Isifo seLyme nokukhulelwa: Ngaba usana lwam luya kulifumana?

Umxholo

• Zithini iimpawu zesifo seLyme?
• Unyango lwezifo zeLyme ngexesha lokukhulelwa
• Ukuthintela isifo seLyme ngexesha lokukhulelwa
• Okukwintsusa

Isifo seLyme sisifo esibangelwa yintsholongwane IBorrelia burgdorferi. Idluliselwa ebantwini ngokulunywa kwekhalane elinemilenze emnyama, ekwabizwa ngokuba likhalane lexhama. Esi sifo siyanyangeka kwaye asibangeli monakalo wexesha elide, ukuba nje siphathwe kwangoko. Ukuba uhlala kwindawo apho la makhalane axhaphakileyo kwaye uchitha ixesha ungaphandle, unobungozi obonyukayo beLyme.

Ke kwenzeka ntoni ukuba ufumana isifo seLyme xa ukhulelwe? Ngaba umntwana usemngciphekweni?

Ngokubanzi, usana lwakho kufuneka lukhuseleke, ukuba nje ufunyanisiwe kwaye uphathwe.

Funda ukuze ufumane okungakumbi malunga nendlela yokuthintela isifo seLyme kunye nento onokuyenza xa usifumana ngexa lokukhulelwa.

Zithini iimpawu zesifo seLyme?

Umqondiso wokuqala wesifo seLyme unokuba kukuqunjelwa okuvela kwiintsuku ezintathu ukuya kwezingama-30 emva kokulunywa ngamakhalane, kwindawo yokuluma. Oku kurhabaxa kwahlukile kwibhampu ebomvu eqhelekileyo ejongeka njengokulunywa yi-bug: Inokuba bomvu ijikeleze ngaphandle kwaye ikhangeleke ilula embindini, njenge-bullseye. Ukuba unohlobo lwe-bullseye (okanye nayiphi na) ukukhawuleza, jongwa ngugqirha.

Asinguye wonke umntu ofumana isifo seLyme ofumana irhashalala. Unokufumana iimpawu ezifanayo nomkhuhlane, kubandakanya:

• ifiva
• Ukugodola
• iintlungu zomzimba
• ndiziva ndidiniwe
• intloko ebuhlungu

Oku kunokwenzeka kunye okanye ngaphandle kokukhawuleza.

“Njengokuba iimpawu zesifo seLyme zinokulinganisa umkhuhlane okanye ezinye izifo zentsholongwane, kunokuba nzima ukufumanisa isifo. Nokuba ngaba umntu obhinqileyo onesifo seLyme angayidlulisela le ntsholongwane kumntwana wakhe ongekazalwa akukangqinwa, ”utshilo uGqirha Sherry Ross, MD, OB-GYN, kunye nengcali yezempilo yabasetyhini kwiziko lezeMpilo eProvidence Saint John eSanta Monica, California.

Ukuba isifo seLyme singanyangeki ixesha elide, ezi ziimpawu ezongezelelweyo:

• iintlungu ezidibeneyo kunye nokudumba, okufana nesifo samathambo, esiza kwaye sihambe kwaye sihambe phakathi kwamalungu
• ubuthathaka bemisipha
• Ukukhubazeka kweBell, ubuthathaka okanye ukukhubazeka kwentsimbi yobuso
• meningitis, ukudumba kwenwebu egubungele ingqondo yakho kunye nentambo yomqolo
• ukuziva ubuthathaka kakhulu okanye udiniwe
• ukubetha kwentliziyo ngokungaqhelekanga
• ukudumba kwesibindi
• iingxaki zememori
• Olunye ulusu
• iintlungu zemithambo-luvo

Unyango lwezifo zeLyme ngexesha lokukhulelwa

Ngaphambi kokuba uqale naluphi na unyango, qiniseka ukuba ugqirha uyazi ukuba ukhulelwe okanye unokukhulelwa. Ngethamsanqa, olunye lonyango oluqhelekileyo lonyango lweLyme lukhuselekile ngexesha lokukhulelwa. I-antibiotic amoxicillin ihlala ithathwa kathathu ngemini iiveki ezimbini ukuya kwezintathu. Ukuba uxabisa i-amoxicillin, ugqirha wakho unokumisela i-cefuroxime, i-antibiotiki eyahlukileyo, ithathwa kabini imihla ngemihla. Enye i-antibiotiki esetyenziselwa ukunyanga isifo seLyme, i-doxycycline, ayimiselwanga kwabasetyhini abakhulelweyo. Ngokusekwe kwiimpawu ozichazayo, ugqirha wakho unokukhetha ukukunika i-antibiotiki ngaphambi koku-odola iimvavanyo zelebhu, ukuze uqale unyango ngokukhawuleza. Unokuba usenomsebenzi webhu, nangona uqale unyango.

Ukuthintela isifo seLyme ngexesha lokukhulelwa

Eyona ndlela yokuphepha ukufumana isifo seLyme kukuthintela ukulunywa ngamakhalane. Abantu abahlala kuMantla mpuma nase Midwest basemngciphekweni omkhulu kuba kukho iindawo ezininzi ezinemithi kule mimandla. Kulapho amakhalane amaxhama aqhelekile.

Nazi ezinye iingcebiso zokuthintela isifo seLyme:

• Unokukunceda ekuthinteleni ukulunywa ngamakhalane ngokuthintela indawo abahlala kuyo, njengengca ende kunye nemithi enzima.
• Ukuba ukule ndawo, nxiba imikhono emide kunye neebhulukhwe ezinde. Kulula ukuba amakhalane ancamathele kulusu lwakho xa lubhencekile.
• Sebenzisa izinto ezigxotha izinambuzane okanye ezonyangiweyo eziqulathe izinto ezigxotha izinambuzane, i-DEET.
• Emva kokuba ungaphandle, susa impahla yakho ukujonga umzimba wakho ukuba awuna makhalane. Cela umntu akuncede ujonge intloko yakho kunye nomva. Kwakhona tshintsha iimpahla zakho.

Ukuba uqaphela uphawu lokukorekisha emzimbeni wakho, kubalulekile ukuba ususe ngoko nangoko. Ithuba lesifo seLyme lonyusa ixesha elide ukuba uphawu lwakho luqhotyoshelwe kuwe. Ukususa uphawu kwimizuzu engama-48 kwehlisa kakhulu umngcipheko wesifo seLyme.

Nantsi indlela yokususa uphawu, inyathelo ngenyathelo:

1. Usebenzisa ipere yee-tweezers ezinencasa entle, bamba uphawu lokukorekisha kufutshane nolusu njengoko unakho.
2. Tsala ngokuthe tye ngaphandle kokujija ii-tweezers okanye ucofe nzima kakhulu. Oku kunokubangela ukuba inxenye yethiki ihlale kulusu lwakho.
3. Emva kokuba uphawu luphelile, coca ulusu lwakho ngokucoceka utywala okanye isepha namanzi.
4. Lahla la makhalane aphilayo ngokuwaphosa phantsi kwindlu yangasese, ngokuwabeka ngokurabha utywala, okanye ngokutywina engxoweni ukuze ulahle kuwo inkunkuma.

Okukwintsusa

Nokuba ukhulelwe okanye awukhulelwanga, zama ukunqanda ukulunywa ngamakhalane. Ukuba uyakwenza oko, susa uphawu olo ngokukhawuleza. Ukuba unayo nayiphi na impawu, kufuneka uhlolwe. Ukuba unawo nawaphi na amathandabuzo, tsalela umnxeba ugqirha wakho.