Yusɛf jɔs gɛt kol? Sɔntɛm dis na (Walking Pneumonia)!

Sɔntɛnde yu nɔ kin fil fayn, yu kin kɔf smɔl ɛn yu trot kin at, bɔt yu nɔ kin ebul fɔ ɛp bɔt yu nɔ kin kɔntinyu fɔ wok bikɔs yu nɔ kin mis yu ɔfis wok ɔ yu os wok? Ivin if yu tink se, ‘Na jɔs kol, i go go insay tu-tri dez,’ sɔntɛm dis na sɔntin we nɔ siriɔs smɔl, bɔt na sɔntin we yu fɔ wɔri bɔt. Na dat wi go tok abaut tide, na im bi `(Walking Pneumonia)`. We yu yɛri di nem, yu kin tink se, "Na nyumonia we de waka?" Yɛs, dat mek sɛns bak.

Wetin na ``Walking Nyumonia''? I difrɛn frɔm "nɔmal" nyumonia?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis ``Walking Pneumonia`` na wan kayn nyumonia we nɔ kin izi fɔ du, we nɔ kin rili bad. Naw yu go de aks se, ‘Aw yu go waka wit nyumonia?’ Fɔ tru, we ‘nɔmal’ nyumonia de kam, di lɔng dɛn kin gɛt di sik, wi aywe dɛn kin swel, ɛn di ay sak dɛn we de na di lɔng dɛn kin ful-ɔp wit mכkus ɛn ɔda wata. Along wit dat, na big fiva ɛn kɔf wit mucus. Dɛn kayn tɛm ya, bɔku pipul dɛn kin gɛt we dɛn kin rɛst na bed, ɛn sɔntɛnde dɛn kin nid fɔ go na ɔspitul.

Bɔt pan dis `(Walking Pneumonia)`, yu kin fil fayn fɔ go du yu ɛvride wok ɔ ivin go waka. I kin tan lɛk se yu gɛt bad kol. Na dat mek dɛn kin kɔl am bak ``walking pneumonia''. Dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔl am bak ``Atypical Pneumonia'' bikɔs in simptom dɛn difrɛn smɔl frɔm rɛgyula nyumonia. Di men difrɛns na dat, i nɔ kin rili bad, ɛn bɔku tɛm dɛn nɔ kin nid fɔ rɛst na bed ɔ fɔ go na ɔspitul.

Udat kin gɛt ``Walking Pneumonia'' mɔ?

Akchuali, enibodi kin geht ``Walking Pneumonia''. Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt am mɔ. Lɛ wi si udat dɛn bi:

• fכ bebi dεm we ol 2 ia כ sכmtεm, as dεn imyun sistεm dεn nכ fulכp yet.
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we ol 65 ia ɔ pas dat. As wi de ol, wi imyuniti de dכn sכmtεm.
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt wik imyun sistɛm (immunocompromised) , ɔ di wan dɛn we de tek mɛrɛsin we de mek dɛn nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ wɛlbɔdi. Jɔs imajin, fɔ sɔm sik dɛn, yu fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ tek dɛn kayn mɛrɛsin dɛn de.
• Fɔ pipul dɛm wae gɛt lɔng tɛm lɔŋ sik, lɛk Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) .
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt asma .
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt lɔng kɔndishɔn lɛk ɛmfisɛma .
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we de na say dɛn we bɔku pipul dɛn kin de lɛk skul, yunivasiti dɔm, nɔs os, ɛn sojaman dɛn barɔk . Imajin se yu de wok klos klos na ɔfis, ɔ we bɔku pikin dɛn de togɛda na klasrum, dis kayn sik kin skata izi wan. I fayn bak fɔ tek tɛm we yu de travul na bɔs ɛn tren.
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we de yuz tin dɛn we dɛn mek wit tabak. Smok nɔ fayn fɔ di lɔng dɛn ɛni we.
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we de yuz inhala ɔltɛm (Inhaled corticosteroids) .(No prɔblɛm nɔ de if yu yuz am ɔnda dɔktɔ advays, bɔt sɔm tɛm dɛn de di risk kin go ɔp).

Aw kɔmɔn tin na ``Walking Pneumonia''?

``Walking Pneumonia`` na wan sik wae kin pasmak. Bɔt di nɔmba fɔ di kes dɛn we dɛn kin ripɔt kin difrɛn frɔm wan ia to ɔda ia. Bɔku tɛm, di wan dɛn we gɛt di sik kin bɔku ɛvri tri to sɛvin ia.

Pan ɔl we dis kin apin ɛni tɛm insay di ia, dɛn kin si am mɔ insay di fɔl ɛn winta, we na wi kes na ren ɛn kol sizin.

Wetin na di fɔs sayn dɛm fɔ ``Walking Pneumonia''?

Di sayn dɛm fɔ ``Walking Pneumonia'' kin bigin lɛk kɔmɔn kol. Si if dɛn sayn ya kin tan lɛk se yu sabi:

• Trot we de at (Pharyngitis) - Fɔs di trot kin fil se i de skrach, dɔn i kin bigin fɔ at.
• Taya . Jɔs fil lɛk se yu nɔ gɛt ɛni ɛnaji.
• Chest pen ɔ diskɔmfɔt . Dis kin bi wae yu de tek dip briz ɔr yu de kɔf.
• Wan kɔf we nɔ de chenj . Bɔku tɛm, dis na di las sayn we pɔsin kin gɛt. I kin bigin as dray kɔf ɛn afta dat i kin bi blɔd, ɔ i kin kɔntinyu fɔ dray.
• Fiva we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ grɛt (we nɔ rich 101 Farenheit, dat min se i nɔ rich 38 Sɛlshiɔs) we kin kam wit wan tingling sensation .
• Ed de at .
• Fɔ sniz .

Bikɔs ɔf dɛn sik ya, bɔrku pipul kin tink se na jɔs kol ɔr de flu.

Aw e kin fil we yu gɛt ``Walking Pneumonia''?

Nyumonia we yu de waka kin fil lɛk bad kol ɔr flu. I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu, bɔt i nɔ bad so dat yu nɔ go ebul fɔ du di tin dɛn we yu de du ɛvride.

Wetin na di tin dɛm wae kin mek yu gɛt ``Walking Pneumonia''?

difrεn men rizin dεm de fכ divεlכpmεnt fכ ``Walking Pneumonia'':

• Baktri: Di ​​tin we kin mek i sik pas ɔl na di baktri we dɛn kɔl Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
• Vayrɔs: Sɔm vayrɔs dɛn we de mek pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ blo fayn bak kin mek dis apin.
• Mold (Fungi): Dis nɔ kin bɔku smɔl, bɔt sɔm kayn mold kin bi bak.

Yu tink se ``Walking Pneumonia'' kin pas?

Yes, `(Walking Pneumonia)` na sik we kin pas bad bad wan. We pɔsin we gɛt `(Walking Pneumonia)` kɔf, sniz, tɔk, siŋ, ɔ ivin jɔs blo, smɔl smɔl drɔp dɛn we gɛt di sik kin kɔmɔt na di ays. If yu blo da briz de, yu kin gɛt di sik bak. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ tek tɛm na say dɛn we pipul dɛn kin bɔku.

If a gɛt ``Walking Pneumonia'', aw lɔŋ a kin gɛt dis sik?

Dis na sɔntin we wi fɔ tink bɔt. If yu gɛt ``Walking Pneumonia'', .yu kin infεkt כda pכsin frכm tu de to fכ wik bifo di simptom dεm sho (di `incubation period`).

insay dis ``inkubashכn pεriכd,'' yu nכ kin ivin no se yu de kכntayshכn. Yu kin stil spre de sik afta di sayn dɛm bigin ɛn te i dɔn go. So i impɔtant fɔ tek kia ɔf ɔda pipul dɛn if yu gɛt kɔf ɔ kol.

Aw fɔ no `(Walking Nyumonia)`?

Na dɔktɔ nɔmɔ kin no fɔ tru if yu gɛt ``Walking Pneumonia''. I go chɛk yu. I go aks bɔt yu sik, aw lɔng dɛn dɔn de, ɛn if dɛn dɔn de. I kin aks yu famili, padi dɛn, ɛn yu kɔmpin wokman dɛn bak if dɛn dɔn gɛt di sem kayn sik.

Di dɔktɔ go lisin to yu lɔng dɛn. dis dεn kכl am ``Auscultation .'' I go yuz ``Stethoscope' ' (wan tin we dεn kin put oba di yes dεm εn put am na di chεst) fכ lisin fכ eni כnusual sawnd dεm we de kכmכt frכm di lכng dεm.

If yu sɔspɛkt se yu gɛt ``Walking Pneumonia'', yu dɔktɔ kin ɔda sɔm ɔda tɛst fɔ kɔnfɔm am.

Wetin na di tɛst dɛm fɔ `(Walking Pneumonia)`?

• Chɛst X-ray: Dis kin chɛk fɔ si if yu gɛt infɛkshɔn na di lɔng.
• Test fɔ wan sputum sampul: Yu kin tek wan sampul fɔ yu sputum ɛn si us kayn jem dɛn de insay.
• Blɔd tɛst: Dɛn tin ya kin ɛp bak fɔ no wetin mek yu gɛt nyumonia we yu de waka.

We yu du blɔd tɛst, dɛn kin yuz smɔl nidul (bɔku tɛm 21 gej, we smɔl smɔl pas rɛgyula iaring stɔd) fɔ pul smɔl blɔd frɔm wan vein na yu an. Dɛn kin sɛn am na wan lab fɔ mek dɛn tɛst am. Pan ɔl we dis nɔ kin rili pen, yu kin fil smɔl smɔl we dɛn put di nidul insay.

Aw dɛn kin trit ``Walking Pneumonia''?

Di tritmɛnt fɔ ``Walking Pneumonia'' dipen pan di kɔz.

If yu dɔktɔ sɔspɛkt se yu gɛt ``Walking Pneumonia`` we baktri de mek, i kin gi yu antibayɔtik . Di kayn ``Antibiotics`` we dɛn kin gi na:

• Makrolayd antibaytik: Ɛgzampul dɛn na Azithromycin (Zithromax®) ɛn Clarithromycin (Biaxin®). Dɛn tin ya fayn fɔ pikin dɛn ɛn big pipul dɛn.
• Fluoroquinolones: Sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn na Ciprofloxacin (Cipro®) ɛn Levofloxacin (Levaquin®). Dɛn nɔ kin gi dɛn tin ya to yɔŋ pikin dɛn.
• Tεtrasayklin: εgzampl dεm na Dכksisayklin ( Acticlate® ) εn Tεtrasayklin (Emtet-500®). Dɛn tin ya fayn fɔ big pipul ɛn pikin dɛn we dɔn big.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat if yu dɔktɔ gi yu antibayɔtik, tek di ful doz jɔs lɛk aw dɛn tɛl yu, ilɛksɛf yu fil fayn. If nɔto dat, di nyumonia we de waka kin kam bak ɛn i nɔ kin izi fɔ trit am leta.

If yu gɛt ``Walking Pneumonia'' frɔm vayrɔs ɔ sɔm ɔda tin, yu go gɛt fɔ lɛ di sik wɛl fɔ insɛf. Dat min se ``Antibiotics'' nɔ go ɛp.

Yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ tek mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu nɔ de bay (OTC) fɔ ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔs nɔ de rɔtin, yu kɔf, ɛn yu chɛst nɔ de rɔtin. Fɔ drink wam wata (lɛk ti ɔ sup), yuz humidifier, ɔ fɔ was hot, dat kin ɛp bak fɔ opin yu aywe.

If yu gɛt fiva, di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ drink bɔku wata ɛn rɛst bɔku. Yu kin tek mɛrɛsin lɛk `Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)` (e.g. Ibuprofen, Diclofenac) fɔ ridyus fiva. Bɔt, `(NSAID)` nɔ fayn fɔ ɔlman, so i fayn fɔ aks dɔktɔ.

``(Walking Pneumonia)`` kin bi mild ɛn i nɔ nid fɔ go na ɔspitul.

Yu tink se ``Walking Pneumonia'' go bɛtɛ if yu nɔ gɛt antibayɔtik?

Sɔm kes dɛm wae gɛt ``Walking Pneumonia'' kin bɛtɛ if yu nɔr gɛt antibayɔtik. Bɔt, i kin tek sɔm tɛm fɔ mek i bɛtɛ. If yu gɛt ɛnitin fɔ wɔri bɔt fɔ tek antibayɔtik, i go fayn fɔ mek yu tɔk to yu dɔktɔ.

Wetin kin apin if dɛn nɔ trit ``Walking Pneumonia''?

``Walking Pneumonia`` kin bi wan kayn sik wae nɔr kin pasmak ɛn sɔmtɛm kin bɛtɛ if yu nɔr gɛt tritmɛnt. Bɔt if yu gɛt sayn dɛm fɔ ``Walking Pneumonia``, i bɛtɛ fɔ go to dɔktɔ fɔ no ustɛm fɔ du. Dɔn yu nɔ go nid fɔ sɔfa we yu nɔ nid fɔ sɔfa.

Aw lɔŋ ``Walking Pneumonia'' kin las?

``(Walking Pneumonia)`` kin las frɔm 4 to siks wik. Pan ɔl we ɔda sayn dɛn kin stɔp, bɔku tɛm na di kɔf na di sayn we kin kɔntinyu fɔ de. Sɔntɛnde, i kin las fɔ sɔm mɔnt.

Aw fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm ``Walking Pneumonia''?

Na ɔnfɔni, nɔr vaysin nɔ de yet fɔ protɛkt frɔm ``Walking Pneumonia''. Dɔn bak, we yu dɔn gɛt am, i kin apin bak.

Bɔt yu kin ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt ``Walking Pneumonia'' bay we yu fala dɛn abit ya:

• Kɔba yu mɔt ɛn nos wit tisu we yu de kɔf ɔ sniz. If tisu nɔ de, sniz/kɔf insay yu ɛlb ɔ di tap pat pan yu an. Trowe di tisu dɛn we yu dɔn yuz na di dɔti. Nɔ kɔf ɔ sniz insay yu an.
• Was yu an bɔku tɛm wit sop ɛn klin wata fɔ at le 20 sɛkɔn. If sop ɛn wata nɔ de, yuz han sɛnitayza we gɛt rɔm.
• If yu gɛt wan sik we yu de blo (e.g., asma, brɔnkayt, ɛmfisema) ɔ ɔda tin we de apin fɔ lɔng tɛm (e.g., dayabitis, at, liva, ɔ kidni sik), wɛr mask we yu de nia pipul dɛn we sik. Pipul wae gɛt dis sik kin gɛt bɔrku risk fɔ gɛt nyumonia wae de waka.
• Gɛt flu shot ɛvri ia. Dis nɔr kin spɛshal fɔ nyumonia wae de waka, bɔt i kin ɛp fɔ protɛkt frɔm infεkshɔn wae de kam pan pɔrsin wae de blo in jɛnɛral.
• Nɔ smok ɛn nɔ mek ɔda pipul dɛn smok rawnd yu. Smok kin mek yu sik dɛn wɔs.

Wetin a fɔ ɛkspɛkt if a gɛt ``Walking Pneumonia''?

Bɔrku pipul dɛm wae gɛt ``Walking Pneumonia'' kin wɛl kwik kwik wan. Bɔrku pipul kin bigin fɔ fil fayn insay sɔm dez afta dɛn dɔn bigin fɔ gi antibayɔtik ɛn rɛst bɔrku. Bɔt lɛk aw wi bin dɔn tɔk, di kɔf kin las fɔ sɔm wiks, ivin sɔm mɔnt.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu sik nɔr bɛtɛ afta sɔm dez wae yu dɔn tek antibayɔtik, go to dɔktɔ. I kin gi yu difrɛn antibayɔtik ɔ advays yu fɔ rɛst ɛn tek mɛrɛsin fɔ ridyus yu sik.

I impɔtant bak fɔ sef we yu de yuz mɛrɛsin. Tek yu mɛrɛsin jɔs lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu. Aks yu dɔktɔ bifo yu tek bɔku mɛrɛsin dɛn di sem tɛm, mɔ di mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek yu nɔ fil pen.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn yu fɔ aks dɔktɔ?

We yu go si dɔktɔ, yu kin aks kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk:

• Aw yu no se a gɛt `(Walking Pneumonia)`?
• If a nɔ gɛt ``Walking Pneumonia'', us ɔda kɔndishɔn a kin gɛt?
• Aw a bin gɛt ``Walking Pneumonia''?
• Us kayn tritmɛnt yu kin advays?
• Aw lɔng ɛn ɔmɔs tɛm insay di de a fɔ tek antibayɔtik?
• Aw a fɔ kip mi antibayɔtiks?
• A nid fɔ kam bak fɔ ɔda chɛk-ap?

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin ``Walking Nyumonia'' ɛn ``rɛgyula'' nyumonia?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, ``Walking Pneumonia'' na wan kayn nyumonia we nɔ kin gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk.

Pan ɔl we di sayn dɛm fɔ dɛn tu tin ya fiba, ``Walking Pneumonia`` kin gɛt lɔw-grɛd fiva ɛn dray kɔf . ``Typical'' nyumonia kin sho se yu gɛt ay fiva (arawnd 101-105 Fahrenheit, 38-40 Celsius) ɛn wet kɔf .

If yu gɛt "nɔmal" nyumonia, yu kin nid fɔ de na bed fɔ sɔm dez, ɛn sɔntɛm yu kin ivin go na ɔspitul. ``Walking Pneumonia`` kin fil lɛk bad kol ɔ flu.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin `(Walking Pneumonia)` ɛn `(COVID-19)`?

(COVID-19) na sik bak we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de blo. Na `SARS-CoV-2` de mek amDi korona vayrɔs kin pas bak tru drɔp dɛm na di ays, ɛn i gɛt bɔku pan di sem sayn dɛm lɛk ``Walking Pneumonia''. Bɔt ``COVID-19'' gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm bak lɛk di mɔsul ɛn bɔdi we de at, we yu nɔ de te ɔ smɛl, dayarɛa, nɔs, ɛn vɔmit .

``Walking Pneumonia`` na sik bak we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de blo. Bɔt ``Walking Pneumonia`` na baktri dɛm kin mek am mɔ, nɔto vayrɔs (pan ɔl we vayrɔs kin mek am bak, i kin bi se na baktri dɛm kin mek am).

Tin dɛn we wi nid fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

``Walking Pneumonia`` na wan kɔmɔn respiratory infection wae bɔrku pipul kin mistek kɔl kol ɔr flu. Bikɔs ɔf dis, bɔku pipul dɛn nɔ kin go to tritmɛnt. Pan ɔl we yu kin kɔntrol di sik dɛn bɔku bɔku wan wit mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu kin bay na kɔt, rɛst, ɛn wata, if yu gɛt sayn dɛm fɔ ``Walking Pneumonia``, ivin if yu tink se na jɔs kol, i bɛtɛ fɔ go to dɔktɔ. I kin gi yu antibayɔtik fɔ ɛp yu fɔ wɛl kwik kwik wan. I kin ansa ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɔ tin we de mɔna yu bak.

So, we yu fil se yu nɔr wɛl smɔl, i rili impɔtant fɔ tek kia ɔf yu wɛl bɔdi, pas fɔ dismis am as "jɔs smɔl tin."

` We yu de waka Nyumonia, nyumonia, kɔf, fiva, infɛkshɔn we yu de blo, antibayɔtik, wɛlbɔdi advays