Yini eyingozi kwi-Zika virus?

Iminyaka embalwa edlule izindaba zigcwele imilayezo echaza izifo ezintsha eziyinkimbinkimbi. Manje ulwazi oluhlukahlukene mayelana negciwane leZika lisabalalisa. Imithombo eminingi ithi lesi sifo siyingozi kakhulu, ikakhulukazi kwabesifazane abakhulelwe.

Noma yimaphi amaqiniso, njengoba wazi, kungcono ukucacisa okuqhubekayo. Ukuze uthole ukuthi yini eyingozi ku-Zika, noma ngabe iyingozi yini ekuthuthukiseni umbungu, kubalulekile ukutadisha ngokuningiliziwe izibalo kanye nedatha eyinhloko yocwaningo lwezokwelapha.

Ingabe igciwane likaZick liyingozi?

Kuze kube yonyaka odlule cishe akukho lutho olwakhulunywa ngalo ngesifo esibuzwayo. Iqiniso liwukuthi inkambo yeZik fever ifana kakhulu nomkhuhlane ovamile, ohambisana ne-malaise, ikhanda nokunyuka okuncane kokushisa komzimba, kuthatha izinsuku ezingu-3-7. Ezingamaphesenti angu-70, i-pathology iyaqhubeka ngaphandle kwempawu.

Muva nje, kuye kwaba nemiyalezo eminingi yokuxwayisa emithonjeni yezindaba mayelana nesifo kanye nokwaziswa mayelana nesimo esiyingozi segciwane Zika (Zico isipelingi esingalungile, lesi sifo sinalo igama elifanayo njengehlathi lapho umkhuhlane wabonakala kuqala ngo-1947) . Kusolwa ukuthi ukucindezeleka kwesifo yi-Guillain-Barre syndrome. Uhlobo olungavamile kakhulu lwe-autoimmune disorder elinomngcipheko we-paresis wezingxenye.

Iqiniso liwukuthi abukho ubuhlobo obuqinile phakathi kwegciwane le-Zik kanye ne- Guillain-Barre syndrome , kanye nobufakazi bokuthi umkhuhlane uvusa noma yikuphi ukuphazamiseka kwesimiso somzimba sokuzivikela.

Ngakho-ke, izifo ezichazweyo aziyingozi njengoba zinikezwa abezindaba. Ungazivumeli ukwesaba okukhulu emhlabeni wonke, uma kunesidingo, ungahlala uqhuba i-prophylaxis elula-ukusebenzisa izikhali zokuzivikela ngokumelene nokulunywa kwezinyosi , futhi ungangeni ebuhlotsheni obungacabangi kwezocansi, okungenani ngaphandle kwekhondomu.

Kungani i-Zika virus igciwane labafazi abakhulelwe?

Okunye izindaba ezesabekayo zihlobene nomphumela womkhuhlane ebuchosheni bombungu. Imibiko enjalo iqukethe amaqiniso ukuthi i-Zika virus iyingozi kubantu besifazane abakhulelwe, ngoba kuphazamisa i-microcephaly ebusweni.

Igama le-pathology lihunyushwe ngezwi lesiGreki njenge "ikhanda elincane". Kuyinto engavamile yokuzalwa kwengqondo, enezinhlobonhlobo eziningi ezifundweni zemitholampilo, kusukela ekuthuthukisweni kwengane evamile kuya ekusebenziseni okukhulu kwesimiso sezinzwa kanye nokufa. Izimbangela zalesi siphambeko ziyizinto ezingavamile zokuhlukumeza izakhi zofuzo, ukuhlukunyezwa komama ozayo ngotshwala nezidakamizwa, ukuthatha imithi ethile.

Ngokokuqala ngqa, i-microcephaly ne-Zeka igciwane lazama ukuhlolwa ngo-2015 ngemuva kombungu wesifazane okhulelwe otheleleke eBrazil ngomkhuhlane ngeviki 13 wathola ukukhula kobuchopho okungavamile. Futhi, kusukela emantanjeni e-fetal, i-RNA yalesi sifo yayisodwa. Leli cala lenze umyalelo kahulumeni waseBrazil ukubhalisa ngokuphelele yonke imibungu nge microcephaly. Ngenxa yalesi senzo, kwavezwa ukuthi ngo-2015 lesi sifo sitholakale emacala angaphezu kuka-4000, kanti ngo-2014 - kuphela ngo-147. Kusukela ekuqaleni kuka-2016, uNgqongqoshe wezeMpilo waseBrazil usevele wabika imibungu engu-270 nge-microcephaly engase ihlotshaniswe nomkhuhlane Zika noma ezinye izifo ezithathelwanayo.

Amaqiniso angenhla ayethusa ngempela, uma engangeni emininingwaneni. Eqinisweni, ukubhaliswa kwe-microcephaly ngo-2015 kwenziwa kuphela ngesisekelo sokulinganisa ikhanda labantwana. Ukuxilongwa kwasungulwa kuzo zonke izimo lapho lesi sibalo singaphansi kwamamitha angu-33. Noma kunjalo, ukubopha kwe-skull encane akuyona into enokwethenjelwa ye-microcephaly, kanti cishe abangaba ngu-1000 kulaba bantwana abanezinsolo zokusobala babephilile. Ngokuqondene nonyaka ka-2016, ukuhlolwa okuphelele kwemibungu kubonise ukuthi i-Zika virus ikhona kuphela kumacala angu-6 kwangu-270.

Njengoba kungabonakala, abukho ubufakazi obunokwethenjelwa bokuhlobana phakathi kwale fever kanye ne-microcephaly. Odokotela kumele baqonde ukuthi yiliphi isikhathi i-Zika virus eyingozi nokuthi zingaki izinkinga ezingenayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lesi sifo sinoma yiluphi uhlobo lwesongo.