Matenda a Lyme Ali Pafupipafupi Kutha Nthawiyi

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Ngati mukukhala kumpoto chakum'mawa, mwatsala milungu ingapo kuti musanyamule magolovesi anu a parka ndi yozizira. (Kwambiri, masika, uli kuti?!) Koma sikumachedwa kwambiri kuyamba kuganiza za chiopsezo chimodzi chaumoyo wachilimwe chomwe chitha kukupangitsani: Matenda a Lyme.

Kubwerera mu 2015, chiwerengero chodabwitsa cha matenda a Lyme chinayamba kufalikira-chiwopsezo cha matendawa chinawonjezeka ndi 320 peresenti pazaka 20, malinga ndi Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, monga momwe tinanenera mu Matenda a Lyme Has Spiked In. ku US Gawo lowopsa kwambiri? Zizindikiro zoyambirira zimasonyeza kuti 2017 idzakhala yotentha kwambiri.

Chifukwa chake? Mbewa. Mwachiwonekere, panali "mliri wa mbewa" mu Hudson River Valley kumpoto kwa New York chilimwe chatha (otsutsa kulikonse!). Chifukwa mbewa zimakhala zabwino kwambiri pofalitsa matenda a Lyme (amawononga 95 peresenti ya nkhupakupa zomwe zimadya), mliri wa mbewa nthawi zambiri umatanthauza kuti chiwerengero cha nkhupakupa chidzachuluka m'chilimwe chamawa, malinga ndi akatswiri a zachilengedwe komanso katswiri wa Lyme Rick Ostfeld, Ph.D., malinga ndi NPR. Ndipo malinga ndi Ostfeld, izi zikutanthauza kuti madera ena akummwera chakum'mawa ali pachiwopsezo. Kuchuluka kwa mbawala (zomwe zimalumidwa ndi nkhupakupa ndikuthandizira kuzifalitsa), kusintha kwa nyengo, ndikusintha nkhalango zonse zakhala pachiwopsezo cha matenda a Lyme, adauza NPR.

ICYMI, matenda a Lyme ndichinthu chachikulu. M'malo mwake, "Lyme ndiye mliri waukulu wopatsirana womwe ukutikhudza pakadali pano," akutero a Kent Holtorf, M.D., director director a Holtorf Medical Group, komanso katswiri wa ku Lyme yemwe amadwalanso matendawa.

Itha kubwera ndi zizindikilo zowopsa monga kupweteka kwa mutu, zotupa, nyamakazi yopweteka kwambiri olumikizana mafupa ndi kutupa, kufooka kwa nkhope (kutayika kwa minofu kapena kugwa mbali imodzi kapena mbali zonse ziwiri za nkhope), kugunda kwa mtima, kutupa kwa ubongo ndi msana, ndi mavuto okhala ndi kukumbukira kwakanthawi kochepa, malinga ndi CDC. Chikhulupiriro ndichakuti odwala ambiri amachira mwachangu komanso kwathunthu atalandira chithandizo cha maantibayotiki, koma ochepa, matendawa amakhala kwa miyezi yopitilira sikisi-zomwe nthawi zina zimatchedwa "matenda a Lyme osachiritsika," ndipo amadziwika kuti matenda a Lyme pambuyo pa chithandizo matenda (PTLDS). Komabe, kafukufuku wochulukirachulukira akuwonetsa kuti ngakhale anthu omwe adalandira chithandizo cha matenda a Lyme ndikusiya kuwona zizindikiro samachira kwathunthu ku thanzi lawo lomwe lisanachitike Lyme, akutero Holtorf. Lyme atha kubisala mkati mwathupi lanu (lofanana ndi nthomba) ndikubwezeretsanso mutu wake akakwiya chifukwa cha kupsinjika kapena zinthu zina, zomwe zimabweretsa zizindikilo zomwe zimatha kuyambira pamavuto am'mimba komanso mavuto amitsempha mpaka zovuta zakugona, akutero. (TBH, zokambirana zokhudzana ndi Lyme kwa nthawi yayitali zitha kukhala zosokoneza. Nazi zomwe muyenera kudziwa zokhudzana ndi matenda a Lyme.)

Tsoka ilo, matenda a Lyme siwowopsa okhawo owopsa omwe amabwera ndi kulumidwa ndi nkhupakupa: "Ganizirani za nkhupakupa ngati singano yonyansa," akutero Holtorf. Zimbalangazi zimaperekanso matenda ena ambiri (tikulankhula 15+), malinga ndi CDC-matenda omwe ali zonse pakukwera. Awiri odziwika: babesiosis (wodziwika ndi kupweteka kwa minofu, thukuta usiku, komanso kunenepa) ndi bartonella (wodziwika ndi kukhumudwa, nkhawa, komanso mantha, komanso amadziwika kuti matenda amphaka), atero a Holtorf. Chifukwa chiopsezo cha Lyme chomwe chikuyembekezeredwa chilimwe chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa nkhupakupa, chiwopsezo cha matenda enawa chitha kupitiliranso.

Zachidziwikire, ndi nthawi yoti musunge dongosolo lanu lotsutsana ndi nkhupakupa: Onetsetsani kuti mukugwiritsa ntchito mtundu woyenera wobwezeretsa, kutseka mawondo anu, ndikuwona malo otetezedwa (ngati nkhwapa ndi mawondo) mutakhala kunja. Kuyang'anitsitsa nkhupakupa kumasula ndikofunikira kwambiri. Zimatengera maola 36 kuti matenda a Lyme achitike, malinga ndi CDC, chifukwa chake ngati mungawone woyamwa ndikuyimilira nthawiyo isanakwane, simudzakhala ndi matendawa. Onetsetsani kuti mumayang'anitsitsa tsitsi lanu ndi khungu lanu, chifukwa tizilomboto timatha kukhala tating'ono ngati pini, akutero a Holtorf. (Werengani njira zina zodzitetezera ku nkhupakupa.)

Ngati inu chitani kulumidwa ndi nkhupakupa, onetsetsani kuti mwachikoka m'munsi kapena gwiritsani ntchito zida zochotsera nkhupakupa kuti muwonetsetse kuti mwachotsa zonsezo. Kupanda kutero, mumayika pachifuwa "kusanza" matumbo ake-ndi matenda-pakhungu lanu, atero a Holtorf. (Ife tikudziwa, gross.) Komanso sizingawapweteke kuwona dotolo mutangolumidwa-mungathe ngakhale kuti nkhupakupayo iyesedwe ku Lyme mutayitulutsa, akutero. Ndipo musamunyoze Lyme chifukwa choti simukukhala ndi zotupa m'maso. Pafupifupi 20 peresenti ya anthu omwe amakhala ndi chizindikirocho. Nthawi zambiri, anthu amafotokoza ngati chimfine ngati kutopa ndi kutopa, nthawi zambiri kuphatikiza mtundu uliwonse wa zotupa, atero a Holtorf.

Ndipo, eya, ngakhale matenda a Lyme ndi owopsa pang'ono, musalole kuti zikulepheretseni kusangalala panja nthawi yotentha. Ingokumbukirani maubwino onse azaumoyo omwe amabwera ndikupita panja.

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