Uma ucabanga ukuhamba eMexico ngenkathi kuhlasela isifo se-Zika, ungase ukhathazeke ngokuthi igciwane lingathinta kanjani ukuvakasha kwakho. I-virus ye-Zika iba isizathu sokukhathazeka emhlabeni wonke kodwa kubonakala sengathi isakazeka ngokushesha ikakhulukazi eMelika. Kube khona amacala ambalwa kakhulu eZika eMexico futhi ngokuvamile akuyona into ebaluleke kakhulu ngabahambi, kodwa abesifazane abakhulelwe noma becabanga ukuthi bakhulelwe kufanele banakekele ngokukhethekile.
Iyini igciwane leZika?
I-Zika iyi-virus ephathekayo emangqamuzana, efana ne- dengue kanye ne-chikungunya, inkontileka ngokulunywa umlenze onegciwane. I-Aedes aegypti yilona uhlobo lwemiyane oludlulisela wonke lawa magciwane. Kunobunye ubufakazi bokuthi iZika ingabuye isetshenziselwe ubulili nomuntu onegciwane.
Ziyini izimpawu Zika?
Abantu abaningi abanegciwane (cishe 80%) abakhombisi noma yiziphi izimpawu, labo abakwenzayo bangase bathole umkhuhlane, ukuqhuma, ubuhlungu obuhlangene namahlo abomvu. Bavame ukuphumula ngaphakathi cishe isonto. Kodwa-ke, igciwane liyakhathazeka ngokukhethekile kwabesifazane abakhulelwe nabesifazane abazama ukukhulelwa, njengoba kungase kuhlotshaniswe nokukhubazeka okubeletha njenge-microcephaly; Izinsana ezalwa ngabesifazane abathintekayo ngeZika ngenkathi zikhulelwe zingaba nezinhloko ezincane namakhono angathuthuki. Okwamanje ayikho imithi yokugoma noma ukwelashwa kwegciwane leZika.
Zika isakazeke kanjani eMexico?
Amazwe anenani eliphezulu kakhulu lamacala eZika kuze kube manje yiBrazil ne-El Salvador.
Amacala okuqala aqinisekisiwe e-Zika eMexico atholakala ngoNovemba 2015. I-virus yeZika isakazeka ngokushesha, futhi noma yimuphi indawo lapho i-Aedes aegypti iphila khona ingase ingene ekugqaseni. Ibalazwe elifanekiselwayo likhombisa inani lezimangalo eziqinisekisiwe zeZika esifundeni ngasinye saseMexico kusukela ngo-Ephreli 2016. I- Chiapas yimizi eningi kakhulu, ilandelwa yi- Oaxaca neGuerrero.
Uhulumeni waseMexico uthatha izinyathelo zokuvimbela ukusabalala kweZika nezinye izifo ezithwala umiyane ngemikhankaso yokuqeda noma ukuphatha izindawo lapho omiyane bebeletha khona.
Indlela yokugwema igciwane leZika
Uma ungewona wesifazane oneminyaka yobudala bokubeletha, i-virus yeZika akunakwenzeka ukuba ikukhathaze. Uma ukhulelwe noma uzama ukukhulelwa, ungase ufune ukugwema ukuya ezindaweni lapho igciwane lesandulela ngculaza litholakale khona. Wonke umuntu kufanele azivikele ngokumelene nokulunywa umiyane ngoba angadlulisela nezinye izifo ezifana ne-dengue ne-chikungunya.
Ukuze uzivikele, khetha amahhotela nezindawo zokubhuka ezinezikrini ngaphezulu kwamafasitela noma unomoya wokumisa ukuze izinyosi zingangeni ezifakiwe zakho. Uma ucabanga ukuthi kungase kube khona izinyosi lapho uhlala khona, cela inetha lomsila phezu kombhede wakho, noma usebenzise ikhoyili ye-plug-in. Uma ungaphandle, ikakhulukazi uma usezindaweni lapho omiyane banda khona, gqoka izingubo ezingavamile ezimboza izingalo zakho, imilenze nezinyawo; khetha izingubo ezimibalabala ezinemibala nemifino yemvelo ukuze uthole induduzo enkulu uma isimo sezulu sesishisa. Sebenzisa ukuphika kwezidakamizwa (ochwepheshe batusa ukusebenzisa i-DEET njengesithako esisebenzayo), futhi usebenzise kabusha njalo.