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E hoʻomaka kākou me nā mea kahua. No laila, he aha ka penicillin maoli? ʻAʻole ʻo ka penicillin he lāʻau hoʻokahi; he hui nui ia, a i ʻole he papa, o nā lāʻau antibiotic i loaʻa mai i ka mauʻu *Penicillium*. Ma ke ʻano he lāʻau antibiotic beta-lactam, ʻo kāna hana nui ʻo ke kaua ʻana a me ka pepehi ʻana i nā bacteria weliweli i loko o kou kino.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi loa e hoʻomaopopo ai, ʻo ka penicillin wale nō ka mea maikaʻi e kūʻē i nā maʻi bacteria. ʻAʻohe ona hopena i nā maʻi maʻi. ʻO ia ke kumu ʻaʻole kau kauka iā ia no ke anu maʻamau, ka maʻi ʻepekema, a i ʻole COVID-19, a pau lākou i hana ʻia e nā maʻi maʻi kumu. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻole ʻia o nā lāʻau antibiotic ke kumu nui o ka piʻi ʻana o ka pilikia olakino honua: ka palekana o ka lāʻau antibiotic.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka penicillin a me kāna mau mea i loaʻa no ka laulā ʻoi aku o nā maʻi bacteria, mai nā maʻi pepeiao o nā keiki maʻamau a hiki i nā maʻi weliweli loa. No laila, he aha nā maʻi e mālama ʻia ai ka penicillin?
Hoʻohana nā mea mālama ola i kēia lāʻau antibiotic mana e kuhikuhi i nā bacteria kuleana no:
ʻO ke ʻano kikoʻī o ka penicillin i kau ʻia e pili ana i nā bacteria maoli e hoʻoulu ai i ka maʻi.
Makemake paha ʻoe e ʻike, pehea e hana ai ka penicillin i kāna hana kilokilo kūʻē i kēia mau mea hoʻouka kaua bacteria? He ʻāpana hoihoi ia o ke kaua biochemical.
Hoʻopuni ʻia nā bacteria e kahi hale ikaika, paʻa i kapa ʻia ʻo ka paia o ke kelepona. E noʻonoʻo ʻoe i kona iwi kuamua o waho, e hāʻawi ana i ke ʻano a pale iā ia mai kona ʻano. Ke kūkulu ʻia a hoʻoponopono ʻia kēia paia o ke kelepona e mālama ai i ka bacteria i ke ola.
ʻO ka akamai o ka penicillin ka hiki ke hoʻopau i kēia hana.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, hoʻokumu ka penicillin i nā bacteria e make iā lākou iho mai loko mai. He hana maikaʻi loa kēia a ʻo ia ke kumu i kī nui ai ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i pehea e hana ai ka penicillin i mea e mahalo ai i kona mana. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻaʻohe pā o ke kelepona o nā kelepona kanaka, ʻo ia ke kumu e hiki ai i ka penicillin ke kuhikuhi i nā bacteria me ka ʻole e hōʻeha i kā mākou mau kelepona ponoʻī.
Ke ʻōlelo ke kauka ke kau ʻo ia i ka "penicillin," hiki iā ia ke kuhikuhi i kekahi o kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau pili. Ua ulu nui nā ʻano penicillin mai ka ʻike mua ʻana o Fleming e hakakā ai i ka laulā o nā bacteria a lanakila i ka palekana.
Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia lākou i nā ʻano penei:
ʻO kēia nā ʻano mua, i loaʻa pololei mai ka ʻōpala *Penicillium*. Ke ikaika mau nei lākou e kūʻē i nā bacteria kikoʻī e like me *Streptococcus*.
Ua hoʻomohala ʻia kēia hui e lilo i mea maikaʻi e kūʻē i ka laulā o nā bacteria ma mua o nā penicillin maoli.
No laila, he aha ka ʻokoʻa nui i ka wā e pili ana i ka amoxicillin vs penicillin (e like me Penicillin V)? ʻO ka ʻokoʻa nui ka "pūnaewele hana." Hiki i ka Amoxicillin ke pepehi i ka laulā o nā bacteria ma mua o ka penicillin maoli. ʻO kēia ke kumu e lilo ai ia i koho ʻoi aku ka nui o ka uhi ʻana i nā wahi hou aku. ʻO ke koho ma waena o amoxicillin vs penicillin e pili ana i ke ʻano bacteria i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻoulu ai i ka maʻi.
Ua ulu kekahi mau bacteria, e like me kekahi mau ʻano o *Staphylococcus aureus*, e hana i kahi enzyme i kapa ʻia ʻo penicillinase e hoʻopau i nā penicillin maoli. Ua hoʻolālā ʻia kēia hui e pale i kēlā enzyme. Aia i loko o nā laʻana ka dicloxacillin a me ka nafcillin, i hoʻohana pinepine ʻia no nā maʻi staph.
ʻO kēia ka poʻe ikaika i hoʻohana ʻia no nā maʻi paʻakikikī ke mālama, ʻoi aku hoʻi ka poʻe i loaʻa ma kahi halemai. ʻO ka piperacillin kahi laʻana maʻamau, maikaʻi kūʻē i nā bacteria paʻakikikī e like me *Pseudomonas aeruginosa*.
E hakakā ai i nā bacteria i hoʻomohala i ka palekana, ua hui ʻia kekahi mau penicillin me kahi mea hoʻopaʻa beta-lactamase. Pale kēia lua lāʻau i nā enzyme pale o ka bacteria, e ʻae ana i ka penicillin e hana i kāna hana.
ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā ʻano penicillin ʻokoʻa ke kōkua i ka wehewehe ʻana i ke kumu e koho ai kāu kauka i kekahi lāʻau lapaʻau kikoʻī ma mua o kekahi no kou maʻi kikoʻī.
ʻOiai he mea ola ka penicillin, e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau āpau, hiki iā ia ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻO ka hapa nui he māmā a paʻa ʻole, akā he mea nui ka ʻike i ka mea e nānā ai.
ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao o ka penicillin kaulike loa:
ʻOiai he kakaikahi, ʻoi aku ka koʻikoʻi o kekahi mau hopena ʻaoʻao a pono i ka nānā ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke.
ʻO ka pilikia nui loa ka maʻi penicillin. ʻO ka maʻi maoli ka pane ʻana o ka ʻōnaehana pale pale i ka lāʻau. ʻOiai he nui ka poʻe e hōʻike ana i ka maʻi penicillin, hōʻike nā haʻawina ʻo ʻoi aku ma mua o 90% o lākou ʻaʻole maʻi maoli i ka wā e hoʻāʻo ʻia ai kumu. He mea nui kēia no ka mea hiki iā ia ke alakaʻi i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau antibiotic liʻiliʻi a ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi.
ʻO nā hōʻailona maʻi penicillin āu e nānā ai:
ʻO ka hopena maʻi koʻikoʻi loa ʻo ka anaphylaxis, he pilikia weliweli loa. ʻO nā hōʻailona ka emi koke ʻana o ke koko, pilikia ka hanu ʻana, a me ka nalowale o ka ʻike. Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona o ka anaphylaxis, kāhea iā 911 koke.
Inā manaʻo ʻoe he maʻi penicillin kou, e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka a i ʻole ka mea hoʻomaʻi maʻi. Hiki iā lākou ke hana i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka ʻili e hōʻoia i ka palekana o ʻoe ke lawe i kēia papa o nā lāʻau i ka wā e hiki mai ana. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i kou kūlana maʻi maoli kahi ʻāpana nui o kāu ʻike olakino.
Kauka ke kauka i ka penicillin ke alakaʻi ʻia nā maʻi e nā bacteria maʻalahi i ka penicillin, e like me ka strep throat, syphilis, a i ʻole kekahi mau maʻi ʻili a me nā maʻi niho. Hoʻohana ʻia ia no kona pono, ka laulā liʻiliʻi, ke kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa, a me ka ʻano hopena ʻaoʻao ʻoluʻolu ke ʻaʻohe palekana a maʻi paha.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea hoʻoweliweli nui loa i ke olakino honua i kēia lā ʻo ka palekana o ka lāʻau antibiotic. ʻO kēia ka wā e ulu ai nā bacteria a hoʻomohala i nā pale kūʻē i nā lāʻau i hoʻolālā ʻia e pepehi iā lākou, e lilo ai nā maʻi i mea paʻakikikī ke mālama.
I kēlā me kēia manawa e hoʻohana ai mākou i ka lāʻau antibiotic, hāʻawi mākou i ka bacteria i ka manawa e hoʻoponopono ai. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui loa e hoʻohana pono iā lākou. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kōkua i ka hakakā ʻana i ka palekana o ka lāʻau antibiotic ma ka hahai ʻana i kēia mau rula maʻalahi akā ikaika:
Mai ka maʻi strep throat maʻalahi a hiki i ka maʻi meningitis weliweli, ʻo ka pane i ka "he aha ka penicillin i hoʻohana ʻia?" he ākea a ʻokoʻa. Ua hoʻopakele kēia papa kupaianaha o nā lāʻau antibiotic i nā ola he nui a noho ʻo ia he mea hana nui i kā mākou hakakā kūʻē i nā maʻi bacteria.
Ma ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea ia, ʻo wai nā maʻi āna e mālama ai, a me kāna mau pilikia, hiki iā ʻoe ke lilo i mea hoʻomanawanui ʻoi aku ka ʻike a me ka hoʻoikaika. E kamaʻilio mau me kāu mea mālama ola e pili ana i kāu moʻolelo olakino, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā maʻi i manaʻo ʻia, a e hahai pono i kā lākou ʻōlelo. Pū, hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo e hoʻomau kēia lāʻau hana mana i ka hana mana no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana.
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