Yu no bɔt di flu we de prɛd dis tɛm ya? Mek wi tɔk bɔt Swine Flu (H1N1)!

Yu go mɛmba wan flu we bin mek bɔku pipul dɛn fred ɔlsay na di wɔl sɔm ia bifo dis tɛm. Dat na bin di swin flu, ɔ di flu we dɛn kɔl `(H1N1)`. Bɔku pipul dɛn bin de fred am, ɛn dɛn bin de sɔfa wit am. So tide, lɛ wi lan mɔ bɔt dis swin flu `(H1N1)`, bikɔs i stil de bitwin wi, ɛn i rili impɔtant fɔ no bɔt tin dɛn lɛk dis.

Wetin na dis swin flu (Swine Flu - H1N1)?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, swin flu (H1N1) na infɛkshɔn na wi respiratɔri sistɛm, dat na di sistɛm we wi de blo (lɔng, trakya, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn) we wan vayrɔs we de na di influenza vayrɔs grup kin mek. Wan spɛshal rizin de we mek dɛn kɔl am ‘swayn flu’. Dat min se dis vayrɔs rili fiba flu vayrɔs we de afɛkt pig (swɛn insay Inglish min pig). Dis vayrɔs kin mek pig dɛn gɛt sik bak pan di we aw dɛn de blo. So we i de afɛkt mɔtalman, wi kin kɔl am swin flu (H1N1). Bɔt, i kin skata bitwin pipul dɛn jɔs lɛk ɔda kɔmɔn kayn flu.

Swine flu (H1N1) ɛn Spanish flu na di sem?

Nɔ, nɔto di sem tin, bɔt sɔntin de bitwin dɛn tu tin ya. Yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt di Spanish flu, we na bin wan sik we bin de ɔlsay na di wɔl insay 1918. Na wan kayn vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl (H1N1) bin kam bak. Imajin, da tɛm de, na lɛk 500 milyɔn pipul dɛn ɔlsay na di wɔl bin gɛt dis sik, ɛn na lɛk 50 milyɔn pipul dɛn bin day. I bin rili bi di bad bad sik we dɛn dɔn rayt bɔt. So, difrεn strayn dεm fכ di (H1N1) vayrus famili kin kכmכt wan wan tεm.

Aw di 2009 swin flu (H1N1) pandemik bigin?

Insay Epril 2009, sɔm pipul dɛn we de stɔdi bɔt dis bin kam fɔ no wan nyu kayn influenza vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl (H1N1) vayrɔs. Dɛn bin no am fɔ di fɔstɛm na Amɛrika. Dɔn i bin skata kwik kwik wan ɔlsay na Amɛrika ɛn afta dat i bin skata ɔlsay na di wɔl. Di men rizin fɔ dis prɛd kwik kwik wan na bikɔs na bin nyu kayn influenza vayrɔs we dɛn nɔ bin dɔn no bifo pan mɔtalman.

So, bɔku yɔŋ pipul dɛn nɔ bin gɛt natura l imyuniti to dis nyu vayrɔs. Bɔt i sɔprayz fɔ no se i bin tan lɛk se pipul dɛn we dɔn ol kin gɛt sɔm kayn we fɔ tinap tranga wan. sכmtεm dis na biכs dεn bin dכn εkspos to wan ol, sεm kayn strayn fכ `(H1N1)` bifo. Dis kin dɔn mek dɛn gɛt sɔm protɛkshɔn.

Bɔt dis nyu kayn sik dɔn ambɔg bɔku bɔku pipul dɛn ɔlsay na di wɔl. Di World Health Organization se na lɛk 150,000 pipul dɛn dɔn day pan am. Di tin we sɔri pas ɔl na dat 80% pan di wan dɛn we day na bin yɔŋ pipul dɛn, we nɔ rich 65 ia yet.

So ustɛm di swine flu (H1N1) pandemic dɔn?

Di Wol Ɛlth Ɔganayzeshɔn (WHO) bin ɔfishal wan deklare se di (H1N1) pandemik dɔn dɔn insay Ɔgɔst 2010. Bɔt dis nɔ min se di (H1N1) vayrɔs dɔn kɔmɔt na di wɔl kpatakpata. Mɔr impɔtant, pipul dɛn kin stil gɛt di (H1N1) vayrɔs ɛn spre am to ɔda pipul dɛn.`(H1N1)` na jɔs wan pan di vayrɔs dɛm we de mek di sizin flu we kin apin sɔm tɛm insay di ia. Dat min se, lɛk ɔda kayn flu, i kin mek pipul dɛn sik, go na ɔspitul, ɛn insay sɔm bad bad tin dɛn, dɛn kin ivin day.

Wetin kin mek pɔsin gɛt swin flu (H1N1)? Aw i kin pas?

Swine flu (H1N1) na wan vayrɔs de mek am. I kin skata kwik kwik wan frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. Speshal, we pɔsin we gɛt di flu kɔf ɔ sniz, smɔl smɔl drɔp dɛn we de kɔmɔt na in mɔt ɛn in nos kin kɔmɔt na di briz. If yu blo di briz we gɛt di vayrɔs, yu go gɛt di sik mɔ.

Wan ɔda we na fɔ tɔch sɔntin we gɛt di vayrɔs pan am, lɛk domɔt knob, tebul, ɔ bɔs sit, dɔn yu tɔch yu mɔt, nos, ɔ yay wit da dɔti an de. Dis na di rizin we mek i impɔtant fɔ was yu an ɔltɛm.

Wan mistek we bɔku pipul dɛn kin tink na dat fɔ it bɔd mit nɔ go mek yu gɛt `(H1N1)`. Dis na infekshɔn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de blo, nɔto infekshɔn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de it.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ swine flu (H1N1)?

Di sayn dɛm fɔ swine flu (H1N1) rili fiba di wan dɛm wae de kam wit di rεgulεr flu. Di sayn dɛm kin bigin fɔ sho tri to fayv dez afta di vayrɔs dɔn go insay di bɔdi. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin sho sɔm kayn sik insay wan ɔ tu dez. Na sɔm pan di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt dis sik:

• Fiva (i kin apin wantɛm wantɛm wit fiva) .
• Fɔ fil kol ɛn shek shek (lɛk fɔ gɛt kol) .
• Kɔf (bɔku tɛm na dray kɔf) .
• Trot we de at/trot we de at
• Bɔdi de at, mɔsul dɛn de at
• Ed de at
• Taya pasmak, taya, ɛn wik
• Sɔm pipul kin gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm bak lɛk fɔ vɔmit ɛn dayarɛa.

Bɔt pan yɔŋ bebi ɛn pikin dɛn, dɛn sik ya kin difrɛn smɔl, ɔ dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ sho aw dɛn de fil fayn, so wi nid fɔ tek tɛm. If yu pikin ɔ yɔŋ pikin gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn sayn ya, nɔ ignore dɛn ɛn kɔl dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm:

• I nɔ izi fɔ blo, fɔ blo kwik, fil lɛk se yu chɛst de go insay we yu de blo
• Fɔ slip ɔltɛm, i nɔ kin izi fɔ wek frɔm slip
• Nɔ gri fɔ drink wata lɛk wata ɛn milk, nɔ gri fɔ it
• Rash wit fiva
• Kɔnfyushɔn, nɔ kin no bɛtɛ, ɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ ansa

Aw fɔ no kɔrɛkt wan fɔ no if pɔsin gɛt swin flu (H1N1)?

If yu gɛt flu simptom, yu dɔktɔ kin chɛk yu ɛn aks bɔt yu simptom fɔ si if i kin bi `(H1N1)`. Sɔntɛnde, mɔ di tɛm we flu de sik, yu dɔktɔ kin ɔda fɔ mek dɛn du `rapid flu test`. Dis `(rapid flu test)` kin ɔltɛm no if yu gɛt influenza A ɔ B insay af awa. `(H1N1)` na wan kayn influenza A. Bɔt fɔ no fɔ tru if na `(H1N1)` ɔ ɔda kayn influenza A, yu kin nid fɔ du mɔ spɛshal tɛst (lɛk PCR tɛst), ɛn di rizɔlt kin tek sɔm dez fɔ kam bak.

Aw dɛn kin trit swin flu (H1N1)?

Infakt, ivin if yu gɛt swin flu (H1N1), bɔku pan di pipul dɛn we gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn we nɔ gɛt ɔda big big sik dɛn we nɔ de mɛn (lɛk dayabitis ɔ at sik) nɔ nid ɛni spɛshal mɛrɛsin ɔ tritmɛnt. Di bɔdi in imyun sistɛm go fɛt am fɔ insɛf. If yu gɛt swin flu, di impɔtant tin fɔ du na fɔ:

• Gɛt bɔku rɛst. Di mɔ yu de na bed, na di mɔ i go fayn. Stay away frɔm tin dɛn we de mek yu strɛs.
• Drink bɔku wata we yu kin drink. Drink wata, ɛbul ti, ɔrɛnj jus, silantro, sup, pɔrit, ɛn fresh frut jus ɔltɛm. Dis go ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt wata na yu bɔdi.
• It layt it we gɛt fayn fayn tin dɛn fɔ it. Fɔd dɛn we izi fɔ dayjɛst ɛn we nɔ gɛt bɔku fat na in bɛtɛ.
• Fɔ tru, yu fɔ de na os. Dis na tin we rili impɔtant fɔ lɛ yu stɔp fɔ prɛd am to ɔda pipul dɛn. At ɔl te di fiva go dɔŋ ɛn ɔda sayn dɛn go stɔp bad bad wan.
• Tek mɛrɛsin lɛk paracetamol (acetaminophen - Tylenol®) lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu fɔ ridyus fiva, bɔdi pen, ɛn ed we de at. Nɔ gi smɔl pikin dɛn mɛrɛsin lɛk aspirin we yu nɔ go to dɔktɔ.

Bɔt if yu sik bad bad wan, ɔ if yu de na grup we gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm (e.g., bɛlɛ uman, yɔŋ pikin dɛn, ol pipul dɛn, ɔ pipul dɛn we gɛt sik dɛn we nɔ de mɛn), yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu antivayral mɛrɛsin. Antivayrɔs mɛrɛsin, lɛk oseltamivir (Tamiflu®) ɔ zanamivir (Relenza®), kin ɛp fɔ ridyus di bad bad sik bay we dɛn de stɔp di vayrɔs fɔ bɔku na yu bɔdi. Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin mek yu sik shɔt fɔ wan ɔ tu dez ɛn ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔr gɛt di sik. Dɛn antivayral mɛrɛsin ya kin wok fayn if yu bigin fɔ tek dɛn insay di fɔs 48 awa we yu gɛt di sik. So if yu de fil sik, i go fayn fɔ mek yu go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan.

Aw yu go mek yu nɔ gɛt swin flu (H1N1)?

Sɔm simpul, bɔt rili impɔtant tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ mek wi nɔ gɛt swin flu (H1N1) ɛn fɔ mek i nɔ go to ɔda pipul dɛn:

• We yu de sniz ɔ kɔf, kɔba yu mɔt ɛn yu nos wit tisu ɔ hankɛf. Tek tɛm trowe di tisu we yu dɔn yuz na di dɔti. If tisu nɔ de, sniz/kɔf insay yu ɛlb. Dis bɛtɛ pas fɔ kɔba yu mɔt wit yu an.
• Was yu an fayn fayn wan wit sop ɔltɛm.Wash yu an fayn fayn wan wit sop ɛn wata fɔ at le 20 sɛkɔn. Yu kin yuz bak wan tin we dɛn kin yuz fɔ was yu an we gɛt rɔm if sop ɛn wata nɔ de.
• Nɔ tɔch yu yay, yu nos, ɛn yu mɔt wit dɔti an. Dis na di men we aw di vayrɔs kin go insay di bɔdi.
• Avɔyd pipul dɛn we sik as yu ebul. Minimize yu exposure to pipul wae gɛt fiva ɛn kol.
• If yu sik, yu go mɔs de na os. Nɔ go wok, skul, ɔ pɔblik ples. Dis go ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ go skata di sik to ɔda pipul dɛn.
• Nɔ sheb yu yon tin dɛn lɛk drink kɔp, plet, straw, kɔtlɛri, ɛn tawɛl wit ɔda pipul dɛn.
• If i pɔsibul, gɛt sizin flu vaysin bifo di flu sizin (bɔku tɛm let insay di ia). Dis kin protɛkt frɔm sɔm kayn flu vayrɔs we kin go ɔlsay da ia de, inklud (H1N1).

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

Bɔrku pipul dɛm wae gɛt swin flu (H1N1) go wɛl frɔm am insay sɔm dez fɔ dɛnsɛf. Di simptom dɛm fɔ (H1N1) tan lɛk di wan dɛm fɔ nɔmal flu. Bɔrku tɛm, de sik kin bɛtɛ afta lɛk sɛvin to et dez. Bɔt if yu sik nɔr bɛtɛ afta sɔm dez, yu de wɔs, ɔr if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya, kɔl ɔ go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm:

• I nɔ izi fɔ blo ɔ i kin mek yu chɛst pen
• Diziz we pɔsin kin tɔn wantɛm wantɛm
• Kɔnfyushɔn, chenj di kɔnshɛns
• If yu de vɔmit bɔku tɛm
• If di fiva dɔn stɔp, den di fiva kin kam bak wantɛm wantɛm ɛn di kɔf kin bɔku.

If na so i bi, if yu go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan, dat kin mek yu nɔ gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn.

Wetin na di impɔtant kwɛstyɔn dɛn we a fɔ aks mi dɔktɔ?

If yu go to dɔktɔ, i go fayn fɔ aks kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk dis fɔ mek yu ɔndastand yu sik klia wan:

• A rili gɛt `(H1N1)`, ɔ sɔm ɔda flu?
• A nid spɛshal tritmɛnt fɔ dis?
• I fayn fɔ mek a gɛt di flu vaysin? Ustɛm a fɔ gɛt am?
• If dɛn gi mi antivayral mɛrɛsin, aw lɔng a fɔ tek am ɛn aw ɛksaktɔli a fɔ tek am?
• Afta a dɔn wɛl frɔm swin flu, ustɛm a go go bak na wokples ɔ skul? Aw lɔng i go tek fɔ mek a stɔp fɔ mek di sik go to ɔda pipul dɛn?
• Us kayn tin dɛn a fɔ tek tɛm mɔ bɔt?

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Wan tɛm, swin flu (H1N1) na bin wan sik we bin de ɔlsay na di wɔl. Bɔt naw dɛn dɔn kɔntrol di vayrɔs, we min se i dɔn bi nɔmal sizin flu vayrɔs. Bɔt dat nɔ min se pipul dɛn nɔ kin stil sik ɔr kin wɔs frɔm (H1N1). Pipul dɛn kin stil gɛt am, ɛn sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt am bad bad wan, mɔ di wan dɛn we nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ wɛlbɔdi, di wan dɛn we gɛt sik dɛn we nɔ de mɛn, ɛn smɔl pikin dɛn.

So, if yu fil se yu gɛt fiva, nɔ panik, rɛst bɔku, ɛn drink wata. If i tan lɛk se yu sik dɛn de wɔs, ɔ if dɛn nɔr de go afta sɔm dez, fɔ tru, go to dɔktɔ. Fɔ kia fɔ yusɛf na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl. Wi nid fɔ tek di rispɔnsibiliti bak fɔ mek di sik nɔ go pas to ɔda pipul dɛn.

Lɛ wi ɔl tray fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi ɛn protɛkt wisɛf frɔm dɛn sik ya!

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