"Odokotela bezimo eziphuthumayo ezweni lonke bayaqhubeka nokubona ukuthi ukutheleleka nge-COVID-19 kungaba yingozi kangakanani ezigulini zabo bonke ubudala, ikakhulukazi kulabo abangagonyiwe," kusho uGillian Schmitz, MD, FACEP, umongameli we-ACEP. “Siyabonga ukuthi imithi yokugoma iphephile, iyasebenza futhi manje isiyatholakala. Ukugoma izingane zakho kungenye yezindlela ezingcono kakhulu zokuvikela umndeni wakho nokusisiza ukuthi sinqobe igciwane.”
Izingane mancane amathuba okuba zithole ukugula okunzima okuvela ku-COVID-19 kunabantu abadala, kodwa ubungozi be-COVID zisabalulekile. Cishe izingane eziyizigidi eziyi-1.9 ezineminyaka engu-5 kuya kwengu-11 zitholakale zine-COVID-19, ngokusho kweCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Sekube nabantu ababalelwa ku-8,300 94 abalaliswe esibhedlela kanti owesithathu odinga ukunakekelwa okuthe xaxa kanye nokufa kwabantu abangama-5 kulelo qembu leminyaka. I-CDC incoma ukuthi wonke umuntu oneminyaka engu-19 nangaphezulu athole umuthi wokugomela i-COVID-XNUMX.
Odokotela bezimo eziphuthumayo bafuna ukuqinisekisa abanakekeli ukuthi imithi yokugoma etholakalayo iphephile futhi iyasebenza. Ukuthuthukiswa komuthi wokugoma akuzange kuphuthunyiswe, futhi le mikhiqizo ilandela inqubo eqinile ukuhlangabezana nazo zonke izinyathelo zokuphepha zeFood and Drug Administration (FDA). Njengomuthi wokugoma wabantu abadala, bambalwa kakhulu abantu ababa nemiphumela engemihle. Imiphumela emibi evame kakhulu ebhalwe phakathi nezinqubo zokuphepha ezibanzi yayimnene futhi ilawuleka ekhaya, okuhlanganisa ingalo ebuhlungu, ububomvu eduze kwendawo yomjovo, noma ukukhathala.
Wonke umuntu angathatha izinyathelo zokuvikela omunye nomunye ngokugonywa nokulandela imihlahlandlela yendawo, ukuqhelelana komphakathi, nokumboza ubuso bakhe. I-CDC incoma ukuthi abanakekeli baqaphe ukuthintana okuseduze kwengane nabanye futhi bathathe izinyathelo zokuvikela ingane uma noma ubani ekhaya egula noma enezimpawu ze-COVID-19. Lokho kungahlanganisa nokugcina ingane ekhaya nokufuna ukunakekelwa okufanele uma ingane igula. Kokubili izingane kanye nabantu abadala bangasakaza igciwane ngisho noma bengenazimpawu.
Ukuze uthole ukuvikelwa okwengeziwe ngesikhathi esingaba yingozi yomkhuhlane, odokotela bezimo eziphuthumayo bakhuthaza abanakekeli kanye nezingane ukuthi zigonyelwe i-COVID-19 kanye nomkhuhlane. Kuphephile ukuthola isibhamu somkhuhlane kanye nomuthi wokugomela i-COVID ngesikhathi esifanayo, futhi akukephuzi kakhulu ukuthola isibhamu somkhuhlane ngesikhathi sokuqala kwesimo sezulu esibandayo kanye nenkathi yamaholide ematasa.
Njengoba abanakekeli beqapha izingane izimpawu ze-COVID-19, ezinjengomkhuhlane ophakeme, umphimbo obuhlungu, ukukhwehlela, isisu esibuhlungu, noma ikhanda elibuhlungu, kubalulekile ukwazi ukuthi kufanele uye nini emnyangweni wezimo eziphuthumayo, noma ngabe ngowe-COVID-19 noma yimuphi omunye. ukugula noma ukulimala.
“Kunezimpawu zesimo esiphuthumayo okungafanele zishaywe indiva,” kusho uDkt. Schmitz. "Odokotela bezimo eziphuthumayo baqeqeshelwe ukuphatha zonke izinhlobo zokwesaba kwezempilo, futhi wonke umuntu angaqiniseka ukuthi umnyango wezimo eziphuthumayo uyindawo ephephe kunazo zonke, ezigulini zanoma yimuphi ubudala, lapho zinesimo esiphuthumayo sezokwelapha."
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- It is safe to get a flu shot and a COVID vaccine at the same time, and it is not too late to get a flu shot in time for the onset of colder weather and a busy holiday season.
- Njengoba abanakekeli beqapha izingane izimpawu ze-COVID-19, ezinjengomkhuhlane ophakeme, umphimbo obuhlungu, ukukhwehlela, isisu esibuhlungu, noma ikhanda elibuhlungu, kubalulekile ukwazi ukuthi kufanele uye nini emnyangweni wezimo eziphuthumayo, noma ngabe ngowe-COVID-19 noma yimuphi omunye. ukugula noma ukulimala.
- “Emergency physicians are trained to handle all kinds of health scares, and everyone can be sure that the emergency department is the safest place to be, for patients of any age, when they are having a medical emergency.
