Uyini umkhuhlane weLassa, izimpawu eziyinhloko nokwelashwa

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• Izimpawu eziyinhloko
• Ungakuqinisekisa kanjani ukuxilongwa
• Ungayithola kanjani
• Yelashwa kanjani
• Ukuvimbela umkhuhlane weLassa

I-Lassa fever isifo esingajwayelekile esithathelwanayo se-virus, esingavamile eBrazil, esidluliselwa yizilwane ezinesifo, njengezicabucabu namagundane, ikakhulukazi amagundane avela ezifundeni ezifana ne-Afrika.

Izimpawu zomkhuhlane weLassa zingathatha amasonto amathathu ukuthi zivele, ngakho-ke, umuntu osola ukuthi lesi sifo, ngemuva kokuba se-Afrika, kufanele abonane nodokotela ojwayelekile ukuze axilonge bese eqala ukwelashwa okufanele.

Izimpawu eziyinhloko

I-Lassa fever yisifo esibi esithathelwanayo esibonakala ngokwanda kokushisa komzimba nezinye izimpawu ezahlukahlukene ezinjenge:

• Ubuhlungu bemisipha;
• Ubuhlungu besifuba nobesisu;
• Umphimbo obuhlungu;
• Uhudo olunegazi;
• Isicanucanu nokuhlanza ngegazi.

Njengoba lesi sifo siqhubeka, izinhlobo eziningana zezinkinga zingavela, njenge-encephalitis, hepatitis, meningitis, shock, hemorrhage kanye nokuquleka, ngokwesibonelo.

Ungakuqinisekisa kanjani ukuxilongwa

Kwezinye izimo, ukuxilongwa komkhuhlane weLassa kungaqinisekiswa kuphela ngokubheka izimpawu nokuhlola umlando wokuhamba komuntu. Kodwa-ke, njengoba ezinye izimpawu zingaba yinto ejwayelekile, udokotela futhi anga-oda ezinye izivivinyo zegazi ukuqinisekisa ukutheleleka.

Ungayithola kanjani

Ukudluliswa komkhuhlane weLassa kwenzeka ngokuxhumana, ngokusebenzisa umgudu wokuphefumula noma wokugaya ukudla, ngendle yezilwane ezingcolisiwe, njengezicabucabu noma amagundane. Kodwa-ke, kungenzeka futhi ngezilonda esikhunjeni noma kulwelwesi lwamafinyila, njengamehlo nomlomo.

Phakathi kwabantu, ukudluliswa komkhuhlane weLassa kwenzeka ngokuxhumana negazi, indle, umchamo noma uketshezi lomzimba.

Yelashwa kanjani

Ukwelashwa komkhuhlane weLassa kwenziwa ngasese ukuvimbela ukudluliswa kwalesi sifo. Ngakho-ke, ukuxhumana nesiguli, amalungu omndeni kanye nochwepheshe bezempilo kumele bagqoke izingubo zokuzivikela ngamagilavu, izingilazi, amafrikhoni namaski.

Ngesikhathi sokwelashwa, imijovo yemithi elwa namagciwane, i-Ribavirin, yenziwa emthanjeni ukuqeda igciwane lesifo, kanti isiguli kufanele silaliswe esibhedlela kuze kuphele izimpawu bese leli gciwane likhishwa.

Ukuvimbela umkhuhlane weLassa

Ukuvinjelwa komkhuhlane weLassa kubandakanya ukugwema ukuthintana nezinto ezingcolile futhi, ngakho-ke, abantu kufanele:

• Sebenzisa amanzi asemabhodleleni kuphela;
• Pheka ukudla kahle;
• Susa amagundane ezindlini;
• Gcina inhlanzeko yomzimba eyenele.

Lezi zeluleko kufanele zisetshenziswe ikakhulukazi ezifundeni ezinesifo esiphakeme, njenge-Afrika.