Kuru

I-Kuru yisifo sezinzwa.

I-Kuru isifo esingajwayelekile. Kubangelwa iprotheni elithathelwanayo (i-prion) etholakala kwizicubu zobuchopho bomuntu ezingcolile.

UKuru utholakala phakathi kwabantu baseNew Guinea ababenza uhlobo oluthile lokudla abantu abadla ubuchopho babantu abafile njengengxenye yesiko lomngcwabo. Lo mkhuba wama ngo-1960, kepha kwabikwa amacala e-kuru iminyaka eminingi ngemuva kwalokho ngoba lesi sifo sinesikhathi eside sokufukamela. Isikhathi sokufukamela yisikhathi esisithathayo sokuthi izimpawu zivele ngemuva kokuvezwa kumenzeli odala izifo.

UKuru ubangela ushintsho lobuchopho nolwesistimu olufana nesifo seCreutzfeldt-Jakob. Izifo ezifanayo ziyavela ezinkomeni njenge-bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), ebizwa nangokuthi isifo se-mad cow.

Isici esiyinhloko sengozi ye-kuru ukudla izicubu zobuchopho bomuntu, ezingaba nezinhlayiya ezithathelwanayo.

Izimpawu ze-kuru zifaka:

• Ubuhlungu bengalo nomlenze
• Izinkinga zokuxhumanisa eziba nzima
• Kunzima ukuhamba
• Ubuhlungu bekhanda
• Ukugwinya ubunzima
• Ukudlidliza nemisipha

Ubunzima bokugwinya nokungakwazi ukuzondla kungaholela ekungondlekeni noma endlaleni.

Isikhathi esimaphakathi sokufukamela siyiminyaka eyi-10 kuye kwengu-13, kepha isikhathi sokufukamela seminyaka engama-50 noma ngisho nangaphezulu sesibikiwe futhi.

Ukuhlolwa kwe-neurologic kungakhombisa ushintsho ekusebenzeni nasekusebenzeni kwekhono.

Akukho ukwelashwa okwaziwayo kwe-kuru.

Ukufa kuvame ukwenzeka kungakapheli unyaka ngemuva kwesibonakaliso sokuqala sezimpawu.

Bona umhlinzeki wakho wezokunakekelwa kwezempilo uma unezinkinga zokuhamba, ukugwinya, noma ukuxhumanisa. UKuru uyivelakancane ngokweqile. Umhlinzeki wakho uzokhipha ezinye izifo zesistimu yezinzwa.

Isifo se-Prion - kuru

• Isistimu yezinzwa emaphakathi nesistimu yezinzwa ezungezayo

I-Bosque PJ, uTyler KL.Izifo ze-prion kanye ne-prion zesistimu yezinzwa emaphakathi (izifo ezithathelwanayo ze-neurodegenerative). Ku: Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ, ama-eds. Mandell, Douglas, kanye neBennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, uHlelo Olubuyekeziwe. Umhlaka 8. IPhiladelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2015: isahluko 181.

IGeschwind MD. Izifo ze-Prion. Ku: Daroff RB, Jankovic J, Mazziotta JC, Pomeroy SL, ama-eds. I-Neurology kaBradley ekwenziweni kwemitholampilo. Umhla wesi-7. IPhiladelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016: isahluko 94.