Ingabe Sekwephuzile Kakhulu Ukuthola Isibhamu Somkhuhlane?

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Uma ufunde izindaba kamuva nje, cishe uyazi ukuthi uhlobo lomkhuhlane walo nyaka lubi kakhulu cishe eminyakeni eyishumi. Kusukela ngo-Okthoba 1 kuya kuJanuwari 20, kube nezibhedlela eziqinisekisiwe ezihlobene nomkhuhlane eziyi-11,965, ngokusho kweCenters for Disease Control (CDC). Futhi inkathi yomkhuhlane ayikafiki nakunyaka okwamanje: I-CDC ithi lokho kuzokwenzeka ngesonto elizayo noma kunjalo. Uma ukhathazekile ngamathuba akho okwehla nomkhuhlane, into engcono kakhulu ongayenza ukuthola i-freakin' flu shot kakade. (Okuhlobene: Ingabe Umuntu Onempilo Angabulawa Umkhuhlane?)

I-ICYDK, influenza A (H3N2), enye yezinhlobo eziyinhloko zomkhuhlane kulo nyaka, ibangela iningi lokulaliswa esibhedlela, ukufa, kanye nezifo ozwa ngazo. Lolu hlobo lubi kakhulu ngenxa yekhono lalo elimangalisayo lokudlula amasosha omzimba ngokushesha kunamanye amagciwane amaningi. "Amagciwane oMkhuhlane alokhu ezishintshashintsha, kodwa igciwane le-H3N2 likwenza ngokushesha kunokuba abaningi abakha imithi yokugoma bangahambisana nakho," kusho uJulie Mangino, MD, uprofesa wezifo ezithathelwanayo e-Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Izindaba ezimnandi? Umuthi wokugoma walo nyaka uvikela lolu hlobo.

Kukhona amanye amagciwane amathathu omkhuhlane ahambahambayo, noma kunjalo: olunye uhlobo lomkhuhlane A kanye nezinhlobo ezimbili zomkhuhlane B. Umgomo uvikela kulawa futhi-futhi akukephuzi kakhulu ukuwuthola. "Sesiseduze nenani eliphakeme lesizini, ngakho ukuthola eyodwa manje kusazozuzisa kakhulu," kusho uDkt. Mangino. Kodwa ungalindi isikhathi eside-kuthatha umzimba wakho isikhathi esithile ukwakha amasosha omzimba ngemuva kokugoma. “Isizini yomkhuhlane iqala ukuphela ngasekupheleni kukaMashi, kodwa sisawabona amacala kuze kube uMeyi,” kusho yena.

Kakade ubenomkhuhlane? Awukaphumi ku-hook njengoba usengakwazi ukubamba uhlobo oluhlukile. (Yebo, ungawuthola umkhuhlane kabili ngesizini eyodwa.) Futhi, "abanye abantu bangacabanga ukuthi benomkhuhlane, kepha kungenzeka ukuthi izimpawu bezivela emakhazeni, esonusitis, noma kwesinye isifo sokuphefumula. Ngakho umuthi wokugoma kufanele nakanjani ukuthole, ikakhulukazi uma ungakahlonzwa ngokusemthethweni,” kusho uDkt. Mangino.

Uma unezimpawu ezinjengomkhuhlane (ikakhulukazi imfiva, ikhala eligelezayo, ukukhwehlela, noma ubuhlungu bomzimba), ungaphumi endlini. Abantu asebekhulile, abesifazane abakhulelwe, nalabo abanesifo senhliziyo noma samaphaphu basengozini enkulu yokuthola umkhuhlane, uDkt.UMangino uthi, futhi kufanele belashwe ngemithi elwa namagciwane ngokushesha nje lapho beqala ukubona izimpawu.

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