Futhi kwaziwa ngaphansi kwegama elithi isivuni noma i-mullet ebomvu, ama-chiggers ayizinambuzane ezinokulunywa okucasulayo okuzwakala kuzo zonke izilwane ezincelisayo: kithina bantu kodwa futhi nakubangane bethu abanemilenze emine. Ungayikhulula kanjani inja noma ikati lakho eliklwebayo ngemuva kokulunywa kwama-chiggers? Kufanele yethulwe nini kudokotela wakho wezilwane?

I-chigger iyi-mite ngokwesayensi ebizwa nge-Thrombicula automnalis. Kuyi-parasite yesikhashana ngoba izibungu kuphela ezihlasela izilwane ezincelisayo ukuze zidle kuyilapho ifomu elidala likhululekile endaweni ezungezile.

I-parasite iyasebenza phakathi nezinyanga zasehlobo (cishe ngoJulayi kuya kuSeptemba). Itholakala kulo lonke elaseFrance kepha igxile ezikhungweni ezithile ezithandayo ukuthuthuka kwayo.

AmaChigger anomzimba obomvu ngokusawolintshi futhi alinganisa u-0,25 mm kuya ku-1 mm lapho ethanjisiwe. Ngakho-ke okokuqala kuncane kakhulu kepha kungabonakala ngeso lenyama.

Isibungu sihlasela isilwane (inja, ikati, esinye isilwane esincelisayo noma inyoni) ukuze sidle. Sizobhoboza isikhumba bese sijova amathe aqukethe ama-enzyme azokhipha izicubu namaseli esikhumba bese ondla uketshezi oluvelayo. Lapho nje ukudla sekuqediwe (ngemuva kwamahora ambalwa kuya ezinsukwini ezi-2), lesi sidlele siyadedelwa bese sibuyela emvelweni ukuze siqhubeke nomjikelezo waso. 

Qaphela, yize abantu abaningana bengahlaselwa yisifo ngasikhathi sinye, akukho ukutheleleka phakathi kwabo (phakathi kwabantu nezilwane noma phakathi kwezilwane ezimbili). Kuhlala kuwukuhlasela okubangelwa ukuqubuka okufanayo endaweni ezungezile.

I-larva izofuna ukuzihlanganisa nezindawo lapho isikhumba sincane khona: izikhala ezihlukanisiwe (phakathi kweminwe), ama-pavilion asezindongeni, amajwabu amehlo, ngaphansi komsila, ubuso ngokwesibonelo.  

Ukulunywa kuzodala ukulimala kwesikhumba kepha futhi kuphenduke nendawo lapho kutholakala khona ukungezwani komzimba ngenxa yamathe afakiwe. 

Izimpawu ezilandelayo zingavela: 

• ukulunywa okuphawulekayo, ukuqala ngokuzumayo kanye nokwenza kwasendaweni ngokuvamile kuwuphawu lokushaya;
• umuntu angabona indawo encane yobomvu kanye nokuphakama esikhumbeni endaweni;
• ukuklwebha okuphindaphindiwe nokunamandla kwezilwane kungadala ezinye izilonda (ukuzikhipha, izilonda, i-edema ngokwesibonelo). Lezi zilonda zingaba ziningi futhi ziqoqwe ndawonye lapho kwenzeka khona ukuhlaselwa okukhulu.. 

Akuvamile ukubona i-parasite esilwaneni ngoba ukulunywa kubangelwa ukungezwani komzimba futhi kuvame ukuvela ngemva kokuba i-parasite isihambile. 

Ukuluma kwe-chigger kuvame ukuba mnene futhi izimpawu zomtholampilo zingancipha zodwa. 

Uma kwenzeka kukhona ukulunywa okunzima, noma kunjalo, kungadingeka ukunikeza isixazululo sokukhulula isilwane sakho. Into yokuqala okufanele uyenze ukugeza ngamanzi ahlanzekile bese ubulala amagciwane endaweni elimele nge-antiseptic efanele (i-chlorhexidine noma i-betadine). 

Uma i-pruritus iqhubeka futhi ukungakhululeki kwesilwane sakho kusalokhu kubalulekile, ngakho-ke kuhle ukuthi ulethe ukuze uthintane nodokotela wakho wezilwane. Ngemuva kokuhlolwa, angasebenzisa ukunakekelwa kwendawo kanye / noma ngomlomo ukunciphisa ukusabela okweqile kanye nokuzwa kokuluma (amafutha aqukethe i-corticosteroids ngokwesibonelo).

Uma ngemva kokulunywa uba nomuzwa wokuthi isilwane sakho sivuvukele ubuso noma siphefumula kakhulu, phuthuma thintana nodokotela wakho wezilwane ngoba kungenzeka ukuthi uguliswa yizinto ezijwayelekile.

Ngokungafani nemithi yokwelapha umkhaza nezazeze, ukusebenza kahle kokwelashwa okujwayelekile kwe-antiparasite kukhawulelwe ukulwa nokulunywa kwe-chigger. Eminye imikhiqizo esesimweni se-shampoo noma isifutho ihlanganisa ukwelashwa okufanele (ama-pyrethroids ezinja, i-Fipronil yezinja namakati). Kodwa kuyadingeka ukuphinda isicelo sabo izikhathi eziningana ngesonto ngoba isenzo sabo asihlali ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.

Isixazululo esihle kakhulu sokugwema ukulunywa ngakho-ke ukungavumeli izilwane zizulazule emakhaya lapho lezi zinambuzane zisakazeka khona: 

• utshani obude;
• umhlaba olinywayo;
• imiphetho yehlathi;
• ukusondela ezindaweni ezingamaxhaphozi.

Uma kuyimpahla yangasese egcwele ama-chiggers, ukwelashwa kwemvelo yangaphandle kunzima ukukusebenzisa. Ukwenza ukusula ngokuphelele ibhulashi nokugcina utshani buphansi kungasebenza.