Ciwon Sikila Ba Hukumcin Kisa Ba ne, Inji SCFN

Daraktar Gidauniyar, Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria (SCFN) ta kasa, Dokta Annette Akinsete, ta bukaci masu fama da cutar Sikila (SCD) su yi rayuwa mai ma’ana domin ba “hukuncin kisa ba ne”.

 

Ta yi wannan jawabi ne a yayin wani gangamin wayar da kan jama’a da gamayyar kungiyoyin sa kai na hadin gwiwa na kungiyar ‘The Red Umbrella Walk for Sickle Cell’’ ta shirya.

 

KU KARANTA KUMA: Gidauniya ta wayar da kan ‘yan Najeriya kan cutar sikila

 

A cewar rahotannin labarai, gangamin wayar da kan jama’a yana da takensa: “Ikon Bege: Matakin Sama don Ciwon Sikila”.

 

Ta ce: “A nan, ba mu da gidauniyar Sickle Cell Foundation ta Najeriya kawai, muna da wasu kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu, kuma abin da muka yi shi ne mun sanya su duka a karkashin inuwa daya don samun abin da muke kira ‘Coalition of Sickle Cell NGOs.

 

 

“Wasu kungiyoyi masu zaman kansu na kungiyar sun hada da Crimson Bow Sickle Cell Initiative, SAMI Sickle Cell Management Initiative, Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria, da sauransu.

 

 

“Muna so mu yi magana da murya ɗaya don isar da bayanin ga mutane cewa Sickle Cell ba hukuncin kisa ba ne.

 

“Koyaushe ana tunanin cutar da ba za a iya warkewa ba, amma a zamanin yau, mun san cewa masu ciwon sikila suna rayuwa tsawon shekaru. Muna da wata mata da ta mutu tana da shekara 94.

 

“Matukar aka yi wa masu dauke da Sikila kulawa da kyau da kuma sarrafa su yadda ya kamata, za su iya rayuwa mai tsawo.

 

“Tafiyar da aka yi a ranar Asabar ta kasance farkon ‘Ranar Sikila ta Duniya’, wadda ake yi kowace shekara a ranar 19 ga watan Yuni kuma ana gudanar da shi a lokaci guda a jihohin Legas, Warri, Benin, Ilorin da sauran jihohin Najeriya.”

 

 

A cewar Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Jami’ar Vanderbilt, cutar Sickle Cell (SCD) cuta ce ta gadon jini. Wato yana nufin an watsa shi daga kwayoyin halittar iyaye. Yana sa jiki yin haemoglobin mara kyau.

 

“Haemoglobin furotin ne a cikin jajayen ƙwayoyin jini wanda ke ɗaukar iskar oxygen zuwa dukkan sassan jikin ku. Lokacin da kake da SCD, kyallen jikinka da gabobin jikinka ba sa samun isashshen iskar oxygen.

 

“Lafiya jajayen ƙwayoyin jini suna zagaye kuma suna tafiya cikin sauƙi a ko’ina cikin jiki. Tare da SCD, ƙwayoyin jajayen jinin suna da wuya kuma suna da ɗanko. An siffa su kamar harafin C (kuma kamar kayan aikin gona da ake kira sickle).

 

“Wadannan ɓangarorin jajayen ƙwayoyin jini (sickle cell) suna taruwa tare. Ba za su iya motsawa cikin sauƙi ta hanyoyin jini ba. Suna makale cikin ƙananan tasoshin jini kuma suna toshe kwararar jini.

 

“Wannan toshewar yana dakatar da motsin lafiyayyen jini mai wadatar iskar oxygen. Wannan toshewar na iya haifar da ciwo. Yana kuma iya lalata manyan gabobi,”

 

 

Don gujewa haihuwar yara masu fama da cutar sikila, Akinsete ta kwadaitar da mutane da su je neman shawarwarin kwayoyin halitta da gwajin kwayoyin halittarsu domin sanin nau’in halittarsu; ko AA, AS ko SS ne