Powassan Ndi Ma virus Opatsirana Ndi Oopsa Kwambiri Kuposa Lyme

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Nyengo yozizira yosasinthasintha inali yopuma bwino kuchokera ku mphepo yamkuntho yotentha, koma imabwera ndi zovuta zoyipa, zambiri ndi zambiri za nkhupakupa. Asayansi aneneratu kuti 2017 idzakhala chaka cholembera tizilombo tomwe timayamwa magazi ndi matenda onse omwe amabwera nawo.

"Matenda obwera chifukwa cha nkhupakupa akuchuluka, ndipo kupewa kuyenera kukhala m'maganizo a aliyense, makamaka nthawi yachilimwe ndi chilimwe, komanso kugwa koyambirira pomwe nkhupakupa zimakhala zogwira ntchito," a Rebecca Eisen, Ph.D., katswiri wazofufuza ku US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adauza a Chicago Tribune.

Mukamaganiza za nkhupakupa, mwina mumaganizira za matenda a Lyme, matenda omwe amabwera chifukwa cha bakiteriya omwe amadziwika kuti "zotupa m'maso mwa ng'ombe." Pafupifupi anthu 40,000 adachipeza mu 2015, malinga ndi CDC, kuchuluka kwa 320%, ndipo milandu yambiri imanenedweratu. Koma ngakhale Lyme atha kukhala matenda ofala kwambiri ndi nkhupakupa, chifukwa cha otchuka monga Gigi Hadid, Avril Lavigne, ndi Kelly Osbourne kuyankhula za zomwe akumana nazo, sizowona kokha matenda omwe mungawatenge akalumidwa ndi nkhupakupa.

CDC imalemba matenda opitilira 15 omwe amafalitsidwa kudzera mwa kuluma kwa nkhupakupa ndipo milandu imakhudza ma US onse, kuphatikiza malungo a Rocky Mountain ndi STARI. Chaka chatha matenda atsopano otchedwa babesosis adakhala mitu yankhani. Palinso matenda a nkhupakupa omwe angakupangitseni kusagwirizana ndi nyama (kovuta!).

Tsopano, anthu ali ndi nkhawa ndi kufalikira kwa matenda owopsa a nkhupakupa otchedwa Powassan. Powassan ndi matenda a virus omwe amadziwika ndi kutentha thupi, mutu, kusanza, kufooka, kusokonezeka, kukomoka, komanso kukumbukira. Ngakhale ndizosowa kwambiri kuposa matenda ena obwera chifukwa cha nkhupakupa, ndizovuta kwambiri. Odwala nthawi zambiri amafunikira kuchipatala ndipo amatha kukhala ndi mavuto okhalitsa amisala-ndikuipira, atha kukhala owopsa.

Koma musanachite mantha ndikuletsa kuyenda kwanu konse, ma campout, ndi panja kudutsa m'minda yamaluwa, ndikofunikira kudziwa kuti nkhupakupa ndizosavuta kupewa, atero a Christina Liscynesky, MD, katswiri wazachipatala ku The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Pakati. Mwachitsanzo, valani zovala zothina zomwe zimaphimba khungu lanu lonse, ndipo sankhani zovala zowala kuti zikuthandizeni kuwona otsutsa mwachangu. Koma mwina nkhani yabwino kwambiri ndikuti nkhupakupa zimayenda mozungulira thupi lanu mpaka maola 24 musanakhazikike pansi kuti zikulumeni (ndi nkhani yabwinoyi?!) Kotero chitetezo chanu chabwino ndi "cheke cheke" mutakhala panja. Chongani thupi lanu lonse, kuphatikiza malo nkhupakupa monga zabwino pamutu panu, kubuula kwanu, komanso pakati pa zala zanu. (Nazi njira zisanu ndi imodzi zodzitetezera kwa otsutsa oyipa.)

"Fufuzani thupi lanu ngati pali nkhupakupa tsiku lililonse mukamamanga msasa kapena mukakwera mapiri kapena ngati mumakhala pamalo othina nkhupakupa ndikugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala othamangitsa tizilombo," Dr. Liscynesky akulangiza, ndikuwonjeza kuti ndikofunikira kuthira mankhwala opopera kapena odzola pambuyo sunscreen wanu. (Simungaiwale zotchinga dzuwa, sichoncho?)

Pezani imodzi? Ingochotsani ndikuphwanya ngati sichinaphatikizike, kapena gwiritsani ntchito zokometsera kuti muchotse khungu lanu ngati latuluka, onetsetsani kuti mwatulutsa mkamwa, Dr. Liscynesky akuti. (Ponseponse, tikudziwa.) "Tsukani malo olumphira nkhuku ndi sopo ndikuphimba ndi bandeji, palibe mafuta opha maantibayotiki omwe amafunikira," akutero. Mukachotsa nkhupakupa mwachangu, mwayi wopeza matenda aliwonse ndi ochepa. Ngati simukudziwa kuti zakhala nthawi yayitali bwanji pakhungu lanu, kapena mukayamba kukhala ndi zizolowezi zotentha thupi kapena zotupa, itanani doc yanu nthawi yomweyo.

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