lɛk se di pipul dɛn we de na dɛn pikchɔ dɛn de gɛt sos ɔlsay na dɛn bɔdi. Nɔto so di sik rili tan lɛk. (Dɛn fayn fayn pikchɔ dɛn de kin sho bɔku tɛm ``smɔlpoks'' ɔ ``lɛprɔsi.'')

Wetin kin mek pɔsin gɛt di sik?

Plɛg na wan baktri we dɛn kɔl Yersinia pestis. Rat ɛn ɔda animal dɛn kin kɛr di baktri we nem Y. pestis. Bɔt mɔtalman kin gɛt di sik we insɛkt dɛn lɛk flawa ɔ lays , we de kɛr di bɔdi de bit am. di Y. pestis baktri dεm de go insay yu limf no dεm, bכdi, כ yu lכng dεm εn mek yu sik.

Aw di sik kin pas?

Di baktri dɛm we de mek pɔsin gɛt sik, `Y. pestis`, kin kכmכt frכm animal to mכtalman כ frכm כda mכtalman. Yu kin gɛt sik we dɛn kɔl plague dis we:

• Frɔm flea ɔ lays bayt: If flea we dɔn bit rat ɔ ɔda animal we gɛt `Y. pestis` den bit yu.
• Dayrɛkt frɔm animal we gɛt di sik: Tru di kɔntakt wit di bɔdi wata ɔ tisu (e.g. blɔd, mit) na animal we gɛt di sik.
• Frɔm ɔda pɔsin: If pɔsin gɛt di baktri `Y. pestis` na dεn lכng (pneumonic plague), yu kin gεt infεkshכn bak if dεn kכf כ sniz.

Animal kin gɛt plague bak frɔm ɔda animal dɛn.

Us animal dɛn kin bɔn sik?

Bɔku pipul dɛn kin tink se na rat nɔmɔ go ebul fɔ mek di sik skata. Bɔt bɔku ɔda animal dɛn kin kɛr di sik ɛn mek i go ɔlsay. I kin difrɛn frɔm usay yu de, di animal dɛn we kin gɛt di sik kin difrɛn. Risach dɔn sho se dis sik kin afɛkt dɛn animal ya:

• Rodent: Animal dɛn lɛk mays, prɛri dɔg, skwakul, jɛbil, ɛn gini pig.
• Ɔda smɔl smɔl animal dɛn we de gi pikin dɛn milk.
• Dɔg ɛn pusi dɛn we dɛn kin kip na os. (Yɛs, wi animal dɛn we wi kin mɛn kin gɛt dis bak!)
• Dia.
• Kamɛl.

Yu tink se Plɛg na sik we pɔsin kin pas?

Bubonic plague ɛn septicemic plague nɔ kin pas dairekt frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. Dat min se yu nɔ go sik we yu tɔch ɔ tɔk to pɔsin we gɛt dɛn (tek yu wit fleas!).

Bɔt, nyumonia sik kin pas. I kin pas we pɔsin we gɛt nyumonia sik kɔf, sniz, ɛn gɛt tayt padi biznɛs wit dɛn.I kin pas frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. I kin skata lɛk kɔmɔn kol, bɔt di bad tin dɛn we kin apin to am kin rili siriɔs.

Yu tink se Plɛg na vayrɔs?

Nɔ, Plɛg nɔto vayrɔs. Na wan baktri we dɛn kɔl Yersinia pestis kin mek am.

Aw fɔ no di sik we dɛn kɔl plag?

Di sayn we de sho se yu gɛt bubonic plague na wan limf node we dɔn swel ɛn we de mek yu fil pen we dɛn kɔl `bubo.` If flea dɔn bit yu ɔ yu gɛt `bubo,` yu dɔktɔ kin sɔprayz se na di plague.

We yu go to dɔktɔ, mek shɔ se yu tɔk dɛn tin ya:

• If yu de na eria we gɛt sik we dɛn kɔl plague infɛkshɔn, ɔ yu jɔs travul go na da kayn eria de.
• Yu get wan flea.
• If yu dɔn tɔch animal dɛn we yu tink se kin gɛt di sik.
• If yu gɛt wan ɔ mɔ limf no dɛm we de mek yu fil pen ɛn we dɔn swel na yu bɔdi.

Test dɛn fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt di sik

Fɔ no if yu gɛt plag, yu dɔktɔ go tek yu blɔd, sputum, ɔ wata frɔm wan limf node ɛn sɛn am to lab fɔ luk fɔ sayn dɛn fɔ di Y. pestis baktri.

Aw dɛn kin trit Plɛg?

I impɔtant fɔ trit plague wit antibayɔtik wantɛm wantɛm.

Yu dɔktɔ go gi yu mɛrɛsin ɔ tru wan vein (wan IV) ɔ as pil. Dipen pan yu sayn dɛm ɛn di risk factor dɛm, yu kin bigin fɔ tek antibayɔtik bifo di tɛst rizɔlt kam in. Tɛm na di men tin.

Us mɛrɛsin dɛn kin yuz?

Dɛn kin trit di sik wit antibayɔtik we dɛn kin it ɔ we dɛn kin put insay di bɛlɛ. Yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn antibayɔtik ya:

• `Siproflɔksasin`
• `Lɛvoflɔksasin`
• `Mɔksiflɔksasin`
• `Dɔksisayklin ( Dɔksisayklin ( Dɔksisayklin (Dɔksisayklin) ) )`
• `Jɛntamisin`
• `Streptomaysin`
• `Kloramfenikol`
• `Trimethoprim-sulfametoksazol`

Aw fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm di bad bad sik?

Yu kin ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt plag bay we yu nɔ de bit di flay ɛn tek tɛm we yu de dil wit animal dɛn we go gɛt di sik.

Na sɔm tin dɛn we yu kin du:

• Klin ples dɛn usay wayl animal dɛn kin mek os (e.g., wud pail, dɔti, bush).
• Nɔ lɛf it fɔ animal dɛn na do, ɛn nɔ fid wayl animal dɛn. Animal dɛn lɛk rat go kam afta dɛn dɔn si dɛn tin ya.
• We yu de na do, mɔ na say dɛn we gɛt fɔrɛst, yuz bɔg sprɛy we gɛt DEET.
• Aks yu animal in vetɛriana bɔt aw fɔ protɛkt yu frɔm flay. Pɛt dɛn we dɛn kin mɛn, lɛk dɔg ɛn pusi, kin kɛr sik bak.
• If yu de ol animal (layv ɔ day) we yu tink se go gɛt di sik, mek shɔ se yu wɛr glɔv.
• If yu de na say we sik de, nɔ mek yu animal dɛn we yu lɛk fɔ waka fri wan na do.
• If yu tink se yu go dɔn gɛt di sik, aks yu dɔktɔ if yu nid fɔ tek antibayɔtik fɔ mek yu nɔ sik.

Yu tink se vaysin de fɔ di sik we dɛn kɔl plague?

Dɛn nɔ de yuz vaysin bɔku bɔku wan fɔ protɛkt pɔsin frɔm sik we dɛn kɔl plague. Naw, sayɛnsman dɛn de wok fɔ mek dɛn vaysin dɛn we go wok fayn fɔ di sik we dɛn kɔl plague.

Wetin kin apin if bad bad sik kam?

If yu gɛt plag, yu nid fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt wantɛm wantɛm. Pan ɔl we antibayɔtiks de wok fayn, yu gɛt di bɛst chans fɔ wɛl if yu bigin fɔ tek di mɛrɛsin insay 24 awa afta di sik bigin . Dɛn kin gi yu ɔksijɛn ɔ ɔda tritmɛnt bak fɔ kɔntrol yu sik dɛn.

Aw lɔng di sik kin las?

We yu gɛt tritmɛnt, yu fɔ bigin fɔ fil fayn insay lɛk wan ɔ tu wiks. Buboes (swollen lymph nodes) we di bubonic plague kin mek kin tek sɔm wiks fɔ wɛl.

Kɔmplikɛshɔn dɛn we di sik kin kam wit

Bɔku prɔblɛm dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i gɛt sik kin apin kwik kwik wan ɛn i kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja . Sɔm pan dɛn na:

• Tisu dεm de day εn di limb dεm we de lכs bikoz fכ gangrene.
• inflameshn na di mεmbran dεm we de kכba di bren (meningitis).
• di intanεt כgan dεm we de fεil.
• Di we aw pɔsin de blo fayn.

Aw fɔ avɔyd di Plɛg?

Fɔ trit yu kwik kwik wan wit antibayɔtik na di bɛst we fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt di sik. If dɛn trit dɛn kwik kwik wan, lɛk 90% pan di wan dɛn we gɛt ɔl kayn sik kin liv.

Wetin na di nɔmba fɔ pipul dɛn we de day pan di sik?

If dɛn nɔ trit am, bɔku tɛm i kin kil pɔsin. Wit tritmεnt, di mכtalman rεt fכ bubonic plague de bitwin 5% εn 15%. Fɔ nyumonia ɛn sɛptisemik pleg, di rit we pipul dɛn kin day na lɛk 50%. So, yu si aw impɔtant tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan, nɔto so?

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sik ya , go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm :

• If yu tink se yu dɔn gɛt di sik we dɛn kɔl plague.
• If yu de na say we gɛt sik, ɔ yu nɔ tu te yet we yu travul go na wan, ɛn naw yu gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ sik.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

• "If a tink se a dɔn gɛt di sik, a fɔ tek antibayɔtik?"
• "A go nid fɔ de na ɔspitul ɛn gɛt tritmɛnt, ɔ a kin gɛt tritmɛnt frɔm os?"
• "Us nyu ɔ chenj chenj simptom a fɔ wach fɔ?"

Big big sik dɛn we sik we dɛn kɔl plague kin kam wit insay istri

Tri bad bad sik dɛn de we di Plɛg dɔn kɔz insay istri:

1. Di Plɛg we Jastinian bin gɛt: Frɔm arawnd di ia 541 afta Krays, bɔku bɔku sik dɛn bin de. Pan ɔl we i nɔ izi fɔ tɔk ɔmɔs pipul dɛn day, dɛn biliv se dis sik bin kil bɔku bɔku pipul dɛn.

2. Di Blak Day: I bigin insay 1348. Na lɛk 25 milyɔn pipul dɛn day na Yurop nɔmɔ.

3. Di tɔd sik we dɛn kɔl plague pandemic: Dis bin skata to ɔl kɔntinɛnt pas Antaktika. I kil lɛk 12 milyɔn pipul dɛn na India ɛn Chaina nɔmɔ.

Fɔ dɔn, mɛmba dis.

Trade, bad bad sik bin de kil bɔku bɔku pipul dɛn. Dis sik stil de tide. Bɔt bikɔs ɔf di say we dɛn de klin ɛn antibayɔtiks tide, di pipul dɛn we de day bikɔs ɔf am dɔn rili smɔl naw. Bɔt i impɔtant fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan .

If sɔmbɔdi tɛl yu se, "A de avɔyd am lɛk di sik," yu kin kɔle dɛn fɔ di we aw dɛn de handle animal dɛn sef wan ɛn di we aw dɛn de kɔntrol di flea! Bikɔs fɔ mek pipul dɛn no bɔt di sik ɛn fɔ tek tɛm wit di prɔblɛm na di tin dɛn we impɔtant pas ɔl.

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