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Inā ua ʻike ʻoe i nā puʻu ʻē ma kou alelo a ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻoe inā ʻo ka chlamydia paha ke kumu, ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō e nīnau ana i kēia nīnau. He maʻi lele maʻamau ka Chlamydia i ka moekolohe, ʻo ia hoʻi ka mea maʻamau i ka ʻāina hānau, akā hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma ka ʻāʻī a me ka waha ma lalo o kekahi mau kūlana. ʻOiai he kakaikahi wale nō ka chlamydia ke kumu o nā puʻu ma kou alelo, he mea maʻa mau ka hopohopo ke ʻokoʻa kekahi mea i kou waha.
ʻO ka Chlamydia he maʻi bacteria i hoʻokumu ʻia e kahi mea i kapa ʻia ʻo Chlamydia trachomatis. Lawe ʻia ma o ka moekolohe, me ka wahine, ka anal, a me ka moekolohe waha. ʻIke ka hapa nui o ka poʻe i ka chlamydia ma ke ʻano he maʻi o nā ʻōpū, akā hiki i nā bacteria ke noho ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe.
Ke maʻi ka chlamydia i ka ʻāʻī, kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo pharyngeal chlamydia. Hana ʻia kēia ke komo nā bacteria i kou waha a i ʻole ʻāʻī i ka wā o ka moekolohe waha. Hiki i ka maʻi ke noho mālie i kou ʻāʻī me ka ʻole o nā hōʻailona maopopo, ʻo ia ke kumu i ʻike ʻole ai ka nui o ka poʻe i ko lākou loaʻa.
ʻAʻole mau hoʻouna mai kou kino i nā hōʻailona ʻōlelo nui me ka chlamydia. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hōʻailona ka hapa nui o nā maʻi ʻāʻī mai ka chlamydia.
Eia ka pane pololei: ʻaʻole hoʻokumu maʻamau ka chlamydia i nā puʻu ma kou alelo. ʻO ka maʻi ka mea maʻamau i ka ʻāʻī a me ka hope o kou waha, ʻaʻole ka ʻili o ke alelo. Inā ʻoe e ʻike nei i nā puʻu ma kou alelo, ʻaʻole paha ʻo ka chlamydia ke kumu.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki i ka pharyngeal chlamydia ke hoʻoulu i ka huhū a me ka mumū o ka ʻāʻī. Hiki i kēia ke ʻeha kou ʻāʻī a i ʻole ke ʻulaʻula, a hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka pehu ma hope o kou waha. Akā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā puʻu ma ke alelo i pili i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe.
I kekahi manawa huikau ka poʻe i nā pilikia waha ʻokoʻa. Loaʻa nā puʻu o kou alelo i kapa ʻia ʻo papillae, ʻo ia nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi e kōkua i ka ʻono a me ke ʻano. Ke pehu a i ʻole ka huhū kēia, hiki ke ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ka maʻamau, a ʻo ia paha ka mea e hoʻokū nei i kou manaʻo.
Ke maʻi ka chlamydia i kou ʻāʻī, hiki i nā hōʻailona ke ʻano haʻahaʻa. He nui ka poʻe i loaʻa ʻole nā hōʻailona, ʻo ia ke kumu paʻakikī ke ʻike me ka ʻole o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana. Ke ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona, ua like lākou me ka ʻeha maʻamau o ka ʻāʻī a i ʻole ke anu māmā.
E nānā kāua i ka mea āu e ʻike ai inā he pharyngeal chlamydia kou. Hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea e hana nei i kou kino:
• He ʻeha mau ʻāʻī ʻaʻole nalowale koke
• ʻUlaʻula ma hope o kou ʻāʻī ke nānā ʻoe i loko o ke aniani
• Nāwaliwali iki a i ʻole ka ʻono ʻana i ka wā e ale ana
• Nā lymph nodes pehu ma kou ʻāʻī i ʻeha ke pā
• Waha maloʻo a i ʻole ʻono ʻē e mau ana i ka lā holoʻokoʻa
• Nā wahi keʻokeʻo a i ʻole nā wahi ma kou ʻāʻī a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī
He haʻahaʻa maʻamau kēia mau hōʻailona a ʻaʻole ʻokoʻa mai nā maʻi ʻāʻī ʻē aʻe. ʻO ia ke kumu nui ai ka hoʻāʻo ʻana inā ua moekolohe waha ʻoe me kekahi mea i loaʻa paha ka chlamydia.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻo ka chlamydia ke kumu o kēlā mau puʻu alelo, he aha hou aʻe ka mea e hiki ke hana? ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hiki i kou alelo ke loaʻa nā puʻu no nā kumu he nui, a ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau mea he ʻinoʻino a mau loa hoʻi.
Manaʻo maoli kou alelo a pane i nā ʻano mea hoʻonāukiuki o kēlā me kēia lā. I kekahi manawa, ʻo ka mea e hopohopo nei, ʻo ia ka pane maʻamau o kou kino i ke koʻikoʻi liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ka ʻeha. E ʻimi kāua i nā kumu maʻamau e ʻike ai ʻoe i nā puʻu e puka mai ana.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā puʻu alelo e hāʻule i lalo o nā pilikia liʻiliʻi, e hoʻoponopono ponoʻī ana. ʻO kēia nā ʻano mea e puka mai ana, hoʻopilikia iā ʻoe no kekahi mau lā, a laila nalowale me ka ʻole o kekahi lapaʻau kūikawā.
Eia nā kumu maʻamau ma hope o nā puʻu alelo āu e ʻike nei:
• Lie bumps, kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo transient lingual papillitis, ʻo ia nā puʻu liʻiliʻi keʻokeʻo a ʻulaʻula paha e puka mai ana ke ʻinoʻino nā taste buds mai nā meaʻai ʻono, ke koʻikoʻi, a i ʻole ka ʻeha liʻiliʻi.
• Canker sores, ʻo ia nā ʻeha ʻeha liʻiliʻi i hiki ke ulu ma kou alelo ma hope o kou nahu ʻana i ka wā e hina ai a i ʻole ka hoʻololi hormonal.
• Huhū mai nā meaʻai a me nā mea inu ʻawaʻawa a wela paha e hoʻonui ai i ka ʻili o kou alelo.
• Nā hopena maʻi i kekahi mau meaʻai, toothpaste, a i ʻole ka waha e hoʻoulu ai i ka pehu a me ke ʻano ʻōpala.
• Nā maʻi fungi e like me ka waha thrush, kahi e hana ai nā wahi ʻōpala keʻokeʻo e hiki ke holoi ʻia.
• Papillae nui aʻe ma muli o ka dehydration, nā hemahema o ka huaʻai, a i ʻole ka puhi paka.
Maʻa maʻamau kēia mau kūlana i loko o hoʻokahi pule a ʻelua paha. Hiki ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole, akā ʻaʻole lākou he mea weliweli a ʻaʻole pono lākou i ka lapaʻau koke.
I kekahi manawa hiki i nā puʻu alelo ke hōʻailona i kekahi mea e pono ai ka nānā hou aku. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kēia mau kumu, he mea pono ke ʻike e pili ana iā lākou i hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka wā e pono ai ka loiloi ʻana o ke kauka.
Eia kekahi mau kumu liʻiliʻi o nā puʻu alelo e pono ai ka mālama ʻana i ke ʻano loea:
• Oral herpes, kahi e hoʻoulu ai i nā ʻeha wai ʻeha ma kou alelo, lehelehe, a i ʻole loko o kou waha a mai ka maʻi herpes simplex.
• Human papillomavirus, a i ʻole HPV, kahi e hana ai i nā ulu liʻiliʻi e like me ka pua puaʻa i loko o ka waha mai ka moekolohe waha.
• Geographic tongue, he kūlana ʻino ʻole kahi e nalowale ai nā ʻāpana ma kou alelo i kā lākou papillae a hana i ke ʻano palapala me nā palena ʻoi.
• Scarlet fever, he maʻi bacteria e hāʻawi ai i kou alelo i ke ʻano strawberry ʻōpala me ke kuni a me ka ʻūlū.
• Kawasaki disease, he maʻi kakaikahi e hoʻopilikia nui ai i nā keiki e hoʻoulu ai i ka alelo ʻulaʻula ʻōpala me ke kuni kiʻekiʻe a me nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe.
• Oral cancer, kahi he kakaikahi akā hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he ʻōpala mau a i ʻole nā ʻeha ʻaʻole e hoʻōla i loko o ʻelua pule.
Pono kēia mau kūlana i ka ʻike kūpono a me ka lapaʻau mai kahi mea mālama ola. Inā mau nā puʻu ma mua o ʻelua pule a i ʻole me nā hōʻailona hopohopo ʻē aʻe, ʻo ia ka manawa e nānā ʻia ai.
ʻOiai he kakaikahi ka chlamydia e hoʻoulu ai i nā puʻu alelo, hiki i nā maʻi lele ma ka moekolohe ʻē aʻe ke hoʻopilikia i kou waha a me kou alelo. He mea pono ke hoʻomaopopo i nā maʻi e hiki ai i nā hōʻailona waha ke kumu maoli i hiki iā ʻoe ke kūkākūkā me kāu kauka.
ʻO ka maʻi herpes simplex paha ka STI maʻamau loa e hoʻoulu ai i nā hōʻailona waha maopopo. Hoʻoulu ia i nā ʻeha ʻeha a i ʻole nā ʻeha e hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma kou alelo, lehelehe, ʻāʻī, a i ʻole loko o kou mau papalina. Maʻa maʻamau kēia mau ʻeha i nā puʻu liʻiliʻi ʻulaʻula e ulu aʻe i nā ʻeha wai ma mua o ka haki ʻana a me ka ʻōpala.
ʻO ka Syphilis kekahi maʻi e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i kou waha, ʻoiai he kakaikahi ia ma mua o ka herpes. I kona pae mua, hiki i ka syphilis ke hoʻoulu i kahi ʻeha ʻaʻole ʻeha i kapa ʻia ʻo chancre i hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma kou alelo a i ʻole lehelehe. Hiki i nā pae hope ke hana i nā wahi keʻokeʻo a i ʻole nā ʻeha ma kou waha.
Hiki i ka Human papillomavirus ke hoʻopilikia i ka waha. Hoʻoulu kekahi mau ʻano i nā ulu liʻiliʻi, ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula e like me nā pua puaʻa liʻiliʻi. Maʻa maʻamau ʻole kēia mau ʻāʻī, akā hiki ke hoʻopilikia ma muli o ko lākou nui a me ko lākou wahi.
Hiki i ka Gonorrhea ke hoʻopilikia i ka ʻāʻī e like me ka chlamydia. Maʻa maʻamau ia e hoʻoulu ai i nā hōʻailona ʻāʻī ma mua o nā puʻu alelo, akā he mea kūpono ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia no ka mea e laha ana ia ma ke ala like me ka chlamydia waha.
Inā ua maikaʻi kāu hoʻāʻo ʻana no ka pharyngeal chlamydia, e hoʻāʻo ʻaʻole e paniki. Maʻalahi loa kēia maʻi i nā lāʻau antibiotic, a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe e hoʻōla iā ia me ka ʻole o nā pilikia mau. E kau inoa kāu kauka i ka lāʻau i koho ʻia e hoʻopau i nā bacteria.
ʻO ka lapaʻau maʻamau ka papa o nā lāʻau antibiotic, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo azithromycin a i ʻole doxycycline. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kahi dosis nui hoʻokahi āu e lawe ai i hoʻokahi manawa, a i ʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā papa ʻelua i ka lā no hoʻokahi pule. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ala ʻelua ke hahai pono ʻoe i nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi.
He mea nui loa ka lawe ʻana i kāu lāʻau āpau e like me ke kau ʻia, ʻoiai inā maikaʻi ʻoe i ka wā mua. ʻO ka hoʻōki ʻana i nā lāʻau antibiotic ma mua e hiki ai i kekahi bacteria ke ola, kahi e alakaʻi ai i ka maʻi e hoʻi mai a i ʻole e paʻakikī ke lapaʻau.
Pono ʻoe e pale aku i ka moekolohe, me ka moekolohe waha, a hiki i ka pau ʻana o kāu lapaʻau a hōʻoia kāu kauka ua hala ka maʻi. Maʻa maʻamau kēia e kali ana ma kahi o ʻehiku mau lā ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana i kāu mau lāʻau antibiotic. Pale kēia manawa kali i kou mau hoa mai ka maʻi.
Pono pū nā hoa moekolohe o nā mahina i hala aku nei e hoʻāʻo a mālama ʻia. Hiki ke hele i ka chlamydia i hope a i mua ma waena o nā hoa, no laila pono nā mea a pau i ka lapaʻau i ka manawa like e pale aku ai i ka reinfection. Hiki ke paʻakikī kēia kamaʻilio ʻana, akā he ʻāpana ia o ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino o kēlā me kēia.
ʻOiai ʻoe e ʻike nei i ke kumu o kou mau puʻu alelo, aia nā ala ʻoluʻolu e mālama ai i kou waha ma ka home. Hiki i kēia mau ana maʻalahi ke hoʻomaha i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole a kākoʻo i ke kaʻina hana hoʻōla maʻamau o kou kino.
ʻO ka mua, e ʻoluʻolu i kou waha ma ka pale ʻana i nā meaʻai a me nā mea inu e hoʻonāukiuki hou aku ai. ʻO nā meaʻai ʻono, nā huaʻai ʻawaʻawa, nā mea inu wela loa, a me nā ʻai ʻai ʻoi a i ʻole nā mea ʻala e hiki ke hoʻonui i ka ʻeha o nā puʻu alelo. E pili me nā meaʻai palupalu, ʻakaʻaka, mehana a hiki i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai nā mea.
Hiki i ka holoi ʻana i kou waha me ka wai paʻakai mehana i kekahi mau manawa i ka lā ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka mumū a mālama i ka wahi maʻemaʻe. E hoʻohui i kahi hapalua teaspoon o ka paʻakai i loko o ke kīʻaha wai mehana, e hoʻoluliluli mālie i loko o kou waha no 30 kekona, a laila e kuha i waho. Ua hoʻomaha kēia lāʻau lapaʻau maʻalahi i ka huhū o ka waha no nā hanauna.
E noho maikaʻi hydrated ma ka inu ʻana i ka wai nui i ka lā. Hiki i ka waha maloʻo ke hoʻonui i nā puʻu alelo a ʻoluʻolu ʻole. Kōkua pū ka wai i ka holoi ʻana i nā bacteria a me nā ʻāpana meaʻai e hoʻonāukiuki ai i nā wahi ʻike.
E hoʻomau i ka maʻemaʻe o ka waha maikaʻi, akā e akahele. E palaki i kou mau niho ʻelua i ka lā me ka pulupulu palupalu, a e hoʻomaʻemaʻe pono i kou alelo me ka ʻole o ka ʻūlū ʻana. Inā ʻeha kou toothpaste maʻamau, e hoʻāʻo e hoʻololi i kahi ʻaʻohe ʻono ikaika a i ʻole sodium lauryl sulfate.
E hoʻohui kākou i nā mea āpau i hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i mua me ka maopopo a me ka hilinaʻi. He kakaikahi loa ka chlamydia e hoʻoulu ai i nā puʻu pololei ma kou alelo, no laila inā ʻo ia ka mea āu e ʻike nei, ʻoi aku ka nui o kekahi mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā puʻu alelo e hele mai ana mai nā kumu o ka lā e like me ka ʻeha liʻiliʻi, nā hopena meaʻai, a i ʻole ka mumū mau loa.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, inā ua moekolohe waha ʻoe me ka pale ʻole, he hana naʻauao ka hoʻāʻo ʻana no nā STI me ka chlamydia, me ka nānā ʻole i kou mau hōʻailona. He nui nā maʻi ʻāʻī mai ka chlamydia ʻaʻole hōʻailona maopopo, no laila hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kahi maʻi ʻoiai me kahi alelo maʻamau.
E hilinaʻi i kou naʻau e pili ana i kou kino. Inā ʻaʻole maikaʻi kekahi mea a inā mau nā puʻu ma kou alelo ma mua o ʻelua pule, e hoʻokaʻaʻike aku i kahi mea mālama ola no ka loiloi. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kumu o nā puʻu alelo he ʻinoʻino a mau loa hoʻi, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi mau kūlana me ka ʻike kūpono a me ka lapaʻau.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i kou olakino moekolohe e komo pū ana ka pale ʻana i nā ʻāpana āpau o kou kino, ʻaʻole wale kāu ʻāina hānau. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pale pale i ka wā o ka moekolohe waha e hoʻemi nui ai i kou pilikia o nā maʻi ʻāʻī a me ka waha. Hāʻawi ka hoʻāʻo STI maʻamau iā ʻoe i ka maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo a kōkua i ka ʻike ʻana i nā maʻi ma mua ke maʻalahi ke lapaʻau.
Pono ʻoe i nā pane maʻalahi e pili ana i ka mea e hana nei i kou kino, a ʻo ka nīnau ʻana he koho pololei mau ia. Hiki i kāu mea mālama ola ke nānā i kou alelo, kūkākūkā i kāu moʻolelo olakino moekolohe, a paipai i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana a i ʻole ka lapaʻau kūpono ma muli o kāu kūlana kikoʻī. ʻAʻohe pono e hopohopo wale ke loaʻa ke kōkua a me ka ʻike pololei.
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