Siyakhumbula ukuthi sonke sasisaba kangakanani ngesikhathi sobhubhane lwe-COVID-19. Ngaleso sikhathi, sasicabanga ukuthi isitha sethu kuphela yigciwane. Kodwa singazi, esinye isitha esithule besilokhu siphakamisa ikhanda laso ezibhedlela, ikakhulukazi ezigumbini zokunakekelwa okujulile. Lesi sitha asilona igciwane, siyisikhunta. Kodwa akusona isikhunta esivamile, sibizwa ngokuthi 'isikhunta esikhulu'. Namuhla sikhuluma ngalokhu okuyingozi, kodwa asikakuzwa okuningi ngale ngozi yezempilo.
Iyini ngempela le 'superfungus'?
Kalula nje, lolu uhlobo oluyingozi kakhulu lwesikhunta olumelana nemithi eminingi yokukhunta etholakalayo njengamanje. Kulawa, isikhunta esiyinhloko esidonse ukunaka komhlaba wonke yiCandida auris , noma i-`C. auris` ngamafuphi.
Cabanga nje, ngo-2020, isibhedlela eFlorida, e-USA, sasungula iyunithi ehlukile yeziguli ze-COVID-19 futhi sanakekela ukuhlanzeka okuphezulu, kodwa isimo seziguli saba sibi kakhulu. Odokotela babecabanga ukuthi lokhu kwakungenxa ye-COVID-19 kuphela. Kodwa kwakungemva kokuhlolwa kwegazi kuphela lapho indaba yangempela yaqondwa khona. Izidumbu zalezo ziguli nazo zatheleleka nge-fungus ebizwa ngokuthi 'i-Candida auris'. Phakathi namasonto amabili, iziguli ezingu-35 zatheleleka ngale fungus, futhi phakathi nenyanga, ezingu-8 zazo zafa.
Lokhu akufani nokutheleleka kwemvubelo esivame ukukuthola, okulula ukukwelapha. Isibonelo, ukutheleleka okubangelwa yi-fungus ethi 'Candida albicans' kungelapheka ngemithi ejwayelekile. Kodwa-ke, i-'C. auris' iyi- fungus ehluke ngokuphelele, engamelani nemithi futhi eyingozi engabangela ukutheleleka okukhulu .
Eqinisweni, le fungus, ebizwa ngokuthi i-'C. auris', yatholakala okokuqala esibhedlela eTokyo, eJapane, ngo-2009. Lolu hlobo olusha lwefungus lwatholakala lapho kuthathwa isampula endlebeni yowesifazane osekhulile owayelashwa ngalokho okwakucatshangwa ukuthi kuyisifo sendlebe. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, le fungus iye yaqala ukusabalala kancane kancane emhlabeni wonke.
Kungani kunzima kangaka ukulawula lesi sikhunta?
Ukulawula le fungus, i-'C. auris', sekuyinkinga enkulu kodokotela nabasebenzi basesibhedlela ngezizathu eziningana:
- Ikhono lokusinda ezindaweni: Le fungus ingaphila kunoma iyiphi indawo, okuhlanganisa imibhede yasesibhedlela, izibambo zeminyango, ocingweni, kanye nemishini yezokwelapha, amasonto amaningi.
- Ukumelana nezibulali-magciwane: Ezinye zezibulali-magciwane esivame ukuzisebenzisa azikwazi ukubulala ngokuphelele leli fungus.
- Ubunzima bokuhlonza: Ukuhlolwa kwelebhu okuvamile ngezinye izikhathi kuyayichaza kabi le fungus, noma kuhluleke ukuyihlonza nhlobo.
- Ukushintsha kwesimo:Le fungus ingaba khona ngezindlela eziningi ezahlukene, ngakho-ke ngezinye izikhathi kunzima ukuqonda ukuthi iyini ngempela uhlobo lwesidalwa ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa.
Ngenxa yalezi zizathu, uma isiguli esisodwa esibhedlela singenwa yileli gciwane, kunzima kakhulu ukuvimbela ukusabalala kwezinye iziguli. Abanye ochwepheshe bathi kufana "nokulwa impi engenakunqotshwa."
Ingabe kukhona ukuxhumana phakathi kokushintsha kwesimo sezulu nalesi sikhunta?
Leli iqiniso elimangazayo kakhulu. Ososayensi abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kuye kwathonya ngqo ukuvela nokusabalala kwezinambuzane ezinkulu ezifana ne-'C. auris'.
Cabanga ngakho, isikhunta ngokuvamile sifudumele kunezinga lokushisa lomzimba wethu (37 Celsius). Ngakho-ke asikwazi ukuhlala kalula emizimbeni yethu. Kodwa njengoba umhlaba ufudumala kancane kancane, ezinye isikhunta endaweni ezungezile ziyazivumelanisa nezimo ukuze zikwazi ukumelana nalelo zinga lokushisa eliphakeme. Khona-ke ngeke kube nzima kangako ngazo ukumelana nezinga lokushisa lomzimba wethu.
Ososayensi bakholelwa ukuthi i-C. auris nayo ingaba yisikhunta esiye sazivumelanisa nale ndlela.
Ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu akugcini nje ngokubangela ukuvela kwesikhunta esisha. Isikhunta esidala, esivamile siyathuthela ezindaweni ezintsha.
| Isifo se-fungus | Izindawo ezivame ukutholakala | Izindawo ezisanda kutholwa manje |
|---|---|---|
| I-Valley Fever - Isikhunta se- Coccidioides | Izifunda zaseNingizimu-ntshonalanga yeMelika | Izifundazwe zaseNyakatho ezifana neWashington |
| I-Histoplasmosis | Isifunda sase-Ohio eMelika | Izifundazwe ezifana neMichigan neMinnesota |
| I-Blastomycosis | Izifunda eziseningizimu-mpumalanga yeMelika | Izifundazwe ezikude njengeTexas neVermont |
Ubani osengozini enkulu?
Lokhu kutheleleka kwesikhunta akunakwenzeka ukuthi kubangele umonakalo omkhulu kumuntu ophilile, kodwa kungaba yingozi kakhulu kulabo abanamasosha omzimba abuthakathaka .
- Iziguli ezisezindlini zokunakekelwa okujulile
- Abantu asebekhulile
- Izinsana ezisanda kuzalwa
- Abantu abanezifo ezingamahlalakhona njengesifo sikashukela
- Iziguli zomdlavuza
- Abantu abafakelwe izitho zomzimba
- Iziguli ezinemishini efana nama-catheter anamathele emzimbeni isikhathi eside
Laba bantu basengozini enkulu kakhulu.
Akukho umuthi omusha walokhu?
Lena yinkinga enkulu kunazo zonke. Kunemithi embalwa kakhulu yokukhunta etholakalayo. Lezi fungi ezinkulu ziyamelana nalokho ezinakho. Ukuthuthukisa imithi emisha kuyinqubo eyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu, ebiza kakhulu, futhi edla isikhathi.
Ngisho nezinkampani zemithi azinaki lezi fungi njengoba zinikeza ekutholeni izindlela zokwelapha izifo ezifana nomdlavuza noma i-Alzheimer's. Omunye uchwepheshe uchaza leli phuzu ngale ndlela:
"Kufana nokugcina isimiso sendle samakhaya ethu sisesimweni esihle. Ukugcina indle kubaluleke kakhulu. Kodwa akekho ofuna ukukwenza. Ngokufanayo, akekho ofuna ukuchitha imali ukulungiselela ngaphambi kokuba kwenzeke inhlekelele."
Ngakho-ke, kuzothatha isikhathi ukuthi imithi emisha ithengiswe. Kuze kube yileso sikhathi, into engcono kakhulu esingayenza ukuqaphela lokhu futhi senze konke esingakwenza ukuvimbela ukusabalala kwezifo. Kubaluleke kakhulu ukunakekela inhlanzeko endaweni yesibhedlela.
Umlayezo Wokuya Nawe Ekhaya
- 'I-Superfungi', ikakhulukazi i-Candida auris , iyisongo esikhulu sempilo esingamelana nemithi eminingi ekhona yokulwa ne-antifungal.
- Lesi sikhunta singasakazeka kalula ezibhedlela nasezikhungweni zezempilo.
- Ingozi iphezulu kakhulu kubantu abanezivikeli mzimba ezibuthakathaka, asebekhulile, kanye nalabo abanezifo ezingamahlalakhona.
- Ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu kwandisa amathuba okuvela nokusabalala kwalezi fungi.
- Kubaluleke kakhulu ukulandela ngokuqinile izinqubo zokuhlanzeka, kungaba esibhedlela noma ekhaya.
- Uma wena noma othile omaziyo enesifo esingapheli esingapheli, qiniseka ukuthi ukhuluma nodokotela wakho ngaso.
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