Cutar Lyme: Shin sauyin yanayi yana yada wannan cuta?

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Cutar Lyme: Shin sauyin yanayi yana yada wannan cuta?

Cutar Lyme: Shin sauyin yanayi yana yada wannan cuta?

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Yadda karuwar yaduwar kaska na iya haifar da karuwar cutar Lyme a nan gaba.
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      Quantumrun Haskaka
    • Fabrairu 27, 2022

    Takaitacciyar fahimta

    Cutar Lyme, cuta ce da ta yaɗu a cikin Amurka, ana kamuwa da ita ta hanyar cizon kaska kuma tana iya haifar da munanan matsalolin lafiya idan ba a kula da su ba. Ƙunƙarar birane da sauyin yanayi sun taimaka wajen yaɗuwar kaska, da ƙara haɗarin ɗan adam da haɗarin cutar Lyme. Duk da kokarin da ake na yaki da cutar, saurin yaduwarta yana da tasiri sosai, tun daga canza dabi'un shakatawa a waje zuwa tasirin tsare-tsare da kokarin kiyaye birane.

    Yanayin cutar Lyme 

    Cutar Lyme, wanda ke haifar da shi Borrelia burgdorferi kuma lokaci-lokaci borrelia mayonii, ita ce cutar da aka fi sani da vector a Amurka. Ana kamuwa da cutar ta hanyar cizon baƙaƙen ƙafafu masu kamuwa da cuta. Alamomin da aka saba sun haɗa da zazzabi, gajiya, ciwon kai, da kuma kurwar fata ta musamman da aka sani da ita erythema migrans. Ciwon da ba a kula da shi ba zai iya yaduwa zuwa zuciya, gabobin jiki, da tsarin jin tsoro. Binciken cutar Lyme ya dogara ne akan yuwuwar bayyanar kaska da kuma bayyanar da alamun jiki. 

    Ticks yawanci suna da alaƙa da gandun daji na New England da sauran wuraren dazuzzuka a cikin Amurka; duk da haka, sabon bincike ya nuna cewa an gano kaska da ke ɗauke da cutar Lyme a kusa da rairayin bakin teku a Arewacin California a karon farko. Fadada matsugunan mutane zuwa yankunan daji, gami da dazuzzuka a gabashin Amurka, ya haifar da rarrabuwar kawuna da ke da alaƙa da haɗarin ƙwayar cuta ta Lyme. Sabbin gyare-gyaren gidaje, alal misali, suna sa mutane su yi hulɗa da yawan kaska waɗanda a da ke zaune a cikin dazuzzuka ko wuraren da ba a ci gaba ba. 

    Ƙila ƙauyuka ya haifar da haɓakar adadin beraye da barewa, waɗanda kaska ke buƙatar abinci na jini, wanda hakan ya ƙara yawan kaska. A cewar Hukumar Kare Muhalli ta Amurka, zafin jiki da zafi na da tasiri sosai kan yaduwa da kuma yanayin rayuwar barewa. Alal misali, kaska na barewa suna bunƙasa a wurare masu zafi aƙalla kashi 85 kuma suna aiki sosai lokacin da zafin jiki ya tashi sama da digiri 45 na Fahrenheit. Sakamakon haka, ana sa ran hauhawar yanayin zafi da ke da alaƙa da sauyin yanayi zai faɗaɗa yankin da ya dace da kaska kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da ke haifar da yaduwar cutar Lyme da aka gani.

    Tasiri mai rudani

    Ko da yake ba a san adadin Amurkawa nawa ne ke kamuwa da cutar Lyme ba, sabuwar shaida da Cibiyar Kula da Cututtuka ta Amurka (CDC) ta buga ta nuna cewa an gano Amurkawa 476,000 da kuma yi musu maganin cutar kowace shekara. An samu rahotannin kararraki a dukkan jihohin 50. Babban buƙatun asibiti ya haɗa da larura don ingantaccen bincike; wannan ya haɗa da ikon gano cutar ta Lyme da wuri kafin gwajin ƙwayoyin cuta na iya gano ta cikin aminci da kuma haɓakar rigakafin cutar Lyme. 

    Idan aka yi la'akari da karuwar ma'aunin Celsius biyu a matsakaicin zafin jiki na shekara-a cikin kiyasin tsakiyar karni daga mafi yawan kididdigar yanayi na Amurka (NCA4) na baya-bayan nan - an yi hasashen adadin cutar Lyme a kasar zai karu da fiye da kashi 20 cikin dari a nan gaba. shekarun da suka gabata. Wadannan binciken na iya taimakawa masana kiwon lafiyar jama'a, likitoci, da masu tsara manufofi don ƙarfafa shirye-shirye da mayar da martani, tare da haɓaka wayar da kan jama'a game da wajibcin yin taka tsantsan yayin shiga ayyukan waje. Fahimtar yadda canje-canjen amfani da ƙasa na yanzu da na gaba zai iya yin tasiri ga haɗarin cututtukan ɗan adam ya zama fifiko ga masana ilimin halittu, cututtukan cututtuka, da masu aikin lafiyar jama'a.

    Duk da jarin da gwamnatin tarayya ta zuba, saurin karuwar cutar Lyme da sauran cututtukan da ke kamuwa da cutar sun bulla. A cewar CDC, kariya ta sirri ita ce mafi kyawun shinge ga cutar Lyme tare da sauye-sauyen yanayi da jiyya na acaricide zuwa gidajen mutum. Koyaya, akwai iyakataccen shaida cewa ɗayan waɗannan matakan suna aiki. Amfani da magungunan kashe qwari na bayan gida yana rage lambobin kaska amma baya tasiri kai tsaye akan cutar ɗan adam ko hulɗar kaska-dan adam.

    Abubuwan da ke haifar da yaduwar cutar Lyme

    Abubuwan da ke haifar da yaduwar cutar Lyme na iya haɗawa da:

    • Haɓaka kuɗin bincike don cutar Lyme, yana haifar da kyakkyawar fahimtar rashin lafiya da ingantattun zaɓuɓɓukan magani.
    • Ƙirƙirar shirye-shiryen wayar da kan al'umma, yana haifar da ƙarin sani game da haɗari da matakan rigakafi.
    • Haɓaka haɗin gwiwa tsakanin masu tsara birane da masu kula da muhalli, yana haifar da ƙirar birni waɗanda ke mutunta wuraren zama da kuma rage rikice-rikicen ɗan adam da na namun daji.
    • Samuwar sabuwar kasuwa don samfuran rigakafin cutar Lyme, wanda ke haifar da masu amfani da kashe kuɗi da yawa akan kayan kariya da masu hana ruwa gudu.
    • Canji a cikin halayen nishaɗi na waje, tare da mutane suna yin taka tsantsan da yiwuwar guje wa wasu ayyuka, wanda ke haifar da yuwuwar asara ga kasuwancin kamar wuraren zango ko masu gudanar da balaguro.
    • Yiwuwar raguwar ƙimar dukiya a wuraren da aka gano a matsayin babban haɗari ga cutar Lyme, wanda ke shafar masu gida da masana'antar gidaje.
    • Gwamnati na gabatar da tsauraran ka'idoji game da bunkasa filaye, wanda ke haifar da hauhawar farashin kamfanonin gine-gine da kuma yuwuwar jinkirin fadada birane.
    • Haɓaka cikin rashin aiki yayin da mutanen da abin ya shafa ke ɗaukar hutun aiki don jiyya, yana tasiri aiki a sassa daban-daban.
    • Ƙarfafa mayar da hankali kan kiyaye muhalli, yana haifar da tsauraran manufofin amfani da ƙasa da yuwuwar iyakance faɗaɗa masana'antu a wasu yankuna.

    Tambayoyin da za a duba

    • Shin kun san wani wanda ya kamu da cutar Lyme? Menene kwarewarsu ta kasance kamar kula da wannan cuta?
    • Wadanne matakan kiyayewa kuke ɗauka don kiyaye kaska yayin da kuke waje?

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