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Ascariasis ni indwara iterwa n’udukoko tw’amashu twitwa Ascaris lumbricoides tubaho mu mara. Utu dukoko dufite ubukana buke, kandi dusanzwe ku isi hose, tukaba twanduza abantu barenga miliyoni 800, nubwo bidakunze kugaragara mu bihugu byateye imbere bifite isuku nziza.
Inkuru nziza ni uko ascariasis ivurwa neza n’imiti. Abantu benshi barakira neza nta kibazo cy’igihe kirekire bagize iyo babonye ubuvuzi bukwiye.
Ascariasis ibaho iyo amagi y’udukoko tw’amashu yinjiye mu mubiri binyuze mu biribwa, amazi, cyangwa ubutaka byanduye. Iyo amaze kwinjira, aya magi arakuka mu ruhago rw’amara maze akakura akaba udututsi dukuru, dushobora kuhaguma imyaka 1-2.
Udukoko dukuru twa mashu tumera nk’udukoko tw’imvura, kandi dushobora kugera kuri santimetero 35 z’uburebure. Tuba mu ruhago rw’amara, aho turisha ibyo urya kandi tukabyara amagi ibihumbi n’ibihumbi buri munsi.
Aya magi asohoka mu mubiri binyuze mu ntege. Mu turere tudafite isuku, aya magi ashobora kwanduza ubutaka n’amazi, bikomeza umuzunguruko w’iyi ndwara.
Abantu benshi barwaye ascariasis nta bimenyetso bagira, cyane cyane mu ntangiriro. Iyo ibimenyetso bigaragaye, bisanzwe bigaragara mu byiciro bibiri uko utwo dukoko dutembera mu mubiri.
Mu cyiciro cya mbere, iyo utwo dukoko duto dutembera mu bihaha, ushobora kubona:
Ibi bimenyetso byo mu bihaha bisanzwe biba ibyumweru 1-2, kandi bishobora kumera nk’indwara y’ubuhumekero buke. Ushobora kutamenya ko bifitanye isano n’udukoko muri icyo gihe.
Icyiciro cya kabiri kibaho iyo udututsi dukuru twimukiye mu mara. Ibimenyetso bisanzwe byo mu mara birimo:
Mu bihe bimwe na bimwe, ushobora kubona utwo dukoko mu ntege cyangwa mu byuka. Nubwo ibi bishobora gutera ubwoba, bifasha mu kuvura kandi byemeza ko ukeneye kuvurwa.
Abana barwaye ascariasis bashobora kugira ibindi bimenyetso nk’ubushyuhe buke, guhora bababara, cyangwa kugorana kwibanda. Ibi bibaho kuko iyi ndwara ishobora kubangamira imirire ikwiye.
Ascariasis iterwa no kurya amagi y’udukoko tw’amashu mato yanduye. Iyi ndwara ikwirakwira binyuze mu nzira abaganga bita “inzira y’imyanda-kandi-akanwa”, bisobanura ko aya magi ava mu myanda yanduye agera mu kanwa.
Uburyo busanzwe abantu banduramo burimo:
Abana bato bari mu kaga cyane kuko bakunda gushyira intoki mu kanwa nyuma yo gukina mu gitaka cyangwa mu mucanga. Aya magi akomeye cyane kandi ashobora kubaho mu butaka amezi cyangwa imyaka.
Ni ngombwa gusobanukirwa ko ntushobora kwandura ascariasis uvuye ku wundi muntu cyangwa ku nyamaswa. Aya magi akeneye igihe mu butaka kugira ngo abe yanduza, akenshi ibyumweru 2-4 mu gihe cy’ubushyuhe n’ubunyerere.
Wagomba kuvugana n’umuganga wawe niba ubona ibimenyetso byo mu mara bikomeye, cyane cyane niba uherutse kujya mu turere ascariasis ikunze kugaragara. Kuvurwa hakiri kare birinda ingaruka mbi kandi bigufasha kumva neza vuba.
Shaka ubuvuzi bw’abaganga niba ufite:
Hamagara muganga wawe ako kanya niba ufite ibimenyetso bikomeye nk’ububabare bukabije mu nda, umuriro mwinshi, cyangwa guhumeka bigoranye. Ibi bishobora kugaragaza ingaruka mbi zisaba ubuvuzi bwihuse.
Ku bana, banza urebe ibimenyetso nk’uko gukura nabi, kugorana kwibanda, cyangwa guhinduka kw’imyitwarire. Abana bashobora kutamenya gusobanura ibimenyetso byabo neza, rero wizeye icyo wumva niba hari ikintu kitagenda neza.
Ibintu bimwe na bimwe byongera amahirwe yo kwandura ascariasis, nubwo umuntu wese ashobora kuyandura mu gihe gikwiye. Gusobanukirwa ibi byago bigufasha gufata ingamba zikwiye.
Ibintu by’ubutaka n’ibidukikije bigira uruhare runini:
Ibintu by’umuntu n’imibereho byongera ibyago birimo:
Abana bafite ibyago byinshi kuko bakunda gukina mu gitaka, gushyira ibintu mu kanwa, kandi bashobora kudakora isuku y’intoki buri gihe. Ariko kandi, abantu bakuru bakora hanze cyangwa bakunda gukora ingendo ndende nabo bari mu kaga.
Abantu benshi barwaye ascariasis barakira neza bavuwe kandi nta ngaruka bagira. Ariko, ibibazo bishobora kubaho niba iyi ndwara idavuwe cyangwa ikaba ikomeye.
Ingaruka mbi zisanzwe zibaho iyo utwo dukoko twiyongereye cyane cyangwa twimukiye ahantu hatari hasanzwe:
Mu bana, indwara zikomeye zishobora gutera ibibazo bikomeye by’iterambere:
Ingaruka mbi zidakunze kubaho ariko zikomeye zishobora kubaho harimo gucika kw’amara cyangwa utwo dukoko twimukiye mu bihaha, mu kibuno, cyangwa mu zindi ngingo. Ibi bibazo bisaba ubuvuzi bwihuse.
Abagore batwite barwaye ascariasis bashobora kugira ibindi byago, harimo ingaruka mbi mu gihe cyo kubyara niba utwo dukoko butera kubabara mu mara. Ariko, ubufasha bw’abaganga, izi ngaruka zirindwa.
Kwiringira ascariasis byibanda ku gukumira ikwirakwira ryayo binyuze mu isuku myiza n’isuku rusange. Ingingo nyamukuru ni ukwirinda guhura n’ubutaka bwanduye no gukoresha ibiryo n’amazi neza.
Ingamba z’ingenzi zo kwirinda harimo:
Iyo ujya mu turere ascariasis ikunze kugaragara, fata ingamba zidasanzwe:
Mu rugo, komeza isuku myiza binyuze mu gutanga imyanda y’abantu n’inyamaswa neza, kubika ahantu ho gukina hasukuye, no koga intoki nyuma yo guhinga cyangwa gukora imirimo yo mu gikari.
Kumenya ascariasis bisanzwe bikubiyemo gusuzuma ibipimo by’intege kugira ngo turebe amagi y’udukoko tw’amashu kuri mikoroskopi. Iyi ni yo nzira isanzwe kandi ikomeye yo kwemeza iyi ndwara.
Umuganga wawe azasaba igipimo cy’intege kandi ashobora kukusaba gukusanya ibipimo mu minsi myinshi. Rimwe na rimwe amagi aba adahari mu ntege zose, bityo ibipimo byinshi byongera amahirwe yo kubibona.
Ubundi buryo bwo gupima bushobora kuba:
Mu bihe bimwe na bimwe, utwo dukoko dushobora kuboneka mu bindi bijyanye n’ubuvuzi nk’endoscopie cyangwa kubaga. Udukoko dukuru dufite ubunini buhagije bwo kugaragara mu mashusho niba duhari mu mubare munini.
Umuganga wawe azakubaza kandi ku ngendo zawe, ibimenyetso, n’aho ushobora kuba warahuriye n’ubutaka bwanduye cyangwa amazi. Aya makuru afasha kwemeza uburwayi no kuyobora imyanzuro y’ubuvuzi.
Ascariasis ivurwa n’imiti irwanya udukoko ifite akamaro gakomeye mu gukuraho utwo dukoko. Abantu benshi batangira kumva neza mu minsi mike nyuma yo gutangira kuvurwa.
Imiti ikunze kuvurwamo irimo:
Umuganga wawe azahitamo imiti ikwiye hashingiwe ku myaka yawe, ibiro, n’ubuzima bwawe muri rusange. Iyi miti ikora binyuze mu guca intege utwo dukoko, bituma budashobora gufata ku rukuta rw’amara.
Abantu benshi nta ngaruka mbi bagira ku buvuzi. Bamwe bashobora kumva isesemi, kubabara mu nda, cyangwa guhindagurika, ariko ibi bimenyetso bisanzwe biba byoroheje kandi byihuse.
Nyuma yo kuvurwa, ushobora gukomeza gusohoka utwo dukoko twapfuye mu minsi cyangwa mu byumweru byinshi. Ibi ni ibisanzwe kandi bigaragaza ko imiti ikora neza.
Umuganga wawe ashobora kugusaba gukora ibizamini by’intege nyuma y’amezi 1-3 nyuma yo kuvurwa kugira ngo amenye niba iyi ndwara imaze gukira. Niba amagi akiriho, ushobora gukenera kuvurwa ikindi gihe.
Nubwo imiti ari yo yonyine ivura ascariasis, kwitaho iwawe bishobora kugufasha kumva neza mu gihe cyo gukira. Ibanda ku kuruhuka, imirire myiza, no kunywa amazi ahagije.
Uburyo bwo kwitaho harimo:
Komeza isuku myiza mu gihe cyo kuvurwa kugira ngo wirinde kwandura ukundi kandi urinde abagize umuryango wawe:
Ntugatinye niba ubona utwo dukoko mu gihe cyo kuvurwa. Ibi ni ikimenyetso cyiza cy’uko imiti ikora. Ariko, hamagara muganga wawe niba ubona ububabare bukabije mu nda cyangwa umuriro mwinshi.
Kwitoza gusura muganga bigufasha kubona ubuvuzi bukwiye. Kora ubushakashatsi ku bimenyetso byawe n’aho ushobora kuba waranduye.
Mbere yo kujya kwa muganga, andika:
Niba bishoboka, kora igipimo cy’intege nk’uko muganga wawe yabikuyeho. Ashobora kuguha ibikoresho byo gukusanya ibipimo cyangwa amabwiriza yihariye yo gukusanya ibipimo neza.
Teganya kuzana umuntu wo mu muryango cyangwa inshuti kugira ngo aguhe inkunga, cyane cyane niba utumva neza cyangwa uhangayitse kubera uruzinduko kwa muganga. Bashobora kugufasha kwibuka amakuru n’ibibazo by’ingenzi.
Tegura gusobanura aho uba, aho ukora, n’ibiryo urya. Aya makuru afasha muganga wawe gusuzuma ibyago byawe no guhitamo uburyo bw’ubuvuzi bukwiye.
Ascariasis ni indwara yanduza ivurwa neza, ikaba yanduza abantu benshi ku isi, ariko ivurwa neza n’ubuvuzi bukwiye. Icyingenzi ni ukumenya ibimenyetso hakiri kare no kuvurwa neza.
Iyi ndwara ivurwa neza n’imiti ikwiye. Abantu benshi barakira neza nta ngaruka bagize iyo bavuwe vuba.
Kwiringira bikomeza kuba intwaro yawe ikomeye yo kurwanya ascariasis. Isuku myiza, gutegura ibiryo neza, n’amazi meza bigabanya cyane ibyago byo kwandura.
Niba ukekako ufite ascariasis, ntutinye kuvugana n’umuganga wawe. Kumenya uburwayi hakiri kare no kuvurwa bigira ingaruka nziza kandi bigufasha gukira vuba.
Oya, ntushobora kwandura ascariasis uvuye ku wundi muntu. Amagi y’udukoko tw’amashu agomba kumara igihe mu butaka kugira ngo abe yanduza, akenshi ibyumweru 2-4. Iyi ndwara ikwirakwira binyuze mu butaka bwanduye, amazi, cyangwa ibiryo, atari binyuze mu guhura n’abantu banduye.
Abantu benshi batangira kumva neza mu minsi mike nyuma yo gutangira kuvurwa, nubwo ushobora gukomeza gusohoka utwo dukoko twapfuye mu byumweru byinshi. Gukira burundu bisanzwe biba mu byumweru 2-4. Umuganga wawe ashobora kugusaba gukora ibizamini nyuma y’amezi 1-3 nyuma yo kuvurwa kugira ngo amenye niba iyi ndwara imaze gukira.
Nubwo imbwa n’inkazi zishobora kugira ubwoko bwazo bw’udukoko tw’amashu, ntabwo zisanzwe zanduza Ascaris lumbricoides ku bantu. Ariko, utwo dukoko tw’amashu tw’inyamaswa zo mu rugo rimwe na rimwe dushobora gutera ibindi bibazo by’ubuzima ku bantu, bityo ni ngombwa kubungabunga isuku myiza hafi y’inyamaswa zo mu rugo no kwemeza ko zibona ubuvuzi bw’amatungo buri gihe.
Ascariasis mu gihe cyo gutwita isaba ubuvuzi bw’abaganga ariko muri rusange ivurwa. Imiti imwe irwanya udukoko ni myiza mu gihe cyo gutwita, mu gihe indi igomba kwirindwa. Niba utwite kandi ukekako ufite ascariasis, hamagara muganga wawe vuba kugira ngo agusuzuma kandi aguhe ubuvuzi bukwiye.
Iyo ivuwe vuba, ascariasis idakunze gutera ibibazo by’igihe kirekire. Ariko, indwara zikomeye zitavuwe zishobora gutera ingaruka mbi nk’ububabare mu mara, imirire mibi, cyangwa gutinda gukura mu bana. Niyo mpamvu kuvurwa hakiri kare ari ingenzi cyane mu kwirinda ingaruka z’igihe kirekire.
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