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ʻAe, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kikowaena mālama ulia pōpilikia e hāʻawi i nā pahu tetanus. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi ʻoi loa e loaʻa ai. Hoʻopaʻa pinepine nā hale hoʻokipa ulia pōpilikia i ka lāʻau ʻo Tdap (ka mea e uhi ana i ka tetanus, diphtheria, a me ka pertussis) a hiki ke hoʻohana iā ia ma ke ʻano he walk in. ʻAʻole ʻoe makemake i ka manawa hoʻopaʻa inoa, a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kikowaena e wehe ana i nā ahiahi a me nā hopena pule. No laila, inā ua hele ʻoe ma luna o kekahi mea ʻoi, ua ʻoki ʻia ʻoe, a i ʻole ua ʻike ʻoe ua hala kāu booster, he koho maikaʻi ka mālama ulia pōpilikia.
ʻO ka Tetanus he maʻi koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka Clostridium tetani. Loaʻa kēia bacteria i ka lepo, ka lepo, a me ka waihona holoholona. Komo ia i loko o ke kino ma o nā ʻoki i ka ʻili, e like me nā ʻoki, nā ʻoki ʻana, nā ʻā, a i ʻole nā nūnū holoholona. Ke komo i loko, hana ia i ka ʻawaʻawa e hoʻouka i ka ʻōnaehana nerve. Hoʻopili kēia i ka paʻa loa o ka ʻiʻo a me ka ʻāwīwī, ʻoi aku ka nui ma ka waha a me ka ʻāʻī. ʻO ia ke kumu i kapa ʻia ai ka tetanus he "lockjaw."
ʻOiai me ka mālama ʻana i kēia manawa, make ka tetanus ma kahi o 1 a 2 i kēlā me kēia 10 hihia. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi ʻo ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi ma o ka lāʻau lapaʻi. Ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, kakaikahi ka tetanus ma muli o ka nui o ka poʻe i palekana i ka wā kamaliʻi.
ʻAʻole kēlā me kēia ʻoki ʻoki e pono ai ka huakaʻi i ka mālama ulia pōpilikia, akā ʻo kekahi mau ʻeha e hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ka tetanus. Hoʻopili maʻamau ʻia kahi booster i kēia mau kūlana:
No nā ʻeha maʻemaʻe, liʻiliʻi, maʻa mau ka hoʻopili ʻana i kahi booster inā ʻoi aku ma mua o 10 mau makahiki mai kou hope loa. No nā ʻeha haumia a kiʻekiʻe paha, e emi ana ka paepae i ʻelima mau makahiki. He mea nui ka manawa no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hana ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻi ke hāʻawi ʻia i loko o 72 mau hola o ka ʻeha.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo i kāu mōʻaukala lāʻau lapaʻi, ʻo ka ʻanuʻu palekana loa, ʻo ia ka hele ʻana e kiʻi i ka pahu. ʻAʻole ʻino ka loaʻa ʻana o ka booster ma mua o ka pono.
Maʻalahi ke kaʻina hana a maʻa mau ka wikiwiki. Eia ka mea e like me ke kipa maʻamau.
Ke hiki ʻoe, e nīnau nā limahana e pili ana i kou ʻeha, pehea ia i hana ʻia ai, a i ka wā hope loa āu i loaʻa ai kahi lāʻau tetanus. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻeha, e hoʻomaʻemaʻe a loiloi mua lākou. ʻO ka mālama ʻeha ka mea hoʻokahi o nā mea a ka mālama ulia pōpilikia e mālama mau ai, no laila, ua mākaukau lākou no ia.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau tetanus ma ke ʻano he hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka lima luna. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mākua e loaʻa ka lāʻau Tdap, ka mea e pale ai hoʻi i ka diphtheria a me ka pertussis (whooping cough). He mau kekona wale nō ka pahu. Ma hope o ia mea, hiki i nā limahana ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo mālama ʻeha a haʻi iā ʻoe inā pono kekahi hahai.
Maʻa mau ka lōʻihi o ke kipa holoʻokoʻa ma mua o ka huakaʻi i ka lumi pilikia. A no ka mea, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kikowaena mālama ulia pōpilikia e ʻae i nā walk-ins, hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i loko a i waho me ka ʻole o ka kali lōʻihi.
Hiki ke ʻokoʻa ke kumukūʻai ma muli o kou wahi a me ka uhi ʻinikua. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā papahana ʻinikua, me nā papahana i kākoʻo ʻia e ka poʻe hana a me nā papahana ʻaha kūʻai, e uhi i ka lāʻau tetanus ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o mālama pale me ka ʻole o ka uku hoʻohui ma nā wahi i loko o ka pūnaewele.
No ka poʻe ʻaʻohe ʻinikua, maʻa mau ke kumukūʻai mai ka $30 a i ka $100. Hāʻawi kekahi mau hale hoʻokipa i nā hoʻolālā uku a i ʻole nā uku hoʻemi.
He manaʻo maikaʻi ke kelepona mua e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia ka lāʻau i loko o ka waihona a nīnau e pili ana i nā kumukūʻai inā he mea nui ke kumukūʻai.
ʻOiai ʻo ka mālama ulia pōpilikia kekahi o nā koho maʻalahi loa, ʻaʻole ia ka mea wale nō. ʻO nā wahi ʻē aʻe kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka pahu tetanus, ʻo ia hoʻi:
No kahi booster maʻalahi a i ʻole kahi ʻeha ʻaʻole ia he mea hoʻoweliweli ola, ʻo ka mālama ulia pōpilikia a i ʻole kahi hale kūʻai lāʻau ka ala wikiwiki loa.
Manaʻo ka CDC e loaʻa i nā mākua kahi booster tetanus i kēlā me kēia 10 mau makahiki. ʻO ka booster maʻamau no nā mākua ʻo ka Tdap a i ʻole Td vaccine. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i loaʻa ka pahu Tdap ma ke ʻano he mākua, pono kāu booster mua ʻo Tdap, me nā boosters hahai i kēlā me kēia 10 mau makahiki ma hope o ia.
Paipai pū ʻia ka poʻe hāpai e loaʻa kahi pahu Tdap i kēlā me kēia hāpai ʻana, ʻoi aku ma waena o nā pule 27 a me 36. Kōkua kēia i ka pale ʻana i ka pēpē hānau hou mai ka whooping cough ma mua o ka hiki ʻana o ka pēpē i kāna mau lāʻau lapaʻi ponoʻī.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo i ka wā i hala ai kāu pahu hope loa, hiki ke loaʻa ia i ke keʻena o kāu kauka. Hāʻawi pū kekahi mau mokuʻāina i nā moʻolelo hoʻomaʻi kikohoʻe āu e komo ai ma ka pūnaewele.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao ka mea maʻalahi a pōkole hoʻi. ʻO ka mea maʻa mau ka ʻeha, ʻulaʻula, a i ʻole ka pehu ma kahi o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana. Loaʻa pū kekahi i ka poʻe i ka ʻeha haʻahaʻa, poʻo ʻeha, a i ʻole ka luhi no hoʻokahi a ʻelua mau lā. ʻAʻole maʻamau nā hopena koʻikoʻi.
Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona o kahi hopena nui aʻe, e like me ka paʻakikī o ka hanu ʻana, ka pehu ʻana o ka maka, a i ʻole ke kuni kiʻekiʻe, e ʻimi koke i ka lāʻau lapaʻi. Akā no ka hapa nui o ka poʻe, palekana a maikaʻi ka pahu tetanus.
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