Amacala kaGujarat okusolwa ukuthi yi-Chandipura Viral Encephalitis (CHPV) akhuphuke afinyelela ku-20 ngoLwesine, kwathi amabili abulawa ukugula edolobheni lase-Ahmedabad. Kuyadabukisa ukuthi abantu abangama-35 abakhombisa izimpawu ze-CHPV njengamanje bangeniswe esibhedlela ezibhedlela ezahlukene zezifunda, kubika i-Indian Express phambilini. 

Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi iningi labantu ababulawa yileli gciwane kube yizingane. NgokukaDkt Ather Pasha, onguMxhumanisi Wezokwelashwa Kwangaphakathi e-CARE Hospitals, e-Banjara Hills, e-Hyderabad, kuyilapho igciwane le-Chandipura lingangena noma ubani, ngokuvamile libulala kakhulu ezinganeni ngenxa yamasosha abo omzimba angavuthiwe kanye nokukhula ngokushesha kwezimpawu.

Igciwane le-Chandipura, elatholakala eNdiya ngo-1965, lingelomndeni wakwaRhabdoviridae futhi libangela i-encephalitis, ukuvuvukala kobuchopho. Ngokuyinhloko isakazwa izimpukane, leli gciwane lidale ukufa kwabantu eGujarat ngenxa yokuqhubeka kwalo ngokushesha kanye nomthelela ohlelweni lwezinzwa olumaphakathi, ikakhulukazi ezinganeni, kuphawula uDkt Pasha.

Ngenkathi abantu abadala bengalithola leli gciwane, bavamise ukuba nezimpawu ezithambile nezinga lokufa eliphansi, uthe, eqhubeka echaza izici ezenza izingane zibe sengozini enkulu yokutheleleka ngegciwane le-Chandipura:

• Ukuthuthukisa Amasosha omzimba: Amasosha omzimba ezingane asathuthuka, okuwenza angasebenzi kahle ekulweni naleli gciwane.
• Ubungozi Bokuchayeka: Izingane zisemathubeni amaningi okuthi zidlalele ngaphandle futhi zingase zingasebenzisi izindlela zokuzivikela njengabadala.
• I-Age Bracket: Igciwane linzima kakhulu ezinganeni ezingaphansi kweminyaka engu-15, nengozi enkulu kakhulu yalabo abangaphansi kweminyaka eyi-10.

Yiziphi izimpawu eziyisixwayiso futhi zisakazeka kanjani?

UDkt Pasha uxwayise ngezimpawu ezilandelayo eziyisixwayiso zokutheleleka ngegciwane le-Chandipura:

• Umkhuhlane omkhulu
• Inhloko ekhanda
• Ukuvota
• ukuquleka
• Isimo sengqondo esishintshile (ukudideka, ukozela)
• I-Coma (ezimweni ezimbi kakhulu)

Igciwane lisakazeka ngokulunywa yi-sandfly. Lezi zimpukane zitheleleka ngokuluma izilwane ezithwele leli gciwane bese zilidlulisela kubantu.

Indlela yokuvimbela ukutheleleka ezinganeni nakubantu abadala?

Ukwanda okusheshayo kwezimpawu ezinjengomkhuhlane ophezulu, ukuquleka, kanye nesimo somqondo esishintshile kudinga ukuxilongwa nokwelashwa kusenesikhathi, kusho uDkt Padha. Ngeshwa, ukubambezeleka kokuxilongwa, ukuntuleka kokwelashwa okuqondile kwama-antiviral, kanye nokufinyelela okulinganiselwe kokunakekelwa okujulile ezindaweni ezithintekile kunomthelela ezingeni eliphezulu lokufa.

Nansi indlela yokuzivikela wena nezingane zakho egciwaneni le-Chandipura:

• Izixosha izinambuzane: Gcoba izinto zokuxosha eziqukethe i-DEET noma ezinye izithako ezisebenzayo esikhumbeni esisobala.
• Izingubo Zokuzivikela: Gqoka amahembe anemikhono emide namabhulukwe, ikakhulukazi phakathi nomsebenzi wempukane ophakeme (ekuseni nakusihlwa).
• Amanethi Afakwe Izibulali zinambuzane: Sebenzisa amanethi afakwe isibulala-zinambuzane ukuvikela ukulunywa ngenkathi ulele.
• Ukuphathwa Kwemvelo: Susa izindawo ezingase zibe khona zokuzalanisa izimpukane ezizungeze ikhaya lakho nomphakathi ngokususa amanzi amile kanye nodoti wemvelo.
• Ukuqwashisa Nemfundo: Hlala unolwazi ngegciwane, izimpawu zalo, nezindlela zokuzivikela.

Ukunakekelwa ngokushesha kwezokwelapha, ingqalasizinda yokunakekelwa kwezempilo ethuthukisiwe, nezinhlelo ezisebenzayo zokulawula ama-vector kubalulekile ukuze kuncishiswe umthelela wegciwane le-Chandipura, ikakhulukazi ezinganeni.

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https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/health/doctor-reveals-why-chandipura-virus-fatal-children-age-group-how-to-protect-9463334/