Chongani kuchotsa

Nkhupakupa ndi tizilombo tating'onoting'ono tokhala ngati tizilombo tomwe timakhala m'nkhalango ndi m'minda. Amakumangilirani pamene mukutsuka tchire, zomera, ndi udzu. Mukakhala ndi inu, nkhupakupa nthawi zambiri zimapita kumalo ofunda, amvula. Nthawi zambiri amapezeka mkatikati, kubuula, ndi tsitsi. Nkhupakupa zolumikizana zolimba pakhungu lanu ndikuyamba kutulutsa magazi pachakudya chawo. Izi sizopweteka. Anthu ambiri sazindikira kuluma kwa nkhupakupa.

Nkhupakupa zingakhale zazikulu, pafupifupi kukula kwa chofufutira pensulo. Zitha kukhalanso zazing'ono kwambiri kotero kuti ndizovuta kuziwona. Nkhupakupa zimatha kupatsira mabakiteriya omwe angayambitse matenda. Zina mwa izi zitha kukhala zazikulu.

Ngakhale nkhupakupa zambiri sizikhala ndi mabakiteriya omwe amayambitsa matenda aanthu, nkhupakupa zina zimanyamula mabakiteriyawa. Mabakiteriyawa amatha kuyambitsa:

• Malungo a Colorado tick
• Matenda a Lyme
• Malungo a mapiri a Rocky
• Tularemia

Ngati nkhupakupa ili ndi inu, tsatirani izi kuti muchotse:

1. Gwiritsani ntchito zida kuti mumvetse nkhupakupa pafupi ndi mutu kapena pakamwa pake. Musagwiritse ntchito zala zanu. Ngati mulibe tweezers ndipo mukufunika kugwiritsa ntchito zala zanu, gwiritsani ntchito chopukutira kapena pepala.
2. Kokani nkhukuyo pang'onopang'ono ndikuyenda pang'onopang'ono komanso mosasunthika. Pewani kufinya kapena kuphwanya nkhupakupa. Samalani kuti musasiye mutu wophatikizidwa pakhungu.
3. Sambani bwino malowo ndi sopo ndi madzi. Komanso sambani manja anu bwinobwino.
4. Sungani nkhupakupa mumtsuko. Onetsetsani munthu amene walumidwa mosamala sabata yamawa kapena awiri chifukwa cha matenda a Lyme (monga zotupa kapena malungo).
5. Ngati magawo onse a nkhupakupa sangathe kuchotsedwa, pitani kuchipatala. Bweretsani nkhupakupa mumtsuko kwa dokotala wanu.

• Musayese kutentha nkhupakupa ndi machesi kapena chinthu china chotentha.
• MUSAPOTSE nkhupakupa mukamazula.
• MUSAYESE kupha, kuphwanya, kapena kuthira nkhupakupa ndi mafuta, mowa, Vaselini, kapena zinthu zofananira nkhupakayi ikadali pakhungu.

Itanani dokotala wanu ngati simunathe kuchotsa nkhupakupa. Itaninso m'masiku otsatira kutsatira kuluma kwa nkhupakupa ngati mutakula:

• Ziphuphu
• Zizindikiro zonga chimfine, kuphatikiza malungo ndi mutu
• Ululu wophatikizana kapena kufiira
• Kutupa ma lymph node

Itanani 911 ngati muli ndi zizindikilo za:

• Kupweteka pachifuwa
• Kugunda kwa mtima
• Kufa ziwalo
• Mutu wopweteka kwambiri
• Kuvuta kupuma

Kupewa kulumidwa ndi nkhupakupa:

• Valani mathalauza ataliatali ndi mikono yayitali mukamayenda pakati pa burashi lolemera, udzu wamtali, komanso malo okhala ndi mitengo yambiri.
• Kokani masokosi anu kunja kwa mathalauza anu kuti mutetezere nkhupakupa pa mwendo wanu.
• Sungani malaya anu atalowa mu thalauza lanu.
• Valani zovala zoyera kuti nkhupakupa ziwonekere mosavuta.
• Dulani zovala zanu ndi mankhwala othamangitsa tizilombo.
• Yang'anani zovala zanu ndi khungu lanu nthawi zambiri mukakhala kuthengo.

Nditabwerera kunyumba:

• Chotsani zovala zanu. Yang'anani bwinobwino khungu lanu lonse, kuphatikizapo khungu lanu. Nkhupakupa zimatha kukwera msanga kutalika kwa thupi lanu.
• Nkhupakupa zina ndi zazikulu komanso zosavuta kupeza. Nkhupakupa zina zimatha kukhala zazing'ono, choncho yang'anani mosamala mawanga onse akuda kapena abula pakhungu.
• Ngati ndi kotheka, pemphani wina kuti akuthandizeni kuyesa thupi lanu ngati ali ndi nkhupakupa.
• Munthu wamkulu ayenera kufufuza ana mosamala.

• Matenda a Lyme
• Mphalapala ndi nkhuku galu
• Chongani ophatikizidwa mu khungu

Bolgiano EB, matenda a Sexton J. Tickborne. Mu: Makoma RM, Hockberger RS, Gausche-Hill M, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2018: chap 126.

Cummins GA, Traub SJ. Matenda ofala ndi nkhupakupa. Mu: Auerbach PS, Cushing TA, Harris NS, eds. Mankhwala A m'chipululu cha Auerbach. Wachisanu ndi chiwiri. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2017: mutu 42.

Diaz JH. Nkhupakupa, kuphatikizapo nkhuku ziwalo. Mu: Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ, olemba., Eds. Mandell, Douglas, ndi Mfundo za Bennett ndi Kuchita kwa Matenda Opatsirana, Kusinthidwa. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2015: chap 298.