Cutar cutar Lyme tana gab da ƙaruwa a wannan bazara

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Idan kana zaune a Arewa maso Gabas, har yanzu kuna da sauran 'yan makonni da tattara kayan shakatawa da safar hannu na hunturu. (Da gaske, bazara, inda kuke?!) Amma bai yi wuri da wuri ba don fara tunanin haɗarin lafiyar bazara wanda zai iya jagorantar hanyar ku: Cutar Lyme.

Komawa a cikin 2015, wani lamari mai ban tsoro na cutar Lyme ya fara yaduwa-haɗarin cutar ya karu da kashi 320 cikin ɗari a cikin shekaru 20, a cewar Cibiyoyin Kula da Cututtuka da Cututtuka, kamar yadda muka ruwaito a cikin cutar ta Lyme ta yadu cikin Amurka Ko da yake kashi 95 cikin 100 na shari'o'in suna faruwa ne a jihohin Arewa maso Gabas da Arewa ta Tsakiya, a cewar CDC, tabbas yana yaduwa (kawai duba waɗancan taswirorin da ke ƙasa). Bangaren da ya fi ban tsoro? Alamu na farko sun nuna cewa 2017 zai zama dozy na lokacin rani.

Dalili? Mice. A bayyane yake, an sami babban "annobar linzamin kwamfuta" a cikin Kogin Hudson da ke arewacin New York a lokacin rani na ƙarshe (masu ƙididdiga a ko'ina!). Saboda beraye suna da kyau wajen watsa cutar Lyme (suna cutar da kashi 95 cikin 100 na tikitin da ke ciyar da su), annoba ta linzamin kwamfuta yawanci tana nufin adadin ticks zai hauhawa a lokacin rani na gaba, a cewar masanin ilimin halitta da masanin Lyme Rick Ostfeld, Ph.D., kamar yadda NPR ta ruwaito. Kuma a cewar Ostfeld, hakan na nufin sauran yankunan Arewa maso Gabas ma suna cikin hadari. Yawan yawan barewa (wanda tsutsotsi ke cizawa da taimakawa yada su a kusa), canjin yanayi, da canza yanayin gandun daji duk sune abubuwan da ke haifar da haɗarin kamuwa da cutar Lyme, in ji shi ga NPR.

ICYMI, cutar Lyme babbar yarjejeniya ce. A gaskiya ma, "Lyme ita ce babbar annoba da ke damun mu a yanzu," in ji Kent Holtorf, MD, darektan likita na kungiyar likitocin Holtorf, kuma kwararre na Lyme da ke fama da cutar da kansa.

Zai iya zuwa da manyan alamu kamar ciwon kai mai tsanani, rashes, amosanin gabbai tare da matsanancin ciwon haɗin gwiwa da kumburi, ciwon fuska (asarar sautin tsoka ko faduwa a gefe ɗaya ko biyu na fuska), bugun zuciya, kumburin kwakwalwa da kashin baya, da matsaloli tare da ƙwaƙwalwar ƙwaƙwalwa na ɗan gajeren lokaci, a cewar CDC. Bangaskiyar gargajiya ita ce yawancin marasa lafiya suna murmurewa da sauri kuma gaba ɗaya bayan sun karɓi maganin rigakafi, amma a cikin ƙaramin adadin lokuta, alamun suna wuce fiye da watanni shida-wani lokaci ana kiransa "cutar Lyme mai rauni," kuma a hukumance da aka sani da cutar Lyme bayan magani. ciwo (PTLDS). Duk da haka, ƙarin bincike ya nuna cewa hatta mutanen da aka yi wa cutar ta Lyme magani kuma suka daina ganin alamun ba su da cikakkiyar lafiya ga lafiyar su kafin Lyme, in ji Holtorf. Lyme na iya samun ikon ɓoyewa a cikin jikin ku (kamar kaji) da kuma tayar da kansa lokacin da damuwa ko wasu dalilai suka tsananta, yana haifar da alamun da zasu iya fitowa daga matsalolin gastrointestinal da matsalolin jijiyoyi zuwa rashin barci, in ji shi. (TBH, tattaunawa game da Lyme na dogon lokaci na iya zama nau'i mai rudani. Ga abin da kuke buƙatar sani game da cutar Lyme na kullum.)

Abin takaici, cutar Lyme ba ita ce kawai haɗari mai ban tsoro da ke zuwa tare da cizon kaska ba: "Ka yi tunanin kaska a matsayin allura mai datti," in ji Holtorf. Wadannan kwari kuma suna yada yawa (muna magana 15+) wasu cututtuka, bisa ga CDC-cututtukan da suke duka a kan tashi. Abun lura guda biyu: babesiosis (alama da ciwon tsoka, gumi na dare, har ma da riba mai nauyi) da bartonella (alama ta cikin damuwa, damuwa, da harin firgita, da kuma wanda aka fi sani da cutar kyan gani), in ji Holtorf. Saboda haɗarin Lyme da aka yi hasashe na bazara ya kasance saboda yawan adadin kaska, haɗarin ku ga waɗannan sauran cututtuka ma na iya tasowa.

A bayyane yake, lokaci yayi da za a goge game da shirin wasan rigakafin kaska: Tabbatar cewa kuna amfani da madaidaicin abin ƙyama, rufe ƙafafun ku, da duba wuraren zafi (kamar yatsun hannu da gwiwoyi) bayan kashe lokaci a waje. Kula da ido don zazzage tikiti yana da mahimmanci. Yana ɗaukar awanni 36 na haɗe -haɗe don watsa cutar Lyme don faruwa, a cewar CDC, don haka idan zaku iya hango mai tsotsewa da cire su kafin lokacin, ba za ku iya kamuwa da cutar ba. Tabbatar duba gashin ku da fatar ku da kyau, saboda waɗannan masu bugun na iya zama ƙanƙanta kamar ƙyalli, in ji Holtorf. (Karanta wasu hanyoyin don kare kanka daga ticks.)

Idan ka yi kaska ya ciji, ka tabbata ka fitar da shi daga tushe ko amfani da kayan cire kaska don tabbatar da cewa ka cire duka. In ba haka ba, kuna haɗarin kaska "amai" hanjin sa-da cutar-cikin fata, in ji Holtorf. (Mun sani, babba.) Hakanan ba zai iya cutar da ganin doc nan da nan bayan an ciji ku ba-za ku iya ma gwada gwajin kan Lyme bayan kun cire shi, in ji shi. Kuma kada ku kawar da cutar ta Lyme saboda kawai ba ku haifar da kurwar idon bijimin ba. Kusan kashi 20 cikin ɗari na mutane ne kawai ke fuskantar wannan ainihin alamar. Yawanci, mutane suna ba da rahoton ciwon mura kamar mura da gajiya, yawanci tare da kowane irin kurji, in ji Holtorf.

Kuma, eh, yayin da cutar Lyme ke da ban tsoro, kar a bar ta ta hana ku jin daɗin babban waje a wannan lokacin rani. Kawai tuna duk fa'idodin kiwon lafiya waɗanda ke zuwa tare da fita waje.

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