Ke Kokoke nei ka ma'i Lyme i keia Kau wela

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Inā noho ʻoe ma ka Hikina ʻĀkau, he mau pule wale nō ʻoe mai ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kāu pāka a me nā mīkina lima hoʻoilo. (ʻOiaʻiʻo, pūnāwai, ma hea ʻoe?!) Akā ʻaʻole hiki i ke kakahiaka nui ka hoʻomaka ʻana e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i hoʻokahi pilikia olakino o ke kauwela e hiki mai ana i kou ala: Lyme disease.

I ka makahiki 2015, ua hoʻomaka ka neʻe ʻana o ka maʻi Lyme weliweli - ua hoʻonui ʻia ka pilikia o ka maʻi ma kahi o 320 pakeneka i loko o 20 mau makahiki, e like me ka Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, e like me kā mākou i hōʻike ai ma Lyme Disease Has Spiked In ʻo ka US ʻOiai 95 pākēneka o nā hihia i kū ma ka ʻĀkau Hikina a me ka Central Central state, e like me ka CDC, e laha maoli ana (e nānā wale i kēlā mau palapala ʻāina ma lalo). ʻO ka ʻāpana ʻoi aku ka weliweli? Hōʻike nā hōʻailona mua e lilo ana ʻo 2017 i doozy o ke kauwela.

ʻO ke kumu? ʻiole. ʻOiai, aia kekahi "maʻi ʻiole" nui ma ke awāwa ʻo Hudson ma uka o Nu Ioka i ke kauwela i hala (critters ma nā wahi āpau!). Ma muli o ka maikaʻi o nāʻiole i ka lawe ʻana iā Lyme (infect lākou i ka 95 pākēneka o nā kikiki e hānai iā lākou), ʻo ka maʻi ʻiole ka mea maʻamau ka nui o nā ticks i ke kauwela e hiki mai ana, e like me ka loio a me ka loio ʻo Lyme ʻo Rick Ostfeld, Ph.D., e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e NPR. A e like me ka ʻōlelo a Ostfeld, ʻo ia hoʻi, aia nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka Hikina Hikina. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o ka heluna o nā deer (e nahu ʻia e nā maʻi a kōkua i ka hoʻolaha ʻana iā lākou a puni), ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau, a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i nā ʻāina ulu lāʻau, ʻo ia nā mea āpau i ka piʻi ʻana o ka maʻi Lyme, haʻi ʻo ia iā NPR.

ʻO ICYMI, ʻo ka maʻi Lyme he mea hōʻeha nui. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, "ʻo Lyme ka maʻi maʻi maʻi nui loa e pili ana iā mākou i kēia manawa," wahi a Kent Holtorf, M.D., ka luna lapaʻau o ka Holtorf Medical Group, a me kahi loea Lyme i loaʻa i ka maʻi iā ia iho.

Hiki ke hele mai me nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi e like me ke poʻo poʻo nui, ka ʻūhā, ka ʻāʻī ʻana me ka ʻeha a me ka pehu nui, ka maʻi maʻi o ka maka (ka nalo ʻana o ka ʻiʻo a i ʻole ka hāʻule ʻana ma kekahi a i ʻole nā ​​ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka maka), palpitations naʻau, ʻā o ka lolo a me ke kuamoʻo, a me nā pilikia me ka hoʻomanaʻo pōkole, e like me ka CDC. ʻO ka manaʻo kuʻuna, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā poʻe maʻi e hoʻōla wikiwiki a piha loa ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau antibiotic, akā ma kahi hapa liʻiliʻi o nā hihia, mau nā hōʻailona no ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻeono mahina-kekahi mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "chronic Lyme disease," a i kapa ʻia ʻo ka maʻi Lyme post-treatment. maʻi maʻi (PTLDS). Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā noiʻi e hōʻike ana ʻo ka poʻe i mālama ʻia no ka maʻi Lyme a hoʻōki i ka ʻike ʻana i nā hōʻailona ʻaʻole i hoʻōla piha i ko lākou olakino ma mua o Lyme, wahi a Holtorf. Hiki paha iā Lyme ke hūnā i loko o kou kino (e like me ka paukū) a hānai i kona poʻo ke hoʻonāukiuki ʻia e ke koʻikoʻi a i ʻole nā ​​mea ʻē aʻe, e hopena ana i nā hōʻailona e hiki ke loaʻa mai nā pilikia gastrointestinal a me nā pilikia neurological i nā maʻi hiamoe. (TBH, ke kūkākūkā e pili ana iā Lyme wā lōʻihi hiki ke ʻano huikau. Eia ka mea e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike e pili ana i ka maʻi Lyme maʻi mau.)

ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻaʻole ʻo ka maʻi Lyme wale nō ka pilikia weliweli e hele mai me ka nahu ʻana o ka tick: "E noʻonoʻo ʻoe i kahi kiko e like me ka nila lepo," wahi a Holtorf. Hoʻouna pū kēia mau pōpoki i nā maʻi he nui (ke kamaʻilio nei mākou he 15+) nā maʻi ʻē aʻe, e like me nā maʻi maʻi CDC. pau loa ma ka pii ana. ʻElua mau mea koʻikoʻi: ʻo ka babesiosis (i hōʻailona ʻia e ka ʻeha ʻiʻo, ka wela o ka pō, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ke kaumaha) a me ka bartonella (i hōʻailona ʻia e ke kaumaha, hopohopo, a me nā hōʻeha weliweli, a ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka maʻi scratch cat), wahi a Holtorf. Ma muli o ka nui o ka nui o ka heluna kanaka ma muli o ka pilikia Lyme i kēia kauwela, hiki ke piʻi aʻe kou pilikia no kēia mau maʻi ʻē aʻe.

Akaka, ʻo ka manawa kēia e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kāu hoʻolālā pāʻani anti-tick: E hōʻoia ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i ke ʻano repellant kūpono, uhi i kou mau kuʻekuʻe wāwae, a nānā i nā wahi wela (e like me nā armpits a me nā kuli) ma hope o ka hoʻolimalima manawa ma waho. ʻO ka nānā ʻana i waho no nā ticks freeloading ka mea nui. He 36 mau hola o ka hoʻopili ʻana no ka hoʻoili ʻia ʻana o ka maʻi Lyme, e like me ka CDC, no laila inā hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka mea omo a huki iā lākou ma mua o ia manawa, e emi ana ʻoe i ka maʻi. E nānā pono i kou lauoho a me kou ʻili, no ka mea, hiki i kēia mau buggers ke liʻiliʻi e like me ka pinhead, wahi a Holtorf. (E heluhelu i nā ʻano ʻē aʻe e pale aku ai iā ʻoe iho mai nā ticks.)

Inā 'oe hana e nahu ʻia e kahi tick, e ʻike pono ʻoe e huki iā ia mai ke kumu pono a i ʻole hoʻohana i kahi pahu lawe kik e hōʻoia ʻoe e hemo i ka mea holoʻokoʻa. Inā ʻole, makaʻu ʻoe i ka tick "luaʻi" i kāna ʻōpū-a me ka maʻi i loko o kou ʻili, wahi a Holtorf. (ʻIke mākou, ʻino.) ʻAʻole hiki ke ʻeha ke ʻike koke i kahi kauka ma hope o kou nahu ʻia-hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo ponoʻī iā Lyme ma hope o kou huki ʻana, wahi āna. A mai hoʻokaʻawale iā Lyme no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻomohala i ka maʻi pipi. Ma kahi o 20 pakeneka wale nō o nā kānaka e ʻike i kēlā hōʻailona pololei. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, hōʻike ka poʻe i ka ʻeha a me ka luhi e like me ka maʻi maʻi, i hui pū ʻia me nā ʻano ʻano ʻino, wahi a Holtorf.

A, ʻae, ʻoiai he mea weliweli iki ka maʻi Lyme, mai ʻae ʻoe e hoʻōki iā ʻoe mai ka leʻaleʻa i waho i kēia kauwela. E hoʻomanaʻo wale i nā pono olakino āpau e hele mai me ke poʻo i waho.

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