Isifo seLyme

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• Isifinyezo
• Siyini isifo seLyme?
• Yini ebangela isifo seLyme?
• Ngubani osengozini yesifo seLyme?
• Ziyini izimpawu zesifo seLyme?
• Sitholakala kanjani isifo seLyme?
• Yiziphi izindlela zokwelapha isifo seLyme?
• Ngabe isifo seLyme singavinjelwa?

Isifinyezo

Siyini isifo seLyme?

Isifo seLyme yisifo segciwane osithola ngokulunywa komkhaza onegciwane. Ekuqaleni, isifo seLyme sivame ukudala izimpawu ezifana nokuqubuka, umkhuhlane, ikhanda elibuhlungu nokukhathala. Kepha uma lungelashwa kusenesikhathi, ukutheleleka kungadlulela emajoyintini akho, enhliziyweni, nasesimisweni sezinzwa. Ukwelashwa ngokushesha kungakusiza ululame ngokushesha.

Yini ebangela isifo seLyme?

Isifo seLyme sibangelwa amagciwane. E-United States, lokhu kuvamise ukuba yigciwane elibizwa ngokuthi iBorrelia burgdorferi. Isakazekela kubantu ngokulunywa ngumkhaza onegciwane. Imikhaza eyayisakazayo yimikhaza emnyama (noma imikhaza yezinyamazane). Imvamisa zitholakala kufayela le-

• ENyakatho-mpumalanga
• Maphakathi ne-Atlantic
• Upper Midwest
• Ugu lwasePacific, ikakhulukazi enyakatho yeCalifornia

Le imikhaza inganamathela kunoma iyiphi ingxenye yomzimba wakho. Kepha zivame ukutholakala ezindaweni okunzima ukuzibona ezinjengokububula kwakho, amakhwapha, nekhanda. Imvamisa umkhaza kumele unamathiselwe kuwe amahora angama-36 kuye kwangama-48 noma ngaphezulu ukusabalalisa igciwane kuwe.

Ngubani osengozini yesifo seLyme?

Noma ngubani angathola ukulunywa umkhaza. Kepha abantu abachitha isikhathi esiningi ngaphandle ngaphandle ezindaweni ezinezihlahla, ezinotshani basengozini enkulu. Lokhu kufaka phakathi amakamu, abagibeli bezintaba, nabantu abasebenza ezingadini nasemapaki.

Ukulunywa kakhulu kwemikhaza kwenzeka ezinyangeni zasehlobo lapho imikhaza isebenza kakhulu futhi abantu bachitha isikhathi esiningi ngaphandle. Kepha ungalunywa ezinyangeni ezifudumele zokuwa zakuqala, noma ebusika sekwephuzile uma amazinga okushisa ephakeme kakhulu ngokungajwayelekile. Futhi uma kunobusika obuncane, imikhaza ingavela ngaphambi kwesikhathi kunokujwayelekile.

Ziyini izimpawu zesifo seLyme?

Izimpawu zokuqala zesifo seLyme ziqala phakathi kwezinsuku ezintathu kuya kwezingama-30 ngemuva kokuthi umkhaza onegciwane ulume. Izimpawu zingafaka

• Ukuqhuma okubomvu okubizwa ngokuthi i-erythema migrans (EM). Iningi labantu abanesifo seLyme bathola lokhu kuqhuma. Iyakhula ngaphezu kwezinsuku ezimbalwa futhi ingazizwa ifudumele. Imvamisa ayibuhlungu noma ilume. Njengoba iqala ukuba ngcono, izingxenye zayo zingaphela. Kwesinye isikhathi lokhu kwenza ukuqubuka kubukeke "njengeso lenkomo."
• Imfiva
• Amakhaza
• Ubuhlungu bekhanda
• Ukukhathala
• Ubuhlungu bemisipha namalunga
• Ama-lymph node avuvukile

Uma ukutheleleka kungelashwa, kungasakazeka kumalunga akho, enhliziyweni, nasenzakalweni yezinzwa. Izimpawu zingafaka

• Izinhlungu ezinzima zekhanda nokuqina kwentamo
• Ukuqubuka okungeziwe kwe-EM kwezinye izindawo zomzimba wakho
• Ukukhubazeka ebusweni, okuyinto ebuthakathaka emisipha yakho yobuso. Kungadala ukujula ohlangothini olulodwa noma zombili zobuso bakho.
• I-arthritis enezinhlungu ezihlangene zamalunga nokuvuvukala, ikakhulukazi emadolweni akho nakwamanye amalunga amakhulu
• Ubuhlungu obuza buhambe buye emathanjeni akho, emisipheni, emalungeni nasemathanjeni akho
• Ukushaya kwenhliziyo, okuyimizwa yokuthi inhliziyo yakho yeqa ukushaya, ukushaya, ukushaya, noma ukushaya kakhulu noma ngokushesha okukhulu
• Ukushaya kwenhliziyo okungajwayelekile (iLyme carditis)
• Iziqephu zesiyezi noma zokuphefumula okuncane
• Ukuvuvukala kobuchopho nomgogodla
• Ubuhlungu bemizwa
• Izinhlungu zokudubula, ukuba ndikindiki, noma ukuncinza ezandleni noma ezinyaweni

Sitholakala kanjani isifo seLyme?

Ukwenza ukuxilongwa, umhlinzeki wakho wokunakekelwa kwezempilo uzocubungula

• Izimpawu zakho
• Kungenzeka kangakanani ukuthi uvezwe imikhaza emnyama esulelwe yigciwane
• Ithuba lokuthi ezinye izifo zingadala izimpawu ezifanayo
• Imiphumela yanoma yikuphi ukuhlolwa kwelebhu

Izivivinyo eziningi zesifo seLyme zihlola amasosha omzimba enziwe ngumzimba ukuphendula ukutheleleka. La masosha omzimba angathatha amasonto ambalwa ukuvela. Uma uhlolwe ngokushesha, kungenzeka kungakhombisi ukuthi unesifo seLyme, noma ngabe unaso. Ngakho-ke kungadingeka ukuthi uphinde wenze olunye uvivinyo kamuva.

Yiziphi izindlela zokwelapha isifo seLyme?

Isifo seLyme siphathwa ngama-antibiotic. Lapho welashwa kusenesikhathi, kuba ngcono; ikunikeza ithuba elihle lokululama ngokugcwele ngokushesha.

Ngemuva kokwelashwa, ezinye iziguli zisengaba nobuhlungu, ukukhathala, noma ubunzima bokucabanga okuhlala izinyanga ezingaphezu kwezingu-6. Lokhu kubizwa nge- post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS). Abaphenyi abazi ukuthi kungani abanye abantu bene-PTLDS. Akukho ukwelashwa okuqinisekisiwe kwe-PTLDS; imithi elwa namagciwane yesikhathi eside ayikhonjiswanga ukuthi iyasiza. Kodwa-ke, kunezindlela zokusiza ngezimpawu ze-PTLDS. Uma welashelwe isifo seLyme futhi usazizwa ungaphathekile kahle, xhumana nomhlinzeki wakho wezokunakekelwa kwempilo mayelana nokuthi ungaziphatha kanjani izimpawu zakho. Iningi labantu liba ngcono ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Kodwa kungathatha izinyanga ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuba uzizwe ungcono kakhulu.

Ngabe isifo seLyme singavinjelwa?

Ukuvimbela isifo seLyme, kufanele wehlise amathuba akho okuthola ukulunywa umkhaza:

• Gwema izindawo lapho kuhlala imikhaza, njengotshani, ibrashi noma izindawo ezinokhuni. Uma uhamba izintaba, hamba maphakathi nomkhondo ukuze ugweme ibhulashi notshani.
• Sebenzisa into exosha izinambuzane nge-DEET
• Phatha okokugqoka kanye negiya lakho ngomuthi ophikisayo oqukethe i-0.5% ye-permethrin
• Gqoka izingubo zokuzivikela ezinemibala ekhanyayo, ukuze ukwazi ukubona kalula noma imiphi imikhaza efinyelela kuwe
• Gqoka ihembe elinemikhono emide namabhulukwe amade. Faka futhi ihembe lakho ebhulukweni lakho nasemilenzeni yakho yephenti ungene kumasokisi akho.
• Zihlole wena, izingane zakho, nezilwane ezifuywayo nsuku zonke ukuthola imikhaza. Susa ngokucophelela noma imiphi imikhaza oyitholayo.
• Geza bese ugeza futhi usule izingubo zakho emazingeni okushisa aphezulu ngemuva kokuba ungaphandle

Izikhungo Zokulawulwa Nokuvikelwa Kwezifo

• Kusuka Esifo SeLyme Kuya Kwezobuciko Nokukhuthaza
• Emigqeni Engaphambili Yesifo SeLyme