Izimpawu zamathumba

Ithumba livela ezinsukwini ezi-5 kuye kweziyi-10:

• iqala ngokubonakala kweqhubu elibuhlungu, elishisayo nelibomvu (= ibhola), elilingana nepea;
• iyakhula futhi igcwale ubomvu obungafinyelela, yize kungavamile, ubukhulu bebhola lethenisi;
• kuvela iphuphu elimhlophe lobomvu (= ukuvuvukala): ithumba liyahlaba, ubomvu buqedwe kushiye umgodi obomvu ozokwakha isibazi.

Endabeni ye-anthrax, okusho ukuthi kwenzeka amathumba amaningana athintekayo, ukutheleleka kubaluleke kakhulu:

• i-agglomeration yamathumba nokuvuvukala kwendawo enkulu yesikhumba;
• imfiva engenzeka;
• ukuvuvukala kwezindlala

Abantu abasengozini

Noma ubani angaba namathumba, kodwa abanye abantu basengozini enkulu, okuhlanganisa:

• Abesilisa nentsha;
• Abantu abanesifo sikashukela sohlobo 2;
• Abantu abanamasosha omzimba abuthakathaka (immunosuppression);
• Abantu abahlushwa inkinga yesikhumba ethuthukisa izifo (izinduna, i-eczema);
• Abantu abakhuluphele (ukukhuluphala);
• Iziguli ziphathwe ngama-corticosteroids.

Izici zengozi

Izici ezithile zithanda ukuvela kwamathumba:

• ukungabi nenhlanzeko;
• ukuxubha okuphindaphindiwe (isibonelo, izingubo ezinzima kakhulu, isibonelo);
• amanxeba amancane noma ukulunywa esikhunjeni, okutheleleka;
• ukushefa ngomshini.