Ngaba lixesha elide ukufumana i-Flu Shot?

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Ukuba uzifundile iindaba mva nje, mhlawumbi uyazi ukuba uhlobo lomkhuhlane kulo nyaka yeyona nto imbi phantse kwiminyaka elishumi. Ukususela nge-1 ku-Okthobha ukuya kwi-20 kaJanuwari, bekukho i-11,965 ye-lab-eqinisekisiweyo yokulaliswa esibhedlele, ngokweZiko loLawulo lwezifo (CDC). Kwaye ixesha lomkhuhlane alikade libe nencopho okwangoku: I-CDC ithi oko kuya kwenzeka kwiveki ezayo okanye kunjalo. Ukuba unexhala ngamathuba akho okuhla nomkhuhlane, eyona nto ingcono onokuyenza kukufumana i-freakin 'flue shot. (Idibeneyo: Ngaba umntu ophilileyo angafa kuMkhuhlane?)

I-ICYDK, umkhuhlane A (H3N2), yenye yeendlela eziphambili zomkhuhlane kulo nyaka, ibangela ukulaliswa esibhedlele, ukusweleka kunye nezifo oziva ngazo. Olu xinzelelo lubi kakhulu ngenxa yokukwazi kwalo okungaqhelekanga ukodlula inkqubo yomzimba yokuzikhusela ngokukhawuleza kunezinye iintlobo zentsholongwane. "Iintsholongwane zomkhuhlane zihlala ziguquka, kodwa intsholongwane iH3N2 iyakhawuleza kunabenzi bezitofu zokugonya," utshilo uJulie Mangino, MD, unjingalwazi wezifo ezosulelayo eOhio State University Wexner Medical Centre. Iindaba ezimnandi? Ugonyo lwalo nyaka lukhusela kolu hlobo.

Zintathu ezinye iintsholongwane zomkhuhlane ezijikelezayo, nangona: olunye uhlobo lomkhuhlane A kunye neentlobo ezimbini zomkhuhlane B. Isitofu sokugonya sikhusela kwezi nazo-kwaye asikashiywa lixesha ukuba sizifumane. “Sikufuphi nencopho yesizini, ngoko ke ukuba nalo ngoku kusengaluncedo kakhulu,” utshilo uGqr. Mangino. Kodwa musa ukulinda ixesha elide-kuthatha umzimba wakho ixesha elithile ukwakha ukhuseleko emva kwesitofu sokugonya. Ixesha lemikhuhlane liqala ukubethabethana ngasekupheleni kuka-Matshi, kodwa sisabona amatyala de kube ngoMeyi, utshilo.

Ngaba sele unomkhuhlane? Awukho kwi-hook kuba usenokubamba uhlobo olwahlukileyo. (Ewe, unokufumana umkhuhlane kabini ngexesha elinye.) Ngaphezu koko, "abanye abantu banokucinga ukuba banomkhuhlane, kodwa kunokwenzeka ukuba iimpawu zivela kwingqele eqhelekileyo, i-sinusitis, okanye esinye isifo sokuphefumla. Ngoko ke isitofu sokugonya kufanelekile ukufumana, ngakumbi ukuba awuchongwanga ngokusesikweni, utshilo uGqirha Mangino.

Ukuba uneempawu ezifana nomkhuhlane (ingakumbi umkhuhlane, impumlo evuzayo, ukukhohlela, okanye ukuqaqamba komzimba), musa ukuphuma endlwini. Abantu abadala, abasetyhini abakhulelweyo, kunye nabo banesifo sentliziyo okanye semiphunga basemngciphekweni omkhulu wokufumana umkhuhlane, uGqr.UMangino uthi, kwaye kufuneka anyangwe ngamachiza antiviral kwakamsinya nje xa beqala ukubona iimpawu.

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