I-Powassan Igciwane Elithwalwa Umkhaza Liyingozi Kakhulu KuneLyme

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Ubusika obufudumele obungenasizini bebuyikhefu elihle ezivunguvungwini ezibuhlungu amathambo, kodwa bufika nemikhaza emikhulu, inkatho nenkatho wemikhaza. Ososayensi babikezele ukuthi u-2017 uzoba unyaka orekhodiwe wezinambuzane ezimunca igazi kanye nazo zonke izifo eziza nazo.

"Izifo ezithwalwa umkhaza ziyanda, futhi ukuzivikela kufanele kube semqondweni wawo wonke umuntu, ikakhulukazi entwasahlobo nasehlobo, nasekuqaleni kwekwindla lapho imikhaza isebenza kakhulu," uRebecca Eisen, Ph.D., isazi sebhayoloji yocwaningo e-US Centers. for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), utshele i- IChicago Tribune.

Uma ucabanga ngemikhaza, cishe ucabanga ngesifo se-Lyme, ukutheleleka kwamagciwane okuvame ukuqashelwa uphawu lwalo "i-bull's-eye rash." Cishe abantu abangama-40,000 bathola ngo-2015, ngokusho kwe-CDC, i-spike engamaphesenti angama-320, kanti amanye amacala amaningi ayabikezelwa. Kodwa nakuba iLyme kungase kube ukugula okubangelwa umkhaza okuxoxwa ngakho kakhulu, ngenxa yosaziwayo abafana noGigi Hadid, u-Avril Lavigne, noKelly Osbourne abakhuluma ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwabo, ngokuqinisekile akusona lesi sifo. kuphela isifo ongasithola ngokulunywa umkhaza.

I-CDC ibala izifo ezingaphezu kwe-15 ezaziwayo ezisakazwa ngokulunywa komkhaza futhi amacala amboze yonke i-U.S., okuhlanganisa i-Rocky Mountain spotted fever kanye ne-STARI. Ngonyaka odlule ukutheleleka okusha okubizwa nge-babesosis kwaba sematheni. Kukhona ngisho nesifo sokulunywa umkhaza okungakwenza ube nomzimba wenyama (sina!).

Manje, abantu bakhathazekile ngokuhlinzwa kwesifo esiyingozi esithwala imikhaza esibizwa nge-Powassan. I-Powassan igciwane lesandulela ngculazi elibonakala ngomkhuhlane, ikhanda, ukuhlanza, ubuthakathaka, ukudideka, ukuthuthumela, nokulahlekelwa inkumbulo. Yize kuyivelakancane kakhulu kunezinye izifo ezithwalwa imikhaza, kubi kakhulu. Iziguli zihlala zidinga ukulaliswa esibhedlela futhi zingaba nezinkinga zesikhathi eside ze-neurologic-futhi okubi kakhulu, zingabulala.

Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba wethuke futhi ukhansele konke ukunyuka kwakho, ukukhempa, nokuphuma ngaphandle unqamula emasimini ezimbali, kubalulekile ukwazi ukuthi imikhaza kulula ukuyiqapha, kusho uChristina Liscynesky, MD, uchwepheshe wezifo ezithathelwanayo e-The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Isikhungo. Isibonelo, gqoka izingubo ezikubambayo ezihlanganisa sonke isikhumba sakho, bese ukhetha izingubo ezinombala okhanyayo ukukusiza ukuthi ubone abagxeki ngokushesha. Kepha mhlawumbe izindaba ezimnandi kakhulu ukuthi imikhaza ivame ukukhasa izungeze umzimba wakho kuze kufike emahoreni angama-24 ngaphambi kokuzinza ukuze ikulume (ingabe lezo izindaba ezimnandi?!) Ngakho-ke ukuzivikela kwakho okuhle kakhulu "kungukuhlola umkhaza" ngemuva kokuba ungaphandle. Hlola umzimba wakho wonke, kuhlanganise nendawo amakhizane afana ngayo nesikhumba sakho sekhanda, igroin yakho, naphakathi kwezinzwane zakho. (Nazi izindlela eziyisithupha zokuzivikela kubagxeki ababi.)

"Hlola umzimba wakho ukuthola imikhaza nsuku zonke lapho ukhempa noma uhamba izintaba noma uma uhlala endaweni enesisindo futhi usebenzisa umuthi omuhle wokuxosha izinambuzane," kweluleka uDkt Liscynesky, enezela ngokuthi kubalulekile ukufaka isifutho noma into yokugcoba ngemuva isikhumba sakho selanga. (Ngeke ukhohlwe i-sunscreen, akunjalo?)

Thola eyodwa? Vele uyibhuqe bese uyichoboza uma ingakanamathiseli, noma usebenzise ama-tweezers ukuze uyisuse ngokushesha esikhumbeni sakho uma ibambekile, uqiniseke ukuthi ukhipha zonke izingxenye zomlomo, kusho uDkt. Liscynesky. (Gross, siyazi.) "Geza indawo yokulunywa umkhaza ngensipho namanzi bese uvala ngebhandeshi, akukho mafutha okubulala ama-antibiotic adingekayo," usho kanje. Uma ususa umkhaza ngokushesha, amathuba okuthola noma yikuphi ukugula kuwo aphansi. Uma ungaqiniseki ukuthi kunesikhathi esingakanani esikhunjeni sakho, noma uma uqala ukuba nezimpawu ezinjengomkhuhlane noma ukuqubuka, shayela udokotela wakho ngokushesha.

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