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Ke noho nei kēlā ʻili ʻāʻī ʻeha ʻole i nā pule he nui. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻoe i ke kī me ka meli, nā lozenges, a me ka hoʻomaha hou aku, akā ʻaʻole ia e haʻalele. ʻOiai paha e hele ana kou manaʻo i ke anu maʻamau a i ʻole ke kīkī kīkī, aia kekahi mea ʻē aʻe e lele mau ana ma lalo o ka radar, keu hoʻi inā ʻoe he wahine moekolohe: chlamydia i ka ʻāʻī.
Hiki ke pūʻiwa paha ia. Maʻa mau mākou e pili ana i ka chlamydia me nā maʻi maʻi maʻi, akā hiki i kēia maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi ke noho pū ma kou ʻāʻī. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi ʻo ia ka lāʻau lapaʻau a ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana iā ia ka ʻanuʻu mua i ka pale ʻana i kou olakino.
I loko o kēia alakaʻi, e hele pū mākou i nā mea āpau āu e pono ai e ʻike, mai ke ʻano o ka hoʻouna ʻia ʻana a hiki i ke ʻano o nā hōʻailona a pehea e loaʻa ai ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono.
E hoʻomaka kākou me nā kumu. ʻO ka Chlamydia i ka ʻāʻī, i ʻike ʻia ma ka honua lapaʻau ʻo chlamydia pharyngeal, he maʻi maʻi bacteria o nā membrane mucous i kou ʻāʻī a i ʻole waha (ka pharynx). Hoʻokumu ʻia ia e ka bacteria like, Chlamydia trachomatis, ka mea ke kuleana no nā maʻi chlamydia genital source.
E noʻonoʻo penei: ʻaʻole koho ka bacteria i kahi e noho ai lākou. Ua ulu lākou i loko o nā membrane mucous mahana a momona i loaʻa ma nā ʻāpana wahine, ka ʻōpū, a, ʻae, ka ʻāʻī. No laila, ke kamaʻilio nei nā kānaka e pili ana i ka chlamydia waha, ke kamaʻilio nei lākou e pili ana i kēia maʻi pharyngeal kikoʻī.
ʻO kēia kekahi o nā nīnau maʻamau, a maʻalahi ka pane. No laila, pehea ʻoe e loaʻa ai ka chlamydia i ka ʻāʻī? ʻO ke ala nui e hoʻouna ʻia ai ma ka moekolohe waha ʻole.
Ma ke kikoʻī, hiki ia ke hana ke hana ʻoe i ka moekolohe waha me kahi hoa (peni, wahine, a anus) i loaʻa ka maʻi chlamydia. Hiki i ka bacteria mai ko lākou mau ʻāpana ke hoʻopili i nā ʻiʻo ma ke kua o kou ʻāʻī.
He mea nui nō hoʻi e nīnau, hiki i ka moekolohe waha ke kumu i ka chlamydia ʻāʻī? ʻAe, ʻo ia ke ala nui o ka hoʻouna ʻana. ʻOiai he kakaikahi, hiki nō ke hoʻouna ʻia ka maʻi ma ka loaʻa ʻana o ka moekolohe waha mai kekahi mea i loaʻa mua kahi hihia chlamydia pharyngeal, ʻoiai ke hoʻomau nei ka noiʻi ʻana ma kēia mea source.
E hoʻomaʻemaʻe kākou i kekahi mau manaʻo kuʻuna. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka chlamydia i ka ʻāʻī mai:
Hoʻouna ʻia ka Chlamydia ma o ka pilina moekolohe pololei me nā membrane mucous i hoʻopili ʻia, ʻaʻole ma o kēia mau hana maʻalahi.
Eia ka ʻāpana paʻakikī loa e pili ana i ka chlamydia i ka ʻāʻī: ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka—a hiki i 90% a ʻoi aku paha—he asymptomatic loa source. ʻO ia hoʻi, ʻaʻohe o lākou hōʻailona a ʻaʻole lākou ʻike i ka maʻi. ʻO kēia ʻano "huna" ke kumu nui o ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka STI maʻamau no ka poʻe i moekolohe.
Eia naʻe, ke ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona, maʻa lākou e hōʻike i hoʻokahi a ʻekolu pule ma hope o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana. No laila, he aha nā hōʻailona o ka chlamydia i ka ʻāʻī? Maʻa ʻole lākou a maʻalahi hoʻi ke kuhi hewa me nā maʻi maʻi maʻamau ʻē aʻe.
Nā hōʻailona paha o ka chlamydia i ka ʻāʻī:
No ka mea, ua maʻalahi loa kēia mau hōʻailona, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike maopopo i ke ʻano o ka hana me ka ʻole o ka hoʻāʻo kūpono. Inā he ʻili ʻāʻī mau kou a ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka moekolohe waha ʻole i kekahi manawa i hala aku nei, he manaʻo maikaʻi ia e noʻonoʻo i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana. No laila, pehea ke ʻano o ka chlamydia waha? Maʻa, ʻaʻohe mea e like me ia, akā inā hōʻike ia i nā hōʻailona, hiki ke like me kahi hihia māmā o ka tonsillitis a i ʻole pharyngitis.
Inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i kahi maʻi ʻāʻī paha, eia kahi ʻike koʻikoʻi: ʻaʻole e ʻike ʻia ka maʻi ma kou ʻāʻī me ka hoʻāʻo mimi maʻamau a i ʻole ka swab genital no ka chlamydia.
ʻO ke ala wale nō e hoʻomaopopo ai i ka chlamydia waha me kahi hoʻāʻo chlamydia i ka ʻāʻī kikoʻī. Loaʻa iā ia ka mea nāna e mālama i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka ʻāʻī (a i ʻole pharyngeal swab) ma ka hamo ʻana i ka swab pulupulu ma ke kua o kou ʻāʻī a me nā tonsils. A laila, hoʻouna ʻia ka laʻana i kahi keʻena hana no kahi hoʻāʻo pololei loa i kapa ʻia ʻo Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) source.
Pono paha ʻoe e noʻonoʻo no ʻoe iho ma ʻaneʻi. Ke kipa ʻoe i kāu kauka a i ʻole kahi keʻena olakino wahine, e maopopo i kou mau hopohopo. E haʻi iā lākou, "Ua hopohopo au e pili ana i kahi STI i koʻu ʻāʻī no ka mea ua loaʻa iaʻu ka moekolohe waha ʻole, a makemake au i kahi swab ʻāʻī." Mai hilahila—ua aia nā mea mālama ola no ke kōkua, ʻaʻole no ka hoʻokolokolo. Ua lilo nō hoʻi nā pahu hoʻāʻo STI ma ka home i mea maʻamau a nui ka poʻe i kēia manawa e hāʻawi ana i kahi hoʻāʻo ʻekolu ʻaoʻao (genital, rectal, a me oral) no ka nānā ʻana piha.
E hele kākou i ka nūhou maikaʻi loa: ʻo ka chlamydia i ka ʻāʻī he lāʻau lapaʻau loa ia me kahi papa maʻalahi o nā lāʻau antibiotic. He maʻi maʻi bacteria ia, a maikaʻi loa ka lāʻau lapaʻau hou i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana.
ʻO ka lapaʻau chlamydia waha maʻamau i ʻōlelo ʻia e ke Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) e pili ana i hoʻokahi o ʻelua mau lāʻau antibiotic regimens:
E hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ka lāʻau lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no ʻoe. He mea nui loa e lawe ʻoe i ka papa holoʻokoʻa o ka lāʻau e like me ka mea i kuhikuhi ʻia, ʻoiai inā e hoʻomaka ana nā hōʻailona e nalowale. Hiki i ka haʻalele ʻana ma mua ke alakaʻi i ka ʻole o ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Ke hoʻopau ʻoe i kāu mau lāʻau antibiotic, ʻaʻole ʻoe i maʻemaʻe. No ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻopili hou ʻana iā ʻoe iho a i ʻole ka hoʻouna ʻana i ka maʻi i kahi hoa, pono ʻoe e haʻalele i nā hana moekolohe āpau (me ka waha, wahine, a me ka moekolohe anal) no ka liʻiliʻi loa he 7 mau lā ma hope o kou hoʻopau ʻana i kāu lāʻau lapaʻau source.
He mea koʻikoʻi nō hoʻi ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā hoa moekolohe a pau mai nā mahina i hala aku nei i hiki iā lākou ke hoʻāʻo a mālama ʻia, pū kekahi. A i ʻole, pilikia ʻoe i ka loaʻa hou ʻana o ka maʻi mai kahi hoa i mālama ʻole ʻia.
No ka mea, ʻaʻole ia he hōʻailona maʻa, hiki ke maʻalahi ke hele ʻole ka maʻi no ka manawa lōʻihi. ʻO ka chlamydia i mālama ʻole ʻia, me ka nānā ʻole i kona wahi, hiki ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi a mau loa.
I nā wahine, hiki i ka chlamydia genital i mālama ʻole ʻia ke laha i ka ʻōpū a me nā paipu fallopian, e hoʻokumu ana i ka Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID). Hiki i ka PID ke alakaʻi i ka ʻeha ʻōpū mau, ka momona ʻole, a me nā hāpai ʻana ma waho o ka ʻōpū i hoʻoweliweli i ke ola source. ʻOiai aia ka chlamydia pharyngeal ma ka ʻāʻī, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi STI i mālama ʻole ʻia e hoʻoweliweli i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa a hoʻonui i kou manawa e loaʻa ai a hoʻouna ʻia paha nā STI ʻē aʻe, e like me ka HIV.
ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻoponopono ai i ka chlamydia i ka ʻāʻī ʻo ka pale ʻana i ka hana ʻana i ka wā mua. Eia kekahi mau ʻanuʻu hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe e pale iā ʻoe iho a me kāu mau hoa:
Hiki ke paʻakikī ke hoʻokele i ka honua o ka olakino wahine, akā ʻo ka ʻike ka mana. ʻO ka mea nui loa, ʻo ka chlamydia i ka ʻāʻī he maʻi maʻi maoli a maʻalahi hoʻi i ka manawa maʻamau. Hoʻouna ʻia ia ma o ka moekolohe waha ʻole, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike ʻia me ka hoʻāʻo mimi maʻamau, a hiki ke like me ka ʻili ʻāʻī maʻalahi. Inā ʻoe e noʻonoʻo ana hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka chlamydia mai ka moekolohe waha, he ʻae maopopo ka pane.
ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi ʻo ka hiki i kahi swab ʻāʻī maʻalahi ke hāʻawi i ka diagnosis, a hiki i kahi papa o nā lāʻau antibiotic ke hāʻawi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau.
Inā he ʻili ʻāʻī mau kou, hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i kahi hui moekolohe hou aku, a i ʻole makemake wale ʻoe e hoʻomalu i kou olakino wahine, mai kānalua. E kamaʻilio me ka mea mālama ola a i ʻole e kipa i kahi keʻena olakino wahine. ʻO ka hoʻāʻo ʻana kahi ʻanuʻu maʻalahi a kuleana āu e lawe ai e pale ai i kou pono ponoʻī a me ke olakino o ka poʻe āu e mālama ai.
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