Amaqela omngcipheko we-meningitis

Umxholo

• Ngowuphi ubudala kuqheleke ukuba ufumane i-meningitis
• Kufuneka wenze ntoni xa ukrokrela
• Ungakuphepha njani ukufumana i-meningitis

I-Meningitis inokubangelwa ziintsholongwane, ifungi okanye ibhaktiriya, ke enye yezona zinto zibeka emngciphekweni wokufumana esi sifo kukuba buthathaka amajoni omzimba, njengabantu abanezifo ezizimele njenge-AIDS, i-lupus okanye umhlaza, umzekelo.

Nangona kunjalo, kukho ezinye izinto ezonyusa umngcipheko wokuba ne-meningitis, enje:

• Rhoqo usela iziselo ezinxilisayo;
• Thatha iziyobisi zokuzikhusela emzimbeni;
• Sebenzisa iziyobisi ezifakwa emithanjeni;
• Khange agonywe, ngakumbi isifo sokudumba kwenwebu yengqondo, imasisi, umkhuhlane okanye inyumoniya;
• Uyisusile udakada;
• Unyango lomhlaza.

Ukongeza, abasetyhini abakhulelweyo okanye abantu abasebenza kwiindawo ezinabantu abaninzi, ezinjengeevenkile ezinkulu okanye izibhedlele, umzekelo, banomngcipheko ophezulu wokufumana i-meningitis.

Ngowuphi ubudala kuqheleke ukuba ufumane i-meningitis

I-Meningitis ixhaphake kakhulu kubantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka emi-5 ubudala okanye kubantu abadala abangaphezulu kweminyaka engama-60, ikakhulu ngenxa yokungakhuli komzimba wamajoni okanye ukwehla kokuzikhusela komzimba.

Kufuneka wenze ntoni xa ukrokrela

Xa kurhanelwa i-meningitis, kuyacetyiswa ukuba ufune uncedo lwezonyango ngokukhawuleza ukuze unyango luqaliswe ngokukhawuleza ukunciphisa umngcipheko we-sequelae ye-neurological.

Ungakuphepha njani ukufumana i-meningitis

Ukunciphisa umngcipheko wokufumana i-meningitis, ngakumbi kubantu abanezi zinto, kuyacetyiswa:

• Hlamba izandla zakho rhoqo, ngakumbi ngaphambi kokutya, emva kokuhlamba okanye emva kokuba kwindawo ezixineneyo;
• Kuphephe ukutya kunye, ukusela okanye ukusika;
• Musa ukutshaya kwaye uphephe iindawo ezinomsi omninzi;
• Kuphephe ukunxibelelana ngokuthe ngqo nabantu abagulayo.

Ukongeza, ukugonywa ngokuchasene ne-meningitis, umkhuhlane, imasisi okanye inyumoniya kunciphisa umngcipheko wokufumana isifo. Funda ngakumbi malunga nokugonya ngokuchasene ne-meningitis.