Thika ukususwa

Imikhaza yizidalwa ezincane, ezinjengezinambuzane ezihlala emahlathini nasemasimini. Zikunamathisela kuwe njengoba uxubha izihlahla ezidlule, izitshalo notshani. Uma usufikile kuwe, imikhaza ivame ukuthuthela endaweni efudumele, enomswakama. Zivame ukutholakala emakhwapheni, emgodini nasezinweleni. Imikhaza inamathela ngokuqinile esikhunjeni sakho bese uqala ukudonsa igazi ngokudla kwabo. Le nqubo ayibuhlungu. Iningi labantu ngeke likuqaphele ukulunywa umkhaza.

Imikhaza ingaba mikhulu impela, icishe ilingane nosuli wepensela. Zingaba futhi zincane kakhulu kangangokuba kunzima kakhulu ukuzibona. Imikhaza ingadlulisa amabhaktheriya angadala izifo. Ezinye zalezi zingaba zimbi.

Yize imikhaza eminingi ingathwali amabhaktheriya abangela izifo zabantu, eminye imikhaza iwathwala la magciwane. Lawa ma-bacteria angadala:

• I-Colorado fever fever
• Isifo seLyme
• Umkhuhlane obonwe yi-Rocky Mountain
• I-Tularemia

Uma umkhaza unamathiselwe kuwe, landela lezi zinyathelo zokuwususa:

1. Sebenzisa udlawana ukuze uthinte umkhaza eduze kwekhanda noma emlonyeni. UNGAYisebenzisi iminwe yakho. Uma ungenazo izindlawana futhi udinga ukusebenzisa iminwe yakho, sebenzisa ithawula lezicubu noma lephepha.
2. Donsa umkhaza uqonde ngokunyakaza okuhamba kancane futhi okungaguquguquki. Gwema ukukhama noma ukuchoboza umkhaza. Qaphela ukuthi ungashiyi ikhanda lifakwe esikhunjeni.
3. Hlanza indawo kahle ngensipho namanzi. Futhi geza izandla zakho kahle.
4. Gcina umkhaza embizeni. Bheka umuntu olunywe ngokucophelela esontweni elilandelayo noma ezimbili ngezimpawu zesifo seLyme (njengokuqubuka noma umkhuhlane).
5. Uma zonke izingxenye zomkhaza zingasuswa, thola usizo lwezokwelapha. Letha umkhaza embizeni ekuqokweni kukadokotela wakho.

• Ungazami ukushisa umkhaza ngomentshisi noma enye into eshisayo.
• UNGAGQIBI umkhaza uma uwukhipha.
• UNGAZAMI ukubulala, ukumanzisa noma ukugcobisa umkhaza ngamafutha, utshwala, uVaseline, noma izinto ezifanayo ngenkathi umkhaza usagxilile esikhunjeni.

Shayela udokotela wakho uma ungakwazi ukukhipha wonke umkhaza. Phinda ushayele ezinsukwini ezilandela ukulunywa umkhaza uma ukhula:

• Ukuqhuma
• Izimpawu ezinjengomkhuhlane, kufaka phakathi umkhuhlane nekhanda
• Ubuhlungu obuhlangene noma ubomvu
• Ama-lymph node avuvukile

Shayela ku-911 uma unezimpawu zokuthi:

• Ubuhlungu besifuba
• Inhliziyo ishaya ngamandla
• Ukukhubazeka
• Ikhanda elibuhlungu
• Ukuphefumula kanzima

Ukuvimbela ukulunywa imikhaza:

• Gqoka amabhulukwe amade nemikhono emide lapho uhamba phakathi kwebhulashi elisindayo, utshani obude nezindawo ezinezihlahla ezijiyile.
• Donsela amasokisi akho ngaphandle kwebhulukwe lakho ukuvikela imikhaza ekukhuphukeleni emlenzeni wakho.
• Gcina ihembe lakho lingene ebhulukweni lakho.
• Gqoka izingubo ezinombala okhanyayo ukuze imikhaza ibonakale kalula.
• Fafaza izingubo zakho ngomuthi wokuxosha izinambuzane.
• Hlola izingubo zakho nesikhumba kaningi ngenkathi usehlathini.

Ngemuva kokubuyela ekhaya:

• Susa izingubo zakho. Bheka kahle zonke izindawo zakho zesikhumba, kufaka phakathi isikhumba sakho. Imikhaza ingakhuphuka ngokushesha ubude bomzimba wakho.
• Eminye imikhaza mikhulu futhi kulula ukuyithola. Eminye imikhaza ingaba mincane impela, ngakho-ke bheka ngokucophelela wonke amabala amnyama noma ansundu esikhunjeni.
• Uma kungenzeka, cela othile akusize ukuhlola umzimba wakho ukuthola imikhaza.
• Umuntu omdala kufanele ahlole izingane ngokucophelela.

• Isifo seLyme
• Izinyamazane nenja zikhomba
• Thika ifakiwe esikhunjeni

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