Phawula ukususwa

Amakhalane zincinci, izidalwa ezifana nezinambuzane ezihlala emahlathini nasemasimini. Zincamathisela kuwe njengokuba uhlikihla amahlahla, izityalo nengca edlulileyo. Kanye kuwe, amakhalane ahlala kwindawo efudumeleyo, emanzi. Zivame ukufumaneka emakhwapheni, emiphakathini, nasezinweleni. Amakhalane ancamathele ngokuqinileyo kulusu lwakho kwaye aqale ukutsala igazi ngokutya kwabo. Le nkqubo ayibuhlungu. Uninzi lwabantu aluyi kuqaphela ukulunywa ngamakhalane.

Amakhalane anokuba makhulu ngokulingeneyo, malunga nobukhulu besiciko sepensile. Banokuba ncinane kakhulu kangangokuba kunzima kakhulu ukuzibona. Amakhalane angadlulisa iintsholongwane ezinokubangela izifo. Ezinye zazo zinokuba nzulu.

Nangona amakhalane engenazo iibhaktiriya ezibanga izifo zabantu, amanye amakhalane ayazithwala ezi bhaktiriya. Ezi bhaktheriya zingabangela:

• Umkhuhlane weColorado
• Isifo seLyme
• Umkhuhlane obonwe yiNtaba yeRocky
• Tularemia

Ukuba uphawu lokukorekisha luqhotyoshelwe kuwe, landela la manyathelo okususa:

1. Sebenzisa ii-tweezers ukuze ubambe uphawu lokukhawulela kufutshane nentloko okanye umlomo. MUSA ukusebenzisa iminwe yakho. Ukuba awunayo i-tweezers kwaye kufuneka usebenzise iminwe yakho, sebenzisa isicwili okanye iphepha letawuli.
2. Tsala uphawu lokukorekisha nqo ngokuhamba kancinci nangokungangxami. Kunqande ukucudisa okanye ukutyumza amakhalane. Lumka ungashiyi intloko ingene kulusu.
3. Coca indawo kakuhle ngesepha namanzi. Hlamba izandla zakho kakuhle.
4. Gcina uphawu lwengqayi. Jonga umntu olunywe ngononophelo kwiveki ezayo okanye ezimbini kwiimpawu zesifo seLyme (esifana nerhashalala okanye umkhuhlane).
5. Ukuba onke amalungu etikiti akanakususwa, fumana uncedo lonyango. Yizisa umkhaza kwibhotile ekuqeshweni kwakho ngugqirha.

• SUKUZAMA ukutshisa itshiki ngomatshisi okanye enye into eshushu.
• SUKUJIKISELA ikhreyikhi xa uyikhupha.
• SUKUZAMA ukubulala, ukutshabalalisa, okanye ukuthambisa umkhaza nge-oyile, utywala, iVaseline, okanye izinto ezifanayo ngelixa ikhalane lisafakwa kulusu.

Tsalela umnxeba ugqirha wakho ukuba khange ukwazi ukususa lonke uphawu. Biza umnxeba kwiintsuku ezilandelayo zokulunywa likhalane ukuba uya ukhula:

• Irhashalala
• Iimpawu ezinjengomkhuhlane, kubandakanya umkhuhlane kunye nentloko
• Intlungu edibeneyo okanye ubomvu
• I-lymph nodes ezidumbileyo

Tsalela umnxeba ku-911 ukuba unayo nayiphi na imiqondiso:

• Iintlungu zesifuba
• Ukubetha kwentliziyo
• Ukukhubazeka
• Intloko ebuhlungu
• Ingxaki yokuphefumla

Ukuthintela ukulunywa ngamakhalane:

• Nxiba iibhulukhwe ezinde nemikhono emide xa uhamba ngebrashi enzima, ingca ende, kunye nemimandla eshinyeneyo.
• Tsala iikawusi zakho ngaphandle kwebhulukhwe yakho ukuthintela amakhalane ekurhubuluzeni emlenzeni wakho.
• Gcina ihempe yakho ibotshwe kwiibhulukhwe zakho.
• Nxiba iimpahla ezinemibala ekhanyayo ukuze amakhalane abonakale ngokulula.
• Fafaza iimpahla zakho ngento egxotha izinambuzane.
• Jonga iimpahla zakho kunye nesikhumba rhoqo ehlathini.

Emva kokubuyela ekhaya:

• Susa iimpahla zakho. Jonga ngokusondeleyo kubo bonke ubuso bakho bolusu, kubandakanya ne-scalp yakho. Amakhalane anokunyuka ngokukhawuleza emzimbeni wakho.
• Amanye amakhalane makhulu kwaye kulula ukuwafumana. Olunye uhlobo lwamakhalane lunokuba luncinci, jonga ngononophelo kuwo onke amabala amnyama okanye emdaka eluswini.
• Ukuba kuyenzeka, cela umntu akuncedise ekuhloleni amakhalane emzimbeni wakho.
• Umntu omdala kufuneka ahlolisise abantwana ngenyameko.

• Isifo seLyme
• Ixhama nenja zikhathaza
• Phawula ngaphakathi kulusu lwakho

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