Yu no bɔt di Powassan Vayrɔs, we tik kin pas? Mek wi tok!

Yu dɔn ɛva tink bɔt aw smɔl animal lɛk tik kin gɛt prɔblɛm? Sɔm tik kin pas difrɛn sik dɛn to wi. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan vayrɔs we dɛn kayn tik ya kin pas, we nɔ kin bɔku smɔl bɔt i kin denja. Dis na di Powassan Vayrɔs.

Wetin na dis Powassan Vayrɔs?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Powassan vayrɔs na vayrɔs we kin kam insay wi bɔdi tru tik bayt. Bɔrku pipul dɛm wae gɛt dis vayrɔs nɔr kin sho ɛni sayn. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, i kin mek pɔsin gɛt wan sik we dɛn kɔl Powassan Virus Encephalitis . Ɛnsɛfalaytis na we di bren de swel. Dis kin mek yu nyurolɔjik damej fɔ ɔltɛm lɛk fɔ mɛmba prɔblɛm, fɔ paralayz, ɛn sɔm tɛm dɛn, ivin day.

Dɛn gi dis vayrɔs in nem "Pawasan" afta di eria we dɛn kɔl "Pawasan" na di provins na Ɔntɛrio, Kanada, bikɔs dɛn bin fɔs no dis sik de insay 1958.

Aw kɔmɔn tin dis?

Infakt, di korona vayrɔs na sik we nɔ kin bɔku . Fɔ ɛgzampul, na Amɛrika, na smɔl pipul dɛn nɔmɔ dɔn gɛt di sik, we na lɛk 200, dɛn dɔn ripɔt frɔm 2012. So natin nɔ de we wi fɔ fred fɔ we wi nɔ nid fɔ fred, bɔt i rili impɔtant fɔ no.

Yu tink se di korona ɛn Laym sik na di sem tin?

Yɛs, dɛn sik ya na tu difrɛn sik dɛn. Bɔt di Laym sik ɛn Laym vayrɔs ɔl tu kin kɔmɔt frɔm di sem kayn tik. Bɔt, Laym sik na baktri sik ɛn i kin bɔku smɔl pas Laym vayrɔs. Laym sik na wan sik wae de kam wit wan vayrɔs.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ korona?

Bɔku sayn dɛn de we kin apin afta yu gɛt di korona vayrɔs. Nɔto ɔlman go gɛt ɔl dɛn sik ya, ɛn sɔm pipul dɛn nɔ kin gɛt ɛni sayn atɔl. Bɔt if di sayn dɛn kin apin, dɛn kin gɛt:

• Fiva
• Ɛd we de at (ed we de at) .
• Fɔ vɔmit
• Fɔ fil taya bad bad wan (Fatigue) .
• Kɔnfyushɔn ɔ chenj di we aw pɔsin de tink
• Di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik
• I nɔ izi fɔ tɔk
• Paralayz we pɔsin kin gɛt

Bɔrku tɛm, di kɔmɔn sayn dɛm lɛk fiva ɛn ed pen kin kam fɔs, dɔn dɛn kin kam wit mɔr siriɔs sayn dɛm lɛk kɔnfyushɔn ɛn shɔk.

Aw lɔŋ e kin tek fɔ mek di sayn dɛm apia afta dis vayrɔs dɔn pas? (Di tɛm we dɛn kin mek di pikin inkubayt) .

Wi kin kɔl dis di Incubation Period fɔ di vayrɔs. Dat min se, di tɛm we i kin tek frɔm di tɛm we tik we gɛt di sik bit yu te to di tɛm we yu gɛt di sik. If yu gɛt di vayrɔs, dis tɛm kin bi lɛk wan wik to wan mɔnt.I kin bi se na so i bi. Dat min se, ivin if tik bit yu, i go mɔs bi se di sik go jɔs kam insay lɛk wan mɔnt so.

Wetin de kɔz di korona vayrɔs sik?

Vayral infεkshכn na wan kayn vayrus we dεn kכl Flavivirus. Dis na RNA vayrɔs dɛm we mɔskito ɛn tik kin pas. Yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt Dengue fiva, Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs, ɛn Zika infɛkshɔn. Di vayrɔs dɛm we de mek dɛn sik ya de bak na di sem famili fɔ Flavivirus.

Aw di vayrɔs kin skata?

Di vayrɔs kin pas we wan Ixodes tik we gɛt di sik bayt am . Bɔt di blak leg ɔ diya tik, Ixodes scapularis, na in kin pas di vayrɔs to mɔtalman. Ixodes cookei (groundhog tick) ɛn Ixodes marxi (squirrel tick) dɛnsɛf kin kɛr di vayrɔs, bɔt dɛn nɔ kin bit mɔtalman bɔku tɛm.

Di impɔtant tin na dat, nɔ lɛk sɔm ɔda sik dɛn we tik kin gɛt, di tik kin de na yu bɔdi fɔ sɔm minit bifo i injɛkt di vayrɔs na yu bɔdi. So yu fɔ rili tek tɛm.

Usay dɛn kin si dis vayrɔs mɔ?

Di ays nɔmba fɔ pipul dɛn we gɛt korona vayrɔs na sɔm pat dɛn na Rɔshia, di nɔt-ɛst pat na Amɛrika, ɛn di Gret Lek rijɔn na Amɛrika ɛn Kanada. Dɛn dɔn ripɔt di wan dɛn we gɛt di sik pas ɔl na stet dɛn lɛk Masachusɛt, Minesota, Wiskɔsin, ɛn Nyu Yɔk. Dɛn nɔr dɔn ripɔt dis sik na Sri Lanka yet, bɔt i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt dɛn kayn sik ya.

Wetin na di kɔmplikeshɔn dɛm fɔ korona?

We tik bit yu, di vayrɔs kin go insay yu bren tru di skin. Dis na wetin kin mek wi gɛt di sik we dɛn kɔl encephalitis, ɔ di bren we de swel, we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt. Ivin if yu wɛl frɔm dis sik, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt wɛl bɔdi prɔblɛm fɔ lɔng tɛm.

Aw fɔ no bɔt di korona vayrɔs sik?

Dɔktɔ kin no if yu gɛt vayral infɛkshɔn bay we i tek blɔd tɛst ɔ chɛk yu spaynal wata . If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sayn ya, yu dɔktɔ kin tink se:

• Fɔ gɛt di sayn dɛm fɔ Powassan vayrɔs ɛnsɛfalaytis.
• If yu de na ɔ yu dɔn travul go na say usay di vayrɔs de skata.
• If yu saspek se tik dɔn bit yu (ivin if yu nɔ mɛmba am).

Wetin na di tɛst dɛn we dɛn kin du fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt sik?

Yu dɔktɔ kin ɔda fɔ du tɛst lɛk dis fɔ no if yu gɛt di vayrɔs:

• Blɔd tɛst dɛn .
• Spinal tap / Lumbar pankchɔ . Dis involv fɔ tek ɛn chɛk di spaynal wata.
• Test dɛn fɔ tek imejIf yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit di nervɔs sistɛm, yu dɔktɔ kin ɔda fɔ mek dɛn tek CT skan (Computed Tomography scans) ɔ MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) fɔ tek pikchɔ dɛn na yu bren.

Aw dɛn de trit di korona vayrɔs?

I sɔri fɔ no se, nɔ patikyula antivayral mɛrɛsin nɔ de fɔ trit parvovayrɔs infɛkshɔn. If yu gɛt siriɔs sik lɛk ɛnsɛfalaytis, dɛn go put yu na ɔspitul ɛn trit yu. If yu sik nɔr tranga, yu dɔktɔ go advays yu bɔt aw fɔ kɔntrol yu sik na os. Insay dis tɛm, dɛn go advays yu fɔ rɛst, drink bɔku wata, ɛn tek mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu fil pen lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu.

Speshal mɛrɛsin ɛn tritmɛnt dɛn

If yu sik siriɔs, dɛn kin gi yu tritmɛnt ya na di ɔspitul:

• Mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt sik .
• If i nɔ izi fɔ blo , dɛn kin yuz ɔda ɔksijɛn ɔ mɛkanikal ventileshɔn .
• fכ gi intravenכs (IV) wata f כ mεnten di bכdi fכluid lεvεl.
• Kɔtikosterɔyd dɛn de ridyus di bren we de swel.
• If yu nɔ ebul fɔ it yusɛf, yu kin yuz tiub fɔ gi pikin tin fɔ it .

Yu tink se di vayrɔs go wɛl fɔ insɛf?

Di smɔl smɔl sayn dɛm fɔ Powassan vayrɔs sik kin sɔlv fɔ dɛnsɛf . Bɔt if yu gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm, lɛk Powassan vayrɔs ɛnsɛfalaytis, dɛn go nid fɔ de wach yu na di ɔspitul. Yu kin nid difrɛn tritmɛnt dɛn, lɛk fɔ ɛp yu fɔ blo ɛn fɔ mek yu nɔ swel.

Aw di tumara bambay go tan lɛk if di vayrɔs skata?

Ivin afta dɛn dɔn wɛl frɔm di vayrɔs, lɛk af pan di pipul dɛn we dɔn gɛt siriɔs sik, lɛk Powassan vayrɔs ɛnsɛfalaytis, kin gɛt wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm fɔ lɔng tɛm . Dɛn tin ya na:

• We yu nɔ de no na wan say na yu fes (Hemiplegia) .
• Prɔblɛm dɛn fɔ mɛmba .
• Wik .
• Mɔsul dɛn we de west .

Wetin na di pipul dɛm we de day bikɔs ɔf di korona vayrɔs?

Na lɛk 10% pan di pipul dɛm we gɛt infekshɔn na di bren ɔ spɛnal kɔd (lɛk ɛnsɛfalaytis) we di korona vayrɔs kɔz kin day . Bɔt dɛn nɔ dɔn ripɔt ɛnibɔdi we dɔn day bikɔs ɔf korona vayrɔs infɛkshɔn we bin jɔs gɛt smɔl smɔl sayn dɛn.

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

Yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ we yu gɛt dis kayn tin:

• If tik dɔn bit yu , yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu if yu nid tritmɛnt fɔ ɔda sik dɛn we tik kin gɛt, pan ɔl we no tritmɛnt nɔ de fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt di vayrɔs.
• If yu bin dɔn de na say usay tik kin de (ivin if yu nɔ mɛmba se tik bin bit yu) ɛn yu gɛt di sayn dɛm fɔ di vayrɔs .

Ustɛm yu nid fɔ go na imejensi rum?

If yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn siriɔs sayn ya, go na di imejensi rum we de nia yu wantɛm wantɛm:

• Kɔnfyushɔn ɔ ɔda chenj dɛn we kin apin to pɔsin in maynd .
• Di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik .
• I nɔ izi fɔ tɔk .
• Paralayz we pɔsin kin gɛt .

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

We yu go to dɔktɔ, i go fayn fɔ aks kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya:

• Aw a fɔ kia fɔ misɛf na os?
• Us nyu ɔr sik dɛn we de wɔs a fɔ wach fɔ?
• Aw kwik a go wɛl?
• Ustɛm a fɔ kam si yu bak?

Yu kin protɛkt yusɛf frɔm di korona vayrɔs?

Yɛs, di bɛst we fɔ mek di vayrɔs nɔ skata na fɔ avɔyd tik dɛn as yu ebul . Na sɔm tin dɛn we yu kin du fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm tik:

• Kip di gras we de na yu gadin we dɛn nɔ kɔt pas 5 inch.
• If yu de waka na say dɛn we gɛt fɔrɛst, na rod nɔmɔ we dɛn dɔn klin.
• Yuz bɔg sprɛy we gɛt tin dɛn lɛk DEET , we dɛn dɔn pruv se i kin drɛb tik.
• We yu de go na say dɛn we gɛt fɔrɛst ɔ say dɛn we gɛt lɔng gras, wɛr klos we kɔba bɔku pan yu bɔdi as yu ebul. If yu kin de na say dɛn we tik dɛn kin de, yu kin bay spɛshal klos dɛn bak we tik nɔ de.
• Chek yu ɔl bɔdi fɔ tik afta yu dɔn go na do. Ɛspɛshali na say dɛn lɛk di groin, di armpit, di nɛk, ɛn di ed, usay dɛn kin lɛk fɔ hang ɔp mɔ. If i pɔsibul, mek ɔda pɔsin chɛk di say dɛn we yu nɔ de si (lɛk yu bak ɛn yu skel).
• Aks yu vetɛriana bɔt di bɛst we fɔ protɛkt yu animal dɛn frɔm tik. Ɔltɛm chɛk fɔ tik afta dɛn kam na os frɔm do.
• If yu si tik na yu bɔdi, fala di rayt we fɔ pul am sef wan .

Faynal Mɛsej fɔ Tek-Hom

Yu kin fred tik dis tɛm bikɔs yu kin yɛri bɔku tin bɔt dɛn. Bɔt di sik dɛn we dɛn kin kɛr kin mek dɛn gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm, so i fayn fɔ lɛ yu nɔ de nia dɛn as yu ebul. If yu na pɔsin we kin spɛn tɛm ɔltɛm na say dɛn we tik kin de, i impɔtant fɔ no aw fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm tik ɛn aw fɔ pul dɛn sef wan if yu fɛn wan .

Bɔt mɛmba se korona vayrɔs infɛkshɔn nɔ kin bɔku , ɛn masta sabi pipul dɛn biliv se bɔku pipul dɛn we gɛt di vayrɔs go jɔs gɛt smɔl smɔl sayn dɛn, ɔ nɔ go gɛt ɛni sayn atɔl.

If tik bit yu, nɔ panik. Tɔk to dɔktɔ ɛn no bɔt di sayn dɛm. Pan ɔl we no patikyula tritmɛnt nɔ de fɔ di vayrɔs, fɔ no bɔt di siriɔs sayn dɛm go ɛp yu fɔ gɛt ɛp kwik if yu nid am. Stay wit wɛlbɔdi!

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