Izimpawu ze-Lyme Disease Ezinjeni

Ungase ungakuqapheli, kodwa izinja, njengabantu, zingathola isifo se-Lyme emikhaza. Izimpawu zesifo seLyme ezinjeni zingaba ezicashile uma ungazi ukuthi yini okufanele uyibheke. Yingakho kubalulekile ukwazi izimpawu kuphela, kodwa futhi njalo hlola inja yakho ukuze uthole imikhaza.

Siyini isifo seLyme?

Isifo seLyme singesinye sezifo ezisakazwa kakhulu ngemikhaza. Kwabikwa okokuqala e-United States emuva ngo-1975 eLyme nase-Old Lyme, eConnecticut, lapho inani elingavamile lezingane lalinezimpawu ezifana nesifo samathambo. Zonke lezi zingane zalunywa imikhaza. Kamuva ochwepheshe banquma ukuthi isifo seLyme ngokuvamile sibangelwa igciwane le-spirochete. Borrelia burgdorferi.¹ (Ngokuthakazelisayo, isifo seLyme singabangelwa izinhlobo eziningana zegciwane. IBorrelia, Kodwa I-Burgdorferi avame kakhulu e-United States.) Amagciwane asebenzisana ngokuqondile nezicubu zamangqamuzana, abangela izinkinga ezihlukahlukene.

Isifo se-Lyme sivame ukudluliselwa umkhaza wezinyamazane (obuye ubizwe ngokuthi umkhaza onemilenze emnyama), nakuba ungasakazwa okungenani ezinye izinhlobo ezintathu zomkhaza.² Nakuba isifo seLyme sivame kakhulu ezinjeni, singathinta namakati.

Isifo seLyme senzeka kuphi?

Isifo seLyme singatholakala kunoma iyiphi ingxenye ye-United States, kodwa sivame kakhulu eNyakatho-mpumalanga, eMidwest engenhla, nasePacific Coast.³ Nakuba isikhathi somkhaza ngokuvamile siqala entwasahlobo futhi siqhubeke ekwindla, lezi zinambuzane zingase zisebenze lapho amazinga okushisa enyuka ngaphezu kwezinga-qhwa (32°F). Izinja zivame ukucosha imikhaza ezindaweni ezinezihlahla eziningi noma ezindaweni lapho kunezihlahla noma utshani obude. Imikhaza ihlala emagcekeni angemuva lapho ezinye izilwane zibashiya khona.

Izimpawu ze-Lyme Disease Ezinjeni

Izinja azinalo isici esibomvu, kwesinye isikhathi i-bull's-eye rash esiyibona thina bantu, ngakho-ke ukutheleleka kwesilwane sakho kungase kungabonakali. Kodwa-ke, ezinye izimpawu ezivamile zesifo seLyme ezinjeni nasemakati zifaka:⁴

• Ukulahlekelwa isifiso sokudla
• Ukucindezeleka
• Ukukhathala
• Fever
• Ukuvuvukala kwamalunga noma ubuhlungu
• Ukuqhwala (ukungakwazi ukunyakaza izitho ngokujwayelekile)
• Ukungabaza ukunyakaza

Izimpawu zingathuthuka futhi ngezinye izikhathi zibulale, ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuthi inja yakho ixilongwe uma inanoma iyiphi yalezi zimpawu.

Udokotela wezilwane uzohlola umzimba futhi akutshele umlando wenja yakho. Ukuze unqume ukuthi isilwane sakho sithole isifo se-Lyme, udokotela wakho wezilwane uzovame uku-oda ukuhlolwa kwegazi. Ukuba khona kwamasosha omzimba esifo seLyme egazini kungabonisa ukutheleleka okusebenzayo, futhi ngokuvamile avela cishe emasontweni amathathu kuya kwamahlanu ngemva kokulunywa komkhaza. Nokho, ngezinye izikhathi zingabonakala ngisho nangaphambi kokuba ubone izimpawu.

Uma ukuhlolwa kubuya nokuthi unayo, inja yakho izothola ama-antibiotics kuze kube amasonto amane. Ngezinye izikhathi ukwelashwa okude noma ukwelashwa kuyadingeka.

Ukuvimbela isifo seLyme ezinjeni

Ukuvimbela kuyindlela engcono kakhulu yokuvikela imikhaza, abathwali bamagciwane abangela isifo seLyme. Hlola isilwane sakho nsuku zonke ukuze uthole lezi zinambuzane futhi uma uthola umkhaza, zisuse ngokushesha. Lokhu kubalulekile ngoba imikhaza ngokuvamile ithatha cishe usuku olulodwa kuya kwezimbili ukudlulisela isifo seLyme, ngakho ukuyisusa ngokushesha kunganciphisa ingozi.⁵

Kubalulekile kubo bonke abanikazi bezilwane ezifuywayo ukuthi bazi ukuthi bawukhipha kanjani umkhaza ekatini noma enjeni. Ukusebenzisa ama-tweezers, bamba umaka bese uwudonsa ngokuqinile futhi uqine kuze kube yilapho usukhululekile futhi uphuma yonke indlela, uqiniseke ukuthi uyalisusa ikhanda. Gcoba umkhaza ekuhlikihleni ngotshwala ukuze ububulale, futhi uhlanze futhi ukhiphe amagciwane lapho elunywe khona.

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Isifo seLyme singabangela izimpawu ezithambile ezinjeni, kodwa ngezinye izikhathi izinja zingaba nokusabela okunzima kumagciwane. Kungakho kubalulekile ukuthi uvikele inja yakho futhi uhlole imikhaza njalo lapho ubuyela ekhaya uvela kubumnandi bangaphandle.

*ngaphandle kweCalifornia

1. I-Lyme Bay Foundation. "Borrelia burgdorferi". BayAreaLyme.org, https://www.bayarealyme.org/about-lyme/what-causes-lyme-disease/borrelia-burgdorferi/.

2. Straubinger, Reinhard K. "Isifo se-Lyme (Lyme borreliosis) ezinjeni." Juni 2018. I-Merck Veterinary Manual, https://www.merckvetmanual.com/dog-owners/disorders-affecting-multiple-body-systems-of-dogs/lyme-disease-lyme-borreliosis-in-dogs.

3. Ibid.

4. Meyers, Harriet. "Isifo se-Lyme Ezinjeni: Izimpawu, Ukuhlolwa, Ukwelashwa Nokuvimbela." I-AKC, Meyi 15, 2020, https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/health/lyme-disease-in-dogs/.

5. Straubinger, https://www.merckvetmanual.com/dog-owners/disorders-affecting-multiple-body-systems-of-dogs/lyme-disease-lyme-borreliosis-in-dogs.