Thika Ukulunywa: Izimpawu Nezindlela Zokwelapha

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• Imikhaza ibukeka kanjani?
• Imikhaza iluma kuphi abantu?
• Ziyini izimpawu zokulunywa umkhaza?
• Q:
• A:
• Ukukhomba ukulunywa umkhaza
• Ingabe ukulunywa umkhaza kungadala ezinye izinkinga?
• Ihlala kuphi imikhaza?
• Kulashwa kanjani umkhaza?
• Ungazivikela kanjani izifo ekulunyweni yimikhaza?

Sifaka imikhiqizo esicabanga ukuthi ilusizo kubafundi bethu. Uma uthenga ngezixhumanisi ezikuleli khasi, singathola ikhomishini encane. Nansi inqubo yethu.

Ingabe ukulunywa imikhaza kuyingozi?

Imikhaza ijwayelekile e-United States. Bahlala ngaphandle e:

• utshani
• izihlahla
• izihlahlana
• izinqwaba zamaqabunga

Bakhangwa abantu nezilwane ezifuywayo ezinemilenze emine, futhi bangahamba kalula phakathi kwalokhu okubili. Uma uke wachitha isikhathi esithile ngaphandle, kungenzeka wake wahlangabezana nemikhaza ngesikhathi esithile.

Ukulunywa umkhaza kaningi akunabungozi, lapho kungadali zimpawu ezibonakalayo. Kodwa-ke, imikhaza ingadala ukungezwani nezinto ezithile, kanti imikhaza ethile ingadlulisela izifo kubantu nasezilwaneni ezifuywayo lapho ziluma. Lezi zingaba yingozi noma zibulale.

Funda ukuthi ungayibona kanjani imikhaza, izimpawu zezifo ezithwalwa yimikhaza, nokuthi yini okufanele uyenze uma umkhaza ukuluma.

Imikhaza ibukeka kanjani?

Imikhaza mincane, izimbungulu ezimunca igazi. Zingaba ngosayizi kusukela kokuncane njengokuncane kwephini likaphini kuye kokukhulu njengokusula ipensela. Imikhaza inemilenze eyisishiyagalombili. Ziyi-arachnids, okusho ukuthi zihlobene nezicabucabu.

Izinhlobo ezihlukene zemikhaza zingahluka ngombala kusuka emthunzini onsundu kuya konsundu ngokubomvu nomnyama.

Njengoba bengenisa igazi eliningi, imikhaza iyakhula. Emikhakheni yabo emikhulu kunayo yonke, imikhaza ingaba ngosayizi wemabula. Ngemuva kokuthi umkhaza usudle umninikhaya izinsuku ezimbalwa, ziyafakwa futhi zingashintsha umbala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka.

Imikhaza iluma kuphi abantu?

Imikhaza ithanda izindawo ezifudumele, ezinomswakama zomzimba. Uma umkhaza usufike emzimbeni wakho, maningi amathuba okuthi uthuthele emakhwapheni, emgodini, noma ezinweleni. Lapho zisendaweni efiselekayo, ziluma esikhunjeni sakho bese ziqala ukudweba igazi.

Ngokungafani nezinye izimbungulu eziningi ezilumayo, imikhaza ihlala inamathele emzimbeni wakho ngemuva kokukuluma. Uma umuntu ekuluma, uzokwazi ngoba uzobe utholile umkhaza esikhunjeni sakho. Ngemuva kwesikhathi esingafika ezinsukwini eziyishumi zokudonsa igazi emzimbeni wakho, umkhaza ohlanganisiwe ungazihlukanisa futhi uwe.

Ziyini izimpawu zokulunywa umkhaza?

Ukulunywa ngomkhaza ngokuvamile akunangozi futhi kungahle kungakhiqizi zimpawu. Kodwa-ke, uma uxabana nomuthi wokulunywa, ungahlangabezana:

• ubuhlungu noma ukuvuvukala endaweni yokuluma
• ukuqubuka
• umuzwa ovuthayo endaweni yokuluma
• amabhamuza
• ukuphefumula kanzima, uma kunzima

Eminye imikhaza ithwala izifo, ezingadluliselwa lapho ziluma. Izifo ezithwalwa imikhaza zingadala izimpawu ezahlukahlukene futhi zivame ukukhula ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kuye emasontweni ambalwa ngemuva kokulunywa umkhaza. Izimpawu ezingaba khona zezifo ezithwalwa imikhaza zifaka:

• indawo ebomvu noma ukuqubuka eduze kwendawo yokuluma
• ukuqubuka komzimba okugcwele
• ukuqina kwentamo
• ikhanda elibuhlungu
• isicanucanu
• ubuthakathaka
• ubuhlungu bemisipha noma bamalunga noma ubuhlungu
• umkhuhlane
• Ukugodola
• ama-lymph node avuvukile

Qiniseka ukuthi uthola usizo lwezokwelapha ngokushesha okukhulu uma ulunywa umkhaza ukuze uhlolwe nganoma yikuphi ukwelashwa okungahle kube khona.

Q:

Ingabe konke ukulunywa umkhaza kudinga ukwelashwa ngama-antibiotic?

A:

Ama-antibiotic ayadingeka uma uhlangabezana nokutheleleka kwesikhumba endaweni yokuluma noma uma uqhubeka nokuklwebha nokuqaqambisa isikhumba.

Uma ulunywa wumkhaza endaweni enobungozi kakhulu yezifo ezithile ezithwalwa umkhaza (isibonelo, isifo seLyme), noma uma umkhaza unamathiselwe kuwe isikhathi eside, kungcono uphephe kunokuzisola futhi ubone udokotela wakho ukuze aqale ukwelashwa ngama-antibiotic.

Ukukhomba ukulunywa umkhaza

Ukulunywa umkhaza kuvame ukubonakala kalula. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi umkhaza ungahlala unamathele esikhunjeni kuze kube yizinsuku eziyi-10 ngemuva kokuthi ulume okokuqala. Iningi lokulunywa umkhaza alinabungozi futhi ngeke libangele zimpawu zomzimba. Izinhlobo ezithile kuphela zemikhaza ezidlulisa izifo.

Ukuphuza ukulunywa kuvamise ukuba munye ngoba imikhaza ayilumi ngamaqembu noma olayini.

Ingabe ukulunywa umkhaza kungadala ezinye izinkinga?

Imikhaza ingadlulisa izifo kubantu. Lezi zifo zingaba zimbi kakhulu.

Izimpawu eziningi noma izimpawu zesifo esithwalwa umkhaza zizoqala ukwenzeka ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kuya emasontweni ambalwa ngemuva kokulunywa umkhaza. Kubalulekile ukubona udokotela wakho ngokushesha okukhulu ngemuva kokulunywa umkhaza, noma ngabe awunazo izimpawu.

Isibonelo, ezindaweni zezwe lapho isifo seLyme sivame khona, kunganconywa ngaphansi kwezimo ezithile ukuthi uthole ukwelashwa kwesifo seLyme ngemuva kokulunywa umkhaza ngisho nangaphambi kokuba kuqale izimpawu.

Ezimweni ze-Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), lesi sifo kufanele silashwe ngokushesha lapho sisolwa.

Uma nganoma yisiphi isikhathi ngemuva kokulunywa umkhaza uqala ukuhlangabezana nezimpawu ezingajwayelekile ezifana nomkhuhlane, ukuqubuka, noma ubuhlungu bamalunga, kubalulekile ukuthi ufune ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha khona manjalo. Yazisa udokotela wakho ukuthi umkhaza usanda kukuluma.

Udokotela wakho uzoqedela umlando ophelele, ukuhlolwa, nokuhlolwa ukuthola ukuthi izimpawu zakho zingumphumela wesifo esithwalwa umkhaza yini.

Ezinye izifo ongazithola uma ulunywa umkhaza zifaka:

• Isifo seLyme
• Umkhuhlane obonwe yi-Rocky Mountain
• I-Colorado fever fever
• tularemia
• ehrlichiosis

Ihlala kuphi imikhaza?

Imikhaza ihlala ngaphandle. Bacasha otshanini, ezihlahleni, ezihlahleni nakuma-underbrush.

Uma ungaphandle kwezintaba noma udlala, ungahle uthikhe umkhaza. Umkhaza ungazihlanganisa nesilwane sakho, futhi. Imikhaza ingahlala inamathele esilwaneni sakho, noma ingathuthela kuwe ngenkathi uthinta noma ubambe isilwane sakho. Imikhaza nayo ingakushiya futhi izinamathisele ezifuyweni zakho.

Izinhlobo zemikhaza zikhona kubantu abaningi ezweni lonke. Izifundazwe eziningi zinenhlobo okungenani eyodwa yomkhaza eyaziwa ukuhlala lapho. Imikhaza isezingeni eliphakeme labantu bayo ezinyangeni zasentwasahlobo nasehlobo, imvamisa ngo-Ephreli kuya kuSepthemba.

Kulashwa kanjani umkhaza?

Into ebaluleke kakhulu okufanele uyenze uma uthola umkhaza kuwe ukuyisusa. Ungasusa umkhaza ngokwakho ngethuluzi lokususa umkhaza noma ngeqoqo lezimbiza. Landela lezi zinyathelo:

1. Bamba umkhaza eduze ngangokunokwenzeka ebusweni besikhumba sakho.
2. Donsa uqonde phezulu futhi kude nesikhumba, usebenzisa ingcindezi engaguquki. Zama ukungagoba noma ukusonta umkhaza.
3. Hlola indawo yokuluma ukubona ukuthi ngabe ushiye noma iyiphi ingxenye yekhanda noma izingxenye zomlomo kulunywa. Uma kunjalo, susa lezo.
4. Hlanza indawo yokuluma ngensipho namanzi.
5. Uma usususile umkhaza, uwufake ngokukhuhla utshwala ukuze uqiniseke ukuthi ufile. Kubeke esitsheni esivaliwe.

Bona udokotela wakho ngokushesha okukhulu ukuthola ukuthi ngabe kukhona yini ukwelashwa okudingekayo ngokuya ngohlobo lwethiki elikulumayo. Izingxenye ezahlukahlukene zezwe zinobungozi obuhlukile uma kukhulunywa ngezifo ezilunywa yimikhaza.

Kubalulekile ukubona udokotela wakho ngemuva nje kokulunywa umkhaza ukuze ukwazi ukukhuluma ngobungozi bakho, yiziphi izinkinga okufanele uzifune, nokuthi uzolandelwa nini.

Ungazivikela kanjani izifo ekulunyweni yimikhaza?

Ukuvimbela ukulunywa imikhaza kuyindlela engcono yokugwema ukugula okuthwalwa imikhaza.

• Gqoka ihembe elinemikhono emide namabhulukwe lapho uhamba ehlathini noma ezindaweni ezinotshani lapho imikhaza ijwayelekile khona.
• Hamba maphakathi nemizila.
• Sebenzisa okuxosha umkhaza okungenani okungamaphesenti angama-20 e-DEET.
• Phatha okokugqoka kanye namagiye nge-permethrin engu-0.5%
• Thatha eshaweni noma ugeze kungakapheli amahora amabili ungaphandle.
• Hlola isikhumba eduze ngemuva kokuba sezindaweni ezithandwa umkhaza, ikakhulukazi ngaphansi kwezingalo, ngemuva kwezindlebe, phakathi kwemilenze, ngemuva kwamadolo nasezinweleni.

Imvamisa kuthatha isikhathi esingaphezu kwamahora angama-24 ukondla umkhaza ophethe isifo ukuthelela umuntu. Ngakho-ke, ngokushesha lapho umkhaza ungabonakala futhi ususwe, kungcono.