Kuyisifundo esifakwe ezingqondweni zethu kusukela safunda ukuya endlini yangasese: «Hlamba izandla njalo ngemva kokuya endlini yokugezela«. Kepha inhlolovo ye-YouGov kusukela ngoJanuwari walo nyaka ithole ukuthi amaphesenti angama-42 abantu awabuki njalo ngemva kokuya endlini yokugezela ekhaya.
Cishe uyazibuza ukuthi kungakanani umonakalo ongakwenza ukungagezi izandla, njengoba ikhishi linamagciwane amaningi kunendlu yokugezela, akunjalo? Hhayi-ke bambelela ebhulukweni lakho ngoba usuzofunda iqiniso elingcolile.
Ungagula yini uma ungazigezi izandla zakho ngemva kokusebenzisa indlu yokugezela?
Uma uhlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi ekhaya, impendulo cishe akukho. Ngisho noma ubuthwele i-pathogen endle, emgudwini womchamo, noma esikhumbeni sesitho sangasese esidluliselwe ezandleni zakho ngenkathi usebenzisa indlu yokugezela, kufanele usaphephile.
Ngeke utheleleke ngoba usunaso leso sidalwa ohlelweni lwakho. Okuhlukile yi- i-staphylococcus aureus, ukuthi abanye abantu bathwala emathunjini abo. Ngokwethiyori, ungangcolisa izandla zakho nge-staph ngenkathi usebenzisa indlu yokugezela. Uma ibhaktheriya ingena esikhaleni esivulekile noma esilondeni, ungase uthole ukutheleleka kwe-staph. Kodwa lokho akunakwenzeka neze.
Ukusebenzisa indlu yangasese yomphakathi kuyindaba ehlukile. Indlu yokugezela iyisandulela sezinto eziphilayo, njengoba kunabantu abaningi abangena nabaphumayo, futhi akubona bonke abageza izandla zabo. Futhi iyindawo yokuthinta ephezulu. Uthinta isicabha ukuze ungene futhi uphume, uvule futhi uvale i-latch, mhlawumbe wehlise isitsha sendlu yangasese bese ucindezela inkinobho. Ngakho-ke uma wenza i-squat bese ungabuthi, kungenzeka ukuthi ucosha zonke izinhlobo zamagciwane.
Lokho kuhlanganisa okusha coronaviruses, ezingahlala ezindaweni zokugezela umuntu onegciwane azithintile, azikhwehlelele, noma azithimule (uma ubengagqokile imaski). ICenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ibika ukuthi i-coronavirus ingahlala phezulu izinsuku, kanti ezinye izinhlobo zamagciwane zingahlala amasonto.
Futhi, i-COVID-19 ingaba semathunjini futhi ingasakazwa nge-fecal matter.
Lapho indlu yangasese igezwa, amanzi agelezayo, abhuquzayo abangela ukuba indle ifuthwe, idale izinhlayiya ezizontanta emoyeni. Izinhlayiya zamanzi zasendlini yangasese zingafafaza amamitha ama-4, kanti enye indle efakwe umoya ihlala endaweni yokugezela ongakwazi ukuyithinta ngezandla zakho.
Ingozi enkulu yezempilo yokungazigezi izandla akuwona amagciwane asemchameni nasendle, kodwa amagciwane osuwacoshe kukho konke osuke wakuthinta endleleni, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi usekhaya noma usohambeni.
Kunezimo ezimbili lapho ukukhuhla kudingekile khona ukuze uzivikele ekungcoleni. Okokuqala, kufanele ugeze izandla zakho ngaphambi kokudla, ukuphuza noma ukulungisa ukudla. Kufanele futhi uwageze ngaphambi kokuthinta ubuso bakho; amehlo akho, izindlebe, ikhala, nomlomo kuyizindlela zokungena emzimbeni wakho.
Ungakwazi yini ukugulisa abanye abantu ngokungagezi ngemva kokuya endlini yangasese?
Mhlawumbe, mhlawumbe akunjalo. Ungadla indle yomuntu ngokoqobo ngesipuni ngaphandle kwemiphumela emibi inqobo nje uma kungekho amagciwane kokuqukethwe. Kodwa-ke, i-pathogen ayinakuqinisekiswa.
Ngokuyisisekelo, uma ungenawo amagciwane ayingozi noma amagciwane ohlelweni lwakho, ngeke usabalalise ukutheleleka kwabanye. Kodwa ayikho indlela yokwazi ngokuqinisekile ukuthi yimaphi amagciwane okungenzeka uwaphethe.
Kuthiwani uma unama-microorganisms abangela izifo emathunjini akho noma endaweni yangasese, futhi amanye adluliselwa ezandleni zakho ngenkathi usendlini yokugezela? Ungabe usuwadlulisela komunye umuntu ezindaweni osuke uzithinta. Ukuze kuvikelwe abanye, kufanele ugeze izandla zakho ngemva kokusebenzisa indlu yokugezela.
Ngisho noma uwedwa ekhaya, khumbula ukuthi amagciwane angahlala amasonto, okufaka izivakashi ezizayo engozini. Ukungagezi izandla zakho ekhaya cishe kuzoba nomthelela omncane kuwe, kodwa kungaba nomthelela omkhulu kwabanye.
Uma sekushiwo, ukuchayeka kukodwa akusho ukuthi isifo asinakugwenywa. Uma umuntu ethinta indawo engcolile, umzimba wakhe ungase ukwazi ukulwa nezifo.
Kunobudlelwano obunzima phakathi komuntu ne-microbe ukuthi uzogula yini lapho evezwe yi-pathogen. I-flora evamile emathunjini akho inamandla kakhulu, iqhudelana nanoma iyiphi into ephilayo oyidlile futhi ingakuvimbela ukuba ibambe.
Esinye isici esinquma ukuthi umuntu uzogula noma cha ukuthi hlobo luni lwe-pathogen ahlangana nalo. Ezinye izinto eziphilayo ziyingozi kakhulu kunezinye. Ngokwesibonelo, kuthatha 10.000 amaseli salmonella ukuqalisa ukutheleleka, kuyilapho amaseli ayi-100 kuphela shigela ukuthola isifo.
Ngokungazigezi izandla zakho, ukhetha ukungabavikeli abanye. Futhi uma singazinakekeli, siyobe sesilahlekelwe ingxenye yobuntu bethu.
Impilo yomuntu nayo inomthelela. Abanye abantu banamasosha omzimba aqinile kunabanye futhi bakuhlomele kangcono ukulwa nokutheleleka. Abantu abadala kanye nabantu abakhubazekile basengozini enkulu.
Uma othile enegciwane eliphakeme ngokwanele noma umthamo wegciwane egazini ukuthi atheleleke, angathola noma yini kusukela ezinkingeni zesisu esithambile kuye ekuguleni okukhulu, kuye ngohlobo lokungcola, umthamo wamaseli awagwinyile, kanye nempilo yakhe yamanje.
El i-norovirus kungabangela isifo sohudo nokuhlanza. I-Salmonella kanye ne-shigella ingabangela izifo zesistimu nezamathumbu, ezinye zazo ezingaba zimbi, ikakhulukazi kubantu asebekhulile nabangakwazi ukuzivikela.
Ingabe ukugeza ngemva kokuchama akukubi kakhulu kunangemva kokuchama?
Enye ayibi kakhulu kunomunye. Ngokusobala, indle yakho ingaba nezinto ezikhathazayo ezifana ne-salmonella, i-shigella, i-campylobacter, i-norovirus, nezinhlobo ze-pathogenic ze-E. coli. Kodwa umchamo awungcono.
Kungase kube nama-STD afanayo i-gonorrhea y sífilis kokuqukethwe komgudu womchamo wesitho sangasese. Kukhona futhi amagciwane esikhumba endaweni yangasese efana i-candida y staph.
Indlela yokugeza izandla ngendlela efanele?
Cishe sonke sesiyazi manje ukuthi kubalulekile ukukhuhla ngensipho namanzi okungenani imizuzwana engama-20. Noma kunjalo, ngisho nalabo abasebenzisa inhlanzeko ngokuvamile abacolisi ngokwanele.
- geza sonke isandla sakho. Naka ngokukhethekile iminwe, amawebhu phakathi kweminwe, zonke izinhlangothi zezithupha, kanye nengemuva lezandla. Lezi yizindawo ezivame ukunganakwa, ngokocwaningo lwango-Agasti 2019 kuJournal of Environmental and Public Health.
- Hlanza ngaphansi kwezipikili. Lapha, ukugxila okuphezulu kwama-microbes kungatholakala ngaphansi kwezinzipho, ngakho-ke hlanza kahle nalapho. Ungakwenza lokhu ngokuhlanganisa izandla zakho bese unwaya izinzipho zakho kwesinye isundu esiphambene.
- Sula izandla zakho ngethawula lephepha. LAmagciwane atheleleka kalula ezandleni ezimanzi. Nakuba kunobunye ubufakazi obungqubuzanayo bokuthi izomisa izandla noma amathawula ephepha anenhlanzeko eyengeziwe. Kunconywa ukuthi uphathe iphepha lakho lapho usebenzisa indlu yangasese yomphakathi, uma kwenzeka.
- Bambelela ithawula lephepha ngemva kokugeza. Ukuthinta umcengezi wesicabha ongcolile kuwenza ize ukuwasha kwakho, ngakho-ke sebenzisa iphepha lakho ukuze uvale umpompi futhi uvule umnyango wasendlini yokugezela ngaphambi kokuba uhambe.
Ingabe kuyingozi ngempela ukungagezi izandla zakho?
Kuyinkinga enkulu. Ukubhekana nokugeza izandla kusebenza kakhulu kunangaphambili ngesikhathi se-COVID, kodwa kubalulekile futhi ukuvikela ukusabalala okuncane kwezifo, ezinjengomkhuhlane.
Ukungagezi izandla zakho endlini yangasese yomphakathi kubeka impilo yakho engcupheni. Ngezinye izikhathi siyizitha zethu ezimbi kakhulu. Ubhubhane yisikhathi sokuthuthukisa inhlanzeko yethu.
Futhi uma kuziwa ekungcoliseni omunye umuntu, ukungazigezi kuwukungahloniphi. Ukhetha ukungavikeli abanye. Futhi uma singanakekelani, kusho ukuthi silahlekelwe ingxenye yobuntu bethu.
Ngokubona kwakho, kungaphezu kokuhlanza; ukuziphatha kwethu endlini yangasese kukhombisa umoya wozwelo nomusa emphakathini wethu. Ubuqotho bomphakathi wethu buthintwa indlela esiphatha ngayo inhlanzeko yethu yomuntu siqu. Uma singahloniphani ngokugezana izandla singumphakathi siyehluleka, isihogo siyachitheka wonke umuntu azenzele yena.