Ngaba kunokwenzeka into enokuthatha imizuzwana kuphela ingakugcina unempiliso kulo nyaka? Ewe, ngokwemiqathango ye-US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), i-Health Canada, kunye nezinye i-arhente zempilo zentlalo jikelele, yile nto imfuyo yakho yonyaka ikhupha ngayo. Yaye ukuba uneminyaka engama-50 ubudala, bathi uyadinga le gonyo. Ngoba?
Abantu abaneminyaka engaphezulu kwama-50 (ngakumbi abo bangaphezu kweminyaka engama-65) babonwa njengengozi enkulu yeengxaki ezibangelwa ngumkhuhlane , njengabo bakwezinye iindawo ezinobungozi obuphezulu njengabesifazane abakhulelweyo, abantu beeminyaka yonke abaneemeko zonyango eziqhubekayo njengemiphunga engapheliyo isifo ( COPD ), isifo senhliziyo, isifo sikashukela okanye i-asthma, kunye nabasebenzi bezempilo.
Umgudu wokugonya umkhuhlane uthathwa njengendlela efanelekileyo kunye neyona ndlela efanelekileyo yokuzikhusela-kunye nabo obambene nabo-kusuka kwintlaka.
Yintoni i-Influenza?
Umkhuhlane, okanye "umkhuhlane" ngokufutshane, ugulo oluphefumlelweyo kakhulu olubangelwa ziintsholongwane ezisasazeka emoyeni xa umntu ehlamba okanye ekhwehlela, okanye ngokudibanisa nento ethile intsholongwane ekhoyo, njengombambo wesango okanye ifowuni. Intsholongwane yomkhuhlane ingaphila ngeeyure eziliqela evulekileyo, ngokutsho kweNational Institute of Aging.
Nangona kulula ukwenza iphutha lokubanda komkhuhlane, iimpawu zorhwebo ze-influenza ziquka umkhuhlane, intloko, ukukhwehlela, kunye neentlungu ezinzima kunye neentlungu. Ukukhathala okukhulu, kunye nokukhathala okuqhelekileyo ukufikelela kwiiveki ezintathu, kuyafana. Iingxaki ezifana ne-bronchitis kunye ne-pneumonia zingakhokelela kwizibhedlele okanye nokufa.
Yintoni i-Vacc Vaccine?
Unyaka ngamnye umgomo wokutshulwa komkhuhlane okanye ukudubula kwenziwe, ngokusekelwe kwiingcebiso zeengxaki ze- epidemiologists kunye nezinye iingcali ze-CDC, i-US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), i-World Health Organization (WHO) kunye nabanye.
Idatha evela kwii-laboratories ezingaphezu kwe-100 ze-influenza, kumazwe angaphezu kwe-100, zihlalutyiweyo.
Ngamanye entwasahlobo, iqela lamazwe ngamazwe linquma iiprogram ezintathu eziphezulu kakhulu ezinokuthi zibangele i-influenza kwixesha elizayo kunye nexesha lomkhuhlane webusika. Ngamanye amaxesha isitofu sokugonywa siquka i-virus efanayo kunyaka odlulileyo; ngamanye amaxesha isitofu senzelwe ukulwa neentsholongwane ezintathu zentsholongwane.
Ukusebenza komkhuhlane udutshulwa kulo naliphi na unyaka oya kuxhomekeka ukuba ngaba iintsholongwane ezintathu ezikhethiweyo ukuchaneka kweefom ezona zixhaphakileyo zibambelele kubemi, kunye nobudala kunye nempilo yonke yabantu abafumana ukudubula. Ukuba umntu omdala unesistim somzimba esibuthathaka, ukuzivikela kwabo kwiintsholongwane ezichanekileyo akuyi kuba namandla, nokuba kunjalo.
I-Flu Isongelo kubadala abadala
Abantu abadala baye bafumana iingxaki ezinxulumene nezifo zengxaki kunokuba bancinci, abadala abadala. I-CDC iqikelela ukuba eUnited States, abantu abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-65 bakha ininzi-ukuya kwi-90 ekhulwini-yokufa ngenxa yesifo. Ingaphezulu kwesigamu (iipesenti ezingama-60) yezibhedlele zokukhulelwa komkhuhlane yizigulane kwiqela elifanayo.
Ngelixa abantu abaninzi beeminyaka baphila ngokugcwele kumkhuhlane, isifo sinomngcipheko kumntu osele ephethe isifo esingapheliyo. Ngokomzekelo, umkhuhlane ungakhokelela ekuhlaselweni kwe-asthma ngaphezulu, kunokubangela ubunzima bokuphefumula kumntu onesifo esingapheliyo sesifo samaphaphu okanye ukunyuka kwesimo senhliziyo njengokwehluleka kwentliziyo .
Uninzi lweziganeko ezinzulu zenzeka kubantu abadala abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-65. Kodwa, amaZiko okuLawulwa kweNtsholongwane kunye nokuKhusela abuye akhuthaze umkhuhlane udutshulwa nabani na abadala kunama-50 okanye nabani na okhangele umntu kweli qela leminyaka.
Ngabe i-Flu Hit?
Uninzi lweziganeko zentsholongwane zenzeka phakathi kukaNovemba no-Ephreli, kunye neziganeko zokubamba ngoJanuwari okanye ngoFebruwari.
Ukuqhuma kweFlu kunye noKhuseleko
Emva kokuba unesifo somkhuhlane, kuthatha malunga neveki ezimbini ukuba ziphumelele ngokupheleleyo. Isifo sokugonya sentsholongwane sonyaka sinconywa kakhulu ngenxa yokuba ukukhuseleka kwiintsholongwane kuncike ngexesha elide kwaye ngenxa yokuba iintsholongwane ezintsha zokugonya zingakhethwa ukuba zibe yingxenye yonyaka wesifo somkhuhlane.
I-Fluzone High-Dose
Umgomo wokugonya umkhuhlane we-fog uqule ezine ezine-antigen okanye umthamo wokugonywa kwesifo somkhuhlane oqhelekileyo kwaye ufumaneka kubantu abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-65. I-dose ephezulu ihloselwe ukuhlawulela impendulo yokukhuselwa komzimba kwisigontsho kunye nobude obufutshane ukhuseleko emva kwesigontsho, esoloko sihamba kunye nokukhula.
E-US, iinkampani ezininzi ze-inshorensi zifihla indleko yesifo somkhuhlane. KwiCanada, amaphondo kunye nemimandla sinquma ukuba isitofu sokugonya siya kunikwa ngaphandle kwentlawulo kubahlali babo.
Imithombo:
Amaziko okuLawula nokuKhuselwa kwezifo (CDC). Iphepha Lolwazi Loluntu.
http://www.cdc.gov/Features/FLU/
I-Flu - Fumana i-Shot. ISiko leSizwe le-US NIH kwiPhepha leNgcaciso yoluntu oluguga.
http://www.nia.nih.gov/health/publication/flu-get-shot
Iimpawu zeFlu kunye noBunzima. I-National National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Information Sheet Sheets.
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/flu/understandingflu/Pages/sympComp.aspx
Abadala kunye noThutho lwaMaFlu. ISebe lezeMpilo laseMelika kunye neeNkonzo zoLuntu. Iphepha Lolwazi Loluntu.
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/65over.htm