Saturday, August 22, 2009

Apa Itu H1N1??


Apa itu H1N1?
Viral novel influenza type A H1N1. Ianya berasal dr virus avian flu (selsema burung H5N1) yang telah menjangkiti babi @ khinzir dan telah bergabung dengan swine flu (yg sepatutnya hanya menjangkit ternakan babi sahaja) dan telah evaluasi (mutasi) untuk penyesuaian diri di dalam 'host' yg lebih tinggi di dlm rantaian makanan @ manusia. Dan semasa di dlm badan manusia, sekali lagi ia berevolusi supaya ia menjadi 'air-borne' dan menjangkit dr manusia kpd manusia.


Jangka hayat virus
Oleh kerana ia adalah virus yg air-borne, ia hanya boleh bertahan di udara selama 2 hingga 8 jam sahaja. jika selepas tempoh tersebut ia tidak mendapat perumah @ host( badan manusia) ia akan mati.

Maka bilik yang dibiarkan selama 24 jam dengan air ventilation yg baik.....akan 'bersih' dr virus tersebut.


Apa yg perlu tahu?
Sebenarnya telah terdapat outbrake di US sebelum terjadi outbreak di Mexico tp tidak dilaporkan kpd WHO. kemungkinan outbreak ini telah dikesan dan US mahu 'baling batu sembunyi tangan' lalu tercetus la outbreak di Mexico . Virologi virus H1N1 incubation period yg singkat pada purata 2 hari dgn julat 1 - 4 hari ini bermakna ia cepat menyerang badan manusia setelah ia menjangkit pesakit. Pesakit akan menunjukkan simptom selepas 1 hari dijangkit paling cepat dan selewat2nya hari ke-4. H1N1 sebenarnya adalah selsema biasa namun kpd pesakit yg berisiko, ia dapat membunuh. Jika pesakit adalah seorang yg normal, ia hanya akan memberi kesan seperti demam selsema biasa dan batuk.


Cara serangan
Virus ini boleh disebarkan melalui batuk, bersin dan percakapan. Virus ini akan menyerang sistem pernafasan (seperti selsema burung dan SARS) peringkat awal, ia hanya pada 'trakea' jika tidak mendapat rawatan awal, ia akan menyerang paru2 dan boleh menyebabkan kematian akibat 'lung collapse' ia amat merbahaya kpd golongan yg berisiko tinggi.


Siapa yang berisiko
1. orang yg ada masaalah 'obesiti' @ gemuk
2. perempuan yg mengandung
3. orang yg ada asthmatic
4. orang2 yg bermasalah dgn sistem imunisasi (menjalani 'operation yg besar', kanak2 yg belum cukup suntikan imunisasi, golongan2 yg rendah tahap imuniti eg. HIV ext.)
* kematian yg telah dilaporkan terdiri drpd golongan2 di atas


Simptom2
day 1 - rasa kurang sihat, tak bermaya
day 2 - selsema, batuk dan demam yg kekal (demam tidak turun walaupun telah mkn ubt demam)
day 3 - rasa kurang selesa di bahagian dada dan sesak nafas
day 4 - sakit dada yg teruk....... .jumpa doktor dengan segera..... .
day 5 and above – ‘lung collapse’ @ koma


Langkah2 kawalan
1 - golongan2 yg berisiko, elakkan drpd kesesakan (kawasan yg padat dgn orang ramai)
2 - menjaga kebersihan diri, basuh tangan selalu dan dgn betul, jaga kebersihan rumah dan persekitaran
3 - elakkan diri jika terdapat 'orang batuk, bersin dan kurang sihat'
4 - jika kurang sihat, elakan diri dr beraktiviti (sosial dan berkumpulan)
5 - jika kurang sihat dan ada ILI ( influenza light illness @ selsema biasa) jgn hadirkan diri di kawasan orang ramai. Jika terpaksa, pakai 'mask' (sekurang2 nya 3 ply mask)
6 - utk org yg sihat, elakkan dr kawasan yg padat.
7 - jika ada tanda2 simptom diatas, segera ke hospital untuk pemeriksaan dan rawatan
8 - jika sihat, jgn ke hospital atau klinik utk 'check-up' kerana di kawasan tersebut mengandungi banyak virus.
9 - tak perlu ambil anti-viral @ apa2 ubat influenza!!! !!!!!!!. Jika sihat dan mengambilnya, akn mengakibatkan resistan kpd vaksin @ ubt2 untuk merawat jika terkena jangkitan. ini adalah kerana berlakunya resistansi virus terhadap persekitaran badan yg telah mengambil ubt2 tersebut terlebih awal.
10 - vaksin hanya akan 'wujud' seawal2nya pada oktober dan hanya utk 'frontliner' shj. dan utk awam selewat2nya pada 2010.
11 - utk makluman, influenza test hanya dijalankan di 2 makmal shj di Malaysia . Mengambil masa 6 jam utk run test kpd 1 batch sample. Jika klinik menyatakan mereka boleh jlnkan ujian, itu tidak betul. Tak perlu ambil suntikan seasonal influenza kerana ia tidak berkaitan.
12 - tahap kesedaran dan pengetahuan yg tinggi amat perlu utk kita sama2 menghadapi outbreak ini.


Sama2lah kita berdoa kpd ALLAH s.w.t agar bala ini cepat berlalu.Amin.


Ini adalah sumber dr taklimat H1N1 oleh Pengarah Kawalan Penyakit Berjangkit dr Kementerian Kesihatan M'sia di Pan Pacific KLIA pada 01.08.2009.

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Vacation To Kuching City (Sarawak, Malaysia)

On 25th Nov 2008 (2 days before our 10th Anniversary), we went to Kuching for short vacation. The kids were so happy to go to Kuching even though it was just 1 hour flight from Miri.



Start our trip with Air Asia...

We stayed in Holiday Inn, Kuching. It is really in the middle of the city and I think our choice was not wrong at all. Food courts, shopping malls and Main Bazaar (handycrafts "heaven") are so near from where we stayed.



Hotel we stay - Holiday Inn, Kuching.

Next, we visited the place which should not be missed... The Sarawak Cultural Village, in Santubong area (beside the Santubong Mountain), about 45 mins from Kuching City via coaster/bus. We have lunch once we reached there... really starving.


Trip to Sarawak Cultural Village at Santubong.


Lunch in Sarawak Cultural Village.


In the Cultural Village, there are 7 type of the tribes' house (Bidayuh's House, Iban's Long House, Orang Ulu's House, Melanau's House, Malay's House, Penan's Hut, and Chinese's House).

Bidayuh's House (Rumah Bidayuh)


Iban's Long House (Rumah Panjang Iban)

TBA - Penan's Hut (Pondok Penan)


Orang Ulu's House (Rumah Orang Ulu)


Melanau's House (Rumah Melanau)

Malay's House (Rumah Melayu Sarawak)



....To be Continued

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Our Cross-Stitch....

Our first project on Cross-Stitch.... Family Photo...



Still in progress and not yet finished....

Our Trip from Miri to Kota Kinabalu.....

It's been a few weeks back since the last post on this.

Driving all the way from Miri, Sarawak to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (about 447 km) via Brunei was quite tiring, and that's the longest trip I have driven in my life. That was a really good experience....

Travelling through a lot of checkpoints (about 4 checkpoints), passing thru different country (Brunei), different cultures, and the most important.... strictly no more than B$10 petrol to be filled up for Malaysian cars (started from 1st October 2007).

Anyway, we might be going for another trip from Miri to KK again soon...

Sunday, October 7, 2007

** EID UL-FITR / SELAMAT HARI RAYA AIDIL FITRI **


Fasting Month is near to the end for this year (1428 Hijr). (The event to watch the early moon of Syawal will be held on 11th October 2007. By calculation of astronomy, the first day of Syawal will be on 13th October 2007.)

We would like to wish to all Muslims around the world "A Happy Eid Ul-Fitr", or "Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri". And we would like to ask for forgiveness, if we have hurt someone while we know each others, "MAAF ZAHIR BATIN".
We hope that Eid Ul-Fitr will be more cheerish than last year.
Hopefully the whole world will be more cheerish from day to day, World Without War....

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Hari Raya Eid Fitr is approaching....


It's been 2 weeks, since the last post..

Another week we will be celebrating Eid Fitr, after 1 month of fasting. Our eldest daughter only missed 1 day of fasting, due to sickness. We are glad that she has tried her best.

Our 2nd one, only tried for the 1st week of Ramadhan... but cannot make it. Anyway, she said that she will try to fast next year (she'll turn 6 next year).

This year, we will be celebrating our Eid Fitr (or in Malaysia, we call Aidil Fitri) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. We will drive all the way from Miri to KK (via Brunei). The trip might take 6 to 8 hours drive (depending on the speed).

We can't wait for the day to come.....

Bye for now...

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Fasting Month Comes Again...

When the fasting month approach, we know that we have in Miri more than a year already.
Last year, my eldest daughter missed one day, due to sickness. This year, she said that she'll try to fast a full-month (because she wants to celebrate Hari Raya).

As usual, every month of Ramadhan, there will be a lot of Bazaar every where in Malaysia...