Inani lamacala e-swine flu ukhula ngokuya emhlabeni wonke, amazwe angu-11 ebika amacala angu-257 e-swine flu (ikakhulukazi abumnene), njengamanje. Ngokusho kwe-WHO, i-US iye yathinteka kunzima kakhulu, inezinso ezingu-109, nokufa oku-1. Manje iMexico inamacala angu-97 nokufa kwabantu abangu-7.
Ukufa okuyisikhombisa.
Imibiko isonto lonke libonise ukuhluka okukhulu kwenani lokufa kwangempela.
Iminye imibiko yabezindaba isho ukufa kwabantu abangu-149, kanti manje isibalo sangempela sehlile sishiye ku-20 sifike ekufeni kwabantu abangu-7 nje kuphela? Noma ulinde, ingabe ukufa kwabangu-12? Yiliphi inombolo elungile?
UNgqongqoshe wezeMpilo waseMexico u-Jose Angel Cordova wabonisa ukuthi "ukuhlolwa okunamandla kwakunzima ukubikezela". Hmm ...
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yini ukutheleleka yilolu hlobo lwe-ngulube yengulube (kunalokho, umkhuhlane we-H1N1, njengoba manje usubizwa ukuba uvikele imboni yengulube) ngempela ukubeka engozini yokufa, kubalulekile ukuqonda ukuthi umkhuhlane ubulala kanjani nokuthi yini ongayenza it.
Imfuluwenza yengulube ibangela kanjani ukufa?
Umkhuhlane we-swine kanye nomkhuhlane wesintu wonyaka walingana ngendlela efanayo namagciwane adala isifo nokufa. Igciwane lihambisana futhi lingena emangqamuzaneni ekuphefumuleni (impumulo, umphimbo, namaphaphu), kodwa kuncane kakhulu kulawo mathambo. Igciwane liyingozi kakhulu ekuphefumululeni kwamangqamuzana futhi kubangela ukuthi isimiso somzimba sokuzivikela siphendule ngethonya lamaseli amhlophe egazi kanye nama-molecule omzimba okuthiwa yi-cytokines.
Ukuqhuma kwamangqamuzana amhlophe wegazi kubangela ukuvimbela okuthile kwemimoya, kanye nomonakalo emaphashini.
Umsebenzi we-cytokine ngaphakathi kwendlela yokuphefumula kubangelwa ukuvuvukala, okwenza kube nezimpawu ezihambisana nomkhuhlane: umkhuhlane, izikhukhula, ukukhathala, ukulahlekelwa ukudla, nokukhwehlela, kanye nezinye izimpawu zokuphefumula.
Ezimweni ezinzima ze-influenza engalashwa, ukutheleleka kungaholela ekuphefumulweni kwe-pneumonia, okuyinto ebangela imbangela yokufa kwegciwane. Kwezinye izimo zomkhuhlane, ukulimala kwezicubu zokuphefumula kuvumela ezinye izinambuzane ezithathelwanayo ukuba zihlasele futhi zibangele ukutheleleka kwesibili, okuholela ekuguleni kwe-bacterial, okungase kube nokubulala uma kungalashwa. Kufa abantu abangaba ngu-36 000 ngenxa yemfuluwenza yonyaka ngonyaka e-US. Ukushona kwesifo samagciwane e-swine okwamanje sekubangele ukufa kwabantu abangu-7 eMexico kanye nokufa oku-1 e-US (ngokusho kwe-WHO).
Yiziphi izinyathelo zokuqapha ezingathathwa ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi ngeke ngife ngenxa yengculazi?
Kunobufakazi bokuthi eziningi zezingulube ezihlobene nokubhebhetheka komkhuhlane kusukela ekugqaseni kwamanje zenzeka kubantu ababenemibandela yezempilo noma abantu ababesilinde ngaphambi kokufuna usizo lwezokwelapha. Ngakho-ke kubaluleke kakhulu ukufuna usizo lwezokwelapha uma ubonisa izimpawu zomkhuhlane. Kodwa futhi khumbula ukuthi izimpawu zomkhuhlane zihlukile ezimpawu ezibandayo.
Ngokuya ngobukhulu bezifo, udokotela wakho angase anikeze u-Relenza noma uTamiflu, izidakamizwa ezimbili zokulwa negciwane ezingasiza ekunciphiseni ubude besifo.
Amanye amathiphu wokuvimbela alula kakhulu? Geza izandla njalo njalo. Sebenzisa i-Purell (noma amanye ama-sanitizers).
Ungathathi ikhala lakho.
Ingabe inhlanzi yenyoni ayibulale abantu abaningi? Inhlanzi yengulube ihluke kanjani kumkhuhlane wezinyoni?
Umkhuhlane wezinyoni wesabeka ngo-2003 wawubi kakhulu futhi wabulala abantu abathintekile. Noma kunjalo, kubalulekile ukukhumbula ukuthi inani lamacala laliyingcosana kakhulu, kanti ukutheleleka kwasakazwa kusukela kwinyoni kuya komuntu, hhayi umuntu komunye umuntu, yilokho okwakuqinisekisa ukuhlatshwa kwezinkukhu (ngokungafani nokudingekile nokuhlatshwa okungenasici kwezingulube ezingu-400 000 zaseGibhithe ezazingenandaba nokugqashuka). Ngokungafani nenkinga yamanje yengulube yengulube, eye yaba mnene, izinhlobo ezithile zezinkukhu zezinyoni zingabangela izifo ezimbi kakhulu ngenxa yesiphetho sokuzivikela nge-immune.
Ngokuqondene nezibalo zamanje ezibonisa, igciwane lesandulela ngculazi lika-2009 libulale kakhulu kakhulu kune-virus ye-bird bird ngonyaka ka-2003.
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