Isifo seLyme

Umxholo

• Isishwankathelo
• Siyintoni isifo seLyme?
• Yintoni ebangela isifo seLyme?
• Ngubani osemngciphekweni wesifo seLyme?
• Zithini iimpawu zesifo seLyme?
• Sichongwa njani isifo seLyme?
• Luthini unyango lwesifo seLyme?
• Ngaba isifo seLyme sinokuthintelwa?

Isishwankathelo

Siyintoni isifo seLyme?

Isifo seLyme sisifo esosulelayo xa ulunywa likhalane elosulelekileyo. Ekuqaleni, isifo seLyme sidla ngokubangela iimpawu ezinjengokukhawuleza, umkhuhlane, intloko kunye nokudinwa. Kodwa ukuba ayinyangwa kwangethuba, usulelo lunokusasazeka kumalungu akho, entliziyweni nakwinkqubo yemithambo-luvo. Unyango olukhawulezileyo lunokukunceda uchache ngokukhawuleza.

Yintoni ebangela isifo seLyme?

Isifo seLyme sibangelwa ziintsholongwane. E-United States, oku kuhlala kuyintsholongwane ebizwa ngokuba yiBorrelia burgdorferi. Iyasasazeka ebantwini ngokulunywa kwekhalane elosulelekileyo. Amakhalane asasazekayo ngamakhalane amnyama (okanye amakhalane amaxhama). Zihlala zifumaneka kwifayile ye-

• Emantla mpuma
• Embindini weAtlantic
• Upper Midwest
• Unxweme lwePasifiki, ngakumbi emantla eCalifornia

La makhalane anokuncamathela kulo naliphi na ilungu lomzimba wakho. Kodwa zihlala zifumaneka kwiindawo ekunzima ukuzibona ezinje nge-groin yakho, amakhwapha kunye nokhakhayi. Ngokwesiqhelo, uphawu lokukorekisha kufuneka luqhotyoshelwe kuwe iiyure ezingama-36 ukuya kuma-48 okanye nangaphezulu ukusasaza intsholongwane kuwe.

Ngubani osemngciphekweni wesifo seLyme?

Nabani na onokufumana i-tick bite. Kodwa abantu abachitha ixesha elininzi ngaphandle emithini, indawo ezinengca zisemngciphekweni omkhulu. Oku kubandakanya iinkampu, abakhenkethi, kunye nabantu abasebenza kwiigadi kunye neepaki.

Uninzi lokulunywa ngamakhalane lwenzeka kwiinyanga zasehlotyeni xa amakhalane asebenza kakhulu kwaye abantu bachitha ixesha elininzi ngaphandle. Kodwa unokulunywa kwiinyanga ezifudumeleyo zokuwa kwangethuba, okanye nasekupheleni kobusika ukuba amaqondo obushushu aphezulu ngokungaqhelekanga. Kwaye ukuba kukho ubusika obuzolileyo, amakhalane angaphuma kwangoko kunesiqhelo.

Zithini iimpawu zesifo seLyme?

Iimpawu zokuqala zesifo seLyme ziqala phakathi kweentsuku ezintathu ukuya kwezingama-30 emva kokuba umkhalane osulelekileyo ekulumile. Iimpawu zinokubandakanya

• Irhashalala elibomvu elibizwa ngokuba yi-erythema migrans (EM). Uninzi lwabantu abanesifo seLyme bafumana olu rash. Iyakhula ngakumbi kwiintsuku ezininzi kwaye inokuziva ifudumele. Idla ngokungabi buhlungu okanye ukurhawuzelela. Njengoko iqala ukuba ngcono, iinxalenye zayo zinokuphela. Ngamanye amaxesha oku kwenza ukuba irhashalala ibonakale "njengenkunzi yenkomo."
• Ifiva
• Ukugodola
• Intloko ebuhlungu
• Ukudinwa
• Imisipha kunye namalungu adibeneyo
• I-lymph nodes ezidumbileyo

Ukuba usulelo alunyangeki, lunokusasazeka kumalungu akho, entliziyweni nakwinkqubo yemithambo-luvo. Iimpawu zinokubandakanya

• Iintloko ezinzima kunye nokuqina kwentamo
• Ukongezwa kwe-EM kwezinye iindawo zomzimba wakho
• Ukukhubazeka kobuso, obuthathaka kwimisipha yakho yobuso. Ingabangela ukujinga kwelinye icala okanye kumacala omabini obuso bakho.
• Isifo samathambo esibuhlungu ngokudibeneyo kunye nokudumba, ngakumbi emadolweni nakwamanye amalungu amakhulu
• Ubuhlungu obuza buhamba buye kwiitoni zakho, izihlunu, amalungu kunye namathambo
• Ukubetha kwentliziyo, ziimvakalelo zokuba intliziyo yakho itsiba ukubetha, ukubetha, ukubetha, okanye ukubetha kakhulu okanye ngokukhawuleza kakhulu
• Ukubetha kwentliziyo ngokungaqhelekanga (iLyme carditis)
• Iziqendu zokuba nesiyezi okanye ukuphefumla kancinci
• Ukudumba kwengqondo kunye nentambo yomqolo
• Intlungu yomqolo
• Iintlungu zokudubula, ukuba ndindisholo, okanye ukubetha ezandleni okanye ezinyaweni

Sichongwa njani isifo seLyme?

Ukwenza isifo, umboneleli wakho wezempilo uya kuqaphela

• Iimpawu zakho
• Kungenzeka njani ukuba ubhentsiswe kwiikhreyiti ezimnyama
• Ithuba lokuba ezinye izigulo zinokubangela iimpawu ezifanayo
• Iziphumo zalo naluphi na uvavanyo lweelebhu

Uninzi lweemvavanyo zesifo seLyme zijonga ii-antibodies ezenziwe ngumzimba ekuphenduleni kosulelo. Ezi ntsholongwane zingathatha iiveki ezininzi ukukhula. Ukuba uvavanywa kwangoko, isenokungabonisi ukuba unesifo seLyme, nokuba unaso. Kungafuneka uphinde wenze olunye uvavanyo kamva.

Luthini unyango lwesifo seLyme?

Isifo seLyme siphathwa ngamayeza okubulala iintsholongwane. Okukhona unyangwa kwangethuba, kokukhona kubangcono; ikunika elona thuba lifanelekileyo lokufumana kwakhona ngokukhawuleza.

Emva konyango, ezinye izigulana zisenokuba neentlungu, ukudinwa, okanye ubunzima bokucinga okuhlala ngaphezulu kweenyanga ezi-6. Oku kubizwa ngokuba lunyango lwasemva kwesifo seLyme syndrome (PTLDS). Abaphandi abazi ukuba kutheni abanye abantu bane-PTLDS. Akukho lonyango luqinisekisiweyo lwe-PTLDS; Iintsholongwane zexesha elide aziboniswanga kunceda. Nangona kunjalo, zikhona iindlela zokunceda ngeempawu ze-PTLDS. Ukuba uye wanyangwa isifo seLyme kwaye uziva ungaphilanga, nxibelelana nomboneleli wakho wezempilo malunga nendlela yokulawula iimpawu zakho. Uninzi lwabantu luya lubangcono ngokuhamba kwexesha. Kodwa kunokuthatha iinyanga ezininzi phambi kokuba uzive ungcono.

Ngaba isifo seLyme sinokuthintelwa?

Ukuthintela isifo seLyme, kuya kufuneka unciphise umngcipheko wokufumana amakhonkco:

• Ziphephe iindawo ezihlala amakhalane, ezinjengengca, ibrashi okanye indawo ezinemithi. Ukuba uhamba ngeenyawo, hamba embindini wendlela ukuthintela ibrashi nengca.
• Sebenzisa into yokugxotha izinambuzane kunye ne-DEET
• Phatha iimpahla zakho kunye nezixhobo zakho nge-repellant ene-0.5% ye-permethrin
• Nxiba impahla ekhuselayo enemibala ekhanyayo, ukuze ukwazi ukubona ngokulula amakhalane akufikayo
• Nxiba ihempe enemikhono emide neebhulukhwe ezinde. Faka ihempe yakho kwiibhlukhwe zakho kunye nemilenze yakho yeepanti kwiikawusi zakho.
• Zijonge ngokwakho, abantwana bakho, kunye nezilwanyana zasekhaya yonke imihla ukufumana amakhalane. Susa ngocoselelo nawaphi na amakhalane owafumeneyo.
• Hlamba uhlambe kwaye womise iimpahla zakho kumaqondo obushushu aphezulu emva kokuba ungaphandle

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