Momwe mungayang'anire matenda a Lyme-opanda khungu la diso la ng'ombe wofiira

Maphunziro a Zaumoyo

Pamene mwana wanga wamwamuna Evan anali m'kalasi lachisanu ndi chimodzi, adapita kukalowera msasa usiku wonse ndi ophunzira ake. Anali ndi nthawi yopambana ndi abwenzi ake ndipo sanakumbukire kulumidwa ndi chilichonse. Patatha milungu ndi milungu, tinali kugombe la Delaware patchuthi, ndipo Evan anayamba kudandaula za kupweteka kwa mutu ndi minofu. Tsiku lina madzulo titatuluka pa galimoto kupita kokasaka ayisikilimu, anatiuza kuti magetsi a magetsi anali kumusowetsa maso. Zizindikiro zonsezo zimawoneka kuti zikuwonjezera ku matenda a Lyme-koma analibe zotupa zoyipa zamaso za ng'ombe yamphongo yofiira.

Kutacha m'mawa, ndidayimbira dokotala wa ana, Dr. Bruce Lockman wa Lockman ndi Lubell Associates ku Fort Washington, Pennsylvania. Anandilimbikitsa kuti ndipite ndi Evan kunyumba, komwe anakamuyesa Lyme. Mayesowo adabweranso ali ndi kachilombo, ndipo nthawi yomweyo adayikidwa njira ya kutchfuneralhome . Tidazindikira kuti ayenera kuti anali ndi kachilomboka kwa miyezi iwiri (mwina atalumidwa ndi kankhata kakang'ono ka mphalapala komweko), kotero adotolo adamusunga mankhwala kwa milungu isanu ndi umodzi. Pambuyo pake, zizindikirazo zidachepa, ndipo moyo udabwerera mwakale kwa Evan.

Odwala ena a Lyme alibe mwayi ndipo amapirira mavuto azachipatala kwanthawi yayitali. Izi ndizofala kwambiri matendawa akapanda kuchiritsidwa. Pali zinthu zingapo zovuta zomwe zingayambitse matendawa mochedwa. Nguluwe yokha ndi yaying'ono (nymph tick ndi kukula kwa mbewu ya poppy) ndipo kuluma kwake nthawi zambiri sikudziwika. Kutupa kwa diso la ng'ombe ndi chizindikiro chodziwika bwino cha matenda a Lyme, koma mpaka 30% ya omwe amadwala samapeza ziphuphu konse. Chifukwa chake, anthu ambiri omwe ali ndi kachilombo sadziwa kuti pali vuto mpaka atakhala ndi Lyme kwa milungu ingapo (kapena ngakhale miyezi).

Chiyeso choyambirira kwambiri chodziwitsa Lyme ndi ELISA (kuyesa kwa ma immunosorbent). Imayesa magazi anu ngati ali ndi ma antibody a Lyme. Chitetezo chanu cha mthupi chimapanga ma antibodies poyankha matenda a Lyme. Komabe, ma antibodies amenewa nthawi zambiri amatenga milungu ingapo kuchokera pamene munthuyo watenga kachiromboko kuti awoneke m'magazi anu. Chifukwa chake, kutanthauzira zotsatira kumakhala kovuta.

Zizindikiro za matenda a Lyme

Ngati mwakhala mukumva kuti simukugwa nyengo mukakhala panja, izi ndi zina mwazizindikiro zochepa za matenda a Lyme:

• mutu
• kupweteka kwa thupi
• kutengeka ndi kuwala
• zotupa zam'mimba zotupa
• kupweteka kwa mitsempha
• kuuma khosi
• mavuto okumbukira kwakanthawi kochepa

Magawo a matenda a Lyme

Ndidalankhula ndi Dr. Lockman yemwe adafotokoza zambiri za matenda ovutawa. Pali magawo awiri a Lyme:

• kumaloko (masiku atatu kapena 30 mutadwala)
• kufalitsa (kupitirira mwezi umodzi mutadwala)

Munthawi yake yaku Philadelphia, Dr. Lockman akuti amawona ana angapo kumayambiriro, komwe amakhala komweko, ndipo mankhwala ochepa opha maantibayotiki [milungu iwiri kapena itatu] ndiyokwanira kuti awatulutse m'manja mwawo.

Lockman adalemba zovuta zina zomwe zingachitike pambuyo pake pofalitsa Lyme. Izi zimaphatikizapo nyamakazi, yotupa mafupa. Mtima amathanso kukhudzidwa (kutupa kumayambitsa mavuto a nyimbo). Zizindikiro za Neurologic zitha kuphatikizira kufooka kwa Bell (ziwalo za mbali imodzi ya nkhope), meningitis, komanso mavuto amalingaliro (oganiza). Pakhoza kukhalanso kusintha kwa diso (red, inflamed iris kapena cornea) ndi kutupa kwa chiwindi ndi ndulu. Pofalitsa Lyme, maantibayotiki a IV nthawi zina amafunikira kwakanthawi. Ngakhale, Lockman anawonjezera, pali zambiri zotsutsana pantchito zamankhwala zamatenda amtsogolo a matenda a Lyme.

Kodi matenda a Lyme amapezeka kuti?

Pakadali pano pali milandu 330,000 yamatenda a Lyme ku US makumi asanu ndi atatu mphambu zisanu pa milandu iyi amapezeka mmaiko 14 okha, makamaka kumpoto chakum'mawa (idapezeka koyamba ku Lyme, Connecticut), ngakhale milandu imapezekanso ku California, Oregon , ndi Washington. Mwana wanga wamwamuna — amagona panja kum'mwera chakum'maŵa kwa Pennsylvania — anali woyenera kwambiri kulumidwa ndi mphalapala za a Lyme.

Nkhupakupa yomwe ili ndi matenda a Lyme yawonjezeka ku North America chifukwa chobwezeretsanso mitengo [komanso] kuchuluka kwa agwape ogulitsa, akufotokoza Dr. Patrick Gaffney waku College of Earth, Ocean and Environment ku Yunivesite ya Delaware.

Momwe mungapewere matenda a Lyme

Kuyambira mu 2018, pakhala pali milandu ya Lyme m'ma 50 onse. Koma izi sizikutanthauza kuti mulibe njira yodzitetezera. Ngati mudzakhala panja m’malo okhala ndi nkhalango, chepetsani khungu lanu kuudzu mwa kuvala mathalauza ndi malaya a manja aatali, ndipo gwiritsani ntchito mankhwala othamangitsa nkhupakupa. Unikani khungu lanu bwinobwino mukakhala panja, ndipo chotsani nkhupakupa nthawi yomweyo. (Werengani zambiri zokhudza kuchotsa nkhupakupa Pano .)

Kaya mwalumidwa ndi nkhupakupa kapena ayi, samalani nthawi zonse ngati chimfine mongamutu, chizungulire, malungo, kupweteka kwa minofu, ndi kutopa,zomwe zingakhale zizindikiro za matenda a Lyme. Ndipo, zachidziwikire, yang'anani kuthamanga kwamaso kwa ng'ombe. Ngati mukumane ndi izi, onani dokotala nthawi yomweyo.