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He antibiotic i kauoha ʻia a maikaʻi ʻo Keflex no ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi ʻole. Hana kēia antibiotic cephalosporin ma ka hoʻouka ʻana i ka bacteria e hoʻokumu ai i ka maʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi, hoʻomaha ka ʻeha i loko o 24 a 48 mau hola. He mea nui ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka papa piha i kauoha ʻia e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole i koe ka maʻi.
Aia ʻoe ma kahi kūpono no nā pane.
ʻO Keflex ka inoa inoa kaulana no ka lāʻau generic ʻo cephalexin. No ka papa o nā antibiotics i kapa ʻia ʻo nā cephalosporins mua. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he mea hana hilinaʻi i loko o ka ʻeke mea hana a kāu kauka no ka hakakā ʻana i nā ʻano maʻi bacteria kikoʻī.
No laila, pehea e kau ai ia i kahi UTI?
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka hapa nui o nā UTIs e ka bacteria, me ka Escherichia coli (E. coli) ka mea hewa i loko o 90% o nā hihia source. Loaʻa i kēia bacteria kahi papa waho pale i kapa ʻia ʻo ka pā sela, e mālama ai iā lākou i ke kūpaʻa a ola. Hana ʻo Keflex ma ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i ka hana ʻana o kēia pā. Me ka ʻole o kahi pā sela paʻa, ʻaʻole hiki i ka bacteria ke ola, a ʻeha lākou a make. ʻO kēia hana, i ʻike ʻia ʻo ka hana bactericidal, hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi i ka maʻi mai kou ʻōnaehana urinary.
ʻO ia ke kumu pinepine ai ka nīnau a nā kauka, “Hiki i ka Keflex ke lapaʻau i ka maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi?” He ʻae ke pane. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ia no nā UTIs “ʻaʻohe pilikia”, ʻo ia hoʻi, aia ka maʻi ma kou ʻōpū (he maʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo cystitis) a ʻaʻole pili me nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe. Hoʻolilo kēia iā ia i koho go-to no kahi papa hana lapaʻau maʻamau ʻo keflex no ka maʻi ʻōpū.
Ke kiʻi ʻoe i kāu kauoha, he mea nui ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ana hoʻohana a me ka lōʻihi o kou lawe ʻana iā ia no ka hoʻōla maikaʻi. E hoʻoholo kāu kauka i ka papa hana pololei no ʻoe, akā ʻo kēia ka mea maʻamau no nā mākua.
ʻO ka keflex dosage no uti maʻamau ʻo 500mg. E ʻike pinepine ʻoe i nā kauoha no ka cephalexin 500mg no uti, ʻo ia ka ikaika maʻamau no ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau maʻi.
Hiki ke ʻokoʻa ka alapine. No nā makahiki, ʻo ka maʻamau ka lawe ʻana i kahi dosis i kēlā me kēia 6 mau hola (ʻehā manawa i ka lā). Eia naʻe, nui ka poʻe ʻoihana olakino i kēia manawa e kauoha iā ia e lawe ʻia i kēlā me kēia 12 mau hola (ʻelua manawa i ka lā). Hōʻike nā noiʻi hou aku he like ka maikaʻi o ka regimen ʻelua manawa i ka lā me ka regimen ʻehā manawa i ka lā a hoʻomaikaʻi nui i ka hoʻokō ʻana o ka mea maʻi—no ka mea, ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i ʻelua dosis ma mua o ʻehā source.
No ka UTI ʻaʻohe pilikia, ʻo ka maʻamau cephalexin uti duration ma waena o 5 a 7 mau lā.
Eia ke kānāwai koʻikoʻi loa o ka lapaʻau antibiotic: Pono ʻoe e lawe i ka papa piha o ka lāʻau e like me ke kauoha ʻia. ʻOiai inā hoʻomaka ʻoe e maikaʻi ma hope o hoʻokahi a ʻelua mau lā, ʻaʻole i pau ka maʻi. ʻO ka hoʻōki mua ʻana hiki ke ʻae i ka bacteria ikaika a ʻoi aku ka hoʻomanawanui e ola, e alakaʻi ana i ka maʻi hou e ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ke lapaʻau. Hoʻohui pū kēia i ka pilikia e ulu ana o ka pale ʻana i ka antibiotic.
ʻO kēia ka nīnau ma ka noʻonoʻo o nā mea a pau ke ʻeha lākou i ka ʻeha UTI: pehea ka lōʻihi o ka hana ʻana o keflex no uti?
Hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo e ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi maikaʻi ʻana i kou mau ʻeha—ka liʻiliʻi o ke ahi ʻana, ka emi ʻana o ka makemake, a me ka liʻiliʻi ʻana o ka ʻeha—i loko o 24 a 48 mau hola mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lāʻau.
ʻOiai he hōʻailona hoʻokipa kēia hoʻomaha wikiwiki e hana ana ka antibiotic, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo ua lanakila ka kaua. Ua nāwaliwali ka bacteria, akā ʻaʻole i hoʻopau ʻia. E hoʻomau i kāu papa lapaʻau piha e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻopau i ka maʻi a pau a mau loa aku. Inā ʻaʻole i hoʻomaikaʻi kou mau ʻeha ma hope o 48 mau hola a inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, he mea nui e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama olakino.
E like me kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau, aia ʻo Keflex me ka pilikia o nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻAe ka hapa nui o ka poʻe iā ia me ka maʻalahi, akā he mea nui ka ʻike i ka mea e nānā ai. Hiki ke puʻunaue ʻia nā hopena ʻaoʻao o keflex no uti i ʻelua mau ʻano.
ʻO kēia mau mea maʻalahi a hoʻopau ʻia i kekahi manawa. Aia lākou:
Manaʻo ʻo Pro: ʻO ka lawe ʻana i kāu dosis Keflex me ka ʻai a i ʻole ke aniani waiū e hiki ke kōkua i ka hoʻemi ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao e pili ana i ka ʻōpū.
ʻOiai he kakaikahi, pono kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao i ka mālama olakino koke. E hoʻōki i ka lawe ʻana iā Keflex a kāhea i kāu kauka a i ʻole e ʻimi i ka mālama pilikia inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau mea:
ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao o keflex no uti e kōkua iā ʻoe e noho ʻike a palekana i kāu lapaʻau.
ʻOiai he lāʻau palekana a maikaʻi ʻo Keflex no ka nui, ʻaʻole kūpono ia no nā mea āpau. E hāʻawi mau i kāu kauka i kahi moʻolelo olakino piha ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kekahi kauoha hou.
Eia kekahi mau mea nui e noʻonoʻo ai:
No laila, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka Keflex no nā UTIs? ʻAe. Akā ʻo ia ka koho *mua*? ʻAʻole pono.
ʻO nā alakaʻi lapaʻau no ka lapaʻau ʻana i ka maʻi maʻi maʻi ʻole pinepine e paipai i nā antibiotics ʻē aʻe ma ke ʻano he koho mua. Aia lākou:
Ke hilinaʻi nei ke koho ʻana i ka antibiotic i nā mea he nui, me nā ʻano pale ʻana o ka bacteria kūloko, kāu moʻolelo olakino, nā allergies, a me ke kumukūʻai. I loko o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa mau o keflex vs macrobid no uti, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o Macrobid no ka mea ua nui kona hana ma ka mimi a he haʻahaʻa kona mau helu pale ʻana no ka E. coli.
Eia naʻe, Keflex no ka UTI he koho ʻē aʻe kupaianaha a maikaʻi loa. Hoʻokaʻawale pinepine ʻia ia ke loaʻa i ka mea maʻi ka allergy i nā lāʻau mua a i ʻole ke hoʻolilo nā ʻano pale ʻana kūloko i nā koho ʻē aʻe i ka hilinaʻi ʻole. ʻO ka hope, cephalexin no uti he mea hana i hōʻoia ʻia a ikaika i ka hakakā ʻana i nā maʻi ʻōpū.
He mea nui ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka maʻi ʻōpū maʻalahi a me ka maʻi ʻōpuno (pyelonephritis). ʻOiai ʻo nā ʻelua ʻo ia mau ʻano UTIs, ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi o ka maʻi ʻōpuno, me nā ʻeha e like me ke kuni kiʻekiʻe, nā ʻūlū, ka ʻeha o ke kua a i ʻole ke ʻaoʻao, a me ka nausea. ʻOiai hiki i kekahi mau hihia māmā ke lapaʻau ʻia me nā antibiotics waha, ʻaʻole maʻamau ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka keflex no ka maʻi ʻōpuno, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka lapaʻau, i kekahi manawa me nā antibiotics IV, e koi ʻia. Inā manaʻo ʻoe he maʻi ʻōpuno kou, e ʻimi koke i ka mālama olakino. ʻO ka pane ʻana i ka “Hiki i ka Keflex ke lapaʻau i ka maʻi maʻi maʻi maʻi?” ʻokoʻa me ka lapaʻau ʻana i kahi mea paʻakikī e like me ka maʻi ʻōpuno.
ʻAʻole ʻoluʻolu ka hoʻokele ʻana i kahi UTI, akā hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāu lapaʻau ke hoʻoikaika iā ʻoe a hoʻomāmā i kou hopohopo.
No ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana, eia nā mea nui e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka keflex no uti:
He mea nui kou olakino. ʻOiai e hāʻawi ana kēia alakaʻi i ka ʻike piha, ʻaʻole ia he pani no ka ʻōlelo aʻo olakino ʻoihana. Inā manaʻo ʻoe he UTI kou, ʻo ka ʻanuʻu nui loa ʻo ka nīnau ʻana i kahi mea mālama olakino no kahi hōʻoia pololei a me kahi papa hana lapaʻau pilikino. Hiki iā lākou ke hōʻoia i ka maʻi a hoʻoholo inā ʻo ka cephalexin no uti ka koho kūpono no ʻoe.
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