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A’a, maganin paracetamol baya dauke da Machupo virus

Ahmad Sahabi
By Ahmad Sahabi Published August 21, 2023 4 Min Read
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Wani sako da ke yawo a WhatsApp ya shawarci mutane da su guji amfani da paracetamol da aka rubuta P/500 a kai.

Sakon ya yi gargadin cewa maganin yana dauke da kwayar cutar Machupo kuma duk wanda ya sha zai kamu da cutar.

“Ku yi hankali kada ku ɗauki paracetamol da ke zuwa a rubuce P-500. Wani sabon paracetamol ne mai fari da sheki, likitoci sun ba da shawarar cewa yana dauke da kwayar cutar “Machupo”, wanda yana daya daga cikin cututtuka mafi hatsari da akafi mutuwa a kai a duniya,” inji sakon.

Baya ga WhatsApp, sakon ya kuma bayyana a Facebook.

“Don Allah a raba wannan sakon ga duk mutanen da ke cikin jerin sunayen ku da kuma dangi, kuma ku ceci rayuwa ko rayuka… Na yi nawa; yanzu lokacin ku ne… ku tuna cewa Allah yana taimakon waɗanda suke taimakon wasu & kansu! Gaba kamar yadda aka karɓa,” in ji sanarwar.

Sanarwar ba ta bayyana ko an tuntubi wani kwararre na likita ko kuma cibiyar hada magunguna kafin a cimma matsaya ba.

Paracetamol maganin rage radadi ne da aka saba rubutawa don magance zafi mai laushi zuwa matsakaici da kuma rage zazzabi. Adadin da aka saba gudanarwa ga manya shine yawanci 500 milligrams ko gram 1.

Machupo cuta ce ta zoonotic wacce kuma aka sani da baƙar typhus ko zazzabin jini na Bolivia. An fara gano shi a cikin 1959 a Bolivia, kuma an yi rikodin lokuta kawai a cikin Kudancin Amurka.

A cewar Jami’ar Standford, kwayar cutar “yana yaduwa ta hanyar iska, kayan abinci, ko hulɗar kai tsaye tare da ƙwayoyin cuta”.

Maganin paracetamol na dauke da Machupo virus?

TABBATARWA

Binciken da TheCable ta yi ya nuna cewa saƙon yana yaɗuwa tun 2017 kuma dandamali da yawa sun karyata labarin.

A cikin 2017, ma’aikatar lafiya ta Malaysia ta ce rahoton karya ne kuma ya kamata a yi watsi da shi.

Ma’aikatar ta kara da cewa ba ta samu wani rahoto ba game da paracetamol mai dauke da kwayar cutar Machupo daga wani masana’anta.

A ranar 7 ga Mayu, Hukumar Kula da Magunguna ta Zambiya, ta hanyar wata sanarwa ta ce sakon da ake yadawa a shafukan sada zumunta “bai dace ba kuma ba abin damuwa ba ne”. Hukumar kula da ayyukan ta kara da cewa babu wani bullar cutar Machupo da za a iya alakanta shi da paracetamol.

Nonso Odili, masanin harhada magunguna kuma Shugaba na DrugIT, ya shaidawa TheCable cewa sakon ba komai bane illa labaran karya da aka yi ta karyata sau da yawa.

Wannan tsoho ne. Akwai wani lokaci a ƴan shekarun da suka wuce da ake yawo. A lokacin, an karyata shi a matsayin labaran karya. A lokacin, WHO da NAFDAC ba su ce komai a kai ba, watakila saboda bai cancanci kulawa ba,” inji shi.

“Koyaushe yana da lafiya don amfani da samfuran da aka yi wa rajista na NAFDAC kawai.”

Shima da yake tsokaci kan lamarin, Olusayo Akintola, kakakin hukumar kula da ingancin abinci da magunguna ta kasa (NAFDAC), ya ce za a iya yin watsi da irin wannan ikirarin tun da sakon bai yi nuni da wani “gwajin dakin gwaje-gwaje” da aka yi wa maganin ba.

HUKUNCI

Da’awar cewa allunan paracetamol suna dauke da kwayar cutar Machupo karya ce. Labarin karya ya bayyana a kasashe daban-daban kuma an yi watsi da shi sau da yawa.

TAGGED: Health disinformation, Machupo virus, Paracetamol

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Ahmad Sahabi August 21, 2023 August 21, 2023
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