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ʻO ka pane pōkole, no ka hapanui o ka poʻe olakino, ʻaʻole hiki ke loaʻa hou ka maʻi mononucleosis symptomatic mai ka maʻi maʻi like. Akā ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo ʻaʻole maoli nā hōʻailona āu e manaʻo nei. ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a ke haʻi aku nei paha kou kino i kekahi mea nui iā ʻoe. E wehewehe kēia ʻatikala i ke kumu i kakaʻikahi ai ka hoʻi hou ʻana o ka mono, e ʻimi i ke kumu maoli o kou mau hōʻailona e like me ka mono, a e haʻi aku iā ʻoe i ka wā kūpono e pau ai ke koho kuhi a ʻike aku i ke kauka.
E hele kāua i ka ʻepekema, akā e maʻalahi nō. ʻOi aku ma mua o 90% o nā hihia mononucleosis i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka virus Epstein Barr (EBV) source. Ke maʻi mua ʻoe i ka EBV, hoʻomaka kou ʻōnaehana pale i kahi pane nui. Hoʻokumu ia i nā antibodies kikoʻī i hoʻolālā ʻia e ʻike a hakakā i kēlā virus kikoʻī.
E noʻonoʻo i kēia mau antibodies ma ke ʻano he hui palekana i hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻia e mālama nei i kou kino i ke ola. Ma hope o kou hoʻōla ʻana mai kēlā kau mua o ka mono, ʻaʻole maoli ka virus Epstein Barr (EBV) e haʻalele i kou kino. Hele ia i kahi kūlana hiamoe, a i ʻole latent, i loko o kekahi o kou mau hunaola. Inā hoʻāʻo hou ia e hoʻōla hou, ua mākaukau kēlā hui palekana o nā antibodies e hoʻopau koke iā ia, ma mua o kona hiki ke hoʻokumu i nā hōʻailona o ka mono āu e hoʻomanaʻo maopopo ai. ʻO kēia ka pale ola ʻana ke kumu o ka pane i “Inā ua loaʻa mua iaʻu ka mono, hiki iaʻu ke loaʻa hou?” ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau ʻole.
Ua lohe paha ʻoe hiki i ka virus ke “hoʻōla hou.” ʻOiaʻiʻo kēia, akā ʻaʻole ia he mea weliweli e like me ka lohe ʻana no ka hapa nui o ka poʻe. ʻAʻole ka nīnau wale nō “hiki ke hoʻōla hou ka virus?” akā, “hiki i ka EBV ke hoʻōla hou a hoʻomāʻihi hou iaʻu?”
No ka mea me ka ʻōnaehana pale ikaika, hiki i ka EBV hiamoe ke ala iki a pālua iki. Hiki iā ia ke hōʻike ʻia i kou alelo i kekahi manawa me ka ʻike ʻole. Lawe koke a mālie kāu hui palekana o nā antibodies i kēia, pale i nā hōʻailona mai ka hoʻomohala ʻana source. ʻAʻole ʻoe e manaʻo iki.
Eia naʻe, hiki ke ʻokoʻa ke kūlana no ka mono i ka poʻe me ka ʻōnaehana pale nawaliwali. I nā hihia kakaʻikahi, ʻaʻole hiki i nā poʻe me ka pale nawaliwali (e like me ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka ʻoki ʻana i nā ʻōpū a i ʻole ka poʻe me ka HIV i mālama ʻole ʻia) ke hoʻomalu i ka virus. Inā hoʻōla hou ka virus i kēia poʻe, hiki iā ia ke hoʻokumu i nā hōʻailona. Ke mau nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi EBV a i ʻole hoʻi hou ma mua o ʻeono mahina, hiki ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻo ia he maʻi kakaʻikahi i kapa ʻia ʻo chronic active EBV infection (CAEBV) source. He maʻi koʻikoʻi kēia, akā ʻaʻole ia ka mea like me ka loaʻa wale ʻana o ka mono i ka lua o ka manawa.
No laila, inā ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻi hou ka mononucleosis, no ke aha ʻoe e manaʻo nei ua pā ʻoe e ke kaʻaahi hou? ʻO ka pane maʻalahi loa ʻo ia ka mea āu e loaʻa nei he maʻi hou mai kahi mea ʻē loa mai ka maʻi maʻi e hoʻokumu ana i nā hōʻailona like.
“Mononucleosis” ʻo ia hoʻi he syndrome—he hui o nā hōʻailona (feva, ʻeha ʻeha, luhi, nā ʻōpū pehu). ʻOiai ʻo EBV ka mea kaulana loa, ʻaʻole ia ka mea wale nō. Eia kekahi mau kumu o ka mono ma waho o EBV i hiki ke hoʻomāʻihi iā ʻoe:
No laila, ʻoiai ʻoe e nīnau ana, “hiki paha ke loaʻa ka mono ma mua o hoʻokahi manawa?” ʻo ka nīnau pololei paha, “He aha kekahi mea e hiki ke hoʻokumu i kēia?”
Ma waho aʻe o nā viruses e hoʻokumu i kahi maʻi maoli e like me ka mono, hiki i nā maʻi maʻamau ʻē aʻe ke hoʻohilahila iā ʻoe i ka manaʻo ua hoʻi hou ka mono.
ʻO ka pūnaewele ka mea hana maikaʻi no ka ʻike, akā he kauka weliweli ia. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana iā ʻoe iho he pāʻani weliweli, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā maʻi like ʻole e kaʻana like ana i nā hōʻailona like. Inā ʻoe e maʻi ana a nīnau iā ʻoe iho, “Inā ua loaʻa mua iaʻu ka mono, hiki iaʻu ke loaʻa hou?”, he hōʻailona maopopo ia e pono ai ʻoe i ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo olakino.
E hoʻopaʻa manawa me kāu kauka inā ʻoe e ʻike nei i kekahi o nā hōʻailona o ka mono:
E ʻimi koke i ke kōkua olakino inā ʻoe e hoʻomohala i kekahi mau hōʻailona “red flag”, ʻo ia paha ka mea e hōʻike ana i kahi pilikia koʻikoʻi:
No laila, hiki paha ke loaʻa ka mono ʻelua? No ka hapanui o ka poʻe, ʻo ka pane he ʻae ʻole. Ua kūkulu kou ʻōnaehana pale i ka pale ola holoʻokoʻa i ka virus Epstein Barr i hoʻokumu i kou maʻi mua.
ʻOi aku ka nui o kou mau hōʻailona i kēia manawa i hoʻokumu ʻia e kekahi o nā maʻi he nui e like me ka mono a i ʻole kekahi maʻi maʻamau ʻē aʻe e like me ka strep throat a i ʻole ka flu. ʻOiai he mea hōʻoluʻolu ka ʻike ʻana ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻi hou ka mononucleosis recur, he mea nui ʻaʻole e mālama ʻole i kā kou kino e haʻi nei iā ʻoe.
Mai nalowale i ka pōʻai pūnaewele o ka pō hope. ʻO ke ala wale nō e ʻike ai i ke ʻano o ka mea e hana nei a loaʻa ka lāʻau kūpono, ʻo ia ka ʻike ʻana i kahi ʻoihana olakino. Hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā hoʻokolohua kūpono, hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka ʻike pololei, a hoʻomaka iā ʻoe ma ke ala e manaʻo maikaʻi ai.
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