Isifo SeLyme Nokukhulelwa: Ingabe Ingane Yami Izoyithola?

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• Ziyini izimpawu zesifo seLyme?
• Ukwelashwa kwesifo seLyme ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa
• Ukuvimbela isifo seLyme ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa
• Ngezansi

Isifo seLyme yisifo esibangelwa amagciwane IBorrelia burgdorferi. Idlulela kubantu ngokulunywa wumkhaza onemilenze emnyama, owaziwa nangokuthi umkhaza wezinyamazane. Lesi sifo siyelapheka futhi asibangeli ukulimala kwesikhathi eside, inqobo nje uma sisheshe selashwa. Uma uhlala endaweni lapho le imikhaza ijwayelekile futhi uchitha isikhathi ngaphandle, unengozi eyengeziwe yeLyme.

Manje kwenzekani uma uthola isifo seLyme lapho ukhulelwe? Ingabe ingane isengcupheni?

Ngokuvamile, ingane yakho kufanele iphephe, inqobo nje uma utholakele futhi welashwa.

Funda ukuze uthole kabanzi mayelana nokuthi ungasinqanda kanjani isifo seLyme nokuthi yini okufanele uyenze uma usithola ngesikhathi ukhulelwe.

Ziyini izimpawu zesifo seLyme?

Uphawu lokuqala lwesifo seLyme kungaba ukuqubuka okuvela ezinsukwini ezintathu kuya kwezingama-30 ngemuva kokulunywa umkhaza, endaweni yokuluma. Lokhu kuqubuka kuhlukile kunesigaxa esivamile esibomvu esibukeka njengokulunywa yimbungulu: Kungase kubomvu kuzungeze ngaphandle futhi kubukeke kukhanya phakathi, njenge-bullseye. Uma une-bullseye-type (noma yikuphi) ukuqhuma, hlola udokotela wakho.

Akuwona wonke umuntu othola isifo seLyme esithola ukuqubuka. Ungase futhi ube nezimpawu ezifana nomkhuhlane, kufaka phakathi:

• imfiva
• Ukugodola
• Ubuhlungu bomzimba
• ngizizwe ngikhathele
• ikhanda

Lokhu kungenzeka noma ngaphandle kokuqubuka.

“Njengoba izimpawu zesifo seLyme zingalingisa umkhuhlane noma ezinye izifo ezibangelwa amagciwane, kungaba yinkohliso ukuxilonga. Ukuthi owesifazane onesifo seLyme angalidlulisela yini leli bhaktheriya elingene emikhakheni enganeni yakhe engakazalwa akukaze kutholakale, ”kusho uDkt Sherry Ross, MD, OB-GYN, kanye nochwepheshe wezempilo yabesifazane eProvidence Saint John's Health Centre eSanta Monica, California.

Uma isifo seLyme singalashwa isikhathi eside, lezi ezinye izimpawu:

• ubuhlungu obuhlangene nokuvuvukala, okufana nesifo samathambo, okufika kudlule futhi kuhamba phakathi kwamalunga
• ubuthakathaka bemisipha
• Ukukhubazeka kukaBell, ubuthakathaka noma ukukhubazeka kwemizwa yobuso
• meningitis, ukuvuvukala kolwelwesi olumboze ubuchopho bakho kanye nentambo yomgogodla
• ukuzizwa ubuthakathaka kakhulu noma ukhathele
• ukushaya kwenhliziyo okungajwayelekile
• ukuvuvukala kwesibindi
• izinkinga zememori
• okunye ukuqubuka kwesikhumba
• ubuhlungu bezinzwa

Ukwelashwa kwesifo seLyme ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa

Ngaphambi kokuqala noma yikuphi ukwelashwa, qiniseka ukuthi udokotela wakho uyazi ukuthi ukhulelwe noma kungenzeka ukhulelwe. Ngenhlanhla, enye yezindlela zokwelapha ezijwayelekile zama-antibiotic zesifo seLyme iphephile ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa. I-amoxicillin elwa namagciwane ivame ukuthathwa kathathu ngosuku amasonto amabili kuya kwamathathu. Uma uxabana ne-amoxicillin, udokotela wakho angakunika i-cefuroxime, i-antibiotic ehlukile, ethathwa kabili nsuku zonke esikhundleni salokho. Enye i-antibiotic esetshenziselwa ukwelapha isifo se-Lyme, i-doxycycline, ayinikezwa abesifazane abakhulelwe. Ngokuya ngezimpawu ozichazayo, udokotela wakho angakhetha ukukunikeza i-antibiotic ngaphambi koku-oda izivivinyo zelebhu, ukuze uqale ukwelashwa ngokushesha okukhulu. Ungahle ube nomsebenzi webhu, noma ngabe uqale ukwelashwa.

Ukuvimbela isifo seLyme ngesikhathi sokukhulelwa

Indlela engcono yokugwema ukuthola isifo seLyme ukuvikela ukulunywa umkhaza. Abantu abahlala eNyakatho-mpumalanga naseMidwest basengozini enkulu ngoba kunezindawo eziningi ezinamahlathi kulezo zifunda. Yilapho imikhaza yezinyamazane ijwayelekile.

Nawa amanye amathiphu wokuvimbela isifo seLyme:

• Ungasiza ekuvikeleni ukulunywa imikhaza ngokugwema izindawo lapho zihlala khona, njengotshani obude nezinkuni ezisindayo.
• Uma ukulezi zindawo, gqoka imikhono emide namabhulukwe amade. Kulula ukuthi imikhaza inamathisele esikhunjeni sakho lapho ivezwa.
• Sebenzisa izingubo ezixosha izinambuzane noma eziphathwayo eziqukethe umuthi oxosha izinambuzane, i-DEET.
• Ngemuva kokuba ungaphandle, susa izingubo zakho ukuhlola umzimba wakho ukuthi awunamikhaza yini. Cela umuntu akusize uhlole ikhanda lakho nomhlane. Shintsha nezingubo zakho.

Uma ubona umkhaza emzimbeni wakho, kubalulekile ukuwususa ngokushesha. Ithuba lesifo seLyme liyanda uma umkhaza unamathele kuwe isikhathi eside. Ukususa umkhaza kungakapheli amahora angama-48 kwehlisa kakhulu ubungozi besifo seLyme.

Nakhu ukuthi ungasusa kanjani umkhaza, igxathu negxathu:

1. Usebenzisa izikebhe zezinhlamvu ezicijile, bamba umkhaza eduze kwesikhumba ngangokunokwenzeka.
2. Donsa uqonde ngaphandle kokusonta udlawana noma ukuminyanisa kanzima. Lokhu kungadala ukuthi ingxenye yomkhaza ihlale esikhumbeni sakho.
3. Lapho umkhaza usuphumile, hlanza isikhumba sakho kahle ngokuhlikihla utshwala noma insipho namanzi.
4. Susa umkhaza ophilayo ngokuwuphonsa phansi ethoyilethi, uwufake lapho uhlikihla khona utshwala, noma uwuvale esikhwameni ukuze ulahle kudoti.

Ngezansi

Noma ngabe ukhulelwe noma cha, zama ukugwema ukuthola ukulunywa amakhizane. Uma wenza kanjalo, susa umkhaza ngokushesha okukhulu. Uma unezimpawu, kufanele uhlolwe. Uma unokungabaza, shayela udokotela wakho.