Ngale veki bendithetha ngayo yintoni idiphtheria y iimpawu Inika, kuba ingumxholo osithandayo sonke namhlanje ngenxa yamatyala athe avela kwilizwe lethu. Isitofu sokulwa nxamnye nokubola komqala sikhona kwaye kwikhalenda yaseSpain ibandakanya ukugonywa kwesi sifo ezinikwa nezinye izitofu zokugonya kwiinyanga ezi-2, 4, 6 kunye ne-15/18 zobomi beentsana. Kukwakho nesitofu sokunyusa ulutsha phakathi kweminyaka eli-13 neli-14 ubudala enikwa kunye nabanye.
Nangona isitofu sokugonya se-diphtheria sikhona ishedyuli yokugonya Kuzo zonke iindawo ezizimeleyo, inyani kukuba ngabazali abagqiba isigqibo sokuba bangabagonyi abantwana babo, nokuba ngaba abayithobeli imigaqo xa bengenzi njalo. Nangona, ukuba kukho umngcipheko kwimpilo yoluntu, kunokunyanzelwa ngokusemthethweni ukugonya abantwana.
Uthintelo lwe-diphtheria luxhomekeke kugonyo kubantwana nakubantu abadalas. Uninzi lweziganeko zediphtheria zenzeka kubantu abangazange bagonywe okanye abangenalo uthotho olupheleleyo lwezigonyo. Nangona isitofu sokugonya i-diphtheria siyanyamezeleka kuninzi lwabantwana, sinokuba neziphumo ebezingalunganga. Iingxaki ezinzima ezinjengeempendulo zinqabile.
IDiphtheria iyosulela kakhulu. Inokuhanjiswa ngokulula xa umntu ophethwe yiyo ethimla, ekhohlela okanye ehleka ejikeleze abanye. Nangona inokusasazeka njengaxa ubanjwa yingqele. Abantu abosulelekileyo banokosulela abanye kangangeeveki ezi-4 nokuba abanazimpawu.
Ukusuka apha ndingathanda ukugxininisa ukubaluleka kokugonya abantwana, kuba ngale ndlela singathintela iimeko ezinje ngezo zenzekileyo kwilizwe lethu ukuba zingaphindi zenzeke.