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ʻO ia ka maʻi like i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka maʻi bacteria like, ʻo Neisseria gonorrhoeae, akā ua ulu kēia ʻano kikoʻī e ola i nā lāʻau i pepehi iā ia maʻalahi. E noʻonoʻo e like me ka luna o kahi pāʻani wikiō i aʻo e pale i kāu mau hoʻouka maʻamau, e koi ana iā ʻoe e ʻimi i kahi hoʻolālā hou.
ʻAʻole kēia he hoʻomaka koke. Loaʻa i ka bacteria ma hope o ka gonoreia kahi mōʻaukala lōʻihi o ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana i kā mākou mau mea kaua lapaʻau. - I ka makahiki 1940, ua ulu kona pale ʻana i nā sulfonamides.
ʻO kēia ʻano o ka pale ʻana o Neisseria gonorrhoeae ka mea i alakaʻi iā mākou i ka pilikia o kēia manawa o ka gonoreia pale lāʻau. I kēlā me kēia manawa e emi ai ka pono o ka lapaʻau, e hoʻokokoke ana mākou i nā maʻi i ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ke hoʻokele.
ʻO kēia ka mea nui loa e lawe aku ai: ʻO nā hōʻailona o ka gonoreia nui ka mea like me nā hōʻailona o ka gonoreia maʻamau, hiki ke lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole pili ka ʻāpana "nui" i nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi a ʻokoʻa paha. Pili ia i ka hiki o ka maʻi ke pale i nā lāʻau 'ākena. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona hoʻokaʻawale ʻaʻole ia pehea ʻoe e manaʻo ai i ka mua, akā ʻo ka mea e hana ma hope o kou loaʻa ʻana i ka lapaʻau maʻamau. Inā mau kou mau hōʻailona, hoʻi koke mai ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana i kāu lāʻau, a inā maikaʻi mau kāu hoʻāʻo hōʻoia, e pili ana paha ʻoe i kahi ʻano gonoreia pale lāʻau 'ākena.
No ka mea like nā hōʻailona, he mea nui ka ʻike ʻana iā lākou ma mua. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka poʻe he nui, ʻoi aku ka wahine, hiki ke asymptomatic, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole lākou e hōʻike i nā hōʻailona kumu. Hoʻolilo kēia i ka hoʻokolokolo STI maʻamau no ka poʻe moe kolohe i mea nui loa.
Eia kahi hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o nā hōʻailona kūpono e nānā ai.
Ke ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona i nā kāne, ʻike pinepine lākou a ʻoluʻolu ʻole. ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻamau o ka gonoreia i nā kāne pū ʻia:
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ʻo ka maʻi ka mea huna i nā wahine, hiki ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi inā ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia. Ke loaʻa lākou, hiki i nā hōʻailona o ka gonoreia i nā wahine ke haʻahaʻa a maʻalahi ke huikau me ka maʻi ʻōpū a ʻōpū paha. Aia lākou:
Hiki i ka Gonoreia ke hoʻopōʻino i ka ʻōpū a me ka ʻāʻī ma o ka moekolohe anal a me ka waha. ʻAʻole pinepine kēia mau maʻi i asymptomatic.
Inā ʻoe e ʻike i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona, he mea nui ʻole e nānā ʻole iā lākou. ʻO ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻōlelo aʻo lapaʻau koke ka ʻanuʻu mua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana a me ka mālama pono.
No laila, pehea ka maʻi gonoreia maʻamau e lilo ai i "nui"? ʻO nā kumu o ka gonoreia nui pili i ka pilikia olakino lehulehu o ka honua o ka pale ʻana i ka lāʻau 'ākena. He mau mea ola nā bacteria, a ʻo kā lākou pahuhopu ka ola a me ka hoʻonui ʻana. Ke ʻike ʻia lākou i kahi lāʻau 'ākena, pepehi ʻia ka hapa nui, akā ʻo kekahi me nā hoʻololi genetic maʻamau e ola paha.
A laila hoʻonui kēia mau mea ola, e hana ana i kahi ʻano hou o ka bacteria e lawe ana i nā ʻano like o ka pale ʻana i ka lāʻau. Hoʻokūʻiwi kēia kaʻina e kekahi mau kumu nui:
ʻO kēia kaua mau loa ka hiʻohiʻona maopopo o ka pale ʻana o Neisseria gonorrhoeae i ka hana, he mea nui ia no nā hui olakino honua.
Maʻalahi ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka gonoreia. Maʻamau ka mea nāna e mālama i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi laʻana mīkini a i ʻole ka pulupulu mai ka wahi i hoʻopili ʻia (urethra, cervix, rectum, a ʻāʻī paha) e hoʻāʻo no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae kumu.
Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i kēia hoʻāʻo mua ke haʻi iā ʻoe inā pale ka ʻano i ka lāʻau 'ākena. ʻO ka hoʻokūʻiwi ʻana o ka gonoreia pale lāʻau maʻamau ma kekahi o kēia mau ʻano ʻelua:
He mea nui kēia ʻanuʻu keu no ke alakaʻi ʻana i ka ʻanuʻu aʻe: ka ʻimi ʻana i kahi lapaʻau gonoreia nui e hana.
ʻOiai he mea nui ka "gonoreia nui", ʻaʻole ia he mea ʻole ke lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, ke emi nei nā koho, a ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka lapaʻau ma mua o ka ʻano ʻaʻole pale.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻo mua mua mai ka Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) no ka gonoreia ʻaʻole paʻakikī he hoʻokahi, kiʻekiʻe ka nui o ka maʻi ʻino o ka lāʻau 'ākena ceftriaxone kumu. He lāʻau 'ākena ikaika kēia, a no kēia manawa, pono ia i ka hapa nui o nā ʻano.
Akā he aha ka mea e hana ai i ka hihia o ka hoʻopau ʻole ʻana o ka lapaʻau gonoreia kahi ʻaʻole pono kēia lāʻau ikaika?
I kēia mau hihia liʻiliʻi a paʻakikī, pono nā kauka e kamaʻilio me nā mea loea maʻi. Hiki i ka hoʻokokoke ke komo pū me: * Nui Kaʻoi a i ʻole Ka Lapaʻau Hui: Hoʻohana i ka nui kiʻekiʻe o ka ceftriaxone, i kekahi manawa i hui pū ʻia me nā lāʻau 'ākena waha a intravenous (IV) ikaika ʻē aʻe. * Hoʻokomo i ka Halemai: I nā hihia koʻikoʻi, hiki ke pono nā lāʻau 'ākena IV i hāʻawi ʻia i loko o kahi halemai e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka hoʻouna pono ʻana o ka lāʻau.
Ma hope o ka lapaʻau no kahi ʻano pale, he mea pono loa ka hoʻāʻo hōʻoia "test of cure" 7 a 14 mau lā ma hope e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o ka maʻi.
ʻO ka hoʻoweliweli o kahi STI ʻaʻole hiki ke lapaʻau he weliweli, a ʻo nā hopena olakino o ka maʻi mau loa he koʻikoʻi a hiki ke mau loa. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā pilikia o ka gonoreia ʻaʻole i lapaʻau—hoʻokūʻiwi ia i ka pono o ka hoʻoholo ʻana a me ka lapaʻau pono.
Hiki i ka gonoreia ʻaʻole i lapaʻau ke laha i ka ʻōpū a me nā paipu fallopian, e hana ana i ka Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID). He maʻi koʻikoʻi ka PID hiki ke hana i: * Hana ʻana i nā aʻa palū e pani i nā paipu fallopian. * Ectopic pregnancy (he hāpai pōʻino i ke ola ma waho o ka ʻōpū). * Infertility (ʻaʻole hiki ke hāpai). * ʻEha mau ka ʻōpū a me ka ʻōpū.
I nā kāne, ʻo nā pilikia nui o ka maʻi ʻaʻole i lapaʻau pū ʻia:
I nā hihia liʻiliʻi, hiki i ka maʻi ke laha ma ke koko i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ke kino. ʻO kēia maʻi, i kapa ʻia ʻo Disseminated Gonococcal Infection (DGI), he mea weliweli no ke ola. Hiki ke hana i ka arthritis, nā ʻeha ʻili, a me nā maʻi o nā puʻuwai a i ʻole ka lining o ka lolo kumu.
Eia kekahi, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka gonoreia e hoʻonui i ka pilikia o kekahi kanaka o ka loaʻa a me ka hoʻoili ʻana o ka HIV.
ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o ka gonoreia pale lāʻau 'ākena he mea nui ia no ka olakino lehulehu, akā he mea hiki iā mākou ke hakakā. ʻO ke kī ka lilo ʻana i mea hoʻoikaika e pili ana i kou olakino moekolohe.
No ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana: ʻo nā hōʻailona gonoreia nui ka mea like me ka gonoreia maʻamau, akā mau ka maʻi ma hope o ka lapaʻau maʻamau. ʻO nā kumu o ka gonoreia nui e pili ana i ka pale ʻana i ka lāʻau 'ākena, a ʻo nā pilikia o ka gonoreia ʻaʻole i lapaʻau hiki ke hoʻololi i ke ola.
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Inā ua mālama ʻia ʻoe no ka gonoreia a ʻaʻole i hoʻopau ʻia kou mau hōʻailona, mai hilahila a makaʻu paha. E kāhea koke i kāu kauka. Hiki paha ʻoe e pili ana i kahi hihia o ka hoʻopau ʻole ʻana o ka lapaʻau gonoreia, a ʻo ka lawe ʻana i ka hana wikiwiki ka mea nui loa āu e hiki ai ke hana no kou olakino wā lōʻihi.
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