Lɛ wi lan mɔ bɔt Nyumokɔk Sik, we na wan sik we nɔ kin jɔs afɛkt yu lɔng ɛn yes, bɔt i kin afɛkt yu wan ol bɔdi.

Yu dɔn ɛva gɛt kol ɔ flu we bigin lɛk simpul kol ɔ flu, dɔn tɔn to sɔntin we rili siriɔs, sɔntɛm ivin nyumonia? Ɔ yu smɔl pikin kin gɛt infɛkshɔn na in yes bɔku tɛm? wan rizin fכ dis kin bi di baktri dεm we wi de tכk bכt tide we dεn kכl ‘pneumococcal’. Nɔ wɔri, if yu no bɔt dis, yu kin protɛkt yusɛf to big mak ɛn wɛl kwik if yu gɛt am. So, lɛ wi tɔk mɔ bɔt dis, nɔto so?

Wetin na Nyumokɔk Sik? Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan...

Nyumokɔk sik na infekshɔn we di baktri we dɛn kɔl Streptococcus pneumoniae (dɛn kin kɔl am bak nyumococcus) kin kam wit. I kin pas, we min se i kin pas frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. Sɔmtɛm i kin bi smɔl, lɛk sayn infɛkshɔn (saynutis). Bɔt sɔmtɛm, i kin mek yu gɛt mɔ siriɔs, layf de pan denja lɛk nyumonia, sɛpsis, ɔ baktriyal mɛningaytis. So, e fayn fɔ no ɛn trit am kwik kwik wan.

Dɛn kin gi antibayɔtik as tritmɛnt fɔ dis. Dɔn bak, vaysin dɛn de fɔ ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt dis sik. Dɛn vaysin ya impɔtant mɔ fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn ɛn ol pipul dɛn. I fayn fɔ tɔk to yu famili dɔktɔ fɔ no us vaysin fayn fɔ yu ɛn yu famili.

Nyumonia ɛn nyumokɔk sik na tu difrɛn tin? Ɔ na di sem tin dɛn?

Dis na ples we bɔku pipul dɛn kin stɔp. Tink bɔt am, nyumokɔk sik na kɔmɔn nem fɔ ɛni sik we di nyumokɔk baktri kin kam wit. Nyumokɔk nyumonia na jɔs wan pan dɛn sik dɛn de. Bɔt na di sik we kin kam pas ɔl, we kin rili bad, we dis bɔdi kin kam wit.

Bɔt nɔto ɔl nyumonia na di nyumokɔk baktri de mek am. Ɔda kayn baktri, vayrɔs, ɛn sɔm tɛm dɛn de fɔŋ kin mek pɔsin gɛt nyumonia bak. Dat min se, jɔs bikɔs pɔsin gɛt nyumonia, i nɔ nid fɔ bi nyumokɔk nyumonia. Dɔn gɛt am?

Wetin na di men kayn nyumokɔk sik?

Sayɛnsman dɛn dɔn no lɛk 100 difrɛn kayn baktri dɛm (Streptococcus pneumoniae). Dɛn tin ya kin mek tu men kayn nyumokɔk sik:

1. Noninvasive: Dis na di kayn we we dɛn kin gɛt mɔ . I nɔ kin siriɔs smɔl pas di ɔda kayn dɛn. Insay dis kayn, di infεkshכn nכ de spre to di big כgan dεm כ di bכdi.

2. Invasive: Dis na di kayn we we denja pas ɔl. pan dis kayn, di baktri dεm de go insay di bכdi, כ infεkt ples dεm we di baktri dεm nכmal fכ de (lεk di bren, di bon dεm), כ wan big כgan lεk di lכng dεm.

Us sik dɛn we dis nyumokɔk baktri kin rili kɔz?

Dis baktri kin mek yu gɛt infɛkshɔn ɛnisay na di bɔdi. Lɛ wi si wetin dɛn bi.

Sik dɛn we rili bad, we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja (invasive):

Dɛn tin ya nid fɔ gɛt mɛrɛsin wantɛm wantɛm.

• Bacteremia: Dis na we baktri de kam insay di blɔd.
• Bacterial Meningitis: Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, na fiva na di bren.
• Lכng infεkshכn `(Nimonia):` Dis na wetin nyumonia de.
• Osteomyelitis: Baktri infεkshכn na di bon.
• Septic Arthritis: Infεkshכn insay di joyn dεm.
• siriכs inflameshn εn swεla כlsay na di bכdi (Sepsis): Dis kin apin we baktri dεm de kam insay di bכdi (septicemia), we kin mek i gεt bad bad inflammatory rεspכns na di bכdi.

Impɔtant: Kɔndishɔn lɛk nyumokɔk mɛningaytis (bren fiva) ɛn bakterimia (blɔd pɔyzin) kin mek yu bren pwɛl, yu nɔ de yɛri fayn, ɛn sɔntɛnde yu kin ivin kɔt in bɔdi. If dɛn nɔ trit am fayn, i kin ivin mek pɔsin day.

Sik dɛm wae nɔr kin siriɔs (Noninvasive):

• Bronkitis: Infεkshכn na di brכnkial tyub dεm we de kכmכt na di trot to di lכng.
• Midul ia infεkshכn (Otitis Media): Na kɔmɔn ia infεkshɔn pan yɔŋ pikin dɛm.
• Ay sik (Conjunctivitis): Yay we de rɛd, we de it.
• Saynaytis: Infεkshכn na di ay kכva (saynus) dεm na di fכs εn di chεk.

Udat kin gɛt nyumokɔk sik pas ɔlman?

Fɔ tru, ɛnibɔdi kin gɛt dis sik. Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt dis sik.

Pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 2 ia yet kin gɛt dis sik. Dɔn bak, pikin dɛn we gɛt dɛn sik ya kin gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm:

• Fɔ pikin dɛn we gɛt kɔklia implant.
• Pikin dεm we gεt wan Sεribrospεnal Fluid (CSF) lik.
• Pikin dɛn we gɛt Dayabitis Mɛlitɔs.
• Pikin dɛn we gɛt sik dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit dɛn kidni, lɛk Nɛfrɔtik Sindrom.
• Pikin dɛn we gɛt siklɛt sik, ɔ di wan dɛn we dɛn dɔn pwɛl ɔ pul dɛn splin.
• Pikin dɛn we dɛn imyun sistɛm wik (lɛk di wan dɛn we sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn kin mek, we dɛn transplant dɛn ɔgan dɛn, kansa, ɔ HIV/AIDS).

Di ol pipul dɛm ɛn di wan dɛm wae gɛt wik imyun sistɛm bak kin gɛt dis sik. Bak:

• Fɔ di wan dɛn we ol 65 ia ɔ pas dat .
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt adikshɔn to rɔm (Alcohol Use Disorder).
• Fɔ pipul dɛm we gɛt sɛribrospaynal fluid lik (CSF lik).
• Pipul wae gɛt lɔng tɛm (krεse) lכng sik, at sik, liva sik, ɔr kidni sik.
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we de smok.
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt kɔklia implant.

Dɔn bak, di wɛda kin ɛp bak. Dis sik kin kam mɔs insay di mɔnt dɛn we kol ɛn dray.

Aw kɔmɔn sik na nyumokɔk?

Dis na rili sik we pipul dɛn kin gɛt. Fɔ ɛgzampul, di US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) bin tɔk se ɛvri ia, dɛn kin ripɔt lɛk 2,000 pipul dɛn we gɛt nyumokɔk mɛningɔyt. Apat frɔm dat, i pas 150,000 pipul dɛn we de na ɔspitul wit nyumokɔk nyumonia.

Nyumokok nyumonia na di sik we kכmכn pas כl we di baktri dεm `(Streptococcus pneumoniae) kin kכz. Pan ɔl we bɔku pan di nyumonia we yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin gɛt na di vayrɔs, di nyumokɔk baktri na di wan we kin mek pikin dɛn gɛt baktriyal nyumonia.

Dis na sik we pɔsin kin pas? Aw ɛksaktɔli i kin pas?

Yɛs, i kin pas. bכku pipul dεm, εspεshali yכng pikin dεm, kin kכri di baktri dεm `(Streptococcus pneumoniae)` na dεn nos εn trot we dεn nכ de kכz nכ sik (wi de kכl dεm ‘carriers’). Ivin if dɛn nɔr gɛt ɛni sayn, dɛn kin stil spre am to ɔda pipul dɛm.

Aw i kin pas? mεnli tru dכplεt dεm fכ saliva כ mכkus (sputum). Dat na:

• We yu de kɔf.
• We yu de sniz.
• We wi tɔch wisɛf, chenj tin dɛn we wi dɔn yuz, ɔ kis.

Bikɔs bɔku pipul dɛn kin kɛr dis bɔdi we dɛn nɔ kin sik, i nɔ kin izi fɔ tɔk ustɛm i kin pas. Bɔt, wans yu gɛt nyumokɔk infɛkshɔn ɛn bigin fɔ trit yu, i go mɔs bi se yu go stɔp fɔ prɛd am to ɔda pipul dɛn insay wan ɔ tu dez.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ nyumokɔk sik?

Di sayn dɛm kin difrɛn difrɛn wan fɔ di say we di sik de ɛn aw i siriɔs.

Na kɔmɔn, infekshɔn wae nɔr kin siriɔs, yu kin gɛt pen, fiva, ɔr swel na di say we yu gɛt di sik:

• Midul ia infεkshכn (Otitis Media) we nyumokok baktri dεm kin kכz kin mek yu si sayn dεm lεk infεkshכn bihayn di ia dכm, ia pen, εn taya. Imajin se yu smɔl pikin de kɔmplen wantɛm wantɛm se in yes de at, i tan lɛk se i nɔ gɛt ɛnitin fɔ du wit am, ɛn i kin ivin gɛt fiva.
• Sayn infεkshכn (Sinusitis) kin mek yu nos sכmtεm, ed kin at, εn sכmtεm i kin ivin mek yu smεl (Anosmia).

Bɔt, nyumokɔk sik kin mek pɔsin gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja.

If yu gɛt nyumonia, yu kin gɛt sɔm kayn sik lɛk:

• Chɛst de pen.
• Kɔf (i kin bi se i gɛt blɔd).
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo.
• Fiva ɔ kol kol.

Na wan sik lɛk mɛningaytis, yu kin ɛkspɛkt fɔ gɛt sɔm kayn sik lɛk dis:

• Fiva.
• Di ed we de at bad bad wan.
• Fɔ yɔŋ bebi dɛn, dɛn nɔ kin want fɔ it, dɛn nɔ kin it milk igen, ɛn dɛn kin vɔmit.
• Sɛnsitiviti to layt (i tan lɛk se i at fɔ luk brayt layt).

If yu gɛt baktri na yu blɔd (Bacteremia) , dɛn tin ya kin apin:

• Fɔ fil kol ɛn shek shek.
• Fiva.
• Kɔnfyus.

Sɔntɛnde, di bɔdi kin gɛt siriɔs inflammatory rispɔns to nyumokɔk infɛkshɔn. Dɛn kɔl dis sɛpsis . Di sayn dɛm we i kin gɛt na:

• Nɔbɔdi nɔ kin no natin.
• I nɔ izi fɔ blo ɔ we yu nɔ de blo fayn (Dyspnea).
• Siriɔs diskɔmfɔt ɔ pen.
• Fiva ɔ kol kol.
• Di at rit we de go ɔp.
• We pɔsin de swet.
• If dɛn nɔ trit am kwik, i kin ivin day.

Ɔltɛm, go to dɔktɔ fɔ advays! If yu ɔ yu pikin gɛt fiva we pas 38.06 digri sɛlshiɔs (100.5 Fahrenheit), yu chɛst de pen, ɔ i nɔ izi fɔ blo, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm ɔ go na ɔspitul we de nia yu.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no bɔt dis sik?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin tɛst fɔ di baktri `(Streptococcus pneumoniae)`. Dɛn kin chɛk bak fɔ ɔda mɛrɛsin dɛn. Fɔs, di dɔktɔ go chɛk yu ɛn aks yu bɔt yu mɛdikal istri ɛn di sik dɛn we yu gɛt naw.

Afta dat, i pɔsibul fɔ du tɛst dɛn lɛk dis:

• Wan blɔd tɛst (Kɔmplit Blɔd Kɔnt ɔ CBC).
• Urinalysis we dɛn kin du.
• Sputum test (if yu gɛt infɛkshɔn na di lɔng).
• X-ray na di chɛst.
• Lumbar Puncture (if dεn sכspεkt se yu bren absεs).

Yu tink se kɔmplit mɛrɛsin de fɔ dis? Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛn?

Mɔs pan di nyumokɔk infɛkshɔn dɛn kin wɛl if dɛn no dɛn kwik ɛn trit dɛn wit antibayɔtik. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, di bɔdi kin ebul fɔ bia wit sɔm antibayɔtiks. Dis min se di drɔgs nɔ de kil di baktri dɛm. If dis apin, di dɔktɔ kin gɛt fɔ tray ɔda kayn antibayɔtiks.

Di tɛm we dɛn kin tek di tritmɛnt ɛn di kayn antibayɔtik we dɛn kin gi kin difrɛn, i kin difrɛn, i kin difrɛn frɔm usay di sik de ɛn aw i siriɔs.

Fɔ kɔmɔn, nɔr siriɔs infekshɔn, yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu bak fɔ du dɛn tin ya:

• Drink bɔku wata ɛn wata.
• Di tin dɛn we dɛn kin yuz fɔ mek pɔsin fil pen.
• Rɛst.

If yu gɛt siriɔs sik, lɛk mɛningaytis, yu kin nid fɔ de na ɔspitul fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt. Sɔmtɛm, wae pɔrsin gɛt siriɔs infɛkshɔn kin mek pɔrsin sik fɔ lɔng tɛm (krεse sik), disabled, ɔr ivin day.

Yu tink se nyumokɔk sik kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja?

Bɔku pan di nyumokɔk infɛkshɔn dɛn nɔ kin siriɔs so. Bɔt dis baktri kinI kin mek wi gɛt siriɔs sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja. If dɛn nɔ no di sik ɛn trit am kwik, i kin denja. So, if yu gɛt ɛni sayn we yu go sɔprayz pan, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ ɛn fala in instrɔkshɔn dɛn gud gud wan.

Aw wi go protɛkt wisɛf frɔm dis sik? Wetin na di we dɛn fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt dis sik?

Di bɛst ɛn fayn we fɔ ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt nyumokɔk sik na fɔ gɛt di vaysin. Naw, dɛn kin advays fɔ gi nyumokɔk vaysin fɔ:

• Fɔ yɔŋ pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 2 ia yet. (Infakt, dis de insay di rεgulεr vaksin schedule fכ yכng bebi dεm na Sri Lanka bak).
• Pikin ɛn big pipul dɛn we gɛt ɔda sik dɛn we nɔ de mɛn ɛn we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ imyun we kin gɛt nyumokɔk infɛkshɔn mɔ.
• Fɔ big pipul dɛn we ol 65 ia ɔ pas dat .
• Fɔ pipul dɛm wae ol bitwin 19 ɛn 64 ia wae gɛt sɔm kayn mɛrɛsin ɔr ɔda tin dɛm wae kin mek dɛn gɛt dis sik.
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we de liv ɔ wok na say usay dɛn de kia fɔ ol pipul dɛn ɔ ɔda say dɛn we dɛn kin kia fɔ dɛn fɔ lɔng tɛm.

Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt us vaysin fayn fɔ yu ɔ yu pikin ɛn ustɛm fɔ gɛt am. I impɔtant bak fɔ gɛt di flu vaysin fɔ di sizin we de naw. Yu kin gɛt ɔl tu di vaysin dɛn di sem tɛm.

Dɛn nyumokɔk vaysin ya rili sef?

Yɛs, nyumokɔk vaysin dɛn nɔ bad. Dɛn nɔ kin mek pɔsin gɛt nyumokɔk sik. Di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛn nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm ɛn bɔku tɛm dɛn nɔ kin at fɔ du. Dɛn kin go insay tu-tri dez. Yu kin gɛt sɔm pen, swel, ɛn rɛd na di say we dɛn injekt yu. Na smɔl tɛm nɔmɔ, sɔm kayn sayn dɛn lɛk we di mɔsul dɛn kin at, pen na di jɔyn dɛn, ɛn fiva kin apin. If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn bɔt aw di vaysin dɛn sef, aks yu dɔktɔ.

Aw lɔng e kin tek fɔ wɛl frɔm dis sik?

Di tɛm fɔ wɛl frɔm nyumokɔk sik de dipen pan di kayn infɛkshɔn ɛn aw i siriɔs. In jɛnɛral, insay sɔm kayn kes dɛm wae nɔr bɔrku, yu go bigin fɔ fil fayn jɔs afta yu dɔn bigin fɔ gi antibayɔtik. Nɔr kin ɔltɛm wae pɔrsin gɛt siriɔs infεkshɔn kin mek pɔrsin sik fɔ lɔng tɛm (krεse) ɔr disabled.

If yu gɛt dis sik wan tɛm, i nɔ go apin igen?

If yu gɛt nyumokɔk sik wan tɛm, dat nɔ de protɛkt yu fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt am igen. Fɔ gɛt di vaysin na di bɛst we fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt dis sik. Bɔt i impɔtant fɔ mɛmba se di vaysin nɔ de gi 100% protɛkshɔn.

I fayn fɔ tek antibayɔtik bikɔs yu de fred fɔ sik?

Nɔ, na fɔ tek antibayɔtik nɔmɔ if yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ tek am. I rili impɔtant bak fɔ tek di ful kɔs fɔ di mɛrɛsin we dɛn gi yu fɔ di ful tɛm. Nɔto ɔlman kin sik bikɔs dɛn de nia pɔrsin wae gɛt infekshɔn.

Di impɔtant tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba frɔm dis na:

Sɔntɛnde, di wɔd nyumokɔk sik kin mek yu fil lɛk se yu de fred smɔl. Bɔt,If yu no di sik kwik ɛn gɛt tritmɛnt wit antibayɔtik, yu kin wɛl kwik kwik wan. Bɔrku tɛm, yu kin bak fɔ mek yu nɔr gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm. If yu bigin fɔ gɛt sɔm kayn sayn dɛn we yu go sɔprayz, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm ɛn gɛt tritmɛnt.

Dɔn bak, wan impɔtant tin de we yu kin du fɔ protɛkt yusɛf ɛn di wan dɛn we yu lɛk frɔm dis nyumokɔk sik - ɛn dat na fɔ gɛt di nyumokɔk vaysin. Aks dɔktɔ aw fɔ gɛt dis vaysin kin ɛp yu ɛn yu famili fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn sef. Fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi na in impɔtant!

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