Inani lamatyala eengulube zikhula ngokubanzi emhlabeni jikelele, kunye namazwe angama-11 anika iingxelo ezingama-257 zeengulube (ikakhulukazi zincinci), njenganamhlanje. Ngokutsho kwe-WHO, i-US iye yahlwaywa nzima kakhulu, ngama-109 amatyala, kunye nokufa oku-1. I-Mexico ngoku iimeko ezingama-97 kunye nokufa kwama-7.
Ukufa ezixhenxe.
Iingxelo kulo lonke veki zibonise ukuhluka okukhulu kwinani labantu abafayo.
Ezinye iingxelo zeendaba ziye zachaza ukufa kwabantu abayi-149, kwaye ngoku ke inani lenani liye lahla laphuma kuma-20 kuye kwafa abantu aba-7 kuphela? Okanye ulinde, ngaba ngabafayo abayi-12? Yiyiphi inombolo echanileyo?
Umphathiswa wezeMpilo waseMexico u-Jose Angel Cordova ubonise ukuba "iimvavanyo ezingqongqo ziye zaphoqeleka ukuba zichazwe". Hmm ...
Kungakhathaliseki ukuba ungenayo intsholongwane yolu hlobo lomkhuhlane weengulube (kunoko, i-H1N1 imfucuza, njengoko ngoku ibizwa ngokuba ikhuphe imboni yengulube) ngokuqinisekileyo ikubeka engozini yokufa, kubalulekile ukuqonda indlela umkhuhlane obulala ngayo, kunye nento ongayenza ngayo .
Umkhuhlane weengulube ubangela njani ukufa?
Umkhuhlane we-swine kunye nomkhuhlane womntu wonyaka ufana ngokufanayo kwindlela iintsholongwane ezibangela izifo nokufa. Intsholongwane ifakile ize ingene kwiiseli kwindlela yokuphefumula (impumlo, umphimbo, nemiphunga), kodwa iyancinci kakhulu kulawo mathambo. Intsholongwane inetyhefu kumaseli okuphefumula kwaye ibangela ukuba isistim somzimba siphendule ngokunyuka kweeseli ezimhlophe zegazi kunye nama-molecular molecules ezibizwa ngokuba yi-cytokines.
Ukuqhutyelwa kweeseli ezimhlophe zegazi kubangela ukukhutshwa kwee-airways, kunye nomonakalo kwimiphunga.
Umsebenzi weCytokine ngaphakathi kwindlela yokuphefumula kubangelwa ukuvuvukala, okubangelwa yimpawu ezinxulumene nomkhuhlane: umkhuhlane, ukubola, ukuphelelwa amandla, ukulahleka kwesidlo, nokukhwehlela, kunye nezinye iimpawu zokuphefumula.
Kwiimeko ezinzima zentsholongwane engaphelelanga, usulelo luya kukhokelela ekuphefumulweni kwe-pneumonia, eyona nto ibangela i-influenza ukufa. Kwezinye iimeko zentsholongwane, umonakalo kwimisipha yokuphefumula ivumela ezinye iindiza ezichaphazelayo ukuba zihlasele kwaye zibangele izifo ezisekondari, ezikhokelela kwi-bacterium pneumonia, enokuthi ibulawe xa ingaphendulwa. Kuqikelelwa ukufa kwabantu abangama-36 000 ngenxa yemfuluva yonyaka ngamnye e-US. Ukuphazamiseka kweengulube zamanje kubangele ukufa kwama-7 eMexico kunye nokufa oku-1 eMelika (ngokwe-WHO).
Ziziphi izithintelo ezinokuthathwa ukuze ndiqiniseke ukuba andiyi kufa ngeengulube zeengulube?
Kukho ubungqina bokuba amaninzi okufa kweengulube ezinxulumene nokusukela kwintlupheko yangoku kwenzeka kubantu ababenemeko yezempilo okanye abantu ababesele bafuna uncedo lwezokwelapha. Ngoko ke kubaluleke kakhulu ukufumana uncedo lwezonyango ukuba ubonisa iimpawu zentsholongwane. Kodwa khumbula kwakhona ukuba iimpawu zentsholongwane zihluke kwiimpawu ezibandayo.
Ngokuxhomekeka kubugwenxa besifo, ugqirha wakho unokumisela u-Relenza okanye uTamiflu, iziyobisi ezimbini ezinokukhusela i-anti-virus ezinganceda ukunciphisa ubude besifo.
Ezinye iingcebiso zokukhusela ezilula? Geza izandla njalo rhoqo. Sebenzisa i-Purell (okanye ezinye iisitifiketi zamanzi) xa izakhiwo zokuhlamba izandla zingekho.
Musa ukukhetha ikhala lakho.
Ngaba ingetyhefu yeentaka ayibulale abantu abaninzi? Ingaba umkhuhlane weengulube uhluke njani kumkhuhlane weentaka?
Intsholongwane yesibhakabhaka yatshatyalaliswa ngo-2003 yayinzulu kakhulu kwaye yabulala kubantu abasuleleke. Nangona kunjalo, kubalulekile ukuba ukhumbule ukuba inani lamatyala lincinci, kwaye isifo sazisasazeka kwiintaka-ngomntu, kungekhona umntu-mntu, oko kukuqinisekisa ukuba kuxhelwa inkukhu (ngokungafaniyo nokungafuneki kunye nokuxhelwa ngokungenakuqondwa kweengulube ezingama-400 000 zaseYiputa ezazingenanto nxamnye nokuqhambuka). Ngokungafani nentsholongwane ekhoyo yangoku yeengulube zengulube, eziye zinyamezela, iintlobo ezithile zeentsholongwane zeentaka zingabangela isifo esibi kakhulu ngenxa yempendulo yokuzivikela emzimbeni.
Ngokumalunga neenombolo zamanje zibonisa, igciwane lesandulela-ngculazi ka-2009 lifa kakhulu kunokuba i-virus yentsholongwane yintsholongwane ka-2003.
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