Ndi matenda omwe sapezeka, koma ndi imodzi yomwe palibe mankhwala omwe akupezeka panopa, ndi opha 10%. Ndipo imafalitsidwa ndi nkhupakupa.
Malingana ndi CDC, Powassan (POW) imodzi mwa magulu a tizilombo toyambitsa matenda, omwe amafalitsidwa ndi nkhupakupa , zomwe zingayambitse ubongo (encephalitis). Matenda amapezeka mkati mwa sabata kwa mwezi kuchokera nthawi yomwe munthu amamenyedwa ndi kachilomboka. Zizindikiro za matendawa zimaphatikizapo malungo, kupweteka mutu, kusanza, kufooka, chisokonezo, kugwidwa, ndi kukumbukira kukumbukira.
Matenda a nthawi yayitali amatha kuchitika.
Ngakhale kuti anthu pafupifupi 60 okha omwe ali ndi matenda a POW anauzidwa ku United States zaka 10 zapitazo, ena akuti makamaka makamaka kumpoto chakum'mawa, akuyamba kuwona kuti nkhuku za POW ndi matenda a anthu amayamba. Monga April 15, 2015, nkhani ya NBC Connecticut inati: "Vuto lachilendo koma lodziwika bwino lomwe latha kuphedwa lafika ku Connecticut ndipo posachedwa likhoza kutengedwa kuchokera ku nkhupakupa kupita kwa anthu, malinga ndi akuluakulu a boma. Anthu omwe ali ndi kachirombo ka HIV akhala akufotokozedwa m'mayiko ena kumpoto chakum'mawa, kuphatikizapo New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts ndi Maine.
Kuonjezerapo, 10% mpaka 30% mwa omwe amatha kutenga matendawa amamwalira. Izi makamaka chifukwa palibe mankhwala enieni ochiza kapena kuchiza POW; koma anthu omwe ali ndi matenda aakulu a POW nthawi zambiri amafunika kuchipatala kuti alandire kupuma, madzi osakaniza kapena mankhwala kuti achepetse kutupa mu ubongo.
Kuwonjezera pa kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa America, matenda a anthu adapezeka m'dera la Great Lakes, komanso ku Canada ndi ku Russia. Matendawa amapezeka makamaka kumapeto kwa chilimwe, kumayambiriro kwa chilimwe ndi m'mawa pamene nkhupakupa zimagwira ntchito kwambiri.
Malingana ndi CDC, anthu ambiri omwe ali ndi kachilombo ka Powassan (POW) samakhala ndi zizindikiro zilizonse, komabe kachilombo kamene kamatha kuwononga machitidwe a mitsempha ndipo imayambitsa encephalitis (kutupa kwa ubongo) ndi meningitis (kutupa kwa nembidzi zomwe zili pafupi ndi ubongo ndi chingwe cha msana).
Komanso, theka la anthu omwe amatha kupulumuka matendawa amakhala ndi zizindikiro zokhudzana ndi ubongo, monga kupweteka kwa mutu, kupweteka kwa minofu ndi mavuto a kukumbukira.
Ngati mukuganiza kuti inu kapena wachibale wanu mungakhale ndi matenda a POW, ndikofunikira kufunsa wothandizira zaumoyo wanu.
Kukaniza Kupewa Kupewa
Kuchepetsa nkhuku zowonongeka ndi njira yabwino yothetsera matenda a Powassan, Matenda a Lyme, Matenda a Rocky Mountain, komanso matenda ena. Pochepetsa kuchepa ndi mwayi wokhala ndi kulandira matenda alionse, CDC imalimbikitsa:
- Valani manja aatali ndi mathalauza, thalaketseni tomwe mumakhala masokosi ngati n'kotheka.
- Gwiritsani ntchito tizilombo toyambitsa matenda omwe ali ndi 20 mpaka 30% DEET (N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide) pa khungu loyera komanso zovala zoti muteteze zomwe zimatenga maola angapo. Mankhwala omwe ali ndi 0.5% permethrin angagwiritsidwe ntchito pa zovala ndi magalasi, monga mabotolo, mathalauza, masokosi ndi mahema. Izi zidzakhalabe zotetezera kudzera m'masamba ambiri kapena zovala zogwiritsidwa ntchito zisanachitike. (Kwa ena EPA-olembetsa olembetsa, onani Chipangizo Chosakaniza Chipangizo cha Maselo Achimalonda cha EPA Chimachititsa Kuti Tizilombo Tizilombo Tizigwiritsa Ntchito Zosavuta Kugwiritsa Ntchito .) Nthawi zonse titsatire malangizo a mankhwala pogwiritsa ntchito tizilombo toyambitsa matenda.
- Pewani malo okwera ndi matabwa ndi udzu wobiriwira ndi tsamba la masamba. Pamene mukuyenda kumadera amenewa, yendani pakati pa misewu.
- Chitani kansalu koyendetsa bwino mutatha kupatula nthawi kunja.
- Pambuyo pa nthawi yomwe mukukayikakayika kapena m'magulu a nkhupakupa, yesani kayendedwe kathupi kathunthu pogwiritsa ntchito galasi lokhala ndi dzanja kapena lonse kuti muwone mbali zonse za thupi lanu. Makolo ayenera kuyang'ana ana awo nkhupakupa pansi pa mikono, mkati ndi makutu, mkati mwa batani, kumbuyo kwa mawondo, pakati pa miyendo, m'chiuno, makamaka tsitsi lawo. Onaninso zinyama ndi magalasi ndi kuvala zovala mu zouma pa kutentha kwakukulu kwa ola limodzi kuti muphe nkhuku zotsalira.
Kuti mudziwe zambiri zokhudza kupewa katemera, onani The Deer Tick - Identification and Prevention .