Ungasibona njani isifo seLyme-ngaphandle kokukrala kwamehlo kwenkunzi ebomvu

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Xa unyana wam u-Evan wayekwibanga lesithandathu, waya kwiklasi yokuhamba ubusuku bonke kunye neklasi. Wayenexesha elimnandi nabahlobo bakhe kwaye akazange akhumbule ukulunywa nantoni na. Iiveki kunye neeveki kamva, sasisezantsi kunxweme lwaseDelaware kwikhefu, kwaye uEvan waqala ukukhalaza ngentloko kunye nezihlunu. Ngenye ingokuhlwa xa sasisiya e-aykhrim, wasixelela ukuba izibane zeemoto ziyawakhathaza amehlo akhe. Zonke ezo mpawu zazibonakala ngathi zongeza kwisifo seLyme — kodwa wayengenalo irhashalala elidume kakubi.

Ngentsasa elandelayo, ndafowunela ugqirha wabantwana uGqirha Bruce Lockman Lockman kunye noLubell Associates eFort Washington, ePennsylvania. Undicenge ukuba ndikhwele ndigoduse uEvan, nalapho ebevavanywe khona eLyme. Uvavanyo lwabuya lubonakalisile, kwaye wabekwa kwangoko kwikhosi yitshisa . Sagqiba kwelokuba kufanele ukuba wosulelwe phantse zinyanga ezimbini kweli nqanaba (mhlawumbi elunywe likhalane lexhama kuloo ndawo), ugqirha wamgcina kwiintsholongwane iiveki ezintandathu. Ekugqibeleni, iimpawu zayeka, kwaye ubomi babuyela esiqhelweni kuEvan.

Abanye abanesifo seLyme abanathamsanqa kwaye banyamezele imiba enzima yexesha elide yezonyango. Oku kuqhelekile kwesi sifo ukuba asinyangwa. Zininzi izinto ezinobunzima ezinokukhokelela kwisifo sokulibaziseka. I-deer tick ngokwayo incinci (i-nymph tick ubukhulu bembewu yepoppy) kwaye ukuluma kwayo kuhlala kungaziwa. Ukuxhamla kwenkomo yenkomo yinto eyaziwa ngokuqhelekileyo yesifo seLyme, kodwa ukuya kuma-30% abanesifo abanakufumana ukugqithisa. Yiyo loo nto, abantu abaninzi abosulelekileyo bengazi ukuba kukho ingxaki de babe neLyme iiveki (okanye iinyanga).

Olona vavanyo luqhelekileyo lokufumanisa i-Lyme yi-ELISAUvavanyo lwe-immunosorbent olunxulumene ne-enzyme). Ivavanya igazi lakho kwii-antibody zeLyme. Amajoni akho omzimba enza amajoni omzimba ukuphendula kusulelo lweLyme. Nangona kunjalo, ezi ntsholongwane zihlala zithatha iiveki emva kokuba umntu wosulelekile ukuba abonakale egazini lakho. Ke ngoko, ukutolika iziphumo kunokuba nzima.

Iimpawu zesifo seLyme

Ukuba uziva uphantsi kwemozulu emva kokuchitha ixesha ngaphandle, ezi zezinye zeempawu zesifo seLyme esaziwa kancinci:

• intloko ebuhlungu
• iintlungu zomzimba
• uvakalelo ekukhanyeni
• ukudumba kwamalungu enkovu
• iintlungu zemithambo-luvo
• ukuqina kwentamo
• iingxaki zememori zexesha elifutshane

Amanqanaba esifo seLyme

Ndithethile noGqirha Lockman ochaze ngakumbi ngesi sifo sibuhlungu. Amanqanaba amabini eLyme:

• ibekwe kwindawo yesiqhelo (iintsuku ezintathu ukuya kwezingama-30 emva kosulelo)
• Ukuhanjiswa (ngaphezulu kwenyanga enye emva kosulelo)

Kwindlela yakhe yase-Philadelphia yasedolophini, uGqirha Lockman uthi ubona abantwana abambalwa ekuqaleni, kwinqanaba lendawo, kwaye ikhosi emfutshane yezibulala-ntsholongwane [iiveki ezimbini ukuya kwezintathu] yanele ukuyikhupha kwiinkqubo zazo.

U-Lockman udwelise ezinye zeengxaki ezinokubakho kamva ekusasazeni iLyme. Oku kubandakanya isifo samathambo, esinamalungu adumbileyo. Intliziyo inokuchaphazeleka (ukudumba okubangela iingxaki zesingqisho sentliziyo). Iimpawu ze-Neurologic zingabandakanya ukukhubazeka kweBell (ukukhubazeka kwelinye icala lobuso), i-meningitis, kunye neengxaki zokucinga (ukucinga). Kukho nohlengahlengiso lwamehlo (obomvu, iris etshisayo okanye i-cornea) kunye nesibindi kunye nokudumba. Ukusasazwa kweLyme, ii-antibiotics ze-IV ngamanye amaxesha ziyafuneka ixesha elide. Nangona, u-Lockman wongeze, kukho into encinci ephikisanayo kwezonyango malunga neepatheni zesifo seLyme kamva.

Sifumana phi isifo seLyme?

Kukho iimeko ezingama-330,000 zesifo seLyme ngonyaka e-US Amashumi asibhozo anesihlanu eepesenti zala matyala afunyenwe kumazwe ali-14 kuphela, ubukhulu becala eMantla mpuma (yaqala yafunyanwa eLyme, eConnecticut), nangona iimeko zikwavela eCalifornia, eOregon. , nakwilizwe laseWashington. Unyana wam — elele phandle kumazantsi mpuma ePennsylvania — wayelilungu eliphambili lokulunywa ziinyamakazi.

Ikhalane elithwala isifo seLyme landise uluhlu lwalo kuMntla Melika ngenxa yokutsalwa kwakhona kwamahlathi [kunye] nokuqhushumba kwenani lamaxhama amhlophe, Ucacisa uGqr. Patrick Gaffney weKholeji yoMhlaba, uLwandle neNdalo. kwiYunivesithi yaseDelaware.

Indlela yokuthintela isifo seLyme

Ukusukela ngo-2018, bekukho amatyala eLyme kuwo onke ama-50. Kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba awunayo indlela yokuzikhusela. Ukuba uza kuba ngaphandle kwimimandla enamahlathi, nciphisa ukubonakala kolusu lwakho engceni ngokunxiba ibhulukhwe enemikhono emide neehempe, kwaye usebenzise into egxotha amakhalane. Vavanya ulusu lwakho kakuhle emva kokuba ungaphandle, uze ususe ngononophelo nakuphi na amakhalane ngokukhawuleza. (Funda iinkcukacha ezipheleleyo zokususwa kwamakhalane Apha .)

Nokuba walunywa likhalane okanye hayi, soloko unikela ingqalelo kwiimpawu ezinje ngomkhuhlane ezinjeintloko, isiyezi, umkhuhlane, iintlungu zemisipha, nokudinwa,ezinokuba ziimpawu zesifo seLyme. Kwaye, kunjalo, jonga inkunzi yenkomo yamehlo. Ukuba unamava oku kungasentla, bona ugqirha ngoko nangoko.