Ngemuva kokubuyela eSenate muva nje, OkaSen. Dianne Feinstein Ihhovisi liqinisekisile ukuthi uSenator waseCalifornia ulaliswe esibhedlela ngenxa yezinkinga ezinzima zemizwa ye-shingles ezithinte ubuchopho nobuso bakhe.
“Yize i-encephalitis yazixazulula ngemuva nje kokuphuma esibhedlela ngoMashi, usaqhubeka nokuba nezinkinga ezivela I-Ramsay Hunt syndrome,” okhulumela uFeinstein, 89, ukuqinisekisile ngoLwesine esitatimendeni.
UFeinstein, isikhulu esiphezulu seDemocratic Senator yaseCalifornia, phambilini wathi wayengenayo i-encephalitis, ephawula, “Akukaze kutholwe kahle.”
I-DIANNE FEINSTEIN’S SHINGLES DIAGNOSIS: YINI OKUMELE UKWAZI NGOKUQHUBEKA OBANGELE IGCINA
Ilungu lephalamende latholwa ngama-shingles ngoFebhuwari 26 ngudokotela wakhe eSan Francisco, wabe eselaliswa “isikhashana” esibhedlela kuze kube nguMashi 6.
Wabuyela kuye ekhaya eCalifornia ukuze alulame, kusho ihhovisi lakhe esitatimendeni.

Ilungu elisezingeni leSenate Judiciary Committee uSen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., ukhuluma phakathi nengqungquthela yezindaba ngo-Oct. 22, 2020, eCapitol eWashington. UFeinstein akayena uSenator wokuqala ukuthatha isikhathi eside engekho eSigeleni sezokwelapha noma abhekane nemibuzo ngeminyaka yakhe noma amakhono akhe okuqonda. Kepha ingxoxo evulelekile ngesikhundla sakhe sokusebenza igcizelela ukuthi iSenethi ishintshe kanjani eminyakeni yamuva. (Isithombe se-AP/J. Scott Applewhite/ Ifayela)
Kodwa lapho ebuyela eCapitol, wabonakala ebuthakathaka futhi kwesinye isikhathi edidekile njengoba ehamba ngesihlalo sabakhubazekile, ngokusho kwemibiko eminingi.
“Kubalulekile ukuthi ungaqageli ngokuxilongwa kwezokwelapha kwanoma ubani ngaphandle kokuhlolwa komuntu siqu,” uDkt. Michael S. Okun, umqondisi omkhulu we-Norman Fixel Institute for Neurological Diseases eNyuvesi yaseFlorida Health. eGainesville, eFloridautshele iFox News Digital ngasekupheleni kwaleli sonto.
“Ngisabhekana nemiphumela ethile engemihle yegciwane le-shingles,” kusho uFeinstein.
“Nokho,” wanezela, “imibiko ngoSenator Feinstein isinika ithuba lokufundisa umphakathi ngokubaluleka kokuqaphela nokwelapha i-meningoencephalitis.”
Kuyini i-Ramsay Hunt syndrome?
I-syndrome iyinkinga engavamile yezinzwa ye-shingles eyenzeka ngokujwayelekile kubantu abadala abangaphezu kweminyaka engama-60 ubudala, ngokusho kweNational Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD).
Ngezinye izikhathi kungenzeka kubantu abasha – njenge umculi we-pop uJustin Bieber kutholakale ukuthi unalesi sifo ngonyaka odlule.
Igciwane elibanga upokisi, elaziwa ngokuthi i-varicella zoster virus (VZV), lihlala “lilele” emzimbeni ngemva kokuba othile ethole i-chickenpox; kodwa kamuva ekuphileni, ingaphinda isebenze emithanjeni elawula imisipha yobuso, eyaziwa ngokuthi inzwa yobuso.

USen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., usuka e-US Capitol Building kulandela ivoti, ngoLwesine, Meyi 11, 2023, eWashington, DC uFeinstein uhambele ukulalelwa kwakhe okokuqala ngqa ngemuva kokugula nokungabibikho eSigele cishe izinyanga ezintathu. . (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times nge-Getty Images)
Lokhu kuholela ezinhlobonhlobo zezimpawu ngenxa yendawo yomthambo ebusweni. Izimpawu zingabandakanya ukukhubazeka kolunye uhlangothi lobuso, amabhamuza abuhlungu eduze kwendlebe nobuhlungu bezindlebe, ngokusho kweNational Institutes of Health (NIH).
“Yize ngenze intuthuko enkulu futhi ngakwazi ukubuyela eWashington, nginjalo ngisabhekene nemiphumela engemihle kusuka kugciwane le-shingles,” kusho uFeinstein esitatimendeni ngoMeyi 10.
“Odokotela bami bangeluleke ukuthi ngisebenze uhlelo olulula njengoba ngibuyela eSigele.”
Le “isikhashana” side effects kukhona okuthinta umbono wakhe kanye nekhono lokulinganisa.
“Odokotela bami bangeluleke ukuthi ngisebenze uhlelo olulula njengoba ngibuyela eSigele,” engeza.
Ezinye iziguli zikhubazeke unomphela ebusweni kanye nokulahlekelwa ukuzwa okuvela ku-syndrome, i-NORD yanezela.
Iyini i-encephalitis?
Izingqimba ezintathu ezivikelayo zolwelwesi ezaziwa ngokuthi ama-meninges zimboza ubuchopho nomgogodla – ezakha isimiso sezinzwa esimaphakathi – ukuze zizivimbele ukuthi zinganyakazi, ngokusho kweCleveland Clinic.
Ku-meningitis, lezi zingqimba ezivikelayo zangaphandle ezizungeze ubuchopho ziyavuvuka – kodwa i-encephalitis yilapho ubuchopho buvuvukala, ngokwewebhusayithi ye-Johns Hopkins Medicine.

USen. Dianne Feinstein uboniswa eya ezindlini zeSigele e-US Capitol ngo-Feb. 16, 2023, e-Washington, DC Nakuba i-encephalitis ngenxa ye-shingles ingase yenzeke kubantu abangenazo izinkinga ezinkulu zezokwelapha, kuvame kakhulu kubantu abane-immunocompromised. izimo, ngokocwaningo lwezokwelapha. (Izithombe zikaKevin Dietsch/Getty)
Iziguli ezine-meningitis zivame ukuzibonakalisa kochwepheshe bezempilo phakathi namahora anezimpawu ezithathu zezimpawu imfiva, ikhanda elibuhlungu nokuqina kwentamo.
I-Encephalitis inesethulo esincane kakhulu esihlanganisa izinguquko esimweni sengqondo.
“I-meningoencephalitis ingadalwa wukutheleleka ngegciwane ebuchosheni nasezimbozelweni zayo futhi kuye ngokuthi hlobo luni lwegciwane oludala isifo, isifo esihambisana nayo singase siholele ekushayweni kohlangothi nokopha kobuchopho,” kusho u-Okun.
Njengoba isikhathi siqhubeka, iziguli zingase ziqale ukuba nezinguquko zesimo sengqondo, izinkinga zenkumbulo, ukucabanga nokucabanga.
“Uma zibanjwa kusenesikhathi, lezi zinkinga zingelapheka ngokwelashwa ngama-antiviral,” engeza.
“Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi ukuhlonza ukuthi yiliphi igciwane elihilelekile, i-VZV noma i-herpes, kungenza umehluko omkhulu ekwelapheni kanye nomphumela.”
AMAZI AMA-ANTIFUNGARS EZIVILEYO OKOKUQALA KITHI: YINI OKUMELE UKWAZI MAYELANA NESIFO SESIKHUMBA.
Nakuba i-encephalitis ngenxa yama-shingles ingenzeka kubantu abangenazo izinkinga ezinkulu zezokwelapha, ivame kakhulu kubantu abanezimo ezivikelekile, njengomdlavuza, ngokusho kocwaningo lwangaphambilini.
I-shingles ibangela kanjani i-encephalitis?
“I-Encephalitis [after] i-shingles iyinkinga engavamile kodwa ebalulekile ye-shingles – okuwukutheleleka ngegciwane okuyinkinga yakamuva yenkukhu,” uDkt. Aaron Glatt, umphathi wezifo ezithathelwanayo esibhedlela saseMount Sinai South Nassau I-Long Island, eNew Yorkutshele iFox News Digital.
Uveze ukuthi abantu abakwazi ukuthola i-shingles uma bengakaze babe nenkukhu.

Umholi weSenate Majority u-Chuck Schumer, DN.Y. (ngakwesokudla) ubingelela uSen. Dianne Feinstein njengoba ebuyela e-US Capitol ngoMeyi 10, 2023 e-Washington, DC U-Feinstein wabuyela e-Washington ngemva kokuhamba isikhathi esingaphezu kwezinyanga ezimbili kulandela ukulaliswa esibhedlela ngenxa ye-shingles. (Izithombe zika-Anna Moneymaker/Getty)
“Lawa magciwane avamise ukuba khona futhi ‘ecashile’ emizimbeni yethu, futhi angaphinde asebenze kamuva ekuphileni, ikakhulukazi lapho amasosha omzimba ebuthakathaka,” kwengeza u-Okun.
Lapho igciwane lihamba liqonde ngqo ebuchosheni, lingabangela i-encephalitis.
Yiziphi izimpawu?
Abantu abane-encephalitis bavame ukuba nezimpawu eziba zimbi kakhulu phakathi nezinsuku ukuya emavikini, ngokwewebhusayithi yemithi ye-Johns Hopkins.
Kungabangelwa izifo – ngokuvamile ngenxa yegciwane noma izimo ezivuthayo lapho amasosha omzimba ehlasela ubuchopho.
Izimpawu eziqondile zesiguli zizohluka ngokuya ngengxenye yobuchopho ethelelekile noma i-antibody ethile ebangela ukuvuvukala.
I-Encephalitis ngenxa yembangela ethathelwanayo iqala ngezimpawu ezingaqondile okungaba nzima ukuzihlukanisa nomkhuhlane, kuhlanganise nekhanda elibuhlungu.
CHOFOZA LAPHA UKUZE Ubhalisele IPHEPHA LETHU LEZEMPILO
“Kwakuwumkhuhlane omubi ngempela,” uFeinstein etshela i-CNN ngesikhathi eya esibhedlela enezimpawu.
Njengoba isikhathi siqhubeka, iziguli zingase ziqale ukuba nezinguquko zesimo sengqondo, izinkinga zenkumbulo, ukucabanga nokucabanga.

USen. Dianne Feinstein, ohamba ngesihlalo esinamasondo, njengoba efika e-US Capitol kulandela ukunyamalala isikhathi eside ngenxa yezinkinga zezempilo ngoMeyi 10, 2023, eWashington, DC uFeinstein ubelwa nenkinga ye-shingles futhi ubengekho eSigele isikhathi esingaba mithathu. izinyanga. (Izithombe zikaKevin Dietsch/Getty)
Esimeni sembangela ethathelwanayo, izimpawu ezithile zesiguli zizohluka ngokuya ngengxenye yobuchopho ethelelekile noma i-antibody ethile ebangela ukuvuvukala – uma kuyi-autoimmune etiology.
I-Encephalitis yesibili kuma-shingles ngokuvamile iveza isimo sengqondo sesiguli esishintshayo phakathi nezinsuku ngemva kokusungula iqembu lamabhamuza abuhlungu ngokusatshalaliswa kwenzwa eyodwa noma ngaphezulu, ngokocwaningo lwangaphambilini.
Angavinjelwa kanjani ama-shingles?
“Ngenhlanhla akhona imigomo emihle kakhulu ezitholakalayo ukuvimbela inkukhu,” i-Glatt tox Fox News Digital.
CHOFOZA LAPHA UKUZE UTHOLA UHLELO LOKUSEBENZA IZINDABA
“Futhi uma ube ne-chickenpox, njengoba abantu abaningi abangaphezu kweminyaka engu-40 beye baba nayo, ukuthatha umuthi wokugomela i-shingles ukuvimbela i-shingles – inkinga engaba yingozi kakhulu – kusebenza kakhulu.”