Yiyiphi i-Virus Zika kwaye Ngaba Unokukhathazeka?

Ukuba ulandele iindaba ezikutshanje, akungabazeki ukuba ubonwe ngaphezu kwembonakaliso ezimbalwa kwi-virus yeZika, izifo ezithwalwe ngummiyane ezibonakala ziqhubekile kwiingqalelo zoluntu kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezedlule. Enyanisweni, ukugula kuye kwadlulayo iminyaka emininzi, kodwa ngoku kubonakala ngathi isasazeka ngokubanzi, kwaye iziphumo zayo ezimbi ziyakhula ngamandla.

I-virus yeZika sele ijikeleze ukususela kwiminyaka ye-1950, kodwa ngokuqhelekileyo ihlala idityaniswe kwibhande elincinane elijikeleza uMhlaba kufuphi ne-equator.

Kwaye yafunyanwa kakhulu eAfrika nakwi-Asiya, nangona ngoku sele isasazeke eLatin America, kunye neemeko ezichazwe kwiindawo ezivela eBrazil ukuya eMexico. Ukugula kuye kwafunyanwa kwiiCaribbean, kunye neendawo ezifana ne-US Virgin Islands, iBarbados, iSart Martin, kunye ne-Puerto Rico.

Kubantu abaninzi, iimpawu eziqhelekileyo zikaZika zifana nezobanda. I-CDC ithi malunga naba-1 kwabangama-5 abafumana isifo segciwane baya kugula. Abo bahlala babonisa imfiva, intlungu kunye kunye neentlungu, i-conjunctivitis, i-headaches, kunye ne-rash. Lezo zimpawu zisoloko zincinci, kwaye ziphela nje iintsuku ezimbalwa okanye ngeveki. Okwangoku, akukho gonyo, kwaye unyango oluqhelekileyo lufumana ukuphumla okuninzi kangako, uhlale u-hydrated, kwaye uthathe amayeza asisiseko ukuze ukhuphe umkhuhlane kunye nentlungu.

Ukuba ezo ziyimpawu kuphela, kwaye ukubuyiswa kwakusondele ngqo, bekungekho nto ebangela ukukhathazeka.

Kodwa ngelanga i-Zika ineziphumo ezibi kakhulu ezibi kakhulu kwicandelo elinye labantu - abafazi abakhulelweyo okanye bazama ukukhulelwa. Ngoku kukholelwa ukuba intsholongwane yimbangela yesiphene sokuzalwa esibizwa ngokuba yi-microcephaly. Le meko ibangela ukuba umntwana azalwe enentloko encinci kunye nomonakalo ophezulu wengqondo.

EBrazil, apho i-virus yeZika eyaziwa ngokuqhelekileyo, inani lamatyala e-microcephaly landa kakhulu ngonyaka odlulileyo. Kwixesha elidlulileyo, leli lizwe labonwa ngamacala angama-200 okukhubazeka kokuzalwa kunoma yimuphi unyaka onikeziweyo, kodwa ngo-2015 loo nombolo yanyuka ngaphezu kwama-3000. Okubi nakakhulu, kukho iimeko ezingaphezu kwama-3500 ezichazwe phakathi kwe-Oktobha ka-2015 noJanuwari ka-2016. ukwanda okukhulu ngokukrakra ukuthetha ubuncinci.

Kuyacaca ukuba isongelo kubafazi abakhulelweyo lukhulu. Kakhulu kangangokuthi amazwe amaninzi ayilumkisa abahambahambayo abahambahambayo ukuba baphephe nawuphi na ilizwe apho iZika eyaziwa khona. Kwimeko ye-El Salvador, ilizwe licebise abemi balo ukuba baphephe ukukhulelwa de emva ko-2018. Ingcamango yelizwe elingenabantwana abatsha abazalwa iminyaka emibili ibonakala ingakholeki.

Kuze kube ngoku, kubahambi beendoda, kubonakala kungabikho nto ebangela ukukhathazeka, kuba akuzange kubekho umnxibelelwano wesifo esibangela ukukhubazeka kokuzalwa emva kokuba uhlolelwe ngumama. Kodwa oku kukukhathazeka kakhulu nawaphi na amabhinqa abaya kuhamba kwiindawo ezizenzeke kwixesha elizayo, ngakumbi ukuba sele sele bekhulelwe okanye bezama ukuba njalo. Ukuba oko akunjalo, kunjalo kubonakala ngathi akukho naluphi ixesha elide elivela kwintsholongwane engena kwinkqubo.

Enye yeziganeko eziphazamisayo zengcinezelo yeZika yindlela ekubonakala ngathi isasazeka ngokukhawuleza. Uninzi lweengcali zivakalelwa kukuba yimiba yexesha ngaphambi kokuba ifinyelele e-US, apho inokuchaphazela inxalenye enkulu yabemi. Kodwa ngaphezu koko, oku kungaba yindlala yomhlaba wonke ukuba intsholongwane efumaneka kwiLatin America yenza indlela yayo kwezinye iindawo zehlabathi. Kwaye ekubeni umntu ophethe eso sifo angayidlulisela kwenye i-mosquitos ngokusebenzisa i-bite ye-insects, ithuba lokuba kwenzeke kubonakala kuphezulu.

Abafazi abakhulelweyo abanamalungiselelo okuhamba kwiindawo apho intsholongwane isele isebenza khona kufuneka icinge ukukhansela ezo zicwangciso. Enyanisweni, iinqwelo zeenqwelo-moya zaseMzantsi Melika zivumela abagibeli besifazane ukuba baxoshe iindiza zabo baze bafumane imali yokubuyisela imali, njengoko i-United ne-American.

Abanye bayaqiniseka ukuba balandela.

Ngeli xesha, xa kuziwa ekujonganeni noZika, ukuqonda kubonakala kukuyinxalenye engcono yeqhawe.

Ukuhlaziywa: Xa eli nqaku libhalwa kuqala, kwakungekho naluphi na uphawu lokuba iZika inokudluliselwa ngokulala ngesondo. Kodwa ngoku, kuboniswe ukuba isifo sinokudlulela kumntu osulelwe ngumntu osulelekileyo kuye kwintombi ngokulala ngesondo. Ngeli xesha, le ndlela yokudluliselwa kwayo ibhaliswe kabini, ibonelela isizathu sokukhathazeka. Qinisekisa ukuthatha amanyathelo okulondoloza xa uhambela indawo apho iZika eyaziwa khona ukuba isasazeka.