Ususulela Kangakanani Umkhuhlane?

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Ukhe weva izinto ezoyikisayo malunga nomkhuhlane kulo nyaka. Kungenxa yokuba kukho umsebenzi osasazekileyo womkhuhlane kulo lonke ilizwekazi lase-US okokuqala ngqa kwiminyaka eyi-13, ngokutsho kwamaZiko oLawulo lweSifo (CDC). Nokuba udubule umkhuhlane wakho (uwutsibe? Akukaphuzi kakhulu ukufumana umkhuhlane wakho), ethi iCDC isebenze malunga nama-39 epesenti kulo nyaka, usemngciphekweni wokubamba uguqulelo olwahlukileyo okanye oluguquliweyo lwe intsholongwane. Oku kwenza ukuba kube lula ukufumana umkhuhlane kabini ngexesha elinye. I-Influenza A, okanye i-H3N2, ibe yeyona ndlela ixhaphakileyo yomkhuhlane ngeli xesha, ingxelo ye-CDC. Ngokubanzi, bekukho malunga ne-12,000 ye-lab-eqinisekisiweyo yezibhedlele ezinxulumene nomkhuhlane kulo lonke elase-United States phakathi kwe-Okthobha 1, 2017, kunye ne-20 kaJanuwari 2018. Kwaye, ngokudabukisayo, nabantu abancinci nabasempilweni baye babulawa ngumkhuhlane kweli xesha.

Ke uphezulu kangakanani umngcipheko wakho wokubamba intsholongwane? Ngaba ufanele woyike ukubamba iintsimbi zezandla, iziphatho zenqwelo yegrosari, amaqhosha eelevator, iiqhiya zocango...?

Iintsholongwane zomkhuhlane zisasazeka ikakhulu ngamathontsi enziwe xa abantu benomkhuhlane bekhohlela, bathimla, okanye bethetha, utshilo u-Angela Campbell, MD, igosa lezonyango kwicandelo lomkhuhlane le CDC. "La mathontsi angahlala emlonyeni okanye kwiimpumlo zabantu abakufutshane okanye banokuphefumlelwa emiphungeni. Abantu abanomkhuhlane banokusasaza kwabanye ukuya kuthi ga kwiinyawo ezi-6. Ngaphantsi kakhulu, umntu unokufumana umkhuhlane ngokuchaphazela umphezulu okanye into enentsholongwane yomkhuhlane kuyo kwaye emva koko ichukumise umlomo wakhe, impumlo, okanye amehlo."

Ukuyibeka ngokulula, umkhuhlane "uyosulela kakhulu," utshilo uJulie Mangino, MD, unjingalwazi wamayeza angaphakathi kwisebe lezifo ezosulelayo kwi-Ohio State University Wexner Medical Centre. Inye into ebalulekileyo onokuyenza ukuze uzikhusele: Gcina izandla zakho ebusweni bakho. "Ungaze uthinte ubuso bakho, amehlo, impumlo, nomlomo, kuba nantoni na esezandleni zakho ngoku ifikelela empumlweni nasemqaleni," utshilo uGqirha Mangino.

Zihlambe izandla zakho rhoqo, ngakumbi ngaphambi kokuba ulungiselele okanye utye ukutya. Gwema abantu abagulayo xa kunokwenzeka. Kwaye ukuba uhlala kwikhaya elinye nomntu onomkhuhlane, "yenza konke okusemandleni akho ukunqanda ukutshintshisa amathe," utshilo uGqirha Mangino.

Ukuba ufumana umkhuhlane, kukho iindlela zokunciphisa amathuba okuba uwudlulisele kwabanye. Ukuba ugula ngokucacileyo ngumkhuhlane kunye neempawu ezinjengomkhuhlane, kufanelekile hayi yiya emsebenzini, esikolweni, kwindawo yokuzivocavoca, okanye kwezinye iindawo zikawonke-wonke. Ukuba uhlala nabanye abantu, gcina izicubu zijikeleze ukuze ungathimzi ngengozi emntwini kwaye usasaze intsholongwane. Nciphisa ukuba ubachukumisa kangakanani abanye abantu. Unokuzama ukunxiba imaski yotyando ejikeleze indlu. Kwaye, kubaluleke kakhulu, hlamba izandla zakho rhoqo ngesepha kunye namanzi, okanye ngesicoci se-alcohol hand sanitizer. (Idibeneyo: Ngaba iSanitizer yesandla ayilunganga kulusu lwakho?)

UGqr. Campbell uthi: “Amalaphu, izitya, izitya zabantu abagulayo akufuneki kwabelwane ngazo kungahlanjiswanga kuqala. "Izixhobo zokutya zinokuhlanjwa nokuba kumatshini wokuhlamba izitya okanye ngesandla ngamanzi nesepha kwaye akufuneki zicocwe ngokwahlukeneyo. Iindawo eziphathwa rhoqo kufuneka zicocwe kwaye zibulawe iintsholongwane."

Ukuba uye wanelishwa ngokwaneleyo lokufumana umkhuhlane, wazi njani xa kukhuselekile ukubuyela emsebenzini okanye kwindlela yakho yokuzivocavoca ecwangcisiweyo rhoqo? Ewe, umkhuhlane uchaphazela abantu ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, ke akukho bungakanani-bunye-lonke ixesha malunga nokuba intsholongwane iyakudlula nini kwinkqubo yakho kwaye iyeke ukusasazeka. Ungalindela ukuba ungabikho kwikhomishini kangangeentsuku, kwaye uninzi lwabantu abafumana umkhuhlane abayi kufuna ukuya esibhedlele okanye bathathe iziyobisi, utshilo uGqirha Campbell. Ukuba iimpawu zakho zimbi ngenene okanye usemngciphekweni omkhulu weengxaki, unokucela ugqirha wakho ukuba akubhalele iyeza elithomalalisa iintsholongwane ezifana neTamiflu, kodwa yazi ukuba lisebenza ngcono ukuba lithathwe kwiiyure ezingama-48 zophawu lokuqala lokugula.

Abantu abasengozini enkulu babandakanya abantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka eyi-2, abantu abadala abaneminyaka eyi-65 nangaphezulu, abafazi abakhulelweyo, kunye nabantu abaneemeko zonyango eziphantsi njengesifo semiphunga (kubandakanywa nesifo se-asthma), isifo senhliziyo, isifo sikashukela kunye nezinye iimeko zonyango ezingapheliyo, kusho uDkt Campbell. .

UGqr. Mangino uthi ufanele usoloko uhlola ubushushu bakho ukuze ubone enoba isigulo sakho siqhubela phambili kusini na. "Ukuba usakhohlela njengomntu ophambeneyo, uvuthela impumlo kaninzi kwiyure nganye, awukakulungeli ukubuyela emsebenzini, utshilo uGqirha Mangino. Kodwa xa sele ukwindawo apho ungakhange ubenomkhuhlane iiyure ezingama-24-kwaye awuthathi i-aspirin okanye elinye iyeza elinokufihla umkhuhlane-kukhuselekile ngokubanzi ukuba uphume kwaye uphinde kwakhona. Oko kwathethi, sebenzisa esona sigwebo sakho, kwaye umamele umzimba wakho.

Xa kuziwa ekubuyeleni kwindawo yokuzivocavoca emva kokugula, izikhokelo ezifanayo ziyasebenza. Wonke umntu wahlukile, kodwa, "ngokubanzi, uya kufuna ukulala ngokwaneleyo, usele ulwelo oluninzi, kwaye ukhumbule ukulinda de ube ubuncinci iiyure ezingama-24 ukhululekile ukuba ube nomkhuhlane ngaphambi kokuba ujikeleze abanye abantu, utshilo uGqr. UCampbell. "Ayizizo zonke iindlela zokusebenza ezifanayo, kwaye ukubuyela kwakho kwimisebenzi yomzimba kunokuxhomekeka ekubeni ubugula kangakanani nomkhuhlane."

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