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ʻO nā pōpoki moena he mau pepeke liʻiliʻi, ʻulaʻula-ʻeleʻele e ʻai ana i ke koko kanaka i kou hiamoe ʻana. E hūnā kēia mau mea ʻino liʻiliʻi i loko o nā moena, nā lako hale, a me nā ʻāpana i ke ao, a laila e hele mai i ka pō e nahu i ka ʻili i hōʻike ʻia.
ʻAʻole noho wale nā pōpoki moena ma nā moena, ʻoiai ko lākou inoa. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻokumu i kahi wahi mālie kokoke i kahi e hoʻomaha ai nā kānaka a i ʻole e hiamoe ai. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻoiai he huhū nā nahu pōpoki moena a me ka manaʻo nui o ko lākou noho ʻana, ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻolaha i nā maʻi i nā kānaka.
ʻO nā pōpoki moena he mau pepeke parasitic ma ka nui o kahi hua ʻāpala i ulu piha. Noho lākou i kahi ʻohana o nā pepeke i noho pū me nā kānaka no nā tausani o nā makahiki, e ʻai ana i ke koko wale nō.
He mau mea nocturnal loa kēia mau mea, he mea palahalaha loa, kahi e kōkua ai iā lākou e komo i nā wahi liʻiliʻi loa. I ke ao, e hūnā lākou i loko o nā ʻāpana moena, nā pā moena, nā hui lako hale, a ma hope paha o nā kiʻi. I ka pō, e ʻike lākou i ka carbon dioxide āu e hanu ai a me ka mahana o kou kino e ʻimi iā ʻoe no kā lākou ʻai ʻana.
ʻAʻohe ʻēheu o nā pōpoki moena makua a hele lākou ma ke kolo ʻana ma mua o ka lele ʻana a i ʻole ka lele ʻana. Hiki iā lākou ke ola no nā mahina me ka ʻai ʻole, kahi e hoʻomau ai iā lākou i nā malihini hale i ka wā e neʻe ai lākou.
ʻO nā nahu pōpoki moena e ʻike pinepine ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi, ʻulaʻula, a huhū hoʻi ma kou ʻili. ʻIke pinepine nā kānaka i kēia mau nahu i ka wā e ala ai lākou i ke kakahiaka, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka hana o nā pōpoki moena i nā hola o ka pō.
Eia nā hōʻailona maʻamau āu e ʻike ai:
ʻO ka ʻāpana paʻakikī, ʻaʻole like nā pane o nā kānaka a pau i nā nahu pōpoki moena. E hoʻomohala kekahi poʻe i nā welts ʻulaʻula maopopo i loko o nā hola, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hōʻike kekahi i ka pane.
ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā nahu pōpoki moena e hoʻoulu wale i ka huhū iki, hiki i kekahi poʻe ke hoʻomohala i nā pane ʻoi aku ka ikaika. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā wahi ʻoi aku ka nui, ʻoi aku ka pehu a puni nā wahi nahu a i ʻole e hoʻomohala i nā blisters piha wai.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā kānaka ke loaʻa nā maʻi ʻeha e hoʻoulu ai i ka huhū ākea, ka pilikia o ka hanu, a i ʻole ka mahana. Pono kēia mau hōʻailona i ka mālama ʻana i ka lā.
Hoʻolaha nui ʻia nā pōpoki moena ma o ka huakaʻi a me ka neʻe ʻana o nā mea i loaʻa iā lākou. Ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka manaʻo kaulana, ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pōpoki moena he hōʻailona ia o ka lepo o kou home a i ʻole ua hana hewa ʻoe.
He mau mea holo pono loa kēia mau pepeke. Hiki iā lākou ke hele maʻalahi mai kahi i kahi ma ke hūnā ʻana i loko o nā ukana, nā lole, nā lako hale i hoʻohana ʻia, a i ʻole ma nā ʻāpana o nā ʻeke lima. I ka wā e loaʻa ai iā lākou kahi kūpono me ka komo mau ʻana i nā mea hoʻokipa kanaka, e hoʻokumu koke lākou i nā kolone.
Eia pehea e komo ai nā pōpoki moena i nā home:
ʻO nā hōkele, nā hale moe, a me nā hale pā hale he mau wahi maʻamau kahi e hui mua ai nā kānaka i nā pōpoki moena. Hiki i nā wahi noho momona ke loaʻa nā pilikia pōpoki moena, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hoʻokae kēia mau pepeke ma muli o ka maʻemaʻe a i ʻole ke kūlana pilikanaka.
Ho'ōla ka hapa nui o nā nahu pōpoki moena ma o lākou iho i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua pule me ka ʻole o ka mālama lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, aia kekahi mau kūlana kahi he akamai ke kūkā me kahi mea lawelawe olakino.
Pono ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻailona o ka maʻi a puni nā wahi nahu. ʻO kēia ka nui o ka ʻulaʻula, ka mahana, ka pus, a i ʻole ka ʻulaʻula e hoʻolōʻihi ana mai ka wahi nahu. Hōʻike kēia mau hōʻailona ua komo paha nā bacteria ma o ka ʻili i kāwili ʻia.
Eia kekahi, e leka i kāu kauka inā hoʻomohala ʻoe i ka huhū ākea, ka pilikia o ka hanu, ka pehu o ka maka a i ʻole ka ʻāʻī, a i ʻole ka mahana ma hope o ka nahu ʻia. ʻOiai he kakaikahi, hiki i kēia ke hōʻike i kahi maʻi ʻeha e pono ai ka mālama koke.
ʻOiai he mea hoʻonāukiuki nui nā pōpoki moena ma mua o kahi hoʻoweliweli olakino, hiki i ko lākou noho ʻana ke alakaʻi i kekahi mau pilikia e hoʻopilikia ana i kou olakino kino a me ka noʻonoʻo.
ʻO ka pilikia kino maʻamau loa e hele mai ana mai ka kāwili ʻana i nā wahi nahu huhū, kahi hiki ke uhaʻi i ka ʻili a ʻae i nā bacteria e komo. Hiki i kēia maʻi lua ke pono i ka mālama antibiotic a hiki ke waiho i nā ʻōpala mau loa i nā hihia koʻikoʻi.
ʻO ka hoʻopilikia ʻana i ka hiamoe kekahi pilikia nui e kū nei i nā kānaka he nui i ka wā o nā pōpoki moena. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana e ʻai ana nā pepeke iā ʻoe i kou hiamoe ʻana hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka hopohopo a me ka insomnia, e alakaʻi ana i ka luhi a me ka pilikia o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ao.
Hoʻomohala kekahi poʻe i nā hopena psychological mai ka hana ʻana me nā pilikia pōpoki moena mau:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā kānaka e noho ana me nā pilikia koʻikoʻi, lōʻihi ke hoʻomohala i ka anemia mai ka nalowale o ke koko, ʻoiai ʻo kēia wale nō ka mea maʻamau i nā heluna kanaka nāwaliwali e like me nā ʻelemakule a i ʻole nā keiki liʻiliʻi me ka olakino i hoʻopilikia ʻia.
ʻO ka pale ʻana i nā pōpoki moena e pili ana i ka makaʻala i ka wā e huakaʻi ai a nānā pono i nā mea ma mua o ka lawe ʻana iā lākou i kou home. ʻOiai he mau mea holo pono loa kēia mau pepeke, ʻo kāu pale maikaʻi loa ka hopu ʻana iā lākou ma mua o ko lākou noho ʻana.
Ke noho nei i nā hōkele a i ʻole nā wahi noho ʻē aʻe, e nānā i ka lumi ma mua o ka wehe ʻana. E huki i nā lole a e nānā i nā ʻāpana moena, nā poʻo moena, a me nā lako hale upholstered no nā wahi ʻeleʻele, nā wahi koko, a i ʻole nā pepeke ola. E mālama i kāu ukana i loko o ka lumi ʻauʻau i kou nānā ʻana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pinepine nā pōpoki moena i nā wahi paʻakikī.
Eia nā hoʻolālā palekana no kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā:
Inā noho ʻoe i loko o kahi hale pā hale, hiki i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā ʻāpana a puni nā papahele, nā puka uila, a me nā plumbing ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā pōpoki moena mai ka hele ʻana ma waena o nā ʻāpana. ʻO ka vacuuming maʻamau a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana e hoʻemi i nā wahi hūnā e makemake ai nā pōpoki moena.
ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i kahi pōpoki moena e pili ana i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā hōʻike kino o nā pepeke iā lākou iho ma mua o ka hilinaʻi wale ʻana i nā hōʻailona nahu. Hiki i nā kūlana ʻē aʻe ke hoʻoulu i nā puʻupuʻu like ma kou ʻili, no laila he mea nui ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hōʻoia maoli o nā pōpoki moena.
ʻO ke ala hilinaʻi loa e hōʻoia ai i nā pōpoki moena ma o ka ʻimi ʻana i nā pepeke ola, nā ʻili i hoʻolei ʻia, a i ʻole nā wahi feces i nā wahi āu e hiamoe ai a i ʻole e hoʻomaha ai. ʻIke ʻia nā pōpoki moena makua i ka maka maka a ʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he mau pepeke liʻiliʻi, ʻeleʻele, oval ma ka nui o kahi hua ʻāpala.
Hiki i nā loea hoʻomalu pepeke loea ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike maopopo inā ʻaʻole ʻoe maopopo. ʻIke lākou i kahi e nānā ai a hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale i nā hōʻike pōpoki moena mai nā hōʻailona o nā pepeke ʻē aʻe. Hāʻawi nā hui he nui i nā nānā manuahi, kahi hiki ke mālama i kou manawa a me kou hopohopo inā ke hana nei ʻoe me kahi mea ʻino ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i nā pōpoki moena e pono ai ka hui ʻana o ka hoʻomalu pepeke loea a me ka hoʻomākaukau home piha. ʻOiai e hoʻowalewale paha ʻoe e hana i kēia iā ʻoe iho, he mea paʻakikī loa ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā pōpoki moena me ka ʻole o ke kōkua loea.
Hoʻohana pinepine nā mea hoʻopau pepeke loea i nā ala hoʻomalu pepeke hoʻohui e hui pū ana i nā lapaʻau kemika me ka hoʻomehana wela a i ʻole ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe mahu. Hoʻopili lākou i nā pae ola a pau o nā pōpoki moena, mai nā hua a hiki i nā makua, a e nānā i nā wahi kahi e hūnā ai kēia mau pepeke i ke ao.
Eia ka mea maʻamau o ka mālama ʻana o nā mea loea:
ʻO ka hana mālama pinepine e pono ai nā kipa he nui i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i kekahi mau pule mamao. Hāʻawi kēia manawa i nā hua i koe e puka mai i hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia nā pepeke i puka hou ma mua o ko lākou hoʻohua hou ʻana.
ʻOiai he mea nui ka mālama loea, aia nā hana nui āu e hiki ai ke hana ma ka home e kākoʻo i ke kaʻina hana hoʻopau a hoʻemi i kou ʻoluʻolu i ka wā o ka mālama ʻana.
ʻO ka holoi ʻana a me ka maloʻo ʻana i nā lole moe i pilikia, nā lole, a me nā mea lole ma ka wela kiʻekiʻe hiki ke pepehi i nā pōpoki moena a me kā lākou hua. ʻO ke kī ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā hoʻonohonoho wela loa e ʻae ai kāu mau lole no ka liʻiliʻi o 30 mau minuke i loko o ka mea maloʻo.
No ka hoʻomaha koke mai nā nahu, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kekahi mau hana kōkua:
Hiki i ka vacuuming maʻamau ke kōkua i ka wehe ʻana i nā pōpoki moena a me nā hua mai nā kāpeti a me nā lako hale, ʻoiai pono ʻoe e hoʻolei koke i nā ʻeke vacuum ma hope o ka hoʻohana ʻana. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā ʻāpana me ka caulk e hoʻopau i nā wahi hūnā a e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā mālama e hiki mai ana.
Inā pono ʻoe e ʻike i ke kauka e pili ana i nā nahu pōpoki moena a i ʻole nā pane, hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kūkā ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama maikaʻi loa. Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kauka mālama mua ke mālama i nā pilikia olakino e pili ana i nā pōpoki moena me ka ʻole o ka pono ʻana i nā kuhikuhi loea.
Ma mua o kāu kūkā, e palapala i kāu mau hōʻailona me nā kiʻi inā hiki. E hoʻomaopopo i ka wā āu i ʻike mua ai i nā nahu, pehea lākou i loli ai i ka manawa, a me nā mālama āu i ho'āʻo mua ai ma ka home.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau i kēia manawa a me nā maʻi ʻeha i ʻike ʻia, ʻoiai hiki i kēia ke hoʻopilikia i nā ʻōlelo aʻo mālama. Inā ua hōʻoia ʻoe i nā pōpoki moena i kou home, e haʻi aku i kāu kauka e pili ana i nā hoʻolālā mālama loea a i ʻole nā hoʻonohonoho hoʻopau ʻana.
ʻO nā pōpoki moena he mau mea hoʻonāukiuki e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i kekahi, akā he mau pilikia hoʻokele me ke ala kūpono. ʻOiai he huhū ko lākou mau nahu a me ka manaʻo nui o ko lākou noho ʻana, e hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole hoʻolaha nā pōpoki moena i nā maʻi a ʻaʻole e hoʻoulu i nā pilikia olakino lōʻihi no ka hapa nui o nā kānaka.
ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama loea e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka manawa maikaʻi loa e hoʻopau koke a piha ai i nā pōpoki moena. Mai hilahila e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pōpoki moena, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia he hōʻike ia o kou maʻemaʻe a i ʻole nā koho nohona.
E nānā i ka hana pū ʻana me nā loea hoʻomalu pepeke i hiki ke hana i kahi hoʻolālā mālama piha. Me ke ahonui a me ka mālama kūpono, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopau maikaʻi i nā pōpoki moena a hoʻi i ka hiamoe maluhia, ʻaʻohe nahu.
ʻAʻole, hiki i nā pōpoki moena ke hoʻopili i kekahi ʻano me ka nānā ʻole i ka maʻemaʻe. Ua hoʻowalewale ʻia kēia mau pepeke i ka carbon dioxide a me ka wela o ke kino, ʻaʻole i ka lepo a i ʻole ka haunaele. Hiki i nā hōkele ʻelima hōkū a me nā home maʻemaʻe ke loaʻa nā pilikia pōpoki moena, ʻoiai e hele kēia mau mea kolo ma o nā ukana a me nā lako hale i hoʻohana ʻia ma mua o ka ʻimi ʻana i nā kūlana maʻemaʻe ʻole.
ʻAʻole hiki i nā pōpoki moena ke lele a lele e like me nā fleas. Holo lākou ma ke kolo ʻana a he mea wikiwiki loa ia no ko lākou nui. Holo pinepine lākou mai ko lākou mau wahi hūnā e hiki aku i nā kānaka e hiamoe ana, e hahai ana i nā ala kemika a me nā hōʻailona wela. ʻO ia hoʻi, pono lākou e kolo ma nā ʻili a i ʻole ma nā lole e hiki ai iā ʻoe i ka pō.
Hiki i nā pōpoki moena makua ke ola mai 6 a 12 mau mahina me ka ʻole o ka ʻai koko ma lalo o nā kūlana kūpono. I nā mahana anu, hiki iā lākou ke ola lōʻihi aku ma ke komo ʻana i kahi kūlana dormant. Hana kēia hiki ke ola iā lākou he mea paʻakikī loa e hoʻopau, ʻoiai ʻo ka waiho wale ʻana i kahi home hakahaka no kekahi mau pule ʻaʻole e hoʻonā i kahi pilikia.
ʻAʻole weliweli nā nahu pōpoki moena a ʻaʻole hoʻolaha i nā maʻi i nā kānaka. ʻO nā pilikia olakino nui e hele mai ana mai ka kāwili nui ʻana e hiki ke alakaʻi i nā maʻi bacteria lua, a i ʻole nā maʻi ʻeha kakaikahi i nā kānaka ʻilihune. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike wale i ka huhū a me ka huhū manawa e hoʻonā i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua pule.
ʻOiai hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo i nā mālama hana-iā-ʻoe iho, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻopau ʻana o nā mea loea no ka hoʻopau piha ʻana. He mea kūpaʻa nā pōpoki moena i nā huahana over-the-counter he nui a hūnā i nā wahi paʻakikī ke mālama pono ʻia. Loaʻa i nā lawelawe hoʻomalu pepeke loea nā mālama ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka ʻike e hōʻoia i ka hoʻopau ʻia ʻana o nā pae ola a pau, e hoʻemi ana i ka manawa o ka hoʻopili hou ʻana.
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