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ʻO nā pōpoki kino he mau pepeke liʻiliʻi e ola ana i loko o nā lole a me nā moe, e ʻai ana i ke koko kanaka i mau manawa i ka lā. He nui ke ʻano o kēia mau mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka hua sesame a hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻeha nui ma o kā lākou nahu a me ka ʻili ʻana ikaika a lākou e hana ai.
ʻAʻole ola nā pōpoki kino ma kou ʻili e like me nā pōpoki poʻo. Noho lākou i loko o nā ʻāpana a me nā kaula o kou mau lole, ʻoiai ma nā wahi e mahana a me ka haʻalulu. I ka wā e pono ai lākou e ʻai, e hele lākou i kou ʻili, e lawe i kā lākou mea ʻai koko, a laila e hoʻi hou i kou lole.
ʻO ka hōʻailona maʻamau loa o nā pōpoki kino ka ʻili ʻana ikaika, ʻoiai ma nā wahi e pili pono ai kou mau lole i kou ʻili. Hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine kēia ʻili ʻana i ka pō a hiki ke hoʻopilikia nui i kou hiamoe a me nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā.
Eia nā hōʻailona nui āu e ʻike ai me ka maʻi pōpoki kino:
Hana ʻia ka ʻili ʻana no ka mea e loaʻa i kou kino kahi hopena ʻeha i ka saliva pōpoki. ʻAʻole ʻike kekahi poʻe i nā hōʻailona no kekahi mau pule ma hope o ka maʻi mua, ʻoiai kekahi poʻe e loaʻa koke nā hopena.
Hana ʻia nā maʻi pōpoki kino i ka wā e loaʻa ai kēia mau pepeke i kou lole a i ʻole nā moe. ʻO ke kumu maʻamau loa ka pili kokoke ʻana me kekahi i loaʻa i nā pōpoki kino a i ʻole ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā mea i hoʻohaumia ʻia.
Eia pehea ka hoʻolaha pinepine ʻana o nā pōpoki kino:
Hoʻomaikaʻi nā pōpoki kino i nā kūlana piha kahi e noho kokoke ai nā kānaka a ʻaʻole paha e loaʻa iā lākou ka lole maʻemaʻe a i ʻole nā mea holoi. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke ola ma mua o kekahi mau lā me ka ʻole o ke koko kanaka.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kahi mea mālama ola inā manaʻo ʻoe he pōpoki kino kāu, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole hana nā lapaʻau home. Hiki i ka lapaʻau mua ke pale aku i nā pilikia a hoʻopau i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ʻike ʻoe:
Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka ʻili ʻana ikaika e hoʻopilikia ana i kou hiamoe a i ʻole nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā, mai hoʻokaʻulua e hoʻokaʻaʻike aku no ke kōkua ʻoihana. Hiki i kāu kauka ke hōʻoia i ka maʻi a paipai i ka papahana lapaʻau maikaʻi loa.
ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pōpoki kino ma mua o ka mea weliweli olakino koʻikoʻi, hiki ke loaʻa nā pilikia inā ʻaʻole mālama koke ʻia ka maʻi. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pilikia mai ka ʻili nui a i ʻole nā maʻi lua.
Eia nā pilikia e makaʻala ai:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i nā pōpoki kino ke hoʻolaha i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi e like me ka epidemic typhus, trench fever, a i ʻole relapsing fever. Eia naʻe, he mea maʻamau loa kēia mau maʻi ma nā ʻāina holomua a maʻamau wale nō ia ma nā wahi me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi ʻole a me ka piha.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, me ka lapaʻau kūpono, e ola piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka ʻole o nā hopena mau. ʻO ka hoʻomaka koke ʻana ka mea nui e pale aku i nā pilikia a hoʻemi i ka ʻeha.
ʻO ka pale ʻana i nā pōpoki kino e kau nui ana ma ka mālama ʻana i nā hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi a me ka pale ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lole a i ʻole nā moe i hoʻohaumia ʻia. ʻO ka holoi mau ʻana o nā lole a me nā moe kou pale maikaʻi loa e kūʻē i kēia mau pepeke.
Eia nā hoʻolālā pale maikaʻi:
Inā e noho ana ʻoe ma nā hōkele, nā hostels, a i ʻole nā hale hoʻomaha, e nānā i nā moe no nā hōʻailona o nā pōpoki ma mua o ka noho ʻana. I ka huakaʻi ʻana, e mālama i kou mau ukana i pani ʻia a e holoi i nā lole a pau i ka wai wela ke hoʻi mai ʻoe i ka home.
ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i nā pōpoki kino e pili ana i ka nānā ʻana i kou lole a me kou ʻili. E nānā kāu mea mālama ola no nā pōpoki ola, nā hua, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o nā nahu ma kou kino.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana hōʻoia e komo pinepine ana:
Hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻohana i kahi aniani hoʻonui e ʻike maikaʻi ai i nā pōpoki a i ʻole nā hua i manaʻo ʻia. I kekahi manawa, e noi lākou iā ʻoe e lawe mai i kahi ʻāpana lole āu e manaʻo ai ua hoʻohaumia ʻia no ka nānā ʻana.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i nā pōpoki kino e komo pū ana i ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā pepeke mai kou lole a me nā moe a me ka mālama ʻana i kekahi huhū ʻili āu e ʻike ai. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka mālama ʻana i nā pōpoki kino ma mua o nā pōpoki poʻo.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana e komo pinepine ana:
No nā maʻi koʻikoʻi, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā lotions a i ʻole nā shampoos lāʻau e komo pū ana i ka permethrin a i ʻole malathion. Hoʻopau maikaʻi kēia mau lapaʻau i nā pōpoki makua a me kā lākou mau hua.
ʻIke ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka hoʻomaikaʻi nui i loko o kekahi mau lā o ka mālama kūpono. ʻO ke kī ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe pono ʻana i nā mea a pau i hoʻohaumia ʻia a hahai pono i nā ʻōlelo a kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻO ka mālama home no nā pōpoki kino e kau nui ana i ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā pepeke mai kou wahi a me ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻana i kou ʻili huhū. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i kekahi mau hana maikaʻi ma ka home e hoʻoponopono ai i ka pilikia.
Eia nā mea āu e hiki ke hana ma ka home:
E mālama i kou mau kui pōkole e hoʻemi i ka pōʻino mai ka ʻili ʻana. Inā pono ʻoe e ʻili, e ho'āʻo e pā a i ʻole e hamo mālie i ka wahi ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kou mau kui.
E hoʻomanaʻo he mea nui ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe pono no ka holomua. ʻOiai hoʻokahi mea i hala ʻole e hiki ke alakaʻi i ka hoʻoulu hou ʻana, no laila e hoʻolālā i kou ala.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu kipa kauka ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka hōʻoia maikaʻi loa a me ka papahana lapaʻau maikaʻi loa. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i kekahi manawa e hoʻonohonoho i kou mau manaʻo a hōʻiliʻili i ka ʻike pili e hana i ka hālāwai ʻoi aku ka hua.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai:
E nīnau paha kāu kauka e pili ana i kou kūlana noho, ka huakaʻi hou, a inā he mau hōʻailona like nā poʻe ʻē aʻe i kou hale. ʻO ka wehe a me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e pili ana i kou mau kūlana e kōkua iā lākou e hāʻawi i ka mālama maikaʻi loa.
ʻO nā pōpoki kino he mau pepeke hiki ke mālama ʻia e noho ana i nā lole ma mua o kou ʻili. ʻOiai hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻeha nui ma o ka ʻili ʻana a me ka huhū ʻili, pane maikaʻi lākou i ka mālama kūpono a me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe pono ʻana i nā mea i hoʻohaumia ʻia.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo nā maʻi pōpoki kino he mea maʻamau pinepine a hiki ke loaʻa i kekahi i hōʻike ʻia i nā kūlana kūpono. ʻAʻohe hilahila i ka ʻimi ʻana i ka lapaʻau, a me ka mālama kūpono, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopau loa i ka pilikia.
E kau nui i ka holoi ʻana i nā lole a pau a me nā moe i ka wai wela, e hahai i nā ʻōlelo a kāu mea mālama ola, a e lawe i nā hana e pale aku ai i ka hoʻoulu hou ʻana. E ola piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka ʻole o nā pilikia mau ke loaʻa iā lākou ka mālama kūpono.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole hiki i nā pōpoki kino ke ola ma kou ʻili no nā manawa lōʻihi. ʻAʻole e like me nā pōpoki poʻo, noho nā pōpoki kino i nā lole a me nā moe, e hele wale ana i kou ʻili e ʻai. Pono lākou i ka mahana a me ka pale ʻana o nā kaula lole e ola a hoʻohua.
Hiki i nā pōpoki kino ke ola me ka ʻai ʻole no 5-7 mau lā ma ka mahana lumi. Eia naʻe, e nāwaliwali lākou a hiki ʻole ke hoʻohua ma hope o 1-2 mau lā wale nō me ka ʻole o nā mea ʻai koko. ʻO ia ke kumu e maikaʻi ai ka holoi ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā mea no ʻelua mau pule.
ʻAʻole, ʻekolu mau ʻano pōpoki kēia. Pili kokoke nā pōpoki kino i nā pōpoki poʻo akā ua hoʻololi lākou e noho i nā lole ma mua o ka lauoho. ʻO nā pōpoki pubic he ʻano ʻē aʻe loa ia e pili nui ana i ka wahi pubic a me nā lauoho kino ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole hiki i nā pōpoki kino kanaka ke ola ma nā holoholona hale. He mau pepeke kūikawā kēia mau mea a pono i ke koko kanaka e ola. ʻAʻole hiki i kāu mau holoholona hale ke loaʻa i nā pōpoki kino mai iā ʻoe, a ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i nā pōpoki mai kāu mau holoholona hale.
ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole hiki i nā pōpoki kino ke lele a lele paha. Hiki iā lākou ke hele wale, ʻo ia ke kumu e pono ai ka pili kokoke a i ʻole ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā mea i hoʻohaumia ʻia no ka hoʻolaha ʻana. Neʻe mālie lākou a ʻoi aku ka hana i nā wahi mahana, ʻeleʻele e like me nā ʻāpana lole.
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