Ukhale ngokugula, washona ngemuva kwezinsuku ezintathu esibhedlela.
USharon Stokes oneminyaka engu-38 akakholwa namanje ukuthi intombazane yakhe ayisekho. Izinhlekelele azizange zihambe kahle. Ngolunye usuku ekuseni, indodakazi yakhe uMaisie yakhononda ngokuthi yayingazizwa kahle. USharon wacabanga ukuthi umkhuhlane ojwayelekile - intombazane yayingenawo umkhuhlane noma ezinye izimpawu zanoma yisiphi isifo esibi. Nomphimbo wami wawungebuhlungu. Ngemva kosuku, uMaisie wayesequlekile kakade.
Ekuseni uMaisie ethe akaphathekile kahle, intombazane yavuka amehlo ampunga. Umama ethukile wabiza i-ambulensi.
“UMaisie ugcwele amaqubu. Futhi-ke izandla zami zaqala ukuba mnyama - kwenzeka ngaso leso sikhathi, ngokoqobo ngehora. ” USharon uthe isimo sentombazane yakhe siya siwohloka ngendlela emangalisayo.
Baphuthunyiswe esibhedlela, intombazane ngokushesha yafakwa kwi-comma yokwenziwa. Kuvele ukuthi uMaisie une-meningitis. Abakwazanga ukumsindisa: ngesikhathi umama ebiza i-ambulensi, intombazane isivele iqalile i-sepsis. Washona ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbili esegumbini labagula kakhulu.
“Ngaqonda ukuthi indodakazi yami yayigula kakhulu. Kodwa bengingacabangi ukuthi kuzophela ... kanje, ”kukhala uSharon. – Ngangingakwazi ngisho ukucabanga ukuthi wayenento ebulalayo. Kwakungekho zimpawu okufanele sikhathazeke ngazo. Ukugula nje. Kodwa kwavela ukuthi uMaisie wayesephuzile kodokotela. “
Manje uSharon wenza konke ukuze abazali abaningi bafunde ngengozi ye-meningitis, ukuze inhlekelele enjalo ingenzeki kubo.
“Akekho umuntu okumele adlule kulokhu. Intombazane yami … Nasesibhedlela yangibonga ngokuyinakekela. Wayemagange ukusiza wonke umuntu futhi eyingane ejabule. Wayefuna ukuyosebenza empini lapho esekhulile futhi avikele izwe lakhe, ” etshela iDaily Mail.
I-Meningitis ukuvuvukala kolwelwesi oluvala futhi luvikele ubuchopho nomgogodla. Noma ubani angasithola lesi sifo, kodwa izingane ezineminyaka engaphansi kwemihlanu kanye nabantu abaphakathi kweminyaka engu-15 no-24 nangaphezulu kuka-45 basengozini enkulu. Ingozi iphinde ibe phezulu kulabo ababhema ugwayi noma amasosha omzimba abuthakathaka, njengalawo asebenzisa i-chemotherapy.
I-Meningitis ingabangelwa amagciwane kanye namagciwane. Esimweni sokugcina, ukwelashwa okuphuthumayo ngama-antibiotic esibhedlela kuyadingeka. Cishe i-10% yamacala ayabulala. Futhi labo abeluleme bavame ukuba nezinkinga ezinjengokulimala kobuchopho nokungezwa. Uma kwenzeka kuba nobuthi egazini, izitho zomzimba kufanele zinqunywe.
Imithi yokugoma ingavikela ezinhlotsheni ezithile ze-meningitis. Kuze kube manje, akukho ukuvikeleka ku-meningitis ohlelweni lukazwelonke lokugoma. Kungenzeka ukuthi bazoqala ukugoma lesi sifo ngobuningi, ngendlela ehleliwe, kusukela ngo-2020. Futhi manje ukugoma kwe-meningitis kungenziwa ngokwakho, ngokubonisana nodokotela wezingane.
Udokotela Alexey Bessmertny, i-allergist-immunologist, udokotela wezingane:
- Ngempela, ukuhlonzwa kwe-meningitis kanye nomehluko wayo ezifweni ezibangelwa amagciwane kunzima impela. Futhi cishe neze, lezi zifo azikwazi ukuhlukaniswa komunye nomunye ngaphandle kosizo lukadokotela. Kunezimpawu okufanele zixwayise abazali futhi zibakhuthaze ukuthi babize udokotela ngokushesha, kunokuba bandise isimo. Lena inkambo engavamile yenqubo yokutheleleka: umkhuhlane oqhubekayo onganciphi, kanye nokubonakaliswa kwezimpawu ezijwayelekile zobuchopho - ubuhlungu bekhanda nemisipha, ukuhlanza, ukujikijela ikhanda emuva, ukozela, ukulahlekelwa ukwazi noma isimo sokulala lapho ingane ayonele kancane futhi ikwi-semi-coma. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ingane ingase iwele esimweni sokushaqeka lapho ukucindezela kwehla, ingane iba yi-lethargic kanye ne-semi-conscious.
Olunye uphawu olwesabekayo yi-meningococcinia, ukubonakala kwenani elikhulu lokuqubuka okujwayelekile emzimbeni ngendlela yokopha okuningi.
I-Meningitis ibangelwa ikakhulukazi amagciwane amathathu: i-meningococcus, i-pneumococcus kanye ne-Haemophilus influenzae, futhi kunzima kakhulu ukuyihlukanisa nokutheleleka kwebhaktheriya.
Amaphuzu abalulekile: ukuqubuka emzimbeni, ikhanda elibuhlungu, ukuhlanza, ukuphonsa ikhanda emuva nokwanda kokuzwela kukho konke: umsindo, ukukhanya nezinye izisusa.
Kunoma yisiphi isimo esingaqondakali, kungcono ukubiza udokotela futhi uhlole kabili kunokulinda isimo sezulu olwandle.