I-Norovirus mhlawumbi iyintsholongwane eqhelekileyo yokuba abantu abambalwa abaye bakuva.
INorovirus kuBantwana
I-Norovirus yenye yezona zizathu eziqhelekileyo zesifo se-gastroenteritis e-United States. Ngelixa lidume kakhulu ngokubangela ukugqabhuka kwehudo kunye nokuhlanza kwiinqanawa zokuhamba ngeenqanawa, kunokubangela ukuqhuma kwezikolo kunye namaziko okugcina abantwana.
Kunyaka ngamnye, i-norovirus ibangela nokuba:
- Iziganeko ezizigidi ezingama-21 ze-gastroenteritis
- 1.9 yezigidi zohambo ugqirha
- 400,000 ER
- 71,000 izibhedlele
- 800 ukufa
Uninzi lwabagqirha kunye no-ER ukutyelela kubantwana kwaye i-norovirus ingaba usongelo lobomi phakathi kwabantwana abancinci kakhulu.
I-Norovirus ibangela malunga ne-50% yezifo zokutya ukutya e-United States. Ngokwahlukileyo, i- Salmonella , efumana ingqwalasela emininzi, ibangele kuphela malunga nama-23% amatyala.
Ukuba i-norovirus ixhaphakile, njani ukuba abantu abaninzi bengazi ngani?
Kungenzeka ukuba abaninzi abantu abayenazi xa bafumana i-norovirus. Esikhundleni saloo nto, basola iimpawu zabo kwisityhefu sokutya, umkhuhlane wesisu, okanye ezinye izifo zentsholongwane.
Iimpawu zeNorovirus
Izimpawu ze-Norovirus zifana nezinye izizathu zesifo se-gastroenteritis, kubandakanya ukuhlanza kunye nesifo sohudo esinokubangela ukuphelelwa umdaka.
Ezinye iimpawu zingabandakanya isicathulo, isisu esiswini, i-fever low-grade, i-body aches kunye nokukhathala.
Abantu badla ngokugula malunga nama-12 ukuya kuma-48 iiyure emva kokungena kwabo kwi-norovirus ( ixesha lokutshala i-incubation ), ngokunyaniseka ngokuthe ngqo kumntu ogulayo, ukudibanisa nento ethile yongcoliswe yintsholongwane okanye ngokutya ukutya okungcolileyo.
Ngethamsanqa, abaninzi abantu baphuthuma ngokukhawuleza, baphumelele ukuhlanza nokurhuda kwintsuku enye ukuya kwiintsuku ezintathu. Iimpawu zihlala ixesha elide - ngamanye amaxesha ukuya kwiintsuku ezine ukuya kweyesithandathu-kubantwana abancinci kunye nabalupheleyo, abo banokugula kakhulu nge-norovirus.
INorovirus Prevention
Akukho naluphi unyango lwe-norovirus, ngoko kubangela ukuba kubalulekile ukuzama ukukhusela izifo ngaphambi kokuba kwenzeke.
Ukugcina i-norovirus ukusasazeka xa ugula kunye nokunceda ukuphepha izifo ezibangelwa yi-norovirus, kunokukunceda:
- Geza rhoqo izandla zakho ngesepha kunye namanzi
- Geza iziqhamo nemifuno ngaphambi kokutya
- Gwema ii-oysters ezihlaza
- Ukuhlambalaza ngokupheleleyo i-disinfect surface kunye ne-bleach-based based cleaner kwaye uhlambe iimpahla xa zihlambulukile emva kokuba umntu ephosa okanye enesifo sohudo
- Gwema ukulungiselela nokupheka ukutya kwabanye abantu kude kube yilapho ubengaphezu kweempawu zakho ze-norovirus ubuncinane iintsuku ezintathu, apho ungasayi kuba negalelo
- Gwema ukuqubha kwiqula xa usandul 'udodi
Kwakhona kunokuba luncedo, njengenxalenye yemigangatho yokubhukuda, ukukhuthaza abantwana bakho ukuba bangagwinyi nawaphi na amanzi echibini.
Izinto Ezaziyo NgamaNorovirus
Ezinye izinto zokwazi malunga nokusuleleka kwe-norovirus ziquka ukuba:
- Ukuba ufumana isifo se-norovirus, unyango lujoliswe ekuhlaleni kakuhle.
- I-Norovirus iyasasazeka kwaye ihlala ixanduva lokuqhambuka kweenqanawa zokuhamba ngeenqanawa kunye nezibhedlele, amakhaya angamahlengikazi, iivenkile, amaziko okunakekela abantwana, kunye nezikolo.
- Iisampuli zeStool zivavanywa kwi-norovirus, kodwa oku akukwenziwa rhoqo ngabahlengikazi abaninzi ngenxa yekhosi emfutshane yesifo.
- I-Norovirus ngaphambili yayibizwa ngokuba yi-Norwalk-like virus, kuba yafunyanwa kuqala emva kokuqhambuka kwe-gastroenteritis eNorwalk, OH, ngo-1968.
- Njengomkhuhlane kunye nezinye iintsholongwane zentsholongwane, abantu ngokuqhelekileyo abanakuzikhusela kwisifo se-norovirus kwaye banokusuleleka ngeentsuku eziliqela.
- Iimeko ezininzi ze-norovirus zenzeka phakathi kukaNovemba no-Apreli.
Abantu abaninzi baya kuvuyela ukufunda ukuba isitofu sokugonywa kwe-norovirus sele sivavanywa. Siza kufuneka silinde size sibone ukuba iya kuba nini kwaye ukuba abantwana banako. Ezinye iingcaphephe zincoma i- rotavirus kunye ne-norovirus yokugonya ukukhusela zombini izizathu eziqhelekileyo zentsholongwane ye-viral gastroenteritis.
Imithombo
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