Masithethe ngezifo zeLone Star Tick!

Ngaba wakha weva ngeLone Star Tick? Eli gama livakala ngathi yi-cowboy yaseMelika, akunjalo? Kodwa esi sisinambuzane esincinci, kodwa esiyingozi esinokusasaza izifo ezininzi. Namhlanje sithetha ngezifo ezidluliselwa zezi Lone Star Ticks (Lone Star Tick Diseases), ngoko ke kubaluleke kakhulu ukuzazi ezi zinto.

Luhlobo luni lwesilwanyana iLone Star Tick? Ifumaneka phi?

Ngamafutshane, i-Lone Star flea luhlobo oluncinci lwe-mite. Ifana nee-flea eziqhelekileyo esizibonayo ezisingqongileyo. Kodwa kukho into ekhethekileyo. I -female flea inebala elimhlophe emqolo wayo, njenge-single star. Yiyo loo nto bafumene igama elithi 'Lone Star'. Bahlala kwiindawo ezinamahlathi ase-United States embindini nasempuma, apho kukho imithi emininzi kunye nezihlahla. Ngamanye amaxesha ezi flea zinokuba ncinci njengembewu ye-mustard, ngoko azibonakali lula.

Zeziphi izifo ezidluliselwa zii-Lone Star ticks?

Ezi ntaka zincinci zinokuthwala izifo ezininzi. Ezinye zazo ziyingozi kakhulu kwaye zinokuba yingozi ebomini ukuba azinyangwa ngokukhawuleza. Nazi ezinye zezifo:

• I-Alpha-gal syndrome: Olu luhlobo olungaqhelekanga lwe-allergy. Ingabizwa ngokuba 'yi-red meat allergy'. Emva kokutya le ntsila, abanye abantu baqala ukuba ne-allergy enzima xa besitya inyama ebomvu (njengenyama yenkomo, yehagu, nenyama yebhokhwe). Khawuthelekelele, umntu owayesitya inyama ngaphandle kwengxaki ngequbuliso uba ne-allergy kwinyama!
• Isifo seBourbon virus: Esi sisifo esibangelwa yintsholongwane.
• I-Ehrlichiosis: Esi sisifo esibangelwa yintsholongwane.
• Isifo sentsholongwane yeHeartland: Esi sisifo esibangelwa yenye intsholongwane.
• Isifo sokurhawuzelelwa yi-Southern tick (STARI): Iimpawu zesi sifo zifana kancinci nezo zesifo saseLyme, kodwa abaphandi abakayifumani eyona ntsholongwane iyibangelayo.
• I-Tularemia: Le yintsholongwane ebangelwa ziintsholongwane enokuba nzima ngamanye amaxesha.

Uyabona, nokuba yintakumba encinci inokusasaza izifo ezininzi kangaka. Yiyo loo nto kubaluleke kangaka ukuba uqaphele izifo ezisasazwa zezi zinambuzane.

Zithini iimpawu zezifo ezibangelwa zii-Lone Star fleas?

Iimpawu zingahluka ngokuxhomekeke ekubeni loluphi uhlobo lwesifo osifumene kwezi ntakumba. Kodwa kukho ezinye iimpawu eziqhelekileyo onokuzibona. Nazi ezinye zazo:

• Ifiva .
• Ndiziva ndibanda , mhlawumbi ndide ndingcangcazele.
• Intloko ebuhlungu.
• Umzimba wam ubuhlungu, intlungu ihamba nokuqina kwemisipha.
• Ndiziva ndidiniwe kakhulu kwaye ndidiniwe .
• Ukurhawuzelelwa lusu okanye ukurhawuzelelwa (ii-hives).
• Ngamanye amaxesha, indawo yokulunywa ziingcongconi ingakhula ibe linxeba elivulekileyo (isilonda okanye isilonda) .
• Ii-lymph nodes ezibuhlungu nezidumbileyo.
• Ukungakhululeki esiswini: Isicaphucaphu, ukuhlanza, iintlungu zesisu, urhudo, ukuphelelwa ngumdla wokutya, njl.
• Iingxaki zamehlo: Iintlungu zamehlo, ukukrazuka rhoqo, ukuva ukukhanya, okanye izilonda ze-cornea zinokwenzeka.

Kodwa kukho into enye ekufuneka uyikhumbule ngokuqinisekileyo. Nokuba awunazo ezinye iimpawu, ukulunywa yiLone Star flea kunokubangela iintlungu eziqatha, ububomvu, kunye nokurhawuzelelwa. Indawo apho ukulunywa yi-flea kwenzeke khona inokudumba, ibe bomvu, okanye ibe mdaka okanye ibe mnyama kunesikhumba esijikelezileyo. Oku akuthethi ukuba unesifo. Kusenokuba yimpendulo yesikhumba kuphela. Kodwa ukuba unamathandabuzo, kungcono ukubona ugqirha.

Kuthatha ixesha elingakanani ukugula emva kokutya iintakumba?

Iimpawu zihlala zibonakala kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ukuya kwiiveki ezimbini emva kokulunywa yintakumba. Kunzima ukusho ngqo, njengoko ziyahluka ukusuka kumntu ukuya komnye kwaye kuxhomekeke kwisifo. Abanye abantu babonisa iimpawu ngokukhawuleza, ngelixa abanye bethatha iintsuku ezimbalwa.

Iintsiba zeLone Star zibangela njani izifo?

Ezi zifo zibangelwa kakhulu ziintsholongwane kunye neentsholongwane . Iingcali azikafumani unobangela ochanekileyo wesifo esibizwa ngokuba yi-STARI esithethe ngaso ngaphambili.

Kaloku, khangela, iintakumba azingohlobo nje oluhambahamba nje njengeengcongconi. Zinamathela eluswini, zigqume iintloko zazo kulo, zize zihlale apho usuku okanye ngaphezulu, zifunxa igazi. Cinga ngako njengevampire encinci. Kungelo xesha lokufunxa igazi apho iintsholongwane emizimbeni yazo zingena egazini lethu.

Ziziphi iingxaki ezinokubakho zezi zifo?

Ezinye zezi zifo zeLone Star flea zingakhokelela kwiingxaki ezinzulu nezisongela ubomi ukuba azinyangwa ngokukhawuleza . Kulungile nokuba uqaphele ezi:

• Ukuqhekeka kwegazi okusasazeka ngaphakathi kwemithambo yegazi (DIC): Le yimeko apho inkqubo yokuqhekeka kwegazi kwinkqubo yokujikeleza kwegazi ihamba kakubi ngokupheleleyo. Amahlwili egazi ayenzeka kwezinye iindawo, kwaye ukopha kwenzeka kwezinye.
• I-Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) yimeko apho imiphunga iyeka ukusebenza kakuhle kwaye kuba nzima kakhulu ukuphefumla.
• Ukungasebenzi kakuhle kwezintso / ukwenzakala kwezintso ngokukhawuleza. Oku kuthetha ukuba izintso azihluzi inkunkuma ngendlela efanelekileyo.
• Ukopha ngaphakathi/ ukopha. Ukopha ngaphakathi emzimbeni.
• I-Sepsis: Olu luhlobo losulelo olusasazeka ngokukhawuleza emzimbeni wonke.
• Usulelo lobuchopho okanye i-meningitis (i-Meningoencephalitis).
• Ukumelwa yintliziyo.
• Ukuxhuzula.
• Ukuwela kwi -coma , oko kukuthi, ukulahlekelwa zingqondo.

Abantu abane -Alpha-gal syndrome ekhankanyiweyo apha ngasentla banokufumana i-allergy enzima kakhulu, esongela ubomi ebizwa ngokuba yi-anaphylaxis xa besitya inyama ebomvu okanye iimveliso ezineeproteni zezilwanyana ezifana ne-gelatin. Nayo loo nto iyingozi kakhulu, ngoko ke kufuneka uyiqaphele loo nto.

Oogqirha bayixilonga njani ngokuchanekileyo le sifo?

Ukuba ukrokrela ukuba ulunywe yintakumba yeLone Star, ugqirha wakho uza kuqala enze uvavanyo lomzimba . Uza kubuza ngeempawu zakho, imbali yakho yezonyango, kunye namayeza owasebenzisayo. Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuxelela ugqirha wakho ukuba kutshanje (kwiiveki ezintathu ezidlulileyo) ubukwindawo apho intakumba inokuluma khona, njengehlathi okanye ingca ende. Nokuba awukhumbuli ukulunywa yintakumba, kufuneka umxelele ukuba ubukwindawo enjalo.

Kwakhona, uvavanyo lwegazi okanye ukhuliso lweentsholongwane lunokwenziwa ukuze kuchongwe ukuba kukho usulelo na. Ukuba ugqirha urhanela ukuba usulelo lweentsholongwane luyimbangela, unokukwazi ukuqala unyango ngoko nangoko ngaphandle kokulinda ingxelo yokhuliso, njengoko unyango lwasekuqaleni lubaluleke kakhulu kwezinye izifo.

Ngaba ikho indlela yokunyanga esi sifo seempukane zeLone Star? Zithini iindlela zonyango?

Akukho nyango okanye unyango olunye lwazo zonke ezi zifo, kuba izizathu zazo zahlukile.

• Ii-antibiotics zimiselwe ukosuleleka ziintsholongwane. Ezi kufuneka zithathwe kanye njengoko ugqirha emyalele, kangangexesha elimiselweyo.
• Akukho nyango lukhethekileyo lwezifo ezibangelwa yintsholongwane. Unyango lubandakanya ukunyanga iimpawu (umzekelo, ukunika amayeza omkhuhlane neentlungu) nokunceda umzimba ukulwa nesifo nokuphiliswa.

Ukuba iimpawu zakho zinzima, kunokufuneka ulaliswe esibhedlele kwaye unikwe ulwelo olufana ne-saline, ii-antibiotics ze-IV, okanye ii-painkillers. Ngelixa usekhaya , uphumla ngokwaneleyo, usela ulwelo oluninzi olufana namanzi kunye nejusi yeziqhamo, kwaye uthatha amayeza athengiswa ngaphandle kwekhawuntara ukuba ugqirha wakho ukucebisa ukuba kunokukunceda uphile ngokukhawuleza.

Ndifanele ndidibane nogqirha nini? Ndingenza ntoni xa kukho imeko engxamisekileyo?

Ukuba ulunywe yintakumba, okanye ubukwindawo apho intakumba inokuba khona, kwaye ufumana naziphi na iimpawu ezingaqhelekanga, qiniseka ukuba ubona ugqirha ngokukhawuleza.Musa ukulibazisa, kuba izifo ezininzi zinokulawulwa ngonyango lwangethuba.

Yiya kwiSebe leeNgxamiseko (ETU) elikufutshane ngaphandle kokulibazisa, ingakumbi ukuba unezinye zezi mpawu:

* Ukuba umkhuhlane ungaphezulu kwe-103 Fahrenheit (40 Celsius).

* Ukuba ukhwehlela igazi.

* Ukuba kunzima kakhulu ukuphefumla.

* Ukuba udidekile, utshintsho engqondweni (ukudideka okanye olunye utshintsho engqondweni), okanye ukungakwazi ukucinga kakuhle .

* Ukuba unentlungu ebuhlungu esiswini .

* Ukuba unesifo sokuxhuzula .

* Ukuba ubuso bakho, umlomo, ulwimi okanye umqala wakho uvuvuka ngequbuliso kwaye unobunzima bokuphefumla (oku kungaba luphawu lwe-anaphylaxis).

Kwenzeka ntoni ukuba unesifo esi? Kuthatha ixesha elingakanani ukuba uphile?

Kwiimeko ezininzi, ukuba ezi zifo zeLone Star flea zifunyanwa kwangethuba kwaye zinyangwa ngokufanelekileyo, zinokunyangeka ngokupheleleyo. Nangona kunjalo, kungathatha iiveki ezininzi ukuba umzimba uphile ngokupheleleyo. Ungaziva udiniwe kwaye ube neentlungu iintsuku ezimbalwa. Okwangoku akukho nyango lwe -Alpha-gal syndrome . Ukuba uyifumana, kuya kufuneka uphephe ukutya, iziselo, kunye namayeza onayo i-allergy ubomi bakho bonke.

Uzikhusela njani kwizifo ezidluliselwa zii-Lone Star fleas?

Le yeyona nxalenye ibalulekileyo. Eyona nto ingcono onokuyenza kukuthintela ukulunywa ziintakumba. Kukho izinto ezimbalwa onokuthi uzenze ukuze oku kwenzeke:

• Gcina ingca ebaleni lakho ingadluli kwi-intshi ezi-5 ubude. Oku kuya kwenza iintakumba zingabi nandawo yokuzimela.
• Xa uhamba kwiindawo ezinamahlathi okanye kwiindawo ezinengca ende, sebenzisa iindlela ezicociweyo kuphela kangangoko kunokwenzeka.
• Sebenzisa izipreyi zeencukuthu ezineekhemikhali ezivunyiweyo, ezifana ne -DEET , ezigxotha iintakumba. Landela imiyalelo ngqo xa uzifaka eluswini lwakho.
• Xa usiya ehlathini okanye kwiindawo ezinengca ende, nxiba impahla egubungela umzimba wakho kangangoko unako. Iibhulukhwe ezinde, iihempe ezinemikhono emide, izihlangu, kunye neekawusi. Kungcono nangakumbi ukuba ungazifaka iibhulukhwe zakho kwiikawusi zakho, nto leyo enciphisa amathuba okungena kweentakumba. Ukunxiba impahla ekhanyayo kwenza kube lula ukuba iintakumba zikubone.
• Emva kokuba uphumile ngaphandle, ingakumbi emva kokuhambahamba ehlathini, jonga umzimba wakho ukuba awunazo na iintakumba. Jonga amakhwapha akho, imisipha, intloko, ngasemva kweendlebe zakho, nangasemva kwamadolo akho. Kungcono ukuba omnye umntu ahlole iindawo ongaziboniyo (njengomqolo okanye ulusu lwakho).
• Buza ugqirha wezilwanyana malunga nendlela engcono yokukhusela izilwanyana zakho zasekhaya (ezifana nezinja neekati) kwiintakumba.Kukho amayeza eentakumba afanelekileyo kubo.
• Jonga izilwanyana zakho zasekhaya rhoqo ukuba azinazo na iintakumba, ingakumbi emva kokuba zibuyile ekudlaleni ngaphandle.
• Ukuba ufumana intakumba enamathele emzimbeni wakho, landela la manyathelo ukuze uyisuse ngokukhuselekileyo. Siza kuthetha ngaloo nto ngokulandelayo.

Wenza ntoni xa ubona intakumba inamathele emzimbeni wakho?

Musa ukoyika. Okokuqala, hlamba kakuhle indawo nge-cotton swab efakwe kwinto efana nokuhlikihla utywala . Emva koko, thatha ii-tweezers ezimbini ezineencam ezicolekileyo, ubambe intloko yentakumba kufutshane nolusu kangangoko unako, uze uyitsale kancinci phezulu. Musa ukuyijija intakumba okanye ukuyitsala ngamandla. Okona kubaluleke kakhulu, musa ukuyicinezela umzimba wentakumba. Ukwenza njalo kuya kwandisa amathuba okuba ubuthi bentakumba bungene emzimbeni wakho.

Emva kokutsala intakumba, jonga ukuba iinxalenye zentloko nomlomo wentakumba ziphumile ngokupheleleyo na kwaye azinamathelanga eluswini. Ukuba kukho ezinamatheleyo, zisuse ngononophelo nge-tweezers. Emva koko hlamba loo ndawo kakuhle ngotywala okanye ngesepha namanzi.

Jonga intakumba uze uqaphele izinto ezifana nokuba ithe tyaba okanye ingqukuva, uze uthathe ifoto ukuba kunokwenzeka. Olu lwazi lunokunceda ugqirha wakho aqonde ukuba intakumba ibisemzimbeni wakho ixesha elingakanani kwaye unokuba nesifo esingakanani.

Yintoni eyona nto ibalulekileyo ekufuneka siyikhumbule kuyo yonke le nto?

Nangona izinambuzane zihlala zizinto ezingathandekiyo, izilwanyana ezifana neentakumba zinokusasaza izifo ezinzulu. Ukuba uchitha ixesha rhoqo kwiindawo ezinengca ende okanye amahlathi apho kunokwenzeka ukuba kubekho iintakumba, kubalulekile ukwazi indlela yokuphepha iintakumba kunye nendlela yokuzisusa ngokufanelekileyo ukuba ubona enye emzimbeni wakho .

Ukuba ulunywe yintakumba, thetha nogqirha malunga neempawu ekufuneka uziqaphele kunye nexesha lokubonana nogqirha . Khumbula, uninzi lwabantu luyaphola ngokupheleleyo ukuba lufumana unyango ngokukhawuleza. Ngoko ke kungcono ukuhlala unolwazi kwaye ukhuselekile, endaweni yokukhathazeka ngokungeyomfuneko!

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