Yu yay dɛn rɛd ɛn wata? Lɛ wi lan bɔt dis denja sik we dɛn kɔl Trachoma.

Yu yay kin rɛd ɛn it ɔltɛm? Ɛni wata de kɔmɔt na yu yay? Sɔntɛm yu yaylid dɛn dɔn swel ɛn i at fɔ si? Dɛn tin ya nɔto gud sayn dɛn. Dis kin bi di fɔs sayn dɛm fɔ wan ay sik we dɛn kɔl trachoma, we wi go tɔk bɔt tide. Nɔ wɔri, lɛ wi tɔk klia wan bɔt dis. Bikɔs, lɛk ɛni sik, di mɔ we dɛn no am kwik, na di mɔ i izi fɔ trit.

Wetin na trachoma? Wetin mek i denja?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, trachoma na wan baktri we de ambɔg wi yay. Na wan baktri we dɛn kɔl Chlamydia trachomatis kin mek am. If dɛn nɔ trit am, i kin mek i nɔ de si fayn smɔl smɔl ɛn leta i kin blaynd we i nɔ go ebul fɔ chenj . Imajin aw dat kin mek pɔsin fil pen.

Dis sik kin bɔrku pasmak na po, rural eria dɛm na di wɔl. Dis min se di risk fɔ mek dis sik skata kin bɔku na say dɛn we nɔ klin, klin wata ɛn saniteshɔn nɔ de, ɛn pipul dɛn de liv na say dɛn we bɔku pipul dɛn kin de . Imajin, if bɔku pipul dɛn de na di sem smɔl os, ɛn if dɛn nɔ de klin fayn, i go mɔs bi se sik lɛk dis kin pas frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin.

Di Wol Ɛlth Ɔganayzeshɔn bin tɔk se insay 2020 nɔmɔ, dɛn bin gi lɛk 32.8 milyɔn pipul dɛn antibayɔtik fɔ trachoma. I pas 42,000 pipul dɛn we dɛn bin gɛt fɔ du ɔpreshɔn bikɔs ɔf di sik. Na lɛk 1.9 milyɔn pipul dɛn blaynd ɔ dɛn nɔ de si fayn bikɔs dɛn gɛt trachoma . Dis na tin we rili sɔri, nɔto so? Dis sik kin bad pas ɔl na di kɔntinɛnt na Afrika. Bɔt dɛn kin si trachoma bak na kɔntri dɛn lɛk Eshia, Ɔstrelia, di Midul Is, Sɛntral ɛn Sawt Amɛrika.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm fɔ trachoma?

Sɔm sayn dɛn de we kin sho se pɔsin gɛt trachoma fɔs. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan wetin dɛn bi:

• Ay dɛn we rɛd ɛn fil lɛk se dɛn jɔs de bɔn.
• Di aylid dɛn we de swel.
• Nɔ ebul fɔ si klia wan, i tan lɛk se i nɔ klia.
• Wan wata we tan lɛk wata (snot) de kɔmɔt na di yay.
• Sɔntɛnde, yu nos kin rɔn bak.

We yu si dɛn sayn ya, sɔm pipul dɛn kin tink se, "O, dis na jɔs ay infekshɔn." Bɔt dis nɔto sɔntin we dɛn fɔ dismis as simpul lɛk dat. Bikɔs, di prɔblɛm kin jɔs wɔs we dis infɛkshɔn kam bak ɛn mek di yay inflamɛns .

Wetin kin apin we di sik wɔs (Trachomatous trichiasis)?

Imajin, we dis baktri de mɔna di yay ɔltɛm, fayn fayn skata dɛn (ska tisu) kin bigin fɔ mek insay di yay, dat na, insay di yaylid . Bikɔs ɔf dɛn skata ya, di aylid kin shrink insay, ɛn di aybrɔw na di aylid kin tɔn insay . Naw na di big prɔblɛm. Di aybrɔw we de tɔn insay lɛk dis, ɛvri tɛm we wi blink , i de rɔb pan di blak ring na di yay, dat na di kɔnia .

di kכnia na di transparent, kכba "window" we de bifo wi yay. I de ɛp wi fɔ si klia wan.

So, we di aybrɔw kɔntinyu fɔ rɔb pan di kɔnia lɛk dat, i kin skrach. I tan lɛk se yu de rɔb glas wit sand pepa. As tɛm de go, di skrach dɛn kin mek di kɔnia tik smɔl smɔl ɛn nɔ kin shayn, ɛn dis kin mek layt nɔ pas . Na da tɛm de vishɔn kin lɔs.

Na trachoma we dɔn go bifo, di sayn dɛm lɛk:

• di aylid dεm de pul insay εn tayt bikoz fכ di ska tisu.
• Dɛn kin tɔn di aybrɔw insay.
• Wan pen we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ bia wit di aybrɔw we de rɔb pan di kɔnia.
• Nɔ ebul fɔ luk layt (fɔtosɛnsitiviti).
• We yu nɔ de si fayn, ɛn leta i kin mek yu blaynd.

Wetin kin mek pɔsin gɛt trachoma? Aw i kin pas?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, trachoma na baktriyal infɛkshɔn. Fɔs, i kin tan lɛk di kɔmɔn "ay sik" ``(Conjunctivitis)``. Di yay dɛn kin rɛd, dɛn kin it, ɛn dɛn kin krɔs. Di bɛst tin na dat if yu go to dɔktɔ kwik ɛn tek antibayɔtik, i kin wɛl kpatakpata .

Dis sik kin pas tru pɔsin in yon kɔntakt . Dat min se if di wata (sputum, mucus) we de na di yay ɔ nos fɔ pɔsin we gɛt di sik kam pan ɔda pipul dɛn an, klos, ɔ bed, i kin pas. Flay dɛn bak na wan men tin we kin mek dɛn gɛt di sik . We flay land pan pɔsin we gɛt di sik in yay ɔ nos, dɛn kin pik di jem dɛn ɛn land na ɔda pɔsin in yay. Dɔn di sik kin pas.

di sayn dεm kin sho insay 5 to 12 dez afta di jεm go insay di bכdi. Uman ɛn yɔŋ pikin dɛn kin gɛt dis sik . Dis na bikɔs bɔku tɛm na mama dɛn kin spɛn mɔ tɛm wit pikin dɛn ɛn kia fɔ dɛn. Dɔn bak, i kin izi fɔ mek yɔŋ pikin dɛn gɛt di sik bikɔs bɔku tɛm dɛn kin tɔch dɛn yay ɛn dɛn nos ɛn dɛn nɔ kin bisin tumɔs bɔt aw fɔ klin.

Aw dɔktɔ kin no se i gɛt trachoma?

If yu gɛt di sayn dɛn we wi dɔn tɔk bɔt, yu fɔ rili go to dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu yay. Di dɔktɔ go aks yu kwɛstyɔn dɛn ɛn tek wan mɛdikal istri. Na mɔtalman dɛn go aks if yu dɔn travul go na say usay trachoma kin bɔku ɔ if yu de na say usay i kin bɔku.

Dɔn dɛn kin du wan ay ɛgzam . Sɔntɛnde, di yay kin dilayt ɛn dɛn kin tek smɔl sampul pan di wata we kɔmɔt na di yay ɛn sɛn am to lab. dis go εp fכ no if di infεkshכn na di bכdi (Chlamydia trachomatis) de kכz am.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ trachoma?

Dis na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl. We i bigin, dɛn kin mɛn am kpatakpata wit antibayɔtik we di dɔktɔ gi am . Tu kayn mɛrɛsin we dɛn kin gi fɔ trachoma na wan pil we dɛn kɔl Azithromycin ɛn wan ay ɔntmɛnt we gɛt Tetracycline.

Bɔt if dɛn nɔ trit am, ɔ if trachoma apin bɔku tɛm, di siriɔs kɔndishɔn we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt, `(Trachomatous trichiasis)` (aylash we de tɔn insay), kin apin. If na so i bi, di dɔktɔ go tɛl yu fɔ du ɔpreshɔn . Dɛn kin du dis ɔpreshɔn fɔ mek di aylash we dɛn dɔn invayt luk stret bak. Dɔn di aylash kin stɔp fɔ rɔb pan di kɔnia, ɛn mɔ skata kin stɔp.

Bɔt if di kɔnia dɔn pwɛl bad bad wan, di dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ transplant di kɔnia .

De tin wae impɔtant pas ɔl fɔ mɛmba na dat, wans yu dɔn blaynd frɔm trachoma, i nɔr kin wɛl. Na dat mek wi se fɔ no am kwik kwik wan ɛn fɔ trit am impɔtant.

Wetin kin apin if a gɛt trachoma? Yu tink se dɛn kin mɛn am?

If yu gɛt trachoma wan tɛm ɛn tek antibayɔtik fayn fayn wan, yu go wɛl kwik, natin nɔ de fɔ wɔri bɔt . Di prɔblɛm kin bigin we dis sik kin apin bɔku tɛm ɛn di kɔnia kin bigin fɔ pwɛl.

Afta dɛn dɔn ɔpreshɔn di aylid, di kɔnia go stɔp fɔ pwɛl mɔ. Bɔt dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ mɛn pɔsin we blaynd bikɔs ɔf trachoma .

Wetin wi fɔ du fɔ ridyus di sik we dɛn kɔl trachoma?

Dis na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl. Fɔ stɔp trachoma, i impɔtant fɔ mek yu gɛt klin wata ɛn say fɔ klin . Dat min se ɔlman nid fɔ gɛt klin wata ɛn gud say fɔ klin. I impɔtant bak fɔ ridyus di krawd ɛn fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm we flay dɛn kin mek. Di ɔtoriti dɛn ɔlsay na di wɔl de du dɛn tin ya fɔ tray fɔ pul trachoma ɛn di blayndnɛs we i de mek. Dɛn yuz di akɔdin we se SAFE fɔ dis:

• S - `(Surgery)`: Ɔpreshɔn fɔ mɛn wan sik we dɔn go bifo.
• A - `(Antibiotics)`: Antibayɔtik fɔ infɛkshɔn.
• F - `(Facial cleansing)`: Fɔ kip di fes klin fɔ stɔp di sik fɔ skata.
• E - `(Envayrɔmɛnt chenj)`: Envayrɔmɛnt chenj lɛk klin wata ɛn saniteshɔn savis.

Na sɔm say dɛn, dɛn kin gi pikin dɛn we ol bitwin 1 ɛn 9 ia antibayɔtik wan tɛm insay di ia. Dɛn kɔl dis "blanket tɛrapi" ɔ "blanket antibayɔtik tɛrapi." Bɔt pipul dɛn de wɔri se we dɛn de gi dɛn antibayɔtik ɔltɛm dis kayn we, di bɔdi kin gɛt di sik we dɛn kɔl antibayɔtik .

Sɔm tin dɛn de we yu kin du pan yusɛf, mɔ if yu de na ɔ yu de travul go na say usay trachoma bɔku:

• Tek kia gud gud wan fɔ mek yu klin . Wash yu fes fayn fayn wan ɛn pul ɛni wata we de na yu yay ɛn yu nos.
• Was yu an dɛn fayn fayn wan ɔltɛm.Dis na sɔntin we yu fɔ du, mɔ we yu de dil wit smɔl pikin dɛn.
• Nɔ sheb yu tawɛl ɛn bed dɛn we yu dɔn yuz wit ɔda pipul dɛn .
• Avɔyd ples dɛn usay flay dɛn de as yu ebul.

Ustɛm wi fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu de na say we gɛt trachoma, ɔ yu dɔn go na wan, ɛn yu gɛt wata we de kɔmɔt na yu yay ɔ yu nos, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ . Ɛspɛshali if yu gɛt ay pen, nɔ ignore am . I bɛtɛ fɔ tɛl dɔktɔ bɔt aw yu yay de pen, ɔ ɛni sayn we yu tink se yu gɛt.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin klamidial kɔnjɔktiviti ɛn trakoma?

Dis na kwɛstyɔn we bɔku pipul dɛn kin aks. Klamidia kɔnjɔktiviti na ay infɛkshɔn we kin kam wit di sik we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs (STI) Klamidia. Di baktri dɛm we de mek i gɛt am na di sem wit di baktri dɛm we de mek pɔsin gɛt trachoma, Chlamydia trachomatis, bɔt di sɔbtayp dɛm fɔ di jem difrɛn . Di impɔtant tin na dat, trachoma nɔto wan sik we pɔsin kin gɛt we i du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs .

If yu de na say usay trachoma kin bɔku, ɔ if yu de travul go na wan, i impɔtant fɔ tek stɛp fɔ mek dis sik nɔ go skata. Yu kin protɛkt yusɛf bay we yu was yu an fayn fayn wan ɛn kip yu fes klin. If yu yay rɛd ɔ it, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ. Dɛn kin gi yu antibayɔtik fɔ trit di sayn dɛm ɛn di infekshɔn.

Impɔtant tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Okay, so wi don tok plenti boht trachoma tide, no so? Fɔ dɔn, na di impɔtant tin dɛn we yu fɔ mɛmba:

• Trachoma na wan siriɔs ay sik we baktri kin kam wit we kin ivin mek pɔsin blaynd.
• Fɔ klin na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl. Fɔ was yu an fayn fayn wan, fɔ kip yu fes klin, ɛn fɔ yuz klin wata rili impɔtant.
• If yu no di sik kwik kwik wan ɛn gɛt tritmɛnt, yu kin mɛn am kpatakpata. So if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk yu yay we de rɛd, we de it, ɔ we de krɔs, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
• Una tek tɛm wit flay dɛn. Flay na di men wan dɛn we de ɛp fɔ mek dis sik prɛd.
• If dɛn nɔ trit am, di aybɔl kin tɔn insay, i kin pwɛl di kɔnia ɛn i kin mek i nɔ ebul fɔ si fayn igen.
• Di we aw di Wol Ɛlth Ɔganayzeshɔn de du SAFE (ɔpareshɔn, antibayɔtik, fɔ klin yu fes, fɔ chenj di envayrɔmɛnt) rili impɔtant fɔ kɔntrol dis sik.

So, if wi tek kia ɔf dɛn pɔynt ya, wi kin protɛkt wisɛf frɔm dis ɛnimi we nɔ de tɔk we dɛn kɔl trachoma. If yu gɛt ɛni ɔda kwɛstyɔn bɔt dis, nɔ fred fɔ aks dɔktɔ. Tu yay we gɛt wɛlbɔdi na big valyu na layf!

`Trachoma, yay sik, yay infεkshכn, Klamidia trachomatis, blaynd, yay hεlth, prεvεnshכn