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ʻO nā ʻōhule he mau ʻōpū liʻiliʻi i piha i ka wai e puka mai ana ma luna a i ʻole a puni kou mau lehelehe, i hana ʻia e ka maʻi herpes simplex. He mea maʻamau loa kēia, a pili i kahi 67% o nā kānaka ma ka honua ma lalo o 50 mau makahiki, no laila inā ke hana nei ʻoe me lākou, ʻaʻole ʻoe wale nō.
ʻO kēia mau puʻupuʻu ʻeha e ʻike pinepine ʻia ke kaumaha a nāwaliwali paha kou ʻōnaehana pale. ʻOiai hiki iā lākou ke manaʻo hilahila a ʻoluʻolu ʻole paha, he kūlana hiki ke mālama ʻia nā ʻōhule e ho'ōla maʻamau iā ia iho i loko o 7-10 mau lā.
ʻO nā ʻōhule e hoʻolaha pinepine iā lākou iho me kahi ʻōhumu a puhi paha ma mua o kou ʻike ʻana i kekahi mea. ʻO kēia hōʻailona hoʻolaha mua, i kapa ʻia ʻo ka pae prodrome, e hana ma kahi o 12-24 mau hola ma mua o ka puka ʻana o ka ʻōpū.
Eia nā mea āu e ʻike ai i ka ulu ʻana o kahi ʻōhule:
ʻO kāu wā mua pinepine ka mea ʻoi loa a hiki ke lōʻihi a hiki i ʻelua mau pule. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, ʻo nā wā e hiki mai ana e lilo i mea palupalu a pōkole loa i ka wā e kūkulu ai kou kino i ka pale.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, ʻike kekahi poʻe i nā hōʻailona ʻoi aku ka nui e like me ka mahana kiʻekiʻe, ka pilikia o ka ʻai ʻana, a i ʻole nā ʻōhule e pālahalaha ana i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ka maka. Pono kēia mau kūlana i ka mālama ʻana i ka lā.
Hana ʻia nā ʻōhule e ka maʻi herpes simplex, ʻo HSV-1 ka mea maʻamau, ʻoiai hiki iā HSV-2 ke hana pū iā lākou. Ke maʻi ʻoe me kēia maʻi, e noho mau ia i loko o kou kino, e moe mālie ana i nā pūnaewele nerve kokoke i kou kua.
Hoʻolaha ʻia ka maʻi ma o ka hoʻopā pololei ʻana i ka saliva maʻi, ka ʻili, a i ʻole nā membrane mucous. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hopu iā ia mai ke honi ʻana i kekahi me kahi ʻōhule i hana ʻia, ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā mea hana, a i ʻole ke hoʻopā ʻana i kahi ʻili i hoʻohaumia ʻia a laila hoʻopā i kou waha.
He mau mea e hiki ai ke hoʻoulu i ka maʻi moe e hoʻoulu hou a hana i kahi wā:
ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kāu mau mea hoʻoulu ponoʻī e kōkua iā ʻoe e pale aku i nā wā e hiki mai ana. Nānā nui nā kānaka i nā ʻano i ka wā e puka mai ai kā lākou mau ʻōhule, e hoʻoliʻiliʻi i ka pale ʻana.
Ho'ōla pinepine nā ʻōhule iā lākou iho me ka ʻole o ka mālama lapaʻau, akā aia nā manawa e pono ai ke ʻike i kahi mea mālama ola. Inā ʻo kēia kāu ʻōhule mua, pono ia e nānā ʻia e hōʻoia i ka ʻike a kūkākūkā i nā koho mālama.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu kauka inā ʻike ʻoe i kēia mau mea:
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau koke inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hōʻailona maka e like me ka ʻeha, ka māmā māmā, a i ʻole nā loli ʻike. Hiki iā HSV ke hana i nā maʻi maka koʻikoʻi e pono ai ka mālama koke e pale aku i nā pilikia.
ʻOiai he mea ʻinoʻino a ho'ōla me ka pilikia ʻole nā ʻōhule, hiki ke loaʻa nā pilikia i kekahi manawa, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā kānaka me nā ʻōnaehana pale nāwaliwali a i ʻole i nā wā mua. He kakaikahi ka hapa nui o nā pilikia akā pono e ʻike.
ʻO nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa:
Pono nā pēpē, nā wahine hāpai, a me nā kānaka me nā kūlana e like me ka eczema a i ʻole nā maʻi pale e nānā pono ʻia. Inā aia ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hui, hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā lāʻau antiviral no nā wā palupalu.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale loa i nā ʻōhule ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi nui i kou pilikia o nā wā a pale aku i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka maʻi i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ka pale ʻana i ka pale ʻana i nā mea hoʻoulu a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi.
No ka pale ʻana i nā wā, e ho'āʻo i kēia mau hoʻolālā:
No ka pale ʻana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o nā ʻōhule i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, mai honi a hoʻokaʻawale i nā mea pilikino i nā wā. E holoi pinepine i kou mau lima a pale aku i ka hoʻopā ʻana i nā ʻōhule. Ke hāʻule ka palaho a ho'ōla loa ka wahi, ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻolaha hou.
Hiki i ka hapa nui o nā kauka ke ʻike i nā ʻōhule ma ka nānā wale ʻana iā lākou, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ma mua. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona a me ka wahi e maʻalahi ai ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā o ka nānā kino.
E nīnau kāu mea mālama ola e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai lākou, a inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe nā wā like ma mua. E nānā lākou i ka wahi i pilikia a hiki ke hoʻopā mālie i nā lymph nodes kokoke e nānā i ka pehu.
I kekahi mau hihia, ʻoi aku hoʻi no nā wā mua a i ʻole nā ʻike maopopo ʻole, hiki i kāu kauka ke kauoha i nā ho'āʻo:
Kōkua kēia mau ho'āʻo e hōʻoia i ka ʻike a hoʻoholo i ke ʻano o ka maʻi herpes e hana ana i kāu mau hōʻailona. Hiki i kēia ʻike ke kōkua i ka hoʻolālā mālama a hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi i kou kūlana.
Ho'ōla pinepine nā ʻōhule iā lākou iho i loko o 7-10 mau lā, akā hiki i ka mālama ke kōkua i ka ho'ēmi ʻana i ka ʻeha, ka wikiwiki ʻana o ka ho'ōla, a pale aku i ka hoʻolaha ʻana. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka mālama ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi.
ʻO nā lāʻau antiviral ka koho mālama nui:
Hiki i kāu kauka ke kuhikuhi i nā antivirals waha inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā wā pinepine, nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi, a i ʻole kahi ʻōnaehana pale nāwaliwali. Hana maikaʻi loa kēia mau lāʻau ke hoʻomaka ʻia i loko o 24-48 mau hola o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā hōʻailona.
Hiki i nā koho over-the-counter ke kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka ʻeha a me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole. Ho'ēmi nā mea ho'ēmi ʻeha e like me ibuprofen a i ʻole acetaminophen i ka mumū a me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka mea kōkua o nā mea hoʻohui lysine, ʻoiai he hui ʻia ka hōʻike ʻepekema.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ka mālama home i ka mālama ʻana i ka wahi i maʻemaʻe, ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka ʻeha, a pale aku i nā hana e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i ka wā a hoʻolaha i ka maʻi. Kōkua ka mālama mālie i kou kino e ho'ōla maoli ʻoiai e ho'ēmi ana i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole.
Eia nā hoʻolālā mālama home maikaʻi:
Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe ka hoʻomaha mai nā lāʻau kūlohelohe e like me ka aloe vera gel a i ʻole ka lemon balm cream, ʻoiai ʻaʻole kēia mau mea mālama i hōʻoia ʻia. E nīnau mau i kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka ho'āʻo ʻana i nā lāʻau hou, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kūlana olakino ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu manawa e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike a me nā kuhikuhi mālama maikaʻi loa. E noʻonoʻo e pili ana i kāu mau hōʻailona a me nā nīnau āu e makemake ai e nīnau ma mua.
Ma mua o kāu kipa, e hoʻomaopopo i kēia mau mea:
E kākau i nā nīnau e pili ana i nā koho mālama, nā hoʻolālā pale, a i ʻole nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka maʻi. Mai kānalua e nīnau e pili ana i nā lāʻau kuhikuhi inā ʻaʻole lawa nā mālama over-the-counter.
He kūlana maʻamau a hiki ke mālama ʻia nā ʻōhule e hana nui nā kānaka i ko lākou ola. ʻOiai hiki iā lākou ke ʻoluʻolu ʻole a hilahila paha i kekahi manawa, loaʻa nā mālama maikaʻi e ho'ēmi i nā hōʻailona a pale aku i nā wā.
ʻO nā mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻo ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i ka wā e manaʻo ai ʻoe i kēlā ʻōhumu mua, pale aku i nā mea hoʻoulu i ka hiki, a hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe maikaʻi e pale aku i ka hoʻolaha ʻana. Me ka mālama kūpono a i kekahi manawa lāʻau lapaʻau, hiki iā ʻoe ke ho'ēmi i ko lākou hopena i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻole hōʻike nā ʻōhule i kāu mau hana olakino a i ʻole ka maʻemaʻe. He maʻi viral maʻamau wale nō ia e pili ana i ka hapa nui o nā mākua ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Me ke ala kūpono, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻokele maikaʻi a hilinaʻi.
ʻAʻole, he mau kūlana ʻokoʻa loa lākou. Hōʻike nā ʻōhule ma waho o kou mau lehelehe a hana ʻia e ka maʻi herpes, ʻoiai nā ʻōhule canker e ulu ana i loko o kou waha a loaʻa nā kumu like ʻole e like me ke kaumaha, ka ʻeha, a i ʻole nā kūpono meaʻai. ʻAʻole hoʻolaha nā ʻōhule canker, akā hoʻolaha nā ʻōhule.
ʻAe, hiki ke hoʻolaha ʻia ʻo HSV-1 (ka mea maʻamau e hana ai i nā ʻōhule) i ka wahi genital ma o ka hoʻopā waha, e hana ana i ka genital herpes. Pēlā nō, hiki iā HSV-2 ke hana i nā ʻōhule i kekahi manawa ma o ka hoʻopā waha. He mea nui ke pale aku i ka hoʻopā waha i nā wā i hana ʻia.
ʻOi aku ka hoʻolaha ʻana iā ʻoe mai ka ʻōhumu mua a hiki i ka ho'ōla loa ʻana o ka ʻōhule a hana hou i ka ʻili hou. ʻO ka maʻamau, 7-10 mau lā kēia. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolaha i ka maʻi ma mua o ka ʻike ʻana i nā hōʻailona, no laila e pale aku i ka hoʻopā kokoke inā manaʻo ʻoe i kēlā manaʻo ʻōhumu.
Hiki i nā lāʻau antiviral ke ho'ēmi i ka pinepine a me ka koʻikoʻi o nā wā, akā ʻaʻole lākou e ho'ōla i ka maʻi. E noho mālie ana ka maʻi herpes i loko o kou kino no ka manawa pau ʻole. Eia naʻe, ʻike nui nā kānaka e lilo nā wā i mea liʻiliʻi a palupalu loa ma hope o kekahi manawa, ʻoiai me ka ʻole o ka lāʻau mau.
ʻAe, ʻo ke kaumaha kekahi o nā mea hoʻoulu maʻamau loa no nā wā ʻōhule. Ke kaumaha ʻoe, hiki i kou ʻōnaehana pale ke nāwaliwali i kekahi manawa, e ʻae ana i ka maʻi moe e hoʻoulu hou. ʻO ka hoʻokele ʻana i ke kaumaha ma o nā ʻano hoʻomaha, ka hiamoe lawa, a me nā koho ola olakino e kōkua i ka ho'ēmi ʻana i ka pinepine o nā wā.
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