I-Chikungunya inzima kakhulu emzimbeni, akunjalo? Ake sithole okwengeziwe ngayo.

Ingabe uke waba nomkhuhlane omkhulu kanye nobuhlungu obungabekezeleleki emzimbeni wakho, ikakhulukazi emalungeni ezandla nezinyawo zakho? Ingabe uke waba nobunzima hhayi nje ngokuhamba, kodwa ngisho nokuvuka embhedeni? Lezi zimpawu zingaba yiChikungunya. Lesi yisifo esibangelwa yigciwane esidluliselwa omiyane futhi sithinta abantu abaningi. Ngakho-ke namuhla, ake sixoxe ngeChikungunya ngokucacile nangokulula.

Iyini ngempela iChikungunya?

Kalula nje, i-chikungunya igciwane elisakazwa omiyane. Alidluliselwa ngqo kusuka komunye umuntu liye komunye. Kodwa-ke, lapho umiyane uluma umuntu one-chikungunya, igciwane lingena kulowo miyane. Ngemuva kwalokho, lapho lowo miyane uluma umuntu ophilile, lowo muntu naye uyatheleleka. Izinhlobo ezimbili zomiyane ezisakaza i-dengue ezweni lakithi , i-Aedes aegypti kanye ne-Aedes albopictus, nazo zisakaza i-chikungunya. Incazelo yegama elithi "chikungunya" ikhethekile kakhulu. Ngolimi lwase-Afrika, leli gama lisho "ukugoba ngenxa yobuhlungu." Isizathu salokhu ukuthi ngenxa yobuhlungu obukhulu bamalunga obuvela lapho lesi sifo siqala, iziguli azikwazi ukuma ziqonde futhi kufanele zigobe.

Ngingazi kanjani ukuthi ngine-chikungunya?

Izimpawu zivame ukuqala ukuvela phakathi kwezinsuku ezi-3 nezi-7 ngemuva kokungena kwegciwane emzimbeni. Izimpawu eziyinhloko yilezi:

• Ukuqala ngokuzumayo komkhuhlane ophezulu (cishe ama-degree Celsius angu-39-40).
• Ubuhlungu bamalunga obungabekezeleleki. Lobuhlungu bubuhlungu kakhulu emalungeni amancane ezandla nezinyawo. Ngezinye izikhathi amalunga nawo angase avuvuke.
• Ikhanda elibuhlungu kakhulu.
• Ubuhlungu bemisipha .
• Isicanucanu nokuhlanza .
• Ukubomvu kwamehlo.
• Ukuqhuma kwesikhumba noma amabala abomvu .
• Ukukhathala okukhulu nokukhathala .

Kodwa inkinga enkulu lapha ukuthi izimpawu zeChikungunya zifana kakhulu nezezinye izifo ezithwalwa omiyane njengeDengue neZika. Ngakho-ke, uma unalezi zimpawu,Ikakhulukazi uma i-chikungunya noma i-dengue isakazeka endaweni yakini, kufanele nakanjani ubone udokotela ngokushesha.

Isibonakaliso	Okuvamile eChikungunya	Okuvamile ku-dengue
Ubuhlungu bamalunga	Kunzima kakhulu. Kuvame ukuqhubeka ngisho nangemva kokuba isifo sesipholile.	Kungenzeka, kodwa ngokuvamile akukubi njenge-chikungunya.
Ukuqhuma kwesikhumba	Iziguli eziningi ziyabhekana nakho.	Iziguli eziningi ziyabhekana nakho.
Ingozi yokopha	Kuphansi kakhulu.	Ukopha okukhulu kungenzeka ngenxa yokopha kwezinsini, ukopha ekhaleni, kanye nama-platelet egazi aphansi.
Lesi sifo siba sibi kakhulu	Ukufa akuvamile kakhulu, kodwa ubuhlungu bamalunga bungaba khona isikhathi eside.	Izimo ezimbi nezisongela ukuphila ezifana nomkhuhlane wegazi obangelwa yi-dengue (DHF) kanye ne-shock syndrome (DSS) zingaba khona.

Yiziphi izindlela zokwelapha lokhu?

Ngenxa yokuthi lesi yisifo esibangelwa yigciwane, akukho muthi othize wokulwa namagciwane otholakale ongabulala igciwane le-chikungunya. Futhi, akukho muthi wokugomela ovikela kulo. Ngakho-ke, odokotela belapha izimpawu kuphela.

• Uma ubuhlungu nomkhuhlane: I-Paracetamol ingasetshenziswa.
• Ukuphumula: Ukuphumula okwanele kubalulekile. Yilapho umzimba unamandla okulwa nesifo.
• Uketshezi:Umkhuhlane ungabangela ukuphelelwa ngamanzi emzimbeni, ngakho-ke kufanele uphuze uketshezi oluningi njengamanzi, ujusi, ujusi wezithelo kanye nephalishi .

Kubaluleke kakhulu: Kuze kube yilapho udokotela eqinisekisa ukuthi une-chikungunya hhayi i-dengue, ungaphuzi imithi yokubulala izinhlungu efana ne-Aspirin, i-Ibuprofen (isib. i-Brufen), noma i-Naproxen nganoma yisiphi isizathu. Le mithi ingandisa ingozi yokopha ezigulini ze-dengue. Ngakho-ke, hlala uthintana nodokotela.

Kwabanye abantu, uma ubuhlungu bamalunga nemisipha buqhubeka ngemva kokuba isifo sesipholile, udokotela angase anikeze imithi efana nama-steroids noma i-methotrexate, esetshenziselwa izifo ezifana ne-rheumatoid arthritis.

Kuthatha isikhathi esingakanani ukululama kulesi sifo?

Iningi labantu liyalulama zingakapheli isonto noma amabili ngenxa yomkhuhlane nezinye izimpawu ezibukhali. Kodwa-ke, njengoba kushiwo ngaphambili, abanye abantu bangase babe nalolu buhlungu obukhulu bamalunga izinyanga, ngisho neminyaka. Lesi simo sisibiza ngokuthi "Isifo Samathambo Esingapheli Se-Chikungunya" . Izinsana, abantu abangaphezu kweminyaka engu-65, kanye nabantu abanezinye izimo zezokwelapha ezifana nomfutho wegazi ophakeme, isifo sikashukela, nesifo senhliziyo bangathinteka kakhulu yi-chikungunya. Uma wena noma othile omaziyo ewela kwelinye lala maqembu futhi ekhombisa izimpawu, kubaluleke kakhulu ukubona udokotela ngokushesha . Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi uma usune-chikungunya, umzimba wakho wakha amasosha omzimba ngokumelene nayo, ngakho-ke ingozi yokuyithola futhi iphansi kakhulu.

Okubaluleke kakhulu: Ungazivikela kanjani komiyane?

Indlela engcono kakhulu yokuzivikela ku-chikungunya kanye nodenga ukuzivikela ekulunyweni omiyane. Ungenza okulandelayo:

• Izingubo: Gqoka amabhulukwe amade nezingubo ezinemikhono emide ezimboza umzimba wakho ngangokunokwenzeka.
• Amanethi omiyane: Sebenzisa inethi yomiyane uma ulele ebusuku.
• Isixoshiso somiyane: Uma uphuma ngaphandle, faka isixoshiso somiyane esine-DEET. Uma uzoba selangeni, faka isivikelo sokuvikela ilanga kuqala, bese ufaka isixoshiso.
• Hlanza indawo ezungezile: Lena yinto ebaluleke kakhulu. Omiyane babekela amaqanda abo ezindaweni lapho kukhona amanzi ahlanzekile. Ngakho-ke, hlola ingadi yakho nendawo ezungezile njalo. Hlanza izindawo ezifana namathayi agcwele amanzi, amagobolondo kakhukhunathi, amathini angenalutho, amasoso ngaphansi kwezimbiza zezimbali, kanye nemisele yemvula ukuze ususe noma yiziphi izindawo lapho amanzi anganqwabelana khona.

Khumbula, uma sonke sigcina amakhaya ethu nezingadi zethu zihlanzekile, singakwazi ukuzivikela ku-dengue kanye ne-chikungunya ngokulawula ukuzalana komiyane.

Umlayezo Wokuya Nawe Ekhaya

• I-Chikungunya yisifo esibangelwa yigciwane esidluliselwa omiyane esibangela ubuhlungu obukhulu bamalunga kanye nomkhuhlane.
• Njengoba izimpawu zifana ne-dengue, qiniseka ukuthi ubona udokotela bese uthola ukuthi unesifo.
• Gwema ukuthatha imithi yokubulala izinhlungu (i-Aspirin, i-Ibuprofen) ngaphandle kwe-paracetamol kuze kube yilapho kuqinisekiswe ukuthi akuyona i-dengue.
• Ukuphumula ngokwanele nokuphuza uketshezi oluningi kubalulekile ukuze ululame ngokushesha.
• Indlela engcono kakhulu yokuvimbela lesi sifo ukubhubhisa izindawo zokuzalela komiyane nokuzivikela ekulunyweni komiyane.

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