Lɛ wi lan mɔ bɔt vayral mɛningɔyt. Nɔ fred, lɛ wi tɔk!

Yu don eva yehri boht 'Meningitis'? Sɔntɛm yu pikin ɔ pɔsin we yu sabi dɔn gɛt fiva wantɛm wantɛm, in nɛk stif, ɔ in ed de at bad bad wan. Na dɛn kayn tɛm ya, yu fɔ tink bɔt dis sik we dɛn kɔl ‘Viral Meningitis’. Pan ɔl we dis wɔd kin tan lɛk se yu de fred smɔl we yu yɛri am, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt am ditayli ɛn rili simpul, so dat yu go ɔndastand am fayn fayn wan.

Wetin rili na Vayral Meningitis?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, vayral mɛningayt na we wan vayrɔs go insay di prɔtɛktiv mɛmbran dɛm we de rawnd yu bren ɛn spɛshal kɔd (di nɛv kɔd insay yu spayna), we dɛn kɔl di mɛninges , ɛn dɛn kin inflam. Jɔs lɛk we wi gɛt wund, dɛn mɛmbran ya kin inflam, rɛd, ɛn pen bikɔs ɔf di vayrɔs. Dis na wetin wi kin kɔl inflammation.

Dis sik kin mɔs pan yɔŋ pikin dɛm , bɔt i kin apin bak pan big pipul dɛm. Sɔntɛnde dɛn kin kɔl am ‘aseptic meningitis’.

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin Vayral Mɛninjayt ɛn Bakterial Mɛningaytis?

Dis rili impɔtant. Tu kayn mɛningaytis de, we na vayral ɛn baktri. Dɛn tu kin mek di sem inflamɛns na di mɛmbran dɛn we de rawnd di bren we a bin dɔn tɔk bɔt. Bɔt, di tin we kin mek i apin difrɛn.

• Vayral Meningitis: Dis kin kam bikɔs ɔf wan vayral infɛkshɔn. Bɔku tɛm, i kin sɔlv fɔ insɛf ɛn i nɔ kin rili bad.
• Bacterial Meningitis: Dis kin kam bikɔs ɔf baktriyal infεkshɔn. Dis kin rili denja ɛn i kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja.

De impɔtant tin na dat, di sayn dɛm nɔmɔ nɔr kin ebul fɔ no uswan na uswan. So if yu tink se yu ɔ yu pikin gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ mɛningayt, go to dɔktɔ ɔ go na ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm. Nɔ west tɛm.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt Viral Meningitis?

Dɛn sayn ya kin apia lɛk wan wan tɛm nɔmɔ. Si if yu gɛt ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya:

• Fiva
• Fɔ fil kol (we yu de shek shek) .
• Di ed we de at bad bad wan
• Nek stiffness, difikulti fɔ bɛn
• Nɔs ɔ vɔmit
• Sɛnsitiviti to layt, we min se i nɔ izi fɔ luk brayt layt (Photophobia) .
• Fil fɔ it
• I at fɔ pe atɛnshɔn.
• Dabl vishɔn

Sɔmtɛm, di sayn dɛm fɔ wan kɔmɔn vayral infɛkshɔn (lɛk fɔ rɔn na yu nos, fɔ kɔf, fɔ pen na yu bɔdi, ɛn fɔ gɛt rɔsh na yu skin) kin de fɔ sɔm dez bifo dɛn mɛningaytis ya bigin.

Sayn dεm fכ Vayral Meningitis na Yכŋ Bebi dεm

I kin tranga fɔ no dɛn sayn ya pan bebi ɛn smɔl pikin dɛn we nɔ ebul fɔ tɔk fayn. Bɔt, as mama ɔ papa, yu kin kip yu yay pan dɛn tin ya:

• Fiva
• Fɔ vɔmit
• di "fontanelle" כ bulging fontanelle na di pikin in ed de sho se i swel.
• Kray ɔltɛm, i kin vɛks
• Fɔ drink smɔl milk, fɔ it smɔl it
• Fɔ fil se yu de slip ɔltɛm, ɔ fɔ gɛt prɔblɛm fɔ wek frɔm slip
• Letargy (slow rispɔns) .

If yu si sayn dɛn lɛk dis, yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ ɛn nɔ de te.

Wetin mek vayral mɛningɔyt kin apin? Wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek i apin?

Bɔku kayn vayrɔs dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt mɛningɔyt. Sɔm pan dɛn na:

• Nɔn-polio ɛnterovayrɔs: Vayrɔs dɛn we de mek pɔsin sik lɛk an, fut ɛn mɔt sik de insay dis grup.
• Hɛpi simpul vayrɔs
• Epstein-Barr virus: Na dis kin mek yu gɛt di sik we tan lɛk fiva we dɛn kɔl mononucleosis.
• Varicella zoster virus: Dis na di sem vayrɔs we de mek pɔsin gɛt chukchuk ɛn shingles.
• Di vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl mumps
• Mizɛl vayrɔs
• Arbovayrɔs: Vayrɔs dɛn we mɔskito kin pas, lɛk dengi, Zika vayrɔs, ɛn Wɛst Nayl vayrɔs.
• HIV vayrɔs
• Influenza vayrɔs: Na vayrɔs we de mek pɔsin gɛt kɔmɔn kol (flu).
• Limfosaytik kɔriɔmɛningaytis vayrɔs (LCMV) .

Yu si, ɔmɔs kayn vayrɔs dɛn de.

Aw dis kin go insay pɔsin?

Di vayrɔs dɛm wae de mek yu gɛt vayral mɛningaytis kin pas frɔm pɔrsin to ɔda pɔrsin insay dɛn we ya:

• Tru we yu de kɔf ɛn sniz (tru di drɔp dɛn we de na di briz) .
• Bay we yu kɔntakt yu klos (lɛk fɔ shek yu an, fɔ kis) .
• Fɔ sheb it, drink, ɔ pɔsin in yon tin dɛn (fɔ ɛgzampul, fɔ drink frɔm di sem wata bɔtul) .
• We yu tɔch say dɛn we gɛt di vayrɔs (lɛk domɔt knob, tebul, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn, ɛn afta dat yu tɔch yu nos ɔ yu mɔt wit di sem an) .

Sɔm kayn vayral mɛningɔyt kin pas bak tru di bayt we wan mɔskito we gɛt di sik bayt .

Yu tink se Vayral Meningitis kin pas?

Smɔl tin de fɔ ɔndastand ya: Di vayrɔs dɛm we de mek pɔsin gɛt mɛningaytis kin pas.Bɔt nɔto ɔlman we gɛt di vayrɔs go gɛt mɛningɔyt. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn vayrɔs dɛn de kin mek ɔda sik dɛn. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu gɛt di influenza vayrɔs, yu go gɛt sik dɛn we yu kin gɛt we yu de blo (kol, flu) pas mɛningaytis.

Udat de pan big risk fɔ gɛt dis?

Ɛnibɔdi kin gɛt vayral mɛningɔyt, bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt ay risk:

• Fɔ pikin dɛn we nɔ rich 5 ia yet
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we gɛt wik imyun sistɛm: Yu kin gɛt wik imyun sistɛm bikɔs ɔf wan mɛrɛsin (e.g., ɔtoimyun dizayd, HIV, kansa) ɔ bikɔs yu de tek mɛrɛsin we de stɔp di imyun sistɛm.
• Fɔ di wan dɛn we de liv togɛda as grup: fɔ ɛgzampul, di wan dɛn we de na yunivasiti dɔm.

Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i gɛt Vayral Mɛningaytis?

Pan ɔl we i nɔ kin mek siriɔs prɔblɛm dɛn lɛk baktriyal mɛningaytis, vayral mɛningɔyt kin mek sɔm tin dɛn bak we kin apin fɔ shɔt tɛm ɛn fɔ lɔng tɛm . Dis risk kin pasmak pan yɔŋ pikin dɛm.

• I nɔ de si ɔ i nɔ de si fayn
• I nɔ de yɛri fayn ɔ i nɔ de yɛri fayn
• Prɔblɛm fɔ mɛmba ɛn pe atɛnshɔn
• Prɔblɛm fɔ waka ɛn fɔ mek yu balans
• I nɔ izi fɔ lan

Na dat mek i impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ jɔs lɛk aw di sik dɔn sho.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no di kɔrɛkt wan bɔt di vayral mɛningɔyt?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin no if yu gɛt vayral mɛningaytis bay we dɛn de du nyurolɔjik ɛgzam ɛn chɛk yu sɛribrospaynal fluid (di wata we de rawnd yu bren ɛn spɛshal kɔd). Dɛn kin tek blɔd sɛmpul bak, stɔl sɛmpul, nos ɔ trot swab, ɛn sɔntɛnde dɛn kin tek bren skan.

Us tɛst dɛn dɛn kin du?

Na sɔm pan di tɛst dɛm wae dɔktɔ dɛm kin yuse fɔ no if yu gɛt vayral mɛningɔyt:

• di lכmba pankshכn/spεnal tap: dis involv fכ put wan tכn nidul insay di lכw bכk εn pul sכm sכm sכm sεribrospεnal fכ sεnd to labכtכri fכ tεst. Dis kin ɛp fɔ no if na vayrɔs, baktri, ɔ ɔda tin de mek di mɛningaytis.
• Blɔd tɛst: Dɛn tin ya kin ɛp fɔ no di sik dɛn ɛn di kayn vayrɔs dɛn.
• Nasal ɔ trot swab: Di dɔktɔ go tek wan swab frɔm yu nos ɔ trot fɔ gɛda wan sɛmpul fɔ di mכkus. Dɛn go sɛn am na lab fɔ mek dɛn tɛst am fɔ vayrɔs ɔ ɔda infɛkshɔn.
• Imajin: Di dɔktɔ kin tek pikchɔ fɔ yu bren.Dɛn kin yuz CT skan (Computed Tomography scan) ɔ MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) fɔ luk fɔ swel na di bren ɔ ɔda chenj dɛn we di mɛningaytis kin mek.
• Stɔl sɛmpul: Sɔntɛnde, yu dɔktɔ kin aks yu fɔ gi yu stɔl sɛmpul. Dɛn go sɛn am na lab fɔ chɛk fɔ vayrɔs ɔ ɔda infɛkshɔn.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ vayral mɛningɔyt?

Di tritmɛnt fɔ vayral mɛningaytis de dipen pan di kayn vayrɔs we mek i kam. Antivayral mɛrɛsin dɛn de fɔ jɔs sɔm kayn mɛningaytis. Ɔda tɛm dɛn, dɔktɔ dɛn kin pe atɛnshɔn fɔ kɔntrol di sayn dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt, lɛk fɔ mek i nɔ swel, fɔ mek i nɔ fil pen, ɛn fɔ mek i nɔ gɛt wata na in bɔdi.

Di mɛrɛsin ɛn tritmɛnt dɛn we dɛn kin gi

Dis na di mɛrɛsin ɛn ɔda tritmɛnt dɛm wae dɔktɔ dɛn kin yuz fɔ trit vayral meningitis:

• Antibayɔtik: Antibayɔtik nɔ kin ebul fɔ mɛn pɔsin we gɛt vayrɔs. Bɔt yu dɔktɔ kin bigin yu fɔ tek antibayɔtik te dɛn no wetin mek yu gɛt mɛningaytis. Dis na bikɔs baktriyal mɛningɔyt na wan sik we rili siriɔs pas vayral mɛningɔyt ɛn i nid fɔ trit am kwik.
• Antivayrɔs: Fɔ ɛgzampul, dɛn kin yuz di drɔg ‘Acyclovir’ fɔ hεpi simpul ɛn vayrɔs vayrɔs infεkshɔn. Bɔku antivayral mɛrɛsin dɛn de bak fɔ di influenza vayrɔs.
• Kɔtikosterɔyd: Mɛrɛsin lɛk Dexamethasone ɔ Prednisone de ridyus di swel.
• Di tin dɛn we de mek pɔsin nɔ fil pen: I nɔ de mek yu ed at ɛn yu bɔdi nɔ at.
• Fluid we de insay di bɛlɛ (IV fluid): Dɛn kin gi wata tru wan salin infushɔn fɔ mek di wata nɔ gɛt wata ɛn fɔ gi di bɔdi di wata we i nid.

Wetin kin apin if a gɛt vayral mɛningɔyt? Wetin a fɔ ɛkspɛkt?

Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin ebul fɔ mɛn vayral mɛningaytis. Dipen pan yu sik, yu kin ebul fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt na os ɔr kin go na ɔspitul. If yu de na ɔspitul, yu go nid fɔ de na ɔspitul fɔ at le sɔm dez. Bikɔs nɔr patikyula mɛrɛsin nɔr de fɔ vayral mɛningɔyt, bɔrku tɛm dɔktɔ dɛn kin gi sɔpɔt kia fɔ kɔntrol yu sayn dɛm.

Aw lɔŋ vayral mɛningɔyt kin las?

Bɔrku pan di kes dɛm wae gɛt vayral mɛningɔyt kin dɔn fɔ dɛnsɛf insay wan ɔr tu wik. Bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin tek sɔm wik ɔ pas dat fɔ mek dɛn wɛl ɔl. Dis na di rizin we mek i impɔtant fɔ mek yu bɔdi rɛst.

Yu tink se dɛn kin ebul fɔ avɔyd Vayral Mɛningaytis?

Yɛs, tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt di vayrɔs dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt mɛningaytis.

• Gɛt vaysin: Vaysin de fɔ sik dɛn lɛk chikinpoks, influenza, mizɛl, ɛn mɔmp. If yu gɛt dɛn tin ya, dat kin mek yu nɔ gɛt di sik we dɛn kɔl meningitis we dɛn vayrɔs dɛn de mek.
• Wash yu an fayn fayn wan ɛn ɔltɛm: Ɛspɛshali we yu kol, was yu an fayn fayn wan wit sop ɛn wata bifo yu it, afta yu dɔn yuz di bafa, ɛn afta yu dɔn chenj yu pikin in dayapɛt.
• Kip di say dɛn we yu de tɔch bɔku tɛm klin: Klin tin dɛn lɛk domɔt knob, tebul, ɛn tɛlifon wit disinfɛkt.
• Yuz sef we we yu de du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs: If yu yuz kɔndɔm ɔ dɛnt dɛm, dat kin mek sɔm vayrɔs nɔ pas.
• Protɛkt yusɛf frɔm insɛkt bayt: Fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm di vayrɔs we mɔskito kin pas, wɛr klos we de kɔba yu bɔdi, put mɔskito repelent, ɛn slip ɔnda mɔskito nɛt if nid de.
• Fɔ de fa frɔm ɔda pipul dɛn if yu sik: Dis kin ɛp fɔ mek di vayrɔs nɔ go pas to ɔda pipul dɛn. If yu fɔ de nia ɔda pipul dɛn, wɛr mask.
• Nɔ sheb yu yon tin dɛn (lɛk wata glas, dish) wit ɔda pipul dɛn.
• If yu de travul, tɛl yu bifo tɛm: No bɔt di sik dɛn we kin kam pan pɔsin we kin kam na di say we yu de travul ɛn du di tin dɛn we yu nid fɔ protɛkt yusɛf frɔm dɛn.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu ɔ yu pikin gɛt sayn dɛn fɔ vayral mɛningaytis, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Yu dɔktɔ go no aw siriɔs yu sik ɛn if yu nid antibayɔtik.

Ustɛm a fɔ go na ɔspitul (ETU) wantɛm wantɛm?

If yu gɛt dɛn kayn bad bad sik ya , go na imejensi rum (ETU) wantɛm wantɛm:

• Sivεr nεk pen כ stiffness - so bad dat yu nכ kin ivin tכn yu ed כ tuck yu chin to yu chεst.
• Rili bad ed pen.
• Dabl vishɔn.
• Kɔnfyushɔn ɔ chenj na yu maynd (we yu nɔ de no natin, yu nɔ de tɔk fayn).

Sɔm kayn sik lɛk dis kin sho se de sik kin siriɔs. So nɔ delay.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn a fɔ aks di dɔktɔ?

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

• Us tritmɛnt opshɔn dɛn a gɛt?
• Aw a go ebul fɔ kɔntrol mi sik dɛn?
• Ustɛm a fɔ si yu ɔ ɔda dɔktɔ bak?
• Us sayn dɛn a fɔ go na di imejensi rum fɔ?
• Dis sik kin pas ɔda pipul dɛn?

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

Vayral meningitis kin mek yu fil lɛk se yu de fred smɔl we yu yɛri di nem. Bɔt na wan kayn mɛningɔyt we nɔ kin rili denja . Bɔku tɛm, i kin sɔlv fɔ insɛf.

Bɔt, di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat, if di simptom dɛm fɔ mɛningɔyt apin, wi nɔ go ebul fɔ no if na vayral ɔ baktriyal mɛningɔyt, we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja, te dɔktɔ chɛk am.

So, if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn lɛk we yu nɛk stif bad bad wan, yu ed de at bad bad wan, yu de si tu tɛm, ɔ yu nɔ de no natin, go na ɔspitul wantɛm wantɛm. Kwik tritmɛnt kin sev pipul dɛn layf. Stay wit wɛlbɔdi!

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