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ʻO ka mai ʻo Chagas he maʻi parasitic tropical i hana ʻia e kahi mea ola liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Trypanosoma cruzi. Hoʻopili kēia kūlana i nā miliona o nā kānaka ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, ʻoi aku ma ʻAmelika Latina, ʻoiai ke ʻike pinepine ʻia nei ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kēia maʻi ma o ka hoʻopili ʻana me nā pepeke maʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo nā “pepeke honi” a i ʻole nā pepeke triatomine. Hoʻoulu pinepine kēia mau pepeke i nā kānaka i ka pō, pinepine ma ka maka, ʻo ia ke kumu i loaʻa ai iā lākou ko lākou inoa inoa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono a me ka ʻike mua ʻana, hiki ke hoʻokele pono ʻia ka mai ʻo Chagas.
Hoʻomohala ʻia nā hōʻailona o ka mai ʻo Chagas i ʻelua mau papa ʻokoʻa, a ʻo ka ʻike mua ʻana iā lākou hiki ke hoʻolilo i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i kāu mau hopena lapaʻau. Hiki ke like ka pae mua me ka maʻi flu māmā, ʻoiai hiki i ka pae hope ke hoʻopili i kou naʻau a me kou ʻōnaehana digestive.
I ka wā o ka pae ʻoi, kahi i hana ʻia i loko o nā pule mua ma hope o ka maʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kēia mau hōʻailona:
ʻAʻole ʻike nui nā kānaka i kēia mau hōʻailona mua no ka mea he māmā pinepine lākou a hoʻonā iā lākou iho. Hiki i kēia ke hana i ka maʻi paʻakikī e hopu i kāna mau pae mua.
Hiki ke hoʻomohala ʻia ka pae maʻi ma hope o nā makahiki a i ʻole nā ʻumi makahiki ma hope, a ʻo ia ka manawa e ʻike ʻia ai nā pilikia koʻikoʻi hou aku:
He mea nui e ʻike he nui nā kānaka me ka maʻi Chagas mau loa ʻaʻole e loaʻa kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi. Hiki i kou kino ke mālama i ka maʻi ma lalo o ke kaohi no kou ola holoʻokoʻa.
Hoʻokumu ʻia ka maʻi Chagas e ka parasite i kapa ʻia ʻo Trypanosoma cruzi e noho ana i loko o nā ʻōpū o nā pepeke triatomine. Hoʻomaʻi ʻia kēia mau pepeke i ka wā e ʻai ai lākou i ke koko o nā holoholona a i ʻole nā kanaka i maʻi.
ʻO ke ala maʻamau loa e loaʻa ai i nā kānaka ka maʻi ma o ka hoʻopili ʻana me ka pepeiao o ka pepeke, ʻaʻole ka nahu ponoʻī. Eia pehea ka hana maʻamau: nahu ʻia ʻoe e ka pepeke i kou hiamoe ʻana, a laila hāpai i kahi kokoke i ka ʻeha nahu. I ka wā e ʻūlū ai ʻoe i ka nahu ʻūlū, hiki iā ʻoe ke hamo hewa i ka pepeiao i maʻi i loko o ka ʻeha a i loko paha o kou mau maka a i ʻole kou waha.
Ma waho aʻe o nā nahu pepeke, aia kekahi mau ala ʻē aʻe e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i ka maʻi Chagas:
Makemake nā pepeke triatomine e hoʻolaha i ka maʻi Chagas e hūnā i nā ʻāpana a me nā wahi o nā hale i kūkulu ʻia maikaʻi ʻole, ʻoiai nā hale me nā hale papa a i ʻole nā paia adobe. ʻOi aku ka ikaika o lākou i ka pō a ua huki ʻia lākou i ka carbon dioxide a me ka mahana mai nā kānaka hiamoe.
Pono ʻoe e ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau inā ua noho ʻoe ma kahi i laha ai ka maʻi Chagas a ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mau hōʻailona hopohopo. Hiki i ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana ke pale aku i ka holomua ʻana o ka maʻi i kona kahua maʻi koʻikoʻi.
Hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe:
No ke kahua maʻi, e ʻimi koke i ka mālama lapaʻau inā loaʻa iā ʻoe:
ʻOiai inā ʻaʻohe ou hōʻailona akā ʻike ʻoe ua hōʻike ʻia ʻoe i nā pepeke triatomine, pono ke kūkākūkā me kāu kauka e pili ana i ka ho'āʻo. He nui nā kānaka me ka maʻi Chagas ʻaʻole i ʻike ua maʻi lākou a hiki i ka manawa ma hope.
Hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāu mau kumu pilikia ke kōkua iā ʻoe e lawe i nā palekana kūpono a ʻike i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ka ho'āʻo. Hoʻokumu nui ʻia kāu pilikia ma kahi āu e noho ai, hele ai, a me kou mau kūlana noho.
ʻO nā kumu honua ka mea nui loa i kāu pae pilikia:
Hiki i kou mau kūlana noho a me nā hana ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia hōʻike:
Hiki i kekahi mau kūlana olakino ke hoʻonui i kou pilikia:
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea pilikia ʻaʻole ia he hōʻoia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi Chagas. Kūkulu kēia mau mea iā ʻoe a me kāu kauka e hoʻoholo inā kūpono ka hoʻokolohua.
ʻOiai he nui nā kānaka me ka maʻi Chagas e ola ana i nā ola maʻamau a olakino me ka ʻole o nā pilikia, he mea nui ke hoʻomaopopo i nā mea hiki ke hana inā holomua ka maʻi. Ma kahi o 20-30% o nā kānaka me ka maʻi Chagas lōʻihi e loaʻa nā pilikia koʻikoʻi i nā makahiki a i ʻole nā makahiki ma hope o ka maʻi mua.
ʻO nā pilikia pili i ka naʻau ka hopena maʻamau a koʻikoʻi loa:
Hiki i nā pilikia o ka ʻōnaehana ʻai ke hoʻopilikia nui i kou ola:
ʻO nā pilikia liʻiliʻi e komo pū ai:
ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, ʻo kēia mau pilikia e ulu mālie ana i nā makahiki he nui, a hiki i ka nānā ʻana olakino maʻamau ke kōkua i ka hopu ʻana i nā pilikia i ka wā mua. Me ka mālama olakino kūpono, hiki ke hoʻokele pono ʻia nā pilikia he nui.
ʻO ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi Chagas e kau nui ana i ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻopili ʻana me nā pepeke triatomine i loaʻa ka maʻi a me kā lākou mau feces i haumia. ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, ʻo nā hana palekana maʻalahi e hiki ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia o ka maʻi.
Inā ʻoe e hele ana a noho ana paha i nā wahi kahi i maʻamau ai ka maʻi Chagas, hiki i kēia mau ʻanuʻu ke pale aku iā ʻoe:
ʻO nā hana palekana meaʻai he mea nui like ia i ka pale ʻana i ka maʻi:
Inā ʻoe i ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe ma muli o nā kumu olakino, ʻo nā hana palekana hou aʻe e komo pū ana:
E hoʻomanaʻo he maʻalahi mau ka pale ʻana ma mua o ka mālama ʻana, no laila, hiki i ka lawe ʻana i kēia mau hana palekana maʻalahi ke hoʻopakele iā ʻoe mai nā pilikia olakino i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
No ka hōʻoiaʻana i ka maʻi Chagas, pono nā hoʻokolohua koko kūikawā e ʻimi i ka parasite a i ʻole ka pane o kou kino iā ia. E koho kāu kauka i ka hoʻokolohua kūpono ma muli o ka lōʻihi o kou maʻi a me kou mau hōʻailona.
I ka wā ʻoi (nā pule mua), hiki i nā kauka ke loaʻa ka parasite maoli i loko o kou koko me kēia mau ʻano:
No ka hōʻoiaʻana i ka wā maʻi (mau mahina a mau makahiki ma hope), e ʻimi kāu kauka i nā antibodies i hana ʻia e kou ʻōnaehana palekana e kūʻē i ka parasite:
Pono maʻamau i kāu kauka ʻelua mau hoʻokolohua antibody maikaʻi ʻē aʻe e hōʻoia i ka maʻi Chagas maʻi. Kūleʻa kēia nānā pālua i ka pololei a pale aku i nā hōʻoia hewa.
Hiki ke pono nā hoʻokolohua hou aʻe e nānā i nā pilikia:
Hiki i ke kaʻina hana hoʻokolohua ke lawe i kekahi manawa, akā he mea nui ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hōʻoia pololei no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka mālama kūpono a me ka nānā ʻana i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa.
ʻO ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka maʻi Chagas e hilinaʻi ana i ke kahua āu e noho nei a me kou kūlana olakino holoʻokoʻa. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kou manawa e hoʻopau loa i ka maʻi mai kou kino inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua.
No ka maʻi Chagas ʻoi aku ka nui a i ʻole nā maʻi hou, hoʻohana nā kauka i nā lāʻau lapaʻau antiparasitic kūikawā:
Hana maikaʻi loa kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻomaka koke ʻia a hiki ke hoʻōla i ka maʻi i kahi 95% o nā hihia ʻoi aku ka nui. Hiki i nā hopena ʻaoʻao ke komo pū me ka ʻōpū ʻino, ka ʻeha poʻo, ka luhi, a i ʻole nā ʻili ʻili, akā e nānā pono kāu kauka iā ʻoe.
ʻOi aku ka paʻakikī a me ka pilikino o ka mālama ʻana i ka maʻi Chagas lōʻihi:
No nā hihia lōʻihi, e kaupaona kāu kauka i nā pono a me nā pilikia o ka mālama ʻana ma muli o kou makahiki, kūlana olakino, a me ka hiki ke loaʻa nā pilikia. ʻAʻole pono kekahi poʻe i ka mālama ʻana i ka antiparasitic akā e pōmaikaʻi mai ka hoʻokele ʻana i kā lākou mau hōʻailona.
He mea nui ka mālama hoʻomau mau ʻana me ka nānā ʻole i ke ʻano o ka mālama āu e loaʻa ai. E nānā kāu hui olakino i ka hana o kou naʻau, e nānā i nā hopena ʻaoʻao o ka mālama ʻana, a e hoʻoponopono i kāu hoʻolālā mālama e like me ka pono.
ʻO ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka maʻi Chagas ma ka home e pili ana i ka hahai pono ʻana i kāu hoʻolālā mālama a me ka hana ʻana i nā koho nohona e kākoʻo i kou olakino holoʻokoʻa. Hiki i kāu mau hana i kēlā me kēia lā ke hoʻolilo i kahi ʻokoʻa maoli i kou manaʻo a me ka maikaʻi o kāu mālama.
Inā ʻoe e lawe ana i nā lāʻau antiparasitic, e kōkua kēia mau ʻanuʻu iā ʻoe e holomua:
Lilo nā koho ola maikaʻi no ka naʻau i mea nui loa inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi Chagas mau loa:
No nā hōʻailona ʻōpū, hiki i kēia mau ala ke hāʻawi i ka hōʻoluʻolu:
E hoʻomanaʻo he hana maikaʻi loa ka mālama home ke hui pū ʻia me ka mālama lapaʻau maʻamau. E mālama i kāu mau hālāwai hoʻomau a mai kānalua e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea lawelawe ola kino me nā nīnau a i ʻole nā hopohopo.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu hālāwai kauka ke kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka nui loa mai kāu kipa a e hōʻoia i loaʻa i kāu mea lawelawe ola kino nā ʻike a pau e pono ai e mālama pono iā ʻoe. ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau maikaʻi e alakaʻi i ka kamaʻilio ʻana maikaʻi a me nā hoʻolālā mālama ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
Ma mua o kāu hālāwai, e hōʻiliʻili i nā ʻike koʻikoʻi e pili ana i kāu mōʻaukala olakino:
Hoʻonohonoho i kāu mau lāʻau lapaʻau a me ka ʻike olakino:
Hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau kūikawā e pili ana i kou kūlana a me ka mālama ʻana:
E noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoaaloha a i ʻole lālā ʻohana hilinaʻi i kāu hālāwai. Hiki iā lākou ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻike nui a hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo manaʻo i ka wā e manaʻo ai ʻoe he kūkākūkā kaumaha.
He kūlana hiki ke mālama ʻia ka maʻi Chagas i ka wā i ʻike mua ʻia a mālama ʻia me ka kūpono. ʻOiai e manaʻo ʻia he mea weliweli ke aʻo e pili ana i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa, e hoʻomanaʻo he nui nā kānaka me ka maʻi Chagas e ola ana i nā ola piha a olakino me ka ʻole o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pilikia nui.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomaopopo ai, ʻo ka ʻike mua ʻana ka mea nui loa i kou hopena. Inā manaʻo ʻoe ua hiki paha iā ʻoe ke maʻi Chagas, mai kali i ka hōʻike ʻana o nā hōʻailona ma mua o ka ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻōlelo aʻo lapaʻau. Hiki i nā hoʻokolohua koko maʻalahi ke hoʻoholo inā ua maʻi ʻoe, a he mea maikaʻi loa ka mālama mua.
No ka poʻe i ʻike mua ʻia me ka maʻi Chagas, ʻo ka noho pili me kāu hui olakino a me ka hahai ʻana i kāu papahana mālama e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka manawa maikaʻi loa e pale aku ai i nā pilikia. ʻO ka nānā mau ʻana e hiki ai i kāu kauka ke hopu i nā loli koke a hoʻoponopono i kāu mālama e like me ia.
Ke noho nei ka pale ʻana i kou pale maikaʻi loa inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i maʻi. Hiki i nā hana palekana maʻalahi e like me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mea pale pepeke, ka hiamoe ʻana i nā hale i kūkulu maikaʻi ʻia, a me ka makaʻala e pili ana i ka palekana o ka meaʻai ke hōʻemi nui i kou pilikia i nā wahi kahi i maʻamau ai ka maʻi.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ʻoe e ka maʻi Chagas a i ʻole e kaupalena i kou hiki ke ola i kahi ola ʻano nui. Me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono, ka hoʻokele ola, a me ka hahai mau ʻana, hiki iā ʻoe ke kaohi i kou olakino a kau i kou manaʻo i nā mea nui loa iā ʻoe.
ʻAe, hiki pinepine ke hoʻōla ʻia ka maʻi Chagas, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka wā i hopu ʻia a mālama ʻia i ka wā mua. I ka wā ʻoi, hiki i nā lāʻau antiparasitic e like me benznidazole a i ʻole nifurtimox ke kāpae i ka maʻi i kahi 95% o nā hihia. ʻOiai i nā hihia maʻi, hiki i ka mālama ke pale aku i ka holomua ʻana o ka maʻi a hiki ke hōʻemi i ka nui o ka parasite i loko o kou kino.
ʻO ka mea nui, ʻo ka ʻike ʻia a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ka wā hiki. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka hoʻōla ʻana i nā hihia maʻi, hiki i ka mālama ke hāʻawi i nā pōmaikaʻi nui ma o ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kou maikaʻi o ke ola.
ʻAʻole laha ka maʻi Chagas ma o ka hoʻopili maʻamau e like me ka ʻōhū, ka puhi, a i ʻole ka pāʻana. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa mai ka lūlū lima, ka hāʻawi ʻana, a i ʻole ka puʻunaue ʻana i ka ʻai me kekahi i loaʻa ka maʻi.
Eia naʻe, hiki ke hoʻolaha ʻia ka maʻi ma o nā hoʻololi koko, nā hoʻololi kino, a mai ka makuahine i ke keiki i ka wā hāpai a i ʻole ka hānau ʻana. ʻO kēia ke kumu e nānā pono ʻia ai nā hāʻawi koko a me nā kino, a pono e hoʻokolohua ʻia nā wahine hāpai ma nā wahi pilikia kiʻekiʻe.
Hiki i nā kānaka he nui ke loaʻa ka maʻi Chagas no nā makahiki he mau makahiki me ka ʻike ʻole. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa pinepine nā hōʻailona o ke kahua ʻoi aku ka palupalu a like paha me ka maʻi anu a i ʻole ka maʻi flu, no laila ua maʻalahi ke nānā ʻole a poina paha.
Hiki ke noho mālie ke kahua lōʻihi no 10-30 mau makahiki ma mua o ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā pilikia. ʻAʻohe o kekahi poʻe e loaʻa nā hōʻailona, ʻoiai ʻaʻole paha e ʻike kekahi i nā pilikia a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā loli i ka naʻau a i ʻole nā pilikia digestive ma hope i ke ola.
Hiki ke hoʻolaha ʻia ka maʻi Chagas mai ka makuahine i ke keiki i ka wā hāpai, akā hana ʻia kēia ma kahi o 1-5% wale nō o nā hāpai. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pēpē i hānau ʻia i nā makuahine me ka maʻi Chagas he olakino a ʻaʻohe maʻi.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi Chagas a hāpai ʻoe a i ʻole e hoʻolālā ana e hāpai, e nānā pono kāu kauka iā ʻoe a e hoʻokolohua i kāu pēpē ma hope o ka hānau ʻana. He kūpono loa ka ʻike mua a me ka mālama ʻana i nā pēpē i loaʻa ka maʻi.
ʻAʻole hiki i nā kānaka me ka maʻi Chagas ke hāʻawi koko, nā kino, a i ʻole nā pūnaewele no ka mea hiki ke hoʻolaha ʻia ka maʻi ma o kēia mau hāʻawi. Ke nānā nei nā waihona koko a me nā kikowaena hoʻololi no ka maʻi Chagas e pale aku i ka hoʻolaha ʻana.
Inā ua mālama ʻia ʻoe me ka holomua a ua hōʻoia kāu kauka ua pau ka maʻi, hiki paha iā ʻoe ke hāʻawi i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Eia naʻe, pono e loiloi pono ʻia kēia hoʻoholo e nā limahana lapaʻau a pili ia i nā mea like ʻole, e like me kāu moʻolelo mālama a me nā hopena hoʻokolohua.
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