I-Powassan yiNtsholongwane yeTick-Borne eyingozi ngakumbi kuneLyme

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Ubusika obufudumeleyo obungenaxesha lonyaka yayilikhefu elimnandi kwizaqhwithi eziqhaqhazelis’ amathambo, kodwa buza namanqaku asezantsi, amaqashiso yamakhalane. Izazinzulu ziqikelele ukuba u-2017 uyakuba ngunyaka orekhodiweyo wezinambuzane ezifunxa igazi kunye nazo zonke izifo eziza nazo.

"Izifo ezithwalwa ngamakhalane ziyenyuka, kwaye uthintelo kufuneka lubesengqondweni yomntu wonke, ngakumbi ngexesha lentwasahlobo nasehlotyeni, kunye nokuwa kwangoko xa amakhalane esebenza kakhulu," utshilo uRebecca Eisen, Ph.D., uphando ngebhayoloji kumaziko aseMelika. yoLawulo lweZifo kunye noThintelo (CDC), uxelele i IChicago Tribune.

Xa ucinga ngamakhalane, kusenokwenzeka ukuba ucinga ngesifo seLyme, isifo esosuleleka yintsholongwane esaziwa ngokuqaqanjelwa "kukukrala kwamehlo kwenkomo." Phantse abantu abangama-40,000 bayifumene ngo-2015, ngokweCDC, i-spike yeepesenti ezingama-320, kwaye uninzi lwamatyala aqikelelweyo. Kodwa ngelixa iLyme isenokuba sesona sigulo sithwalwa ngamakhala, enkosi kubantu abadumileyo abafana noGigi Hadid, uAvril Lavigne, noKelly Osbourne bethetha ngamava abo, ngokuqinisekileyo ayiyonto. kuphela isifo onokusifumana ngokulunywa ngamakhalane.

I-CDC idwelisa ngaphezulu kwezifo ezili-15 ezaziwayo ezidluliselwa ngokulunywa ngamakhalane kwaye amatyala agubungela onke ama-US, kubandakanya neRocky Mountain spotted fever kunye ne-STARI. Kunyaka ophelileyo usulelo olutsha olubizwa ngokuba yi-babesosis lwaba ngundaba-mlonyeni. Kukho nesifo sokulunywa ngamakhalane esinokukwenza ukuba ungadibani nenyama (kakhulu!).

Ngoku, abantu banenkxalabo malunga noqhaqho kwisifo esibulalayo esithwalwa ngamakhalane ekuthiwa yiPowassan. UPowassan usulelo lwentsholongwane olubonakaliswa ngumkhuhlane, intloko ebuhlungu, ukugabha, ubuthathaka, ukudideka, ukuxhuzula, kunye nokulahleka kwememori. Nangona inqabile kakhulu kunezinye izifo ezithwalwa ngamakhalane, iqatha kakhulu. Izigulana zihlala zifuna ukulaliswa esibhedlele kwaye zinokuba neengxaki ze-neurologic zexesha elide-kwaye okubi kakhulu, kunokuba kubulale.

Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba woyike kwaye urhoxe kuko konke ukunyuka intaba, ukukhempisha, kunye nokubaleka ngaphandle kweentyatyambo, kubalulekile ukwazi ukuba amakhalane kulula ukuzikhusela, utshilo uChristina Liscynesky, MD, ingcali yezifo ezosulelayo kwiYunivesithi yaseOhio State Wexner Medical Iziko. Umzekelo, nxiba iimpahla eziqinileyo ezigubungela lonke ulusu lwakho, kwaye ukhethe iimpahla ezinombala okhanyayo ukukunceda ubone abagxeki ngokukhawuleza. Kodwa mhlawumbi ezona ndaba zilungileyo zezokuba amakhalane arhubuluza apha emzimbeni wakho ukuya kuthi ga kwiiyure ezingama-24 ngaphambi kokuba ahlale phantsi ukuze akulume (ziindaba ezimnandi ezo?!) Ngoko ke eyona nto uyikhuselayo luphawu oluhle “lokutshekisha uphawu” emva kokuba ungaphandle. Qwalasela umzimba wakho wonke, kuquka indawo yamakhalane njengeyona nto ifana nentloko yakho, intlala yakho, naphakathi kweenzwane zakho. (Nazi iindlela ezintandathu zokuzikhusela kubagxeki abakhohlakeleyo.)

"Hlola umzimba wakho ngamakhane imihla ngemihla xa umisa inkampu okanye uhamba okanye ukuba uhlala kwindawo enzima kwaye usebenzise i-insect repellent," uGqr. emva Iscreen sakho selanga. (Awuyi kulibala i-sunscreen, kunene?)

Fumana enye? Gxobhoza nje kwaye uyiqhekeze ukuba ayincamathiseli, okanye usebenzise ii-tweezers ukuyisusa kwangoko kulusu lwakho ukuba ithe yanamathela kuyo, uqiniseke ukuba ukhupha yonke imilebe yomlomo, utshilo uGqirha Liscynesky. (Gross, we know.) "Hlamba indawo yokulunywa ngamakhalane ngesepha namanzi kwaye ugqume ngebhandeji, akukho mafutha okubulala iintsholongwane," utshilo. Ukuba ususa uphawu ngokukhawuleza, amathuba okufumana nasiphi na isifo kuwo aphantsi. Ukuba awuqinisekanga ukuba kudala kangakanani kulusu lwakho, okanye ukuba uqala ukufumana iimpawu ezinje ngomkhuhlane okanye irhashalala, tsalela i-doc yakho kwangoko.

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