Yu tink se wi fɔ tek tɛm wit tik? Mek wi lan bɔt Tik Bayt!

Sɔntɛm yu dɔn si wan smɔl animal de tay pan yu bɔdi we yu de waka na di fɔrɛst ɔ we i de ple na di gras na di yad. Dis na tik dɛn. Imajin se, if yu nɔ ivin no, dis smɔl animal kin de tay pan yu bɔdi ɛn sok yu blɔd. Dɛn smɔl animal ya we dɛn kɔl tik kin vɛks bad bad wan, bikɔs dɛn kin skata difrɛn sik dɛn. So tide, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dɛn tik bayt ya.

Wetin na tik bayt?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, tik na parasayt . Dis min se dɛn kin it animal dɛn we gɛt wam blɔd (inklud mɔtalman) in blɔd fɔ mek dɛn go ebul fɔ liv. We dɛn du dis, dɛn kin transmit baktri, vayrɔs, ɛn protozoan, we na wan sɛl ɔrganizm we de liv na di tik in bɔdi. Dis na aw sik dɛn kin pas. Sɔm sik dɛn kin rili denja ɛn dɛn kin put wi layf pan denja.

Na sɔm sik dɛn we tik kin pas:

• Laym sik
• Tularemia we gɛt di sik
• Ehrlichiosis we dɛn kɔl Ehrlichiosis
• Rɔki Mawnt bin gɛt fiva
• Anaplasmosis we dɛn kɔl Anaplasmosis
• Wan sik we dɛn kɔl Babesiosis

Ɔda sik dɛn de lɛk dis:

• Kolorado tik fiva
• Powassan vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl Powassan
• Sawt tik-asɔsiet rash sik (STARI) .
• Tik paralayz - na wan kכndyushכn we tik de mek yu paralayz
• Spot fiva - na fiva we de mek spat na di bɔdi
• Fiva we de kam bak - fiva we de kam bak
• Hatland vayrɔs

Bɔku tɛm, tik dɛn kin rili smɔl . I at fɔ si dɛn te dɛn tay pan di bɔdi fɔ sɔm tɛm. Bɔt we dɛn dɔn gro ɛn it blɔd it, i kin izi fɔ si dɛn.

Difrɛn kayn tik dɛn de?

Yɛs, tik na parasayt. Dɛn gɛt fɔ du wit animal dɛn lɛk bedbɔg ɛn spayda, bikɔs dɛn ɔl na atrɔpɔd. Dat min se dɛn gɛt et leg. Bɔku kayn tik dɛn de. Na sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn ya:

• Blak leg tik - Dɛn kin kɔl am bak dia tik.
• Lone Star tik
• Dɔg tik - Tu kayn de: di Amɛrikan dɔg tik ɛn di brawn dɔg tik.

Dɛn tik dɛn ya kin difrɛn pan saiz ɛn kɔlɔ. Sɔm big, sɔm brawn ɔ rɛd brawn. Ɔda wan dɛn dɔn lɛf smɔl fɔ lɛ dɛn blak pipul dɛn. Sɔm dɛn gɛt layt kɔlɔ mak dɛn na dɛn bak.

Wetin kin apin to di bɔdi we tik bit? Wetin na di sayn dɛm we de sho se yu gɛt dis sik?

Tink bɔt am, sɔntɛnde yu nɔ kin ivin fil se tik dɔn bit yu. Bɔrku tɛm, nɔr kin fil pen ɔr it fɔs. Bɔt sɔntɛnde, yu kin fil am. Nɔto ɔl di tik bayt kin mek pɔsin sik. Sɔntɛnde yu kin pul di tik bifo di jem dɛn go insay yu bɔdi.

Sɔm rɛdnɛs kin de, rash, ɔ smɔl lump kin de na di say we di tik bit. Bɔt ɔda sayn dɛn kin apin nɔmɔ we di sik bigin fɔ go bifo.

Dis na di kɔmɔn sayn dɛm fɔ bɔku sik dɛm we tik kin gɛt:

• Fiva
• Chills we de mek pɔsin kol
• Mɔsul dɛn kin pen
• Ɛd we de at
• We pɔsin taya
• It ɔ bɔn (bɔt dis nɔ kin kam pan ɔl wan tɛm) .
• Skin rash - i tan lɛk rash

Sɔm rash kin sho di kayn infekshɔn. Fɔ ɛgzampul, Rɔki Mawnt spɔt fiva kin apia lɛk smɔl smɔl rɛd ɔ pepul dɔt dɛn (petechiae).

Wan sayn we de sho se yu gɛt Laym sik na we yu gɛt rash we de gro smɔl smɔl ɛn tan lɛk "bull's-eye." Dɛn kɔl dis ɛrithema migrans. Wan sem kayn rash kin apin bak na di Sawt Tik-Asosiet Rash Illness (STARI). Dɛn kin kɔl am bak Lone Star Tick Rash.

Sɔm rash na jɔs smɔl smɔl rɛd ɔ dak spat, ɛn i kin at fɔ si.

Aw tik bayt kin tan lɛk? Aw i kin fil?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, yu nɔ go ebul fɔ fɛn tik te i dɔn lat ɛn i de gro. Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ chɛk yu bɔdi gud gud wan we yu de na say dɛn we tik go mɔs de.

Usay na di bɔdi tik kin bit mɔ?

Tik kin atak dɛnsɛf ɛnisay na di bɔdi. Bɔt dɛn kin go na di say dɛn we dɛn lɛk. Dat min se, to ples dɛn usay di skin saf ɛn di blɔd saplai fayn . Insay mɔtalman, na dɛn ples ya:

• Hed ɛn nɛk
• Bitwin di leg dɛn
• Leg, mɔ biɛn di ni dɛn
• Insay di kev
• Insay ɔ rawnd di yes
• Ɔnda di armpit
• Arawnd di wes

Aw yu go no if tik dɔn bit yu?

Tik lɛk fɔrɛst, ples dɛn we gɛt bɔku tik ɛn lɔng gras. If yu de waka na dɛn say ya, yu nid fɔ tek tɛm wit tik. Dɛn lɛk lif bak. If yu de waka na di fɔrɛst rod dɛn, tray fɔ de fa frɔm di lif ɛn bush dɛn we dɔn fɔdɔm ɛn waka na di midul pan di rod.

Sɔntɛnde yu kin fɛn ɛn kip di tik we bit yu. Tik nɔ de bit bɔku tɛm lɛk ɔda insɛkt dɛn. Dɛn kin bit wan tɛm, dɔn dɛn kin dig insay di skin. If dis apin, if yu ebul fɔ fɛn ɛn pul di tik, yu ɔ yu dɔktɔ kin no us kayn tik i bi. I impɔtant fɔ no if na tik we kin kɛr sik.

Yu dɔktɔ go aks yu bɔt yu mɛdikal istri, if yu dɔn de na say dɛn we tik de, ɛn sɔntɛnde dɛn go du blɔd tɛst bak.

Wetin fɔ du if tik bit yu?

If tik bit yu, di bɛst we fɔ pul am na fɔ fala dɛn tin ya:

• Tek blunt twiza ɛn grap di ed fɔ di tik klos, na di lɛvɛl we yu skin de.
• Dɔn pul am sloslo, bɔt am tranga wan, te di tik kɔmɔt na di skin.
• Nɔ krɔs di tik in bɔdi. Nɔ tɔch di tik wit yu an we nɔ gɛt natin. If yu du dat, yu kin gɛt di baktri we de na di tik in bɔdi.
• Wash di say we yu bayt fayn fayn wan wit sop.

Impɔtant: Nɔ yuz kerosin, petrolium jeli (lɛk Vaseline®), ɔ sigrɛt bɔt we layt fɔ pul wan tik. Dɔn bak, nɔ swɛt di tik in bɔdi wit yu finga ɔ twiza.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ if a tink se tik dɔn bit mi?

Yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ pan dɛn kayn tin ya:

• Yu tink se di tik bin stɔp pan yu fɔ lɔng tɛm, sɔntɛm fɔ wan de.
• If rash (skin rash) de na di say we di tik bit ɔ ɔdasay na di bɔdi.
• If yu bigin fɔ gɛt sɔm kayn sik dɛn we tan lɛk flu sɔm dez afta tik dɔn bit yu.
• If pen ɔ blista de we ful-ɔp wit wata.

Ɛni tin de we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ it afta tik dɔn bit?

Yɛs, wan patikyula kayn we tik bayt kin mek pɔsin gɛt wan sik we dɛn kɔl alfa-gal sindrom . Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak alfa-gal alɛji, rɛd mit alɛji, ɔ tik bayt mit alɛji.

Alpha-gal na wan kayn shuga mכlikul we de insay mit (frכm mami dεm) εn כda tin dεm we dεn mek frכm mami dεm. I nɔ de insay mɔtalman.

Stɔdi dɔn sho se we tik bayt, i kin mek pɔsin gɛt alfa-gal sindrom. Di sayn dɛm kin sho tu to siks awa afta yu it mit, dairy prodakt, ɔr tek mɛrɛsin dɛm we dɛn mek wit jelatin. Di sayn dɛm kin bi wae yu bɛlɛ at pwɛl, lɛk:

• Vɔmit
• Fɔ vɔmit
• Bɛlɛ pen (sɔntɛnde i kin rili bad) .
• At we de bɔn ɔ we nɔ de it fayn
• Rɔnbɛlɛ

Ɔda sayn dɛn kin de bak:

• Wan rash ɔ ayv
• Lɔw blɔd prɛshɔn
• I nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ blo
• Diziz ɔ fɔdɔm
• Di lip, trot, tɔŋ, ɔ yay we de swel

Infakt, dis alfa-gal sindrom kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja . Na kɔntri dɛn lɛk Amɛrika, dɛn dɔn si se na Lone Star tik ɛn blak-leg tik kin mek i gɛt am.

Wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt if tik bit yu?

Yu kin ebul fɔ mek tik bit yu ɛn nɔ gɛt ɛni prɔblɛm . Bɔt if yu gɛt ɛni dawt, go to dɔktɔ ɛni we.

Sɔntɛnde, dɔktɔ dɛn kin disayd fɔ bigin tritmɛnt bifo dɛn no if dɛn gɛt di sik, mɔ if dɛn tink se dɛn gɛt Laym sik . Na sɔm eria, di pasɛnt pan di tik dɛm we kin transmit Laym sik kin rich 50%.

In jɛnɛral, bɔku pan di tik bayt dɛn nɔ nid antibayɔtik.

Aw yu go ridyus di risk fɔ mek tik bit?

If yu go de du ɛni wok na do, mɔ na say we gɛt tik dɛn, i impɔtant fɔ fala dɛn simpul tin ya fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm tik:

• Wear klos we gɛt lɔng sliv, we gɛt layt kɔlɔ, we dɛn tay tayt. Dis go mek i nɔ go izi fɔ mek tik it yu, ɛn i go izi fɔ si if tik de na yu klos. Tuk yu pant insay yu sɔks, sus, ɔ but. Dis go mek i nɔ izi fɔ mek tik kray ɔnda yu pant.
• We yu de waka na fɔrɛst rod ɔ na fil dɛn we gɛt gras, tray fɔ de midul di rod. Na os, ɔltɛm kip di gras we de na di yad we dɛn dɔn kɔt.
• Yuz tin dɛn we de mek insɛkt nɔ kam. Put ripelent we gɛt 20% ɔ mɔ DEET (N, N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) pan di say dɛn we de na di bɔdi ɛn klos we de na do. Yu kin yuz wan kemikal bak we dɛn kɔl pɔmetrin pan klos. Dɛn tin ya de na di say dɛn we dɛn kin sɛl tin dɛn fɔ spɔt. Rid di prɔdak in lɛbl ɔltɛm ɛn yuz am kɔrɛkt wan.
• Afta yu kam bak frɔm do , chɛk fɔ si if tik dɛn de. Dɛn kin de hang ɔp ɛnisay. Luk insay di ia na yu ed, na di fold dɛn na yu bɔdi, insay yu armpit, biɛn yu ni, rawnd yu wes, bitwin yu leg, insay ɔ biɛn yu yes, ɔnda yu armpit, ɛn na yu bak.
• Nɔ fɔgɛt fɔ chɛk yu animal dɛn bak. Tɔk to yu vet bɔt prɔdak dɛm fɔ protɛkt dɛm frɔm tik.
• Chek yu klos ɛn tin dɛn fɔ si if tik de ɛn was dɛn wantɛm wantɛm. If yu put dɛn na ɔt drɔya fɔ lɛk 15 minit, i go kil di tik dɛn.
• I fayn fɔ shawa afta yu dɔn waka na di bush ɔ afta yu dɔn wok na di yad.

Yu tink se vaysin de fɔ mɔtalman fɔ mek i nɔ gɛt sik dɛn we tik kin kam wit?

Yes, wan vaysin de we dɛn kɔl TicoVacTM fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt tik-bɔrn ɛnsɛfalaytis. Dɛn dɔn gri fɔ mek big pipul ɛn pikin dɛn na Amɛrika ɛn dɛn dɔn de yuz am na Yurop fɔ lɔng lɔng tɛm. Bɔt naw, no vaysin nɔ de fɔ ɔda sik dɛn we tik kin kam wit, lɛk Laym sik.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ? (Wan mɛmba)

If tik dɔn bit yu ɔ si tik tay pan yu bɔdi, go to dɔktɔ.

If yu bigin fɔ gɛt dɛn sik ya insay sɔm dez ɔ wik afta yu de na say dɛn we tik kin de , yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ :

• Wan rash we kin wɔs (a skin rash) .
• Fiva
• Pen na di jɔyn ɔ di mɔsul dɛn
• Taya pasmak

Jɔs tink bɔt tik kin mek yu swɛt, nɔto so? Di bɛst we fɔ avɔyd dɛn na fɔ tray fɔ avɔyd dɛn fɔs. Fɔ fala di tin dɛn we yu fɔ du fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt prɔblɛm bifo yu go na do. Protekt yu animal dɛn frɔm tik dɛn bak. If tik bit yu, nɔ panik. Nɔto ɔl di tik bayt kin mek pɔsin sik. Bɔt if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk fiva, go to yu dɔktɔ fɔ no wetin fɔ du nɛks.

Sɔma (Mɛsej we dɛn kin tek go na os) .

So, di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm tik bayt. Wear di rayt klos we yu de go na do, yuz tin we de mek insɛkt nɔ kam, ɛn chɛk yusɛf gud gud wan we yu kam bak. If yu fɛn tik, pul am fayn fayn wan . Nɔ panik, yuz twiza lɛk aw wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt. Nɔ yuz ɛnitin lɛk kerosin. If yu gɛt rash na di say we yu bayt, if yu gɛt fiva, ɔ if yu gɛt pen na yu bɔdi, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ . Mɛmba se, tritmɛnt kwik kwik wan kin mɛn bɔku sik dɛn.