I-virus yeZika isifo esiye saziwa ukuba sikhoyo kumazwe ase-equatorial eMzantsi Melika kunye ne-Afrika amashumi eminyaka, okokuqala kufunyanwe ngawo-1950.
Uninzi lwabantu abasuleleke ngolu hlobo bangenakukwazi nokuba banesifo sesifo, okwenza kube sisifo esinzima ngakumbi ukuxilonga nokujongana nayo. Nangona kunjalo, kukho izilumkiso ezithile onokuzithatha ukuze uncede ukukhusela ekubanjweni kwesi sifo, kwaye abanye abantu bayacetyiswa ukuba bangahambi kummandla ukuba bafumana iingxaki ezibangelwa yi-Zika virus.
Ungayifumana njani i-Zika Virus?
Intsholongwane kaZika empeleni isifo esesentsatsheni esisodwa njengomkhuhlane we-yellow kunye ne-dengue fever, kwaye njengoko kunjalo kuzo zombini kwezi zifo, umthombo omkhulu wesi sifo empeleni kubantu bemiyane, apho kuninzi eBrazil.
Indlela eqhelekileyo yentsholongwane ivela kumlingo wokumlumza, oku kuthetha ukuba ukuthatha isilumkiso kumantongomnye ngenye yezindlela ezifanelekileyo zokukhusela esi sifo. Ukususela ngoJanuwari 2016, bekuye kwacingwa ukuba isifo sinokuthi satshintshelwe ukuba sisasaze ngesondo, kunye nenani elincinci leemeko eziye zachongwa.
Ingaba i-Zika Virus iyingozi?
Akukho sitofu esiphumeleleyo esiye saphuhliswa kwi-Zika virus, yingakho kukho inkxalabo ebonakalayo kwiindawo ezininzi malunga nokuya eBrazil nakwamanye amazwe angumakhelwane.
Inyaniso kukuba ukulunywa kwemiyane kuyinto eqhelekileyo kwiindawo zaseBrazil, ngoko yimeko elula ukuyibamba.
Nangona kungekho bungqina bokuba intsholongwane iqhubekile, inyaniso yokuba iqalile ukubonisa iimpawu zokudluliselwa kumntu kumntu yenza kube yingozi enkulu.
FUNDA: Izizathu zokuhamba ukuya eBrazil ngo-2016
Iimpawu zeVirus
Uninzi lwabantu abafumana isifo sengculaza beZika abazi ukuba bayathwala isifo, njengoko iimpawu zibuhlungu, zininzi zihlangabezana neentloko kunye nokugqithwa okungahlala kwiintsuku ezintlanu.
Ukukhathazeka kwangempela xa kuvela kwisiphumo sentsholongwane yinto eyenzekayo xa owesifazane okhulelweyo ethwele isifo okanye usuleleka xa ekhulelwe, njengoko intsholongwane ingabangela i-microcephaly kwiintsana. Oku kuthetha ukuba ubuchopho kunye neengqumbo zezinsana azihlakuli ngendlela eqhelekileyo, kwaye oku kungabangela ubunzima begazi, kuquka imicimbi yomsebenzi, ukungaphumeleli kokuphuhliswa kwengqondo kunye nokuthinjelwa.
Unyango lwe-Zika Virus
Akukho kuphela isitofu segciwane lesifo sengculaza, kodwa ukususela ekuqhubeni intsholongwane ngoJanuwari 2016 akukho naluphi unyango kwi-virus.
Abo baye bahamba kwiindawo ezijongene nobungozi bayacetyiswa ukuba bajonge iimpawu ezinjenge-rashes, intloko kunye nentlungu edibeneyo, kunye nokuvavanywa kwintsholongwane kwaye bahlale kude nabafazi abakhulelweyo baze kubekho ubungqina begciwane lingagqitywa okanye baxoshwe.
Ukuqapha Unokuyithatha Ukuze Uphephe Ukubamba I-Virus Zika
Kukho iindlela ezininzi abantu abanokuzenza ngayo, kodwa abafazi abakhulelweyo okanye abo bazama ukukhulelwa kufuneka baqikelele ukuhamba ukuya eBrazil nakwamanye amazwe apho intsholongwane iyingozi. Njengoko isifo singasasazwa ngoqhagamshelwano lwezesondo kufunekakile ukuqinisekisa ukulalana ngesondo ngokukhuselekileyo kunye nekhondom.
Ekugqibeleni, intambo yomsoco ibalulekile ukwenzela ukuba ugweme umlingo. Ngaphambi kokulala abantu abahambahambayo kufuneka bathathe iliso lesibini ukuqinisekisa ukuba ayikho imingxuma. Xa uphuma kwaye malunga, gqoka iimpahla ezinde ezingenamikhono ukuze unciphise inani lekhumba elingabonakaliyo, kwaye uqinisekise ukuba unxibe i-insecte repellent enokukunceda ukukhusela nayiphi na inyolo.