Uphi uvavanyo lweMantoux?
Inyaniso yesifo sofuba sisifo se-bhakteria kufuneka sifumaneke ngexesha, ngenxa yokuba emva kwexesha kukho umngcipheko wokuphuhlisa uhlobo olusebenzayo lwesifo. Ukongezelela, olu vavanyo luyimfuneko ukuze unyango olufike ngexesha. Ubunokwenzeka bokuphuhlisa ifom esebenzayo kubantwana abanesifo sesifo sofuba singama-15%.
Uqala nini iMantoux?
Ukufunyanwa kwangaphambili kwesi sifo, uvavanyo lweMantoux luqaliswa ngumntwana ukusuka kwiinyanga ezili-12 zobomi kwaye uneminyaka eyi-18. Ngako oko, unina abaninzi banombuzo malunga nokuba bahlala bebeka uMantu kubantwana kanani na kanani kufuneka kwenziwe.
Ngokwezigulane zesifo, isampuli ye-tuberculin yenziwa ubuncinane kanye ngonyaka, kungakhathaliseki ukuba iziphumo zolu vavanyo lwangaphambili. Kuloo bantwana abangagonywanga nge-BCG, ityala liqala ezintandathu kwiinyanga ezili-6, amaxesha amabini ngonyaka, kude kube yinto yokugonywa.
Ukongezelela, le nyaniso elandelayo ikwaqwalaselwa kwakhona. Ukuba usuku ngaphambi kokuba nayiphi na igciwane lenziwe, kuyimfuneko ukugcina ixesha elingaphantsi kweenyanga 1, ngaphambi kokuqhuba uvavanyo lwe-tuberculin. Ngokukhawuleza phambi kokuvavanywa, ukuhlolwa komzimba kubantwana kuqhutyelwa, ngenxa yokungabikho kweempawu zokubanda kunye nezifo ezithintekayo. Ukuba ezo zifunyenwe, isampula seMantoux ihlehlisiwe kuze kube yilapho ithola.
Ngaloo ndlela, ngamnye umama kufuneka azi ukuba kunzima kangakanani ukuba enze uvavanyo lweMantoux ukwenzela ukuseka isifo ngexesha, kunye nokuthintela ukutshintshwa kwakhe kwifomu esebenzayo.