{"id":8558,"date":"2023-08-04T09:55:28","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T06:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/flea-borne-typhus-led-to-3-deaths-in-la-county-know-symptoms-ways-to-prevent-disease\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T09:55:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T06:55:28","slug":"homa-ya-matumbo-inayosababishwa-na-viroboto-ilisababisha-vifo-3-katika-kaunti-ya-la-kujua-dalili-njia-za-kuzuia-ugonjwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/sw\/homa-ya-matumbo-inayosababishwa-na-viroboto-ilisababisha-vifo-3-katika-kaunti-ya-la-kujua-dalili-njia-za-kuzuia-ugonjwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Homa ya Mapafu Yanayoenezwa na Viroboto Ilisababisha Vifo 3 Katika Kaunti ya LA; Jua Dalili, Njia za Kuzuia Ugonjwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/flea-borne-typhus-led-to-3-deaths-in-la-county-know-symptoms-ways-to-prevent-disease.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Maafisa wa afya wametoa onyo dhidi ya homa ya matumbo inayoenezwa na viroboto huku kesi zikiongezeka katika Kaunti ya Los Angeles huko California.<\/p>\n<p>Typhus inayoenezwa na viroboto au <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/typhus\/murine\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">typhus ya murine<\/a> ni maambukizi yanayosababishwa na bakteria Rickettsia typhi, ambao huenea kwa watu kwa kugusana na viroboto walioambukizwa. Bakteria hao huingia ndani ya mwili wa binadamu kwa kuumwa na viroboto au wanapoathiriwa na uchafu wa viroboto. Mtu aliyeambukizwa na bakteria haienezi kwa mwingine kwa njia ya kuwasiliana.<\/p>\n<p>Ingawa ugonjwa huo haukufa mara chache, ugonjwa huo ulihusishwa na vifo vitatu katika Kaunti ya LA mwaka jana, kulingana na Vituo vya Kudhibiti na Kuzuia Magonjwa (CDC).<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Kesi zilizoripotiwa za homa ya matumbo katika Kaunti ya Los Angeles zimekuwa zikiongezeka tangu 2010, na idadi kubwa zaidi (171) iliyoripotiwa mwaka wa 2022. Wakati wa Juni-Oktoba 2022, Idara ya Afya ya Umma ya Kaunti ya Los Angeles iligundua kuhusu typhus-tatu inayosababishwa na flea-iliyohusishwa. vifo,\u201d shirika hilo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/72\/wr\/pdfs\/mm7231a1-H.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sema<\/a> katika ripoti.<\/p>\n<p>Viongozi wanaomba wahudumu wa afya kuwachunguza wagonjwa wa homa ya matumbo inayoenezwa na viroboto ikiwa wanaonyesha dalili.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Watoa huduma za afya wanapaswa kuzingatia typhus inayoenezwa na viroboto kwa mgonjwa yeyote aliye na homa, maumivu ya kichwa na upele, haswa ikiwa mgonjwa anaishi au hivi majuzi alisafiri hadi eneo lenye ugonjwa wa janga au alikuwa na mfiduo wa mnyama wa hifadhi,&quot; watafiti wa CDC waliandika.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dalili za typhus inayoenezwa na flea<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Watu wengi wana dalili kidogo au hawana kabisa. Hata hivyo, wengine wanaweza kupata dalili ndani ya wiki mbili baada ya kugusana na viroboto walioambukizwa au uchafu wa viroboto.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Homa na baridi<\/li>\n<li>Maumivu ya kichwa, maumivu ya mwili<\/li>\n<li>Kupoteza hamu ya kula<\/li>\n<li>Kichefuchefu na kutapika<\/li>\n<li>Maumivu ya tumbo<\/li>\n<li>Kikohozi<\/li>\n<li>Upele kwenye kifua kinachoenea kwa pande na nyuma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Utambuzi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kwa kuwa dalili za typhus zinazoenezwa na flea ni sawa na magonjwa mengine mengi, ni muhimu kushauriana na mtoa huduma ya afya ili kuthibitisha ugonjwa huo. Utambuzi huo unafanywa kupitia vipimo vya damu ambavyo huangalia bakteria zinazosababisha typhus au kingamwili zinazoonyesha kuambukizwa kwa bakteria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matibabu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matibabu inahusisha matumizi ya antibiotics doxycycline. Wagonjwa wanaoanza dawa za kuua viua vijasumu mara baada ya dalili kuonekana mara nyingi hupona haraka kutokana na maambukizi.<\/p>\n<p>Homa ya matumbo inayoenezwa na viroboto ikiachwa bila kutibiwa inaweza kusababisha matatizo makubwa, ikiwa ni pamoja na uharibifu wa figo, ini, moyo, mapafu na ubongo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kuzuia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kwa kuwa hakuna chanjo ya typhus inayoambukizwa na flea, njia bora zaidi ya <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/CDPH%20Document%20Library\/FleaBorneTyphusFactSheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">kuzuia<\/a> ugonjwa huo ni kuepuka kuwasiliana na viroboto.<\/p>\n<p>1. Kinga dhidi ya kuumwa na viroboto - Epuka kugusana na wanyama pori au waliopotea na tumia glavu unapozishika ili kuzuia kuumwa na viroboto. Hakikisha unanyunyizia dawa za kufukuza wadudu kwenye ngozi na nguo huku ukiwa nje.<\/p>\n<p>2. Zuia wanyama kipenzi dhidi ya viroboto - Tumia bidhaa za kudhibiti viroboto kama vile kola za viroboto au dawa za kumeza kwa paka na mbwa ili kuwalinda dhidi ya viroboto.<\/p>\n<p>3. Weka panya mbali na nyumbani - Hifadhi chakula cha pet katika vyombo vyenye kubana na weka mikebe ya taka iliyofunikwa ili kuzuia panya kuingia nyumbani.<\/p>\n<p>Imechapishwa na Medicaldaily.com<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/flea-borne-typhus-led-3-deaths-la-county-know-symptoms-ways-prevent-disease-470607\">Chanzo cha matibabu cha kila siku<\/a><\/p>\n<p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/flea-borne-typhus-led-to-3-deaths-in-la-county-know-symptoms-ways-to-prevent-disease.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Maafisa wa afya wametoa onyo dhidi ya homa ya matumbo inayoenezwa na viroboto huku kesi zikiongezeka katika Kaunti ya Los Angeles huko California.<\/p>\n<p>Typhus inayoenezwa na viroboto au <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/typhus\/murine\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">typhus ya murine<\/a> ni maambukizi yanayosababishwa na bakteria Rickettsia typhi, ambao huenea kwa watu kwa kugusana na viroboto walioambukizwa. Bakteria hao huingia ndani ya mwili wa binadamu kwa kuumwa na viroboto au wanapoathiriwa na uchafu wa viroboto. Mtu aliyeambukizwa na bakteria haienezi kwa mwingine kwa njia ya kuwasiliana.<\/p>\n<p>Ingawa ugonjwa huo haukufa mara chache, ugonjwa huo ulihusishwa na vifo vitatu katika Kaunti ya LA mwaka jana, kulingana na Vituo vya Kudhibiti na Kuzuia Magonjwa (CDC).<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Kesi zilizoripotiwa za homa ya matumbo katika Kaunti ya Los Angeles zimekuwa zikiongezeka tangu 2010, na idadi kubwa zaidi (171) iliyoripotiwa mwaka wa 2022. Wakati wa Juni-Oktoba 2022, Idara ya Afya ya Umma ya Kaunti ya Los Angeles iligundua kuhusu typhus-tatu inayosababishwa na flea-iliyohusishwa. vifo,\u201d shirika hilo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/72\/wr\/pdfs\/mm7231a1-H.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sema<\/a> katika ripoti.<\/p>\n<p>Viongozi wanaomba wahudumu wa afya kuwachunguza wagonjwa wa homa ya matumbo inayoenezwa na viroboto ikiwa wanaonyesha dalili.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Watoa huduma za afya wanapaswa kuzingatia typhus inayoenezwa na viroboto kwa mgonjwa yeyote aliye na homa, maumivu ya kichwa na upele, haswa ikiwa mgonjwa anaishi au hivi majuzi alisafiri hadi eneo lenye ugonjwa wa janga au alikuwa na mfiduo wa mnyama wa hifadhi,&quot; watafiti wa CDC waliandika.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dalili za typhus inayoenezwa na flea<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Watu wengi wana dalili kidogo au hawana kabisa. Hata hivyo, wengine wanaweza kupata dalili ndani ya wiki mbili baada ya kugusana na viroboto walioambukizwa au uchafu wa viroboto.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Homa na baridi<\/li>\n<li>Maumivu ya kichwa, maumivu ya mwili<\/li>\n<li>Kupoteza hamu ya kula<\/li>\n<li>Kichefuchefu na kutapika<\/li>\n<li>Maumivu ya tumbo<\/li>\n<li>Kikohozi<\/li>\n<li>Upele kwenye kifua kinachoenea kwa pande na nyuma<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Utambuzi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kwa kuwa dalili za typhus zinazoenezwa na flea ni sawa na magonjwa mengine mengi, ni muhimu kushauriana na mtoa huduma ya afya ili kuthibitisha ugonjwa huo. Utambuzi huo unafanywa kupitia vipimo vya damu ambavyo huangalia bakteria zinazosababisha typhus au kingamwili zinazoonyesha kuambukizwa kwa bakteria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matibabu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Matibabu inahusisha matumizi ya antibiotics doxycycline. Wagonjwa wanaoanza dawa za kuua viua vijasumu mara baada ya dalili kuonekana mara nyingi hupona haraka kutokana na maambukizi.<\/p>\n<p>Homa ya matumbo inayoenezwa na viroboto ikiachwa bila kutibiwa inaweza kusababisha matatizo makubwa, ikiwa ni pamoja na uharibifu wa figo, ini, moyo, mapafu na ubongo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kuzuia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kwa kuwa hakuna chanjo ya typhus inayoambukizwa na flea, njia bora zaidi ya <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/CDPH%20Document%20Library\/FleaBorneTyphusFactSheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">kuzuia<\/a> ugonjwa huo ni kuepuka kuwasiliana na viroboto.<\/p>\n<p>1. Kinga dhidi ya kuumwa na viroboto - Epuka kugusana na wanyama pori au waliopotea na tumia glavu unapozishika ili kuzuia kuumwa na viroboto. Hakikisha unanyunyizia dawa za kufukuza wadudu kwenye ngozi na nguo huku ukiwa nje.<\/p>\n<p>2. Zuia wanyama kipenzi dhidi ya viroboto - Tumia bidhaa za kudhibiti viroboto kama vile kola za viroboto au dawa za kumeza kwa paka na mbwa ili kuwalinda dhidi ya viroboto.<\/p>\n<p>3. Weka panya mbali na nyumbani - Hifadhi chakula cha pet katika vyombo vyenye kubana na weka mikebe ya taka iliyofunikwa ili kuzuia panya kuingia nyumbani.<\/p>\n<p>Imechapishwa na Medicaldaily.com<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/flea-borne-typhus-led-to-3-deaths-in-la-county-know-symptoms-ways-to-prevent-disease.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Flea-Borne Typhus Led To 3 Deaths In LA County; Know Symptoms, Ways To Prevent Disease - Urban Care Clinic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/sw\/homa-ya-matumbo-inayosababishwa-na-viroboto-ilisababisha-vifo-3-katika-kaunti-ya-la-kujua-dalili-njia-za-kuzuia-ugonjwa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flea-Borne Typhus Led To 3 Deaths In LA County; Know Symptoms, Ways To Prevent Disease - Urban Care Clinic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Health officials have issued a warning against flea-borne typhus as cases surge in Los Angeles County in California.Flea-borne typhus or murine typhus is an infection caused by the bacteria Rickettsia typhi, which spread to people through contact with infected fleas. The bacteria enter the human body through flea bites or when exposed to flea dirt. A person infected with the bacteria does not spread it to another through contact.Although rarely fatal, the disease was associated with three deaths in LA County last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).&quot;Reported flea-borne typhus cases in Los Angeles County have been increasing since 2010, with the highest number (171) reported during 2022. During June\u2013October 2022, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health learned of three flea-borne typhus\u2013associated deaths,&quot; the agency said in a report.Officials request healthcare providers to screen patients for flea-borne typhus if they show symptoms.&quot;Health care providers should consider flea-borne typhus in any patient with fever, headache and rash, particularly if the patient lives in or recently traveled to an area with endemic disease or had exposure to a reservoir animal,&quot; researchers with the CDC wrote.Symptoms of flea-borne typhusMany people have mild or no symptoms at all. However, some may develop symptoms within two weeks of contact with infected fleas or flea dirt.Fever and chillsHeadache, body acheLoss of appetiteNausea and vomitingStomach painCoughRash on the chest that spreads to the sides and backDiagnosisSince the symptoms of flea-borne typhus are similar to many other illnesses, it is important to consult a healthcare provider to confirm the disease. The diagnosis is done through blood tests that check for typhus-causing bacteria or antibodies that indicate exposure to the bacteria.TreatmentThe treatment involves the use of the antibiotics doxycycline. Patients who start antibiotics soon after the symptoms appear often recover quickly from the infection.Flea-borne typhus when left untreated can lead to serious complications, including damage to the kidney, liver, heart, lungs and brain.PreventionSince there is no vaccine for flea-borne typhus, the most effective way to prevent the disease is to avoid contact with fleas.1. 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The bacteria enter the human body through flea bites or when exposed to flea dirt. A person infected with the bacteria does not spread it to another through contact.Although rarely fatal, the disease was associated with three deaths in LA County last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).\"Reported flea-borne typhus cases in Los Angeles County have been increasing since 2010, with the highest number (171) reported during 2022. During June\u2013October 2022, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health learned of three flea-borne typhus\u2013associated deaths,\" the agency said in a report.Officials request healthcare providers to screen patients for flea-borne typhus if they show symptoms.\"Health care providers should consider flea-borne typhus in any patient with fever, headache and rash, particularly if the patient lives in or recently traveled to an area with endemic disease or had exposure to a reservoir animal,\" researchers with the CDC wrote.Symptoms of flea-borne typhusMany people have mild or no symptoms at all. However, some may develop symptoms within two weeks of contact with infected fleas or flea dirt.Fever and chillsHeadache, body acheLoss of appetiteNausea and vomitingStomach painCoughRash on the chest that spreads to the sides and backDiagnosisSince the symptoms of flea-borne typhus are similar to many other illnesses, it is important to consult a healthcare provider to confirm the disease. The diagnosis is done through blood tests that check for typhus-causing bacteria or antibodies that indicate exposure to the bacteria.TreatmentThe treatment involves the use of the antibiotics doxycycline. Patients who start antibiotics soon after the symptoms appear often recover quickly from the infection.Flea-borne typhus when left untreated can lead to serious complications, including damage to the kidney, liver, heart, lungs and brain.PreventionSince there is no vaccine for flea-borne typhus, the most effective way to prevent the disease is to avoid contact with fleas.1. 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