I-Zika Virus yindlela yakutshanje kwixesha elide lokugula eliye lazisa isizathu sokukhathazeka ngabahambi. Izifo ezithwalwe ngumlwanyana kubonakala ngathi zisasazeka njengomlilo oqhutywe ngeLatin America, kwaye inani labantu abafumana isifo sengculaza luya kunyuka. Ukuba uceba ukutyelela ummandla apho iZika okwangoku isebenza kwiinyanga ezizayo, kubalulekile ukuba wazi izingozi kunye neempawu ngaphambi kokuba uphume.
Ukuxhotyiswe ngalolo lwazi, sinamacebiso angakunceda ukuba ugweme intsholongwane ngokupheleleyo.
Zika?
Njengoko kuthethwe ngazo, uZika yintsholongwane eqhutyelwa yizinthambo kwaye idluliselwe kubantu ukusuka kulumlwanyana wezilwanyana. Liye lajikeleza ukususela ngowe-1950, kodwa kude kube kutshanje, luye lwafunyanwa ngokubanzi kwiqela elincinci elijikeleze ihlabathi elikufutshane ne-equator. Iingcali ngoku zikholelwa ukuba isifo sele siqalile ukubonga ngenxa yokutshintsha kwemozulu kunye nokufudumala kwamaqondo okufudumala, ukuzisa kwiindawo eziye zenziwa yiZika mahala ngoku.
I-Zika ayiyona nto inobungozi kubantu abaninzi, baninzi banakuze babonise iimpawu zeempawu. Abo bagulayo bangakwazi ukuphazamisa lula intsholongwane into efana nomkhuhlane, kunye neemvakalelo zentlungu, iintlungu zomzimba, ukungabi namandla, njalonjalo. Ngokuqhelekileyo, loo mpawu igqitha ngeveki okanye kunjalo, kungekho miphumo engapheliyo.
Yintoni ebangela ukuba iZiko loLawulo lweZifo (CDC) likhuphe isilumkiso malunga nentsholongwane, nangona kunjalo, ngumonakalo owenzayo ongayenza kumntwana ongakazalwa.
I-Zika ifakwe kwiimeko ezibizwa ngokuba yi-microcephaly, ezenza iintsana zizalwe ngeentloko ezincinci ezingaqhelekanga, zihamba kunye nobuchopho obungaphantsi. EBrazil, apho iZika ixhaphake khona, kukho ukunyuka okukhulu kwinani labantwana abazalwa nalo mqathango kunyaka odlulileyo okanye kunjalo.
Ukuphepha i-Zika
Okwangoku, akukho sitofu esaziwayo okanye unyango lweZika, ngoko ke indlela efanelekileyo yokuphepha ukufumana eso sifo kukuyeka ukuhamba kwiindawo apho kwaziwa ukuba yinkinga. Oku kunjalo ngokukodwa kubasetyhini abakhulelweyo okanye baceba ukuba njalo kwikamva elizayo.
Ewe, oko akusoloko kuyenzeka, njengoko amaxesha amalungiselelo okuhamba awanakuphetshwa okanye aguqulwe. Kuloo meko, kukho ezinye iindlela ezinokuthathwa ukunceda ukunciphisa amathuba okufumana isifo sengculaza.
Ngokomzekelo, bhinqa iikhati kunye neengxowanxu ezininzi xa uhamba kwiindawo zehlabathi apho iZika isebenza khona. Oku kunokunceda ukukhawulelana nokungena kwi-mosquitos kwesikhumba sakho, ngaloo ndlela unciphise ithuba lokuyithengisa kwindawo yokuqala. Kulungile, kodwa uzama ukugqoka iimpahla ezihlambulukileyo zokugcina izigulane ngokubanzi. Bobabini i-ExOfficio kunye neCraghoppers banemigca ehamba phambili yeengubo zokuhamba nge-Insect Shield ezakhiwe ngqo. Ezi zambatho zibukeka zikhulu kwaye zenza kakuhle kakhulu.
Ukongezelela, kusenokuba ingcamango enhle ukugqoka iiglavu ezikhanyayo kunye ne-mosquito netting phezu kobuso. Ikhumba elincinci, lingcono.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, unokusebenzisa izilwanyana ezihlaziyiweyo zezilwanyana, nangona kuphinda kunikezelwe ukucetyiswa.
Into efana ne-DEET iphumelela kakhulu kodwa iza neengxaki zayo zempilo nazo. Abafazi abakhulelweyo banqwenela ukuphepha naluphi na uphefu lwegciwane osebenzisa i-DEET kuwo wonke umntu kwaye kunoko uhambe kunye nenketho engaphezulu yemvelo njengaleyo eyenziwe yiBill Bees. Aba bahlaziyileyo bakhuselekile, bahlambulukile, kwaye banobume bendalo, nangona bangenako ukusebenza.
Ukudluliselwa ngesondo
Nangona iziganeko zenzeka ngokwenene ziye zazingavamile kakhulu, ngoku ziyaziwa ukuba iZika ingahanjiswa phakathi kwabantu ngokulala ngesondo. Kwixesha elidlulileyo, kwakubonakala ngathi inqindi yingozi kuphela kubafazi abakhulelweyo, kodwa ngoku sele kungqinisisiwe ukuba umntu osulelekileyo unokudlulisela eso sifo kumfazi kwi-semen.
Ngenxa yoko, amadoda atyelele iindawo ezikhuselweyo zikhuthazwa ukusebenzisa iikhondom xa besenza umsebenzi wesondo kunye nabalingani babo okanye bayeka ngokupheleleyo, ixesha emva kokubuya kwabo.
Kwaye njengendlela yokuqapha, amadoda anamaqabane asele ekhulelwe kufuneka asebenzise ikhondom ngexesha lokulala ngesondo ngaphambi kokuba umntwana azalwe.
I-CDC igxininisa ukuba izilwanyana zokulumza zihlala ziyona ndlela eyona ndlela enkulu kakhulu yokudlulisa intsholongwane, kodwa lumkiso akufanele kuthathwe ncinane.
Musa ukwenza iphutha, ingozi yokuba iZika ibangela abahambayo yinyani. Kodwa ukuphepha oko kuyenzeka nokuba usebenzisa amanye amanyathelo achazwe apha. Kulabo bafanele bahambe ngokukodwa kwindawo ekhuselweyo, ezi ziindlela ezifanelekileyo zokujongana nosongelo ngoku.