Yisiphi lesi sifo esingajwayelekile esidluliselwa ngamakhizane? (Isifo Segciwane LasePowassan) Ake sixoxe!

Sawubona! Unjani? Namuhla sizokhuluma ngesifo esingakaze sizwe ngaso, kodwa kuhle ukwazi ngaso. Sonke siyazi ukuthi imikhaza, yize iyizilwane ezincane, ingadlulisela izifo ezahlukahlukene. Mhlawumbe uke wezwa ngezifo ezifana `(isifo seLyme)`. Kodwa lesi sifo segciwane lePowassan esikhuluma ngaso namuhla singavamile kakhulu. Kodwa yize singavamile, kufanelekile ukusazi kancane, akunjalo?

Iyini lesi sifo se-Powassan Virus?

Kalula nje, lesi yisifo esibangelwa yigciwane . Leli gciwane lingena emizimbeni yethu lapho umkhaza onegciwane usiluma. Khumbula, akuwona wonke umkhaza onaleli gciwane. Kodwa amanye amakhaza angase atheleleke ngaleli gciwane. Umkhaza onjalo yiwona osakaza lesi sifo.

Kungenzeka ukuthi uke wezwa ngesinye isifo esithwalwa yizimpukane esibizwa ngokuthi `(isifo seLyme)`. Sidume kakhulu kunalesi, ngoba sivame kakhulu. Kodwa lesi sifo segciwane iPowassan siyisifo esingavamile kakhulu . Azikho imibiko emikhulu kangaka eSri Lanka okwamanje. Kodwa-ke, sibikiwe kwamanye amazwe omhlaba, isibonelo, eCanada, ezifundazweni ezisenyakatho yeMelika, naseRussia. Ngakho-ke, uma ungumuntu ohambela amazwe anjalo futhi uchitha isikhathi esiningi ngaphandle, kuhle ukwazi okuncane ngalokhu.

Yiziphi izimpawu ezingase zivele uma lesi sifo siqala?

Kulungile, manje ake sibone ukuthi yiziphi izimpawu ezingabangelwa yileli gciwane lePowassan. Into ebalulekile ukuthi, akuwona wonke umuntu othola izimpawu . Abanye abantu bangathola leli gciwane kodwa bangakhombisi zimpawu.

Kodwa-ke, uma kuvela izimpawu, zivame ukuqala zingakapheli isonto kuya enyangeni ngemva kokulunywa yizikhakhane. Zingafaka:

• Ngithola umkhuhlane omkhulu.
• Ikhanda lami libuhlungu kakhulu.
• Ukuhlanza .
• Umzimba ungase uzizwe ungenampilo , futhi ngezinye izikhathi ingqondo ingase idideke , okusho ukuthi ingqondo ayikwazi ukugxila.
• Abanye abantu bathambekele ekubeni nezimo ezifana nokukhubazeka (ukuquleka) .
• Ukukhohlwa , okusho ukulahlekelwa yinkumbulo, nakho kungenzeka.
• Ezimweni ezibucayi kakhulu, izinkinga ezihlobene nobuchopho zingavela. Lokhu kufaka phakathi:
• I-Meningitis : Lokhu ukuvuvukala kwezicubu ezivikelayo ezizungeze ubuchopho bethu kanye nomgogodla. Kufana nomkhuhlane wobuchopho.
• I-Encephalitis : Lokhu ukuvuvukala kobuchopho ngqo. Lesi futhi yisimo esiyingozi kakhulu.

Ngenxa yokuthi unesinye noma ezimbili zalezi zimpawu, ungesabi ukucabanga ukuthi yisifo segciwane iPowassan. Phela, zingaki ezinye izifo ezingabangela umkhuhlane kanye nekhanda elibuhlungu? Kodwa-ke, uma uke waba sendaweni lapho amakhizane angahlala khona, futhi unezimpawu ezingaphezu kweyodwa, kungcono ukubona udokotela.

Njengoba ngishilo ngaphambili, lesi sifo sibikwe kaningi emazweni afana neCanada, izifunda ezisenyakatho-mpumalanga ye-United States (isifunda saseGreat Lakes), kanye neRussia. Ngakho-ke, abantu abachitha isikhathi esiningi bengaphandle, ezindaweni ezinamahlathi, nasemapulazini ezindaweni ezinjalo banamathuba amaningi okuthola lesi sifo.

Udokotela uluthola kanjani ukutheleleka kwegciwane lePowassan?

Manje ungase ucabange, 'Kulungile, nginalezi zimpawu, bengisendaweni lapho kunemikhaza, manje ngingayithola kanjani le ngqo?'

Nakhu okuvame ukwenzeka: Uma uya kudokotela, bazobuza ngezimpawu zakho . Bazokubuza nokuthi ngabe uke waba sendaweni enama-tick muva nje, noma ukuthi uke walunywa yi-tick.

Ngokusekelwe kulolu lwazi, uma udokotela esola ukuthi lokhu kungaba ukutheleleka kwegciwane lasePowassan, uzoyala ukuhlolwa okukhethekile okuningana .

Into eyinhloko ukuthatha isampula yegazi bese ulithumela elabhorethri ukuze kubonakale ukuthi leli gciwane likhona yini emzimbeni.

Ngezinye izikhathi, ikakhulukazi uma kunezimpawu ezihlobene nobuchopho (njenge-meningitis noma i-encephalitis), odokotela bangenza olunye uhlolo. Lokhu kubizwa ngokuthi ukuhlolwa 'koketshezi lwe-cerebrospinal' (CSF) . Lokhu 'CSF' uketshezi oluzungeze ubuchopho bethu kanye nentambo yomgogodla ngaphakathi komgogodla. Ukuze kutholakale isampula yalolu ketshezi, kuthathwa isampula encane emgogodleni kusetshenziswa inqubo ebizwa ngokuthi 'ukubhoboza i-lumbar' . Abanye abantu babiza lokhu ngokuthi 'i-spinal tap'. Lokhu kuhlolwa kungabona ngokucacile ukuthi kukhona yini ukutheleleka ebuchosheni.

Ngakho-ke, kungezindlela zokuhlola ezinjengalezi lapho singaqinisekisa khona ngokunembile ukuthi lokhu kuyigciwane le-Powassan noma cha.

Ingabe ikhona indlela yokwelapha lesi sifo se-Powassan Virus?

Lona umbuzo abantu abaningi abawubuzayo. 'Ingabe likhona ikhambi lalokhu? Ngingalulama ngokushesha?'

Uma ngikhuluma iqiniso, akukho muthi othize walesi sifo esibangelwa yigciwane iPowassan, okungukuthi, akukho muthi oklanyelwe ukubulala leli gciwane . Okusho ukuthi, njengodenga, akukho muthi okhethekile wokubulala leli gciwane.

Wenzani-ke?

Uma ukugula kungekubi kangako futhi unezimpawu ezincane kuphela, ungalulama ngokuphumula ekhaya bese uthatha umuthi onikezwe udokotela wakho ukuze unciphise umkhuhlane futhi unciphise izinhlungu.

Kodwa-ke, uma ukutheleleka kukubi kakhulu , njengalokhu engikushilo ekuqaleni, uma ubuchopho buvuvukala (encephalitis) noma ulwelwesi oluzungeze ubuchopho luvuvukala (meningitis), kuzodingeka nakanjani ulaliswe esibhedlela futhi welashwe .

Wenzani esibhedlela?

• Banikeza umuthi wekhanda nokuhlanza.
• Uma umzimba uphelelwe amanzi emzimbeni, kunikezwa uketshezi olufakwa emthanjeni (i-IV fluids), njengosawoti .
• Uma isimo sibi kakhulu, okusho ukuthi uma kunobunzima bokuphefumula noma uma ingqondo iphazamisekile, khona-ke ukwelashwa kunikezwa eYunithi Yokunakekelwa Okujulile (ICU) .
• Uma kukhona ukuvuvukala ebuchosheni, kuzonikezwa imithi ekhethekile yokunciphisa lokhu. Futhi, kungadingeka ukuthi kusetshenziswe imishini ukusiza ekuphefumuleni.

Into ebalulekile ukuthi zonke lezi zindlela zokwelapha zenzelwe ukulawula izimpawu nokusiza umzimba ukuthi ululame . Yisimiso sethu somzimba sokuzivikela okufanele silwe futhi sinqobe igciwane. Okwenziwa odokotela ukusiza umzimba kuleyo mpi.

Singasinda yini kulesi sifo se-Powassan Virus?

Nokho, ngemva kokukhuluma ngokwelashwa, okubaluleke nakakhulu ukuhlala uphephile kulesi sifo. Ngoba, njenganoma yisiphi isifo, 'Ukuvimbela kungcono kunokwelapha', okungukuthi, kungcono ukunakekela lesi sifo ngaphambi kokuba sikhule kunokuselapha ngemva kokuba sesikhulile.

Indlela engcono kakhulu newukuphela kwayo yokuvimbela isifo segciwane i-Powassan ukugwema imikhaza . Lesi sifo sidluliselwa ngokulunywa yikhaza elithelelekile. Ngakho-ke uma unciphisa amathuba okuthi ikhaza likuthintane nawe, ungavimba futhi lesi sifo ukuthi singakhuli.

Qaphela kakhulu uma uya ezindaweni ezinamahlathi, emapulazini, ezindaweni ezinotshani, noma kunoma iyiphi indawo ocabanga ukuthi kukhona amakhizane:

• Gqoka ngangokunokwenzeka ukuze umboze umzimba wakho . Lokhu kusho ukugqoka amabhulukwe amade, amahembe anemikhono emide, kanye nezicathulo noma amabhuzu avaliwe.
• Gcina imilenze yebhulukwe lakho ifakelwe ezicathulweni noma emabhuthini akho . Lokhu kuzonciphisa amathuba okuthi amakhizane angene ebhulukweni lakho.
• Zama ukugqoka izingubo ezinombala okhanyayo . Uyazi ukuthi kungani? Uma isilwane esincane njengesikhakhane sigqoke izingubo ezinombala okhanyayo, sizokukhanga kalula. Kunzima ukuzithola ezingutsheni ezinombala omnyama.
• Uma izinwele zakho zinde, zibophe ziqine noma ugqoke isigqoko . Lokhu kungasiza futhi ekuvimbeleni ukuthi amakhizane angangeni ekhanda lakho.
• Uma ungaphandle, ikakhulukazi otshanini, ungahlali phansi . Kungcono ukusebenzisa into efana nesihlalo.
• Sebenzisa isixosha izinambuzane . Lezi ziyatholakala esitolo. Uma uthenga, funa ikhemikhali ebizwa ngokuthi i-DEET (N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide) equkethe u-10% kuya ku-30% wamakhemikhali. I-DEET iyisithako esixosha amakhizane nomiyane. Kodwa-ke, uma usebenzisa lezi zinto, kufanele ulandele imiyalelo esebhodleleni ngqo, ikakhulukazi uma uzisebenzisa ezinganeni ezincane.
• Zihlole wena nomndeni wakho njalo ukuze nibone ukuthi aninazo yini izimpukane uma ningaphandle nangemva kokubuya ekhaya. Naka kakhulu izindawo lapho kunezimbobo zesikhumba, njengemakhwapheni, iqolo, isikhumba sekhanda, ngemuva kwezindlebe, nangemuva kwamadolo.
• Ungakhohlwa ukuhlola nezilwane zakho ezifuywayo . Amakhithi angasakazekela kwabanye abantu ekhaya lakho.

Okunye futhi, kubaluleke kakhulu ukwazi ukuthi ungawususa kanjani kahle umkhaza.Uma kwenzeka ukuthi unesikhindi esinamathele emzimbeni wakho, ungasikhiphi nje ngezandla zakho. Kukhona indlela yokwenza lokho. Qaphela nalokho.

Izinto okudingeka sizikhumbule

Kulungile, ngakho-ke ngithemba ukuthi usuyaqonda kahle igciwane lePowassan esikhulume ngalo namuhla. Okokugcina, ake sizikhumbuze la maphuzu abalulekile:

• Okokuqala, lesi yisifo esingavamile kakhulu . Ngakho-ke asikho isidingo sokwesaba. Kodwa kufanelekile ukuqaphela, ikakhulukazi uma uhamba ezindaweni lapho imikhaza ivame khona.
• Okwesibili, indlela engcono kakhulu yokuzivikela kulesi sifo ukugwema imikhaza . Kubaluleke kakhulu ukulandela izinyathelo zokuphepha engizikhulumile ekuqaleni.
• Okwesithathu, uma usola ukuthi ulunywe yikhikhi, futhi uma uba nezimpawu ezifana nomkhuhlane, ikhanda elibuhlungu, ukuhlanza, noma ubuthakathaka, qiniseka ukuthi ubona udokotela ngokushesha . Chaza isimo kudokotela bese wenza izivivinyo ezidingekayo.
• Nakuba kungekho ukwelashwa okuqondile kwalokhu, ukunakekelwa okusekelayo kunikezwa ngokulaliswa esibhedlela kuye ngezimpawu . Ngakho-ke ungesabi bese ulandela imiyalelo kadokotela.

Khumbula, ukuqaphela lezi zifo akukhona nje ukusesabisa, kodwa kumayelana nokuqonda ukuthi singazivikela kanjani, ukuthi senzeni uma kuvela inkinga, nokusisiza siphile impilo enempilo.

Nginifisela impilo enhle nonke!

Isifo segciwane iPowassan , imikhaza, ukulunywa imikhaza, i-encephalitis, izimpawu, ukuvimbela