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ʻO ka bacterial vaginosis kahi maʻi maʻamau o ka pepeiao wahine e loaʻa mai ana i ka wā e hoʻololi ʻia ai ke kaulike kūlohelohe o nā bacteria i loko o kou pepeiao wahine. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he mea ʻino iki o kou ʻōnaehana pepeiao wahine ma mua o kahi pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi.
Hoʻopili kēia maʻi i nā miliona o nā wahine a ʻo ia hoʻi ka kumu maʻamau loa o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka wai mai ka pepeiao wahine i nā wahine i ka makahiki hānau. ʻOiai hiki ke hopohopo iā ʻoe i ka wā mua e ʻike ai ʻoe i nā hōʻailona, he māmā maʻamau ka bacterial vaginosis a pane maikaʻi i ka lapaʻau.
Loaʻa ka bacterial vaginosis i ka wā e ulu nui ai nā bacteria ʻino a ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā bacteria kōkua e noho maʻamau ana i loko o kou pepeiao wahine. Loaʻa maoli i kou pepeiao wahine ka hui ʻana o nā bacteria like ʻole, me nā mea maikaʻi (ʻo nā lactobacilli kekahi) e mālama ana i nā mea āpau i ke kaulike a me ke olakino.
Ke hoʻololi ʻia kēia kaulike i ka pōmaikaʻi o nā bacteria ʻino e like me Gardnerella vaginalis, Prevotella, a i ʻole Mobiluncus, e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka bacterial vaginosis. ʻAʻole ia he maʻi moekolohe i hoʻoili ʻia, ʻoiai hiki i ka hana moekolohe ke hoʻoulu iā ia i kekahi manawa.
Hoʻokumu ka maʻi i kahi ʻano kahi e lilo ai kou pepeiao wahine i mea ʻole i ka waikawa ma mua o ka maʻamau. Hoʻomaʻalahi kēia loli i ka pH i nā bacteria pilikia e ulu a hoʻonui.
He nui nā wahine me ka bacterial vaginosis e ʻike i kahi loli maopopo i kā lākou hoʻokuʻu ʻana mai ka pepeiao wahine a me ka ʻala. ʻO ka hōʻailona ʻōlelo pinepine ʻia ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka wai lahilahi, hina hina, keʻokeʻo me kahi ʻala iʻa ikaika e ʻoi aku ka maopopo ma hope o ka moekolohe a i ʻole i kou manawa.
Eia nā hōʻailona nui āu e ʻike ai:
He mea kūpono ke hoʻomaopopo ʻaʻole ʻike ka hapalua o nā wahine me ka bacterial vaginosis i kekahi hōʻailona. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike wale nō iā ʻoe i loaʻa iā ia i ka wā o kahi hōʻoia pepeiao wahine maʻamau a i ʻole i ka wā e ho'āʻo ai no nā maʻi ʻē aʻe.
Hoʻonui pinepine ʻia ka ʻala iʻa i ka wā e hui pū ʻia me ka wai mani a i ʻole ke koko menstrual no ka mea ʻoi aku ka alkaline o kēia mau mea a hoʻoikaika i ka ʻala.
ʻAʻole maopopo mau ka mea hoʻoulu pololei no ka bacterial vaginosis, akā mai kahi kaulike ʻole i kāu mau bacteria pepeiao wahine. Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻopilikia i ka ʻōnaehana maikaʻi i loko o kou pepeiao wahine a ʻae i nā bacteria ʻino e lawe.
ʻO nā mea maʻamau e alakaʻi ai i kēia kaulike ʻole o nā bacteria:
Hiki i ka hana moekolohe ke hoʻokomo i nā bacteria hou a hoʻololi paha i ke ʻano o ka pepeiao wahine, akā hiki ke loaʻa ka bacterial vaginosis i nā wahine ʻaʻole i hana moekolohe. ʻO ka mea nui ka mea āpau e hoʻopilikia ai i kāu kaulike bacterial kūlohelohe.
Hiki i ke kaumaha, ka nele o ka hiamoe, a me ka ʻōnaehana pale kino nāwaliwali ke hoʻolilo iā ʻoe i mea maʻalahi. Hana maikaʻi loa nā pale kūlohelohe o kou kino i ka wā e olakino maikaʻi ai ʻoe.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike aku i kāu mea mālama ola inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona hou a i ʻole maʻamau ʻole o ka pepeiao wahine, ʻoi aku hoʻi ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka wai me ka ʻala iʻa. ʻOiai ʻaʻole weliweli ka bacterial vaginosis, he mea nui ia e loaʻa kahi hōʻoia kūpono no ka mea hiki i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe ke hoʻoulu i nā hōʻailona like.
E hoʻonohonoho i kahi manawa inā ʻike ʻoe i ka kūpī mau o ka pepeiao wahine, ka wela, a i ʻole ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka wai ʻaʻole i hoʻomaikaʻi ma hope o kekahi mau lā. Mai ho'āʻo e hoʻomaopopo iā ʻoe iho a i ʻole e lapaʻau me nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi yeast ma luna o ka papa kūʻai, no ka mea ʻaʻole kēia mau mea e kōkua i ka bacterial vaginosis.
E ʻimi koke i ka mālama lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mahana, ka ʻeha nui o ka pelvis, a i ʻole inā hāpai ʻoe a ʻike i kekahi mau hōʻailona o ka pepeiao wahine. I ka wā hāpai, hiki i ka bacterial vaginosis i mālama ʻole ʻia ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia i kekahi manawa.
Inā ua mālama ʻia ʻoe no ka bacterial vaginosis ma mua a hoʻi hou mai nā hōʻailona, he mea kūpono ia e kipa hou aku e hōʻoia e loaʻa ana iā ʻoe ka lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana.
ʻOiai he māmā maʻamau ka bacterial vaginosis, hiki i ka waiho ʻana iā ia me ka mālama ʻole ʻia ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia olakino koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, me ka lapaʻau kūpono, he mea maʻamau loa kēia mau pilikia.
ʻO nā pilikia hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike:
Hoʻomaʻalahi ka ʻano pepeiao wahine i hoʻopilikia ʻia i nā maʻi ʻē aʻe e paʻa, no ka mea ua hoʻopilikia ʻia kāu mau pale pale kūlohelohe. ʻO ia ke kumu he mea nui ka lapaʻau koke, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā hana moekolohe ʻoe.
I ka wā hāpai, pono e hoʻolohe nui ʻia ka bacterial vaginosis no ka mea hiki iā ia ke hoʻoulu i ka hana mua a i ʻole ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i ka ulu ʻana o kāu pēpē. Eia naʻe, me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono, loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā wahine hāpai me ka bacterial vaginosis nā hāpai olakino.
Hiki i kāu kauka ke hōʻoia maʻamau i ka bacterial vaginosis ma o kahi hōʻoia pepeiao wahine maʻalahi a me nā ho'āʻo labo. He pololei ke kaʻina hana a hāʻawi pinepine i nā hopena wikiwiki a pololei.
I kou manawa, e nīnau kāu mea mālama ola iā ʻoe e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka mōʻaukala olakino. A laila e hana lākou i kahi hōʻoia pepeiao wahine e nānā i kāu hoʻokuʻu ʻana mai ka pepeiao wahine a e nānā no nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe o ka maʻi.
ʻO ka hana hōʻoia maʻamau e komo pū ana i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i kahi laʻana o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana mai ka pepeiao wahine e nānā ma lalo o ka microscope. E nānā kāu kauka no nā sela clue, ʻo ia nā sela pepeiao wahine i uhi ʻia me nā bacteria e hōʻike ana i ka bacterial vaginosis.
Hiki iā lākou ke ho'āʻo i ka pae pH o kāu hoʻokuʻu ʻana mai ka pepeiao wahine me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi kāʻei ho'āʻo maʻalahi. ʻO ka pH kiʻekiʻe ma mua o 4.5 e hōʻike ana i ka bacterial vaginosis, no ka mea hoʻolilo ka maʻi i kou pepeiao wahine i mea ʻole i ka waikawa ma mua o ka maʻamau.
I kekahi manawa, e hana kāu kauka i kahi ho'āʻo whiff, kahi e hoʻohui ai lākou i kahi kulu o ka potassium hydroxide i kāu laʻana hoʻokuʻu. ʻO kahi ʻala iʻa ikaika e hōʻoia i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka bacterial vaginosis.
Pane maikaʻi ka bacterial vaginosis i ka lapaʻau antibiotic, a ʻike ka hapa nui o nā wahine i ka maikaʻi i loko o kekahi mau lā o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka lāʻau. E kuhikuhi kāu kauka i nā antibiotics waha a i ʻole nā lapaʻau vaginal ma muli o kou kūlana kikoʻī.
ʻO nā lapaʻau i kuhikuhi pinepine ʻia:
E koho kāu kauka i ka koho maikaʻi loa ma muli o kāu mōʻaukala olakino, inā hāpai ʻoe, a me kāu mau makemake. Hoʻokumu pinepine nā lapaʻau vaginal i nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi akā hiki ke emi ka maʻalahi ma mua o nā lāʻau waha.
He mea nui ia e hoʻopau i ka papa holoʻokoʻa o nā antibiotics ʻoiai inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka pau ʻana. Hiki i ka hoʻōki koke ʻana ke ʻae i ka maʻi e hoʻi hou mai a lilo paha i mea kū'ē i ka lapaʻau.
Inā hana moekolohe ʻoe, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i kāu hoa e loaʻa pū kekahi lapaʻau e pale aku ai i ka hoʻopili hou ʻana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pono mau kēia no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻo ka bacterial vaginosis he maʻi moekolohe i hoʻoili ʻia.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ho'ōla i ka bacterial vaginosis me nā antibiotics kuhikuhi ʻole, hiki i kekahi mau hoʻolālā mālama home ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻoluʻolu a kākoʻo i kou ho'ōla. Hana maikaʻi loa kēia mau ala me kāu lapaʻau i kuhikuhi ʻia.
E nānā i nā hana mālama mālie ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia hou i kāu kaulike vaginal. E hoʻohana wale i ka kopa māmā, ʻala ʻole ma waho o kou wahi genital a pale aku i ka douching a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea pīpī pepeiao wahine.
E komo i nā lole lole pulupulu a me nā lole kūpono e mālama i ka wahi vaginal maloʻo a me ka ea maikaʻi. E hoʻololi i nā lole ʻauʻau pulu a i ʻole nā lole hana hoʻomaʻamaʻa hou e pale aku ai i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi ʻano pulu kahi e ulu ai nā bacteria.
E noʻonoʻo e hoʻohui i nā probiotics i kāu hana maʻamau, ma o nā mea hoʻohui a i ʻole nā meaʻai e like me ka yogurt me nā moʻomeheu ola. ʻOiai ke hoʻomau nei ka noiʻi, ʻike kekahi mau wahine e kōkua nā probiotics e mālama i nā bacteria pepeiao wahine olakino.
E pale aku i ka hana moekolohe a hiki i kou pau ʻana i kāu lapaʻau antibiotic a hoʻonā ʻia nā hōʻailona. Hāʻawi kēia i kou ʻano pepeiao wahine i ka manawa e hoʻi i ka maʻamau a hoʻemi i ka pilikia o ka hoʻopili hou ʻana.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu manawa ke kōkua e hōʻoia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hōʻoia pololei loa a me ka lapaʻau maikaʻi. Hana ka hoʻolālā mua iki i ka kipa ʻoi aku ka hua no ʻoe a me kāu mea mālama ola.
E hoʻonohonoho i kāu manawa no kahi manawa ʻaʻole ʻoe e menstruation inā hiki, no ka mea hiki i ke koko menstrual ke hoʻopilikia i nā hopena ho'āʻo. Eia naʻe, mai hoʻokaʻulua i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka mālama inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona hopohopo no ka mea wale nō ʻoe i kou manawa.
E pale aku i ka douching, ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau vaginal, a i ʻole ka hana moekolohe no 24 mau hola ma mua o kāu manawa. Hiki i kēia mau hana ke holoi aku i nā hōʻike e kōkua ana i ka hōʻoia.
E kākau i kāu mau hōʻailona, me ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou, ka mea e hoʻomaikaʻi ai a i ʻole ka hoʻopilikia ʻana iā lākou, a me nā ʻano āu i ʻike ai. E hoʻomaopopo pū i nā loli hou i kāu hana maʻamau, nā lāʻau lapaʻau, a i ʻole ka hana moekolohe.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā mea hoʻohui āu e lawe nei i kēia manawa, me ka birth control. Hiki i kekahi mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻopilikia i kou ʻano pepeiao wahine a i ʻole ka launa pū ʻana me nā lapaʻau.
ʻO ka bacterial vaginosis kahi maʻi maʻamau, hiki ke mālama ʻia e hoʻopilikia ana i nā wahine he nui i kekahi manawa o ko lākou ola. ʻOiai hiki i nā hōʻailona ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole a hopohopo, he mea nui ia e hoʻomanaʻo e pane maikaʻi kēia maʻi i ka lapaʻau lapaʻau kūpono.
ʻO ka hana nui loa ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hōʻoia pololei mai kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka ho'āʻo ʻana e mālama iā ʻoe iho. ʻO ka mea e like me ka bacterial vaginosis hiki ke lilo i ʻano maʻi ʻē aʻe e pono ai ka lapaʻau ʻokoʻa.
Me ka lapaʻau antibiotic kūpono, ʻike ka hapa nui o nā wahine i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i loko o kekahi mau lā a me ka hoʻonā piha ʻana i loko o hoʻokahi pule. Hiki i ka hahai ʻana i kāu papahana lapaʻau piha a me ka hana ʻana i kekahi mau hoʻololi ʻano ola ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻi hou ʻana.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole hōʻike ka loaʻa ʻana o ka bacterial vaginosis i ka mālama ʻino a i ʻole nā koho pilikino. He maʻi lapaʻau maʻamau wale nō ia e hiki ke loaʻa i kekahi wahine, a ʻo ka ʻimi ʻana i ka lapaʻau he hana maikaʻi ia e mālama ai i kou olakino.
I kekahi manawa hiki i ka bacterial vaginosis ke hoʻonā me ka lapaʻau ʻole, akā ʻaʻole kēia i hilinaʻi a i ʻole i kuhikuhi ʻia. Hoʻi pinepine ka maʻi a hiki ke hoʻonui i ka manawa. Hōʻoia ka lapaʻau antibiotic kūpono i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe piha a hoʻemi i ka pilikia o nā pilikia, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā hāpai ʻoe a hana moekolohe.
ʻAʻole hoʻokomo ʻia ka bacterial vaginosis ma ke ʻano he maʻi moekolohe i hoʻoili ʻia, akā hiki i ka hana moekolohe ke hoʻoulu iā ia ma ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā bacteria hou a i ʻole ka hoʻololi ʻana i kou ʻano pepeiao wahine. Hiki i nā wahine ʻaʻole i hana moekolohe ke loaʻa ka bacterial vaginosis. Eia naʻe, hoʻonui ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hoa i kou pilikia.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ke pale aku i ka hana moekolohe a hiki i kou pau ʻana i kāu lapaʻau antibiotic a hoʻonā ʻia nā hōʻailona. Hiki i ka moekolohe i ka wā lapaʻau ke hoʻokomo hou i nā bacteria, hoʻopilikia i ka ho'ōla, a hiki ke hoʻoili i ka maʻi i kāu hoa. E kali a hōʻoia kāu kauka ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia ka maʻi.
Hiki i ka bacterial vaginosis ke hoʻi hou mai i kekahi mau wahine ma muli o nā mea e like me nā loli hormonal, ka hana moekolohe, ka douching, a i ʻole kahi ʻano pepeiao wahine kaulike ʻole. Inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hoʻi hou pinepine, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā papahana lapaʻau lōʻihi, ka mālama mālama, a i ʻole nā probiotics e kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā hanana e hiki mai ana.
Hōʻike kekahi mau noiʻi e hiki i nā probiotics e loaʻa ana i nā lactobacilli ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino vaginal a hoʻemi i ka hoʻi hou ʻana o ka bacterial vaginosis. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ia he lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki i nā probiotics ke kākoʻo i kāu kaulike bacterial kūlohelohe i ka wā e hoʻohana pū ʻia me ka lapaʻau lapaʻau kūpono. E kamaʻilio me kāu kauka e pili ana i ka hiki ke kōkua nā probiotics no kou kūlana.
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