Olu xinzelelo luqatha loMkhuhlane luyakhula

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Njengoko kwaqala uMatshi, uninzi lwalukholelwa ukuba ixesha lomkhuhlane lalisendleleni yokuphuma. Kodwa idatha ekhutshwe ngamaZiko oLawulo lweSifo (i-CDC) kwiveki ephelileyo ityhila ukuba amazwe angama-32 axele amanqanaba aphezulu omkhuhlane, nge-21 yabo bathi amanqanaba abo aphezulu kunangaphambili.

Ngokusekwe kwixesha lomkhuhlane obulalayo ebesinalo ngo-2017-2018 (isikhumbuzo: bangaphezulu kwe-80,000 abantu ababhubhileyo) sonke siyayazi ukuba umkhuhlane unokungacingelwa kwaye ubulale. Kodwa eyona nto inika umdla kule spike yalo nyaka kwizigulo ezichaziweyo kukuba intsholongwane i-H3N2, uhlobo olomeleleyo lomkhuhlane, ibangela uninzi lokulaliswa esibhedlele. (Ngaba ubusazi ukuba iipesenti ezingama-41 zaseMelika azizange zicwangcise ukufumana umkhuhlane, ngaphandle kwexesha lomkhuhlane obulalayo wonyaka ophelileyo?)

Uxinzelelo lwe-H3N2 lwalungunobangela weepesenti ezingama-62 zamatyala omkhuhlane axeliweyo kwiveki ephelileyo kaFebruwari, i-CDC ibike. Kwiveki ephelileyo, ngaphezulu kwama-54 eepesenti amatyala omkhuhlane abikwe ngenxa ye-H3N2.

Yingxaki leyo, kuba isitofu sokugonya umkhuhlane kulo nyaka sisebenza ngakumbi ngokuchasene nentsholongwane ye-H1N1, ebiyeyona iphambili ekuqaleni kwexesha lomkhuhlane eliqhelekileyo malunga no-Okthobha. Ke, ukuba ufumene umkhuhlane, unamathuba angama-62 okukhusela kwi-H1N1, xa kuthelekiswa neepesenti ezingama-44 xa kuthelekiswa nale ntsholongwane ye-H3N2, ngokwe-CDC. (Fumanisa ukujongana ne-FluMist, i-Flu Vaccine Nasal Spray)

Kwaye intsholongwane ye-H3N2 inzima kakhulu kuba, ukongeza ekubangeleni iimpawu zomkhuhlane (imikhuhlane, ukugodola, kunye neentlungu zomzimba) kungakhokelela kubunzima obukhulu, kubandakanya nefiva ephezulu ukuya kuthi ga kwi-103 ° okanye kwi-104 ° F, inika ingxelo iCDC .

Ayisiyiyo loo nto kuphela, kodwa ngelixa amaqela athile abantu esengozini enkulu yokufumana umkhuhlane, njengabantu abangama-65 nangaphezulu, abantwana abancinci kunye nabasetyhini abakhulelweyo, i-H3N2 ngamanye amaxesha inokubangela iingxaki zempilo nakubantu abasempilweni. Oku kunokubandakanya iingxaki ezinje nge-pneumonia, enokufuna ukulaliswa esibhedlele-kwaye ngamanye amaxesha kubangele ukufa. (Idibeneyo: Ngaba umntu ophilileyo angafa kuMkhuhlane?)

Le ntsholongwane ye-influenza ihlala ihlengahlengisa, ethi ke yona iyenze i-H3N2 isasazeke ngakumbi, ibangele ukuba isasazeke ngokulula ngakumbi ukusuka emntwini kuye emntwini. (Eyeleleneyo: Leliphi elona xesha lilungileyo lokufumana i-Flu Shot?)

Iindaba ezimnandi zezokuba, ngelixa umsebenzi womkhuhlane ucingelwa ukuba uhlala uphezulu kwinyanga ezayo, i-CDC ikholelwa ukuba kukho amathuba angama-90 epesenti yokuba ixesha lonyaka sele liphezulu kwilizwe lonke. Ke, sikwi downdurn-whew.

Usenako nokugonywa! Ewe, ukufumana umkhuhlane wokudubula kunokubonakala ngathi yintlungu (okanye ubuncinci, okwangoku enye Umyalezo). Kodwa ngenxa yokuba sele kukho indawo phakathi kwe-18,900 kunye ne-31,200 yokusweleka okunxulumene nomkhuhlane kunye nezibhedlele ezingama-347,000 ngeli xesha lonyaka, umkhuhlane kufuneka uthathwe ngokungathí sina. Owu, kwaye nje ukuba udubule (kuba siyazi ukuba uya apho ASAP, kunjalo ??) jonga ezinye iindlela ezine onokuzikhusela ngazo kumkhuhlane kulo nyaka.

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