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Eia ka pane pololei: ʻo ka trichomoniasis he maʻi i hoʻoili ʻia ma ka moekolohe. Pono ia i ka launa ʻana me ke kanaka maʻi e laha ai. ʻAʻole hiki i ka wahine ke loaʻa iā ia ma ona lā me ka ʻole o kekahi ʻano o ka ʻike ʻana i ka parasite. Akā aia kekahi mau kumu maoli loa no ke kumu i manaʻo ʻia ai ua puka koke mai ka maʻi.
ʻO ka Trichomoniasis, i kapa ʻia ʻo "trich," ua hoʻokumu ʻia e kahi parasite liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Trichomonas vaginalis. ʻO ia kekahi o nā maʻi hoʻoili moekolohe maʻamau loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Manaʻo ka CDC he ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua miliona mau maʻi trichomoniasis i ka makahiki 2018 wale nō. Hoʻopilikia ia i nā wahine ma mua o nā kāne, a ʻoi aku ka nui o nā wahine ʻelemakule ma mua o nā wahine ʻōpio.
Hoʻopilikia ka parasite i ka ʻōnaehana urogenital. I nā wahine, aia kēia i ka ʻōpū, ka ʻāʻī, a i kekahi manawa ka ʻōpū. I nā kāne, hoʻopilikia ia i ka ʻāʻī. Lawe ʻia ia ma o ka moekolohe, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o ka moekolohe ʻōpū, akā ma o ka pili ʻana o ka wahine i ka wahine, nā mea pāʻani moekolohe i kaʻana ʻia, a me ka hoʻopā ʻana i nā genitals o ka hoa me nā wai maʻi ma nā lima.
He mea nui e ʻike ai ʻo ka trichomoniasis hiki ke mālama a hoʻōla ʻia. ʻO ka papa o nā lāʻau ʻino, maʻa mau ʻo metronidazole a i ʻole tinidazole, hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka maʻi i ka hapa nui o nā hihia.
Hoʻolaha ʻia ka Trichomoniasis ma o ka pili pololei ʻana me nā wai moekolohe mai kahi kanaka maʻi, me ka ʻōpala, ka pre-ejaculate, a me nā wai ʻōpū. Wahi a Planned Parenthood, ʻo nā ala maʻamau loa ka moekolohe ʻōpū me kahi hoa maʻi, ka pili ʻana o ka wahine i ka wahine, kaʻana ʻana i nā mea pāʻani moekolohe i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻole ʻia a i ʻole i uhi ʻia me ka condom, a me ka hoʻopā ʻana i nā genitals ke aia nā wai maʻi ma nā lima.
ʻAʻole pono ke kāne e ʻōpala no ka hiki ke hele ka parasite i kahi hoa. ʻO ka pili ʻana o ke kino i ke kino no ka manawa pōkole wale nō ke lawa. ʻAʻole laha ka trichomoniasis ma o ka launa ʻana maʻamau, i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa iā ia mai ka ʻapo ʻana, ka honi ʻana, kaʻana ʻana i ka meaʻai, ka ʻū ʻana, ka ʻuʻu ʻana, a i ʻole ka noho ʻana ma ka noho lua.
Eia kahi e paʻa ai nā mea, a ʻo kahi o ka nui o ka huikau a me ka hopohopo. ʻOiai pono ka trichomoniasis i ka ʻike ʻana i ka parasite ma o kekahi ʻano o ka pili moekolohe, hiki ke hoʻopunipuni ka manawa o kēlā ʻike.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ai e pili ana i ka trich ʻo ia ke noho hiamoe paha i loko o ke kino no nā pule, nā mahina, a i ʻole nā makahiki me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona ʻike. Wahi a ka CDC, ma kahi o 70% o ka poʻe me ka trichomoniasis ʻaʻole loaʻa nā hōʻailona a i ʻole nā hōʻailona.
Ke puka mai nā hōʻailona i ka hopena, ʻike ka Cleveland Clinic hiki ke puka mai i kēlā me kēia manawa mai 5 a 28 mau lā ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana. Akā no nā wahine he nui, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi. Me ka ʻole o ka lāʻau, hiki i ka maʻi ke mau no nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki e like me ka Harvard Health.
ʻO ia hoʻi, hiki i ka wahine ke loaʻa ka trichomoniasis mai kahi pilina mua a i ʻole ka pilina moekolohe a ʻike wale ʻia ia ma hope. ʻAʻole ia e hōʻike maoli ana ua hoʻomaloka ka hoa o kēia manawa, a ʻaʻole ia e hōʻike ana ua puka mai ka maʻi mai ka ʻole.
ʻO kekahi papa o ka paʻakikī ʻo ia ka mea ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā kāne e hōʻike i nā hōʻailona ma mua o nā wahine. Hiki i ke kāne ke lawe i ka parasite Trichomonas vaginalis me ka ʻole o ka manaʻo ua maʻi ʻo ia. Hiki iā ia ke hoʻoili iā ia i kahi hoa me ka ʻike ʻole.
No laila, ʻoiai i loko o kahi pilina monogamous, hiki nō ke loaʻa i kekahi hoa ka maʻi mai ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pilina. ʻO kēia kekahi o nā hanana maʻamau loa e alakaʻi i nā maʻi ʻike ʻole ʻia.
Inā ua mālama ʻia ka trichomoniasis ma mua akā ʻaʻole i mālama ʻia kahi hoa moekolohe i ka manawa like, hiki ke hoʻokomo hou. Hōʻike ka CDC he ma kahi o 1 i loko o 5 poʻe i hoʻokomo hou ʻia i loko o ʻekolu mahina o ka mālama ʻana. ʻO ia ke kumu e paipai ai nā kauka lapaʻau i ka mālama ʻana i nā hoa ʻelua i ka manawa like a pale aku i ka moekolohe a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ka mālama ʻana a nalowale nā hōʻailona.
Hana pinepine ʻia kēia nīnau. Hiki i ka parasite Trichomonas vaginalis ke ola ma waho o ke kino no ka manawa pōkole i loko o nā wahi mahana a me ka momona. ʻO kahi hōʻike hihia ma ka Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases i hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā hihia kakaʻikahi o ka hoʻoili ʻole ʻia ma ka moekolohe e pili ana i ka wai ʻauʻau a me nā kāwele ʻauʻau i kaʻana ʻia.
Eia naʻe, manaʻo ʻia kēia mau hihia he kakaʻikahi loa. ʻO ka ʻae ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau mai ka CDC, Office on Women's Health, a me Healthline ʻo ka hoʻoili ʻole ʻia ma ka moekolohe ʻaʻole ia he ala nui o ka maʻi. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki ʻole, ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ka manawa o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka trich mai kahi ʻili momona.
He nui nā wahine me ka trichomoniasis ʻaʻohe hōʻailona. ʻO ia kekahi o nā kumu i maʻalahi ai kēia maʻi ke nalo. Akā ke puka mai nā hōʻailona, hiki ke komo pū me nā loli i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka ʻōpū, i hiki ke lilo i melemele, ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a hina paha me ka ʻano ʻeleʻele a me ka ʻala iʻa ʻino. ʻO ka ʻūhini, ka huhū, a i ʻole ke ʻā i loko a puni ka ʻōpū he mea maʻamau nō hoʻi. Hōʻike kekahi mau wahine i ka ʻeha a i ʻole ka ʻeha i ka wā e mimi ai, a ʻeha a ʻeha paha i ka wā o ka moekolohe.
Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke like me nā maʻi maʻamau ʻē aʻe e like me ka bacterial vaginosis, ka maʻi hū, a i ʻole ka maʻi urinary tract. ʻO kēlā uhi ʻana kekahi kumu ʻē aʻe e nui ai ka hoʻāʻo ʻana. Hiki i ke kuhi kuhi wale ʻana ma muli o nā hōʻailona ke alakaʻi i ka lāʻau hewa.
Inā manaʻo ʻoe he hewa kekahi mea, ʻo ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i kahi hoʻāʻo me kahi kauka lapaʻau ke ala palekana loa. Maʻa mau ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i kahi ʻōpala ʻōpū a i ʻole ka laʻana mimi a hiki ke hana ʻia ma ka hapa nui o nā klinika olakino moekolohe a i ʻole ma o kahi kauka mālama mua.
ʻO ka waiho ʻana i ka trich me ka ʻole o ka mālama ʻana hiki ke alakaʻi i ʻoi aku ma mua o ka ʻeha mau. I ka wā, hiki i ka maʻi ke hoʻopōʻino i ka wahi genetal a hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā maʻi hoʻoili moekolohe ʻē aʻe, me ka HIV. Wahi a Evvy, hiki i ka trichomoniasis i mālama ʻole ʻia ke alakaʻi i ka cervicitis (ka pehu ʻana o ka cervix) a i kekahi mau hihia, ka maʻi ʻōpū (pelvic inflammatory disease).
No nā wahine hāpai, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pilikia e ʻike pono ai. ʻO ka noiʻi i paʻi ʻia ma ka National Library of Medicine ua hoʻopili i ka trichomoniasis i ka wā hāpai me nā pilikia e like me ka wāhine mua o nā ʻōpū, ka hānau mua, a me ke kaumaha haʻahaʻa o ka hānau ʻana. Maʻa mau ka paipai ʻana i nā kauka lapaʻau i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka trichomoniasis i ka wā hāpai ke aia nā hōʻailona.
Aia pū kekahi pilina ma waena o ka trichomoniasis a me ka momona. Ua ʻike kekahi mau haʻawina i ka piʻi ʻana o ka pilikia o ka tubal infertility i nā wahine me ka trich i mālama ʻole ʻia, kahi e lilo ai ka ʻike mua a me ka mālama ʻana i mea waiwai.
ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi ʻo ka trichomoniasis hiki ke hoʻōla ʻia. ʻO ka lāʻau maʻamau i paipai ʻia e ka CDC ʻo ia ka metronidazole waha (Flagyl), maʻa mau i ka 500 mg ʻelua i ka lā no ʻehiku mau lā. ʻO nā koho ʻē aʻe ʻo tinidazole (Tindamax) a i ʻole secnidazole (Solosec), i hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻē aʻe akā ʻoi aku ke kumukūʻai.
Pono e mālama ʻia nā hoa ʻelua i ka manawa like e pale ai i ka hoʻoili ʻana i ka maʻi i hope a i mua. Pono e pale ʻia ka hana moekolohe a hiki i ka pau ʻana o ka lāʻau a nalowale nā hōʻailona, ma kahi o hoʻokahi pule. Pono e pale ʻia ka waiʻona i ka wā e lawe ana i ka metronidazole a i ʻole tinidazole, no ka mea hiki i ka hui ʻana ke hoʻoulu i ka nausea nui a me ka ʻulaʻula.
Paipai ʻia ka hoʻāʻo hou ma kahi o ʻekolu mahina ma hope o ka mālama ʻana, ʻoiai inā ua nalowale nā hōʻailona. Paipai ka CDC i kēia no ka mea kiʻekiʻe nā helu hoʻokomo hou ʻana, me kahi o 1 i 5 poʻe i hoʻokomo hou ʻia i loko o ia puka makani.
ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā condom a i ʻole nā pala ʻīlio i kēlā me kēia manawa i ka wā o ka pili moekolohe e hoʻemi nui i ka pilikia. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka helu o nā hoa moekolohe a me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kamaʻilio wehe e pili ana i ka hoʻāʻo STI kekahi kōkua. He mea nui nā hōʻike maʻamau, ʻoi aku ke komo ʻana i kahi pilina hou a i ʻole inā ua maʻi ka hoa. No nā wahine e moekolohe me nā wahine, ʻo ka uhi ʻana i nā mea pāʻani me ka condom a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana iā lākou ma waena o nā hoʻohana e hiki ke hoʻemi i ka pilikia.
ʻAʻole hiki i ka wahine ke loaʻa ka trichomoniasis ma ona lā. Pono ia i ka ʻike ʻana i ka parasite Trichomonas vaginalis ma o ka pili moekolohe me kekahi kanaka maʻi. Akā hiki i ka maʻi ke noho hūnā i loko o ke kino no nā mahina a i ʻole nā makahiki me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona. ʻO kēlā wā hiamoe lōʻihi ke kumu nui no ka nui o nā wahine i manaʻo ʻia ua makapō ʻia e ka maʻi.
ʻAʻole hōʻike maʻalahi kahi hopena hoʻāʻo maikaʻi i ka hoʻomaloka ʻana o ka hoa o kēia manawa. Hiki paha ia ka maʻi i loaʻa mai kahi hanana mua a ua noho mālie mai ia manawa. Hiki paha ia ka hoʻokomo ʻana o ka hoa i ka parasite me ka ʻike ʻole me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona.
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