Zamkatimu
MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) yachititsa kuti anthu 19 aphedwe ku South Korea kokha m’masabata apitawa. Chiwerengero cha odwala omwe ali ndi matenda apitirira 160. Kodi kachilomboka ndi chiyani, zizindikiro za MERS ndi zotani ndipo ndizotheka kupewa?
Kodi MERS ndi chiyani?
MERS ndi matenda a chapamwamba kupuma thirakiti. Kachilombo ka MERS-CoV komwe kamayambitsa matendawa kapezeka posachedwa. Anadziwika koyamba mwa munthu yemwe ali ndi kachilombo ku London mu 2012. Dzina la matendawa, Middle East Respiratory Distress Syndrome, silinachoke kulikonse. Popeza kachilomboka kanapezeka koyamba, milandu yambiri ya MERS idanenedwa ku Saudi Arabia.
Apanso ndi pomwe magwero a kachilomboka akukhulupirira kuti ndi. Ma antibodies ku kachilombo ka MERS-CoV opezeka mu ngamila. Matenda ngati amenewa amapezekanso mu mileme. Tsoka ilo, asayansi sangathe kunena mosapita m'mbali kuti imodzi mwa nyamazi ndiyomwe imayambitsa matenda.
Zizindikiro za MERS
Njira ya MERS ndi yofanana ndi matenda ena amtunduwu. Zizindikiro za matenda a MERS ndi kutentha thupi, kupuma movutikira komanso chifuwa chachikulu. Pafupifupi 30 peresenti. odwala amakhalanso ndi chizindikiro chofanana ndi chimfine mu mawonekedwe a kupweteka kwa minofu. Ena mwa omwe ali ndi kachilomboka amadandaulanso ndi ululu wa m'mimba, kutsegula m'mimba ndi kusanza. Zikavuta kwambiri, MERS imayambitsa chibayo chomwe chimatsogolera kulephera kupuma kwambiri, komanso kuwonongeka kwa impso ndi matenda oopsa a intravascular coagulation.
MERS - njira za matenda
MERS nthawi zambiri imafalikira kudzera pamadontho. Inu mukhoza ndithudi kugwira matenda ngamila odwala. Palinso zizindikiro zosonyeza kuti matendawa amatha kufalikira kuchokera kwa munthu kupita kwa wina. Izi zikutsimikiziridwa ndi mfundo yakuti wachibale akadwala, wachibale nthawi zambiri amadwala MERS. The makulitsidwe nthawi ya matenda ndi masiku asanu pafupifupi. Sizikudziwika ngati anthu omwe ali ndi kachilombo koma alibe asymptomatic amatha kupatsira ena.
Kupewa kwa MERS
Bungwe la World Health Organisation limalimbikitsa kuti omwe amalumikizana ndi odwala omwe ali ndi MERS achite izi:
- Kuvala masks oteteza azachipatala;
- Kuteteza maso ndi magalasi;
- Kuvala zovala za manja aatali ndi magolovesi pokhudzana ndi munthu wodwala;
- Kuchuluka kwa ukhondo posunga manja aukhondo.
Chithandizo cha MERS
MERS, poyerekeza ndi SARS, ndi matenda omwe amafa kwambiri - pafupifupi 1/3 ya omwe ali ndi kachilombo amamwalira. Ngakhale mayesero a nyama pofuna kuchiza matenda a interferon apangitsa kuti pakhale kusintha kwa matendawa, zotsatira zake mwa anthu sizichitika nthawi zonse. Chifukwa chake, chithandizo cha MERS ndi chizindikiro.