Isifo sokuqina kwemihlathi - sisifo esiyintsholongwane esenzeka xa iintsholongwane zeClostridium tetani zingena emzimbeni - zibangela iingxaki ezinzima kwinkqubo yemithambo-luvo. Ezi ntsholongwane ziyathanda ukuxhoma kuwo omabini la mhlaba kunye nelindle, nto leyo ethetha ukuba kumntu ongazange agonywe, naliphi na inxeba lokugqojozwa (izikhuhluzi, iintambo, inaliti yenaliti, ukunyathela isikhonkwane somhlwa) kunakho ukukhula ukuba yiTetanus.
Eyona nto yoyikisayo ngokwenene malunga neTetanus kukuba ayipheli. NgokweKliniki yaseMayo Xa i-tetanus toxin idibene neziphelo zemithambo-luvo akunakwenzeka ukuba uyisuse.
Emva kokungena kwigazi lakho, i-tetanus spores ukuvelisa ityhefu otya imithambo-luvo yakho kwaye uthintela amandla abo okulawula intshukumo yemisipha. Oku kukhokelela izihlunu ezibuhlungu oku kubangela umhlathi okhenkcezisiweyo (yiyo loo nto igama lesidlaliso elithi 'lockjaw') kunye nezihlunu zentamo, kunye nokungakwazi ukuphefumla.
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Ugonyo lweTetanus
Isitofu sokugonya se-tetanus, esenziwe eJamani phaya emva kweminyaka yoo-1800, siye sanciphisa ngokubonakalayo isifo sesifo sokuqina kwemihlathi. I-apos iyafumaneka e-United States ukusukela nge-1940, kwaye kwangoko yabangela ukwehla kweepesenti ezingama-95 kwinqanaba lezifo- kwaye oko kuye kwathetha ukuba uninzi lwethu alunakuze sixhalabe malunga nosulelo kwisilonda esingcolileyo.
Isitofu sokuthintela ugonyo sokuqala sinikezelwa kuthotho- iidosi ezimbini ngaphandle kweeveki ezine, kuze emva koko kudosiwe kwisithathu sokugqibela kwiinyanga ezi-6 ukuya kwezi-12 kamva. (Kule mihla, kuhlala kunjalo inikwe njenge combo ebizwa ngokuba yi Td , oludibanisa amayeza okugonya itetanus kunye ne-diptheria, olunye usulelo olubangelwa yintsholongwane.)
Kuba uninzi lwethu lufumene izitofu zokugonya itetanus njengabantwana, i-booster shot rhoqo kwiminyaka elishumi yiyo yonke into efunekayo. Sisebenza kakuhle isitofu sokuthintela isifo sokuqina kwemithambo kangangokuba oogqirha bancomela ukuba kudutyulwe nabani na oye wanenxeba lokudubula kutsha nje, nokuba ubudubule nini okokugqibela.
Ukudubula kweetetanus booster kugutyungelwe ngu uninzi lwezicwangciso zeinshurensi yezempilo , nangona ingumbono olungileyo ukukhangela umboneleli wakho ngamnye. Ngaphantsi kweinshurensi yezempilo, ikopay ye-tetanus shot phakathi kwe- $ 10 kunye ne- $ 40 . Kulawo angakhange agutyungelwe, inkunkuma ye-tetanus inikwa uninzi lwamaziko oluntu oluntu ngentlawulo ethe tyaba phakathi kwe- $ 25 kunye ne- $ 60.
Nangona uninzi lwabantu luneziphumo ebezingalindelekanga ezimbalwa okanye zingenazo kwaphela emva kokufumana isitofu sokugonya iTetanus, abanye baba nobuhlungu okanye iintlungu. Oku kubangelwa kukuxinana kwesitofu sokugonya kwindawo enye yomzimba. Ukusasaza isitofu sokugonya, kunye nokunciphisa ukukhathazeka, thambisa nje izihlunu ezijikeleze indawo apho bekudutyulwe khona, okuya kunceda ukwandisa ukuhamba kwegazi.
Unyango lweTetanus
Nangona kungekho lunyango lwe-tetanus - kwimeko apho intsholongwane yaziswa kumntu ongagonywanga- amayeza ayafumaneka ukumisa imveliso yetyhefu kunye nokunyanga ukungqubana kwezihlunu.