Njengoko umasipala waseBuffalo City ujongene noqhambuko, iinkxalabo malunga nesifo sezandla, unyawo kunye nomlomo (HFMD) ziya zisanda.
Ngokutsho kweWorld Health Organization (WHO), i-HFMD sisifo esosulelayo esixhaphakileyo esichaphazela kakhulu abantwana kodwa sinokuchaphazela ulutsha kwaye, kwiimeko ezinqabileyo, abantu abadala.
Kwiimeko ezininzi, esi sifo sinobulali kwaye siyazikhawulela, sibonakaliswe ngeempawu ezifana nomkhuhlane, izilonda zomlomo ezibuhlungu, kunye ne-rash enamadyunguza ezandleni, ezinyaweni nasezimpundu.
“Nangona kunjalo, iimpawu ezinzima ngakumbi, kubandakanya i-meningitis, i-encephalitis kunye nokukhubazeka okufana nepoliyo, zingenzeka,” itshilo i-WHO kwiwebhusayithi yayo.
Iziko leSizwe leZifo ezosulelayo (NICD) lathi kwiwebhusayithi yalo ukuba usulelo lwe-HFMD lunokwenzeka ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, kubandakanywa ukudibana ngokuthe ngqo namathe omntu osulelekileyo, ukukhutshwa kweempumlo okanye amadyunguza.
Intsholongwane inokusasazeka ngamathontsi asemoyeni xa umntu osulelekileyo ekhohlela okanye ethimla.
Ngaphaya koko, imiphezulu engcolisekileyo kunye nezinto, ezifana nezinto zokudlala ekwabelwana ngazo kunye nezixhobo, zinokuququzelela usulelo, njengoko kunokwenzeka ukungacoceki kwezandla emva kokusebenzisa indlu yangasese okanye ukutshintsha amanapkeni.
Ngokutsho kwe-NICD, iimpawu ze-HFMD zidla ngokubonakala kwiintsuku ezintathu ukuya kwezisixhenxe emva kokusuleleka kwaye zihlala iintsuku ezisixhenxe ukuya kwezilishumi.
Iimpawu eziqhelekileyo kunye neempawu ziquka umkhuhlane, umqala obuhlungu, ukukhathala, ukuphelelwa ngumdla, kunye namadyunguza amancinci emlonyeni, ulwimi, izandla kunye neenyawo.
Uxilongo ludla ngokuba yikliniki, ngokusekwe kwiimpawu, nangona iisampulu zomqala okanye ilindle zinokuqokelelwa ukuze kuqinisekiswe elabhoratri kwiimeko ezimandundu.
“Akukho sitofu sokugonya okanye unyango oluthile lwe-HFMD,” i-NICD yatsho kwiwebhusayithi yayo.
“Iimpawu zomntu ngamnye ezifana nomkhuhlane neentlungu zinokulawuleka ngamayeza.Abantu abachaphazelekayo bayacetyiswa ukuba baphumle kwaye bahlale bemanzi, njengoko usulelo luzisombulula lodwa kwiintsuku ezisixhenxe ukuya kwezilishumi.”
I-NCID ithe uthintelo ngundoqo, kwaye ootitshala nabazali bakhuthazwa ukuba bakhuthaze iindlela zococeko ezisemgangathweni ezifana nokuhlamba izandla rhoqo kunye nokuphepha ukwabelana ngezitya zokutya.
Umphezulu kunye nezinto ekwabelwana ngazo zifanele zicocwe rhoqo, yaye abantwana bafanele bakuphephe ukudibana ngokuthe ngqo nabantu abagulayo.
Ngenxa yokuqhambuka kwamva nje, i-BCMM iqinisekise amatyala ayi-10 aqinisekisiweyo kunye namatyala amaninzi arhanelwayo e-HFMD kwaye yabongoza abahlali ukuba bathathe amanyathelo okhuseleko.