{"id":8639,"date":"2023-09-13T11:24:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T08:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/covids-back-heres-what-to-know-this-fall-and-winter\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T11:24:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T08:24:03","slug":"covids-nyuma-hapa-ni-nini-cha-kujua-msimu-huu-wa-vuli-na-baridi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/sw\/covids-nyuma-hapa-ni-nini-cha-kujua-msimu-huu-wa-vuli-na-baridi\/","title":{"rendered":"Nyuma ya Covid: Hapa kuna Nini Cha Kujua Mapumziko na Majira ya baridi"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wakati hali ya hewa ya baridi inapoanza, viwango vya Covid vinaongezeka tena katika Ulimwengu wa Kaskazini, na anuwai kadhaa kwenye eneo la tukio.<\/p>\n

Hapa ndio unahitaji kujua.<\/p>\n

Janga la Covid lilitoa idadi mbaya, na karibu vifo milioni saba ulimwenguni.<\/p>\n

Lakini kutokana na chanjo, kinga ya awali na matibabu bora, virusi sasa vinaweza kudhibitiwa zaidi. Huko Merika, vifo vingi - jumla ya idadi ya watu wanaokufa kwa sababu yoyote - imekuwa ya kawaida tangu msimu wa kuchipua.<\/p>\n

"Ikiwa ungeniuliza nichague kati ya kupata mafua na Covid, ningechagua Covid kwa sababu kila kesi ya homa ni hatari zaidi," Ashish Jha, mratibu wa zamani wa White House Covid na mkuu wa afya ya umma katika Chuo Kikuu cha Brown.<\/p>\n

Lakini wakati Covid sasa haina mauti kwa watu binafsi, "pia inaonekana kuwa na viwango vya juu vya shida za muda mrefu."<\/p>\n

Covid pia haina msimu kuliko homa, inaambukiza zaidi, na katika msimu wa baridi tatu uliopita wa Amerika ilifikia kilele kutoka Desemba hadi Januari, wakati mafua yanafikia kilele baadaye.<\/p>\n

Amesh Adalja, mtaalam wa magonjwa ya kuambukiza katika Kituo cha Usalama cha Afya cha Johns Hopkins, aliweka Covid "sawa" na mafua na RSV, lakini alisisitiza kuwa ni kali zaidi kuliko homa ya kawaida.<\/p>\n

Pfizer, Moderna na Novavax wameunda chanjo mpya ambazo zinalenga kwa karibu anuwai za sasa, matawi yote ya Omicron ambayo yalianza kutawala mwishoni mwa 2021.<\/p>\n

Kuna makubaliano mapana kwamba nyongeza za kila mwaka zitanufaisha walio hatarini zaidi. Lakini kama zinaleta thamani iliyoongezwa kwa kila mtu inajadiliwa.<\/p>\n

Takriban kila mtu tayari ameambukizwa, tafiti zinaonyesha. Na maambukizo ya hapo awali pamoja na chanjo yamefunza mifumo ya kinga kuzuia matokeo mabaya hata wakati haiwezi kuzuia maambukizi.<\/p>\n

Mapendekezo ya ukubwa mmoja hayana maana tena, na yanaweza kupunguza uaminifu katika afya ya umma, alisema Monica Gandhi, mwandishi wa "Endemic: A Post-Pandemic Playbook."<\/p>\n

Kwa mfano, chanjo za mRNA za Pfizer na Moderna hubeba hatari ndogo za kuvimba kwa moyo kwa wanaume wachanga.<\/p>\n

Mataifa ya Ulaya yanashauri upigaji risasi wa kila mwaka kwa vikundi vilivyo hatarini zaidi, lakini wataalam wengine hawaoni mapungufu katika mapendekezo mapana.<\/p>\n

"Watu walio katika hatari ndogo bado wanafaidika kutokana na viboreshaji," alisema Ziyad Al-Aly, mtaalamu wa magonjwa katika Chuo Kikuu cha Washington huko St. Marekani inapendekeza kwamba karibu kila mtu apokee picha za kila mwaka za Covid.<\/p>\n

Wataalam wanatofautiana juu ya mada hii, moja ya utata zaidi wa janga hili.<\/p>\n

Mapitio ya data ya majaribio ya kimatibabu ya shirika lisilo la faida la Cochrane kuhusu kama kutangaza kuvaa barakoa kulisaidia virusi vya kupumua kwa polepole kupata matokeo yasiyoeleweka.<\/p>\n

Ikiwa mamlaka pana yana athari kubwa, kwa hivyo, haijathibitishwa.<\/p>\n

Wanachojua watafiti - kutokana na majaribio ya maabara - ni kwamba barakoa zilizowekwa vizuri, za hali ya juu kama vile N-95 hulinda watu binafsi.<\/p>\n

"Watu wanaweza kuchagua kuvaa vinyago vilivyowekwa vizuri na kuchujwa ndani ya nyumba ili kutoa ulinzi wa kibinafsi dhidi ya vimelea vya magonjwa ya kupumua," alisema Gandhi, profesa katika Chuo Kikuu cha California, San Francisco - ingawa anaamini katika chanjo za kuzuia magonjwa makubwa, ikiwa ni pamoja na kati ya magonjwa ya kupumua. hatari kubwa.<\/p>\n

Wataalamu wanakubali kwamba ni jambo la maana kwa watu walio katika hatari - wazee na wale walio na hali kama vile saratani, fetma na kisukari - kupima wakati wana dalili.<\/p>\n

Hiyo ni kwa sababu makundi haya "yangenufaika na tiba ya kuzuia virusi ndani ya dirisha la siku tano," alisema Adaja.<\/p>\n

Matibabu maarufu zaidi ni Paxlovid, ambayo imeonyeshwa kupunguza hatari ya ugonjwa mbaya na kifo kati ya watu walio katika hatari kubwa.<\/p>\n

Baadhi ya mifumo ya afya imeamua kupima watu walio katika hatari ndiyo pekee inayohitajika.<\/p>\n

"Watu wengi hawahitaji tena kupima coronavirus. Ili kuzuia kuenea kwa maambukizo, unapaswa kujaribu kukaa nyumbani ikiwa huna afya,\u201d lasema Mfumo wa Kitaifa wa Afya wa Uingereza.<\/p>\n

Utafiti karibu na Covid mrefu - dalili ambazo hudumu kwa wiki au miezi - bado ni mbaya na inazuiliwa na ukosefu wa ufafanuzi sanifu wa hali ambayo ina sababu nyingi, Adalja alisema.<\/p>\n

Al-Aly inakadiria kiwango cha maambukizi kati ya 4-7%, au watu milioni 65 duniani kote.<\/p>\n

"Kwa bahati mbaya, hatujafanya maendeleo katika kutibu Covid kwa muda mrefu. Hiki kinapaswa kuwa kipaumbele cha dharura kwa utafiti,\u201d alisema.<\/p>\n

Inaonekana kwamba chanjo ya awali hupunguza hatari ya Covid ya muda mrefu, na kwamba hali hiyo inahusishwa na ukali wa maambukizi.<\/p>\n

Serikali ya Marekani imefadhili majaribio kadhaa ya hali hiyo, huku uchunguzi mmoja wa hivi majuzi ukipata dawa ya kisukari inayoitwa metformin ilipunguza hatari ya dalili zinazoendelea kwa 40%.<\/p>\n

Jha alisema alikuwa na matumaini ya data zaidi juu ya matibabu katika miezi ijayo.<\/p>\n

Chanzo cha matibabu cha kila siku<\/a><\/p>\n

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Wakati hali ya hewa ya baridi inapoanza, viwango vya Covid vinaongezeka tena katika Ulimwengu wa Kaskazini, na anuwai kadhaa kwenye eneo la tukio.<\/p>\n

Hapa ndio unahitaji kujua.<\/p>\n

Janga la Covid lilitoa idadi mbaya, na karibu vifo milioni saba ulimwenguni.<\/p>\n

Lakini kutokana na chanjo, kinga ya awali na matibabu bora, virusi sasa vinaweza kudhibitiwa zaidi. Huko Merika, vifo vingi - jumla ya idadi ya watu wanaokufa kwa sababu yoyote - imekuwa ya kawaida tangu msimu wa kuchipua.<\/p>\n

"Ikiwa ungeniuliza nichague kati ya kupata mafua na Covid, ningechagua Covid kwa sababu kila kesi ya homa ni hatari zaidi," Ashish Jha, mratibu wa zamani wa White House Covid na mkuu wa afya ya umma katika Chuo Kikuu cha Brown.<\/p>\n

Lakini wakati Covid sasa haina mauti kwa watu binafsi, "pia inaonekana kuwa na viwango vya juu vya shida za muda mrefu."<\/p>\n

Covid pia haina msimu kuliko homa, inaambukiza zaidi, na katika msimu wa baridi tatu uliopita wa Amerika ilifikia kilele kutoka Desemba hadi Januari, wakati mafua yanafikia kilele baadaye.<\/p>\n

Amesh Adalja, mtaalam wa magonjwa ya kuambukiza katika Kituo cha Usalama cha Afya cha Johns Hopkins, aliweka Covid "sawa" na mafua na RSV, lakini alisisitiza kuwa ni kali zaidi kuliko homa ya kawaida.<\/p>\n

Pfizer, Moderna na Novavax wameunda chanjo mpya ambazo zinalenga kwa karibu anuwai za sasa, matawi yote ya Omicron ambayo yalianza kutawala mwishoni mwa 2021.<\/p>\n

Kuna makubaliano mapana kwamba nyongeza za kila mwaka zitanufaisha walio hatarini zaidi. Lakini kama zinaleta thamani iliyoongezwa kwa kila mtu inajadiliwa.<\/p>\n

Takriban kila mtu tayari ameambukizwa, tafiti zinaonyesha. Na maambukizo ya hapo awali pamoja na chanjo yamefunza mifumo ya kinga kuzuia matokeo mabaya hata wakati haiwezi kuzuia maambukizi.<\/p>\n

Mapendekezo ya ukubwa mmoja hayana maana tena, na yanaweza kupunguza uaminifu katika afya ya umma, alisema Monica Gandhi, mwandishi wa "Endemic: A Post-Pandemic Playbook."<\/p>\n

Kwa mfano, chanjo za mRNA za Pfizer na Moderna hubeba hatari ndogo za kuvimba kwa moyo kwa wanaume wachanga.<\/p>\n

Mataifa ya Ulaya yanashauri upigaji risasi wa kila mwaka kwa vikundi vilivyo hatarini zaidi, lakini wataalam wengine hawaoni mapungufu katika mapendekezo mapana.<\/p>\n

"Watu walio katika hatari ndogo bado wanafaidika kutokana na viboreshaji," alisema Ziyad Al-Aly, mtaalamu wa magonjwa katika Chuo Kikuu cha Washington huko St. Marekani inapendekeza kwamba karibu kila mtu apokee picha za kila mwaka za Covid.<\/p>\n

Wataalam wanatofautiana juu ya mada hii, moja ya utata zaidi wa janga hili.<\/p>\n

Mapitio ya data ya majaribio ya kimatibabu ya shirika lisilo la faida la Cochrane kuhusu kama kutangaza kuvaa barakoa kulisaidia virusi vya kupumua kwa polepole kupata matokeo yasiyoeleweka.<\/p>\n

Ikiwa mamlaka pana yana athari kubwa, kwa hivyo, haijathibitishwa.<\/p>\n

Wanachojua watafiti - kutokana na majaribio ya maabara - ni kwamba barakoa zilizowekwa vizuri, za hali ya juu kama vile N-95 hulinda watu binafsi.<\/p>\n

"Watu wanaweza kuchagua kuvaa vinyago vilivyowekwa vizuri na kuchujwa ndani ya nyumba ili kutoa ulinzi wa kibinafsi dhidi ya vimelea vya magonjwa ya kupumua," alisema Gandhi, profesa katika Chuo Kikuu cha California, San Francisco - ingawa anaamini katika chanjo za kuzuia magonjwa makubwa, ikiwa ni pamoja na kati ya magonjwa ya kupumua. hatari kubwa.<\/p>\n

Wataalamu wanakubali kwamba ni jambo la maana kwa watu walio katika hatari - wazee na wale walio na hali kama vile saratani, fetma na kisukari - kupima wakati wana dalili.<\/p>\n

Hiyo ni kwa sababu makundi haya "yangenufaika na tiba ya kuzuia virusi ndani ya dirisha la siku tano," alisema Adaja.<\/p>\n

Matibabu maarufu zaidi ni Paxlovid, ambayo imeonyeshwa kupunguza hatari ya ugonjwa mbaya na kifo kati ya watu walio katika hatari kubwa.<\/p>\n

Baadhi ya mifumo ya afya imeamua kupima watu walio katika hatari ndiyo pekee inayohitajika.<\/p>\n

"Watu wengi hawahitaji tena kupima coronavirus. Ili kuzuia kuenea kwa maambukizo, unapaswa kujaribu kukaa nyumbani ikiwa huna afya,\u201d lasema Mfumo wa Kitaifa wa Afya wa Uingereza.<\/p>\n

Utafiti karibu na Covid mrefu - dalili ambazo hudumu kwa wiki au miezi - bado ni mbaya na inazuiliwa na ukosefu wa ufafanuzi sanifu wa hali ambayo ina sababu nyingi, Adalja alisema.<\/p>\n

Al-Aly inakadiria kiwango cha maambukizi kati ya 4-7%, au watu milioni 65 duniani kote.<\/p>\n

"Kwa bahati mbaya, hatujafanya maendeleo katika kutibu Covid kwa muda mrefu. Hiki kinapaswa kuwa kipaumbele cha dharura kwa utafiti,\u201d alisema.<\/p>\n

Inaonekana kwamba chanjo ya awali hupunguza hatari ya Covid ya muda mrefu, na kwamba hali hiyo inahusishwa na ukali wa maambukizi.<\/p>\n

Serikali ya Marekani imefadhili majaribio kadhaa ya hali hiyo, huku uchunguzi mmoja wa hivi majuzi ukipata dawa ya kisukari inayoitwa metformin ilipunguza hatari ya dalili zinazoendelea kwa 40%.<\/p>\n

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In the United States, excess deaths -- the total number of people dying for any given cause -- has been normal since spring."If you asked me to choose between getting flu and Covid, I would pick Covid because each individual case of flu is more dangerous," said Ashish Jha, a former White House Covid coordinator and dean of public health at Brown University.But while Covid is now less deadly to individuals, "it also seems to have higher rates of long term complications."Covid is also less seasonal than the flu, more contagious, and over the last three U.S. winters peaked from December to January, while flu peaks later.Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, placed Covid "on par" with flu and RSV, but stressed it was more severe than the common cold.Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax have developed new vaccines that more closely target current variants, all offshoots of Omicron which became dominant in late 2021.There is broad consensus that annual boosters will benefit the most vulnerable. 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To prevent the spread of infection, you should try to stay at home if you're unwell," says the UK's National Health System.Research around long Covid -- symptoms that linger for weeks or months -- remains nebulous and hampered by a lack of standardized definitions for a condition that has multiple causes, said Adalja.Al-Aly estimates prevalence at between 4-7%, or 65 million people worldwide."Unfortunately, we have not made progress on treating long Covid. 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In the United States, excess deaths -- the total number of people dying for any given cause -- has been normal since spring.\"If you asked me to choose between getting flu and Covid, I would pick Covid because each individual case of flu is more dangerous,\" said Ashish Jha, a former White House Covid coordinator and dean of public health at Brown University.But while Covid is now less deadly to individuals, \"it also seems to have higher rates of long term complications.\"Covid is also less seasonal than the flu, more contagious, and over the last three U.S. winters peaked from December to January, while flu peaks later.Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, placed Covid \"on par\" with flu and RSV, but stressed it was more severe than the common cold.Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax have developed new vaccines that more closely target current variants, all offshoots of Omicron which became dominant in late 2021.There is broad consensus that annual boosters will benefit the most vulnerable. But whether they bring added value to everyone is debated.Nearly everyone has already been infected, studies show. And prior infections combined with vaccines have trained immune systems to stop severe outcomes even when they can't ward off infection.One-size-fits-all recommendations no longer make sense, and could decrease trust in public health, said Monica Gandhi, author of \"Endemic: A Post-Pandemic Playbook.\"For example, the mRNA vaccines of Pfizer and Moderna carry small risks of heart inflammation in younger men.European nations advise annual shots only for higher risk groups, but some experts don't see downsides in wider recommendations.\"People at low risk still derive benefit from boosters,\" said Ziyad Al-Aly, an epidemiologist at Washington University in St. Louis. The United States recommends that nearly everyone get annual Covid shots.Experts diverge on this subject, one of the most controversial of the pandemic.A review of clinical trial data by the respected nonprofit Cochrane on whether promoting mask-wearing helped slow respiratory viruses found inconclusive results.Whether broad mandates have a significant effect, therefore, hasn't been proven.What researchers do know -- thanks to lab experiments -- is that well-fitted, high-caliber masks such as N-95s protect individuals.\"Individuals can therefore choose to wear well-fitted and filtered masks indoors to provide personal protection from respiratory pathogens,\" said Gandhi, a professor at the University of California, San Francisco -- though she believes in vaccines to prevent severe disease, including among the high-risk.Experts agree that it makes sense for people at risk -- the elderly and those with conditions such as cancer, obesity and diabetes -- to test when they have symptoms.That's because these groups \"would benefit from antiviral therapy within the five-day window,\" said Adaja.The most prominent treatment is Paxlovid, which has been shown to reduce the risk of severe disease and death among high-risk people.Some health systems have decided testing at-risk people is all that's needed.\"Most people no longer need to take a coronavirus test. 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