Lapho, Ngokuqondile, Kufanele Uzihlukanise Uma Ucabanga Ukuthi Unayo I-Coronavirus?

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• Okokuqala, ukuphindwaphindwa kwezimpawu ezahlukahlukene ze-COVID-19, ngoba kubalulekile lapha.
• Ngakho-ke, kufanele uzihlukanise nini uma ucabanga ukuthi une-coronavirus?
• Ungakushiya nini ukuzihlukanisa?
• Buyekeza kwe-

Uma ungakabi nalo uhlelo lokuthi yini okufanele uyenze uma ucabanga ukuthi une-coronavirus, manje isikhathi sokuvuka ngesivinini.

Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi iningi labantu abane-novel coronavirus (COVID-19) ukutheleleka banecala elithambile kuphela futhi bayakwazi ukuzihlukanisa bodwa futhi balulame ekhaya, ngokusho kweCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). I-ejensi iphinde inikeze imininingwane yokuthi ungamnakekela kanjani umuntu one-coronavirus nohlu lokuhlola lwezidingo okumele kuhlangatshezwane nazo ngaphambi kokushiya ukuzihlukanisa. (Isikhumbuzi: Abantu abangazinikeli ekuzimeleleni kungenzeka babe namacala abucayi e-COVID-19.)

Kodwa kukhona ulwazi olubalulekile olunganakiwe, njengokuthi nini, impela, kufanele uzihlukanise nabantu ekhaya lakho (futhi, uyazi, umphakathi jikelele) uma ucabanga ukuthi une-coronavirus. Ukuhlolwa kwe-COVID-19 kusaswele ezingxenyeni eziningi zase-US, futhi kungathatha izinsuku ukuthola imiphumela yakho noma ngabe uyakwazi ukuhlolwa, kusho uchwepheshe wezifo ezithathelwanayo u-Amesh A. Adalja, MD, isazi esiphakeme eJohns Hopkins Isikhungo Sokuphepha Kwezempilo. Ngakho-ke, uma ulinda ukuze uqinisekise ngokuqinisekile ukuthi ngabe unayo, empeleni, unayo i-COVID-19 ngaphambi kokuthatha izinyathelo ezifanele, ungahle usabalalise leli gciwane kwabanye.

Ezweni eliphelele, ungaphila yonke enye i-oda lakho lokuhlala ekhaya ubhaka isinkwa ngenjabulo futhi ubambe ulayini wakho weNetflix ngaphandle kokukhathazeka ngokuthi uzobhekana kanjani nokutheleleka kwe-coronavirus. Kepha empeleni, lapho kuyinto ingozi yokuthola igciwane, ngisho nokwenza into encane njengokuya esitolo noma ukuphatha imeyili yakho — ikakhulukazi uma igciwane lisakazeka kakhulu endaweni yangakini. Ngakho-ke, kubalulekile ukucabanga ngalezi zinto kusengaphambili. Ngezansi, ochwepheshe badiliza lapho (nokuthi kanjani) ukuzihlukanisa uma ucabanga ukuthi une-coronavirus.

Okokuqala, ukuphindwaphindwa kwezimpawu ezahlukahlukene ze-COVID-19, ngoba kubalulekile lapha.

Ngaphezu kwakho konke, kubalulekile ukugcizelela ukuthi i-COVID-19 yigciwane elisha elatholakala kuphela ngasekupheleni kuka-2019. "Sifunda kabanzi ngayo nsuku zonke," kusho uDkt. Adalja.

Lokho kusho ukuthi, ngaleli phuzu, mhlawumbe ungasho izimpawu eziyinhloko ze-coronavirus lapho ulele: ukukhwehlela okomile, umkhuhlane, ukuphefumula okuncane. Kepha akubona bonke abantu ababa nezimpawu ezifanayo ze-COVID-19. Ucwaningo olusafufusa lukhombisa ukuthi uhudo, isicanucanu nokuhlanza kungaba yinto ejwayelekile kubantu abane-coronavirus, kanye nokulahlekelwa iphunga nokunambitha.

I-World Health Organization (WHO) inohlu olubanzi lwezimpawu ze-COVID-19 kune-CDC, okuhlanganisa:

• Imfiva
• Ukukhathala
• Ukukhwehlela okomile
• Ama-Aches nezinhlungu
• Ukuminyana emakhaleni
• Ikhala eligelezayo
• Umphimbo obuhlungu
• Uhudo

Ngokuvamile, "izimpawu zivame ukuqala kancane ngomkhuhlane, ukukhwehlela okomile, noma ukuphefumula kancane ngosuku lokuqala," kusho uSophia Tolliver, MD, udokotela wemithi yomndeni e-Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Kepha futhi, akunjalo ngaso sonke isikhathi. "Kunezimpawu ezithile [zezimpawu] ezingase zivame kakhulu kunezinye, kodwa azikho ezingaguquguquki ngamaphesenti ayi-100," kuchaza uPrathit Kulkarni, M.D., umsizi kaprofesa wezifo ezithathelwanayo eBaylor College of Medicine. "Noma ngabe kunendlela ejwayelekile, kungenzeka noma ingenzeki kunoma yisiphi isigameko esisodwa."

Ngokuyisisekelo, kunenqwaba yezimpawu ezahlukahlukene ongehla nalokho kungenzeka yi-COVID-19 noma ingaba uphawu lwenye into ngokuphelele. (Bheka: Izimpawu Ezijwayelekile Kakhulu ZeCoronavirus Okufanele Uzifune, Ngokusho Kwezazi)

Ngakho-ke, kufanele uzihlukanise nini uma ucabanga ukuthi une-coronavirus?

Ngokombono wezempilo yomphakathi, indlela ephephe kakhulu ukuzihlukanisa ngokushesha lapho uqaphela noma yiziphi izimpawu “ezintsha noma ezihlukile” uma ziqhathaniswa nendlela ojwayele ukuzizwa ngayo—kuhlanganise nezimpawu ezishiwo ngenhla ezibonakala ziyizimpawu ezivamile ze-COVID-19, kusho uDkt. Kulkarni.

Cabanga ngalokhu ngale ndlela: Uma uhlala uhlakulela ikhala nokukhwehlela lapho kufika impova, kungenzeka ukuthi kuphephile ukucabanga ukuthi ukungezwani komzimba nakho kufanele kusolwe lapho uba nalezo zimpawu phakathi naleso sikhathi sonyaka, kuchaza uDkt. Kulkarni. Kodwa uma ungenawo umlando wokungezwani komzimba nezinto ezithile futhi uvele ube nezimpawu ezifanayo, kungase kube isikhathi sokuzihlukanisa—ikakhulukazi uma lezo zimpawu zihlala isikhathi eside, kuphawula uDkt. Kulkarni. "Izimpawu kufanele zibonakale zihlukile noma ziphawuleka ngomqondo wokuthi awukhwelelanga kabili bese ukukhwehlela kwaphela," kuchaza yena. "Kufanele baphikelele."

Uma uhlaselwa yimfiva, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ukuzihlukanisa ngokushesha, kusho uDkt. Adalja. "Kufanele ucabange ukuthi une-coronavirus ngaleso sikhathi," uyanezela.

Uma usuzihlukanise, uDkt. Tolliver uncoma ukuthi ushayele udokotela wakho ngokushesha mayelana nezinyathelo ezilandelayo. Udokotela wakho angakusiza ukuhlola ubungozi bakho bokuba nezinkinga ze-COVID-19 bese unquma ukuthi uyakwazi yini ukuphatha izimpawu zakho ekhaya, kuchaza uDkt Tolliver. Bangakusiza nokuthi unqume ukuthi kufanele (noma kanjani) uhlolwe. (Okuhlobene: Ukuhlolwa KweCoronavirus Ekhaya Kusemisebenzini)

Ngenkathi ochwepheshe bencoma ukuzihlukanisa noma nini lapho ungabaza izimpawu zakho, kuyaqondakala ukuthi awufuni ukuya ekuhlukaniseni ukukhahlela. Uma uzizwa muhle Qiniseka ukuthi izimpawu zakho akuzona I-COVID-19, cabanga ukuziqhelelanisa nendlu yakho yonke futhi uqaphe izimpawu zakho ukuze ubone ukuthi ziyaguquka yini kungakapheli usuku noma ezimbili, kusho uDavid Cennimo, MD, umsizi kaprofesa wezifo ezithathelwanayo eRutgers New Jersey Medical School. Ngaleso sikhathi, uDkt Cennimo uncoma ukwenza lokho akubiza ngokuthi "ukuqhela kwezenhlalo ekhaya."

"Akudingeki ukhiyele ekamelweni elilodwa, kodwa mhlawumbe ungahlali kusofa ndawonye [nawo wonke umndeni] lapho nibuka iTV," usho kanje. Uzophinda ufune ukuqhubeka nokugeza izandla njalo, ukumboza umlomo wakho uma ukhwehlela, nokuhlanza amagciwane ezindaweni ezivame ukuthintwa (uyazi, yonke imikhuba yokuvikela i-coronavirus osuyazi kahle). Futhi, futhi, shayela udokotela wakho ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka futhi uhlale uthintana nabo njalo.

Khumbula: Abanye abantu abane-COVID-19 banezimpawu "zesikhashana", okusho ukuthi izimpawu ziyafika zidlule, kuphawula uDkt. Adalja. Ngakho-ke, ukunaka ukuthi izimpawu zishintsha kanjani usuku nosuku kubaluleke kakhulu. "Ungacabangi ukuthi ulungile ngokushesha lapho uzizwa ulungile," usho njalo. (Nansi incazelo enemininingwane eyengeziwe Kanjani ukuzihlukanisa ekhaya uma wena noma othile ohlala naye ene-COVID-19.)

Ungakushiya nini ukuzihlukanisa?

I-CDC inesiqondiso esicacile kulokhu. Esimeni lapho ukuhlolwa kwe-COVID-19 kungatholakali kuwe, i-ejensi incoma ngokukhethekile ukuthi uqede ukuzihlukanisa uma uhlangabezana nalezi zindlela zokunquma ezilandelayo:

• Awukaze ube nomkhuhlane amahora angama-72, ngaphandle kokusebenzisa imishanguzo yokunciphisa umkhuhlane.
• Izimpawu zakho sezithuthukile (ikakhulukazi ukukhwehlela kanye nokuphefumula kanzima—qiniseka ukuthi ubonana nodokotela wakho mayelana nokuqhubeka kwalezi zimpawu).
• Sekuyizinsuku okungenani eziyisikhombisa selokhu kwavela izimpawu zakho okokuqala.

Uma u kukhona ukwazi ukuhlola i-COVID-19, i-CDC incoma ukuthi uzishiye wedwa ngemuva kokwenzeka kwalezi zinto:

• Awusenawo umkhuhlane, ngaphandle kokusebenzisa imithi yokwehlisa umkhuhlane.
• Izimpawu zakho sezithuthukile (ikakhulukazi ukukhwehlela kanye nokuphefumula kanzima—qiniseka ukuthi ubonana nodokotela wakho mayelana nokuqhubeka kwalezi zimpawu).
• Uthole izivivinyo ezimbili ezingezinhle zilandelana, zihlukaniswe amahora angama-24.

Ekugcineni, ukukhuluma nodokotela wakho njalo kukho konke okuhlangenwe nakho kwakho—kunokuba uzame ukuzitholela ngokwakho—kubalulekile, kuphawula uDkt. Tolliver. "Okwamanje, kunzima kakhulu ukusho ukuthi ubani onalo noma ongenalo i-COVID-19. Akwenzeki ukusho ngokubheka othile nje," echaza. "Akukaze kube khona okubi ngokuxhumana nodokotela wakho wokunakekela okuyisisekelo ukuxoxa ngezimpawu ezimnene, ezilinganiselayo, noma ezinzima, noma ngabe ucabanga ukuthi izimpawu zingaba i-alamu elingamanga. Kungcono ukwenza iphutha ohlangothini lokuqapha kunokunganaki."

Imininingwane ekule ndaba inembile njengesikhathi sokushicilela. Njengoba izibuyekezo ezimayelana ne-coronavirus COVID-19 ziqhubeka nokuvela, kungenzeka ukuthi eminye imininingwane nezincomo kule ndaba zishintshile selokhu kwashicilelwa okokuqala. Sikukhuthaza ukuthi uhlole njalo izinsiza ezifana ne-CDC, i-WHO, kanye nomnyango wezempilo womphakathi wendawo ukuze uthole imininingwane yakamuva nezincomo.

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