Sisifundo esiye safakwa kwiingqondo zethu ekubeni sifunde ukuya kwindlu yangasese: «Hlala uhlamba izandla zakho emva kokuya kwindlu yangasese«. Kodwa uphando lwe-YouGov ukususela ngoJanuwari walo nyaka lwafumanisa ukuba iipesenti ezingama-42 zabantu azihlali zigquma emva kokuya kwindlu yangasese ekhaya.
Mhlawumbi uyazibuza ukuba ingakanani ingozi yokungahlambi izandla, ekubeni ikhitshi ineentsholongwane ezininzi kunendlu yangasese, akunjalo? Hayi ke khawuxhome iblukhwe yakho kuba uzofunda inyani emdaka.
Ngaba unokugula ukuba awuzihlambi izandla zakho emva kokuba uye kwindlu yangasese?
Ukuba uhleli etroneni ekhaya, impendulo mhlawumbi hayi. Nokuba ubuthwele i-pathogen kwilindle lakho, kwi-urinary tract, okanye ulusu lwelungu lobufazi elathi ladluliselwa ezandleni zakho ngelixa usebenzisa igumbi lokuhlambela, kufuneka ukhuseleke.
Awuyi kosuleleka ngenxa yokuba sele unayo loo nto iphilayo kwinkqubo yakho. Imeko eyahlukileyo yile staphylococcus aureus, ukuba abanye abantu bathwala emathunjini abo. Ngokwethiyori, unokungcolisa izandla zakho nge-staph ngelixa usebenzisa igumbi lokuhlambela. Ukuba ibhaktheriya ingena kwindawo evulekileyo okanye kwinxeba, ngoko ke unokufumana usulelo lwe-staph. Kodwa oko akunakwenzeka.
Ukusebenzisa indlu yangasese yoluntu libali elahlukileyo. Igumbi lokuhlambela lisibhengezo sezinto eziphilayo, njengoko kukho abantu abaninzi abangenayo nabaphumayo, kwaye asingabo bonke abahlamba izandla. Ikwayindawo yokuchukumisa ephezulu. Ubamba iqhosha lomnyango ukuze ungene kwaye uphume, uvule kwaye uvale i-latch, mhlawumbi wehlise isitya sendlu yangasese kwaye ucofe iqhosha. Ke ukuba wenza i-squat kwaye emva koko ungabhubhisi, unokuba uchola zonke iintlobo zeentsholongwane.
Oko kuquka entsha coronaviruses, enokuhlala kwindawo yokuhlambela athe umntu owosulelekileyo ayichukumisile, akhohlelele kuyo, okanye athimla kuyo (ukuba bebenganxibanga imaski). Amaziko oLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo (CDC) anika ingxelo yokuba i-coronavirus inokuhlala ngaphezulu kweentsuku, ngelixa ezinye iintlobo ze-pathogen zinokuhlala iiveki.
Kwakhona, i-COVID-19 inokuba semathunjini kwaye inokusasazeka nge-fecal matter.
Xa indlu yangasese igungxulwa, ukuvuthuza, ukugqabhuka kwamanzi kubangela ukuba i-fecal matter itshizwe, idala amasuntswana aza kudada emoyeni. Amasuntswana amanzi endlu yangasese angatshiza ukuya kutsho kwiimitha ezi-4, kunye nelinye ilindle elinomoya omdaka lihlala kwindawo yokuhlambela onokuthi emva koko uchukumise ngezandla zakho.
Owona mngcipheko mkhulu wezempilo wokungazihlambi izandla awuzizo iintsholongwane kumchamo nakwindle, kodwa ziintsholongwane oye wazichola kuyo yonke into oye wayibamba endleleni, nokuba kusekhaya okanye ekuhambeni.
Zimbini iimeko apho ukukhuhla kuyimfuneko ngokupheleleyo ukuze uzikhusele ekosuleleni. Okokuqala, kufuneka uhlambe izandla zakho ngaphambi kokutya, ukusela okanye ukulungiselela ukutya. Kufuneka kwakhona uzihlambe phambi kokuba ubambe ubuso bakho; amehlo akho, iindlebe, impumlo, nomlomo ziindlela zokungena emzimbeni wakho.
Ngaba unokugulisa abanye abantu ngokungahlambi emva kokuya kwindlu yangasese?
Mhlawumbi, mhlawumbi akunjalo. Ungadla ngokoqobo ilindle lomntu ngecephe ngaphandle kweziphumo ezibi logama nje kungekho pathogens kumxholo. Nangona kunjalo, i-pathogen ayinakuqinisekiswa.
Ngokusisiseko, ukuba awunazo iintsholongwane eziyingozi okanye iibhaktheriya kwinkqubo yakho, awuyi kusasaza usulelo kwabanye. Kodwa akukho ndlela yokwazi ngokuqinisekileyo ukuba zeziphi iintsholongwane onokuthi uzigcine.
Kuthekani ukuba unama-microorganisms abangela izifo emathunjini akho okanye kwindawo yesini, kwaye ezinye zidluliselwe ezandleni zakho ngelixa usendlini yokuhlambela? Unokuzidlulisela komnye umntu ngemigangatho othi uyichukumise. Ukukhusela abanye, kufuneka uhlambe izandla zakho emva kokusebenzisa igumbi lokuhlambela.
Kwanokuba uwedwa ekhaya, khumbula ukuba iintsholongwane zinokuhlala kangangeeveki, nto leyo ebeka abo batyeleleyo kwixesha elizayo emngciphekweni. Ukungahlambi izandla zakho ekhaya kuya kuba nefuthe elincinane kuwe, kodwa kunokuba nefuthe elikhulu kwabanye.
Oko kuthethwa, ukuvezwa kuphela akuthethi ukuba isifo asinakuphepheka. Ukuba umntu ubambe indawo enentsholongwane, umzimba wakhe unokukwazi ukulwa nosulelo.
Kukho ubudlelwane obunzima phakathi komntu kunye nentsholongwane malunga nokuba uya kugula xa echanabeke kwintsholongwane. I-flora eqhelekileyo emathunjini akho inamandla kakhulu, ikhuphisana nayo nayiphi na into ephilayo oyityileyo kwaye inokuthintela ukuba ibambe.
Enye into egqibayo ukuba umntu uya kugula na okanye hayi ukuba loluphi uhlobo lwepathogen adibana nayo. Ezinye izinto eziphilayo zinobundlobongela ngakumbi kunezinye. Umzekelo, kuthatha 10.000 iiseli isalmonella ukuqalisa usulelo, ngelixa iiseli ezili-100 kuphela shigela ukufumana isifo.
Ngokungazihlambi izandla zakho, ukhetha ukubangabakhuseli abanye. Kwaye ukuba asizikhathalelanga, siya kuba silahlekelwe yinxalenye yobuntu bethu.
Impilo yomntu nayo inefuthe. Abanye abantu banenkqubo yomzimba yokuzikhusela eyomeleleyo kunabanye kwaye bakuxhobele ngcono ukulwa usulelo. Abantu abadala kunye nabantu abakhubazekileyo basengozini ngakumbi.
Ukuba umntu unomthamo ophezulu ngokwaneleyo webhaktiriya okanye wentsholongwane egazini ukuba osuleleke, anokufumana nantoni na ukusuka kwiingxaki zesisu esincinci ukuya kwisigulo esinzima, ngokuxhomekeke kuhlobo lwesingcoliso, umthamo weeseli azityileyo, kunye nempilo yabo yangoku.
El norovirus kunokubangela urhudo kunye nokugabha. I-Salmonella kunye ne-shigella inokubangela ukusuleleka kwenkqubo kunye namathumbu, ezinye zazo zinokuba zibi kakhulu, ngakumbi kubantu abadala kunye nabangenamzimba.
Ngaba ayikuko ukuhlamba emva kokuchama kubi ngakumbi kunasemva kokuchama?
Enye ayikho mbi kunomnye. Ngokucacileyo, ilindle lakho linokuqulatha izinto ezikhathazayo ezifana ne-salmonella, i-shigella, i-campylobacter, i-norovirus, kunye neentlobo ze-pathogenic ze-E. coli. Kodwa umchamo awukho ngcono.
Kusenokubakho ii-STD ezifana inyamakazi y sífilfil kwimixholo ye-genital urinary tract. Kukho kwakhona iintsholongwane zesikhumba kwindawo yesini ezifana candida y isitafu.
Indlela yokuhlamba izandla ngokuchanekileyo?
Sonke mhlawumbi siyazi ngoku ukuba kubalulekile ukukhuhla ngesepha namanzi ubuncinane imizuzwana engama-20. Sekunjalo, kwanabo baqhelisela ucoceko ngokufuthi abacokiseki ngokwaneleyo.
- Hlamba isandla sakho sonke. Nika ingqalelo ekhethekileyo kwiminwe, iiwebhu phakathi kweminwe, onke amacala ezithupha, kunye nomva wezandla. Ezi zezona ndawo zihlala zinganakwa, ngokutsho kophononongo luka-Agasti ka-2019 kwiJenali yeNdalo kunye neMpilo yoLuntu.
- Coca phantsi kwezikhonkwane. Apha, ugxininiso oluphezulu lwee-microbes lunokufumaneka phantsi kwezikhonkwane, ngoko ke coca kakuhle nalapho. Ungakwenza oku ngokukruqula izandla zakho emva koko ukrwempa iinzipho zakho kwesinye sesundu sesundu.
- Yomisa izandla zakho ngetawuli yephepha. LIintsholongwane zisasazeka lula kwizandla ezimanzi. Nangona kukho ubungqina obuphikisanayo malunga nokuba izomisi zezandla okanye iitawuli zephepha zicocekile ngakumbi. Kucetyiswa ukuba uze nephepha lakho xa usebenzisa indlu yangasese yoluntu, nje ukuba kunokwenzeka.
- Yixhoma kwitawuli yephepha emva kokuhlamba. Ukuchukumisa iknobhu yocango emdaka kuyenza ingasebenzi into yokuhlamba kwakho, ke sebenzisa iphepha lakho ukucima itephu kwaye uvule ucango lokuhlambela phambi kokuba uhambe.
Ngaba ngokwenene kuyingozi ukungahlambi izandla zakho?
Yingxaki enkulu. Ukujongana nokuhlamba izandla kubaluleke kakhulu kunangaphambili ngexesha le-COVID, kodwa kubalulekile ukunqanda ukusasazeka okuncinci kosulelo, olufana nengqele.
Ukungazihlambi izandla kwindawo yangasese kawonke-wonke kubeka impilo yakho emngciphekweni. Ngamanye amaxesha silolona tshaba lwethu lukhulu. Ubhubhani lixesha lokuphucula ucoceko lwethu.
Kwaye xa kuziwa ekungcoliseni omnye umntu, ukungazihlambi kukungabi nantlonipho. Ukhetha ukungakhuseli abanye. Kwaye ukuba asikhathalelani, ngoko silahlekelwe yinxalenye yobuntu bethu.
Ngokoluvo lwakho, imalunga nokungaphezulu kokucoca; indlela esiziphatha ngayo kwigumbi lokuhlambela ibonakalisa umoya wovelwano nobubele kuluntu lwethu. Isidima soluntu lwethu siyachatshazelwa yindlela esiphatha ngayo ucoceko lwethu lobuqu. Ukuba asihloniphani ngokuhlamba izandla ngoko ke siluluntu siyasilela, sonke isihogo siyaqhawuka kwaye wonke umntu azenzele yena.