Yini oyikhumbulayo lapho uzwa igama elithi typhoid? Impi… indlala… ukungcola… izintwala… isifo sohudo. Futhi kubonakala sengathi kusekude kudala. Kodwa nanamuhla ungagula nge-typhus, ephathwa imikhaza. Umkhuhlane obangelwa umkhaza uye waphawulwa cishe kuwo wonke amazwekazi; Ezweni Lethu, i-foci yemvelo itholakala eNyakatho yeCaucasus.
Imbangela yalesi sifo amabhaktheriya ohlobo lweBorrelia (olunye lwezinhlobo ezingama-30 zeBorrelia), angena enxebeni endaweni yokumunca imikhaza, futhi esuka lapho athwalwa kuwo wonke umzimba ngegazi. Lapho, bayanda, abanye babo babulawa amasosha omzimba, okubangela ukwanda kwezinga lokushisa ku-38-40 ° C, okuhlala izinsuku ezingu-1-3. Khona-ke izinga lokushisa libuyela kokujwayelekile usuku olu-1, ngemva kwalokho leyo ngxenye ye-Borrelia engafanga ngamasosha omzimba iphindaphindeka futhi, iyafa futhi ibangele ukuhlasela okusha komkhuhlane, izinsuku ezingu-5-7. Futhi izinsuku ezingu-2-3 ngaphandle komkhuhlane. Futhi ukuhlaselwa okunjalo kungaba yi-10-20! (Uma ingelashwa).
Into ethokozisayo ibonwa endaweni yokulunywa komkhaza: kwakheka ukuqubuka okungafika ku-1 cm ngosayizi, kuphume ngaphezulu kwesikhumba. Kuvela iringi ebomvu nxazonke zayo, inyamalale ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa. Futhi ukuqubuka ngokwayo kuthatha amasonto 2-4. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukulunywa kuvela, okukhathaza isiguli izinsuku eziyi-10-20.
Uma lesi sifo singelashwa, umuntu uyalulama kancane kancane, ukufa kwenzeka kuphela njengehlukile. Kodwa kungani uhlupheka uma i-borrelia izwela kuma-antibiotics: i-penicillin, i-tetracyclines, i-cephalosporins. Zinqunyelwe izinsuku ezingu-5, futhi izinga lokushisa ngokuvamile libuyela kokujwayelekile ngosuku lokuqala lokwelashwa.