Ingabe amakati angangenwa umkhuhlane noma umkhuhlane?

Uma isikhathi samakhaza nesomkhuhlane sishubile, wenza umzamo omkhulu wokuzigcina ungaguli. Kodwa kuthiwani ngekati lakho? Angawuthola umkhuhlane wekati? Ingabe ikati lingenwa umkhuhlane?

Singakwazi ukuthelelana?

Uma unomkhuhlane noma umkhuhlane, ungakhathazeki kakhulu ngokuthelela isilwane sakho esifuywayo. Kunamacala abhaliwe abanikazi bezilwane ezifuywayo abadlulisela igciwane le-H1N1 kumakati abo afuywayo, amanothi akwaSmithsonian, namakati angalidlulisela kubantu; nokho, lezi zimo azivamile kakhulu. Ngo-2009, lapho igciwane le-H1N1 (elibizwa nangokuthi "umkhuhlane wezingulube") libhekwa njengobhubhane e-United States, kwaba nesizathu sokukhathazeka ngoba i-H1N1 yayidluliselwa ezilwaneni (kulokhu, izingulube) kanye nabantu abanalesi sifo.

Ubunjalo begciwane

Amakati angathola umkhuhlane, kanye nokutheleleka okuphezulu kokuphefumula okubangelwa elinye lamagciwane amabili: i-herpesvirus ye-feline noma i-feline calicivirus. Amakati abo bonke ubudala angagula, kodwa amakati amancane namadala asengozini kakhulu ngenxa yokuthi amasosha awo omzimba awaqinile njengamakati ngesikhathi sokuqala kwawo.

Izilwane ezifuywayo zingalithola leli gciwane lapho zihlangana ngokuqondile nekati elithelelekile noma izinhlayiya zegciwane, kuchaza i-VCA Animal Hospitals, yenezela: “Leli gciwane lisakazwa ngamathe futhi liphinde likhishwe emehlweni nasemakhaleni ekati elinegciwane.” Ngakho-ke, kubalulekile ukugcina ikati lakho kude nezinye izilwane uma zigula.

Uma isilwane sakho esifuywayo sinomkhuhlane noma isifo sokuphefumula esingenhla, leli gciwane lingahlala isikhathi eside, i-Love That Pet iyaxwayisa: “Ngeshwa, amakati alulama emkhuhlaneni wekati angaba abathwali baleli gciwane okwesikhashana noma unomphela. Lokhu kusho ukuthi bangasakaza igciwane elibazungezile, ngisho noma bona bengasaguli.” Uma ikati lakho like langenwa umkhuhlane, hlala ubhekile ukuze uthole izimpawu eziphindelelayo.

Yiziphi izimpawu zomkhuhlane ekatini? Uma ucabanga ukuthi ikati lakho linomkhuhlane, kufanele ubheke lokhu okulandelayo:

• ukukhathala,

• Ukukhwehlela,

• ukuthimula,

• Ikhala eligelezayo,

• izinga lokushisa eliphakeme,

• Ukulahlekelwa ukudla kanye nokwenqaba ukuphuza

• Ukukhishwa emehlweni kanye/noma emakhaleni 

• Ukuphefumula kanzima,

Shayela udokotela wakho wezilwane ngokushesha futhi ulungele ukuthatha ingane yakho enoboya iyohlolwa.

Ukwelashwa nokuvimbela

Ukugoma kanye nokuvuselelwa okuvamile kwekati kuzomgcina enempilo futhi kusize ekuvimbeleni izifo. Esinye isici esiyinhloko ukuvikela amagciwane: geza izandla zakho kahle futhi kaningi (futhi ucele nabanye ukuba benze okufanayo); bulala amagciwane noma yiziphi izindawo ezingcolile, njengezingubo zokulala, izingubo zokugqoka, namathawula; futhi ugweme ukuthintana nanoma yimuphi umuntu (kanye nanoma yisiphi isilwane) okungenzeka ukuthi siyagula.

Izilwane zingangenwa izifo kwezinye izilwane, ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukuhlukanisa ikati lakho ezilwaneni ezigulayo. Ukuphuma kwamanzi emehlweni nasezindlebeni namathe kuyizindlela ezivame kakhulu zezilwane zokusabalalisa amagciwane, ngakho-ke ziphakele futhi uziphuzise ezindaweni ezahlukene.

Njengoba kuphawuliwe, uma usola umkhuhlane noma umkhuhlane, thintana nodokotela wakho wezilwane ngokushesha. Ngokusho kwePetMD, "Alikho ikhambi lomkhuhlane, futhi ukwelashwa kunezimpawu. Ukuzilungisa njalo kungase kudingeke ukuze kukhishwe okuphumayo emehlweni nasemakhaleni futhi kuhlale kuhlanzekile.” Izindlela zokwelapha ezingenzeka zihlanganisa ama-antibiotics kanye noketshezi oluningi ukuvimbela ukuphelelwa amanzi emzimbeni. Udokotela wakho wezilwane uzokunikeza uhlelo lokwelashwa olunemininingwane.

Ikati lakho lizodinga uthando nokunakekelwa okukhulu phakathi nokululama kwalo, futhi lizokwenza okufanayo nakuwe uma ugula. Lokhu kungase kungabi lula uma nawe ugula, kodwa uma nobabili seniphilile, niyogonana ngenjabulo.