Wetin na Rat Lɔngwɔm? Mek wi no di ditel dem!

Sɔntɛnde, wi kin gɛt bad bad ed pen wantɛm wantɛm, ɔ wi nɛk kin so stif dat wi nɔ kin ebul fɔ tɔn am. Wi kin fil bad sɔm dez afta wi dɔn it. Sɔntɛm rizin dɛn de biɛn dɛn kayn tin ya we wi nɔ kin ivin tink bɔt. Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan sik we strenj smɔl fɔ yɛri, bɔt i rili impɔtant fɔ mek ɔlman no bɔt. Dɛn kɔl dis (Rat Lungworm) .

Wetin na dis (Rat Lungworm)? Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan...

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis (Rat Lungworm) na parasayt wom . Fɔ tɔk di kɔrɛkt tin, di sayɛns nem fɔ dis wom na (Angiostrongylus cantonensis) . dis wom dεn kכl am "Rat Lכngwom" biכs i de liv mכst insay di big bכdi vεsul dεm (pulmonary arteries) na di lכng dεm fכ rat. So yu kin imajin aw dis nɔ kin fayn, nɔto so?

We wi gɛt dis sik, dat na dis wom infɛkshɔn, dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔl am (Angiostrongyliasis) . Bɔrku tɛm, pan ɔl wae dis sik kin kam, sɔm pipul dɛm nɔr kin sho ɛni sayn. Bɔt sɔm tɛm dɛn de, dis wom kin travul go na wi bren. If dat apin, wan sik lɛk mɛningaytis kin apin. sכmtεm, dis kin mek wan kayn mεningitis we dεn kכl (Eosinophilic meningitis) . insay dis, di mεmbran dεm we de kכba di bren kin gεt infεkshכn εn swεla. Sɔntɛnde, di parasayt kin ivin go dip dip wan insay di bren ɛn mek i pwɛl.

Impɔtant: Bren fiva kin bi wan sik we rili denja, so if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk ed we de at ɔ yu nɛk we stif, yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Aw wi kin gɛt dis sik (Rat Lungworm)?

Dis kin tan lɛk se i kɔmplikt smɔl, bɔt lɛ wi kip am simpul. Dis na aw di parasayt (Rat Lungworm) de transmit:

1. Fɔs, dis kayn wom de liv na di lɔng dɛm fɔ mays.

2. Rat kin pul di larva dɛm fɔ dɛn wom ya (we wi kin kɔl larvae ) wit dɛn fes.

3. Dɔn, we animal dɛn lɛk snɛl ɛn slɔg (we dɛn kɔl gastropods ) it dis fes, di wom dɛn kin go insay dɛn bɔdi.

4. we di rat dεm it di snεl כ slug dεm we gεt dεn wom dεm ya, di wכm dεm de gro insay di rat dεm bכdi εn di saykl de bigin bak.

Naw di kwɛstyɔn na, aw pipul dɛn kin divɛlɔp dis?

If wi nɔ no se wi it snɛl ɔ slɔg we gɛt dɛn wom dɛn ya insay we wi nɔ kuk am fayn, ɔ if snɛl ɔ slɔg dɔn it vɛjitebul ɔ frut we dɛn dɔn kɔba wit dɛn slaim (fɔ ɛgzampul, lɛtis, spinach, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn) ɛn wi it am raw we wi nɔ was am fayn, dɛn wom dɛn de kin go insay wi bɔdi. Dɔn dɛn wom dɛn de kin gro na wi bɔdi, travul go na di bren, ɛn mek wi gɛt di sayn dɛn we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt.

Apat frɔm dat, sɔntɛnde dɛn kin se if pɔsin it shrimps, krab, ɛn frog we gɛt dis parasayt we gɛt raw ɔ we nɔ kuk fayn na di fresh wata, dat kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik. Bɔt dis nɔ kin rili apin.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ Rat Lɔngwɔm?

Wi dɔn tɔk se bɔrku pipul dɛm wae gɛt dis infekshɔn nɔr kin gɛt ɛni big big sayn. Bɔt if di wom rich na di bren, we kin mek pɔsin gɛt eosinophilic meningitis , simptom dɛn lɛk dis kin apin:

• Wan ed we rili bad. Ed we de at we yu kin fil lɛk se yu ed go bɔn.
• Nɛk pen ɔ stiffness. Sɔntɛnde yu nɛk kin so stif dat yu nɔ kin ivin ebul fɔ put yu chin dɔŋ to yu chɛst.
• Nɔs ɛn vɔmit.
• Wan tin we de mek yu fil lɛk se yu de swɛt ɔ yu de prik na sɔm pat dɛn na di bɔdi. Dɔktɔ dɛn kɔl dis (Paresthesia) .
• Vishɔn kin chenj. Yu kin si blɔk vishɔn ɔ dabl vishɔn.
• Kɔnfyus. Filin fɔ de aut ɔf kɔnshɛns, nɔ ebul fɔ ɔndastand wetin de apin.
• Fɔ sɛnsitiv to layt. Dis min se i nɔ kin izi fɔ luk brayt layt, ɛn di yay kin blu. Dɛn kɔl dis (Photophobia) .

If yu gɛt wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn sik ya, mɔ if yu it vɛjitebul ɔ frut dɛn we dɛn nɔ was fayn, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ.

Dis (Rat Lungworm) de na Sri Lanka?

Dɛn kin si dis wom sik mɔ na di kɔntri dɛn na Sawt Is Eshia ɛn di Pasifik Ayland dɛn. Dɛn dɔn ripɔt dɛn sik ya bak na Amɛrika, mɔ na Awayi. We wi de tɔk bɔt Sri Lanka, bikɔs bɔku rat, snɛl, ɛn slɔg de na wi kɔntri, wi fɔ wɔri bak bɔt dis sik. Ɛspɛshali bikɔs bɔku tɛm wi kin bay vɛjitebul ɛn frut dɛn na gadin ɔ na makit ɛn yuz dɛn, wi fɔ tink tumɔs bɔt if wi klin dɛn fayn.

Imajin if yu fain wan smɔl slɔg ɔ snɛl we ayd insay wan bɔnch grɛn we yu briŋ kam na makit, ɔ sɔm spinach we yu plant na yu gadin, ɛn yu nɔ notis am, jɔs was am tu tɛm insay wata, ɛn mek raw sambol? If na so i bi, chans de fɔ mek dɛn wom dɛn de go insay yu bɔdi.

Yu tink se dis sik kin pas frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin?

Nɔ, dis sik (Rat Lungworm) nɔ kin kɔmɔt frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin . Dat min se i nɔ go ebul fɔ pas bay we yu tɔk to ɔ tɔch pɔsin we gɛt dis sik. I kin jɔs pas bay we yu it sɔntin we gɛt di parasayt.

Us ɔda animal dɛn dis wom de mɔna?

Rat na di men tin dɛn we kin kɛr dis wom. Snel ɛn slɔg kin kip di larva dɛn bak. Apat frɔm dat, sɔntɛnde animal dɛn lɛk frog, shrimps, krab, lizad, ɛn bɔd dɛn kin gɛt dɛn wom dɛn ya.

Rat Lungworm kin mek ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn?

Bɔrku pipul kin wɛl kpatakpata frɔm dis (Rat Lungworm) infεkshɔn. Bɔt nɔ kin apin so ɔltɛm, if di infekshɔn de divɛlɔp to bren infɛkshɔn we dɛn kɔl (eosinophilic meningitis) , sɔm prɔblɛm dɛn ɛn lɔng tɛm wɛlbɔdi prɔblɛm kin apin. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• I nɔ de yɛri fayn .
• Prɔblɛm wit mɛmori ɔ atɛnshɔn.
• Di sik we de mek pɔsin sik, lɛk ɛpilepsi .

Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ go to tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no bɔt dis sik?

Dɔktɔ go ɔltɛm sɔprayz se yu gɛt rat lɔngwɔm infɛkshɔn bay we i luk yu sayn dɛm ɛn aks yu if yu dɔn it ɛnitin we go gɛt di parasayt. Sɔntɛnde dɛn go luk fɔ di wom, dɛn larva, ɔ eosinophils , we na wan kayn blɔd sɛl we de bɔku wit parasayt infɛkshɔn, na yu bɔdi wata (fɔ ɛgzampul, spɛshal tap ɔ spɛshal tap).

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ dis?

Nɔr patikyula tritmɛnt nɔr de fɔ dis (Rat Lungworm) infεkshɔn. Bɔku tɛm, i go klia fɔ insɛf as tɛm de go . Bɔt if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn, yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn na os fɔ ɛp fɔ mɛn dɛn, ɔ yu kin gɛt tritmɛnt na ɔspitul, lɛk:

• Di tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin nɔ fil pen .
• Mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek pɔsin nɔ fil fayn .
• Intravenous (IV) fluids , we na wata we dɛn kin gi insay wan vein.
• Sedatives , if di pɔsin we sik nɔ de rɛst bad bad wan.
• Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin gi mɛrɛsin dɛn bak we dɛn kɔl kɔtikosterɔyd fɔ mek di bren nɔ swel.

Wetin a go ɛkspɛkt if a gɛt dis sik?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, bɔrku pipul dɛm wae gɛt mɛningaytis kin wɛl ɔltogɛda. Bɔt di sayn dɛm kin smɔl ɔr kin tranga fɔ sɔm wiks, ɔr ivin sɔm mɔnt, as di parasayt dɛm kin day insay di bɔdi, we kin mek i swel. If yu sik bad bad wan, yu kin nid fɔ de na ɔspitul fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu gɛt sayn fɔ Rat Lɔngwɔm ɛn yu tink se yu dɔn it sɔntin we kin gɛt parasayt (lɛk vɛjitebul we yu nɔ was ɔ raw snɛl), mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ. Yu dɔktɔ kin wach yu sik, no if de sik de wɔs, ɛn ɛp yu fɔ kɔntrol yu sayn dɛm.

Ustɛm a fɔ go na di Imejɛnsi Dipatmɛnt (ETU) ?

If yu gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ mɛningɔyt , i min se:

• Wan ed we kin at bad bad wan ɔ we in nɛk kin stif.
• Di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik.
• Kɔnfyushɔn ɔ ɔda chenj dɛn we kin apin to pɔsin in maynd.
• Di chenj dɛn we pɔsin kin si wantɛm wantɛm.

If sɔntin lɛk dis apin, yu fɔ go na imejensi rum wantɛm wantɛm , ɔ kɔl 1990. Dis kin bi imejensi.

Wetin a fɔ aks di dɔktɔ?

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

• Wetin a fɔ du fɔ kɔntrol mi sik dɛn?
• Us nyu ɔr sik dɛn we de wɔs a fɔ wach fɔ?
• Aw lɔng i go tek fɔ mek a wɛl?

Wi nɔ kin ebul fɔ avɔyd dis sik (Rat Lungworm)?

I rili pɔsibul! Na sɔm pan di bɛst we dɛn fɔ avɔyd ɔ ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt Rat Lɔngwɔm:

• If yu it tin dɛn lɛk snɛl, krab, ɛn shrimps, mek shɔ se yu kuk dɛn fayn fayn wan. Nɔ it dɛn raw.
• Wash vegjetabul ɛn grɛn (especially raw lettuce, spinach, ɛn kale) fayn fayn wan ɔnda wata we de rɔn bifo yu it. Dɔn bak, chɛk dɛn fɔ si if dɛn gɛt snɛl, slɔg, ɛn dɛn eg. Ivin smɔl slɔp kin ayd ɔnda lif.

Mɛmba mɔ: We yu de yuz sɔm kayn lif dɛn (e.g., gotukola) raw fɔ mek sambol, yu nid fɔ tek tɛm inspɛkt ɛn was ɛni lif wan bay wan. If i pɔsibul, i fayn bak fɔ sok dɛn insay wata wit smɔl vinega fɔ sɔm minit bifo yu was dɛn.

• Na say dɛn we Rat Lɔngwɔm bɔku , nɔ it raw vɛjitebul dɛn as yu ebul. It tin dɛn we yu dɔn kuk fayn fayn wan.
• If yu gɛt snɛl ɛn slɔg na yu gadin, fɛn we fɔ kɔntrol dɛn. Bɔt tek tɛm we yu de yuz peshɛnt dɛn we de ambɔg di envayrɔmɛnt.
• Tich yu pikin dɛn bak bɔt dis. Tich dɛn fɔ nɔ tɔch snɛl we dɛn de ple na do ɛn fɔ was dɛn an fayn fayn wan bifo dɛn it.

Di nem "rat lungworm" de mek yu tingle, no so? Na nem we de mek pɔsin fred. Bɔt bɔku pipul dɛn kin wɛl kpatakpata frɔm am. Bɔt dat nɔ min se dɛn fɔ tek am layt. Ɛni infɛkshɔn na di bren kin denja, mɔ if dɛn nɔ no di tin we mek i gɛt am. So, if yu gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ bren flu, go na di imejensi rum wantɛm wantɛm.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl fɔ mɛmba frɔm wetin wi dɔn tɔk bɔt (Take-Home Message)

Okay, so a op se yu geht gud andastan fo wetin wi tok boht tide (Rat Lungworm). Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na:

• Dis na parasayt wom sik we de stat pan rat ɛn i kin pas to mɔtalman tru snɛl/snɛl.
• I kin pas am mɔ bay we yu it it we nɔ kuk ɔ we dɛn nɔ klin fayn (espɛshali snɛl, slɔg, ɛn di kayn it dɛn we dɛn de liv insay).
• Di sayn dɛm kin bi se yu ed kin at bad bad wan, yu nɛk kin stif, yu kin vɔmit, ɛn yu kin gɛt swɛt . Di kes we kin rili bad na wan bren fiva we dɛn kɔl eosinophilic meningitis .
• Dis nɔ kin pas pɔsin.
• Prɛvenshɔn na di bɛst we fɔ go. Kuk yu it fayn ɛn was yu vɛjitebul dɛn fayn fayn wan.
• If yu gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ bren fiva , go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

So, if wi tek tɛm smɔl bɔt wetin wi de it ɛn drink, wi go ebul fɔ de fa frɔm dɛn kayn sik ya. If yu gɛt ɛni ɔda kwɛstyɔn bɔt dis, aks dɔktɔ. Stay wit wɛlbɔdi!

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