Amoeba Malangizo Oteteza ku Central Florida
Amoebas. Madzi athu. Ife tonse tamva za iwo. Makolo athu adatichenjeza za iwo. Koma kodi ali enieni?
Sizowoneka zachilendo, koma chaka chilichonse anthu ochepa amakhala ndi kachilombo ka amoebas. Pafupi onse amafa.
Amoebas ndi tizilombo tating'onoting'ono tomwe timapanga tizilombo tochepa. Mtundu wa amoeba umene umakhudza osambira, umapita ku ubongo ndi kuchititsa matenda umatchedwa Naegleria fowleri.
Nyengo yotentha ndi nyanja zambiri ku Orlando zimapangitsa Central Florida kukhala malo oopsa kwambiri.
Ndikofunika kudziwa komwe amohabas amakhala ndi momwe mungadzitetezere nokha ndi banja lanu ku matenda.
KODI MOYO WA AMOEBAS NDI WOTANI?
- Naegleria amoebas amakhala ndi moyo wabwino m'madzi otentha. Ichi ndichifukwa chake mauthenga a matenda ku United States amayamba miyezi yotentha. Amoebas amatha kupulumuka m'madzi otentha a madigiri 113 Fahrenheit.
- Amoebas amapezeka m'malo ambiri, kuphatikizapo nyanja ndi mabwato, mitsinje yofulumira, madzi osasunthika ndi malowa, matope a matope, madzi abwino osatulutsidwa, akasupe otentha, kusonkhanitsa madzi othamanga kuchokera ku zomera, kumadzi, ndi nthaka.
- Naegleria amoebas sangathe kukhala m'madzi amchere kapena m'madzi oyenera kapena madzi a mumzinda.
- Florida ndi Texas ali ndi theka la nthenda zonse za N. fowleri ku United States. Matenda ndi imfa zachitika ku Central Florida.
KODI MUNGACHITIRE BWANJI KUTI MUNGAPEZE CHIYANI?
- N. fowleri matendawa sagwiritsidwa ntchito. Simungathe kugwira munthu wina yemwe akudwala, kapena kumwa mowa ndi munthu wodwala matenda. Izo sizigwira ntchito mwanjira imeneyo.
- Matenda ambiri ku United States amapezeka kwa ana (60%) ndipo matendawa amapezeka mwa amuna (80%).
- Amoebas amayenderera m'mphuno kupita ku ubongo, chifukwa chake matenda amapezeka nthawi zambiri pambuyo pochita masewera olimbitsa thupi, kuthawa kapena kuchita masewera a madzi. Zochita izi zimapangitsa madzi kuti akakamizedwe mphuno.
- Kawirikawiri amadyetsa mabakiteriya, Naegleria amoeba amayamba kugwiritsa ntchito ubongo ngati chakudya pambuyo powapha munthu.
- Matendawa achitika chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito madzi opopera osatetezedwa m'mitsuko ya neti pamene akuyeretsa mimba. Akatswiri amalimbikitsa kuti azigwiritsa ntchito madzi osungunuka m'mitsuko ya neti pa chifukwa ichi.
NKHANI ZIYANI ZOCHITIKA?
- Kugonjetsedwa ndi N. fowleri amoebas, wotchedwa primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, ndi yochepa; Zimapezeka nthawi zokwana eyiti pachaka, makamaka pa July, August ndi September.
- Anthu ena akhoza kukhala ndi ma antibodies kwa amoebas, omwe amatanthauza kuti iwo atha kutenga kachilombo kanthawi kenaka ndikulimbana bwinobwino ndi matendawa popanda zizindikiro za matenda.
- Zizindikiro za matenda zimachitika masiku awiri mpaka 15 mutatha kutenga matenda ndi amoeba. Imfa imachitika masiku atatu mpaka asanu ndi awiri a zizindikiro zikuwonekera. Zimakhala zosavuta kuti munthu wodwala matenda adzikhala ndi matenda.
- Maphunziro a amoebic meningoencephalitis amayamba ngati matenda a meningitis ndipo amatha kupweteka mutu, kutentha thupi, kutaya mtima, kusala kudya, kusanza, kugwidwa kapena kugwidwa. Zizindikiro zina zingakhaleponso.
- Mankhwala ambili amapezeka kuti aphe N. fowleri amoebas, koma kaŵirikaŵiri amachititsa kuti pakhale nthendayi, mwina chifukwa chakuti matendawa ndi apamwamba kwambiri pamene chizindikiro chimayambira ndipo chifukwa chake chimadziwika.
MMENE MUNGACHITE KUSAKHALA NDI NAEGLERIA FOWLERI AMOEBAS
- Kupewa malo omwe angapezeke a amoebas, monga nyanja zotentha ndi madzi osatetezedwa, ndi njira yabwino yoyamba kuteteza matenda.
- Chifukwa N. fowleri amoeba amapeza ubongo kudzera m'mphuno, masewera a madzi, kusambira pansi pa madzi ndi zinthu zina zomwe zimapangitsa kuti madzi asinthe mphuno m'nyengo yozizira.
- Kuvala pulogalamu ya mphuno pamene kupalasa, kusambira kapena kusewera m'madzi otentha kapena pafupi ndizothandiza.
- Sankhani akasupe amodzi a ku Central Florida m'malo mwa nyanja zakumunda. Kutentha kotentha kwa akasupe ozizira kumathandiza kupewa matenda ndi amoebas.
- Kupewa matope a matope ndi mabanki a mumtsinje wa matope kudzakuthandizani kuchepetsa chiopsezo chotenga matenda. Izi ndizosazolowereka, koma n'zotheka, njira ya matenda.
- Gwiritsani ntchito madzi osungunuka kapena osabisa m'mitsuko ya neti pamene mukuyeretsa mphuno. Ngati izi sizingatheke, ndi bwino kuwiritsa madzi opopi kwa mphindi imodzi ndikuzizira musanagwiritse ntchito.