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October 10, 2025
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I-Anthrax iwumkhuhlane obangelwa yibhaktheriya ebizwa nge-Bacillus anthracis. Leli bhaktheriya lihlala emhlabathini futhi ngokuvamile lihlasela izilwane ezikhula utshani njengezinkomo, izimvu, nezimbuzi.
Nakuba i-anthrax ingase izwakale iyesabekayo ngenxa yokudumisa kwayo, empeleni iyincasa kakhulu kubantu namuhla. Izimo eziningi zenzeka lapho abantu bethinta izilwane ezine-infection noma imikhiqizo yezilwane eyingcolile. Ibhaktheriya lingaphila ezimweni ezinzima ngokwakha izimpahla zokuvikela ebizwa ngama-spores.
Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi i-anthrax iphendula kahle kuma-antibiotics uma itholakala ngokushesha. Ukuqonda izimpawu nokuthola ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha kwenza umehluko omkhulu ekuphileni.
I-Anthrax ihlasela umzimba wakho ngezindlela ezintathu eziyinhloko, kuye ngokuthi ibhaktheriya lingena kanjani ohlelweni lwakho. Uhlobo ngalunye lunazo izimpawu ezahlukene namanqanaba okubaluleka.
I-Anthrax yesikhumba kwenzeka lapho ama-spores engena ngezinhlungu noma ukukhahlela esikhuneni sakho. Lolu uhlobo oluvamile kakhulu, olukwakha cishe u-95% wazo zonke izimo zabantu. Ngokuvamile luhlala endaweni yesikhumba.
I-Anthrax yokuphefumula kwenzeka lapho uphefumula ama-spores emoyeni. Lolu hlobo lubaluleke kakhulu futhi lungaba yingozi uma lungelashwa ngokushesha. Ngokujabulisayo, luyincasa kakhulu ezimweni zansuku zonke.
I-Anthrax yesisu ithuthukiswa lapho udle inyama engaphekwe kahle evela ezilwaneni ezine-infection. Lolu hlobo luhlasela isisu namathumbu akho futhi lungaba nzima kakhulu.
Izimpawu ze-anthrax ziyahluka kakhulu kuye ngohlobo olukhona. Umzimba wakho uzophendula ngokuhlukile kuye ngokuthi ibhaktheriya lingena kuphi futhi lisakazeka.
Ake sihambe ngalokho okufanele ukubheke ngohlobo ngalunye, siqale ngohlobo oluvamile kakhulu:
Isifo se-anthrax esikhumbeni sivame ukuvela ezinsukwini eziyi-1 kuya kwezi-7 ngemuva kokubekwa engcupheni. Izimpawu zivame ukuvela lapho ibhaktheriya lingene khona esikhumbeni sakho.
Ukuphela okumnyama empeleni kuyisici esiyinhloko sokuhlonza esisiza odokotela ukuthi baqonde isifo se-anthrax esikhumbeni. Nakuba kungase kube ukukhathazeka, lo mkhuba awuvami ukuba yingozi eyingozi ngokwelashwa okufanele.
Izimpawu ze-anthrax yokuphefumula zingathatha noma yikuphi kusukela ngosuku olu-1 kuya ezinyangeni ezi-2 ukuvela. Lo mkhuba uqala ngezimpawu ezifana ne-influenza ezingadukisa.
Izimpawu zokuqala zihlanganisa:
Ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa, izimpawu zingaba zimbi kakhulu zihlanganise:
Lokhu kuqhubeka kungenzeka ngokushesha, kungakho noma yiziphi izimpawu zokuphefumula ngemuva kokubekwa engcupheni kudinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha.
Izimpawu ze-anthrax yesisu zivame ukuvela ezinsukwini eziyi-1 kuya kwezi-7 ngemuva kokudla inyama eyingcolile. Lezi zimpawu zithinta isimiso sakho sokuhlanza futhi zingabi mnandi.
Abanye abantu baye bathuthukise uhlobo oluyimfihlo oluthinta indawo yomlomo, lubangele ukuvuvukala okukhulu nobunzima bokuqeda. Lokhu kudinga ukunakekelwa okusheshayo kwezokwelapha.
I-Anthrax kwenzeka lapho ibhaktheriya ye-Bacillus anthracis noma ama-spores ayo ngena emzimbeni wakho. Lezi bhaktheriya zihlala ngokwemvelo emadolweni emhlabeni wonke futhi ikakhulukazi zithinta izilwane ezikhulela.
Ibhaktheriya yakha ama-spores lapho izimo ziqina, njengasesikhathini sompompo noma emazingeni okushisa okukhulu. La ma-spores angaphila endaweni iminyaka eminingi, elinde izimo ezifanele ukuze asebenze futhi.
Nawa amaqhinga abantu abavame ukutholakala ku-anthrax:
Izigameko eziningi zabantu zenzeka ezindaweni zezolimo lapho abantu basebenza eduze nezilwane. Ibhaktheriya ayidluli kumuntu omunye, ngakho awukwazi ukuthola i-anthrax kumuntu onayo.
Ezimweni ezingavamile kakhulu, i-anthrax iye yasetshenziswa njengensimbi yempi yezakhiwo, kodwa lokhu limelela ingxenye encane kakhulu yezigameko zonke emhlabeni jikelele.
Kufanele ubheke udokotela ngokushesha uma uthuthukisa noma yiziphi izimpawu ezimangalisayo ngemuva kokubhekana ne-anthrax. Ukwelashwa kwasekuqaleni kwenza umehluko omkhulu ekuphileni kwakho.
Funani ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha okusheshayo uma unayo:
Ungalindi ukubona ukuthi izimpawu ziyathuthuka ngokwazo. I-Anthrax ingathuthuka ngokushesha, ikakhulukazi uhlobo lokuphefumula kanye ne-gastrointestinal.
Xhumana nodokotela wakho uma ukhombene nezilwane noma imikhiqizo yezilwane engase ibe ne-anthrax bese uthola noma yiziphi izimpawu ezifana ne-influenza. Ngisho nezimpawu ezilula kufanele zitholakale ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha uma kungenzeka ukuthi ukhombene ne-anthrax.
Imisebenzi ethile nemisebenzi ikunika ingozi enkulu yokukhombana ne-anthrax. Ukuqonda lezi zingozi kungakusiza ukuthi uthathe izinyathelo ezifanele.
Ingozi yakho iyanda uma usebenza kulezi zindawo:
Izici zezwe futhi zidlala indima emazingeni akho engcupheni:
Amanye amazwe ase-Afrika, e-Asia, nasezingxenyeni zaseYurophu anamazinga aphezulu e-anthrax ezilwaneni, okungandisa ingozi yokukhombana kwabantu. Kodwa-ke, ngisho nakulezi zindawo, izehlakalo zabantu zihlala zingekho.
Izinhlanganisela ze-anthrax zincike kakhulu ohlotsheni olukhona nendlela oshesha ngayo uthola ukwelashwa. Ukwelashwa kwangaphambi kwesikhathi ngama-antibiotic kuvimbela izinhlanganisela eziningi ezinkulu.
Ake sibheke ukuthi yini engase ibe khona ngohlobo ngalunye uma ukwelashwa kulibaziseka:
I-anthrax yesikhumba ayivame ukubangela izinhlanganisela ezinkulu uma iwelashwe kahle. Kodwa-ke, ngaphandle kokwelashwa, ukutheleleka kungasakazeka kuzinzwa ezikude futhi ngezinye izikhathi kungene egazini lakho.
Ngisho noma kungekho ukwelashwa, i-anthrax yesikhumba ibulawa ngaphansi kuka-1% yezimo, okwenza kube yifomu eliyingozi kakhulu.
I-anthrax yokuphefumula ingabangela izinkinga ezinzima, ezisongela impilo uma ingelashwa ngokushesha. Ibhaktheriya ingawina amasosha akho okuphefumula kanye namasosha okujikeleza.
Ngeshwa, ngisho nokwelashwa okunamandla, i-anthrax yokuphefumula ingabulala kuze kube yi-45% yezimo. Kungakho ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha okusheshayo kubaluleke kakhulu.
I-anthrax yesisu ingabangela izinkinga ezinzima ezihlasela isimiso sakho sokuhlanza nokuphila kwakho konke.
Ifomu lomlomo le-anthrax yesisu lingaba yingozi ngokukhethekile ngoba ukuvuvukala kungavimba ngokushesha indlela yakho yokuphefumula.
Odokotela bahlola i-anthrax ngokusebenzisa ukuxubana komlando wakho wezokwelapha, ukuhlolwa komzimba, kanye nezivivinyo zelebhu. Udokotela wakho uzofuna ukwazi nganoma yikuphi ukukhombisa kwesilwane samuva noma umlando wokuhamba.
Inqubo yokuxilonga iqala ngokuvamile ngodokotela wakho ebuza ngemithombo yokukhombisa okungenzeka. Bazohlola noma yiziphi izilonda zesikhumba ngokucophelela futhi balalele amaphaphu akho uma unezimpawu zokuphefumula.
Izivivinyo zelebhu ezisiza ukuqinisekisa i-anthrax zihlanganisa:
Udokotela wakho angase futhi a-ode izivivinyo ze-imaging njenge-X-rays yesifuba noma i-CT scans. Lezi zingabonisa izinguquko ezichazwe emaphaphwini akho noma ama-lymph nodes okusikisela i-anthrax.
Ukuthola ukuxilongwa okuchane ngokushesha kubalulekile ngoba ukwelashwa kwe-anthrax kusebenza kangcono uma kuqalwa ngokushesha. Unganqikazi ukukhuluma nganoma yikuphi ukukhombisa okungenzeka kwezilwane kunikeli wakho wezempilo.
Ukuphathwa kwe-anthrax kugxile kuma-antibiotics abulala izitsha ngaphambi kokuba zibangele umonakalo omkhulu. Ukwelashwa kuqala ngokushesha, amathuba akho okuphulukiswa ngokuphelele aphakama.
Udokotela wakho uzokhetha ama-antibiotics ngokuya ngohlobo lwe-anthrax onayo nokuthi izimpawu zakho zinzima kangakanani. Ukwelashwa kuvame ukuphela izinsuku ezingama-60 ukuqinisekisa ukuthi zonke izitsha zisusiwe.
Ama-antibiotics amaningana asebenza kahle ngokumelene nezitsha ze-anthrax. Udokotela wakho uzokhetha inketho engcono kakhulu yesimo sakho esithile.
Ezimweni ezinzima njenge-anthrax yokuphefumula, odokotela bavame ukusebenzisa inhlanganisela yama-antibiotics enikezwa ngezinhlangothi zakho. Lokhu kunikeza ukuhlaselwa okunamandla kunazo zonke ngokumelene nezitsha.
Ngokwengeziwe kuma-antibiotics, ungase udinga ukwelashwa okwengeziwe ukusiza umzimba wakho ukuthi uphulukiswe futhi uphathe izimpawu.
Ngokuqondene ne-anthrax yesikhumba, udokotela wakho uzonikeza nemiyalo yokunakekela isifo ukuvimbela ukutheleleka okwesibili nokukhuthaza ukuphulukisa.
Ezimweni ezithile ezinzima, odokotela bangase basebenzise i-antitoxins ecima ubuthi obuveliswa yibhaktheriya ye-anthrax. Lezi zindlela zokwelapha zigcinelwe ukutheleleka okukhulu kunakho konke.
I-antitoxins isebenza kanye ne-antibiotics ukunika umzimba wakho ithuba elihle kakhulu lokulwa nokutheleleka ngempumelelo.
Ukukhathalela ekhaya kwe-anthrax kugxile ekuthatheni ama-antibiotics akho ngokuqondile njengoba kuyalwe futhi uqaphe izimpawu zakho ngokucophelela. Ukululama kwakho kuncike kakhulu ekulandeleni uhlelo lwakho lokwelapha ngokuphelele.
Nawa amaqhinga okuphatha ukunakekelwa kwakho ekhaya:
Uhlelo lwakho lwe-antibiotic luyisigaba esibaluleke kakhulu sokwelashwa kwakho ekhaya. Ukweqa izilinganiso noma ukuyeka ngokushesha kungavumela ibhaktheriya ukuba iphilile futhi izale.
Setha i-alamu yefoni noma sebenzisa umhleli wezitho ukuze ukhumbule izilinganiso zakho. Isikhathi eside sokwelashwa singenza kube lula ukukhohlwa noma ukuba nesibindi.
Uma une-anthrax yesikhumba, ukunakekelwa okuhle kwesifo kusiza ukuvimbela izinkinga nokukhuthaza ukuphulukisa.
Qaphela izimpawu zokuthi ukutheleleka kungase kusakazeke, njengemithi ebomvu evela ebuhlungwini noma ukwanda kokudabuka nokuvuvukala.
Gcina ulandelela indlela ozizwa ngayo futhi uqaphele noma yikuphi ukushintsha ezimpawu zakho. Ukuthola izinkinga ngokushesha kungavimbela izinkinga ezingathi sína.
Xhumana nodokotela wakho ngokushesha uma ubhekana noku:
Abantu abaningi baqala ukuzizwa kangcono ezinsukwini ezimbalwa nje ngemuva kokuqala ama-antibiotics, kodwa ukululama okuphelele kungathatha amasonto ambalwa.
Ukuvimbela i-anthrax kuhilela ukugwema ukubonisana nebhaktheriya nokuthatha izinyathelo ezifanele uma usebenza nezilwane noma imikhiqizo yezilwane. Ukuhlanzeka okuhle nezinyathelo zokuphepha emsebenzini yizikhali zakho ezinhle kakhulu.
Nawa amasu okuvimbela athuthukile kakhulu:
Uma usebenza nezilwane noma imikhiqizo yezilwane, ukulandela izinqubo zokuphepha kunciphisa kakhulu ingozi yokubonisana.
Amazwe amaningi nawo afuna izinhlelo zokugomela izilwane ezunciphisa kakhulu i-anthrax ezilwaneni, okuvikelekile nabantu.
Ukuphathwa kahle kokudla nokuphekwa kungavimbela i-anthrax yesisu evela enyameni eyingcolile.
Emazweni aqhubekile anemisimbo yokuvikela ukudla okuhle, i-anthrax yesisu ayivamile kakhulu.
Kukhona isifo sokugoma se-anthrax kodwa ngokuvamile sinikezwa kuphela kubantu abasezingeni elikhulu lobungozi, njengamasosha noma abasebenzi belabhoratri abaphatha amasampula e-anthrax.
Isifo sokugoma sidinga izilinganiso eziningi kanye ne-boosters yonyaka. Akunconywa kubantu abavamile ngoba ukubhebhetheka kwe-anthrax akunamkhawulo empilweni yansuku zonke.
Ukulungiselela ukuvakashela udokotela kusiza uqinisekise ukuthi uthola ukuxilongwa okuchane kakhulu nokuphathwa okuqondile. Ukuba nolwazi olufanele okulungile kungasheshisa inqubo kakhulu.
Ngaphambi kokubonisana kwakho, buza ulwazi mayelana nokubhebhetheka kwakho okungenzeka kanye nezimpawu zakho zamanje. Le ndaba-mvelaphi ikusiza udokotela wakho ukuthi aqonde izinga lakho lobungozi futhi enze izinqumo ezifanele.
Bhala imininingwane mayelana nezimpawu zakho nanoma yikuphi ukubhebhetheka okungenzeka kwe-anthrax. Lolu lwazi lusiza udokotela wakho ukuthi ahlole isimo sakho ngokushesha.
Yiba uchwepheshe ngangokunokwenzeka mayelana nokubhebhetheka kwezilwane, kufaka phakathi uhlobo lwezilwane nokuthi ukuxhumana kwenzeke nini.
Ukuba nemibuzo okulungile kusiza uthole ulwazi oludingayo ukuze uzizwe ukhululekile ngecebo lakho lokwelashwa.
Unganqikazi ukucela incazelo uma ungaqondi lutho. Udokotela wakho ufuna uzizwe ulwazi futhi ukhululekile ngokwelashwa kwakho.
Ukuzisa izinto ezifanele ekuqokweni kwakho kungasiza ukusheshisa ukuxilongwa kwakho nokuphathwa kwakho.
Uma othile engakwazi ukuza nawe ekuqokweni, bangakusiza ukuba ukhumbule imininingwane ebalulekile futhi banikeze ukwesekwa ngesikhathi esinzima.
I-Anthrax iyisifo esibuhlungu kodwa esingaphathwa sobhaktheriya esiphendula kahle kuma-antibiotics uma sibanjwe ngokushesha. Nakuba kungase kuzwakale kukhulu, izimo zabantu zimbalwa kakhulu, ikakhulukazi emazweni athuthukile anemilayo emihle yezempilo yezilwane.
Into ebaluleke kakhulu okumele uyikhumbule ukuthi ukwelashwa okusheshayo kwenza umehluko omkhulu. Uma ukhombiswe izilwane noma imikhiqizo yezilwane futhi uthuthukise noma yiziphi izimpawu ezinkulu, ungalindi ukufuna ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha.
Abantu abaningi abamukela ukwelashwa ngama-antibiotics ngokushesha bayaphila ngokuphelele ku-anthrax. Ngisho nekhondomu yesikhumba, evame kakhulu, ayibangeli izinkinga ezihlala njalo uma iphethwe kahle.
Ukuvikelwa kwakho okuhle kakhulu kuvela ekuthatheni izinyathelo ezifanele uma usebenza nezilwane, ukwenza ukuphepha kokudla okuhle, nokukwazi ukuthi nini kufanele ufuna ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha. Ngokwazi okuhle kanye nesenzo esisheshayo, i-anthrax ayidingi ukuba yingozi enkulu empilweni yakho.
Cha, i-anthrax ayithathelani kubantu ngokuxhumana okuvamile, ukukhokha, noma ukuphefumula. Ungathola i-anthrax kuphela ngokuxhumana ngqo ne-bacteria noma ama-spores ezilwaneni eziyisifo noma izinto ezingcolile. Lokhu kusho ukuthi awudingi ukukhathazeka ngokubamba i-anthrax kumuntu onalesifo, futhi awukwazi ukuyinikeza amalungu omndeni wakho ngemisebenzi yansuku zonke evamile.
Izimpawu ze-anthrax zingabonakala noma kuphi kusukela ngosuku olulodwa kuya ezinyangeni ezimbili ngemuva kokubekwa, kuye ngohlobo. I-anthrax yesikhumba ivame ukubonisa izimpawu phakathi kosuku olulodwa kuya kwabahlanu, kuyilapho i-anthrax yesisu ivame ukuthuthuka phakathi kosuku olulodwa kuya kwabahlanu kokudla inyama engcolile. I-anthrax yokuphefumula inenkathi ende yokukhula futhi ingathatha noma kuphi kusukela ngosuku olulodwa kuya kwamasonto angu-8 ukubonisa izimpawu, nakuba amacala amaningi aqhubeka phakathi kwezinsuku ezimbalwa kuya emasontweni amabili.
Cha, i-anthrax ayihlali ibuhlungu, ikakhulukazi uma iphelelwa ngokushesha ngama-antibiotics. I-anthrax yesikhumba inenzuzo enhle ngesilinganiso sokufa esingaphansi kuka-1% ngisho noma ingaphathwa. I-anthrax yokuphefumula iyinkulu kakhulu kodwa isalaphazeka, ngesilinganiso sokuphila esithuthuka kakhulu uma ama-antibiotics eqala ngokushesha. I-anthrax yesisu iwa phakathi kwalezi zinto ngokubaluleka, kodwa ukwelashwa okusheshayo kuthuthukisa kakhulu imiphumela yazo zonke izinhlobo.
Ungathola i-anthrax yesisu ngokudla inyama engaphekwe kahle ezilwaneni eziyisifo, kodwa lokhu kuyinto engavamile kakhulu emazweni anemisha yokuphepha kokudla emihle. Ukupheka okuqondile kubulala i-anthrax bacteria, ngakho-ke inyama ebilisiwe kahle iphephile ukudliwa. Ingozi iphakeme kakhulu uma udle inyama engaphekwe kahle ezindaweni lapho i-anthrax yezilwane ivame kakhulu khona futhi amazinga okuphepha kokudla angase aphansi.
Abantu abaningi abadingi ukugwetshwa kwe-anthrax ngoba ingozi yokubhebhetheka iphansi kakhulu ekuphileni kwansuku zonke. Isifo se-anthrax sivame ukunconyelwa kuphela kubantu abasezingozini eziphezulu, njengamasosha alayo ezindaweni ezithile, abasebenzi belebhu abaphatha amasampula e-anthrax, noma abantu abasebenza eduze nemikhiqizo yezilwane evela kwamanye amazwe anezingozi eziphezulu. Udokotela wakho angakusiza ukuthi ubone ukuthi ukugwetshwa kufanele yini isimo sakho esithile.
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