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He aha ka ʻAkne Pēpē? Nā Hōʻailona, Nā Kumu, a me ka Lapaʻau

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He maʻi ʻili maʻamau ka ʻakne pēpē e pili ana i kahi 20% o nā pēpē hou, e ʻike ʻia ana ma ke ʻano he mau puʻupuʻu ʻulaʻula a keʻokeʻo paha ma ka maka o kāu keiki liʻiliʻi. E ʻike pinepine ʻia kēia mau pimples liʻiliʻi i loko o nā hebedoma mua o ke ola a like loa me ka ʻakne ʻōpio, ʻoiai he palekana loa a manawa pōkole lākou.

Inā ua ʻike ʻoe i kēia mau puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi ma nā papalina, ihu, a i ʻole lae paha o kāu pēpē, ua manaʻo paha ʻoe e pili ana i kā lākou manaʻo a inā pono ʻoe e hopohopo. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo ka ʻakne pēpē he ʻāpana maʻamau ia o ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka ʻili o kāu pēpē a maʻamau e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ma luna o kona iho me ka ʻole o ka lapaʻau.

He aha ka ʻAkne Pēpē?

ʻO ka ʻakne pēpē, i kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka ʻakne neonatal, he mau pimples liʻiliʻi ia e ʻike ʻia ma ka ʻili o kāu pēpē hou i loko o nā mahina mua o kona ola. E ulu kēia mau puʻupuʻu ke pani ʻia nā pores o kāu pēpē me ka aila a me nā sela ʻili make, e hana ana i kahi kūpono no ka mumū māmā.

ʻAʻole like me ka ʻakne makua, ʻaʻole pili ka ʻakne pēpē i nā bacteria a i ʻole ka maʻi. Ma kahi o kēlā, ua hana nui ʻia e nā loli hormonal e hana ana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana o kāu pēpē i ke ola ma waho o ka ʻōpū. E pili kēia maʻi i nā keikikāne i ka nui ma mua o nā kaikamahine a ʻoi aku ka ʻike ʻia i nā pēpē me ka ʻili mālie.

ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka ʻakne pēpē he māmā a manawa pōkole, e mau ana mai kekahi mau hebedoma a i kekahi mau mahina. ʻAʻole pinepine e hoʻoulu nā puʻupuʻu i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole i kāu pēpē a ʻaʻole hōʻike i kekahi mau pilikia olakino.

He aha nā Hōʻailona o ka ʻAkne Pēpē?

E ʻike ʻia ka ʻakne pēpē ma ke ʻano he mau puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi, i hiki ke ʻulaʻula, keʻokeʻo, a i ʻole ka waihoʻoluʻu ʻili. E ʻike pinepine ʻoe i kēia mau pimples i hui pū ʻia ma ka maka o kāu pēpē, ʻoi aku ma nā papalina, ihu, auwae, a me ka lae.

Eia nā hōʻailona nui āu e ʻike ai:

  • Nā puʻupuʻu ʻulaʻula a poni paha i kāhele ʻia ma ka maka
  • Nā pimples liʻiliʻi keʻokeʻo a melemele paha (whiteheads)
  • Nā hui o nā puʻupuʻu e ʻike ʻia paha ke ʻoi aku ka nui ke huhū a uē nei kāu pēpē
  • ʻO ka ʻili ʻili ma nā wahi ʻili i pilikia
  • ʻIke pinepine ʻia ma ka ʻāʻī, umauma, a i ʻole kua (ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia)

Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā puʻupuʻu ke ʻoi aku ka mahana o kāu pēpē, ke uē nei, a i ʻole ke huhū ʻia kā lākou ʻili e nā lole ʻili a i ʻole ka drool. ʻAʻole like me kekahi mau maʻi ʻili pēpē ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole maʻamau ka ʻakne pēpē e hoʻoulu i ka ʻili ʻili, ka ʻeha, a i ʻole ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole i kāu keiki liʻiliʻi.

He aha nā Kumu o ka ʻAkne Pēpē?

E ulu ana ka ʻakne pēpē ma muli o nā manaʻo hormonal e pili ana i ka ʻili palupalu o kāu pēpē hou. I ka wā hāpai, e hele ana kāu mau hormones i ka placenta a noho i loko o ka ʻōnaehana o kāu pēpē no kekahi mau hebedoma ma hope o ka hānau ʻana, e hoʻoulu ana i kā lākou mau gland aila e hana i ka sebum nui.

ʻO nā kumu nui e hoʻokomo ai i ka ʻakne pēpē:

  • Nā hormones makuahine e holo nei i loko o ke koko o kāu pēpē
  • Nā pores makua ʻole e maʻalahi ke pani ʻia me ka aila a me nā sela ʻili
  • Nā gland sebaceous nui i hoʻoulu ʻia e nā loli hormonal
  • Ke hoʻoponopono nei ka ʻili o kāu pēpē i kahi hou ma waho o ka ʻōpū
  • Ka hoʻoilina genetic inā loaʻa i nā lālā o ka ʻohana ka ʻakne

Hopohopo kekahi mau mākua e pili ana i ka ʻai o kā lākou pēpē, ka holoi lole, a i ʻole nā huahana mālama ʻili e hoʻoulu ana i ka ʻakne. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole pinepine e pāʻani kēia mau kumu waho i ka ʻakne pēpē maoli. ʻO ka maʻi he kaʻina hana kūloko ia e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala kūlohelohe o kāu pēpē.

I ka wā hea e ʻike ai i ke Kauka no ka ʻAkne Pēpē?

ʻAʻole pono ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka ʻakne pēpē i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka a e hoʻonā maoli ʻia ke kūpaʻa nā hormones o kāu pēpē. Eia naʻe, pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu pediatrician inā paʻakikī ka maʻi a i ʻike ʻoe i nā loli hopohopo.

E noʻonoʻo e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hālāwai inā ʻike ʻoe:

  • Nā puʻupuʻu nui, ʻeha a i ʻole nā cysts ma ka ʻili o kāu pēpē
  • Nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi e like me ka pus, ka ʻulaʻula nui, a i ʻole ka mahana
  • ʻAkne e mau ana ma mua o 4-6 mau mahina o ka makahiki
  • Nā puʻupuʻu e hoʻoulu i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole a i ʻole ka ʻili ʻili o kāu pēpē
  • ʻAkne me nā hōʻailona hopohopo ʻē aʻe e like me ka mahana a i ʻole ka uē ʻana maʻamau ʻole

Hiki i kāu pediatrician ke kōkua i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka ʻakne pēpē mai nā maʻi ʻili pēpē ʻē aʻe e like me ka eczema, milia, a i ʻole nā reaksiona allergic. E hāʻawi lākou i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ma nā ʻano mālama mālie a e haʻi aku iā ʻoe inā pono kekahi lapaʻau.

He aha nā Pilikia o ka ʻAkne Pēpē?

ʻO ka ʻakne pēpē he maʻi maikaʻi ia e hoʻonā me ka ʻole o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā pilikia lōʻihi. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pēpē e ʻike wale i nā puʻupuʻu māmā, manawa pōkole e nalowale loa ke ulu aʻe kā lākou ʻili.

Nā pilikia maʻamau ʻole e hiki ke hana:

  • Nā wahi ʻeleʻele manawa pōkole (post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation) kahi i loaʻa ai nā puʻupuʻu
  • Ka hōʻino iki inā koho ʻia a hoʻonāukiuki pinepine ʻia nā puʻupuʻu
  • Ka maʻi bacteria lua inā haki a hōʻino ʻia ka ʻili
  • Ka nui o ka maʻalahi i kekahi mau huahana mālama ʻili a i ʻole nā lole

He mea maʻamau loa kēia mau pilikia a maʻamau e pale ʻia me ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻili. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pēpē e ʻike i ka ʻakne pēpē e loaʻa i ka ʻili maʻemaʻe loa, olakino i loko o kekahi mau mahina me ka ʻole o nā hopena lōʻihi.

Pehea e pale ai i ka ʻAkne Pēpē?

ʻOiai ua hana nui ʻia ka ʻakne pēpē e nā kumu hormonal kūloko, ʻaʻohe ala i hōʻoia ʻia e pale aku ai iā ia mai ka hana ʻana. Eia naʻe, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā ʻanuʻu mālie e kākoʻo i ke olakino o ka ʻili o kāu pēpē a hoʻemi paha i ka nui o nā breakouts.

Eia kekahi mau hoʻolālā palekana kōkua:

  • E mālama i ka maka o kāu pēpē me ka wai mahana maʻemaʻe a me kahi lole holoi palupalu
  • E pale i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kopa ʻino, nā lotions, a i ʻole nā huahana mālama ʻili makua ma kā lākou ʻili palupalu
  • E pā mālie i kā lākou ʻili maloʻo ma mua o ka hamo ʻana ikaika
  • E koho i nā lole palupalu, hanu maikaʻi no nā lole a me nā moe
  • E holoi i nā lole pēpē a me nā linens me ka holoi lole mālie, ʻala ʻole

E hoʻomanaʻo he ʻāpana maʻamau o ka hoʻomohala ʻana no nā pēpē he nui ka ʻakne pēpē. ʻOiai me ka mālama maikaʻi loa, e loaʻa nō kekahi mau pēpē i kēia mau puʻupuʻu palekana ke hoʻoponopono kā lākou ʻili i ke ola ma waho o ka ʻōpū.

Pehea ka Diagnosis ʻana o ka ʻAkne Pēpē?

Ua ʻike pinepine ʻia ka ʻakne pēpē ma o kahi nānā ʻana maʻalahi e kāu pediatrician i ka wā o nā nānā maʻamau. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona kūikawā a me ka manawa o nā puʻupuʻu e maʻalahi ai ka diagnosis.

E nānā kāu kauka i nā hōʻailona hiʻohiʻona e like me nā puʻupuʻu ʻulaʻula a keʻokeʻo paha i loaʻa ma ka maka o kāu pēpē, e ʻike ʻia ana i loko o nā hebedoma mua a i nā mahina paha o ke ola. E noʻonoʻo lākou i ka makahiki o kāu pēpē, ke olakino holoʻokoʻa, a me kekahi moʻolelo ʻohana o nā maʻi ʻili.

I kekahi mau hihia, pono paha kāu pediatrician e hoʻokaʻawale i ka ʻakne pēpē mai nā maʻi ʻili pēpē ʻē aʻe. Hiki iā lākou ke nīnau e pili ana i ka wā i ʻike mua ʻia ai nā puʻupuʻu, inā paha e hoʻopilikia lākou i kāu pēpē, a me nā huahana āu i hoʻohana ai ma kā lākou ʻili.

ʻAʻohe hoʻokolohua kūikawā a i ʻole nā kaʻina hana e pono ai e ʻike i ka ʻakne pēpē. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona a me ke ʻano o ka maʻi he mea kūikawā ia no kahi mea mālama olakino akamai e ʻike maopopo.

He aha ka Lapaʻau no ka ʻAkne Pēpē?

ʻO ka lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no ka ʻakne pēpē ʻaʻole ia he lapaʻau. ʻOiai e hoʻonā maoli kēia maʻi ke kūpaʻa nā hormones o kāu pēpē, ʻo ka nānā mālie a me ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻili maʻamau ka mea e pono ai.

Hiki i kāu pediatrician ke ʻōlelo aku i kēia mau ala mālie:

  • Ke holoi ʻana i ka maka o kāu pēpē i ka lā me ka wai mahana maʻemaʻe
  • Ke hoʻohana ʻana i kahi lole holoi palupalu, maʻemaʻe me nā neʻe pōʻai mālie
  • Ke pale ʻana i ka hamo ʻana a i ʻole ka hamo ʻana i nā wahi i pilikia
  • Ke mālama ʻana i nā kui o kāu pēpē pōkole e pale ai i ka ʻili ʻana
  • Ke ʻae ʻana i ka ʻili e maloʻo i ka ea a i ʻole ke pā mālie me kahi kāwele maʻemaʻe

I nā hihia maʻamau ʻole kahi i paʻakikī a mau ai ka ʻakne pēpē, hiki i kāu pediatrician ke kuhikuhi i kahi lāʻau topical mālie. Eia naʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā lapaʻau acne ma luna o ka counter i hana ʻia no nā ʻōpio a me nā mākua he mea ʻino loa ia no ka ʻili palupalu o kāu pēpē a ʻaʻole pono e hoʻohana.

Pehea e hāʻawi ai i ka mālama home i ka wā o ka ʻAkne Pēpē?

ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻili o kāu pēpē i ka wā o ka puka ʻana o ka ʻakne e pono ai kahi ala mālie, minimalist. ʻO ka pahuhopu ke mālama i kā lākou ʻili maʻemaʻe a ʻoluʻolu i ka wā e hoʻonā ai ka maʻi maoli.

E hahai i kēia mau kuhikuhi mālama home:

  • E hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ka maka o kāu pēpē i ka lā me ka wai mahana a me kahi lole holoi palupalu
  • E pale i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka kopa, ka aila pēpē, a i ʻole nā moisturizers ke ʻole i ʻōlelo ʻia e kāu pediatrician
  • E kūʻē i ka makemake e koho a i ʻole ka ʻomi i nā puʻupuʻu
  • E mālama i nā lima o kāu pēpē maʻemaʻe a me nā kui pōkole
  • E koho i nā lole palalulu, palupalu ʻaʻole e hoʻonāukiuki i kā lākou ʻili
  • E holoi i kou mau lima ma mua o ka pā ʻana i ka maka o kāu pēpē

Inā ʻoe e hānai waiū, e hoʻomau e like me ka maʻamau ʻoiai he mau waiwai pono loa ka waiū umauma no ka ʻili o kāu pēpē. ʻIke kekahi mau mākua ʻo ka pā mālie ʻana i kahi liʻiliʻi o ka waiū umauma ma nā wahi i pilikia he mea hōʻoluʻolu, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pono kēia no ka lapaʻau.

Pehea ʻoe e hoʻomākaukau ai no kāu hālāwai kauka?

Inā hoʻoholo ʻoe e kūkākūkā i ka ʻakne o kāu pēpē me kāu pediatrician, hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau iki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i ka mea maikaʻi loa o kāu hālāwai. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike kikoʻī e mākaukau ai e kōkua i kāu kauka e hāʻawi i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo maikaʻi loa.

Ma mua o kāu kipa, e kākau i lalo:

  • I ka wā āu i ʻike mua ai i nā puʻupuʻu a pehea lākou i loli ai i ka manawa
  • Nā wahi o ke kino o kāu pēpē i pilikia
  • Kekahi mau huahana āu i hoʻohana ai ma ka ʻili o kāu pēpē
  • Inā paha e hoʻopilikia nā puʻupuʻu i kāu pēpē a i ʻole e hoʻopilikia i kā lākou hiamoe
  • Kekahi moʻolelo ʻohana o ka ʻakne a i ʻole nā maʻi ʻili ʻē aʻe
  • Nā nīnau e pili ana i ka wā e hoʻomaikaʻi ai ka maʻi

E noʻonoʻo e lawe i kekahi mau kiʻi o ka ʻili o kāu pēpē ma mua o ka hālāwai, ʻoi aku inā ʻoi aku ka ʻakne a emi iki paha i kekahi mau manawa o ka lā. Hiki kēia ke kōkua i kāu pediatrician e loaʻa i kahi kiʻi piha o ka maʻi.

He aha ka mea nui e pili ana i ka ʻAkne Pēpē?

He maʻi ʻili maʻamau a manawa pōkole loa ka ʻakne pēpē e pili ana i nā pēpē hou olakino he nui i loko o nā mahina mua o ke ola. ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻike ʻana i nā puʻupuʻu ma ka ʻili palupalu o kāu pēpē he mea hopohopo, he palekana kēia maʻi a e hoʻonā maoli ʻia ke kūpaʻa nā hormones o kāu keiki liʻiliʻi.

ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻaʻole pono ka ʻakne pēpē i ka lapaʻau ikaika a i ʻole nā huahana kūikawā. ʻO ka mālama mālie, mālie me ka wai mahana a me kahi lole holoi palupalu ka mea e pono ai. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pēpē e loaʻa i ka ʻili maʻemaʻe loa i loko o kekahi mau mahina, me ka ʻole o nā hopena lōʻihi mai ka maʻi.

E hilinaʻi i kou mau manaʻo ma ke ʻano he mākua, akā e hilinaʻi pū i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana o ka ʻili o kāu pēpē i kā lākou ao hou. Me ke ahonui a me ka mālama mālie, e hele pū ʻolua i kēia wā manawa pōkole, a e puka mai ka ʻili o kāu pēpē i ke olakino a nani.

Nā Nīnau Pinepine e pili ana i ka ʻAkne Pēpē

Ke hōʻike nei anei ka ʻakne pēpē e loaʻa i kāu keiki ka ʻakne ma ke ʻano he ʻōpio?

ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole hōʻike ka ʻakne pēpē inā e loaʻa i kāu keiki ka ʻakne i kā lākou mau makahiki ʻōpio. He mau maʻi ʻokoʻa loa kēia me nā kumu ʻokoʻa. Ua hana ʻia ka ʻakne pēpē e nā hormones makuahine e noho nei i loko o ka ʻōnaehana o kāu pēpē, ʻoiai ka ʻakne ʻōpio e pili ana i nā hormones puberty a me nā kumu ʻē aʻe.

Hiki iaʻu ke hoʻohana i nā huahana a i ʻole nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻakne pēpē mālie ma luna o kaʻu pēpē hou?

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ke pale aku i nā huahana acne kikoʻī i hana ʻia no nā pēpē ke ʻole i ʻōlelo kūikawā ʻia e kāu pediatrician. ʻO ka wai mahana maʻemaʻe a me kahi lole holoi palupalu ka mea e pono ai. Hiki i nā huahana he nui i kūʻai ʻia no ka ʻakne pēpē ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka ʻili palupalu o kāu pēpē hou a hoʻopilikia i ka maʻi.

Pehea ka lōʻihi o ka ʻakne pēpē?

E hoʻonā maoli ana ka hapa nui o nā hihia o ka ʻakne pēpē ma waena o 3 a 4 mau mahina o ka makahiki, ʻoiai kekahi mau pēpē e ʻike paha ia no 6 mau mahina. ʻO ka maʻi maʻamau e piʻi a puni 3-4 mau hebedoma o ka makahiki a laila e hoʻomaikaʻi mālie ke kūpaʻa nā pae hormone o kāu pēpē.

Pono anei wau e hopohopo inā ʻike ʻia ka ʻakne o kaʻu pēpē e ʻoi aku ka ʻino?

He mea maʻamau ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka ʻakne pēpē i ka hiʻohiʻona, i kekahi manawa ʻoi aku ka ʻino ke huhū, mahana, a uē paha kāu pēpē. Eia naʻe, inā ʻike ʻoe i nā puʻupuʻu nui, ʻeha, nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi, a i ʻole ke mau nei ka maʻi ma mua o 6 mau mahina, e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu pediatrician no ka loiloi.

Hiki i ka hānai waiū ke hoʻopilikia i ka ʻakne o kaʻu pēpē?

ʻAʻole hoʻoulu a hoʻopilikia paha ka hānai waiū i ka ʻakne pēpē. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, loaʻa i ka waiū umauma nā antibodies a me nā meaʻai pono e kākoʻo i ke olakino holoʻokoʻa o kāu pēpē. Hopohopo kekahi mau mākuahine e pili ana i kā lākou ʻai e hoʻopilikia i ka ʻili o kā lākou pēpē, akā ʻaʻohe hōʻike e hoʻokomo nā meaʻai kūikawā i ka ʻai o ka makuahine hānai waiū i ka ʻakne pēpē.

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