Ikigo cyo muri Nijeriya gishinzwe kurwanya no gukumira indwara (NCDC) cyatangaje ku ya 23 Nyakanga ko abantu 1.506 bakekwaho kuba barwaye difiteriya mu turere 59 tw’ibanze mu ntara 11 zo mu gihugu.
Ibihugu bya Kano (1.055), Yobe (232), Kaduna (85), Katsina (58) na Bauchi (47), hamwe na FCT (imanza 18), bingana na 99.3% by'imanza zose zikekwa.
Mu manza zikekwa, 579, ni ukuvuga 38.5%, hemejwe.Mu manza zose zemejwe, hapfuye abantu 39 (umubare w'abahitanwa n'indwara: 6.7%).
Kuva muri Gicurasi 2022 kugeza Nyakanga 2023, Ikigo cy'igihugu gishinzwe kurwanya no gukumira indwara cyatangaje ko abantu barenga 4000 bakekwaho icyaha na 1.534 bemeje ko barwaye difiteriya.
Mu bantu 1.534 bavuzwe ko byemejwe, 1.257 (81.9%) ntibakingiwe burundu na difiteriya.
Diphtheria ni indwara ikomeye iterwa n'ubwoko butera uburozi bwa Corynebacterium diphtheriae.Ubu burozi burashobora gutuma abantu barwara cyane.Bagiteri ya Diphtheria ikwirakwizwa mu muntu ku muntu binyuze mu bitonyanga by'ubuhumekero nko gukorora cyangwa kwitsamura.Abantu barashobora kandi kurwara ibisebe bifunguye cyangwa ibisebe kubantu barwaye diphterie.
Iyo bagiteri yinjiye mu myanya y'ubuhumekero, irashobora gutera uburibwe bwo mu muhogo, umuriro woroheje, na glande zabyimbye mu ijosi.Uburozi bukorwa na bagiteri burashobora kwica ingirabuzimafatizo nziza mu myanya y'ubuhumekero, bigatera guhumeka no kumira.Niba uburozi bwinjiye mumaraso, burashobora kandi gutera ibibazo byumutima, imitsi, nimpyiko.Indwara zuruhu ziterwa na B. diphtheriae mubisanzwe ni ibisebe bitagaragara (ibisebe) kandi ntibitera uburwayi bukomeye.
Indwara y'ubuhumekero irashobora gutera urupfu mu bantu bamwe.Ndetse no kuvura, abantu 1 kuri 10 barwaye diphteriya y'ubuhumekero barapfa.Hatabayeho kuvurwa, abagera kuri kimwe cya kabiri cy’abarwayi barashobora gupfa bazize iyo ndwara.
Niba utarakingiwe indwara ya diphteria cyangwa ukaba utarakingiwe byimazeyo na difiteriya kandi ushobora kuba warahuye na diphterie, ni ngombwa gutangira kuvura hakoreshejwe antitoxine na antibiotike vuba bishoboka.
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