I-COVID-19 (iCoronavirus) isephakathi kwethu: Oko kufuneka ukwazi

Uyakhumbula elo xesha elatshintsha ubomi bethu ngokupheleleyo? Elo xesha xa ihlabathi lonke lalivaliwe kwaye sonke sasivaleleke emakhaya. Ewe, sithetha ngobhubhane we-COVID-19. Nangona izinto ezininzi zibuyele esiqhelweni ngoku, inyani kukuba isifo esibizwa ngokuba yi-COVID-19 asikapheli. Intsholongwane isasasazeka phakathi kwethu. Ke ngoko, ukwaziswa ngokufanelekileyo ngale nto kubaluleke kakhulu kukhuseleko lwakho kunye nokhuseleko lwabathandekayo bakho. Namhlanje, siza kuthetha ngale nto ngendlela elula onokuyiqonda.

Ngamafutshane, yintoni i-COVID-19?

I-COVID-19 sisifo esichaphazela inkqubo yethu yokuphefumla, oko kukuthi, inkqubo yokuphefumla. Unobangela woku yintsholongwane ebizwa ngokuba yi- (SARS-CoV-2) . Eli lilungu losapho lweentsholongwane ze-coronavirus. Usenokukhumbula ukuba umkhuhlane oqhelekileyo ubangelwa nazezinye iintsholongwane kolu sapho. Kodwa intsholongwane ebangela i-COVID-19 imbi ngakumbi.

Uyakhumbula ukuba ubhubhane waqala nini? Wonke umntu wayesoyika kakhulu ngelo xesha. Amawaka abantu alaliswa esibhedlele eSri Lanka, kwaye ngelishwa, inani elikhulu labantu lalahlekelwa bubomi balo. Kodwa namhlanje siyazi okuninzi ngale ntsholongwane kunangaphambili. Le ntsholongwane itshintshile ngokuhamba kwexesha. Usenokukhumbula ukuba sithethe ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo ezifana ne-`(Alpha)`, `(Delta)`, `(Omicron)`. Ngoku ekubeni izazinzulu zifumene unyango kunye neegonyo zokugonya oku, inani labantu abalaliswa esibhedlele kunye nabafayo lehlile kakhulu.

Zithini ezi mpawu ze-COVID-19?

Iimpawu ze-COVID-19 zinokwahluka kumntu nomntu. Kwabanye, kunokuvakala ngathi ngumkhuhlane omncinci, ngelixa kwabanye kunokuba yingozi ebomini. Ezi zezona mpawu zixhaphakileyo.

Into ebalulekileyo kukuba abanye abantu banokuba nale ntsholongwane emizimbeni yabo ngaphandle kwempawu . Abantu abanjalo banokudlulisela le ntsholongwane kwabanye.

Sidluliselwa njani esi sifo?

I-COVID-19 isasazeka kakhulu ngamathontsi okuphefumla . Ngamafutshane, intsholongwane isasazeka ngamathontsi amancinci avela empumlweni nasemlonyeni womntu osulelekileyo xa ekhohlela, ethimla, ethetha, okanye ehleka. Umntu ophilileyo unokosuleleka ukuba uphefumla loo moya okanye uchukumisa indawo enentsholongwane aze achukumise amehlo, impumlo, okanye umlomo.

Ngubani osengozini enkulu ye-COVID-19?

Nangona nabani na enokufumana i-COVID-19, abanye abantu basengozini enkulu yokufumana izifo eziqatha kwaye kufuneka bangeniswe esibhedlele ukuba banesifo.

Ingozi ebantwaneni

Uninzi lwabantwana alufumani ngxaki zinkulu ngenxa ye-COVID-19. Nangona kunjalo, abanye abantwana, ingakumbi abo banezinye iimeko zempilo, banokufumana izifo ezinzulu. Ukongeza, imeko engaqhelekanga kodwa enzima ebizwa ngokuba yiMultisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) inokukhula kwabanye abantwana emva kokosulelwa yi-COVID-19.

Iingxaki eziyingozi ezinokwenzeka ngenxa ye-COVID-19

I-COVID-19 ayisiyongqele nje kuphela. Ngamanye amaxesha usenokungaziva zimpawu, kodwa inokubangela iingxaki ezinkulu emzimbeni wakho.

• I-Pneumonia: Usulelo kunye nokuqokelelana kolwelo emiphungeni.
• I-Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Yimeko enzima apho imiphunga yonakele kakhulu kwaye umzimba awukwazi ukufumana ioksijini eyaneleyo.
• Amahlwili egazi: Oku kunokukhokelela kwiimeko eziyingozi ezifana namahlwili egazi emiphungeni (i-Pulmonary Embolism - PE) okanye amahlwili egazi emithanjeni yemilenze (i-Deep Vein Thrombosis - DVT).
• Ukudumba kwemisipha yentliziyo (Myocarditis/Pericarditis): Intsholongwane echaphazela intliziyo.
• Ukubanjwa kwe-cardiac
• I-COVID ende: Le yinto abantu abaninzi abathetha ngayo. Emva kokuphola kwi-COVID-19, iimpawu ezinje ngokudinwa, ukuphefumla kancinci, iintlungu zomzimba, kunye nokulahlekelwa yinkumbulo zihlala iinyanga, kwaneminyaka.

Ifunyaniswa kwaye inyangwa njani i-COVID-19?

Uxilongo

Kukho iindlela ezimbini eziphambili zokufumanisa ukuba unayo na i-COVID-19.

1. Uvavanyo lwe-PCR: Olu vavanyo, olwenziwa kusetyenziswa iswab ethathwe empumlweni okanye emqaleni, luchanekile kakhulu.

2. Uvavanyo lwe-Antigen olukhawulezayo: Ungakwenza oku ekhaya. Nangona ungafumana iziphumo kwimizuzu embalwa, kusenokungabi ngokuchanekileyo njenge-PCR.

Unyango

Ukuba uneempawu ze-COVID-19, kubaluleke kakhulu ukubona ugqirha wakho ngokukhawuleza. Ukuqala unyango kwiintsuku ezi-5 zokuqala emva kweempawu kunokunciphisa umngcipheko wokuba isifo sibe sibi kakhulu kwaye sibe "ne-COVID ende".

• Amayeza okulwa neentsholongwane: Amayeza afana ne-`(Paxlovid®)` kunye ne-`(Remdesivir)` anikwa ngokwengcebiso kagqirha.
• Ukuba ulaliswe esibhedlele: Ukuba isifo sibi kakhulu, unyango esibhedlele luquka ioksijini, amayeza anjenge-corticosteroids, kwaye, ukuba kuyimfuneko, umoya ongeniswayo ngoomatshini.

Ufanele uye nini kugqirha uze uye kwi-ETU?

Le yinxalenye ebaluleke kakhulu.

Dibana nogqirha:

• Ukuba uneempawu ze-COVID-19, bonana nogqirha ngokukhawuleza ukuze ubone ukuba ufuna amayeza okulwa neentsholongwane.
• Ukuba iimpawu zakho zihlala ixesha elingaphezulu kweeveki ezi-4 (ingakumbi ukuba aziphucuki), bona ugqirha ukuze ubone ukuba ngaba yimeko "ye-COVID ende".

Yiya kwiSebe lezeMpilo eziNgxamisekileyo (ETU) lesibhedlele ngoko nangoko:

Ukuba unenye yezi mpawu zilandelayo, musa ukuchitha ixesha kwaye yiya kwiSebe lezeMpilo eziNgxamisekileyo (ETU) lesibhedlele ngoko nangoko.

• Ubunzima obukhulu bokuphefumla
• Intlungu yesifuba okanye ukuxinana
• Intlungu ebuhlungu, ukudumba, okanye ukubomvu kwelinye icala lomlenze (kusenokuba luphawu lokuqhekeka kwegazi)
• Ukutshintsha kombala wemilebe, ulusu, okanye iinzipho okwesibhakabhaka okanye ongwevu (iCyanosis)
• Ukudideka ngequbuliso, ukulahlekelwa yingqondo

Ungazikhusela njani kwi-COVID-19?

“Kungcono ukuthintela esi sifo kunokusinyanga,” batsho. Ngoko ke kukho izinto ezininzi esinokuzenza ukuze sizikhusele kwi-COVID-19.

1. Gonyelwa: Eyona ndlela ilungileyo nesebenzayo yokuzikhusela kwi-COVID-19 kukufumana zonke iidosi ezicetyiswayo zegonyo kunye needosi zokunyusa. Wakuba ugonyelwe, umngcipheko wakho wokufumana esi sifo kunye nomngcipheko wokuba nesifo esibi ukuba usifumene uyancipha kakhulu.

2. Ukuhlamba izandla: Hlamba izandla zakho kakuhle ngesepha namanzi rhoqo. Okanye sebenzisa isicoci esisekelwe kutywala.

3. Ukunxiba imaski yobuso: Ukunxiba imaski yobuso kwiindawo ezinabantu abaninzi nakwiindlela zikawonke-wonke kunokunciphisa umngcipheko wokosuleleka.

4. Hlala ekhaya ukuba uyagula: Ukuba uneempawu ezifana nokukhohlela okanye umkhuhlane, cinga ngabanye abantu kwaye uhlale ekhaya kangangoko unako. Oku kunokukunceda ekuthinteleni ukusasaza esi sifo kwabanye abantu.