UMary Allen
Ingozi enkulu kakhulu yenja lapho iphuza emachibini nakwamanye amanzi amile ukutheleleka nge-leptospirosis, eyaziwa nangokuthi ngaphansi kwamagama e-Stuttgart dog epidemic kanye nesifo se-Weil. Abanikazi bezinja abaningi abakwazi lokhu futhi bavumela abangani babo abanemilenze emine ukuthi baphuze emigodini yamanzi ngaphandle kokuqaphela.
Uma ubona noma yiziphi izikelemu endishini yokuphuza yenja yakho, kufanele ulahle amanzi futhi uhlanze isitsha ngokushesha. Cabangela ukubeka isitsha ngaphakathi kwendawo yokukhosela enomnyango wezinja uma kufanele ugcinwe ngaphandle. Hlanza noma yimaphi amanzi angaphandle noma isitsha sokudla okungenani kanye ngesonto, ikakhulukazi ezimweni ezifudumele nezinomswakama.
Kungani zingekho izitsha zensimbi zezinja?
Khona-ke, ngenhlanhla, ngafunda ukuthi izitsha zensimbi zingabangela ukungezwani komzimba ngoba zikhipha izinto ezingena emzimbeni wenja. Yilapho ngacisha khona izindlebe ngabukisisa izitsha nezinto zazo.
Kukangaki ukuhlanza isitsha senja?
Ikakhulukazi uma sipha ukudla okuluhlaza futhi uma isilwane sishiya ukudla okumanzi, kubalulekile ukuthi indishi igezwe ngemva kokudla ngakunye. Ngokudla okomile futhi kwanele uma ukuhlanza kwenzeka njalo ezinsukwini ezimbili. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukukhishwa kwe-disinfection okuphelele kufanele kwenziwe cishe njalo ezinsukwini eziyi-14.
Kukangaki lapho kufanele ushintshe amanzi enja yakho?
Inja kufanele ibe nokufinyelela okungenamkhawulo emanzini okuphuza ahlanzekile, avuselelwa nsuku zonke. Amathe, izinsalela zokudla nezinye izinto ezifakwa endishini yamanzi zinikeza indawo enhle yokuzalanisa amagciwane angangena emanzini bese kuba yinja.
Yini izinja ethanda ukuyiphuza kakhulu?
Izinja namanzi okuphuza ahlanzekile, ahlanzekile abonakala enzelwe omunye nomunye. Amanzi ayisiphuzo esingcono kakhulu kubo. Kodwa-ke, uma bekhetha kakhulu futhi bengawathandi amanzi ompompi, nanka amathiphu ambalwa ngawe ngaphambi kokuthi uphendukele ku-Evian noma i-Perrier.
Yiziphi izinja ezingavunyelwe ukuphuza?
Amagilebhisi, isibonelo, anobuthi obukhulu kumngane wakho onemilenze emine ngakho-ke awunandawo endishini yakhe yokuphuza. Ezinye izinja zithanda amanzi amile noma emvula kunamanzi kampompi ahlanzekile. Yingakho izinja eziningi zithanda ukuphuza emanzini.
Kungani kunezibungu ezincane esitsheni sami samanzi sezinja?
Umzimba we-tapeworm uqukethe izingxenye eziningi, noma izingxenye, ngasinye sinezitho zaso zokuzala. Ukutheleleka nge-tapeworm kuvame ukutholakala ngokuthola izingxenye ezithile — ezibonakala njengezikelemu ezincane ezimhlophe ezingabukeka njengohlamvu lwelayisi noma lwembewu — ekugcineni kwenja yakho, endleni yenja yakho, noma lapho kuhlala khona inja yakho futhi ilele khona.
Ingabe izinja zingazithola izikelemu ngokuphuza endishini eyodwa?
Izitsha zamanzi zomphakathi ezingcolile zingenza ikhaya lokwamukela izimuncagazi eziningi zamathumbu njengezikelemu, ama-hookworks, nama-whipworms. Lezi zibungu zamathumbu zingadala noma yini kusukela ekucasukeni kuya ekuguleni okubi kakhulu.
Ingabe izinja zingazithola izikelemu emanzini okuphuza?
I-Giardiasis idluliselwa ngomzila we-fecal-oral, okusho ukuthi i-parasite igwinywa ekudleni nasemanzini angcoliswe indle. Isilwane sakho esifuywayo akudingeki sidle indle ukuze sithole i-parasite. Eqinisweni, izinja ngokuvamile zithola i-giardia ngokuphuza emithonjeni yamanzi angcolile (cabanga: ama-puddles, ama-gutters, amachibi, nemifudlana).
Isitsha samanzi angcolile singagulisa inja?
Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zibukeka zihlanzeke kangakanani, izitsha zokudla nezamanzi zenja yakho zingase zifukamele amagciwane angayigulisa. Kanye nokugeza nsuku zonke, ukukhetha uhlobo olufanele lwesitsha kusiza ukunciphisa ubungozi.