I-Meningitis: Izithombe Ze-Rash Nezinye Izimpawu

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• Izimpawu zokuxwayisa kusenesikhathi
• Ukuqhuma okuqhubayo
• Ukuhlolwa kwengilazi
• Ukulimala kwezicubu
• Ikhothamo elingajwayelekile
• Izimpawu zesikhumba ezinganeni
• I-fontanel ekhuphukayo
• Izici zobungozi nemiphumela emibi ye-meningitis

Yini i-meningitis?

I-Meningitis ukuvuvukala kolwelwesi lobuchopho nomgogodla. Kungaba ngenxa yokutheleleka ngegciwane, ukhunta, noma igciwane. Isizathu esivame kakhulu se-meningitis ukutheleleka ngegciwane. Kodwa i-bacterial meningitis ingenye yezindlela eziyingozi kakhulu zalesi sifo.

Izimpawu ngokuvamile zenzeka kungakapheli isonto ngemuva kokuvezwa. Akuwona wonke umuntu oba nazo zonke izimpawu. Kodwa bangahle bahlakulele ukuqhuma kwesikhumba okwehlukile noma izimpawu ezingeziwe ezibandakanya:

• imfiva
• ngizizwa ngigula
• ikhanda

Bheka udokotela wakho uma ucabanga ukuthi wena noma umuntu omthandayo kungenzeka ungenwe yi-meningitis. Lesi sifo singasongela impilo yakho.

Izimpawu zokuxwayisa kusenesikhathi

Amagciwane e-Meningococcal azala egazini futhi akhiphe ubuthi (septicemia). Njengoba ukutheleleka kuqhubeka, imithambo yegazi ingalimala.

Lokhu kungadala ukuqubuka kwesikhumba okubuthakathaka okubukeka njengezikhonkwane ezincane. Amabala angahle abepinki, abomvu, noma abubende. Ezigabeni zokuqala lezi zimpawu zingachithwa njengokuklwebheka noma ukulimaza okuncane. Isikhumba singamane sibonakale sifiphele futhi singavela noma kuphi emzimbeni.

Ukuqhuma okuqhubayo

Njengoba ukutheleleka kusakazeka, ukuqubuka kuba sobala ngokwengeziwe. Ukopha okuningi ngaphansi kwesikhumba kungadala ukuthi amabala aguquke abe bomvu noma nsomi ngokujulile. Ukuqubuka kungafana nemivimbo emikhulu.

Kunzima ukubona ukuqubuka esikhunjeni esimnyama. Uma usola i-meningitis, hlola izindawo ezilula njengezintende, amajwabu amehlo, nangaphakathi komlomo.

Akuwona wonke umuntu one-meningitis oqala ukuqubuka.

Ukuhlolwa kwengilazi

Esinye isibonakaliso se-meningococcal septicemia ukuthi ukuqubuka akupheli lapho ufaka ingcindezi esikhunjeni. Ungakuhlola lokhu ngokucindezela uhlangothi lwengilazi yokuphuza ecacile esikhumbeni. Uma ukuqubuka kubukeka sengathi kuyaphela, hlola ngezikhathi ezithile ukuthola izinguquko. Uma usengawabona kahle amabala ngengilazi, kungaba uphawu lwe-septicemia, ikakhulukazi uma unemfiva.

Ukuhlolwa kwengilazi kuyithuluzi elihle, kepha akuhlali kunembile ngaso sonke isikhathi. Lesi yisifo esisongela impilo yakho ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuthola usizo lwezempilo uma unezimpawu ezithile.

Ukulimala kwezicubu

Ukuqubuka kuyasakazeka futhi kuyaqhubeka nokuba mnyama njengoba isimo siqhubeka. Ukulimala komthambo wegazi kubanga umfutho wegazi nokujikeleza kwegazi kwehle. Ngoba izitho zisendaweni ekude yesistimu yokujikeleza kwegazi, ukwehla kohlelo lonke kwengcindezi yegazi kuholela ekulethweni komoya-mpilo okwenele, ikakhulukazi ezithweni. Lokhu kungalimaza izicubu futhi kuholele ekuqhekekeni unomphela. Ukuhlinzwa kwepulasitiki nokuxhunyelelwa kwesikhumba kungakwazi ukwenza ngcono ukusebenza ngemuva kokudlula kokugula. Ezimweni ezinzima, kuyadingeka ukunqunywa iminwe, izinzwane, izingalo noma imilenze. Izinsizakalo zokuvuselela zingasiza kulezi zimo, kepha ukululama kungathatha iminyaka.

Ikhothamo elingajwayelekile

Ubuhlungu bezintamo nokuqina yizimpawu ezivamile ze-meningitis. Kwesinye isikhathi kungadala ukuthi ikhanda, intamo, nomgogodla ube lukhuni futhi uguquke emuva (opisthotonos). Lokhu kungenzeka kakhulu kwenzeke ezinganeni nasezinganeni ezisencane. Lesi sibonakaliso singahambisana nokuzwela ekukhanyeni, okuwuphawu lokutheleleka okungathi sína. Thola usizo lwezokwelapha ngokushesha uma wena noma ingane yakho ubonisa lezi zimpawu.

Izimpawu zesikhumba ezinganeni

Ekuqaleni kwenkinga yokutheleleka, isikhumba sezinsana kwesinye isikhathi sakha ithoni ephuzi, eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka noma ephaphathekile. Njengabantu abadala, bangaphinda bahlakulele isikhumba esikhanyayo noma ukuqhuma kwe-pinprick.

Njengoba ukutheleleka kuqhubeka, ukuqubuka kukhula futhi kube mnyama. Kungakha izilonda noma amabhamuza egazi. Ukutheleleka kungasakazeka ngokushesha.

Funa ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha uma usana lwakho lunemfiva ngokuqubuka.

I-fontanel ekhuphukayo

Olunye uphawu lwe-meningitis luthinta indawo ethambile ephezulu ekhanda lengane (fontanel). Indawo ethambile ezwakala iqinile noma yakha i-bulge ingaba uphawu lokuvuvukala ebuchosheni. Njalo xhumana nodokotela wakho uma ubona amaqhubu noma ama-bulges ekhanda lengane yakho. I-Meningitis ingaba yisifo esibi kakhulu noma ngabe ingane yakho ingakhuli i-septicemia.

Izici zobungozi nemiphumela emibi ye-meningitis

I-meningitis ingenzeka noma kunini, kepha izinsana nezingane zisengozini enkulu kunabantu abadala. I-viral meningitis kungenzeka ukuthi yenzeke ehlobo. I-bacterial meningitis ivame ukwenzeka kaningi ebusika nasekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo. Ezinye izinhlobo ziyathathelana, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni eziseduze njengezikhungo zokunakekelwa kwezinsuku kanye nezidleke zasekolishi.

Imithi yokugoma ingasiza ekuvikeleni ezinye, kepha hhayi zonke, izinhlobo ze-meningitis. Ukuxilongwa nokwelashwa kusenesikhathi kungakusiza ugweme izinkinga kanye nemiphumela engaba khona yesikhathi eside.