Ngaba umntwana wakho uhlala efumana umkhuhlane? Makhe sithethe nge-RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)!

Ngaba umntwana wakho omncinci uhlala efumana umkhuhlane aze akhwehlele aze athathe ixesha ukuba aphile? Ngamanye amaxesha ayisiyongqele nje eqhelekileyo. Namhlanje siza kuthetha ngesifo esifunyanwa ngabantu abaninzi, ingakumbi iintsana ezincinci, kodwa asithethi ngaso kakhulu. Yiyo loo nto i-RSV, okanye `(Respiratory Syncytial Virus)`. Ungakhathazeki, siza kuthetha ngale nto ngokulula, ngendlela onokuyiqonda.

Yintoni i-RSV (i-Respiratory Syncytial Virus)?

Ngamafutshane, i-RSV yintsholongwane echaphazela inkqubo yethu yokuphefumla . Inokubangela iimpawu ezifana nomkhuhlane, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha inokuba nzima kakhulu. Cinga nje, le ntsholongwane ixhaphake kangangokuba phantse wonke umntwana uya kosulelwa yiyo ubuncinane kanye ngaphambi kokuba abe neminyaka emibini ubudala . Nangona kunjalo, ukuzikhusela esikufumanayo ngokuba nayo kanye akuhlali. Oku kuthetha ukuba singayifumana i-RSV amaxesha amaninzi ebomini bethu.

Sihlala sisiva ukuba iintsana zinengxaki yokufumana i-RSV. Yiyo loo nto. Kuba amasosha omzimba eentsana awakakhuli ngokupheleleyo. Kwakhona, iindlela zabo zomoya zincinci kakhulu , ngoko ke xa le ntsholongwane ingena, inokukhawuleza ivuvuke kwaye yenze kube nzima ukuphefumla.

Abantu abadala nabantwana babo bonke ubudala banokufumana i-RSV. Kodwa kubantu abadala, idla ngokuvela njengomkhuhlane ize iziphelele. Nangona kunjalo, abantu abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-65 kunye nabo baneenkqubo zomzimba ezibuthathaka (oko kuthetha ukuba abakwazi ukulwa nesifo) kufuneka balumke ngakumbi. Basengozini yokugula kakhulu ngenxa yayo. Ngamanye amaxesha, unokuyifumana kabini ngonyaka omnye.

Zithini iimpawu ze-RSV?

Iimpawu ze-RSV zingahluka kumntu nomntu. Iimpawu eziqhelekileyo ziquka:

• Ukukhwehlela
• Ubunzima bokuphefumla (ingakumbi kwiintsana ezincinci, ukuphefumla kungabonakala kuyeka okomzuzwana)
• Impumlo egobhozayo okanye exineneyo
• Ukuthimla
• Umqala obuhkungu
• Intloko ebuhlungu (intloko ebuhlungu)
• Ukudinwa, ukudinwa
• Ifiva
• Umnqweno wokutya

Ezi mpawu zisenokubonakala zahlukile kancinci kwiintsana nakubantu abancinci kakhulu. Basenokukhala , baxakeke, okanye bayeke ukudlala . Ukuba umntwana wakho ungaphantsi konyaka ubudala kwaye unezinye zezi mpawu, qiniseka ukuba ubona ugqirha.

Sifanele siye nini esibhedlele ngoko nangoko?

Ngamanye amaxesha oku kunokuba nzima kakhulu. Ukuba wena okanye umntwana wakho ninayo nayiphi na kwezi mpawu, yiya kwigumbi likaxakeka esibhedlele ngokukhawuleza :

• Ukuba kunzima kakhulu ukuphefumla, ukuba uziva ngathi uyafuthaniseka.
• Ukuba uva isandi sokuphefumla xa uphefumla.
• Ukuba ulusu, imilebe, okanye iinzipho zijika zibe luhlaza okwesibhakabhaka okanye zibe ngwevu .
• Xa abantwana abancinci bephefumla, ulusu oluphakathi kweembambo esifubeni luya ngaphakathi (ukurhoxa).
• Ukuba iimpumlo ziyakhula xa uphefumla, ``ziyavutha''.
• Ukuba ukuphefumla kwakho kuyakhawuleza kakhulu, kunzulu, okanye ukuba uyeka ukuphefumla rhoqo.

Ukuba unezi mpawu zinzima, musa ukuchitha ixesha uye kugqirha ngoko nangoko. Leyo yeyona nto ibalulekileyo.

I-RSV idluliselwa njani?

I-RSV sisifo esibangelwa yintsholongwane, asiyobhaktheriya . Ngenxa yoko, amayeza okubulala iintsholongwane awancedi. Nantsi indlela esasazeka ngayo:

• Ngokuqhagamshelana ngokusondeleyo nomntu one-RSV.
• Ukusuka kumathontsi amathe angena emoyeni xa ukhohlela okanye uthimla.
• Ukuba uchukumisa izinto ezifana namathoyizi, iitafile, izibambo zomnyango, iifowuni ezinentsholongwane uze uchukumise impumlo yakho, umlomo, okanye amehlo ngesandla esifanayo.

I-RSV sisifo esosulelayo kakhulu. Ungasasaza intsholongwane kwabanye logama nje uneempawu, ngesiqhelo iintsuku ezintathu ukuya kwezisibhozo. Ngamanye amaxesha ungasasaza intsholongwane kwangethuba emva kosuku olunye okanye ezimbini emva kokuba iimpawu zivele. Abantwana abancinci kunye nabantu abaneenkqubo zomzimba ezibuthathaka banokusasaza intsholongwane ukuya kuthi ga kwiiveki ezine emva kokuba iimpawu ziphelile. Intsholongwane inokuphila kwiindawo eziqinileyo njengeetafile kangangeeyure.

Ziziphi iingxaki ezinokwenzeka ngenxa ye-RSV?

Nangona uninzi lwabantu luyaphola kwi-RSV, abanye abantu banokuba neengxaki, ezinokwenza ukuphefumla kube nzima ngakumbi.

• I-Bronchitis
• Ukukrala kwemiphunga
• I-Bronchiolitis (oku kuxhaphake kakhulu kwiintsana ezincinci)
• Ukwanda kweemeko zonyango esele zikhona ezifana ne-asthma, ukusilela kwentliziyo okuxineneyo, okanye isifo esingapheliyo semiphunga (COPD).
• Ukungaphumeleli kokuphefumla
• Ukwehla kwamanqanaba eoksijini egazini (iHypoxia)
• Ukuphelelwa ngamanzi emzimbeni (ukungabikho kwamanzi emzimbeni)
• Usulelo lwendlebe

Ngubani osengozini enkulu ye-RSV?

Nangona nabani na enokufumana i-RSV, abanye abantu banokuba nesifo esibi kakhulu ngenxa yayo:

• Iintsana ezingekafiki ixesha lokuzala kunye nabantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka emi-2 ubudala : Iindlela zabo zomoya zincinci kwaye zinokuvaleka ngokukhawuleza.
• Abantu abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-65 ubudala .
• Abantu abaneenkqubo zomzimba ezibuthathaka (umzekelo, abo bathatha amayeza omhlaza, abo basuleleke yi-HIV).
• Abantu abanesifo sentliziyo , kuquka abo bazalwa benesifo sentliziyo.
• Abantu abanezifo zemiphunga ezingapheliyo ezifana ne-asthma.

Oogqirha bayixilonga njani i-RSV?

Ukuba wena okanye umntwana wakho uneempawu ze-RSV, ugqirha unokuxilonga. Oku kudla ngokubandakanya ukuthatha isampuli ye-mucus empumlweni yakho nge-cotton swab . Ngamanye amaxesha i-X-ray yesifuba inokwenziwa ukujonga iingxaki ezifana ne-pneumonia.

Ziziphi iindlela zonyango lwe-RSV?

Akukho nyango lukhethekileyo lwe-RSV. Khumbula, yintsholongwane kwaye ayinakunyangwa ngamayeza okubulala iintsholongwane. Uninzi lwexesha, into efunekayo kukunyanga iimpawu kunye nokunceda umzimba uphile.

Ukuba wena okanye umntwana wakho ninesifo esinzima se-RSV, kunokufuneka nilaliswe esibhedlele ukuze nifumane unyango . Apho, oogqirha banokwenza izinto ezinje:

• Unyango lweoksijini : Ukunika umzimba umlinganiselo ofunekayo weoksijini.
• Ukunika ulwelo ngomthambo (ii-IV fluids) : Kuthintele ukuphelelwa ngamanzi emzimbeni.
• Ukuba ukuphefumla kunzima kakhulu, kungasetyenziswa umoya ongeniswa ngomatshini (uqhagamshelo kwi-ventilator).

Sifanele siye kugqirha nini?

Ukuba umntwana wakho uneempawu ze-RSV kwaye ungaphantsi kweenyanga ezili-12 ubudala, qiniseka ukuba ubona ugqirha wabantwana. Kwakhona, bona ugqirha ukuba:

• Ukuba umntwana wakho ungaphantsi kweenyanga ezi-3 ubudala kwaye unomkhuhlane ongaphezulu kwama-38 degrees Celsius (100.4 Fahrenheit) .
• Umkhuhlane ongaphezulu kwama-40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) nakweyiphi na iminyaka.
• Ukuba iimpawu ziyaqhubeka okanye ziyanda emva kweveki .
• Ukuba kukho ukukhupha okufana nobovu endlebeni, okanye ukuba umntwana uhlala echukumisa indlebe yakhe (ezi zinokuba ziimpawu zosulelo lwendlebe).
• Ukuba uziva ngathi unengxaki yokuphefumla, okanye ukuba ukhohlela ngamandla .
• Ukuba uva isandi sokuphefumla xa uphefumla.

Abantu abadala banokuhlala belawula iimpawu ekhaya xa befumana i-RSV. Nangona kunjalo, ukuba uneempawu kwaye naziphi na kwezi ziyasebenza kuwe, bona ugqirha:

• Ukuba uneminyaka engaphezu kwama-65 ubudala .
• Ukuba inkqubo yakho yomzimba yokuzikhusela ibuthathaka .
• Ukuba unesifo sentliziyo okanye isifo semiphunga .

Ugqirha wakho uza kukuxelela ukuba kufuneka uvavanywe okanye zeziphi iimpawu ezinzulu ekufuneka uzixhalabise ngazo.

Zeziphi izinto esinokuzenza ekhaya?

Ukuba uneempawu eziqhelekileyo, ungafumana isiqabu ngokwenza ezi zinto ekhaya:

• Sebenzisa i-cool-mist humidifier : Oku kwenza kube lula ukuphefumla.
• Faka i-saline nasal spray : Oku kuya kunceda ekukhwehleleni nasekuxinaneni kwempumlo.
• Coca impumlo yomntwana wakho ngononophelo (ukumunca) : Oku kunceda ukususa i-mucus.
• Sela amanzi amaninzi kunye nolwelo : Kuthintele ukuphelelwa ngamanzi emzimbeni.
• Sela amayeza athengiswa ngaphandle kwemvume kagqirha (OTC) : Ungathatha into efana ne-acetaminophen okanye i-ibuprofen xa ukhwehlela okanye uqaqanjelwa ngumzimba.

Hlala ukhumbula, kungcono ukubonana nogqirha ngaphambi kokuba wena okanye umntwana wakho ninike naluphi na unyango, ingakumbi kubantwana abancinci.

Singenza ntoni ukuze sizikhusele kwi-RSV?

Nangona singenakuzikhusela ngokupheleleyo kwi-RSV, kukho izinto esinokuzenza ukunciphisa umngcipheko.

• Iintsana ezifikelela kwiinyanga ezisi-8 ubudala kunye nabanye abantwana abancinci abasengozini enkulu banokufumana i-vaccine ebizwa ngokuba yi-monoclonal antibody immunication. Oku kubanika ii-antibodies ezinceda ekulweni nosulelo lwe-RSV.
• Kukho imigonyo ye-RSV yabasetyhini abakhulelweyo kunye nabantu abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-75 (okanye ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-60 abaneengxaki ezithile zempilo). Thetha nogqirha wakho malunga nokuba yintoni ekulungeleyo wena nosapho lwakho.

Ukongeza kwezi zinto, kukho nezinye izinto onokuzenza:

• Hlamba izandla zakho rhoqo : Qiniseka ukuba uhlamba izandla zakho kakuhle ngesepha emva kokusebenzisa indlu yangasese, ngaphambi kokutya, nangaphambi kokulungisa ukutya.
• Nciphisa ukuvezwa kwiintsholongwane : Kuphephe ukuthatha abantwana abancinci uye nabo kwiindawo ezinabantu abaninzi, ingakumbi ngexesha lomkhuhlane nomkhuhlane. Kuphephe ukubavumela badlale okanye banxibelelane ngokusondeleyo nabantwana abagulayo.
• Gcina iindawo eziphathwa rhoqo zicocekile : Sula iindawo eziphathwa rhoqo ezifana neethoyi, iitafile, kunye nezibambo zeengcango ngesibulali-ntsholongwane.

Okokugqibela, khumbula...

I-RSV ngumkhuhlane oqhelekileyo onokuthi ngamanye amaxesha ubuye udlule, kodwa unokuba yingozi ngakumbi. Eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukwazi iimpawu . Ukuba wena okanye umntwana wakho niziva into engaqhelekanga, musani ukucinga ukuba, "Ngumkhuhlane nje," kwaye ningathandabuzi ukubona ugqirha okanye ukuya kwigumbi likaxakeka. Impilo yakho neyentsapho yakho zibaluleke kakhulu.

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