Wan strenj sik we kin kɔmɔt frɔm snɛl? Mek wi lan bɔt Rat Lungworm.

Imajin se yu aksidɛntli it smɔl snɛl wit lɛtis lif, ɔ sɔntɛnde, kes dɛn kin de we pikin dɛn kin swɛla slɔg lɛk bet. Pan ɔl we dis kin tan lɛk se na smɔl tin, wan denja parasayt de we kin go insay yu bɔdi tru dis. Pan ɔl we di sik we dis kin kam wit nɔ kin bɔku, sɔntɛnde i kin siriɔs. So tide wi go tɔk bɔt dis rat lɔngwɔm, ɔ `Rat Lɔngwɔm`.

Wetin na dis rat lɔngwɔm?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, dis na parasayt wom we de liv na di bɔdi fɔ rat. Dɛn kɔl am pan mɛrɛsin `Angiostrongylus cantonensis`. di ol layf saykl fכ dεn wom dεm ya, dat na fכ bi sכm sכm wom, de apin כnli insay di bכdi fכ rat, spεshal wan na di bכdi vεsul dεm na di lכng. If dɛn tin ya go insay ɔda animal dɛn bɔdi, di larva dɛn kin liv fɔ sɔm tɛm ɛn afta dat dɛn kin day.

we dis parasayt go insay di mכtalman bכdi, wi de gεt wan sik we dεn kכl `angiostrongyliasis`. dεn kכl dis bak `nyural angiostrongyliasis (NAS)` biכs i de afekt wi nεv sεstem. di komplikashכn we de mek dis denja pas כl na `eosinophilic meningitis`, we na bren fiva. Dis nɔ kin pas frɔm pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. Bɔt if i kam tranga, i kin ivin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja.

Aw dis wom kin pas to mɔtalman?

I layf saykl rili simpul.

1. I de stat wit rat: We rat we gɛt di sik de kɔmɔt na di bɔdi, dɛn wom larva ya de kɔmɔt na di envayrɔmɛnt wit di fes.

2. Snel ɛn slɔg: We animal dɛn lɛk snɛl ɛn slɔg it di rodɛnt dɛn we dɔn day, di wom larva dɛn kin go insay di animal dɛn bɔdi. Insay dɛn bɔdi dɛn de, sɔm larva dɛn kin gro.

3. Rat bak: If rat it snɛl we gɛt di sik, di wom larva dɛn kin go insay di rat in bɔdi, usay dɛn kin chenj to rawnd wom ɛn kɔmplit di layf saykl.

Mɔtalman kin gɛt di sik bay we i it snɛl, slɔg, ɔ ɔda intamɛdiet ɔs dɛn (luk dɔŋ ya) we de kɛr di parasayt we nɔ kuk ɔ we nɔ kuk fayn. Di larva dɛn kin go insay wi bɔdi bay we dɛn de it lɛtis we dɛn nɔ was ɛn ɔda grɛn we gɛt lif we dɛn dɔn put pan dɛn animal ya.

Na snɛl nɔmɔ de bɔn dis?

Nɔ, pan ɔl we dɛn bin de tink da we de trade, dɛn dɔn kam fɔ no naw se i kin pas tru bɔku ɔda kayn animal dɛn.

So, i impɔtant fɔ avɔyd fɔ it dɛn animal ya raw ɔ we dɛn nɔ kuk fayn. Dɔn bak, dis parasayt kin liv fɔ 72 awa insay dɔti wata. So, i impɔtant fɔ yuz klin wata.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm we de sho se yu gɛt dis sik?

Sɔm pipul dɛn nɔ kin gɛt ɛni sayn atɔl. Ɔda pipul dɛn kin gɛt sɔm kayn sik wae nɔr kin pasmak ɛn kin dɔn insay sɔm dez. Bɔt if yu gɛt eosinophilic meningitis, di sayn dɛm go bi mɔ klia. Dɛn sayn ya kin apin insay 1-3 wiks afta yu gɛt di sik.

Mi pikin de pan denja?

Yɛs. Pikin dɛn kin gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm fɔ dis. Na bikɔs dɛn kin pik snɛl ɛn slɔg bikɔs dɛn want fɔ no mɔ, ɛn sɔntɛnde dɛn kin put dɛn na dɛn mɔt. Ivin padi dɛn kin du dɛn tin ya. If yu pikin gɛt di sayn dɛn we wi dɔn tɔk bɔt ɛn yu ivin tink se i dɔn tɔch ɔ it da kayn animal de, go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.

Aw di dɔktɔ kin no ɛn trit dis?

Yu dɔktɔ go aks yu fɔs bɔt yu sayn dɛm ɛn if yu dɔn it raw snɛl, ɛn ɔda tin dɛm Sɔntɛnde, dɛn kin sɔprayz fɔ gɛt di sik bay da infɔmeshɔn de nɔmɔ.

Dɛn kin du sɔm tɛst fɔ si if fiva de na di bren.

• Blɔd tɛst: Chɛk fɔ si if di eosinophil sɛl dɛn we de na di blɔd dɔn bɔku.
• CT scan: Fɔ si if ɛni chenj de na di bren.
• Spinal Tap / Lumbar Puncture: Dis na di mכst difinitiv tεst. yu spayna de sכmtεm, dεn put wan rili fayn nidul, εn dεn pul sכm sכm pan di wata we de rawnd yu bren εn spεnal kכd (sεribrospεnal fכluid) εn tεst fכ si if εni wom כ כda tin dεm we nכ de.

As fɔ tritmɛnt, bɔku tɛm dɛn nɔ nid ɛni patikyula tritmɛnt. Na bikɔs dɛn wom ya kin day fɔ dɛnsɛf afta sɔm tɛm na wi bɔdi. Bɔku tɛm, di dɔktɔ go gi yu mɛrɛsin fɔ kɔntrol di sayn dɛn, dat na fɔ mek yu gɛt pen ɛn inflamɛns na di bɔdi .

Bɔt if di infekshɔn rili bad, dɛn kin gi wan anti-parasitic drɔg lɛk albendazole fɔ kil di wom dɛn bifo dɛn go mek di bren pwɛl mɔ, ɛn dɛn kin gi stɛroyd fɔ ridyus di inflamɛns. Dis ɔl na fɔ yu dɔktɔ.

Aw yu go sev dis?

Di bɛst tin fɔ du na fɔ mek dis nɔ apin. Yu kin du dɛn simpul tin ya fɔ mek i nɔ apin.

• Nɔ it raw: Nɔ ɛva it animal dɛn lɛk snɛl, slɔg, frog, shrimps, ɛn krab raw ɔ we dɛn nɔ kuk fayn .
• Wash vegjetabul ɛn grɛn fayn fayn wan: Ɛspɛshali tin dɛn we dɛn kin it raw lɛk lɛtis ɛn grɛn we dɛn plant na gadin, was dɛn fayn fayn wan ɔnda wata we de rɔn bifo yu yuz am. I bɛtɛ fɔ sok dɛn insay wata wit smɔl sɔl ɔ vinega fɔ sɔm minit bifo yu was dɛn . Dis go pul ɛni smɔl smɔl snɛl we go de tay pan dɛn.
• Wash yu an: We yu de wok na gadin, wɛr glɔv if yu de ol snɛl. Dɔn was yu an dɛn fayn fayn wan wit sop.
• Eduket pikin dɛm: Tich pikin dɛm bɔt di denja dɛm we pɔsin kin put animal lɛk snɛl ɛn slɔg na dɛn mɔt.
• Kכntrol rat dεm: fכ kכntrכl di infεstεshכn fכ rat dεm we de rawnd os dεn de εp bak indaykt wan fכ ridyus dis sik.

Pan ɔl we dɛn nɔ kin ripɔt dis sik na Sri Lanka, as kɔntri we gɛt tropik, wi de pan denja bak. So, if wi pripia it klin wan ɛn sef, wi go sef frɔm dɛn kayn sik dɛn ya we wi nɔ want.