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ʻO ka Chlamydia kekahi o nā maʻi maʻi moekolohe maʻamau loa (STIs) i hana ʻia e nā bacteria i kapa ʻia ʻo Chlamydia trachomatis. Hoʻopili kēia maʻi i nā miliona o nā kānaka ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻoi aku hoʻi nā poʻe ma lalo o 25.
Hoʻopili nui nā bacteria i ka ʻōnaehana genital, akā hiki ke hoʻopili i nā wahi ʻē aʻe e like me ka ʻāʻī, nā maka, a me ka rectum. ʻO ka mea e hopohopo nui ai i ka chlamydia, ʻaʻole ʻike nā kānaka he nui i kekahi hōʻailona, no laila ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he maʻi ʻōlelo ʻole.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, hiki ke hoʻōla piha ʻia ka chlamydia me nā antibiotics kūpono. Hiki i ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka lapaʻau ke pale aku i nā pilikia nui a hoʻōki i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā hoa moekolohe.
ʻAʻole ʻike nā kānaka he nui me ka chlamydia i kekahi hōʻailona, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā wā mua. Ke ʻike ʻia nā hōʻailona, ʻike pinepine ʻia lākou i hoʻokahi a ʻekolu pule ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻia.
No nā wāhine, hiki i nā hōʻailona maʻamau ke komo pū me:
Hiki i nā kāne ke ʻike i kēia mau hōʻailona:
Inā hoʻopili ka chlamydia i ka ʻāʻī mai ka moekolohe waha, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka ʻeha ʻāʻī. Hiki i nā maʻi rectal ke hoʻokumu i ka ʻeha, ka wai hoʻokahe, a i ʻole ke kahe koko mai ka rectum. E hoʻomanaʻo, hiki i kēia mau hōʻailona ke liʻiliʻi a i ʻole ʻaʻohe, no laila he mea nui ka hoʻokolohua maʻamau inā he moekolohe ʻoe.
Hana ʻia ka Chlamydia e nā bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis, kahi e hoʻolaha ʻia ai ma o ka pilina moekolohe. Hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka chlamydia ma o ka moekolohe vaginal, anal, a i ʻole waha me kekahi i loaʻa ka maʻi.
Noho nā bacteria i nā wai kino e like me ka wai mani, nā wai vaginal, a i kekahi manawa ka saliva. Hiki ke hoʻololi mai kekahi kanaka i kekahi kanaka ʻoiai ʻaʻohe hōʻailona, no laila he nui nā kānaka e hoʻolaha ʻole i ka maʻi.
Hiki i nā wāhine hāpai ke hoʻolaha i ka chlamydia i kā lākou mau pēpē i ka wā hānau. Hiki i kēia ke hoʻokumu i nā maʻi maka a i ʻole ka pneumonia i nā pēpē hou, ʻoiai hiki ke pale ʻia kēia me ka hoʻokolohua a me ka lapaʻau kūpono i ka wā hāpai.
He mea nui e ʻike ʻaʻole hoʻolaha ʻia ka chlamydia ma o ka pilina maʻamau e like me ka ʻūlū, ka ʻaina inu like, a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka noho halepaku like. Pono ka bacteria i ka pilina pololei me nā wai genital a i ʻole waha i hoʻopili ʻia e hoʻolaha.
Pono ʻoe e ʻike i kahi mea lawelawe olakino inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi hōʻailona maʻamau ʻole i kou wahi genital, ʻoiai inā he liʻiliʻi lākou. Hoʻopili kēia i kekahi wai hoʻokahe hou, ka puhi ʻana i ka wā e mimi ai, a i ʻole ka ʻeha pelvic.
ʻOiai ʻaʻohe hōʻailona, he mea akamai ke hoʻokolohua inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka moekolohe pale ʻole me ka hoa hou a i ʻole inā haʻi mai ka hoa moekolohe iā ʻoe he STI kā lākou. Manaʻo nui nā kauka i ka nānā ʻana i ka chlamydia i kēlā me kēia makahiki no nā wāhine moekolohe ma lalo o 25 a me nā wāhine kahiko me nā pilikia.
Inā hāpai ʻoe, he mea nui loa ka hoʻokolohua ʻana no ka chlamydia e pale aku i ke olakino o kāu pēpē. Hoʻopili ka hapa nui o ka mālama hāpai i ka nānā ʻana i ka STI, akā mai kānalua e nīnau i kāu kauka e pili ana i ka hoʻokolohua inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopohopo.
E hoʻomanaʻo, ʻaʻohe hilahila i ka hoʻokolohua ʻana a i ʻole ka lapaʻau ʻana no nā STIs. ʻIke pinepine nā mea lawelawe olakino i kēia mau maʻi, a aia lākou e kōkua iā ʻoe e noho olakino me ka ʻole o ka hoʻohewa.
ʻOiai hiki ke mālama maʻalahi ʻia ka chlamydia, hiki i ka waiho ʻana i ka mālama ʻole ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia olakino nui i ka wā lōʻihi. Hoʻomohala mālie kēia mau pilikia a ʻaʻole paha e hoʻokumu i nā hōʻailona a hiki i ka wā i hōʻino nui ʻia.
No nā wāhine, hiki i ka chlamydia i mālama ʻole ʻia ke hoʻokumu i:
Hiki i nā kāne ke hoʻomohala i:
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i ka chlamydia i mālama ʻole ʻia ke hoʻolaha i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ke kino, e hoʻokumu ana i ka maʻi ʻili a i ʻole nā maʻi maka. Hiki i nā wāhine hāpai me ka chlamydia i mālama ʻole ʻia ke kū i ka hānau mua a i ʻole ke hoʻolaha i ka maʻi i kā lākou mau pēpē.
ʻO ka lono maikaʻi, hiki ke pale ʻia kēia mau pilikia a pau me ka hoʻokolohua a me ka lapaʻau kūpono. ʻOiai inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka chlamydia no kekahi manawa, hiki i ka mālama ʻana ke hoʻōki i ka hōʻino hou aku.
ʻO ke ala hilinaʻi loa e pale aku ai i ka chlamydia, ʻo ia ka haʻalele ʻana mai ka moekolohe a i ʻole ka noho ʻana i kahi pilina monogamous me ka hoa i hoʻokolohua ʻia he maikaʻi ʻole no nā STIs. Eia naʻe, aia kekahi mau hana hana hiki iā ʻoe ke hana e hōʻemi nui i kou pilikia.
Hāʻawi ka hoʻohana mau a pololei ʻana i ka condom i ka wā o ka moekolohe vaginal, anal, a me waha i ka pale ʻana ikaika i ka chlamydia. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā condoms latex, akā hana maikaʻi nā condoms polyurethane inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā allergies latex.
He mea nui ka hoʻokolohua STI maʻamau no ka pale ʻana. ʻAe ka hoʻokolohua ʻana iā ʻoe e ʻike i kou kūlana a loaʻa ka lapaʻau ma mua o ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā pilikia. Manaʻo nui nā mea lawelawe olakino i ka hoʻokolohua makahiki no nā kānaka moekolohe ma lalo o 25.
ʻO ka kamaʻilio ʻana me nā hoa moekolohe e pili ana i ka hoʻokolohua STI a me ka mōʻaukala moekolohe, ʻoiai he mea hilahila i kekahi manawa, he kuleana nui ia i ka pale ʻana. E noʻonoʻo e hoʻokolohua pū ma mua o ka moekolohe pale ʻole.
Hiki i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka nui o nā hoa moekolohe a me ka pale ʻana i ka moekolohe me nā kānaka i loaʻa nā hoa he nui ke hōʻemi i ka pilikia. E hoʻomanaʻo, hiki i kekahi ke loaʻa ka chlamydia me ka ʻike ʻole, no laila he mea nui kēia mau kamaʻilio ʻana ʻoiai me nā hoa e like me ke olakino.
He mea pololei a maʻalahi ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka chlamydia a pili pinepine i kahi hoʻokolohua maʻalahi a ʻoluʻolu ʻole. E ʻohi pinepine kāu mea lawelawe olakino i kahi laʻana mimi a hoʻohana paha i kahi swab pulupulu e ʻohi i nā sela mai ka wahi i hoʻopili ʻia.
No nā wāhine, ʻo ke ala maʻamau loa ka hoʻokolohua mimi a i ʻole kahi swab mai ka cervix i ka wā o ka hoʻokolohua pelvic. ʻOi aku ka pololei o ka swab cervical, akā hilinaʻi loa nā hoʻokolohua mimi a ʻoluʻolu loa no nā kānaka he nui.
Hāʻawi pinepine nā kāne i kahi laʻana mimi, ʻoiai i kekahi manawa hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kahi swab mai ka piko o ka penis. Inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka moekolohe waha a i ʻole anal, hiki i kāu kauka ke hoʻokolohua i kēlā mau wahi me nā swabs hou aku.
Hoʻouna ʻia nā laʻana i kahi hale hana kahi e hoʻokolohua ʻia ai no nā bacteria chlamydia me nā ʻano pololei loa. Hoʻi pinepine nā hopena i loko o kekahi mau lā a i hoʻokahi pule, ʻoiai hāʻawi kekahi mau keʻena i nā hoʻokolohua wikiwiki me nā hopena i loko o 30 mau minuke.
He mea hūnā ka hoʻokolohua, a hāʻawi nā wahi he nui i ka hoʻokolohua STI manuahi a i ʻole haʻahaʻa. ʻAʻole pono mau ʻoe i nā hōʻailona e hoʻokolohua, a hoʻokomo nā mea lawelawe olakino he nui i ka hoʻokolohua chlamydia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o nā nānā olakino moekolohe maʻamau.
He mea maikaʻi loa ka lapaʻau Chlamydia a pili i ka lawe ʻana i nā antibiotics e like me ka mea i kuhikuhi ʻia e kāu mea lawelawe olakino. ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau i kuhikuhi pinepine ʻia ʻo azithromycin (lawe ʻia ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi dosis) a i ʻole doxycycline (lawe ʻia ʻelua manawa i ka lā no ʻehiku mau lā).
E koho kāu kauka i ka antibiotic maikaʻi loa ma muli o kou kūlana kūikawā, nā lāʻau ʻē aʻe āu e lawe nei, a inā hāpai ʻoe. He mea maikaʻi loa nā lāʻau ʻelua ke lawe pololei ʻia, me nā helu hoʻōla ma luna o 95%.
He mea nui ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau āpau, ʻoiai inā hoʻomaka ʻoe e ʻike maikaʻi ma mua o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka papa. Hiki i ka hoʻōki ʻana i nā antibiotics mua ke ʻae i ka maʻi e hoʻi mai a hiki ke hoʻokomo i ka pale ʻana i nā antibiotics.
I ka wā lapaʻau, pono ʻoe e pale aku i ka moekolohe a hiki iā ʻoe a me kāu hoa (mau) i hoʻopau i ka lapaʻau a hoʻokolohua hou ʻia. ʻO ia hoʻi ka kali ʻana ma kahi o ʻehiku mau lā ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā antibiotics ma mua o ka moekolohe hou.
Pono nō hoʻi e hoʻokolohua a mālama ʻia kāu mau hoa moekolohe mai nā lā 60 i hala, ʻoiai inā ʻaʻohe hōʻailona. Hiki i nā mea lawelawe olakino he nui ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i nā hoa a i ʻole e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka lapaʻau no lākou.
ʻOiai nā antibiotics e hana nui i ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka chlamydia, aia kekahi mau mea hiki iā ʻoe ke hana ma ka home e kākoʻo i kou hoʻōla ʻana a pale aku i ka hoʻopili hou ʻana. Hiki i ka hahai ʻana i kēia mau hana ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hana maikaʻi ʻana o ka lapaʻau.
E lawe i kāu mau antibiotics e like me ka mea i kuhikuhi ʻia, i nā manawa like i kēlā me kēia lā inā aia ʻoe ma kahi papa lā he nui. E hoʻonohonoho i nā leka hoʻomaopopo kelepona inā pono, a mai haʻalele i nā dosis ʻoiai inā ʻike ʻoe i ka maʻamau loa.
E pale aku i ka waiʻona i ka wā e lawe ana i kekahi mau antibiotics e like me metronidazole, ʻoiai hiki i kēia ke hoʻokumu i nā hopena ʻaoʻao ʻoluʻolu ʻole. Me nā antibiotics ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia ka waiʻona moderate i ka lapaʻau, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi pinepine e pale aku iā ia e kōkua i kou kino e kālele i ka hoʻōla.
E noho wai a ʻai maʻamau ke ʻole kāu lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻokumu i ka ʻeha ʻōpū. Hiki i ka lawe ʻana i nā antibiotics me ka meaʻai ke kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka nausea inā ʻike ʻoe iā ia.
E pale aku i nā hana moekolohe a pau a hiki i kou hoʻopau ʻana i ka lapaʻau a hōʻoia kāu kauka ua pau ka maʻi. Pale kēia iā ʻoe a me kāu mau hoa mai ka hoʻopili hou ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā bacteria.
E hoʻokolohua hou ma kahi o ʻekolu mahina ma hope o ka lapaʻau e hōʻoia ua pau loa ka maʻi, ʻoi aku inā ma lalo o 25 ʻoe a loaʻa nā pilikia no ka hoʻopili hou ʻana.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu hālāwai ke kōkua iā ʻoe e loaʻa ka mea nui loa mai kāu kipa a hōʻoia i loaʻa i kāu kauka nā ʻike āpau e pono ai e hāʻawi i ka mālama maikaʻi loa. Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau iki ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaha ʻana i kekahi hopohopo āu e manaʻo ai.
E kākau i nā hōʻailona āu i ʻike ai, me ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou a pehea lākou i loli ai i ka wā lōʻihi. Hoʻopili i nā kikoʻī e like me ka wai hoʻokahe maʻamau ʻole, ka ʻeha, a i ʻole nā ʻeha puhi, ʻoiai inā he liʻiliʻi lākou.
E hana i kahi papa inoa o kāu mau hoa moekolohe hou a e mākaukau e kūkākūkā i kāu mōʻaukala moekolohe me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. Kōkua kēia ʻike i kāu kauka e loiloi i kou pilikia a hoʻoholo i ka hoʻokolohua kūpono. E hoʻomanaʻo, he mea hūnā kēia kamaʻilio a ʻaʻohe hoʻohewa.
E lawe mai i kahi papa inoa o nā lāʻau lapaʻau a i ʻole nā mea hoʻohui āu e lawe nei i kēia manawa, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi ke launa pū me nā antibiotics. Hoʻopili i nā papa hānau, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi mau antibiotics ke hoʻopilikia i kā lākou pono.
E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau, e like me ka lōʻihi o ka lapaʻau, i ka wā e hoʻomaka hou ai ʻoe i ka moekolohe, a i ʻole pehea e kamaʻilio ai me nā hoa e pili ana i ka hoʻokolohua. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā nīnau i kākau ʻia e hōʻoia ʻaʻole ʻoe e poina i kekahi mea nui.
Inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ka hālāwai, e noʻonoʻo e lawe mai i kahi hoa aloha a i ʻole ʻohana no ke kākoʻo, ʻoiai pono lākou e kali ma waho i ka wā o ka nānā maoli.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai e pili ana i ka chlamydia, ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau loa, hiki ke hoʻōla piha ʻia, a ʻaʻohe mea e hilahila ai. Loaʻa i nā miliona o nā kānaka ka chlamydia i kēlā me kēia makahiki, a me ka lapaʻau kūpono, hoʻonā piha ia me ka ʻole o nā hopena lōʻihi.
ʻO ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka lapaʻau kāu pale maikaʻi loa i nā pilikia. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe hōʻailona o nā kānaka he nui, he mea nui ka hoʻokolohua maʻamau inā he moekolohe ʻoe, ʻoi aku inā ma lalo o 25 ʻoe a i ʻole loaʻa nā hoa he nui.
Inā hoʻokolohua maikaʻi ʻoe, ʻo ka hahai ʻana i kāu papa lapaʻau piha a me ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka hoʻokolohua ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i kāu mau hoa e uhaʻi i ka pōʻai o ka maʻi. Manaʻo nui nā kānaka i ka hoʻi ʻana i ka maʻamau i loko o hoʻokahi a ʻelua pule ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā antibiotics.
ʻO ka pale ʻana ma o nā hana moekolohe palekana, ka kamaʻilio ākea me nā hoa, a me ka hoʻokolohua maʻamau ke ala maikaʻi loa. E hoʻomanaʻo, he mea nui ka mālama ʻana i kou olakino moekolohe e like me kekahi ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o kāu mālama olakino.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka chlamydia a i ʻole kekahi STI, mai kānalua e kamaʻilio me kahi mea lawelawe olakino. Aia lākou e kōkua iā ʻoe e noho olakino, a he ʻāpana maʻamau kēia mau kamaʻilio o ka mālama olakino no nā mākua moekolohe.
ʻAʻole hoʻolaha pinepine ʻia ka Chlamydia ma o ka honi ʻana ma nā lehelehe. Eia naʻe, inā loaʻa i kekahi ka maʻi ʻāʻī mai ka chlamydia (mai ka moekolohe waha), aia kahi pilikia liʻiliʻi theoretical o ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma o ka honi hohonu me ka pilina ʻōlelo. ʻO nā ala hoʻolaha nui e noho ana i ka moekolohe vaginal, anal, a me waha.
ʻIke pinepine ʻia nā hōʻailona i hoʻokahi a ʻekolu pule ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻia, akā ʻaʻole loaʻa i nā kānaka he nui nā hōʻailona i ʻike ʻia. Hiki i kekahi poʻe ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona i loko o kekahi mau lā, ʻoiai ʻaʻole paha e loaʻa i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe nā hōʻailona no nā mahina. ʻO kēia ke kumu he mea nui loa ka hoʻokolohua maʻamau me ka nānā ʻole i kou manaʻo.
ʻAʻole hoʻi mai ka Chlamydia ma luna o kona iho ma hope o ka lapaʻau holomua, akā hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopili hou inā moekolohe ʻoe me kekahi i loaʻa ka chlamydia. Ma kahi o 1 i 5 mau kānaka e loaʻa hou ana ka chlamydia i loko o kekahi mau mahina ma hope o ka lapaʻau, maʻamau mai ka hoa i mālama ʻole ʻia a i ʻole ka hoa hou i hoʻopili ʻia.
Pono ʻoe e kali ma kahi o ʻehiku mau lā ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana i kāu lapaʻau antibiotic ma mua o ka moekolohe hou. Inā lawe ʻoe i kahi lapaʻau hoʻokahi dosis, e kali i ʻehiku mau lā mai ka wā āu i lawe ai i ka lāʻau. Pono nō hoʻi kāu hoa e hoʻopau i ka lapaʻau ma mua o kou hoʻomaka hou ʻana i ka moekolohe pū.
Hiki i ka chlamydia i mālama ʻole ʻia i ka wā hāpai ke hoʻokumu i ka hānau mua, ka kaumaha hānau haʻahaʻa, a me nā maʻi i nā pēpē hou e komo pū ana ka pneumonia a me nā maʻi maka. Eia naʻe, hiki ke mālama palekana ʻia ka chlamydia i ka wā hāpai me nā antibiotics kūpono e ʻole e hōʻino i ka pēpē. Hoʻokolohua pinepine ʻia nā wāhine hāpai no ka chlamydia ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka mālama hāpai.
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