Ehrlichiosis

Umxholo

• Imifanekiso ye-ehrlichiosis
• Zithini iimpawu ze-ehrlichiosis?
• Yintoni umahluko phakathi kwe-ehrlichiosis kunye ne-anaplasmosis?
• Ichongwa njani i-ehrlichiosis?
• Ngaba i-ehrlichiosis inokubangela ukuba ezinye iimeko zikhule?
• Iphathwa njani i-ehrlichiosis?
• Ithini imbonakalo ye-ehrlichiosis?

Phawula ukuluma

Phawula ukulunywa kuyaziwa ukuba kubangele isifo seLyme, kodwa banokudlulisa imeko ebizwa ngokuba yi-ehrlichiosis.

I-Ehrlichiosis sisifo esibangelwa yintsholongwane esibangela iimpawu ezinje ngomkhuhlane ezibandakanya umkhuhlane kunye namahlaba. Ingabangela iingxaki ezinzulu xa ishiywe inganyangwa. Kodwa inokunyangeka ngonyango olukhawulezileyo.

I-Ehrlichiosis ihlala ibangelwa kukulunywa yinkwenkwana eyosulelekileyo, nangona inokudluliselwa ngamakhalane enja okanye amakhalane amaxhama. Amakhalane e-Lone star aqhelekile kumazantsi mpuma nakumazantsi embindi eUnited States, kunye nase-East Coast. Amabhinqa anebala elimhlophe emqolo.

Imifanekiso ye-ehrlichiosis

Zithini iimpawu ze-ehrlichiosis?

Abantu abaninzi abane-ehrlichiosis bacinga ukuba banomkhuhlane okanye umkhuhlane wesisu. Ezona mpawu zixhaphakileyo zezi:

• Ukugodola
• ifiva
• iintlungu zemisipha
• intloko ebuhlungu
• Ukugula ngokubanzi
• isicaphucaphu
• urhudo

Inxalenye encinci kuphela yabantu abane-ehrlichiosis eya kuthi ifumane naluphi na uhlobo lokuqubha. Zimbini iintlobo zerhashsi ezinokuthi zenzeke ngale meko:

• irhashalala, amancinci amachaphaza amancinci abangelwa kukopha phantsi kolusu
• tyaba, irhashalala ebomvu

Iimpawu ze-ehrlichiosis ziyafana neRocky Mountain Spotted Fever, esinye isifo esiguliswa ngamakhalane. Nangona kunjalo, iRocky Mountain Spotted Fever kunokwenzeka ukuba ibangele irhashalala.

Iimpawu zihlala ziqala phakathi kweentsuku ezisi-7 ukuya kwezi-14 emva kokulunywa ngamakhalane, nangona abanye abantu bengazi ukuba bakhathazwa yingxaki.

Ukuba ubona uphawu:

Yisuse ngononophelo kwaye ngokuthe chu, uqiniseke ukuba uyayibamba kufutshane nentloko kangangoko ukuze kungabikho nxalenye yayo ishiyekileyo emzimbeni wakho. Yibulale ngokuyibeka ekuhlikihleni utywala. Ungaze uyityumze kwaye uyiphephe ukuyichukumisa nangeminwe yakho, kuba le iyodwa inokusasaza usulelo lwebacteria. Ungayifaka kwi-notecard ukuze ugqirha avavanye kamva ukuba kukho imfuneko.

Yintoni umahluko phakathi kwe-ehrlichiosis kunye ne-anaplasmosis?

Ukuphela kwenkwenkwezi kunokubangela olunye usulelo olubizwa ngokuba yi-anaplasmosis. Iimpawu ze-anaplasmosis ziyafana kakhulu ne-ehrlichiosis. Umahluko ophambili phakathi kwezi zifo zimbini kukuba i-ehrlichiosis ibangelwa E. chaffeensis iintsholongwane. I-Anaplasmosis ibangelwa Anaplasma phagocytophilum iintsholongwane.

Ichongwa njani i-ehrlichiosis?

Ukuba uye walunywa yingcongconi kwaye ufumana iimpawu ezinje ngomkhuhlane okanye uqaphele irhashalala, yenza idinga lokuya kugqirha ngoko nangoko. Ugqirha wakho unokukuvavanya i-ehrlichiosis kunye nezinye iimeko eziyingozi ezibangelwa ngamakhalane, njengesifo seLyme.

Ugqirha wakho uya kuhlola indawo ekulunywa kuyo amakhalane aze abuze ukuba zeziphi iimpawu ohlangabezana nazo. Baya kuthatha uxinzelelo lwegazi kunye noku-odola uvavanyo lwegazi ukukhangela imiqondiso yosulelo lwebacteria. Ezi mpawu zinokubandakanya ukubala kweeseli ezimhlophe ezisezantsi kunye nokubala okuphantsi kweplatelet, kunye nokubakho kwee-antibodies ezithile.

Umsebenzi wegazi unokuvavanya ukusebenza kwakho kwezintso kunye nesibindi ukukhangela iingxaki.

Ngaba i-ehrlichiosis inokubangela ukuba ezinye iimeko zikhule?

Nokuba usempilweni kangakanani na (kubantu abadala nasebantwaneni), i-ehrlichiosis inokuba neziphumo ezibi kakhulu ukuba ayinyangwa. Umngcipheko wezi ngxaki unyuka ngokubonakalayo kwabo banamajoni omzimba abuthathaka.

Ezi ngxaki zinokubandakanya:

• ukusilela komzimba, kubandakanya ukusilela kwezintso kunye nesibindi
• ukusilela ekuphefumuleni
• ukumelwa yintliziyo
• ukuwela isiqaqa
• ukuxhuzula

Ngelixa uninzi lwezi ngxaki zinokunyangwa ukuba zibanjwe kwangoko ngokwaneleyo, zisenokungaphinde zibekho. Nangona kuyinto engaqhelekanga kakhulu, abantu banokufa ngenxa ye-ehrlichiosis.

Iphathwa njani i-ehrlichiosis?

Ugqirha wakho unokukunika amayeza ngaphambi kokuba bafumane iziphumo zovavanyo ukuba barhanela i-ehrlichiosis.

Unyango luya kubandakanya ukuthatha isibulala-zintsholongwane kangangeentsuku ezili-10 ukuya kwezi-14. I-Doxycycline (Acticlate) yeyona ntsholongwane iqhelekileyo i-ehrlichiosis. Nangona kunjalo, ugqirha wakho unokumisela enye i-antibiotiki efana ne-rifampin (Rifadin) ukuba ukhulelwe.

Ithini imbonakalo ye-ehrlichiosis?

Unyango olukhawulezileyo lwe-ehrlichiosis lubalulekile kuba iingxaki ezinzima zinokwenzeka ukuba ziyekwe zinganyangwa. Uninzi lwabantu luya kunyangwa ngokupheleleyo kumjikelo wee-antibiotics. Kuya kufuneka uqale ubone ukuphucuka okubonakalayo ngaphakathi kwe-24 ukuya kwiiyure ze-48 emva kokuqala unyango. Uninzi lwabantu luya kuba nokufumana ngokupheleleyo kwiiveki ezintathu zonyango.

Eyona nto ukubheja kwakho kukuthintela i-ehrlichiosis kunye nokukhawulwa kwamakhalane ngokupheleleyo. Ukuba uyazi ukuba uya kuba kwindawo enamakhalane, ziqhelanise neendlela zokuthintela amakhalane ukuzigcina kude kuwe nakwintsapho yakho.