Wahayi zuwa Aiki: Hepatitis C, Labarin Pauli

Wadatacce

• Wani nau'in cuta daban
• Yin mafi yawan shi
• Sabon magani, sabon fata

“Bai kamata a yanke hukunci ba. Duk mutane sun cancanci warkewa daga wannan mummunar cuta kuma ya kamata dukkan mutane a kula dasu cikin girmamawa. ” - Pauli Grey

Wani nau'in cuta daban

Idan kun yi karo da Pauli Gray yana tafiya da karnukansa biyu akan titunan San Francisco a yau, da alama za ku lura da pep a cikin matakinsa. Wararren mawaƙa da tauraron dutsen 'n' roll star, Gray yana haskaka farin ciki. Abin da watakila ba za ku lura ba shi ne cewa kwanan nan ya warke daga mummunan ƙwayar cuta: hepatitis C.

"Kalma ce mai kayatarwa, 'warkewa,' saboda koyaushe zan gwada tabbataccen kwayar cutar, amma ta tafi," in ji shi. "Ya tafi."

Yayinda cutar ta tafi, har yanzu yana jin tasirin ta. Wancan ne saboda, ba kamar sauran sauran yanayi na yau da kullun ba irin su cututtukan zuciya ko ciwon daji, hepatitis C yana da mummunan rauni. Yawanci cutar na yaduwa ta jini mai dauke da cutar. Raba allurai, yin zane ko hudawa a ɗakin da ba a tsara shi ba ko saitin, kuma, a wasu lokuta mawuyaci, yin mu'amala da jima'i ba tare da kariya ba duk hanyoyi ne na kamuwa da cutar hanta

"Akwai kyama da yawa na zamantakewar da ke da alaƙa da hepatitis C," in ji Gray. "Mun shaide shi a baya tare da cutar kanjamau a lokacin '80s. Wannan ra’ayina ne kawai ba shakka, amma ina tsammanin akwai wata mahangar ra'ayi game da mutanen da ke yin ƙwayoyi, kuma a cikin mutanen ‘80s da suka yi kwayoyi, da kuma‘ yan luwadi, kamar yadda wataƙila za a ɗan yar da su. ”

Yin mafi yawan shi

Duk da yake kyamar da ke tattare da cutar hepatitis C na iya zama mummunan a rayuwar Grey, sai ya mayar da shi wani abu mai kyau. Ya mai da hankali ga mafi yawan lokutan sa a yau kan ilimin magani, ba da shawara, da rigakafin wuce gona da iri.

"Ina fita kuma kawai na yi kokarin sanya wannan wuri ya dan fi kyau a kowace rana," in ji shi.

Ta hanyar aikin ba da shawarwari, Grey ya yi tuntuɓe kan sabon sha'awar kula da wasu. Ya gane cewa mai yiwuwa ba zai taɓa fuskantar wannan sha'awar ba idan da kansa ba a taɓa gano cutar ba. Wannan gaskiya ne saboda ya zama dole ya tura don a gwada shi da farko, musamman saboda likitoci sun kawar da alamomin sa.

"Na san cewa ban ji daidai ba," in ji Grey, idanunsa sun yi jajir tare da ma'anar yanke kauna. "Na san cewa salon rayuwata na baya ya jefa ni cikin haɗari ga hep C. Ina fama da yawan gajiya da damuwa da hazo na ƙwaƙwalwa, don haka na matsa ƙwarai don a gwada ni."

Sabon magani, sabon fata

Da zarar ya sami tabbataccen ganewar asali, Grey ya yanke shawarar shiga gwajin asibiti. Amma har zuwa 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, jiyya ba komai bane face yawo a wurin shakatawa.

"Yana da matukar wahala," in ji shi a fili. "Ina da akidar kashe kansa da yawa kuma ba haka nake ba."

Fahimtar cewa ba zai iya sanya kansa ko jikinsa ta wannan ba kuma, sai ya dakatar da wannan hanyar shan magani ta farko bayan watanni shida kawai. Duk da haka, bai daina ba. Lokacin da sabon nau'in magani ya samu, Grey ya yanke shawarar zuwa dashi.

"Ya kasance da ɗan wahala, amma ya kasance sauran wani galaxy ne daga maganin da ya gabata, kuma ya yi aiki, kuma na ji daɗi sosai cikin wata guda," in ji shi.

Wadannan kwanakin, daya daga cikin burin shi shine taimakawa wasu su warkar ta hanyar magani. Yana bayar da laccoci, jawabai, da ba da horo na horo da bitoci game da hepatitis C, da HIV, rigakafin wuce gona da iri, rage cutarwa, da amfani da ƙwayoyi. Ta hanyar raba nasa labarin, yana kuma ƙarfafa wasu suyi tunanin makomarsu.

"'Me zan ci gaba?' Babbar tambaya ce," in ji shi. "Ina gaya wa mutanena, 'Kuna iya jin daɗi a cikin wata ɗaya,' kuma kusan koyaushe suna ji. Yana buɗe hanyoyi da yawa don nan gaba. ”

A cikin shekaru 15 da suka gabata - daidai lokacin da ya ɗauka kafin a bincika shi - Gray yana amfani da aikin ba da shawarwarinsa don tabbatar wa wasu cewa da gaske akwai fata. Ya gaya ma wasu cewa yin magani yafi kyau fiye da rashin jinya.